Ok, first off, I'm sorry it took so long to update! It was a bad combination of being lazy, slight writers block, and being quite busy. I've been having trouble with the chapters on here, it seems after I went and edited the content in the second chapter, it squished a bunch of the words together and made it so it looked like a billion typos :/ So I had to fix that. Also, I suggest you go back and read chapter one and two, because I most likely added an important key-point, depending how long ago you first read them.
Also, please tell me if it does that weird scrunching the words together thing again.
Enough of that rambling, enjoy the third chapter! Also, due to a three to two vote, Cloud will be with Sephiroth, if you hadn't already guessed ;]
Chapter Three: Accident Prone
Axel couldn't help chuckling after the door slammed in his face. Honestly, the kid had taken him by surprise getting all bitchy like that. The redhead had already knew most of the grisly details of why he'd been hired; he'd only been trying to make conversation to see if the boy would say more than two words to him. The kid was way too quiet for Axel's taste. He decided he was going to have to fix that.
Walking over to the large bed he spotted his giant duffel bag and decided now would be a good time as ever to unpack it.
Placing his clothing and miscellaneous items into the dresser and closet, he quickly ran out of things to unpack, much to his dismay. He didn't have much else to unpack at the moment besides his bathroom supplies. All of his other belongings that he planned to bring from his apartment were already packed in small boxes still waiting to be moved. Axel wasn't even sure whether he should still keep his apartment, or put big things like his furniture in storage while taking the rest of his junk to his new residence.
Pulling out his favorite Zippo lighter, he proceeded to flip the top on and off while looking around the room, debating his dilemma. "Whatever." He muttered, stuffing his lighter back in his pocket (he often pulled it out to play with it when he had something to think about). He'd keep his apartment the way it was. It wasn't like he wasn't being paid enough to keep three of them at the same time; plus he wanted a place to crash on his days off. Not to mention he was too lazy to pack up his shit and put it into a storage unit.
Walking back to his bed, he grabbed his now-empty duffel bag and threw it into the bottom of the closet before looking around his new room with satisfaction. Making his way over to the bed with a soft sigh, he glanced at the digital clock before realizing he'd been unpacking for a little less than half an hour without hearing a peep from his new charge.
Frowning, Axel pulled himself from the horribly comfortable bed (seriously, it should be illegal for a bed to be that comfortable), and walked lazily over to the separating door to knock before calling out, "Hey, Roxie, you alive in there? Don't tell me I'm already failing at a job I haven't even been doing for an hour."
No answer. Well…that couldn't be good.
Axel's frown deepened. For all of a split second he dabbled in the idea of whether he should bust in or not, but he knew it couldn't have taken the little blonde that long to change from his school uniform. So without further ado, he opened the door, quickly glancing all over the spacious room, ready to take down any intruders.
Well, no immediate signs of anyone suspicious, everything seemed to be normal. Pulling himself out of his ready-to-attack position, his eyes focused in on the bed only to realize that Roxas was quietly passed out above the covers.
Heaving a quiet sigh, the tall teen walked leisurely over, shaking his head before stopping at the side of the bed next to Roxas, who was curled up like a small child.
Placing his hands on his bony hips, he took the opportunity to stare down at the small blonde teen. He silently marveled at how sweet and un-obnoxious the kid looked when his eyebrows weren't so furrowed that they looked like they were trying to make friends with his chin. He watched as Roxas' chest rose and fell in sleep, debating whether or not to wake him up yet. Looking around, he spotted a computer chair with wheels and quietly rolled it over, deciding to give him ten more minutes of rest before he would wake him.
Axel tried to busy himself, honestly he did, but he found his eyes wandering back to the smaller teens sleeping form. Thick blonde locks framed the tanned face in a messy manner, spikes in more disarray that usual due to his sleeping form. He knew that those now-closed eyes were the most vibrant, but slightly cold, shade of blue he'd ever seen; he'd taken plenty of time earlier to scan the others appearance. By now he was just staring for fun and mostly out of fascination at the boys relaxed face. He really was a lot more approachable when he was asleep. Like a little puppy.
Axel grinned, thinking about the comments spoken from earlier, and the boys flushed face. 'Cute,' was all that he'd been able to think, then and now; although, the kid's attitude made him not-so-cute. Axel would have to figure out that little problem and fix it. If he had to deal with a brat twenty-four/seven, he was going to have to go back on his contract to protect, and harm the blonde himself.
Looking at the time he quietly stood and pushed the chair back to where he'd found it, before walking back to the bed to shake Roxas' shoulder, not gently, but not rough enough to be considered rude.
"Roxie, kid, wake up!" Shaking until the boy groaned and rolled away from his touch, muttering something unintelligible. Axel frowned, sighing like it was the end of the world, before kneeling one leg onto the bed to reach the blonde and shake him again, only slightly rougher. "Get up, lazy, I want to eat!" all that earned was a surprisingly hard slap to the hand for someone who was supposed to be asleep.
Grumbling and rubbing his offended limb, Axel stuck one of his index finger's into his mouth, muttering angrily, "Stupid kid..now you've done it." and without warning, he stuck his wet digit in the boy's defenseless ear. 'And here I was trying to wake him gently, but nooo…'
Roxas' body immediately jumped from the bed, and away from Axel's hand; who at this point and time was grinning and trying not to laugh as the boy comically held his hand over his ear and tried to get the moisture out. "What the fuck is wrong with you!" he all but shrieked, still trying to get the shiver-inducing feeling out of his ear canal.
Axel shrugged, "You wouldn't get up, so I used every means necessary. 'Sides, I'm hungry, and I'm sure the pizza is here by now." Roxas glared, trying to calm himself down.
Giving up on ridding himself of the moisture, he flopped himself off his bed while muttering several profanities under his breath, and walked to grab the handle to his door…before it slammed right into his face, hard.
"Rox! Pizza's here~!" Sora sing-songed as he bounced through the door, not even noticing straight away what he'd done…till he saw Roxas crouched on the floor, one hand on the doorknob for support, the other holding his now bleeding nose. "Rox..?"
"God dammit, Sora! Would you please watch what you're doing?" Roxas choked through the blood (although, it sounded more like "God dambit Zora! Would you blease wash whut door doobing?"). He quickly stood and stormed out the doorway past his twin, clutching his nose while making his way to the kitchen to find a towel, and Cloud.
"Roxas! I'm so sorry! Honest, I didn't mean to! I'm sorryyy!" The brunette called desperately; ready to go after his twin before he heard the sound of muffled laughter. Looking around he spotted a head of bright red, crazy spiked hair. With a gasp, he all but forgot about his brother and quickly made his way over to Axel. "You must be his new bodyguard! I'm his brother, Sora."
"I can see the resemblance. Name's Axel." Axel choked out between giggles as he held his stomach. And he really could; the boy in front of him looked almost exactly like Roxas, save for the different hair colors. Not to mention Sora's hair was styled and spiked differently. His eyes were a slightly deeper shade of blue, while his skin was also just a tone darker than the blonde's.
Sora frowned with a slight, guilty pout, "That wasn't funny, I really didn't mean to hurt him; it was an accident."
"I know-" Snicker. "I know. It's just..I didn't think," he repressed a snort and another wave of laughter, "that when I signed up for this job, that you would be on the list of people I'd need to protect him from. You know, being his brother and all."
Sora stared for a moment before laughing softly, scratching his head awkwardly. "Somehow that doesn't make me feel any better." The brunette looked over his shoulder and out the door as he spoke, once again sporting a guilty face, however a small smile on the edges of his expression.
Sobering up, Axel smiled, motioning to the doorway.
"Well, let's go find Princess Roxie before he becomes acquainted with another door." And with that they walked out of the room in search of Roxas.
"Well," Cloud concluded as he dabbed at his youngest brothers nose with a wet washcloth, "it's not broken, just bleeding a little bit. It should stop soon. Sorry." He added when Roxas flinched as he dabbed a particularly sore spot.
"It's okay..." the blonde whispered, trying not to shy away from Cloud's fingers.
Riku grinned around his second slice of pizza, leaning against the kitchen counter and staring at Roxas and Cloud, "So what happened?"
"Sora happened." Roxas replied bitterly. With Cloud tending to his nose though, it sounded like "Dora habbend."
"Ahh." Riku nodded in understanding, not evening having to know the details.
"Speak of the devil.." Cloud muttered softly, looking to the doorway as Sora and Axel walked in, the brunette quickly running over to his twin.
"Roxas, I'm so sorry! I really didn't mean to…a-are you okay?"
Taking the bloodied rag away from Cloud with a quiet, "Thanks.", he looked over to Sora, who was fidgeting nervously, and dabbed at his nose which had all but stopped bleeding. "I'm fine Sora," a small hiss as he rubbed over another sensitive spot. "I know it was an accident. I'm sorry for yelling at you, it just hurt..and yeah." He finished lamely, looking at his brother awkwardly.
Sora visibly relaxed but not enough to stop looking guilty. "Ok…I'm still sorry. I promise to knock from now on instead of running in like that." Laughing and placing his hands behind his head. Roxas gave a slight grimace which was meant to be a smile before walking over to rinse the cloth in the sink.
As Sora and Cloud opened the many pizza boxes and dished them selves up (Riku grabbing his third piece from Sora's plate, which earned an indignant cry from the brunette.), Axel made his way over to Roxas, and grabbed the rag from him.
Roxas attempted to grab it back, but the taller teen held it out of his reach. "Hey! What are you-"
"Hush," the redhead interrupted softly, wiping the wet cloth around Roxas' face and neck. "You have blood all over you, I'm just cleaning it off for you..unless you want dried blood flaking off onto your pizza?" smirking when the Roxas stopped trying to fight him, and let himself be cleaned like a five year old. "Besides, I feel kind of bad that you already got hurt my first day on the job. Not like I could have stopped it from happening or anything. Your brother is like a tornado; unstoppable." He rambled quietly as he wiped. Axel acted as if he'd been doing this kind of thing for Roxas their whole lives; Roxas however was tense like a pillar and trying not to shy away from the unfamiliar touches.
"There, all done."
"Thanks…" Roxas muttered softly, drying his face and neck with his sleeves as Axel rinsed the rag.
"No problem, get me a plate, would you? I'm starving."
Roxas complied out of embarrassment, grabbing them each a plate off the counter before handing one to Axel and heading over to the food, looking for his pizza.
"What kind is there?"
The blonde jumped, not realizing the redhead had been quite so close behind him. "Uhhm. There's Hawaiian, a combination one, I think...a vegetarian pizza with no olives, and then my kind." Roxas read the labels on the side of the boxes. He couldn't explain why he felt so awkward as Axel stared intently at him. He tried not to shuffle back and forth.
"What does your pizza have on it?" the redhead asked, looking over Roxas' shoulder into one of the boxes.
"Tomato's, mushrooms, onion's, and chicken." Axel nodded and grabbed a slice from the two of the pizzas randomly, deciding he'd have one slice of each, before seating himself next to Sora at the island/counter/makeshift eating area in the middle of the kitchen.
"Rox, can you set some of your pizza aside for Sephiroth? And a slice of the combination if you don't mind." Cloud asked, as he poured himself a glass of water in front of the refrigerator. Taking a bite of one of his slices, Roxas nodded and placed his plate next to Axel's before setting to the task of saving Sephiroth some pizza before it all vanished.
Swallowing the last of his (Sora's) slice of pizza, Riku looked at Axel, a judging expression on his face. "So you're Roxas' new bodyguard?" the boy with silver hair frowned, "Aren't you a bit young?"
"Riku!" Sora exclaimed, elbowing his best friend in the ribs. A snort could be heard from Roxas as he put a plate of pizza in the fridge.
Axel smirked, pointing his pizza crust towards the silver-haired teen in front of him. "Aren't you a bit young for this line of work?" Riku's eyes flashed.
"I've been doing this for about six or seven years." Riku stated, a tad smugly.
Axel nodded, impressed while munching his crust. "You must be pretty good then, to have started at such a young age." He held out his hand to the silver haired teen. "I'm Axel, memorize it." he added with a smirk as the other shook his hand, Riku also smirking and trading his own name.
"Cloud, do we have any pain meds?" Roxas sighed as he sat down, bringing a piece of his pizza to his mouth to take another bite.
"Yes. I'll get you some Ibuprofen once you've got something in your stomach. So eat." He commanded in his big-brotherly fashion. Arms crossed he took a bite of his own food, still leaning against the counter, watching the four teens in front of him chow down. Roxas nodded sleepily, which caused Sora to frown at him.
"Rox…? Are you ok? You seem like you're coming down with a cold or something."
Roxas shook his head, nibbling on his pizza crust. "Naah, I'm fine, just tired. I crammed a ton last night for that test and didn't get much sleep." Sora nodded in understanding, getting up to get another piece of pizza, seeing as Riku kept stealing his (this time going for vegetarian which he knew Riku wouldn't steal, unlike the combination he'd had).
"Good thing it's Friday."
Roxas nodded, getting up to take his plate to the sink to rinse it before putting it in the dishwasher.
Before he could even ask again, Cloud handed him two pills and a glass of water, instructing him to drink the whole glass after swallowing the medicine. "Roxas?" the blonde turned to Sora as he continued to chug the glass of liquid down. "Wanna play some video games or something?"
"Maybe...I'll probably just watch though. Too tired."
Sora nodded before turning to Axel, grinning. "What about you? Care to test your skills against the almighty Sora?" A snort came from Riku and Cloud at the same time.
Axel grinned as he walked to the sink to rinse his plate. "Yeah, sure if you think you got what it takes to beat me. I can be quite the couch potato when I want to be, so it's damn near impossible to defeat me at video games." the redhead stated proudly, while Roxas vaguely wondered if that was something to be proud of.
Not long after Cloud left to go work in his study (more like nap), while the other four made their way to the game room. Riku and Sora were in the lead, arguing playfully about something or other while Roxas and Axel trailed behind.
"How is your nose feeling?" Axel asked randomly as they neared their destined room.
"Fine." The blonde stated shortly.
"Uhh, good. That's good." Awkwaaard.
Walking through the door of the game room, Roxas quickly made friends with one of the two sofa's, leaning his head on the arm as he curled up to stare at the blank TV. Sora walked straight over to said TV before turning to Axel. "So what do you wanna play? We have plenty of multi-player games, most of them are racing. My favorite is Mario Kart." Sora sported a cocky grin as he spoke.
"Your house, you go ahead and choose."
"Mario Kart it is!" The brunette stated gleefully.
"It's the only one he's good at." Riku muttered under his breath as he sat on the other couch, making Axel laugh.
"I heard that, Riku!" the silver haired teen laughed as he made himself comfortable.
Sora slid the disk into the Wii before handing Axel and Riku each a remote already hooked into the wheel meant for the game. Turning on the TV the brunette groaned at the sound of white noise as the screen danced like cracked out salt and pepper. "Dammit. I was sure I hooked the cords up right this time. Rooox, help meee." Sora whined and he kneeled in front of his sleepy brother, trying out his best kicked-puppy face. Which never worked with Roxas, but still, he tried.
Roxas shoved his hand forward into Sora face, pushing him back and away from him till he fell backwards onto his ass. "At least get out of my way so I can help, idiot." He grumbled, stepping over the smiling brunette, who happily crawled after him to the TV so he could watch Roxas work his magic, hoping to mimic it later when this happened again...which it always did.
Soon the peppy tones of Wii music filled the room as Sora cheered and Roxas grumped his way back to his spot. Much to his chagrin Axel had decided to sit next to him while he was gone.
Sitting next to Riku, Sora, being player one, zoomed through all the menu options, quickly picking Mario as his character. "Rooox, are you sure you don't want to play? You can play Peach like always~!" Sora cooed, snickering when Roxas glared at him.
"Shut up, I only use Peach on bikes if Dry Bone's hasn't been unlocked yet. Besides, I told you I'd probably only watch." He quickly settled back into his comfortable curled-up position, relaxing. That is until Axel started in on him too.
"Princess Peach, eh? Maybe I should start calling you that instead of Princess Roxie." Sharing an evil grin with Sora, who outright laughed.
Roxas opened his mouth to give a sharp reply before he was cut off by Riku, "Can we start playing yet? I'm getting bored." He drawled, having already chosen Toad as his racer.
Axel and Sora quickly relented, Roxas giving Riku a grateful look before settling back down. The redhead quickly selected his character before Sora continued on to pick their races. The next half hour was filled with cackles from Axel, cries of horror from Sora, and bursts of laughter from Riku as he and Axel tag-teamed up against Sora, constantly causing the teen's kart to malfunction. Be it with banana peels, or shells, they made Sora's Mario Kart life a living hell. By the time the four rounds were over Sora was in twelfth place while the other two took the gold and silver.
"Roxasss," Sora whined, sounding like he was going to break down crying any minute, "help me! Make them stop cheating..!"
Roxas couldn't help but smile into his arms, "They're not cheating, Sora. It's how you play the game. Although teaming up against him is a bit unfair." He glared out from his cozy position at the two older boys who were feigning innocence.
"Roxaaassss." The blonde rolled his eyes at his brother's childish tone. "Help me, please?"
"Fine." He groaned, much similar to earlier that afternoon in Cloud's office. He knew if he didn't agree quickly, Sora would continue to pester him. Hauling himself up with a sigh, he walked over to the Wii stand to pull off the fourth controller and hook it up to a wheel while Sora went through the menu options for four players.
"Is it bikes, karts, or both?" Roxas asked as he sat back down in his spot, getting in a position fit for playing video games.
"Uhhm, bikes."
The blonde nodded, getting ready to select Dry Bone's when he noticed that the character was already taken by Axel. Looking over in slight surprise he saw the redhead was grinning at him cockily. He'd done it on purpose. Roxas frowned, gritting his teeth, trying not to comment as he selected Princess Peach, not at all surprised when Axel whistled, cat calling "Wooo, Princess Roxie, fight, fight, fiiight!"
"Shut up!" he snapped angrily in embarrassment as everyone else in the room laughed, "Just start the damn game already, Sora!"
Giggling the brunette did as he was told, selecting the first race from the Special Cup.
Roxas' face was set, watching the count down, revving Peach's bike a split second after the number two popped up, so he'd have a head start at the beginning of the race.
By the time the first race was over Roxas was in first place, having bumped his brother up into third, while Riku and Axel were in places six and ten. Axel was shocked, not having expected a taste of his own medicine quite so harshly, while Riku just sighed, having experienced this before. Roxas was good at racing games in the first place, but once you actually gave him a reason to win, he was unstoppable.
Sora whooped, throwing his hands in the air before moving on to select the next round. Axel was still gaping at the screen, before he snapped out of it. "Oh it is on." Grinning, he got ready for the next race.
Roxas glared over before also readying himself.
Ok, if the redhead wanted his ass handed to him once again, who was Roxas to say no?
Two hours later Riku and Axel admitted defeat, finally having enough of losing constantly. Sora smiled sleepily, leaning against Riku's shoulder in a happy daze from winning so many times. "Thanks Rox." He chuckled.
"No problem." The blonde stated, getting up to grab all the Wii remotes before taking them out of the wheels to attach them to the charger.
"Well," Riku began, rising up from the couch ("HEY!" Sora cried as he fell over, having been leaning on him) to stretch, "I'm off to bed, Kairi wants to hang out with Sora and I tomorrow, so we've got to get up at a reasonable hour. You joining us?"
"Naah, too much homework. Plus, I don't feel much up to it." Roxas shook his head while he leaned down to turn off the TV manually.
Riku nodded before looking back at Sora who had nudged his thigh. "Give me a piggy back ride as punishment for losing." The brunette grinned from his sideways position on the couch, poking Riku's leg once again.
A silver eyebrow rose. "Oh yeah? And just when did I agree to become your slave?" his hands were now on his hips as he smirked down at Sora. "When you became my bodyguard. And because your my best friend before my bodyguard and you love me~!" The younger boy said all too innocently. Rolling his eyes, Riku turned around, presenting his back to his "best friend".
"Get on before I change my mind, you brat."
"Sweet!" Sora exclaimed, not having expected Riku to actually relent to his whims. He hopped on before waving his goodnight to Axel and Roxas.
Riku grunted out something that sounded suspiciously like, "You are the laziest person I know, Sora. Can't even walk to your own damn room." before the two disappeared out the door.
Standing awkwardly in the room alone with Axel was slightly unnerving. He didn't know what to say to this man who he'd known a few hours, but was somehow supposed to entrust his life with.
Before he could open his mouth however, the other stood, hands slipping into his jeans pockets. "Well, we should probably get you to bed; you look like you're about to crash."
And as Axel said the words, Roxas suddenly felt how tired he really was. Without arguing he nodded slowly and made his way to the door. Quietly they walked down the halls to their rooms. As he passed the door to the kitchen he heard voices behind it and recognized them as the voices of Cloud and Sephiroth.
He decided to make a small side trip, and opened the doorway to the kitchen and peeped in, spotting the two men next to the microwave. "Hey."
Axel followed Roxas into the kitchen, not even questioning what the boy was doing.
Both of the men looked up at Roxas' voice, "Something wrong, Roxas?" Cloud asked softly, eyebrows furrowing in a thoughtful manner. "Do you need more Ibuprofen?"
"No, just came to say goodnight and grab a glass of water before I went to bed." The older blonde's face relaxed as he nodded his head.
Roxas walked to one of the cupboards and grabbed two glasses, Axel sitting down at the island in the middle of the kitchen, staring at the silver haired man he had yet to meet, who happened to be staring at the redhead in turn. 'This must be Sephiroth.' He decided as a glass filled with water was placed in front of him, muttering his thanks to the smaller blonde. He'd heard a lot about the two ridiculously wealthy businessmen in front of him, especially after the media had found out about the men's personal relationship together.
After all, it wasn't often two male CEO's from different companies indulged in an office romance.
Drinking from his glass till it was empty, Axel placed it in the sink before walking over to Cloud and Sephiroth (who set down his slice of pizza upon the redheads approach), holding his hand out. "I'm Axel, Roxas' new bodyguard. It's a pleasure to meet you." The man with silver hair that reached past his rear, and piercing aqua eyes shook the redheads hand firmly while nodding his head.
"Likewise. Cloud was just telling me about you as you two came in. We both appreciate your willingness to take the job. Not very many men or women seem to be brave enough these days." Sephiroth smirked, even as Cloud frowned at him, and Roxas rolled his eyes, finishing his glass of water before walking over to the others.
"Yes, yes, I know, I'm cursed. Haha, funny. I'm going to bed now, night Cloud," Roxas resisted the strong urge to stick his tongue out at Sephiroth, because knowing him, the man would grab his tongue and hold it till Roxas could say "uncle" with perfect pronunciation. "Goodnight Sephiroth. Axel, you coming?"
Axel feigned innocence while walking towards the doorway leading to the hall, "Why Roxie, I hadn't realized we were like that."
The blonde sputtered as he flushed, his older brother gaping at such an openly crude comment, while Sephiroth smirked at the flustered blonde's.
"You-! I don't-can't even..ugh!" Was all an embarrassed Roxas could mange as he stomped ahead of a laughing Axel. 'I can't believe he said that in front of my brother!'
"You're such a pervert!" He continued to fume down the hall, once again wanting to throttle his bodyguard. It was insane how quickly this man could change his mood. The night had been going pretty well in Roxas' opinion till that little scene had occurred.
"Oh come on, Roxie, it was a joke!"
Roxas ignored him as they walked through the door way and into the blonde's room. "Whatever, stop calling me Roxie. I'm going to bed." His blush was finally beginning to die down. He was thankful he was already in a t-shirt and sweats; he was exhausted and didn't feel like changing.
Axel chuckled and walked over and into his own room, leaving the separating door open, not bothering to turn his light on as he walked to his closet to change into a pair of pajama pants, not feeling a need to put a shirt on; he'd be warm enough. Walking over to his new (deliciously comfortable) bed, he quickly settled in as the light from Roxas room went off.
All was quiet for a time, and both boys had nearly drifted to sleep before a thought crossed Axel's mind, and he couldn't help but voice it aloud.
"Nighty-night Princess Roxie~!" Axel cooed, snickering when he received a frustrated and tired groan in reply.
A soft "flop" could be heard in the darkness as Roxas threw one of his extra pillows in the vague direction of the doorway leading to Axel's room.
That'll teach him.
TBC
Nooo, I don't own Wii, or Mario Kart, so just don't even. Also, yeah, I'm sure I could have chosen a game better than Mario Kart, but I'm lazy and it's the only one I could think of for more than one player xD
Also, can I just state now how much I hate this chapter? D: even more than the last one. I had to FORCE myself to write this, it was painful the whole time and I did not enjoy it. I honestly will not blame you if you didn't enjoy it either xD it's just so...ugh o-o;;;
Don't forget to review~. I got less reviews last chapter, and more favorites/watches than ever and that's probably what contributed to this chapter taking so long to come out. So review please, good or bad. I eat that shit up. :]
ALSO BEFORE I GO, I know people are still really curious why they need bodyguards, but please be patient, it hasn't even been twenty-four hours in the story since Axel showed up xD But you'll find out either in the next chapter, or the one after that, I PROMISE~