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"You're...an Angel." Roxas gaped, eyes wide.

Axel nodded. "And you must be a human, right?" He gave a small smile. "I'm sorry for shoving you, Roxas. I-I..."

"It's fine." Roxas hesitated. "What happened?"

Axel laughed but it was hollow, pulling at Roxas's heart strings. "The Prince told me he loved me...I don't like him that way, and when I told him, he got mad. He..." The red head flinched at the memory, looking shocked. "He...really tried to force himself on me...B-but someone saw and he said that I had attacked him...They took my wing before I was able to escape."

It was a dark thought, but somehow, Roxas could see why someone wouldn't take rejection well from the red head. He was beautiful, his skin pale and eyes brighter than anything he had ever seen. He was tall, around six ten and lanky but muscular. He had long legs and an angular face. The red eye-shadow and black eyeliner made the green stand out even more.

"I..." Roxas wasn't sure what to say. "I'm sorry."

Axel gave a friendly smile. "That's okay. I still...feel bad about turning him down, really. I don't like to hurt people's feelings..."

"You can't help who you fall in love with." Roxas offered, sitting on the bed next to him. "It's not your fault."

The smile widened. "You're very nice for a human."

The wing on Axel's back spread, and Roxas jumped when it curled around, shading him. The blond blushed. It was a weird version of a hug. He slowly reached up and ran a hand through the feathers. They felt like silk and they were so shiny...

Roxas jumped when a feather fell. Blinking, he picked it up off the bedspread and offered it back to Axel. The red head shook his head.

"Keep it."

"So..." Roxas felt a little uncomfortable. "What's it like? Being an Angel, I mean?"

Axel chuckled. "Depends on what kind you are. When I was created, I was made to be an Angel of Love, or Ai No Tenshi. My mother had been...a laborer." He frowned a little. "It meant that she was a sex slave to whoever was important at the time, which doesn't make sense. They preach all the time that love is most important...And my Father had been a Angel of Judgement. When my mother had me, I was taken from her to be chosen into a caste.

"I was told that being an Ai Tenshi, wherever I go, people will fall in love with me. But some of it's not true love, just lust. And it would be hard for me to find someone I can be myself around..." Axel smiled, looking over at Roxas. "You...don't act like them. I've seen humans before, but none acted like you. You took care of me. Thank you."

Roxas blushed. "I-it's nothing, really. And I'm sorry about your mom."

"That's very kind of you." Axel seemed to glow he was so happy. Roxas's blush darkened.

"Uh, well...if you want, I can make something to eat, or...something."

Axel frowned. "I wouldn't feel right letting you do everything for me. I'll make you something, okay?"

"T-thanks..."

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'Okay Roxas, calm down,' he thought, pacing a little. Axel was in the kitchen, retracting his wing so it didn't get in the way. 'So, you have an Angel in the house, that's okay...You just be nice and help him and not fall in love with him. Easy,'

"Roxas, why is this thing hissing at me?"

'...Okay, that might be harder than I thought,'

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Roxas felt bad when Axel went into a frenzy about blowing up the microwave. He apologized over and over, and it made the blond think of a little kid or something. He should've told Axel about such things since they most likely didn't have them from wherever Axel came from.

"Axel, it's not your fault, really." Roxas said, watching the red head cook. "Please stop beating yourself up."

Axel frowned. "I will..."

He watched the Angel. There was something wrong here...why was Axel taking orders? Especially since that wasn't an order. Biting his lower lip, the blond racked his brain. If Axel was a Love Angel, that meant that he would be 'made' to what? Obey? That was stupid, Roxas thought viciously. Obeying wasn't love. And why Roxas? Just because the blond saved him didn't mean he owed him or had to obey him.

"Are you sure your back doesn't hurt?" Roxas asked, concerned.

Axel smiled at him, nodding. "I just needed rest for it to heal."

Roxas nodded. "Okay...so, how come the back thing scarred and not the side one?"

"Well..." Axel rubbed his side. "Since the back wound was where my wing was, it's more important...The side was just the Prince attacking me."

"...I can't believe he did that though." Roxas muttered. "You're so nice, you don't need someone hurting you."

Axel blushed, beaming. "You're very nice, Roxas."

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"What are you going to do?" Roxas asked, the red head sitting next to him on the couch in the living room.

Axel blinked, looking thoughtful. "I guess...I'll have to stay in the Human world. If I go back, they'll tare out my other wing and kill me."

"That's horrible!" Roxas said, eyes wide. "Just because you didn't love the guy back!?"

"Roxas..." Axel sighed. "It's most important to be in love. At least, at home it is. And to be rejected by the one you love is..." The red head paled, eyes glazed. "It hurts."

"Axel, are you okay?" Roxas asked, gently touching the red head's cheek.

"I-is it okay if I laid down with you?" He murmured softly, shaking a little.

Roxas nodded. Axel tried to smile but looked more like a grimace, laying his head on the blond's lap. Roxas's flushed. Oh...that's what that meant. Gulping, he ran a hand through the red head's hair. He smiled at how soft it was, despite what it looked like.

"I'm sorry..." Axel whispered. "It's a curse, really, but...I need physical contact or I get sick."

It sounded like they sugar-coated what they called Axel. People wanting him, him needing skin contact. It sounded more like he was a Lust Angel. Roxas frowned, gently caressing his cheek. It was horrible how they lied to someone like him.

"Axel?"

Axel closed his eyes, humming. Roxas smiled a little.

"If you're staying in the Human World...you can stay with me."

There was a pause. "R-really?"

"Yeah."

"...I think I'd...like that." And Axel smiled shyly, making Roxas's heart flutter.

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Yay, another chapter. Read it and weep...or smile, whatever. XP But I'm going to Rhode Island for an early vacation, so I can't write too soon. :dies: Sorry!

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