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In part 1 Axel didn't show up, but now... =D
Part 2
Roxas was sitting on a bench in the park near his new house. It was such a pleasant day it would have been a pity not to enjoy it outside. Besides, there was no one at home that afternoon. Both Marluxia and Vexen were working and the empty house reminded him of his mother. He wanted to call her, to make sure she was eating properly and stuff. But his aunt was surely taking good care of her.
He sighed, Aqua was surely working like crazy, so it would have been useless to call her.
"Woof!"
A dog made him come back to reality. He lowered his eyes: it was a sweet looking husky.
The dog was waving its tail and putting its paw on his knee, asking him to play.
Roxas patted its head and smiled. Then he noticed that the dog was wearing a collar and a leash, so it must have had an owner somewhere. He grabbed the leash and gave the collar a look. There was an address carved in the bone shaped plate.
'Where is this place?' he thought, while the dog was looking at him, full of hope
"Hi Roxas!" a voice exclaimed
He raised his head and saw a familiar red head. Axel was standing in front of him, as showy looking as ever. A striped t-shirt, ripped jeans, every centimeter of his ears pierced and his lower lip too...but oddly, Roxas wasn't disgusted by him like usual. 'Must be because I'm used to see Marluxia everyday.' he thought
"Hi." he answered, after having stared at him for a moment
The dog started waving the tail and Axel bended down to play with it.
"Your dog is really cute!" he smiled
"Um, it's not mine...I just found it."
He didn't want to ask Axel if he knew where that address was. 'I can find it on the net.' he reflected, but that meant going home with the dog and Marluxia wouldn't have been happy about it. In his opinion, an house's floors must sparkle.
"Do you know where is this place?" he sighed, showing him the plate
Axel gave it a quick look and smirked.
"Yes, I can take you there...if you keep me company for the rest of the afternoon!"
Roxas froze and tried to find a way out of that situation. He could pretend to remember it all of sudden, but he was bad at lying. Seeing his shocked expression, Axel bust out in laughter. "You're so funny! Don't worry, I'll take you there for free! Let's go."
The blonde boy sighed in relief and stood up, followed by the dog.
After walking in silence for a while, Roxas started to feel that the situation was really awkward.
"Um, do you live around here?"
Axel smiled and nodded.
"And you?"
"Yes, I moved two weeks ago."
Silence again. Roxas started to hope that the house was as near as possible.
"I thought that you disliked me." Axel suddenly said, looking at him
"Not really."
It was true. Maybe he had disliked him in the past, but, after living with Vexen and Marluxia for two weeks, he started thinking that gay people were not that bad.
Marluxia was funny, great at cooking and always cheerful. Roxas didn't notice it the first week, but Vexen had good sides too. He was not easygoing like his boyfriend, but he cared about the others in his own particular way. For example, writing notes on the book to help Roxas with his math homework.
Axel sighed relieved and smiled.
"Good to hear..." then he pointed at a white house "Here we are."
The dog was showing his happiness by waving its tail like crazy.
"Ok, I'll bring it back to it's owners." Roxas said, ringing the bell
A middle-aged woman came out and hugged the dog, thanking the boys for bringing it back. "My son lost her in the park, we were desperate!"
"You're welcome." Roxas smiled, before walking away with the red head
"Do you know the way back? Want me to take you?" Axel asked
"I think I can manage...you have so much free time? Don't you have to meet with your friends?" he didn't want to sound rude, he was just curious
The red head smiled, not disturbed by his words.
"They're on a date, I don't want to be the third party. I'm so booored..."
Roxas realized he was pretty bored too, before meeting the dog and Axel. It wouldn't have killed him to hang out with Axel for once.
"Well, if you want we can...um, go somewhere..."
The other boy stared at him for a moment, making him feel uneasy. It wasn't easy to understand what he was thinking. Then Axel grinned.
"Are you asking me out?"
Roxas sighed and pouted, starting to remember why he disliked gay people.
"Relax, I'm just joking!" he laughed "Let's go back to the park, ok?"
There Roxas found out what Axel was doing before meeting him.
"I love taking photos!" he said, pointing his camera at a tree
"How unexpected!" Roxas blushed, realizing he said it out loud
In his mind, he was like Marluxia and Vexen were before for him: only names. 'Who knew I was this shallow?' he thought, looking at Axel's smirk.
"Oh, really? What kind of hobby would suit me more?"
The blonde boy opened his mouth and closed it right away.
"Playing in a heavy metal band?" the red head continued, mocking him
Roxas blushed and pouted again. A light flashed in his eyes.
"Wha...?" he nearly screamed
Axel smiled, holding his camera.
"Payback!" he fixed his hair and changed topic "What about an ice cream?"
He gave him a puzzled look.
"Didn't you want to take photos?"
"I changed my mind."
They were eating two huge ice creams while sitting on a bench.
"I never knew you had such a little girl's tastes!" Axel laughed, pointing at Roxas's strawberry ice cream
The blonde boy glared at him. 'He's the one to talk! At least I'm not the one who has a boyfriend!' he thought, biting his tongue not to say it
Axel smirked again.
"I can read your mind, you know?"
Roxas widened his eyes and turned pale. The red head laughed.
"Just joking! But I can tell from your face...you're thinking that at least you're not gay!"
'He's sharp' he was starting to feel slightly bad for not denying it immediately.
"Um, well..."
Axel interrupted him immediately.
"Don't worry, I'm not angry." he showed him a little smile, he was clearly feeling uneasy
Roxas felt that he was bound to explain.
"No, you see...I always thought gay people...um, you see, my father abandoned me and my mother when I was a child...because he fell in love with another man..."
It was difficult for him to talk about it. Odd enough, Axel was the first person to learn about it directly from him.
"I understand." Axel said, his expression was serious "And why did you change your mind?"
Roxas raised his head.
"It's because I moved in with my father and his boyfriend." he admitted "They are very nice and living in their house feels like having a real family..."
He realized that he was talking too much about his personal problems and blushed.
"I see." Axel smiled at him "Are you happy?"
Roxas nodded feeling even more embarrassed.
The red head finished his ice cream and stood up.
"Being straight or gay doesn't matter: happiness is the most important thing, got it memorized?"
The blonde boy nodded again, like an elementary school student to a teacher.
"Good. Thanks for keeping me company today!" he waved at him "See you around!"
Roxas walked back home, feeling really strange. Axel's words were echoing in his mind. 'Sounds right, after all...' he shook his head. It was ok to think that Vexen, Marluxia and Axel were not bad even though they were gay, but not to start thinking being gay was normal.
Luckily, he was sure of his feelings for Namine.
Of course, it's what he believes! Don't worry akuroku fans! =D
