Forgot to do a disclaimer for the last chapter lol I don't own any of the characters in this story, I don't even own a pet :(
Shot 2: Conversations with Dogs
"How does this look? Too dressy?" Roxas asked. After finally plucking up the courage to call Axel, arranging a time to go over to his house and getting the address Roxas had been obsessing about what to wear for the last three hours. He had finally settled on a white shirt, black skinny jeans, his favourite necklace and a few bracelets dangling from his slim wrists. "Is this too dressy?" he asked again.
Sora cocked his head to the side and raised his ears. He jumped off Roxas's bed and sniffed at the sky blue Converse All Stars on his owner's feet. The teen sighed and scratched behind his dog's ears.
"As the saying goes; ask your dog a question...you're going crazy." Roxas picked up the phone and punched in Zexion's number, on the third ring his friend picked up.
"Aloha."(1)
"Zex it's Rox, I need your help."
"Hey Rox, what's up?" the other boy asked. Roxas thought for a second.
"I'm insane, that's what's up." he stated. There was a pause.
"Ok you're going to have to narrow this down for me." Zexion replied.
"I'm obsessing about what to wear on this date with Axel and I just asked Sora if he thought what I have on is too dressy." Roxas heard the other boy burst out laughing on the other end.(2)
"Yeah you're insane." he chocked through his laughter.
"Oh you're so funny Zexion, my sides are splitting." Roxas replied sarcastically. Zexion stopped laughing at Roxas's tone.
"Roxas will you relax! Everything is going to be fine, Axel clearly already likes you, so why are you worrying? What are you wearing?"
"This is beginning to sound like a dirty phone call." Roxas remarked.
"I'm helping." Zexion replied. "Just tell me what you're wearing."
"A white shirt and black skinny jeans."
"That's fine, listen when Demyx and I had our first date I'd literally just come from work." Zexion stated.
"Yes, but you work in a five star restaurant your uniform is black tie." the stressed out teen countered.
"All right if you want to get technical."
"Zex!" There was a definite edge to Roxas's voice now.
"Ok, ok, ok! From the sounds of it what you're wearing is fine, smart-casual is good and do that spiky thing with your hair so it's sort of sexy-messy." Roxas was surprised that his friend knew so much about style...but not that surprised, it was Zexion he was talking to – the boy looked good no matter what.
"Thanks Zex, you're a genius."
"Ma-halo."(3) Zexion replied, a smile evident in his voice. "Glad to help as always. Call me tomorrow and tell me everything." Roxas smiled.
"I promise. Talk to you tomorrow."
"Rox," Zexion said before his friend hung up. "don't do anything I wouldn't." He burst into another fit of laughter at the irritated sounds coming from the other end of the phone.
"Piss off Zex!" Roxas yelled at his friend and hung up. He checked the clock, he had to be at Axel's soon so he grabbed a tub of his best smelling hair jell and began trying to work his hair into something that could be classed as 'sexy-messy' even though he had no idea what that actually meant.
Once ready and having had the usual struggle with Sora while attempting to lock the door, Roxas stood outside Axel's house a feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach. Why was he so nervous? Sure this guy was without doubt the most beautiful person Roxas had ever seen and this was the first date he had been on in about a year...
'Is this even a date?' the voice in his head asked 'You brought your dog with you.' But Axel had said to bring the goofy Labrador with him...Roxas shook his head in an attempt to rid himself of these thoughts and, with an encouraging nudge from Sora, rang the doorbell.
Axel opened the door and smiled at the teen in front of him. Roxas could have sworn his heart stopped beating there and then; Axel was wearing tight fitting black leather trousers that accentuated his muscular, yet slim, legs and a baggy purple button-up shirt that clashed slightly with his hair. Roxas could feel his face flushing as he took in the appearance of the man standing in the doorway.
"Hey," Axel said looking Roxas up and down "how you doin'?" Roxas laughed.
"That's so lame." he retorted, grinning. Axel smirked.
"Maybe, but it made you laugh." he signalled for Roxas and Sora to come in. When they were inside and the door was closed Roxas unclipped the dog's lead. Sora happily trotted over to Axel letting the older teen stroke his head.
As he watched his dog bonding with his date (yes, he decided he was going to call it a date) he felt something brushing against his legs. He looked down to see Lea, Axel's cat rubbing against his legs. Roxas bent down and stroked the cat who began to purr softly.
"He likes you." The sound of Axel's voice made Roxas look up, he was met by Axel's emerald eyes and his breath caught in his throat.
"Pardon?" he asked. The red head slowly and softly brushed the blonde's fringe out of his eyes, locking their gazes together.
"Lea doesn't come to just anyone, he must see something special in you." Roxas swallowed nervously as Axel leaned closer towards him. Roxas could smell his aftershave – it was sweet and masculine at the same time, it was tantalising. Breathing heavily, the blonde teen tried to get his brain to function but the red head's proximity and intoxicating scent made conscious thought practically impossible.
"I...um..." he finally managed. Axel smirked at him and, taking his hand, pulled him to his feet.
"Hope you like horror films 'cause I rented a load." With that he sauntered into the adjacent room, followed by the russet cat and a curious Sora. Roxas exhaled the breath he had been holding and followed the older male and the two animals into a room with a sofa and a large, wide screen TV a feeling of anticipation now settling in his stomach.
The teens were halfway into one of the films when a face suddenly appeared on the screen accompanied by a blood curdling scream made Roxas jump violently. Axel chuckled softly next to him and put his arm around the younger boy, pulling him close to his chest. The sudden contact made Roxas blush and he was thankful that the room was dark.
"Relax Roxie," Axel whispered in the blonde's ear. "no need to be scared...I'm here to protect you, got it memorized." Roxas's blush deepened.
"I...I'm not, I wasn't..." Roxas stammered. He looked up and in the light from the TV he could see Axel smirking down at him. The red head's eyes held a mischievous glint, that made Roxas's face catch fire.
"I like it when you blush." Axel stated. "It makes you look so innocent and at the same time so incredibly sexy." Roxas gulped at his words and opened his mouth to say something.
"Uh..." was all the blonde could muster as Axel took his face in his free hand and pulled the blonde haired teen so close to his their noses were almost touching.
"Quite frankly you're just too sexy for words." With that Axel crashed their lips together in a passionate kiss. It was at this point that Roxas's brain stopped functioning. All he could think about was the feel of Axel's warm lips on his, nothing else was important any more.
With one hand Axel tangled his fingers in the other's soft blond hair and pulled Roxas closer, deepening the kiss, while his other hand slid up the inside of Roxas's thigh. The blonde haired teen gasped at this and Axel took this opportunity to slip his tongue past Roxas's open lips. This again made the younger boy forget about everything that was going on around him – he didn't care that he had only just met this guy and was currently engaged in what was turning into a very steamy make-out session. All he cared about was Axel, Axel kissing him, Axel touching him.
Roxas allowed Axel to pull him onto his lap and he straddled the older teens hips. He was a little shocked by his boldness but he felt Axel smirk against his lips and, filled with a new found confidence, ground his hips against the red heads. Axel moaned loudly at the contact and pulled Roxas back so he could look into his hazy, lust filled eyes.
"My room?" the red head panted, his breathing heavy from the lack of air. His bright green eyes were filled with lust and the promise of something more. Roxas wasn't a 'sex on the first date' kind of guy but there was just something about the way Axel was looking at him...he just couldn't bring himself to stop what was happening.
"Ok..." he replied, deciding to do something impulsive for once in his life.
...TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's Note:
(1) this is the Hawaiian for 'hello', this is pretty much how I answer the phone and greet people all the time
(2) I know he's only a side character in this fic but I thought I'd play around with his personality a bit because it bugs we when people stereotype him as this stoic, standoffish, emo kid – I know he's a librarian but still...
(3) this is Hawaiian for thank you, I think, again it's a word I use a lot in my everyday conversation...just to clarify I'm not Hawaiian
Last instalment coming soon :D
Sad times, end of this story :( but if you like this check out the first chapter of my 2nd story 'If It Looks Like Beer :)
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