Axel smiled deviously as Roxas stood frozen solid, his wide eyes fixed on the redhead. The older reached out and ruffled the blond's hair, dragging his luggage in with his other hand. "Sooooo, how's my little cousin doing?" He grinned.

"Shit..." Roxas muttered. "S..Shut up, I'm practically 15 now.." The blond suddenly looked up and jabbed a finger at the older. "AND I'M NOT LETTING YOU MOLEST ME AGAIN."

Axel blinked as the blond's mother brought a frying pan down on Roxas's head. "Roxas!" She scolded. "That's no way to talk to your older cousin!" Then smiling gracefully, she muttered, "Oh, don't mind his fieriness, Axel. He takes after his father."

The redhead smiled awkwardly. "Yes, I'm sure he does..." he slowly walked into the huge living room, admiring its grandeur. "Ooooh, niiiice... so where's my room?" he asked.

Roxas, watching his mom escort his cousin into his room, climbed up the stairs to his own. "I just hope he doesn't barge in on me in the middle of the night..." he scowled.

The blonde sighed and lay on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. "When was it..." he muttered, closing his eyes. He tried his best to remember, the first time he met Axel, and whatever that followed...

It was a Sunday. The day of his dad's funeral. He vividly remembered seeing the beautiful boy and his bright red hair. Roxas had been crying by himself in a corner, even though he was too young to fully comprehend what death was. And this stranger, this redhead, had just come up to him and gave him a hug.

And my mom later told me that boy was my cousin, Roxas recalled to himself. Axel was his name. And everyday thereafter he played with him, all together with Olette, Pence, Hayner and Sora. Roxas smiled at the memory, remembering all the fun he had with his friends.

"And then what happened?" He scratched his head. Oh right. THAT. When the rest of his friends left, Roxas was always left alone with Axel, and well…

When it was just the two of us, he would always tell me, "I really like you Roxas. I wish we could be together like this forever." The blond then made a face, knowing the worst part of his recollections was coming up.

Every day Axel would say all sorts of weird things, which Roxas didn't truly understand … until that day. Roxas continued reminiscing.

Just as always, Axel smiled and told me, "I love you, Roxy. I wish we could be together forever."

And I naively smiled back, "Yep! We'll always be friends! That's forever!"

Axel looked a bit uncomfortable. He picked at his fingernails for a bit then started, "Roxas…"

"Yeah?"

"Well. That's the thing. I...don't love you as a friend."

And I remember, being just 5 year old, staring into his deep green eyes for a loooong time in confusion.

"I... okay. I love you... and.. not just like how a friend loves a friend. But I want to protect you, as someone I like, and... I want to- "

Axel gave up and became flustered. He looked at the ground for a while, then leaned in, gently pushing his lips onto mine, and god knows where his hands wandered. I felt him reach up my shirt and-

"ROOOOXAS!" Axel barged in.

SHIT! Roxas was afraid of this. "AAAHHH!" He sat up, face flustered and whatnot.

The redhead cheerfully jumped over to the blonde's bed and sat dow... wait a minute... BED!

"H..HEY! OFF! BED! NOW!" Roxas shrieked.

Just then, Axel brought his face closer to the blonde's, examining it. "Dude, what were you doing? You're all red," he said.

Roxas felt his heart beat at about 300 per minute. No, please, don't let his cousin hear it! "Will you never shut up?" he said, turning his face away from Axel.

The older smiled and scooted closer to the blonde to the edge of the bed. "Aaah, you were thinking about that again, weren't you?" he burst out into laughter. "Geez, that was when I was 8! I didn't know what I was doing! Cut me some slack, will ya? And you looked so much like a girl I couldn't help myself."

Roxas growled. "THE FACT THAT YOU WERE THAT HORNY WHEN YOU WERE 8 SCARES ME MORE!" He yelled.

"Hmm?" Axel eyed the blond, smiling as deviously as ever. "Then uhhh how about..."

Roxas felt a chill go up his spine, knowing what was coming next. Oh no... please, no.. please please please...

Axel gently bit Roxas's ears, working his way down to his neck. Too late, Roxas thought. Roxas put his head back, allowing room for the redhead to move in. Wait, why was he doing this?

"Aah...wait..." the blond moaned. Axel smiled, ignoring him, and kissed sloppily. "Axel, I said.. stop it.. Hnn.."

Roxas finally broke free, only to have Axel push him down onto the bed. The boy stared into those green eyes, fearing the worst. 'He's gonna do it,' he thought. 'Fuck! I can't do this!' He shut his eyes.

Axel slowly lowered himself, until the two of them were just inches apart. Roxas made the attempt to turn away, but Axel whispered something into his ear.

"Boo."

! The blonde snapped back into reality, and sat upright. "YOU!" He was completely flustered. "Y..YOU! STOP MESSING AROUND WITH ME!"

The redhead started laughing. "You were scared, weren't you?"

"W..Was NOT!" He retorted, bright red and soaked in sweat.

"M-hm." Axel laughed and left the room.

Roxas blankly stirred the food on his lunch tray, with messy hair from the lack of sleep last night. "Uuuuugh," he moaned.

Olette frowned as she set down her tray next to him. "Whoa, you alright? Major pain mode," she clicked her tongue.

"It's probably cuz of Axel," Pence grinned.

"AHAHA, NOT FUNNY!" The blonde snapped back. Pence put his hands in front of him so that the palms faced Roxas, and mouthed the word "chill".

"Hey, where's Sora?" Hayner asked. He dug up a spoonful of mush, smiled at it amusedly, and plopped it back down. "Haven't seen him all day."

"Who cares about that annoying bastard..." Still, Roxas eyed the small brunette dig his way through the crowd. He tried his best to ignore the overly-cheerful boy, who was now waving enthusiastically.

"OH! HEY! ROXAS!" Sora screamed.

Olette pointed her fork at the brunette in warning. "Give him a break, Sora. Rox is tired."

Sora pouted, and shoved the girl's face out of his way. ("HEY!" she screamed) "Anways, Roxas, I heard the news. Axel really move in with you?"

"WILL EVERYONE PLEASE STOP ASKING ME THE SAME QUESTION?" Roxas cried.

"YOU'RE SO LUCKY!" The brunette ignored Roxas's outburst and looked up with starry eyes. "I wish Riku would move in with me! Yeah! That'd be cool! Why is it that you get to live under the same roof as your lover and I don't"

"Because he's not my lover?" Roxas muttered. "For christsakes, he's my cousin. That's disgusting."

"Jesus just admit it, Roxas. You're so gay for him," Olette rolled her eyes. "The only reason I ever hung out with you guys is so I can see some guy on gu-"

"Roxas!" Olette was cut off by someone who gave a random cry of the blond's name, who, much to her joy, was Axel. 'YEEES! PERFECT TIMING! Score one for the fangirl!' she silently rejoiced.

The blond turned his face away from him. "Oh no... What now, Axel?"

"Hey! Um, me and Demi and Riku are gonna go watch a movie after school. Wanna come with?" he smiled.

"Oh, I'd love to!" Sora gleamed.

Axel raised an eyebrow. "Uh, yeah. Sure. Nice to know that." He turned back to the blond. "So? What do you say?"

"First off, it's 'Demyx, Riku and I', not 'me, Demyx and Riku.'" He sighed. "And secon-"

"GREAT! Then it's settled!" The redhead happily beamed, and gave the younger a peck on the cheek. "After school by the flagpole! Be there!" and he was off.

Everyone was silent for a moment, still shocked by what they saw. Olette had a weird half-smile on her face.

"Heh.. Dude, that is so wrong," Pence grinned.