A/N: This story is most likely gonna suck, both storywise and presentation wise. So for that I apologize.

Story contains YAOI and BAD LANGUAGE. Do not read if you are offended by either of those things.

The last few golden rays of sun descended below the horizon, turning the sky a lush red. Roxas sat atop the clock tower, sea-salt ice cream steadily dripping down his fingers. He inhaled deeply, filling his lungs with crisp evening air.

"You're gonna get that all over you if you're not careful."

Roxas turned his head to look over his shoulder.

"Sorry, mother."

Axel strode over, long legs easily taking him to the ledge overlooking Twilight Town. "I'm not mothering you, I'm just watching out for your clothes, alright?"

"Sure. Whatever Axel."

"It's true! Anyway, I got my sea-salt, now what?"

"You made it just in time, the sun's almost down."

"That's what you called me here for?"

"Yep. Beautiful, isn't it?"
Axel hopped onto the ledge, swung his legs over and unwrapped the salty block, wedging it in his mouth and stuffing the wrapper in his pocket.

"Yeah, it really is." Axel unhooked the slab from his teeth and looked at it momentarily before biting the corner and chewing, shuddering slightly. "It'll be night soon."

"Yeah, my favourite time."

"You're a night person?"

Roxas nodded. "Sure am. So much more peaceful."

"It is, yeah."

Axel continued to munch on his ice-cream. Upon finishing, he dropped the stick to his side, off the ledge, watching as it fell beyond sight, darkness shrouding its descent. The night had now fallen, the full moon above the pair bathing the town in a subtle glow, lights dotted around the houses. Eventually, stars poked through the heavy cover of the sky, penetrating the darkness at random spots.

"Hey Rox, look," Axel pointed at a small cluster of them, "Aries."

Roxas looked, peering into the night. "Oh yeah, I see it." He turned to Axel. "I'm Aries you know."

"Are you?" Axel turned to him. "So am I."

"Really?"

"Yeah, 6th of April."

"Oh God, no way." Roxas stared at him.

"What?"

"Same day."

"No freakin' way!" A grin spread right across Axel's face.

"Yeah!"

"Wow Roxie, I got the same birthday as you! Luck if I ever did see it."

"I know!"

And the excitement was gone as quickly as it came. The pair sighed, and Axel leaned back slightly.

"You know Ax, we should do this more often."

"Yeah...I'd like that." He turned to Roxas, and gently stroked his cheek with the back of his hand. "The moonlight really makes you look gorgeous, you know that?"

"It does?" Roxas quickly turned away, blushing.

"Yeah, don't hide from me..." Axel took his chin and turned Roxas' head towards him. He was still blushing furiously, looking in the other direction. "Rox, look at me."
Roxas flicked his bright blue orbs to Axel, watching his green eyes with content, yet quivering slightly.

"Has no-one ever told you that?"

Roxas gently shook his head, and Axel tutted.

"Shame that. I'd have thought you heard it everyday, just by looking at you."

"Really?"

"Yes, really." Axel smiled gently. Roxas smiled back, taking Axel's hand from his chin and interlocking their fingers. He then stretched forward, briefly connecting his and Axel's lips. The redhead gasped as Roxas pulled back, opening his eyes, the pools bellowed almost hypnotizing to stare at.

"Rox...you...?"

"Uh-huh. You?"

"Yeah...I just didn't think...you did."

Roxas grinned, and got up to shuffle closer to Axel. His left foot slipped, and Roxas lost his balance, falling off the tower. Axel immediately threw out his hand, stepping onto the top level of the tower, anchoring himself behind the ledge and grabbing Roxas' hand.

"Hold on tight Rox, for God's sake!"

"I am doing, Ax!" Even so, his grip was slipping. "Axel! I'm slipping!"

"NO! Roxy!"

Roxas' fingers left Axel's hand one by one, and he plummeted towards the ground – very damn quickly. Axel squeezed his eyes shut tightly and willed, with all his damn heart, for a portal to appear. Roxas' scream was rapidly fading – and then it stopped. Axel opened his eyes sharply, letting out his held breath. All he could do was wait; wait to see if it had worked, it was too dark to tell by eye. He turned around in time to see the portal reappear. He waited with baited breath, but nothing happened. Axel bit his lower lip, hard enough to bleed, clenching his fists tightly, squeezing his eyes shut again.

"Please Rox...please..."

A short thud brought Axel back to reality. He slowly re-opened his eyes, blocks of white and blond seeping into his vision. Roxas was indeed laying face down in front of Axel. He sighed heavily, running forward and picking Roxas up, cradling him in his arms, suddenly turning back into a mother.

"Thank God, you're okay..."

Roxas groaned, and steadily sat up.

"Wait...how the hell did get up here...from down there?"

Axel motioned to his left, the dark portal still gaping open.

"You can still do that?"

"Yeah, doesn't half come in handy occasionally." He dismissed the portal and buried his head in Roxas' hair, inhaling the sweet scent of strawberry shampoo that Roxas always used.

"I love you Axel."

Axel lifted his head and looked down quizzically at Roxas, who had raised his eyes to Axel.

"You love me? As in...you'd wanna go out with me?"

Roxas nodded and leant up to kiss Axel again.

"Ax, you're bleeding."

"I am?" Axel pressed a finger to his lips, pulling it away and looking at the small red stain on it. "I think I bit my lip. You've got a scrape on your cheek though..."

"Huh? Oh, must have been when I fell back up here."

"Oh shit, sorry..." Axel bent down and kissed the wound, earning a sharp hiss from Roxas.

"It'll make it better, promise."

"Do you love me, Axel?"

"Huh?"

"Do you love me too?"

"Yeah Rox, I love you too." Axel smiled, Roxas doing so too. Axel felt a drop on his shoulder and whipped around. Nothing. Another drop on his forehead, and he looked up.

"Roxy, it's raining."

"I know. No shit."

"You wanna go inside the tower?"

"No, I'm fine out here."

"Okay...I'm gonna go in though."

He made a move to get up, but Roxas grabbed his sleeve tightly.

"Don't go, please."

Axel sighed heavily. "But I hate the rain..."

"I know you do, but please Axel. You know I like it."

"...Fine, I'll stay."

Roxas kissed him lightly on the cheek. "Thank you."

The rain picked up, quickly turning from a drizzle to a downpour, the water weighing down Axel's vicious spikes, drooping them.

"Rox...I'm all wet...and cold."

"Yeah, and? You'll survive."

Axel mumbled something incoherent to himself and returned his chin to Roxas' head, holding him tighter in some attempt at warmth.

"Axel, for the love of Xemnas, you control fire. Try warming yourself up if you really want to."

"But I can't, it's all wet and...stuff."

"Well, just...warm yourself up...inside then. Both of us."

"...Okay then. I'll try but I ain't promising anything."

Axel closed his eyes and focused on the element he empowered. After a short while, heat pooled within him, spreading through him and seeping into Roxas, flowing through him like the very blood in his veins.

"See, wasn't so hard, was it?"

"Shut it, or I'll stop."

"Don't, please. It's nice."

Axel tutted. "Fine, but just shut up and enjoy it."

"Will do."

And then, silence. The chilling wind bit at their skin, yet both were totally oblivious, the warmth radiating within them overpowering the cold. Both were totally soaked by now, but neither of them really cared, to be honest. Axel did eventually give up an hour later, his ass numb, picking up a now sleeping Roxas and heading down the tower, out to the streets and taking him back to his house. He rang Roxas' parents to let them know where he was – they didn't mind. Axel stripped both of them of wet clothing, hanging it all over the radiator. Axel pulled out the spare futon, settling Roxas in and made sure he was comfy before getting into bed himself.

"Night Rox."

--
Roxas seemed to be floating. Floating in darkness. He tried to move his legs, but they were frozen in place.

"Where am I?"
No answer. A mighty roar ripped through the air, and a hole appeared in front of Roxas, steadily growing larger. Tendrils of darkness slowly crawled from the space, heading for Roxas. They suddenly lunged forward, wrapping around Roxas' arms and legs. He screamed, desperately trying to wriggle free – but to no avail. Arms slid out, followed by a head and body. Roxas could feel himself being pulled forward, watched as a huge pair of jaws opened, watched as they got closer and closer. He closed his eyes, not wishing to see his own demise. He felt himself get suddenly warmer, and then felt a fang pierce his side, ripping through his middle...
--

"Roxas! Wake up!"

Axel was knelt beside Roxas, clutching his shoulders tightly and shaking him. He'd heard the initial scream, then the more urgent, ear-splitting one after. Roxas' eyes shot open, wide in fear. He tried to push Axel away, shaking his head violently, tears spilling from his eyes, shouting "No, no, NO!" again and again.

"Roxas! Wake the FUCK up!"

Roxas stilled; breaths heavy. He closed his eyes again and sighed.

"Axie?" Roxas opened his eyes once more, tears still brimming at the corners.

"Roxy!" Axel pulled him into his chest, wrapping his arms tightly around his shaken frame, clutching his shoulders tightly.

"What happened?"

"I think you had a nightmare..."

"I don't remember much...but it seemed like a nightmare. I just...there was this huge fang...and...and..."

He hurriedly pulled up the side of his top, staring at his side. There was a small bruise, just above his hip.

"There! Right there!" Roxas pointed dramatically at the mark. Axel leaned close, checking the spot and prodding it lightly. Roxas hissed loudly.

"Axel! Be a bit more fucking careful!"

"Sorry. But that doesn't look too bad. Should go within a week." Axel dropped Roxas' shirt.

"That's good. But it's still freaking weird."

"Yeah, I'm just glad it didn't tear you in half." He looked at the clock on the wall. "It's only half 5...you wanna go back to sleep?"

"Not really..."

"I'm sure it won't happen again Rox."

"I know, but can I stay up anyway?"

"Sure. What d'ya wanna do?"

"Read. Pass me that manga over on the shelf." He lazily pointed to one of the various books on Axel's shelf. Axel crawled over, grabbing the book and passing it to
Roxas.

"Gravitation?"

Roxas nodded, flicking the book open and shuffling back, leaning against the bed. Axel hopped back onto the bed, propped himself up on his elbows and watched Roxas.

"Ax, please do something a little more productive." Roxas didn't even look up.

"Like?"

"Anything but watching me."

"But this is productive!"

"In what way?"

"It just is, okay?"

"No, it's not okay!"

"Aww...why not?"

"It's creepy!"

"Me watching you? I do it all the time!"

"Just stop it, it's weird."

"Fine, if you say so." Axel rolled off the bed, landed face first on the floor, picked himself up, walked to the door and opened it.

"What're you doing? It's 6 in the morning!"

"I'm gonna get some food, you got a problem?"

"Not at all, no."

"Well that's okay then." He made to leave, and then turned back. "You wanna come?"

Roxas smiled and nodded, attempting to get up, and failing miserably. Axel walked over, shaking his head lightly, and helped him up before leading him downstairs. He let go at the bottom of the stairs and ran to the fridge, practically ripping the door off getting it open. He pulled out what looked like a bar of chocolate and proceeded to sit at the table, break some of it off and munch on it.

"Want some?" Axel pointed the chocolate in Roxas' direction,

"Sure." Roxas walked over to the table and sat opposite Axel, snapping off some chocolate then breaking it into small pieces, eating each piece carefully.

"This a proper meal for you, or just a snack?"

"Oh, this is just a snack." Axel broke some more off, took a bowl from a nearby cupboard and a pan, getting up to fill it with water and set them both on the stove
lighting the gas.

"Melted?"

"Tastes so much better."

It didn't take long to melt, and Axel took it off the heat and placed it on the table, turning off the stove and taking two spoons from a drawer.

"Here," he handed one of them to Roxas, "enjoy."

"Will do."

They were there for the best part of half an hour, neither speaking, just enjoying the moment. Roxas licked the last of the chocolate off his spoon and dropped it in
the bowl, Axel following shortly after.

"Oh Ax, you got some chocolate..."

"Where?"

Roxas leaned over and licked his cheek.

"There."

"Thank you." Axel kissed him softly, before putting the stuff in the sink for tomorrow and heading back upstairs. Roxas followed him close behind.

"Ax, I think I'm gonna go to sleep again now."

"Okay, you really need it."

"Yeah..."

"Night then Rox."

"Night Axel."

They crawled into their beds, and were out like a light.

-Sleep-

It was half 1 in the afternoon when Axel woke up. He was strangely warm, and as he shifted to get up, something moaned softly. Looking down, blond hair entered his vision. Roxas had climbed into bed with him during the night.

'Must have been cold or something'

He tried to move again, but Roxas groaned, gripping onto Axel tighter. Axel tutted, rolling his eyes. He grabbed Roxas by the arms, tugging them off him and rolling Roxas off the bed, grinning in satisfaction at the dull thud of Roxas hitting the floor. He instantly sprung back up and glared at Axel. Hard.

"Hey!"

"What?" Such feigned innocence.

"Why'd you shove me off the bed?"

"I didn't, you rolled off."

"Ax," Roxas put a hand to his hip, "I felt you roll me off."

"And? You wouldn't get off me."

Roxas was silent for a moment, before huffing and storming to the en-suite bathroom.

"I'm gonna have a shower. Don't you fucking dare perv on me."

Axel faked shock, placing a hand to his chest.

"Me? Perv on you? Unheard of!"

"Ha, if only." And with that, he slammed the door, locking it. Axel ran over the thought in his head: unlock the door, go in, perv, get caught...or just sit here, do nothing and be bored. Every time Roxas was here, and on every morning he stayed over, Axel would be in the bathroom with him, watching him shower. He'd always get caught, and thus end up in the shower with Roxas, usually through Axel's hefty amount of charm. Was he to break this time-trusted tradition?

Fuck. No.

He slinked, yes, slinked, out of bed and to the bathroom door, carefully twisting the lock with a nail until it clicked open.

"Hehe..."

Axel silently opened the door, releasing the steam inside. The sound of running water masked any noise that Axel made as it sat down on the toilet, right in front of the shower door. He was so glad that thing's not all that frosted.

"I know you're there Axel, you do this every single time I'm here."

'Shit, caught'

"Okay...you got me..."

"And yes, you're allowed in with me. Again."

Axel grinned and stripped himself, with surprising speed. He wasn't dressed in much anyway. He opened the shower door and stepped inside, closing it behind him. They washed themselves separately for a while, careful not to touch.

"Roxas?"

"Yeah?"

"How could you not know I love you? I thought I'd be obvious, what with all this."

"I knew, but I made it so it seemed I didn't. I knew you didn't know, so that's why I asked you to the tower yesterday. To tell you I loved you. It just kinda turned
out differently then what I had planned..."

"So you've loved me all this time?"

"I have, you've just never known."

"Sneaky fucker."

"I know."

Axel stepped forwards, taking Roxas in his arms.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was saving it...for the right moment."

"Oh. Right."

"You sound disappointed."

"I'm not, just...relieved I guess. In a kind of way."

"Seems that's not all you're feeling."

"Huh?"

Roxas pointed down, to where Axel's erection had been twitching against his hip for the past couple of minutes or so.

"Oh, shit, sorry..."

"Don't worry, have a look next to it. I would be in the same state."

"So you are. Hey, is this the first time it's happened?"

"Can't be, but I think it's the first time we've noticed it."

"Yeah."

Roxas turned to leave, but Axel grabbed hold of him, gripping his arousal and gently stroking it. Roxas gasped and moaned, but quickly took Axel's hand off.

"Not now Axel, some other time."

The look of dejection was painfully obvious, but Axel accepted anyway, turning off the shower and walking out of the small cubicle with Roxas. He grabbed a towel, quickly rubbing himself and his hair dry before wrapping the towel around him, tucking in the corner. Roxas did the same, and together they went into Axel's room. Axel would take ages to dry his hair, he always did.

Roxas was dried quicker than Axel, changed and sat on the bed before Axel had even finished with his hair.

"You are such a fucking woman when you get ready."

"Yeah? Your point?"

"Hurry the fuck up!"

"Why? We're not in a hurry!"

"...It's 2 o'clock. I would like to eat something today."

"Fine, fine. I'll only be another few minutes."

It took him another quarter of an hour to finish getting dry and changed. When he was finally done, Roxas was stood by the door, tutting with his arms folded.

"Okay, so I was more than a few minutes, but here I am. Where do ya wanna go?"

"Chinese?"

"Sure, I've got enough."

"Let's go then." Roxas handed Axel the keys and opened the door, letting the redhead out before leaving himself and shutting it, Axel locking it behind them both.

"Which Chinese?"

"The nicer one, please."

"Okie dokie."

The main street was lined with neon, even this early in the day. Signed glowed from everywhere you looked, illuminating the fine mist of rain that had begun to fall. Axel and Roxas were walking under the multitude of shop awnings and restaurants, until they reached their destination. The restaurant was simply called Dragon, but it served the best Chinese in town, no exaggerations. They went in and sat down, looking at the menu without discussing much, a sort of eerie silence cloaking the pair.

"So, what you having?" Axel leant over Roxas' menu.

"I dunno, just thinking about it."

"Well, I'm just gonna have some spare ribs, wontons and prawn toast. I'm not all that hungry."

"Make that for two of us then, I'll have what you're having."

"Sure? Okay."

Axel called a waiter over and ordered their meal. It fell silent again, neither of them feeling up to a conversation for some odd reason. Nothing had happened between the two of them, no feud of any description. The food arrived, and only then did Axel feel like talking.

"So, how's Roxas."

"I'm fine Axel, why do you ask?"

"Just wondering, that's all."

"Oh, okay then."

They finished in yet more silence, and somehow neither of them was growing uncomfortable in the awkwardness that followed. Axel looked at his hands, then the empty napkin holder, then Roxas before nodding towards the toilets. Roxas looked at his hands too, and nodded back in compliance. The toilets were empty, almost eerily so. They did as they came in for, washed their hands and then made to leave. Until of course, Axel decided otherwise. Within a few seconds, Roxas was pinned against one of the walls with a cry of pain.

"Axel! Not now, not here! People might come in, and...and- nnngh!"

Axel had turned into an expert with zips. Specifically, undoing them rather quickly. He'd quickly wrapped his fingers around the tight bulge in Roxas' boxers.

"But Roxy, you're already so hard...are you sure you don't want this...?"