Beware: Long authors note at the end.


Axel groaned as he face-planted on his bed. His whole face was sore and he just wanted to go to bed. He had just gotten home from the bar with his friends, who all decided to crash at his place. He just wanted to sleep and forget this night ever happened, but the sound of his door creaking open hit his ears followed by soft footsteps told the teen that sleep wouldn't be coming anytime soon.

"Here put this on your face before it bruises too bad." Xion said as she placed something cold on the back of Axel's neck making the redhead yelp and threw the bag of peas across the room.

"What the hell Xi!?" Axel yelled as he vigorously rubbed the cold spot on his neck in an attempt to warm it up. He just wanted to go to sleep and try to forget the annoying twitching in his left arm. It hadn't stopped since his encounter with the blond twins at the bar.

Xion rolled her eyes as she sat down next to her friend, "That was really tacky of you, you know." She said in her mother voice, "I would punch you too if you made out with my baby sister then asked for a smooch from me. Like really Axel? I know you need an A on the project to pass the class but come on." The girl sounded annoyed as she reached down and grabbed the peas again, "Now put this on your face and go to sleep."

Axel grabbed the bag off the girl, laid down, and placed the bag over his bruised eye, "Thank you Xi." The redhead closed his eye to rest. He wanted to tell Xion about his suspicions of Roxas being the reason for his arm acting up, he didn't want to say soul mate since that was complete bull shit. But it all added up. Roxas just moved to town just as Axel's Soular activated. And at the bar Axel's arm was vibrating off the roof. If it wasn't Naminé then it just had to be Roxas. With a frustrated sigh Axel pulled his pillow from under his head and pressed it to his face till he fell asleep.

~X~x~X~x~

It was now Sunday and Axel had orders from his father to mow the lawn and pluck weeds out of his mother's flower bed. He had asked his friends for help, but like the jerks they were all baled that morning with lame excuses for why they had to leave and not help.

So here he was, on his knees, meticulously grooming the rather large flower bed of the wicked weeds. He still needed to get to mowing but Axel figured he'd be better off saving his energy for pushing the mower later. It was about high noon and Axel could feel the heat of the sun beating against his black wife beater. His fire red hair stuck to the back of his next, glued to the spot with sweat.

With a frustrated growl Axel grabbed his shirt by the hem, pulled it over his head, and threw it across the yard. It was too damn hot for clothes in the teen's opinion and he would strip as much as he could without getting in trouble for indecent exposure. Hell he was tempted to just go nude be damned the consequences. But luckily for the hot, irritated redhead it didn't take too much longer till there were no more weeds chocking the roses in the flower bed.

As Axel pushed himself off of the ground and made his way towards the shed to fetch the push mower did his harm start to act up. The redhead had to bite his lip to stop a yelp from coming out from the surprise. Green eyes glanced down the road and saw a small, beat up, white car putting its way down the road. He noticed that the closer the car got the more his arm would tremble. Axel wasn't too shocked when it pulled into the small two room home that Ms. Minnie and two small blonds got out of the car.

Axel hated to admit it but when he laid eyes on Roxas he felt his heart skip a beat. The suit the small blond wore fit his slim body perfectly. Even from a distance Axel could make out the beautiful smile gracing Roxas's face as he laughed at a joke Naminé probably told him in the car.

Not wanting to stay in the sun anymore with his useless arm, the teen decided to hurry up with his work and quickly retrieved the mower and started his work. Starting the machine was much louder than Axel as anticipated, making the redhead jump and look around the immediate area.

The noise seemed to have attracted the attention of Roxas and Naminé as they made their way into their home. Blue eyes raked down Axel's exposed torso, making both men blush. Axel felt his heart skip a beat and then start to speed up, making his palms sweat. Roxas didn't look to well on his part either. His face was beat red and his feet grounded on the spot. It took a gentle touch from a smirking Naminé to grab the older twin's attention and lead him into their home.

Once the blonds were out of sight Axel shook his head to draw himself out of whatever daze he had been in. Roxas was not his soul mate. No Soular or Life Stream could tell him different. It wasn't that he was against being gay or anything of the sort, in fact Axel liked to think of himself as open minded and wouldn't mind to try being with another man, but not with Roxas. He didn't want to pull the small man into his arms, or run his fingers through soft looking, bed tussled hair, or kiss those soft looking lips.

Axel mentally slapped himself at the thoughts. He did NOT find Roxas attractive. Not at all. Screw his violently squirming arm.

~X~x`X~x~

"Please? It'll be fun!" Axel whined into his phone. It was late afternoon and the redhead was bored out of his mind. He still had about eighteen hours till his parents and little sister came home and he felt that it would be a waist to do nothing in the short amount of time. So he did what any unsupervised teen would do and started calling people for an out of control party.

"I don't know. Who's all going?" The person on the other line said. It was a light feminine tone that was only possessed by the most popular girl in school, Kairi Cameron. If he got her to come then everyone else would follow.

Axel sat down on the couch and crossed his legs on top of the coffee table, he needed to get himself comfortable. It wouldn't take much to convince the girl to come and bring a few people, "You know just a few cool people. Thought you'd enjoy it." After a long pause that Axel could only assume was Kairi weighing her options on whether or not to go, "There's gonna be booze." He said in his most persistent voice, "Sora might even show up."

"Fine you win. I'll be over at nine. There better be no adults or downers." And with that the line went dead.

Axel couldn't help the smile that cracked across his face. Tonight would be a great night. But first he had more people to call and snacks to buy.

~X~x~X~x~

It was eleven at night and Axel's house was the spot to be. Music was blasting, booze was flowing, and there hadn't been any fights on the front lawn. Yes this had to be the best party thrown during the whole school year. Axel was bound to gain popularity for it. Granted that wasn't the redhead's intentions. All Axel wanted to do was throw an amazing party the night before his parents came home like any responsible teenager would do. It was a rite of passage into manhood if you would.

"D-dude," Demyx slurred as he leaned in close to Axel's ear, the scent of alcohol pouring off of him, "Can you introvert me to that one?" The dirty blond slurred as he pointed towards a scene looking kid that Axel didn't personally know. The teen was a bit on the short side but compensated the fact by wearing heeled boots, periwinkle blue hair that covered half his face, and a scowl on his face.

"Do you mean introduce?" Axel asked with a chuckle as he pushed his friend off of him, fearing Demyx would manage to make him drop his rum and coke all over the both of them, "And sure why not. I wouldn't be a very good friend if I didn't help you score." The two friends stumbled towards to unsuspecting teen with stealth that only a raging bull could manage, "Excuse me good sir." Axel said in a very bad English accent, making Demyx snort and have to cover his mouth, "But could I introvert you to my very best friend Demyx Vesela. He's been eyeing you out all evening and being too much of a chicken to actually come talk to you. What's your name?" The redhead explained while his friend furiously blushed and tried to hide behind the slightly taller teen.

"Zexion." The teen introduced himself with a bored, monotone voice. Cobalt colored eyes looked Demyx up and down with an unimpressed frown, "How much did you have to drink tonight?"

"I had four!" Demyx cheerfully shouted while throwing five fingers into poor Zexion's face, Axel intervened and gently lowed one finger for his intoxicated friend, "Thank you. So yeah! Sexy Zexy what classes are you taking?" And with that said Axel decided to take his leave.

For the next hour or so Axel just floated around, talking store with different people and grabbing more mixed drinks. It didn't take long for the redhead to start to get light headed and lose control of himself. People and conversations became a blur. At one point Axel may have made out with someone, but he wouldn't be able to tell you if it really happened or not or even who it was with.

A sudden ominous knock sounded from the front door making all the teens stopped in place and stare at the door. Everything seemed to grow quiet for Axel as he was pushed forward to answer. Axel turned to face the crowed and put a finger to his lips to signal everyone to be quiet. He turned back to the door and very slowly opened it with his heart pounding in his throat. What if it was the cops or his parents coming home early? But the tingling in his arm made Axel know who it really was.

A sigh of relief left the redhead when he saw a short blond standing on his doorstep. But what Axel didn't notice in his drunken haze was how utterly pissed Roxas was. The man's arms were crossed as he glared at the intoxicated person in front of him, "Do you know what time it is?" Roxas angrily chirped out.

Axel lifted his arm and stared at his wrist far longer than he should have before breaking out in a laugh, "Phhhfft I don't own a watch." He cried as he showed his bare wrist off to an unamused Roxas, "Come you need beer." And without asking for permission Axel latched onto Roxas and dragged him inside the house full of drunken teenagers.

"No Axel I don't need a beer." Roxas deadpanned as he tried to pull out of the redhead's grasp, "I have work in the morning and need sleep." Blue eyes swept across the room and took in all the people, "Damn college students keep looking younger and younger." He mused to himself, going unnoticed by Axel.

Once the two reached the kitchen Axel let go of Roxas to open the fridge and root around for some more drinks. He frowned when he only came across empty bottles of rum and a spilt can of beer, "Maybe someone left a drink on the mantle." He mused to himself as he grabbed ahold of Roxas once again to lead him into the living room, but the blond would have none of that and pulled back.

"No. I'm going to go home and get what little sleep I can, and you're going to shut this party down before I castrate you." Roxas threatened as he snaked his arm out of Axel's hands, "Goodnight."

Axel watched as Roxas started to walk away and something snapped in him. He didn't want the blond to leave. Quickly Axel grabbed onto Roxas, and following the buzz form the alcohol, pulled the blond close. Their faces inches apart and slowly getting closer, guided Axel's hand tangled into blond locks. The last thing Axel remembers from that night was the fist flying at his face and the annoying tingle in his left arm.


First off I want to apologize for this being short. I really wanted to do a 3k word minimal for this story but it just didn't happen this time u.u

Secondly I fell like I should tell you that even though I promised a summer of fanfics, I'm having a family emergency so I had to leave home and go pretty much half way across the globe to stay with my grandma (I should only be here for another week though before going home). I've already explained what's going on in Fat Pants (found on my joint account with Ewonsama). So I'm sorry if updates don't happen as much or fast this summer u.u we'll try again during my winter break.

And finally, I wanted to know how long you guys wanted this fic. I can either make it a couple of more chapters long, or I can do more plot points and drama and make this semi long. I've already put some things in this chapter that can be expanded on in later chapters if you want it to be longer, but if not then the extras in this chapter wont really create any plot holes or anything. So yeah, let me know what you'd like to see :)