"Hey Roxas…"

The blonde looked up from his work computer to see Naminé, one of his best friends at the company. She was leaning against the doorframe that lead into his office, a somewhat sad look on her face. "Hi Nam. What's the matter?"

"…I-I heard some rumors about why you were gone most of last month," she said, coming over to his desk. "They say that you and Axel were trying to have another kid, but something happened…did he miscarry?"

Roxas sighed. "I did. Axel didn't take the potion this time."

Naminé looked a little surprised. "You did?" When Roxas nodded in response, she hugged him. "I'm so sorry," she said. "I had no idea that you had taken it…did you find out why it happened?"

"It was a malformed birth canal," Roxas answered sadly as the blonde girl pulled away. "Dr. Gainsborough said that sometimes stuff like that happens, male or female. The difference in male pregnancies though is that the experts think that maybe the reason it's malformed is because a potion slips through the inspection crew or something. They're just not sure."

The blonde girl looked at him sadly. "…is there anything I can do?"

Roxas smiled a little. "Thanks Nam, but…I think I just need time," he answered. "Axel's helped me a lot; when it happened, I thought it was something I did. Now I can see that it just…was something that was supposed to occur…but I don't know when I'll be ready to try again."

Naminé leaned against his desk. "…are you sure you want to?"

Roxas nodded. "I am. Axel's given me three beautiful kids…I just…want to do the same thing for him. Make him feel like I did when I found out about our angels…"


"Mommy?"

Axel looked up from the crossword he was doing at the kitchen table, Desmond in his high chair next to him as he crunched on some Cheerios, to see the Kari and Kala on the other side with Demyx and Zexion. "Hey you two," Axel greeted the girls. "Have a good day at school?"

Neither of them answered. Instead, they just walked around the table and hugged Axel before running away towards their room.

"…okay…what was that about?" the red head asked.

Demyx grimaced a little. "Today wasn't a good day for them."

"What makes you say that?"

Zexion spoke when Demyx found himself unable to. "It seems that the girls were asked questions about when their new sibling was coming and they got upset. The incident apparently happened during recess and they ended up going to their teacher by the end of it, crying. Ms. Kisaragi managed to calm them both down and encouraged them, but the girls were rather…stricken."

Axel sighed. "I had a feeling that this might happen sooner or later," he thought aloud. "It's just…miscarriage is so hard to explain to kids. And the girls were so scared when Roxas locked himself in the bathroom that day…"

Zexion cleared his throat. "…how is Roxas doing?"

"He's…better," Axel started. Desmond however, cut him off by making little noises, which usually meant he was getting fussy. Picking up Desmond's sippy cup that was full of juice from the table and handing it to the almost eleven-month old, Axel gave a little smile to the youngest. "He's realized that what happened wasn't his fault, and that was probably the biggest hurdle of this whole thing. But…he's still scared. I keep offering to do it instead like I have before, but he keeps saying that he wants to. But I don't know why he's so insistent."

Demyx thought about it for a minute. "Maybe he wants to do something special for you," he suggested. "Roxas was excited, ecstatic, whatever you wanna call it, whenever you got pregnant. So…maybe he wants to give you those feelings?"

Axel looked at Desmond, who was drinking happily from his cup. "I-I guess I never thought of it that way," he said. "It's just…I don't want anything to happen to him. If he does want to try again, then I want everything to go fine. I don't want his heart breaking again."

Demyx pulled up a chair next to Desmond, Zexion taking a set across from Axel. "It might happen again Axel, whether you want it to or not," Zexion said as Demyx began to play with Desmond. "As much as everyone doesn't want it to, another miscarriage could still happen. Isn't that what Aerith said?"

Axel would've answered, but he heard the front door open and close. "…Axel? You home?"

"In the kitchen Roxas," the red head called out. Demyx scratched his head. "Doesn't he usually work until five or six?" he asked.

"Sometimes I get off early."

The three adults looked to the doorway into the kitchen to see Roxas, looking a little tired. "You ok Rox?" Axel asked, getting up from the table and going over to the smaller male. "Need something? Are you hungry?"

"…can I talk to you? In private?"

Demyx and Zexion got up from their seats. "I think it's time we took our leave," Zexion said. "We just stopped by to drop off the girls, but we really need to get back to the restaurant before anyone notices their boss is missing."

"Not like anyone ever needs me anyway," Demyx muttered. Despite owning his own Indian café, Demyx didn't really have to do much. The only times he was really seen working was when someone couldn't make it, inspection time, or he was trying something new for the menu. It was rare when someone needed to complain to Demyx about the food or service.

Roxas smiled a little. "Could you guys come back for dinner tonight? I'm kind of in the mood for some Indian." Demyx just smiled. "Can do Cap'n. I'll just bring what I end up making." And with that, the duo left.

Axel petted Roxas' hair. "How was work? Did you get tired and ask for the rest of the day off?" The blonde didn't answer. He just wrapped his arms around the red head, sighing a little. "Rox?"

"…do you think we're ready?"

Axel hugged his husband. "In all truthfulness…I'm ready whenever you are Rox," he answered. He couldn't lie about something like that; while he didn't want Roxas to be hurt again in case something did occur like the miscarriage of almost two months ago, Axel knew that Roxas wanted to try again.

Roxas pulled something out of his pocket and showed it to Axel. "Then…when Demyx, Zexion, Sora, and Riku come over tonight for dinner, I want to ask them if they can watch the kids again…I already asked for the next few weeks off since I've got a ton of vacation time that I need to use-"

"Roxas, are you really sure you're ready?" Axel asked.

The blonde sighed. "…honestly, I'm not sure," he finally answered, lowering the hand that held the potion. "I was talking to Naminé earlier today about what had happened and it made me wonder if I would ever be ready. So…I made the request, went to the pharmacy and got this…"

Axel had to give him some credit; despite the fact that the blonde was still scared, he was brave enough to figure out that he might not ever be ready to try again and went ahead with the first step of the process anyway. "I just don't want you to be scared or feel pressured Rox," the red head finally said. "I mean, we haven't even…y'know…"

Roxas smiled. "I want to now Axel." He hugged the taller male. "Let me have a second chance. Even if something happens, I want to have the courage to be able to try again."

Axel smiled, wrapping his arms around the other. What could he say to that? Wasn't everyone meant to have a second chance when it came to certain events? "I'll even let you have a third Rox."


Axel sighed as he watched Demyx and Zexion leave with Kari and Kala. Sora and Riku had already left with Desmond and their own eight month old daughter about an hour ago. Roxas was currently in the kitchen, taking the potion that he had bought earlier.

I hope everything goes well this time, Axel thought, closing the front door and locking it. I know I told Roxas that I'd give him as many chances as he needs, but…I don't want him to have to need that many. I just want everything to be ok…

"Axel?"

The red head looked in front of him and realized that he had made his way back to the kitchen without really thinking about it. "What's up Rox?"

"…do you think that maybe we could just…spend a little time together before the potion kicks in?"

Axel smiled and hugged the smaller male. "Anytime Rox," he answered, kissing the blonde's forehead. "Anything in particular you want to do?"

Roxas smiled a little.


A/N: I can't decide if I want to throw some smut in here or not. Reviews would help me out a lot while making this decision (if anyone's actually reading this, since I have had no feedback...)

Anyway, please review! I want to hear what you guys think!