Title: Let's Call It Love

Rating: T+ - M+

Pairing: AkuRoku

Disclaimer: I really don't own KH, okay? I swear.

A/N: Here's chapter two. I hope you enjoy. Don't forget to review!

Btw, the chapter title was inspired by the song 'Weak days' by Young and Divine

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Ch. 2

Nothing Ever Goes According to Plan

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Axel and his family had left after dinner. They were actually a nice family. Roxas hated saying this but, he really didn't mind if they were the ones who bought his house.

He was also in a happier mood because Hayner had texted him back after dinner and said yes to going to the beach.

He had also texted Pence and Olette and they had instantly said yes.

They were all looking forward to going to the beach and then into Twilight Town's biggest mall to do some browsing and hanging out, and then to the skate park.

Roxas had wondered about inviting Axel but he didn't know how his friends would react to the unusual boy.

He let his thumb relax over his cell's keypad.

Should he invite Axel?

A small smile formed on his face as he texted his friends and said boy before he turned off his phone, shut off the lights, brushed his teeth and went to bed ignoring his brother Sora who refused to stop playing his game boy.

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He woke to sunlight filtering in through his bedroom windows and something else...

Something that shouldn't have been in his bed but was...

And the thing was moving.

Roxas slowly turned his head to the side and when he did, cursed under his breath.

Red hair framed a pale face, pink lips were slightly parted, eyes closed…long lashes fanning out…

Roxas was stunned as the sun reflected off Axel's hair making it look like fire.

But then reality hit him like a semi-truck.

He was thinking that…

What?

That Axel was handsome?

Roxas's eye twitched. Ew...

"Axel, get the hell out of my bed before I shove your head up your ass." Roxas said loudly.

"But you never told me when we were going to the beach, so I didn't know when to get up…I'm tiiired!" Axel whined, rolling over onto his back and stretching his limbs out. Axel strangely reminded him of a cat.

"I don't care. I never gave you my permission to sleep in my bed." Roxas swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood.

"Now, don't move. Or touch anything. I'm going to take a shower." Roxas made his way to his and Sora's bathroom.

Usually he woke up to Sora's squealing so where was the boy?

Now that he thought about it, he remembered Sora talking about going to Riku's, his best friend's, house.

He stepped into the shower turning on the hot water, forgetting about everything else except the soothing water running down his body.

He scrubbed himself clean and when he was done turned off the water.

The blond stepped out of the shower, grabbing a towel and wrapping it around his waist.

He looked around and then his shoulders slumped.

Clothes...Shit.

He hadn't brought his clothes in the bathroom…

That meant he had to go back into his bedroom where Axel was…

That meant Axel would see him half-naked.

He grabbed another white, fluffy towel for good measure, wrapped it around his chest, and opened the door leading to the bedroom.

He looked around and didn't see Axel anywhere.

The red head had probably gone downstairs to get breakfast or something.

He sighed and relief and took off the second towel that was covering his chest, throwing it onto his bed.

He made his way to his dresser and took out a pair of boxers, some black pants, and a white shirt. He folded them and tucked them under his arm to take to the bathroom.

Just as he was half-way across his bedroom he heard Axel's voice just outside his bedroom door.

Oh crap…

Roxas madly dashed to the bathroom-

And tripped.

The fall sent him crashing to the floor.

"Oh shit! Roxas, are you alright?!" Axel hurriedly asked, running to his side.

Axel had probably seen his fall too, which made it that more embarrassing.

"Mmmph..." Roxas had also managed to face plant into the carpet.

"Are you alright? Does it hurt anywhere?" Axel touched his shoulder and Roxas, remembering his half-naked state, flinched away.

He hurriedly sat up, clutching his head. "Yeah…I'm okay."

"Alright…" Roxas, in his moment of pain, didn't notice the hurt expression on Axel's face.

He took his hand away from his face and looked at Axel.

"Thanks though. I appreciate your concern, Axel." Roxas smiled and stood.

Axel looked up at him with wide eyes and then…the laughing started.

"Um…What's so funny again?" Roxas frowned.

"You might want to fix your towel there, Roxy." Axel burst out laughing and ran out of the room.

"What the f-

Roxas looked down at himself and immediately turned four shades of red.

His towel was loose and drooping, showing a fair amount of his right hip and pelvic bone and a part of his happy trail.

God damn…

Roxas sighed and then slapped his hand against his face. He readjusted his towel and then picked up his clothes and made his way back to the bathroom.

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Axel and Roxas had breakfast with Namine and Roxas's mother, Tifa, before they left. Tifa had made them both wear sunscreen because of their pale complexions. Roxas had tried to say 'no', but the look on his mother's face told him she was not to be messed with. So the sunscreen went on.

After they had finished packing snacks, drinks, more sunscreen, towels, and an umbrella, Tifa declared them ready to go. So they left, a little hurried because of the fright that Tifa would make them take something else. Mothers…

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Roxas and Axel were supposed to meet up with Hayner, Pence, and Olette at a bookstore not very far from his house.

As Roxas and Axel walked, they talked about school, video games and music that they liked.

Roxas found out he liked a lot of music that Axel liked and the red head promised to give him a copy of his playlist later.

"Hey Axel, did that hurt when you got it pierced?" Roxas asked, pointing at his lip.

"My lip ring?" Axel glanced at him. "Yeah. A little. Why?"

"It just looks like it would hurt, you know?" Roxas stared at the shiny metal hoop.

"Yeah." Axel nodded, grinning.

They walked in comfortable silence for a couple minutes.

"What are your friends like?" Axel suddenly questioned him.

"Oh, Hayner, Pence, and Olette are great. You'll like them and I'm very sure they'll like you too." Roxas said, though inside he wasn't too sure.

"Alright then." After a few minutes, the taller boy sighed, paying attention to where he was walking again.

He's nervous…

Roxas smiled but turned away so that Axel couldn't see.

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"Hayner! Pence! Olette! Hey!" Roxas shouted as he saw his friends standing at the entrance to the bookstore.

"Hey!" They all answered back running up to him. They hugged and exchanged high fives and then their eyes turned curiously to Axel.

"Guys, this is Axel. He might be buying my house."

"The name's Axel. A-X-E-L, Got it memorized?" Axel smirked and Roxas saw Olette swoon a bit.

"Hey Axel." Hayner pounded fists which Axel responded quite well to. Pence high-fived him, and Olette smiled and high-fived him too.

As he watched his friends talk with Axel, he felt proud for a reason unknown to him.

Maybe because he had introduced Axel to them?

He didn't really know.

After everyone was done socializing, they began their short walk to the beach.

"Where'd you get those sick piercings, Axel?" Hayner asked eyeing the hoops and studs.

"I got them in Hollow Bastion after I moved away from here." Axel smiled.

"You used to live here?" Olette asked, curiously.

"Yeah. A couple years ago though." Axel looked down, kicking a rock as he walked.

Roxas turned towards them interested in hearing about Axel's past.

"What happened that you had to move?" Pence asked.

Axel glanced at Pence. Roxas noticed Axel looked a little sad.

"My little sister Kairi got really sick and almost died. She's okay now though. It's just at the time; Hollow Bastion had one of the best hospitals to treat her condition. So, that's why we moved there and now that she's okay we're moving back here."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Olette said sadly.

"That sucks bro." Hayner patted Axel on the back.

"Sorry for asking, man." Pence patted his other side.

"It's alright. Maybe you guys could meet her one day." Axel grinned.

"Yeah!" Hayne, Pence, and Olette agreed happily.

Roxas looked on in stunned silence.

Axel had gone through that?

Axel glanced back at him, slowing down. Hayner, Pence, and Olette continued walking ahead.

"You coming or what?" Axel smirked.

"Yeah…I just…" Roxas jogged up to Axel.

"Just?" Axel prodded him to continue.

"I just wanted to say sorry for treating you like crap that day when we first met…I didn't know you went through all that."

"It's okay, right? We're friends now, aren't we?" Axel laughed, a bright smile gracing his features.

"Yeah…" Roxas smiled too as Axel slung his arm over his shoulders. And he didn't mind this time.

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When they reached the beach, Axel gasped.

"What's wrong, Axel?" Olette asked, concerned.

Everyone looked at him including Roxas.

"Nothing. I just haven't been here in forever!" Axel said smiling.

Roxas smiled too.

"The last one in is a pregnant chicken!" Axel called, dropped his stuff and ran like hell to the water.

Roxas's eye twitched.

Then he saw everyone else panicking to run and get to the water. They all dropped their stuff too.

"Guys! That's not fair! You left all the stuff here!" Roxas yelled, annoyed.

"Whatever…" He grumbled and began to load all the bags into his arms.

"Hey, let me get that." A girly voice said from behind him.

"What?" Roxas turned and he felt arms touch his to take some of the stuff away.

"My name's Samantha. You are?" A girl with sandy-blond hair smiled at him from above some bags in her arms.

"I'm Roxas." He politely smiled back. "Thanks for helping me with those."

"Oh, you're welcome! I just wanted to talk to you is all. Helping you carry this seemed like the perfect idea." She winked.

Roxas looked surprised for a second before smiling at her.

This girl was really straightforward.

"So do you have a girlfriend?" She asked.

"No." Roxas put down his load as they reached the spot where his friends had taken off their sandals to jump into the water.

"Do you want one?" She smiled, putting down the bags she was carrying. He noticed she had really pretty blue eyes.

"Um…" Roxas mumbled, dazzled by her bright smile. It wasn't as bright as Axel's was though.

Wait…

Why was he comparing them?

"Well, if you want one, give me a call, alright?" She winked, handed him a piece of paper with numbers on it, and then walked back to her friends. He noticed she was wearing a bikini and that she had long legs. She was really pretty.

"Dude! Who was that hot chick?" Hayner came up behind him. Pence came second.

"Her name's Samantha." He said, still looking at her retreating form.

"Oh yeah! Roxas scored! Woooh!" Hayner catcalled, slapping Roxas on the back.

Roxas turned a couple shades of pink and ducked his head.

"What's up?" Axel said from behind him. Hayner grabbed his shoulders and turned him around.

"Our Roxas just scored a date with a very hot chick." Hayner and Pence slapped his back, laughing again.

"Guys! I didn't agree to go yet! I don't even know her yet!" Roxas pulled away from them. He noticed Axel's bare chest. He was really pale and thin.

"You get to know her!" Hayner said, raising his eyebrows suggestively.

"Hayner!" Olette said sternly, coming up to them too. She had heard what they had been saying though.

"Okay, okay. Sorry Olette, I forgot you were a girl!" Hayner burst out laughing, running to escape a slap.

"Hayner!" Olette let an outraged yell and ran after him.

Pence joined his angry girlfriend in running after Hayner.

That left Axel and Roxas to stare at the other three running around screaming in awe.

They both started laughing at them, but then Olette shot them both a warning look that said 'Don't start with me.' And they stopped laughing.

Roxas decided to try out the water and Axel followed him.

They were swimming comfortably, feet brushing the sand bottom.

"So are you gonna go out with her? That Samantha girl?" Axel asked, suddenly.

Roxas glanced at him, but Axel was looking away in the direction of the pier.

"I don't know. Maybe. I don't really know her that well." Roxas answered, quietly.

"I see."

They stayed in a comfortable silence until Pence, Hayner, and Olette got bored of playing tag, or so it had morphed into, and joined them again.

Olette decided to go get a beach ball so they could play in the water and got out.

She came back with it but Hayner decided to play chicken fight instead.

"Is everyone familiar with the rules?" Hayner asked, looking around. When everyone nodded he nodded too, clearly satisfied.

"Alright then. Axel's an anchor, same with Pence and I. Olette will take turns with me. We'll be on Pence. Roxas will go on Axel. Any objections?"

"But..."Roxas glanced at Axel.

But what?

He's gay, so I can't go on his shoulders?

Oh man…

"But?" Hayner looked at Roxas.

"Nothing." Roxas said pasting a fake smile on his face.

"Alrighty then! I go first!" Hayner yelled, grabbing Pence.

"Hey! Easy with my boyfriend!" Olette yelled at Hayner who just waved her off.

"Roxas?"

"What?" Roxas looked at Axel, who cocked an eyebrow at him. "Oh yeah. Sorry. I was spacing out there."

Shit. Shit. Shit. This was going to be awkward.

Axel didn't have to go completely under the water because he was so tall. Roxas blushed.

Axel stuck his head up above the water. "Roxas?"

Roxas shoved Axel's face down and hurriedly climbed onto Axel's shoulders.

Axel came back up, standing up to his full height.

Roxas looked down at the water. He felt really tall. Is this how tall people felt?

He blushed when Axel grabbed his knees pulling him forward.

"A-axel..." He stuttered.

"What?" Axel asked, tightening his grip so Roxas wouldn't fall.

"Never mind…" He lightly grabbed Axel's hair.

He noticed Axel's hair was messy. It was usually gelled in many spikes but now that it was wet it was plastered to his head. It was really long too. If anyone saw him from the back they would probably think it was a really tall girl. Axel had a thin waist and womanly hips.

Roxas blushed. Why was he thinking about this?

"Okay, Roxas! I'm going to kill you!" Hayner yelled from his position on Pence's shoulders.

"Not before I kill you first!" Roxas laughed.

"Go!" Olette yelled, signaling to start the fight.

Axel charged forward and Roxas almost lost his balance.

Pence was little slower and Axel was right on Pence before he even knew it.

Roxas pushed Hayner on the shoulder. Hayner pushed back. Axel backed up a little and Roxas shoved Hayner back, but Pence backed up too and they regained their balance.

"C'mon Roxas…" Axel whispered. He charged forward again and Roxas stuck both hands out, hitting Hayner and causing him to yelp and fall back. Pence wasn't fast enough and they toppled back into the water.

"Yes!" Axel jumped and fell back.

"Axel!!" Roxas cried out before they hit the water.

Axel surfaced before Roxas, laughing hysterically.

Roxas surfaced a second after, frowning. "Why'd you do that?"

"It was fun." Axel smiled at him.

"Whatever." Roxas waited for Olette to get onto Hayner's shoulders before he got onto Axel's.

After he was situated on Axel's shoulders, Axel stood up to his full height again.

"We're going easy on her." Roxas tugged gently at Axel's red hair.

"I know." Axel nodded.

"Go!" Pence yelled out, laughing at his girlfriend who looked uncomfortable.

Hayner charged Axel like Axel had done to Pence. Olette yelped when Roxas lightly pushed at her.

"Olette kill him!" Pence encouraged her from the sidelines.

She narrowed her eyes and Roxas gulped.

Uh-oh…

Hayner pushed Axel and he back up just as Olette hit Roxas.

Roxas tried to steady himself but he toppled back into the water with a grunt.

Axel and Roxas resurfaced to a laughing Hayner and whooping Pence.

Olette was blushing as her boyfriend hugged her joyfully.

"We tried." Axel smiled at Roxas.

"Yeah, we did." Roxas smiled back.

"I can't believe Roxas lost to a girl!!" Hayner laughed, uproariously.

Roxas frowned and pushed his head under the water.

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After they had decided that the beach was getting boring, everyone packed up and they all made their way to Hayner's house which was near the beach.

They changed and then left their stuff there. After they had gotten some snacks they headed to the mall.

Pence and Olette were walking hand in hand ahead of everyone else, Hayner had run into one of his friends from school and they were walking behind Pence and Olette.

So that left Axel and Roxas walking behind them all.

"So did you like the beach?" Roxas asked.

"Yeah, I loved it. I haven't been to the beach in forever. I didn't really like the beaches in Hollow Bastion. It was too hot." Axel smiled glancing at him.

"Okay. How is it in Hollow Bastion?"

"It's not as nice as it is here, I guess. There are a lot of bad kids over there and you have to be mean to survive."

Roxas looked at Axel in surprise. "Really?"

"Yeah." Axel nodded.

"That sucks."

Roxas absently wondered how Axel had acted when he was in Hollow Bastion.

They were silent until they arrived at the mall.

Once they reached the entrance, Olette dragged Pence off to a shoe shop and Hayner said bye to go look in a store that sold Struggle bats.

"What's struggle?" Axel asked as they walked.

"It's a sport where you take a bat and fight with another person."

"Um…okay?" Axel raised an eyebrow.

"Shut up. I don't know how to explain it. I just do it." Roxas lightly shoved Axel.

They were nearing the food court when Axel suddenly cried out.

"Axel? What is it?" Roxas quickly looked at Axel only to find a delighted look on his face.

"Oh my God…Roxas I have to show you something…" Axel hurried off to an ice-cream shop.

"What the hell?" Roxas stared after the red head who started waving madly for him to come over.

As he slowly walked over, he saw Axel pay for something and then he was given two light blue popsicles.

When he reached Axel, he asked, "Are those poisonous?"

Axel gave him a look that said 'Are you really asking me that?'

"Okay. Jeez. Sorry." Roxas shrugged. Axel shook his head, smiling at him and offered him one of the frosty treats.

"Go on eat it." Axel said, licking his.

"How can I be so sure you're not trying to poison me?" Roxas grinned.

Axel glared at him.

Roxas huffed, "Fine." He looked at the popsicle and then gave it an experimental lick.

It was salty and when he was just about to spit it out, it was sweet.

It was actually really good. He gave it another lick.

"This is really good." He bit off a small chunk with his teeth.

"I know." Axel smiled at him, licking his again.

"Thank you." Roxas smiled back.

The quiet moment was ruined when someone suddenly squealed, "Axel!!"

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Guess who that is? xD This chapter was a little longer than the first one was. I hope you enjoyed, and chapter three will be out soon! Don't forget to review! I get my inspiration from reviews! :D