Rox3l: Yo. Thank you SO much to the people that reviewed, faved, and followed this story. I can't believe how popular it has been. So here is chapter 2.
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The doctor walked back in and Roxas stiffened in Demyx's arms. He looked up at the elder man, he had a bunch of papers in his hand an a white bottle in the other. He came forward and handed the bottle to Roxas. "These are prenatal vitamins. You need to take one a day." He then separated the papers he was holding. Most of them were papers about what to expect when pregnant and were directed at women. The doctor apologized that they didn't have more information on male pregnancy. Roxas just shook his head and took the papers as he was given them. He felt pretty numb, and all he could think about was how this was going to ruin his life. His lack of response triggered a soft and sorry look from the doctor. He placed his hand on Roxas' shoulder, "You have other options here Roxas."
Blue eyes looked up at him, startled. "What do you mean?"
The doctor went over to the desk and pulled another pamphlet out of a drawer. He then handed it to the blond. "There is a clinic about an hour outside of Hollow Bastion that will do male abortions..."
The word hit Roxas like a blow to the chest. Abortion. He shook his head over and over again. "No." He handed the paper back to the man. "No, I could never do that. I can't kill this baby just because I didn't know it could happen."
The nurse who was standing by the door gave him a sympathetic look that also clearly said she didn't agree with him. The doctor handed the paper back to him. "Just, give all your options some thought Roxas. You are 19-years-old, you have your whole life ahead of you." He then wrote Roxas a discharge note and handed it to Demyx. The older blond took it and the two walked out of the room. Going back to the car was excruciating. Roxas never looked up from the ground as he handed the keys to Dem and crawled into the passenger seat. The older started the car and pulled out of the parking lot, headed for his apartment. Roxas glanced out the window and realized they weren't headed back to the dorms.
"Where are we going?"
Demyx side glanced at him, "To my place. I think you have something you need to tell Axel."
Panic flared through Roxas. "I can't. Not right now. Please don't make me."
Sympathy tugged at Demyx's heart. He had no idea how terrifying that this all must be for his younger friend. He sighed and pulled off on the next side street heading back towards the campus. "Alright, fine. But you better tell him at some point. The sooner, the better. In my personal opinion."
Roxas nodded and settled back into the seat. "I just need some time to process what has happened."
Demyx nodded even though Roxas didn't see him, as he was gazing out the window with lost look. "Promise?"
"Promise," Roxas whispered.
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3 Weeks Later
Roxas stood nervously outside Demy's apartment. He had on a long baggy sweatshirt as he was starting to show, just a bit. To anyone who didn't know what was going on it might have just looked like he had gained the freshman fifteen. He had his hands twisted in the hem of the sweatshirt and couldn't bring himself to lift his arm to ring the doorbell. He had been out here for almost ten minutes trying to work up the courage to go in and tell Axel that he was pregnant. He couldn't. No matter what he had said to Dem, he just couldn't walk in there and tell Axel this. It was by far the hardest thing he had even been asked to do in his whole life. He turned to go when the door was violently yanked open. Roxas turned wide-eyed to see Axel standing in the doorway glaring at him.
"Uh...hi," Roxas said softly.
Axel nodded once, curtly.
"Um...we really need ta-to talk." He said with a little more confidence.
Axel snarled at him, "Oh? Now you want to talk? Well newsflash Roxas it's been another month, I think I can take a hint."
"It's not like that...Please, this is important..." Roxas argued back without any force behind it. His eyes starting to fill with tears.
The redhead recoiled sharply, "Whatever it is I don't want to hear it!" He hissed. "I don't want to hear your tear filled confession of how you were wrong, or whatever it is you have to tell me. I don't care, Roxas. Whatever it is, I don't fucking care. Just leave me alone." And with that Axel shut the door firmly.
Twin trails streaked hotly down Roxas' cheeks. "Axel, y-you don't understand anything!" He shrieked turning on the balls of his feet and tearing as fast as he could away from the building.
Axel watched his retreating form from the side window with a ball of guilt chewing at his gut, but he refused to be wrong in this argument. After all, it wasn't him that had pushed himself onto the blond. This mess was Roxas' fault, drunk or not, in Axel's eyes. He wasn't going to coddle the kid because he was now have a streak of remorse. Turning away from Roxas getting into his car Axel mounted the stairs to his room. Maybe now he could actually get over the amazing blond that had waltzed into his life and left just as easily. He didn't think about how he didn't know anything about him, or the fact that they had had nothing more then a sexual encounter or that they had spent less then 10 hours together, most of which were spent asleep. All he knew was that Roxas made him feel something that no one else had in a long time.
Sighing, frustrated he threw himself down onto his bed and scrubbed at his hair in aggravation. He didn't like the feeling of guilt that still clung to his insides. He didn't want to have to admit that maybe, just maybe, he had been a little harsh on the blond. Groaning he flopped onto his side and buried his head in his pillow. He had made Roxas cry after all, and that thought alone made his stomach tighten. After a few more minutes of laying there trying to decide if he was actually going to go to the dorms and find Roxas to apologize his door slammed open. Axel didn't react, knowing there was only one person in the house who would barge in on him like that. "Go 'way Dem. Already feel like an asshole."
Demyx came over to the side of the bed and punched Axel in the shoulder. Axel reacted, drawing back and sitting up sharply. "What the fuck? What'd I do to you?" He asked rubbing at his arm.
"You fucking yelled at Roxas! You are a fucking idiot, you don't even understand what's going on!"
Axel got up from the bed, "Hey now! Don't come barging into my room and yell at me. The fucking kid started it."
Demyx gave him an unfriendly look, "Don't give me that shit Axel. You've had your fair share of one night stands with no call backs. Don't get all pissy because you misinterpreted a drunken encounter."
Axel crossed his arms over his chest, "Well excuse me if I thought there would be something more after he gave me his ass virginity."
Demyx sighed, "That is so far beyond what's the matter now I can't even comment on it."
"How am I supposed to know that?" Axel cried. "He wouldn't fucking talk to me. Besides the fact he ran out the morning after."
"He tried to talk to you tonight. It was fucking important, Axel."
"What is?" Axel exploded wanting to strangle someone if they didn't start making sense.
"He's fucking pregnant, you twit."
Axel froze. Those words in that order not processing in his mind. He stared at Demyx, waiting for a smile, a joke, something. But when nothing came he slowly lowered himself to his bed. " He's what?"
Demyx shook his head, "I didn't want you to find out like this, Axel. But I know you are far too stubborn and hot headed to listen when someone has something important to say sometimes."
Axel shook his head, once. Then again. Over and over, digging his fingers into those crimson locks until his knuckles turned white. "How the flying fucking fuck did this happen?"
"Apparently, he's part merperson and male pregnancy is something that can pass down through the gene pool."
Axel looked up sharply, "Fuck dude. I know that, learned it in Universal Medicine last year. If I had fucking known he was part fish I would have made a bigger effort to wear a condom."
"Why didn't you?" Dem asked lowering himself next to Axel.
Axel sighed and flopped back onto the bed, "I ripped the first one on accident. And he told me not to bother when I was reaching for a second. I was caught up in the moment so when he said 'fuck me' I did." He threw his arm over his eyes. "God, he was coming here to tell me he was pregnant, with my child and I fucking told him that I didn't care. I am the biggest dick in the world. The kid deserves my nuts in a jar..."
Demyx put his hand on Axel's shoulder. "Just, go talk to him. Figure out what you guys are going to do."
"Shit, Dem. This wasn't what I was expecting from my senior year of college."
Demyx made a face, "How do you think he feels, man? He's a Freshman. Only been here a couple months. He'll probably finish out this semester, but that's about it. I don't know how he's going to finish school with a newborn. I mean, I don't even think his parents know he likes men. So this whole thing has the potential for some pretty nasty family ending fights."
Hearing that only made Axel feel worse. He had known it was a possibility and hadn't thought to double check with the blonde before having unprotected sex. This was just as much his fault as it was Roxas', even if he was feeling butt hurt over the night with Roxas turning into a one time thing. Well, not a one time thing anymore. They were a part of each others lives now, forever. Axel gave a small smile at that. He could live with that.
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Roxas was having a shitty day. Scratch that. He was having a shitty couple of days. Sick to his stomach every waking hour of the day, unable to be around pretty much any food that had any kind of even the slightest scent or he was running off to dry heave in the bathroom. Why the fuck did they call it morning sickness if it hits you all fucking day long? The blonde could currently be found slumped over one of the toilets in the communal bathroom on his floor of the dorms. He groaned miserably and laid his cheek against the seat, not caring how many asses had sat where he was now placing his face. The porcelain was cool against his heated skin and the cleaning lady had been through here recently so all he could smell was the light lemon of the cleaning solution and the water in the bowl. When he felt he could move without gagged he slowly pulled himself to his feet.
He took a deep breath and went over to the mirror. All the bathroom kits were line along the back of the sinks. His was a light blue cheap plastic one near the end. He picked out his tooth brush and paste and began the ritual of cleansing his mouth. After two rounds of paste and one of mouthwash all he could taste was wintermint and he felt vaguely better. The sweet minty smell of his breath didn't trigger the urge to puke so Roxas didn't question it, just made a mental note to buy gum. A lot of it. Slowly, holding his stomach he walked back down the carpeted hall to the end where his dorm room was. He pushed the door open and his roommate was sitting on his own side of the room. The brunette looked up as Roxas came through the door. Worry filled his face at the sight of the other boy. "You okay?"
Roxas nodded carefully. Going over to his bed and crawling under the covers. "I'll be fine."
Sora stood up, "What's going on with you Roxas? Why do you keep shutting me out? I'm worried about you. I've been worried about you."
The blonde peaked out from under the blankets and looked at his friend. He felt guilty for making the other worry. He sat up and stared at Sora, "I don't even believe it most days..." He whispered his eyes filling with tears. He hadn't told anyone since he had found out. He knew the moment the school knew he was going to be kicked out. HBU's law program had a zero tolerance policy for pregnant freshman. So the school would probably call his parents and then his parents would know, and they would tell his siblings, then the extended family and by then his whole home town would know. He just wanted to avoid dealing with all that for as long as he could.
"I'm pregnant," He choked.
Sora didn't move for a moment, letting the information sink in. He then came over and sat at the end of Roxas' bed. "You're sure?"
Roxas nodded, "Yeah. I heard it's heartbeat and everything."
Sora blew out a big puff of air, "God..."
Roxas hugged his knees to his chest, "I think I will make it till midterms but by then it's going to be pretty obvious what's going on. I'm going to lose everything."
The brunette placed his hand on Roxas' arm, "Hey. I'm sure things will be okay. You have never had a fight with your parents in you life, you've said. I'm sure they will be understanding."
Roxas shook his head so hard his spikes brushed into his eyes. "I know that the moment I tell them some drunk Senior knocked me up at a party two weeks into the semester they are going to lose it. I was the golden child. The one that never messed up, that did everything they ever wanted me to do..."
Sora didn't know what to say, so he said nothing. Sometimes silence is more comforting then all that words in the world. As Roxas' soft sobs started to subside Sora posed the question burning on his tongue. "Who's the father?"
Roxas looked at him for a moment before dropping his gaze to the blanket. "Axel, I don't know his last name. He's Demyx's friend. Lives off campus."
"Tall red head, tattoos on his face?"
Roxas nodded, "Yeah. That's him."
Sora gave him a grin, "Shit man. If nothing else you managed to get knocked up by one of the hottest guys on campus."
That made Roxas give a small smile, which made Sora smile. "See? If you can still smile then you will be alright."
The blond looked at his roommate and his genuine smile and felt like maybe, just maybe, it really would be alright. That this baby wouldn't be the end of the world. His thoughts drifted to Axel and the night they had spent together. Maybe he had pushed Axel away too soon. Besides the outburst at the house Axel had genuinely wanted to start a relationship with Roxas. Maybe they could be a family. The thought gave him little butterflies.
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Rox3l: Hey everyone! Here is chapter two. So, this might might be longer then 3 chapters. But we will see how things go. Let me know your thoughts on how this story is going. See you next time.
