Japanese Cherry Blossom

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Italics are the past or dreams of the past.

Also, I am telling you from now on what song I listen to when I write my chapters. I do seriously listen to the song over and over again until my chapter is finished. The last chapter was Camisado by P!ATD. This chapter is Teardrops on my Guitar by Taylor Swift. So if you can, listen to the song before you read this. Go to esnip (dot) com and search it, it's not hard!

Chapter 2: First Date

"Roxas, I love you!"

"Riku, I don't believe you! Okay, so just stop trying."

"Please Roxas!"

Axel woke up and smiled as he looked at the blond. He quietly got off the couch without waking the other. He started picking up the melted ice cream, popcorn, and candy. He turned off the television. He took everything to the kitchen and discarded of the wastes.

"Riku! You break your promises! You never come home when I ask. You cheat on me. All you ever want is sex. Why should I come back to you?"

"Because I love you."

"Every time you say that I end up getting hurt." I turned around and began to walk away.

Axel pulled out a cigarette and lit it. He started pulling out the ingredients for blueberry pancakes. Seeing no blueberries he grabbed chocolate chips and yawned. He took a drag on the cigarette and looked over at the sleeping Roxas on the couch. The emo boy was falling…

"I don't want to hurt you like that anymore! I want to be with you Roxas!"

"Do you promise?" Roxas turned slowly to find Riku nodding.

"I promise with all my heart that I love you and I always will." Roxas nodded and held up one finger.

"One more chance."

Roxas showed a brief smile as Axel made the batter. He could hear a ruckus upstairs. Sora had woken to find no Roxas. He'd slowly remember everything and calm down.

"Roxas, that's all I need." Riku said as Roxas kissed him cautiously and Riku held him close.

"Breakfast time." Axel said and woke Roxas. He flipped the last pancake and slid it onto the plate. Sora ran down the stairs and took a seat at the counter and grabbed a fork ready to dig in. Roxas groaned and Axel turned off the stove.

"Roxas, come on. Food awaits you."

"One more chance, Ri-Ri." The blond mumbled and Axel cringed. He touched the blonds shoulder and Roxas groaned, his eyes flashing open. "Mmmm Good Morning." He said with a small smile.

"Morning, I made chocolate Chip pancakes. You can have some if you get up before your brother eats them all." He grinned and Roxas stood up sleepily. Axel split the pancakes up and took a drowned in syrup bite. The blond, brunet, and red head sat in silence until Sora spoke up.

"Did you have fun last night Axel?"

"For the most part." He grinned and Roxas blushed, remembering the finger he had sucked on till he fell asleep.

"Roxas, you have an appointment today, don't forget." Roxas nodded and Axel tilted his head curiously. Roxas shook his head, meaning 'don't ask'.

Sora stood, "I have to get ready for work. You're welcome to stay here Axel." The red head nodded and Roxas looked at his food. Sora left to his room and Roxas ate in silence as Axel cleaned off his and Soras plates.

"I don't want to be teased Roxas. I want to be loved. So the next time anything like last night happens, tell me beforehand so I know what to expect." Roxas nodded, he had played with Axel. He let him get horny and did nothing to help him but fall asleep. He sighed and Axel came around the table. "Because I really like you." He said and went to pick up the rest of the trash from the living room.


Roxas stepped into the room and avoided 1 of the 2 people there. He took a seat and looked at the woman behind the desk. His lawyer. "Can we make this snappy? My friends waiting for me, and I promised him Starbucks for waiting." Roxas asked and Riku snorted.

"All we're doing is going over the restriction order today, so it should only take 15 minutes, max. Next Tuesday we're doing larger stuff and it will begin the order." Roxas nodded and Riku yawned. Roxas noticed hickeys lining his neck and automatically felt bad for whoever thought they were getting love from the silver haired boy.

"Now, you will not be within a 200 foot radius from each other."

"What about dance competitions?" Riku asked.

"You will both give me a number of a person that will deal with the other. So for example, Riku you would give me Demyx's and Roxas will not know who's making sure you guys do not fight. Roxas you would give me someone like Yuna, someone who won't disobey my orders but not stick up for Riku. Okay?"

Both of the boys nodded and Riku looked at Roxas and Roxas could almost feel the smile. "Riku, you are dismissed." Riku nodded and walked out.

"Roxas, who is the boy that Riku seems to feel angry towards?"

Axel. "I don't know."

"Red hair."

Axel. "Don't have a clue."

"On your dance team?"

Axel. "I still do not know who you are talking about."

"Roxas, you do understand if you have feelings for this boy, he will have to be called in to fully understand your situation."

"Yes, I know. And I don't know who this person is."

"Alright, Riku almost gave me his name but you came in. So, if this Don't Know person becomes reality, I will call him in for a meeting."

Roxas nodded and stood. "May I go now?" Aerith nodded and Roxas left quickly.


Roxas opened the door and got in quickly.

"So where'd you go?"

Roxas took a deep breath. "No where important. Oh and Axel? Don't get on Rikus bad side."

"Too late." He muttered and started the car.


Axel got out of Roxas' car after they pulled into his driveway and handed the keys to the blond. "You can… Come in if you want?" Axel asked and Roxas looked into his fiery eyes.

"I don't think I should Axel. I mean, I just,"

"I get it, have a good night." Axel said slightly disappointed. He wanted maybe one moment where he could be himself and not some…different person. He shook his head. He turned and walked into the house leaving Roxas in the driveway throwing the keys in the air lightly feeling just as upset.

Roxas wanted to chase the red head. His cool blue eyes felt invisible tears well there. He didn't want a faux relationship like him and Rikus. He didn't want a repeat of the Court trials. And he definitely did not want the scars on his back to get worse by getting beat. Even though he didn't know if Axel did those types of things, he didn't want to risk it. The men in his life, other than his siblings, have all been assholes.

Axel leaned against the door and sighed. His cell phone rang and he looked at the screen. "Moshi Moshi?" He asked and he closed his eyes and slid to the floor as a remembered voice flowed through the phone.

"Axel, long time, no talk. I saw your battle last night."

"Zexy? Can you meet me at the park?"

"Why Baby Doll?"

"I need someone…"

"I got it, Kay Axel?"

"Alright. Will you talk to me while I walk there?"

Zexion agreed and as Axel left, he grabbed the last pack of cigarettes he planned on buying.

AT THE PARK

Axel hung up his cell phone as he saw a boy swinging on the old jungle gym. "Zexion…" he said as he came up behind the male. Axels fiery bright blue eyes eyed the boys frame. He had stopped eating right again, he could see this from the stick shape. Zexion leaned back and looked up at the boy.

"So, as you were saying. This boy. Roxas? How old is he?"

"He's Soras twin…"

"Just barely sixteen then. Good going pedophile."

"Thanks Zexy."

"No problem." He whispered and looked at the ground.

"I guess the relationship with Demyx isn't going swell?" Zexion nodded. He loved his boyfriend to the extremes and things started taking a downfall when Zexy had accidentally proposed. Axel held out his hand and Zexion took it.

The red head and silverfish-blue haired boys swung in unison, nearly silent until the elder spoke up.

"Wait, Roxas… The blond? Who battled last night? Demyx's cousin?"

Axel nodded and Zexion sighed. "You always have a bad picking Axel. The boys in court right now, getting a restraining order on Riku Kaisen. What happened is a mystery to everyone except Roxas, Riku, and Sora…"

Axel groaned. "I took Roxas to the courthouse today, and he wouldn't tell me what he was doing there."

"I just learned all this today from Demyx's drabbling."

"Okay then," Axel began. "What exactly is going on between you then?"

The elder smiled and his bangs hung in his face as normal. "He won't take me to bed. He won't stop smoking… He says it's all for the best. He wants him to be my first but wants to be married first before anything."

Axel smiled and squeezed his hand. "Zexion, some men know what they want, and some know what they want from others. Do you know what you want?"

Zexy stopped twittering with the chain on the swing and shook his head. "I want to have sex, but I want to wait for Demyx."

"I think you should do what Demyx says, he knows what's right and what's wrong. Don't you remember Xaldin?" Zexy cringed and nodded. Axel stood and kissed the boys cheek. "Then I think you know what to do." The boy nodded and Axel grinned.

"Thank you for sitting and talking with me." Axel said as he ran off to his own house.

Zexion sighed and opened up his cell phone. "Demyx?" He asked when it was answered. "I love you, and I'll be there soon." He hung up with a small smile and ran off in the opposite direction of Axel.


The next day Axel stood behind the counter of Hot Topic. He shifted through returned items, that were supposedly 'broken' or 'damaged'. People usually just forgot to put batteries in the damn things. He started putting items that were fine back on shelves and ran into a certain blond in front of the piercing display.

"Namine?" Axel asked and the girl whirled around, frightened.

"Oh! Axel, it's just you! I though it would be Kairi! Thank goodness, I thought she'd get mad about me-"

"Getting your lip pierced?" Axel stood amazed as the blond innocent face now had to loops through her lower lip. It gave her a more punk look.

"Yeah, do you like?"

Axel tipped his head. "Namine? You should have just went with the other girls and got your nose or tongue pierced."

"Well, Axel… Kairi kind of mentioned she like guys with their lip pierced. And well, I…"

"Did it for Kairi?"

"Yeah."

"I understand."

"What do you mean?"

"I think I'm going to quit smoking."

Namine smiled. "Who are you trying to impress, hot head?"

"No one special."

"He must be special enough to quit the all mighty chain smoker from smoking."

"He's no one…"

"Sora?"

Axel coughed and made a vomiting sound. "Dated him once, don't want to do it again."

"Saix?"

"Are you serious?"

"Oh… It's Roxas!" And right as she spoke the blond spiked hair boy walked through the entry way.

"Hey guys!" He smiled and waved. He walked over to the two and then tilted his head. "Love the piercings!"

"Thanks Rox! Love your hair!" She caught a glimpse of the red haired girl also coming in, eeped, and ran out the other door.

"What's her problem?" Roxas asked and Axel grinned. "She has a little crush on a certain red head…

Roxas turned and saw Kairi. He grinned as Kairi 'humphed' apparently frustrated at not finding her shopping partner and she left.

Axel laughed and Roxas watched the boy closely, he had a nice laugh. And he really liked his hair flattened closer to his head, eyeliner heave, and the hot topic tee sporting a rainbow sign on the corner showing The Wizard of Oz trio faces on it.

"Am I that good looking?" Axel grinned, catching the boys eyes drifting over him.

"You could be better."

"Punk."

"Ass."

"Thumb sucker."

"It was your pointer finger I believe I sucked on." Axel grinned as Roxas gave his smart reply.

"Then I guess I could just call you a tease."

"And you, Axel. Can get back to work and stop flirting with customers." A voice, not Roxas' said. Marluxia was Axel's boss and he managed Spencers and Hot Topic. The two stores that Axel actually liked.

"Sir, I'm on break."

"You didn't clock out."

Axel sighed and stepped around him, writing his name on the board and the time.

"There." The red head said and Marluxia laughed deeply.

"Alright, here, go pick us up some Starbucks, get blondie there a drink too." He handed him a twenty and Axel took it happily. He always got the change back. Roxas blushed and it would not, for the life of it, go away.

"Come on Blondie." Axel said and pulled the boy with him out of the store. "that was embarrassing, wonder how much he heard of that?"

"He stood behind you the whole time." Roxas said with a small grin. "I kind of want a job there now…"

"You've got to be insane!" Axel said and Roxas just shrugged.

"Probably, but that doesn't stop me."

"So are you going back to Private School anytime soon Roxy?"

Roxas glared. "Name's not Roxy. Not even you can call me that name." They turned into the café.

"Why, you seemed happy when I called you it."

They turned to see a silver haired boy standing with a cup of something steamy and a bag in his hand. "Riku… Don't start."

"Afraid to show your boyfriend the real side of you?"

"You mean my back?" Roxas asked and turned and walked away as Riku said his last remark before walking out of the store.

"That's exactly what I mean."

Roxas cringed and looked up at Axel. "Ignore him. Please?"

Axel nodded and Roxas smiled. A real smile. The first one he'd had in a long time. "Can I ask you a question though, once we're out of this store. I don't exactly want everyone to hear." Roxas gave a return nod, wondering what could be on the red heads mind.

They got their drinks and headed back to the store. "Okay, shoot your question at me." Roxas said, sipping his latte.

"What exactly did Riku do, that made you end up going to court."

"That's the one question I really didn't want you to ask. So if possible, can you please not ask it again. Let's just start over."

"Okay, name's Axel. A-X-E-L, got it memorized?"

"I mean with the questions."

"Oh, okay. What's your name?"

"AXEL!" Roxas laughed and pushed the taller boy. The red head almost ran into a lingerie store and he cringed.

"To pink for my taste!" He grinned and pushed Roxas back lightly.

"I think pink would look good on you, if you always had your hair flattened and died it black."

"Don't think you can change me just yet." Axel said and smirked. If only you knew that you already started to…

THE END OF CHAPTER 2!!!

A/N I sat in front of my computer from 4 to 8:30 writing this because I was so devoted to my readers. So I really do hope you liked it. There may be a few glitches where I say Riku instead of Axel, but please don't get mad. If my wonderful lady Athiest is back she may start beta-ing for me. Although I'm not sure if she's alive…

Anyway, thanks for reading! CoC OUT!