Ch.3-Jealousy
I hope you guys enjoy this chapter because I had a fucking lovely time writing the thing. :D Oh, and the lab that Larxene does, I did really do it when I was Meteorology, and it was boring. :/ Very.
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When Axel got up the next morning, he noticed that Roxas was once again cooking breakfast. The pyro gave a Cheshire cat grin as he spotted Xion sitting at the table, finishing her Zoology homework which was due that day.
"Hiya, Xion!" Axel greeted as he happily skipped toward the black-haired Nobody.
"Hi, Axel." Xion responded absentmindedly, not looking up from her paper.
Roxas was warily watching the red-head out of the corner of his eye, obviously sensing that something was up.
Axel paused at the front of the table with a pouting frown. Immediately, however, he brightened up, walked around behind Xion, and gave the girl a tight hug.
"Whatcha doing?" He questioned innocently as he leaned against Xion and rested his chin on her shoulder as he surveyed her writing down answers to the questions on the paper with perfectly feigned interest in what she was doing.
"Homework." Xion answered before she raised her right palm toward the pyro, since she was a southpaw, without looking up.
Axel stared at the girl's palm, wondering what she was about to do.
"Aqua."
The red-head yelped, leaping away from Xion, as a large amount of freezing cold water dropped down on him from above, drenching him and his clothes.
Roxas laughed as Xion resumed her studying, the girl smiling slightly.
Axel glared at the blonde in exasperation before he stomped back to his room to get changed into dry clothes.
Plan: Try to get Roxas jealous by flirting with Xion
Result: Big no
Reason: Water
Once Axel was nice and dry, the trio trekked to school, ready to begin their third day at Tokyo high.
Period 1-Meteorology
"Today, we're going to do a Relative Humidity lab." Larxene explained once class had begun. "We will go outside with sling psychrometers to measure dry and wet humidity. Groups of two or three. I expect you all outside within five minutes."
As usual, Roxas, Axel, and Xion were in a group. Xion wrote down observations while Roxas timed the two minutes it took for the temperature to change and Axel held the psychrometer.
"You don't need to spin it that hard, Axel." Xion said as the red-head wildly spun the device, obviously having fun with it. "Larxene said to do it nice and easy."
"It's not gonna hurt anyone." Axel retorted matter-of-factly, not slowing the device's spinning. "I know what I'm doing."
Before the trio could react, the psychrometer abruptly flew into the air as it disconnected from its handle.
"Oops." Axel muttered as he, Xion, and Roxas watched the trajectory of the device.
They winced collectively when the psychrometer struck someone on the head.
"It might not hurt anyone…." Roxas mumbled as the person bent down to pick up the instrument. "But it hurt Larxene!"
The Nymph glanced at the trio, immediately locking eyes with Axel, who dropped the handle in surprise, as if she knew he was responsible.
"I think I'll go now." Axel chuckled as he slowly began to back up when he noticed the furious electricity sparking around the knife wielder. "See you later!"
"Ax-el!" Larxene screeched as she chased after the fleeing red-head like a demon. "Get back here so I can castrate you!"
Roxas and Xion watched the two Nobody before Roxas decided to speak.
"Having a class with Larxene was not a good choice on Xemnas's part."
"No." Xion shook her head as Larxene released a bolt of lightning at Axel, who easily dodged it. "No, it was not."
After 1st period-passing period
"Stupid Larxene…" Axel grumbled to himself as he walked down the hallway tiredly, on his way to music. "Can't take a hit…"
The pyromaniac stopped bemoaning his unfortunate life when he noticed Roxas standing near his locker, talking to a girl.
The girl had shoulder length pale blonde hair, brown eyes, and wore smooth blue jeans and a black T-shirt.
Despite the fact that Axel was trying to get Roxas jealous, the red-head couldn't help but feel envious that the blonde- -his blonde- -was chatting with an unknown girl without Xion around; where was she anyway?
He steeled himself as he strode up to the duo and reached out his arms to capture the Keyblade wielder, pulling the small boy closer to him in a backward embrace as he laid his chin on Roxas's left shoulder, glaring viciously at the girl standing a few feet away from them.
A low, dangerous, and threatening growl emitted from deep within Axel's throat as his grip defensively tightened around Roxas's petite waist.
The message in the red-head's cold eyes was crystal clear.
Mine.
Roxas sighed.
Protective, I'll-kill-you-in-a-thousand-ways-if-you-so-much-as-breathe-on-him Axel was way worse than perverted, I'll-rape-you-in-your-sleep Axel.
And before either the girl or Roxas could react, the Flurry of Dancing Flames brought his head up slightly and lovingly licked- -yes, licked- -Roxas's cheek.
This was another message that claimed the Keyblade holder as the pyro's and that Axel could do whatever he pleased.
Like lick him.
In the middle of a crowded hallway with thousands of eyes watching them.
The hall became unearthly silent and Roxas was reminded of how still the Castle That Never Was's library was when no one was there.
After a few seconds of trying to force down the pink hue crossing his face, Roxas turned around and shoved Axel away from his body.
"What the hell, Axel! You can't just go around licking people!"
"But I don't lick anybody." Axel protested as he gave a lazy and seductive grin, his mind completely focused on his love for the blonde and not his 'making-Roxas-jealous' plan. "I only lick you."
With that said, the pyro's tongue darted out as he leaned closer to Roxas, ready to have another taste of his lovely blonde toy.
"You're so weird." Roxas put his hands firmly against chest as he once again pushed the pyro away.
Axel gave a wounded kicked-puppy look before he sadly trudged away as he headed to his next class.
Music.
Roxas frowned suspiciously.
Axel never gave up that easily. Something was definitely up. After trying to figure out the maniac Nobody's master plan, Roxas gave up and shrugged as he also proceeded to music once he had said goodbye to the girl.
They had the same class together anyway.
Period 2-Music
Okay, back on track. Axel thought after getting over his hurt from Roxas's rejection. Now, next plan is….
Axel looked at Demyx, who was playing his Sitar while he allowed the class full reign.
Perfect. Just like last time.
"Hey, Demyx." Axel said as he casually strolled toward the blonde with his hands in his pockets.
"No, Axel, I will not help in whatever it is you have planned." Demyx muttered, not looking up from his instrument as he continued to play When you're gone while he hummed to himself.
"Why not?"
"Because."
Axel pouted, giving a 'whatever' glare at the Nobody and went back to his seat next to Roxas, plopping down Indian style as he rested his chin on his right hand while he drummed his fingers on his left leg.
Still not giving up that easy.
The class filed toward the door once the bell rang and Axel kept close to Roxas, placing an arm around the boy's shoulder.
"You guys want to say hi to Zexy with me?" Demyx questioned as he de-materialized Arpeggio and eagerly trotted toward the Clock Tower Trio.
"We have lunch, Dem." Axel explained, not removing the arm he had draped around Roxas's shoulder, blatantly ignoring the aggravated stare he got from the blonde who had so far made no move to remove the pyro's arm. "So does Zexion."
"Oh, please?" Demyx hopped in front of the trio, successfully stopping them, and gazed at them with the most pathetic gaze in the history of pathetic gazes.
The super-duper puppy-dog/kicked-puppy stare.
The Nocturne even added a mournful whimper for maximum effect as his hair drooped miserably.
The trio gave a defeated sigh, Axel finally removing his arm from around Roxas, and Demyx took that response as a yes.
"Zexy!"
The slate-haired Nobody grunted as he got the full-body tackle-hug that Demyx had deemed "The Demyx Power Hug".
"I haven't seen you all day, Zexy!" Demyx squealed as he tightly hugged the small Nobody, even lifting him off the ground a few feet. "I was sooo bored without you!"
"P-please release me, Number Nine." Zexion stammered as he futilely tried to get out of Demyx's iron-grip embrace.
"Never!" The Nocturne happily swayed the Schemer from side to side in his joy.
Zexion glanced at Axel, who stood nearby with Xion and Roxas watching the scene in amusement, with a pleading dark blue eye. "Number Eight, help?"
Axel sighed before he gave a short whistle as if calling a dog. "Yo, Demy."
Demyx looked at the pyro.
"I hid a box of yummy chocolate Pocky over there." Axel pointed in a random direction.
Demyx gazed at he spot Axel had shown him before looking down at the rapidly turning blue Zexion. He kept looking back and forth between Zexion and the imaginary Pocky as if debating on which was better.
Chocolate Pocky- -his favorite snack- -or hugging Zexion, his favorite pastime next to playing his Sitar.
After a few seconds, his love for Pocky won over his love for Zexion and he tossed the Schemer over his head as he bolted toward the Pocky.
"Pocky! Here I come Pocky~!"
Axel easily caught the discarded Zexion by the back of the shirt and set the Schemer on the ground.
"Thank you, Number Eight." Zexion said as he brushed himself off.
"Pft. I did nothing but trick him." Axel muttered as he looked toward the Nocturne frantically searching for his Pocky, occasionally calling out "Am I getting warmer now, Mr. Pocky?" "But I suppose I do deserve some sort of reward…"
The pyro peered at Zexion slyly.
"Looky what I found!" Demyx trotted back to the group, ecstatically waving a box of Pocky around.
"But how did he- -" Roxas started, staring at Axel.
"I thought there wasn't any Pocky." Xion said.
Axel snorted as he grinned in a very Xigbar-ish way. "As if! I never said there wasn't a box of Pocky."
Roxas and Xion glanced at each other as Demyx opened the Pocky and offered one to Zexion, who hesitantly took the chocolate covered biscuit.
Axel's smirk turned mischievous as the Cloaked Schemer let the Pocky just dangle from his mouth as if wondering whether or not he should eat it.
"Hey, Zexion."
Zexion glanced at Axel only to have his eye widen when the pyro gently gripped his chin with his left hand and leaned closer to him, gazing at the slate-haired Nobody with such intensity before he seductively bit off more than half of the Pocky stick.
Demyx gasped while the two Keyblade holders seemed surprised at Axel's strange actions as Zexion stiffened from the almost kiss, the remaining half of the Pocky stick falling from his mouth.
"Hey!" Demyx grabbed the frozen Zexion and pulled him closer to his body as Axel licked the chocolate off the side of his lips. "Don't touch my Zexy!"
Axel smirked complacently at Roxas as he strolled past the blonde and exited the library to head toward the cafeteria.
It was official.
Axel was definitely trying to make Roxas jealous.
Ten minutes before the end of lunch
Roxas frowned in annoyance as he leaned his back against a nearby pillar with his arms crossed; Xion was in the bathroom and the blonde was waiting for her to finish.
The object he was glaring at was several meters away, coolly reclined against a wall with his arms folded over his chest and several girls- -actually, there were only four- -surrounding him.
Axel grinned at the girls around him before he glanced up and noticed Roxas's gaze. The grin widened to a scheming smirk and the pyro resumed talking to the four girls with renewed vigor.
Roxas huffed, tightening his arms around his chest as he watched Axel's continuous pathetic attempts at making him jealous.
I'm not jealous….The Keyblade wielder thought grumpily. It's not going to work, you stupid over-protective pyro.
Axel leaned closer to the girl on his right, his hands shifting to rest in his pockets as he obviously spoke to the girl in his most seductive voice.
The girl giggled as she leaned closer to the pyro.
He wouldn't…
Axel and the girl were only an inch from kissing when Roxas furiously strode toward the group, pushed the girls aside, shoved the I'm-about-to-kiss-Axel-squee! girl away and forced the pyro against the wall before he stood protectively in front of Axel and hissed at the four humans.
The girls, obviously terrified of Roxas, leaped away from the two Nobody and huddled together for protection as they stared at the duo with wide, frightened eyes.
Axel chuckled at his blonde's reaction before pulling Roxas closer to him in another backward hug.
"Mm, baby got bite." He purred, happily nibbling on the top of the Keyblade holder's left ear.
"Get off." Roxas ordered as he tried to get out of Axel's grasp.
"No."
The grip tightened as the pyro moved his head down and nuzzled his face into the side of the blonde's neck, purring contentedly.
Roxas wasn't in the mood for Axel's antics, so he roughly kicked the pyro's right leg and Axel immediately released him.
"What was that for?" Axel questioned indignantly.
"Don't touch me." Roxas growled before he angrily stormed away as the bell chimed and headed for Zoology.
Axel watched the retreating Nobody before he sighed, smiling to himself, as he leaned against the wall once again and placed his arms behind his head.
"Oh, yeah. He wants me."
Period 3-Zoology
Axel stared thoughtfully at Vexen as the Academic droned on and on about the internal structure of a wolf and how that set them apart from a domestic dog.
How can I use Vexen to get Roxy jealous? The pyro wondered, glancing sideways at the blonde who was staring at Vexen with rapt attention, obviously interested in the otherwise boring lecture. He's only gotten jealous once so far….
Axel glanced at the clock hanging on the wall nearby.
And I have only five minutes before the end of class to make Roxas envious once more.
"Homework is on the board." Vexen said as he head toward his desk to relax and think about Marluxia the rest of class. "I expect complete sentences and explanations."
Axel grinned.
Perfect.
The pyro skipped toward the blonde and went around the front of his desk so he was closer to Vexen and leaned his arms on the desktop.
"Hello, Vexen."
Vexen gazed at Axel with apathetic eyes, aggravated at having his wonderful daydream interrupted.
"What do you want, Axel?"
Axel inconspicuously peered at Roxas to see if the blonde was watching him.
The Keyblade holder stared at the red-head dubiously, obviously silently questioning what the pyro was up to talking with Vexen.
Axel turned his attention back to the Academic and smiled.
"I need your help with something." Axel whispered, leaning closer to Vexen so no one could hear their conversation.
"Now wouldn't that count as me cheating on my Marly?" Vexen inquired, giving a smirk that indicated that he understood what Axel was up to.
"Not like that…! I want you to help me make Roxy over there jealous."
Vexen raised an uninterested eyebrow as he folded his arms across his chest and reclined back in his rolling chair slightly.
"And what do I have to do?"
"Nothing major." Axel shrugged, partially looking away from the ice Nobody. "Just flirt with me. And make sure it looks real, too."
The pyro glanced back at Vexen to make sure he was understanding his explanation.
"Or- -"
Before Axel could react, Vexen rapidly leaned forward, tilting his head up, and pressed his lips to Axel's in a short, rough kiss.
The class gasped at the surprise before several students, mostly the girls, began giggling like school children.
Vexen gave a satisfied smile as he leaned back in his chair again, gazing at the stunned pyro with pleased emerald eyes.
"That's for destroying my hard work at finding a serum to create artificial Dusks without having to go through the process of waiting for a Heartless to duplicate into a lower Nobody."
The clever Academic's smirk widened ever so slightly.
"Don't worry. I won't disclose this to Marly. I'd rather you didn't die too early on me as you owe me substantially for my ruined work. And you'll pay me back by acting as my guinea pig for…"
Vexen contemplated the length of time he needed Axel as he thoughtfully put his right hand against his chin with his left hand supporting his right arm.
"Oh, let's say a month or so. How's that sound?"
A heavy embarrassed blush appeared on Axel's face as the bell rang and the pyro instantly rushed out of the room with a furious shout of, "You're a pedophile, you know that, Vexen? ! A pedo!"
The Academic chuckled lowly as he shook his head. "An endless bundle of fun…"
Last Period-Government
"Hey, Xig."
Xigbar lazily glanced up to see Axel standing near his desk.
The pyro suddenly held out his right hand.
"Let me borrow one of your Arrowguns. I want to shoot off my mouth."
Xigbar gazed at Axel skeptically as if wondering if the pyro was serious before he laughed loudly, throwing his head back.
"Why do you want to do that, love?"
Axel sighed, flopping down in an empty desk close to Xigbar. "Vexen kissed me! And I only wanted him to help me make Roxy jealous and I ended up being the jerk's guinea pig for a month."
Xigbar nodded in understanding, giving a low chuckle. "Ah, yes. I heard what you did to Vexy. Tough luck, love. Tough luck."
"And will you stop- -"
"If you really want to make Roxy-boy over there jealous, I may have just the thing for you."
Axel immediately brightened up and looked at the space manipulator hopefully. "Really?"
"Yeah. I was saving this for Luxy, but…." Xigbar pulled out a small bottle containing a red powder from his jacket pocket. "You appear more desperate than me."
Axel took the container from Xigbar and inspected it before gazing up at the Arrowgun wielder in confusion. "What is it?"
"A love potion of sorts." Xigbar folded his arms as he rested them on the top of his desk. "See, all you gotta do is toss it on the girls here and it will only affect them. Then they'll gather around you like sheep and you'll have a harem of sorts and Tiger will get jealous at how many girls are around you."
Axel nodded interestedly at Xigbar's explanation as he remembered what had happened during lunch before he thought of something.
"Will it affect Xion?"
"Nope." Xigbar shook his head. "I made sure Poppet wouldn't be affected by the potion."
"Thanks, Xigbar."
The Freeshooter merely shrugged as he leaned back in chair again, watching as the pyro tossed the powdered potion into the air and surveying it as it fell on the students, who glanced up in curiosity.
Axel looked at Xigbar. "So, what, they just come to me?"
Xigbar grinned. "Sure as I am second-in-command."
"But you're not- -"
The pyro never got to finish his sentence as he was suddenly bowled over by a powerful horde of love struck girls.
"Gah! Get 'em off me!" Axel screamed as the girls decided to dog pile on him. "Get 'em off me!"
Xigbar laughed at Axel's misfortune while Roxas shook his head, not at all amused at the pyro's final attempt at making him jealous.
"Someone save me!"
Axel shivered like a Chihuahua all the way to the trio's apartment, high on the lookout for any females that decided to try and jump him.
After the incident at school, with the girls dispersing only after the final bell had rung, the pyro had been terrified of any female- -except for Xion- -that got a bit too close for his liking.
"That's what you get for taking something from Xigbar." Roxas chastised as he unlocked the apartment door. "Now go take a shower."
"A shower isn't the answer to everything, Roxas." Xion said as Axel dumbly staggered toward the bathroom to try and wash out the evil memories of the girls piled on top of him out of his mind.
Plan: Trying to get Roxas jealous by obtaining a harem courtesy of Xigbar
Result: Definite no
Reason: Too scary to relive
Maybe making Roxas jealous was a bad idea in the first place…Axel mused as he allowed the scalding water to run down his slender bare back, staring blankly at the ceiling with his normally spiked hair lying flat against his head and neck in a Larxene-like way. Maybe I shoulda just left him to figure out his feelings for me on his own.
The pyro sighed, closing his eyes, and shook his head.
Thinking about it won't help….
Axel stepped out of the shower, grabbed the white towel hanging on the nearby towel rack, and wrapped it around his waist before exiting the warm bathroom so he could get a clean pair of clothes from his bedroom.
Xion spotted the pyro walking toward his room and noticed a very strange sight besides Axel being half-naked.
"Your hair…."
Axel stopped and looked at Xion standing at the end of hall before he felt his already drying hair.
"Oh, yeah." He muttered before giving his head a quick shake and his hair poofed out in its normal spikes. "Thanks, Xi."
Xion watched as Axel entered his room before she gave a puzzled look. "I always thought he used some sort of hair gel…"
Axel had only just finished slipping on his normal pajama boxers when there was a knock at his closed door.
"Come in."
Slowly, the door opened and Roxas entered the pyro's room.
"Hey, Axel."
Axel glanced at the blonde before he turned to face Roxas.
"What do you need?"
"I just wanted to tell you that your pathetic attempts at making me jealous failed. But….you did a good job at trying."
Axel's eyes widened in slight surprise. "What?"
"I felt jealous." Roxas glanced away, gazing at the ground as he blushed slightly. "Once or twice."
The pyro grinned and swiftly stepped loser to the blonde who instinctively put his hands flat against Axel's bare chest in a defensive gesture.
Both Nobody instantly stopped as Roxas realized he was touching the red-head's warm skin while Axel only understood that Roxas was touching him in an almost loving way.
Quickly, both leaped away from each other, heavy blushes crossing their cheeks.
"Y-you should really wear a shirt when you sleep." Roxas muttered.
The only reaction Axel could think of to do at the moment was childishly stick out his tongue exactly like Demyx did when the water Nobody got something that Saix had forbid the blonde to have and failed when Xemnas told him it was okay.
Roxas smiled a little, unable to bring himself to be angry at the pyro for the baby response, as he walked toward the door, paused at the threshold, and glanced over his shoulder at Axel.
"Goodnight, Axel."
Axel watched the blonde go silently before he sighed, giving a hopeless smile.
"'Night, Rox."
Yeah, Roxas is a bit slow when it comes to realizing his feelings. :3 And I hope I gave you happy images of a naked and half-naked Axel in your head. I know I did. :D And yes, Axel and Roxas aren't together yet. Neither are Xigbar and Luxord. Marly and Vexy are and there are supposed hints of Xemmy and Sai-Sai being together. Hope you look forward to the next chapter.
And I know I've done this a lot, but for those who have a DeviantArt account and are pretty good artists, I have a challenge. :3 Anyone want to make a manga version of this and put it up an DA? Please, PM me if you do. Don't put it in the review.
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