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Life Out Of Costume
Part 3
"What are you going to do?" Yuffie gasped and leaned onto Aerith's desk a little more.
Aerith, to her credit, was a brilliant actress. The again, Yuffie was about as smart as a box of hair. "Well I can't keep it, can I?"
"Are you going to tell him about it this time?"
Aerith shook her head, "No, it didn't do any good last time."
From what I've gathered here, Aerith was claiming to be knocked up by Cloud again. I had some SERIOUS doubts as to the validity of her statements. Convenient isn't it that she just happens to be pregnant by Cloud when he starts dating Tifa openly? Hmmm… Yeah, like I said, I don't believe it. Thank god she's left me out of her pity party.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Aerith." Yuffie hugged her and all I could hear were snuffles and words of comfort.
Speak of the devil, Cloud was making his way down the aisle with a pretty, young blond just behind him. He appeared to be showing her around the office and when he came to a stop at Aerith's desk, Yuffie gave him a sharp look. "This is Aerith and Yuffie of our Web Unit. Girls, this is Rikku, she'll be working down in Internal Audit."
"Nice to meet you, Rikku." Aerith got out, and managed to snag a look of sympathy from the new girl.
Yuffie was still glaring at Cloud like she could burn a hole in his face with her thoughts alone. "… buy her dinner before you screw her…" I caught her muttering but it didn't look like Cloud or the new girl had heard her. That's comical.
"And this guy over here is Axel, but I'm not sure WHAT he does, if anything." Cloud leaned on my cube and crossed his arms. "Axel this is Rikku."
"Hi, Axel." Rikku waved, "is that your real name?"
"Like did my mom write it on my underwear real, or is that what Cloud calls me because he thinks I'm cute real?"
She giggled and Cloud rolled his eyes, "Both."
"Yes, it's my real name, I'd show you my license but then you'd know where I lived and well, you're hanging around Cloud so that doesn't really say much for you, now does it?" Cloud laughed good naturedly and ushered Rikku away.
I watched them as they walked away and could feel the twin glare being shot at me from both Aerith and Yuffie.
"Holy crap, that girl is HOT!" Cue Xigbar.
"Pffftt, really, if you like that kind of thing." Yuffie said flippantly.
Xigbar just laughed, abandoned his mail cart and went over to her, "That kind of thing? If by that kind of thing you mean nice ass, cute smile and perky tits, then hell yeah, that's what I like."
Cloud and Rikku made their way back by our cubes. "Hi, Axel!" Rikku waved like a special ed kid. Xigbar looked at me like I was the luckiest bastard on the planet and Yuffie just grinned like she was forming a plan.
I grabbed my smokes and Xigbar and quickly exited the office. Things were back to normal.
As per usual we made our way over to Starbucks and the whole time Xigbar wouldn't shut up about Rikku. Thankfully Sora was working so I could talk to someone who wasn't completely insane for five minutes.
"Hey! The usual?" he asked even though he's already started to make them.
"Yeah, thanks."
Sora's emo counter part is sitting on his ass eating a brownie just watching Sora work. "I hope you don't mind, but I gave your phone number to Nam, Kai, and Roxas. Kairi wouldn't leave me alone until I did and you should have seen the look that Roxas was giving her."
I was silently amused at Roxas' antics even now. I was pretty sure that he hadn't told anyone about what had happened between us in the vending machine room, even though Namine had asked what had taken us so long. The memory made me smile even now. I feel kind of stupid now for not having had figured it out sooner, you know, Roxas having a little jealous crush on me all day and all.
Kissing Roxas had felt like having your first kiss all over again, only without the awkwardness. It was exciting, probably because in my mind I still thought that I shouldn't have been doing that. Are you surprised that I kissed him back? No? Yeah, me neither. The rest of that night went by so fast. Roxas was much better company when he wasn't sulking around and creating imaginary relationships between me and Kairi.
On Sunday, as Riku, Sora and I were leaving, we all said our goodbyes to the rest of the group and I treated Roxas just like everyone else. I have no idea if the kid had done what he did because he was drunk or what. I decided it would be less awkward to just play the whole thing off as though it didn't happen.
My drink order was up and Sora was giving me this look. "What?" I asked, swiping my hand over my face quickly to see if there was something stuck to it.
"Nothing." He said with a smile and started wiping down the counter.
"Hey, hey now, don't go getting your hopes up kid. Axel has a cute little blond to play with now." Xigbar pointed out before burning his mouth on his drink.
Sora's smile grew considerably. "Does he now?" He dropped all pretenses of cleaning off the counter. Oh fuck, did Sora think Xigbar was talking about Roxas? Had Roxas told Sora?
"Oh god, you should see this girl. She'd turn even you straight, kid." Xigbar laughed and started for the exit.
The look on Sora's face said it all. He HAD thought it was Roxas. "Really?" He asked and looked pointedly at me, "you should bring her in and we'll test this theory out." Why did he look kinda pissed at me?
"What's this?" Demyx asked while leafing through something.
"I don't know, Dem, you tell me." I said, staring at the TV, willing it to have something good on.
Dem kept flipping through some pages and then began turning it side ways and upside down to get a better look at something. "I thought it was just a comic book, but I think its porn!" In a second I was by Demyx's side and looking over his shoulder. I immediately recognized the book in question to be the doujinshi that Kairi had talked me into buying. "DUDE! It's GAY porn!" Demyx's eyes grew incredibly wide as he turned over his shoulder to look at me.
Snatching the book out of his hand I tried to offer up an explanation, "One of the girls I went to the convention with made me buy it. I had no idea it was dude on dude, or porn at all for that matter."
"You don't have to make up excuses for buying your kinky cartoons, Axel." He peered over the back of the couch at me with a mischievous look on his face.
"Shut up, Dem."
The phone on my desk rang, interrupting my nap. "Dude, Boobs is coming your way. Look sharp!" Boobs was the affectionate name that Xigbar had given Rikku, and with good reason. This girl constantly wore low cut shirts that she probably bought from juniors' section and had the habit, albeit not bad habit, of leaning a little too far over.
It was finally the end of the week and I was feeling exhausted. Don't get me wrong, I haven't actually done any sort of physical activity to merit this exhaustion, it's more mental. Xigbar has been busy for the most part, probably planning to take over the world in some new diabolical way. Demyx hasn't been home, I think he may actually have started seeing someone. It's weird, whenever you're alone EVERYONE else seems to have a significant other. That reminds me, Sora's been acting strange to me all week. I asked him how Riku was and he answered with a simple 'fine'. I wondered briefly if they were fighting and decided not to poke my nose into it.
"Axel!" Rikku bounced into view and I looked her in the boobs eyes. "I was talking to eye-patch guy", I find it amusing that no matter how many times I tell her his name she can't quite grasp the concept. "And he said that you knew the bassist from Luster Kings!"
"Yeah well Xigbar says a lot of things."
Rikku continued on as though I hadn't spoken at all. Does she have an off switch? "I thought that since they were playing tonight that maybe you would be there and could introduce me to him." This caught my attention, Boobs, damn it, Rikku, was interested in Demyx?
"Yeah Axel, you should bring her along with you." As per usual, Yuffie and Aerith were within eavesdropping range and decided to play match maker- not that they hadn't been all week long anyway. For fuck's sake, you have no idea how many times I had to deal with their 'subtlety', and I use the term loosely.
I shook my head, "I don't think it will do any good. I think Dem has started seeing someone recently." Rikku looked confused and came closer to me. Like being closer is going to help her understand the words that are coming out of my mouth.
"I'm not interested in the bassist that way, I just really like his music. I've got my eyes on someone else." Wow, this girl was forward. I find that kind of hot. "Are you going to be at the show tonight?"
Yuffie and Aerith were leaning completely out of Aerith's cubical and almost collapsing the short, flimsy wall. "Ah, uh, I can't make it to the show tonight. I have to get my cat neutered."
WHAT?! God I'm becoming retarded. My cat neutered? WTF? I don't even OWN a cat. Was that completely obvious, like 'I can't, I have to wash my hair'? Apparently so, Yuffie was laughing and I think she just snorted.
"That's too bad! Your poor cat!" Rikku looked genuinely compassionate and I was torn between feeling bad and questioning the intelligence of the people they hire here.
What the hell is wrong with me? This girl is hot as hell and just as dumb. This is my dream girl. "I know, I feel bad for him, and I hate to do it to him, but if he'd stop humping EVERYTHING then I wouldn't have to chop his balls off."
Yuffie nearly lost it completely.
For effect, and to show that I'm 'such a sweetheart' I took Rikku's hand and told her that I would love to go out with her some other time though.
Txt: Do you need a ride next weekend, or are you riding with Sora again?
Axel txt: Who is this?
Txt: It's Kairi, didn't Sora give you my number?
Axel txt: No.
Kairi txt: So? Do you need a ride?
Axel txt: A ride for what? I have no idea what you're talking about.
Kairi txt: The convention next weekend. I figured that you were going to room with us again even though Seifer was coming.
Axel txt: I don't know.
Kairi txt: Well let me know if you need a ride, I have room in my car for you. :D
Truth be told, I had actually planned to go to Demyx's show on Friday night, but instead I sat home and did nothing. I pretended that I was sick so that Dem wasn't offended that I skipped out on him. So there I was, sitting on the couch, wrapped in a blanket that Dem had swattled me in.
Nurse Demyx had made me soup and tried to take my temperature, but that's where his kindness ended. The dumbass tried to stick a rectal thermometer in my mouth and got aggravated when I freaked out. HELLO?! It's been in his ass! Who even OWNS a rectal thermometer anyway? Yeah, he didn't like that question either. He gets an E for effort.
Right, back to my sitting alone on a Friday night, my mind kept going back to Kairi's text and Sora. I'd already been dancing around the subject all week so I decided to just confront Sora. I shuffled through my contacts and found his name, but when I called the line just rang a bazillion times and I got his voice mail. "Hey Sora, its Axel, give me a call when you get a chance. Later."
Why hadn't Sora told me about the next convention? Did he not want me to go? Did he think I wouldn't want to go with them again? For some reason I had a feeling that this had to do with Roxas. Was Sora mad at me because of what Xigbar said about Rikku? Jebus, were gay men like women?
The phone rang before my brain had any more time to go down that road. I just figured that it was Sora returning my call, "Hello?"
"Axel, dude, I know you're sick and all", it was Demyx ",but you've got to come down to the show."
"Dem…"
There wasn't much noise in the background, so I figured that he'd gone off somewhere quiet to talk to me. Baww, my roommate cared for my well being, "There's this chick here asking about you, and well, I think she could be a stalker, but I don't think you'd mind this chick stalking you.", or then again, maybe not.
That was laughable, I figured that he must be talking about Rikku and the fact that he thought she was stalkerish was just plain amusing to me. "I don't know-"
"Dude, seriously, come down here." And Demyx sounded more serious than I'd heard him in a while. "You won't regret it. And just think, they use alcohol to kill a lot of germs and bacteria, right?"
I had to smile at his reasoning, "I'll see you in a bit."
The club Demyx's band, Luster Kings, was playing at was a good ways away. The drive was actually kind of peaceful and I surprisingly found decent parking. Things were looking up. The moment I walked in the door I felt a wall of sound assault my senses and actually felt my clothes and hair shift from the bass. There was an additional vibration coming from my pants, and before you read to far into that one, it was my cell phone. "Hello?"
"Hey, Axel, it's Sora, you called earlier?" It was hard to hear him and I had to put a finger in my open ear to make out what he'd said, though I probably could have guessed.
"AXEL!!" It was Rikku and fuck did she look good. "Let me sit on your face!!"
"Excuse me?" HOLY BALLS, at least let me get a drink in me woman.
She came closer and pressed her face up to the side of my face, "I said come sit near my place!"
I nodded and she filtered her way back through the crowd towards her spot at the bar. "Sora?" I asked, but when I got no answer I realized that I'd lost the call… or he hung up on me.
Axel txt: Did you hang up on me?
I made my way over to where Riku was sitting and found an empty stool and a beer next to her. "Demyx told me that New Castle was your favorite." She motioned over her shoulder towards the stage with her thumb.
"I thought you wanted me to introduce you to Dem, but I see you didn't need me after all." I saluted Dem on stage with my beer and caught a rather saucy wink from him as a result.
My phone began to vibrate on the bar, signaling that I'd gotten a txt.
Sora txt: No. Have fun.
Axel txt: Are you going to the con next weekend?
"No, I guess I didn't need you, but I do want you." And her hand was on my thigh.
Sora never txt'd me back that night, but I really didn't give it much thought. I don't know if you noticed or not, but I was kind of preoccupied. Rikku could get paid for what she does, she was that good.
To her credit, Rikku didn't call me at all for the rest of the weekend, even though I gave her my number. Now, before you start thinking, 'Oooo, Axel, you must have been less than her expectations', know this: I'm NEVER less than anyone's expectations in that department. Now that we're clear on that, we can move on.
Monday morning I found Rikku at Aerith's desk with Yuffie. They all shut up and got very quiet when they saw me approach, if that was any indication as to their topic of discussion. Rikku was like a normal person at work in front of other people, she didn't cling to me, she didn't expect PDA's and treated the situation as though nothing had happened between us. Granted, that didn't stop her from assaulting me in the utility closet, parking garage, or Xemnas' (my boss) office, when no one was looking.
Sora, on the other hand, wasn't at work at all the following week and wouldn't return any of my calls or txts, though I did only call once more and txt him twice. I can tell when I'm being avoided. I contemplated taking Kairi up on her offer for a ride to the mysterious con that Sora obviously didn't want to tell me to know about, but refrained. Who wants to go somewhere they weren't invited? Not me. Honestly, if Sora called me right now and begged me to go, I'd say no, even though I kinda wanted to go. Yeah, that's just the kind of guy I am.
It was Friday night again, I hate it when the days all start to run into one another, and I was sitting at Rikku's place having a beer with her and a couple of her friends. This was lame. Her friends were complete hippies. By hippies I mean exactly what you're picturing in your head. They were all decked out in earth tones, dread locks, Birkenstocks, and toting more pot then I would want to smoke in a year. At least they drank good beer.
Txt: Why didn't you come to the con? – This is Roxas btw.
Ah, so I was missed at the convention. Explain that to them Sora, explain to them how you left me cold and alone on the side of the street without an invite to your little con.
Axel txt: I had things to take care of. Why, do you miss me? :3
Now you're probably wondering why I didn't tell Roxas that Sora was being a little emo fag and didn't invite me. The thing is, if I revealed that to anyone else it would make ME look like the whiney emo kid that well, whined about shit.
The big dread-locked guy next to me, Xaldin I believe his name was, passed me the joint they had going around and I accepted it gratefully. Things needed to be a little shinier at the moment.
Roxas txt: Will you come to the next convention in 2 weeks? And how do you feel about being on stage?
Axel txt: Where is the next convention? On stage? Depends.
The conversation carried on around me, and I needed a new beer. I got up to go into the kitchen and noticed that I wasn't alone. Rikku followed me over to the refrigerator without saying a word and when I opened it to grab another beer she spun me around, practically shoved me in it and started making out with me. This, my friends, was the first indication that this girl may be a nympho. Shut up, I'm sure some of you may have noticed this before me, and I know you're all sitting there being like 'damn Axel, you're pretty damn slow, moron'.
I must have been more fucked up than I had thought because the cold air from the fridge didn't seem to bother me at all, but I did feel like this girl was raping my mouth. I pictured myself in a long pink gown with one of those upside down ice cream cone hats on my head and playing the part of a damsel in distress. Yeah, I started giggling at the mental image, which turned into full out laughter. Rikku didn't seem deterred by this whatsoever. I'll give you a moment, picture that scene if you will, me sitting in her fridge laughing my ass off, a beer in hand and her attacking me. Priceless.
"Axel, your crotch is vibrating." Rikku muttered as she continued to grind up against me. This girl had no shame.
My laughter settled down as I tried to figure out why my crotch was vibrating, completely missing the fact that it was my phone in my pocket for a while.
Roxas txt: The next con is only an hour away.
I tried to push Rikku off of me so I could write Roxas back, and it didn't strike me as odd at all. She grabbed a beer from the fridge, pouted and walked back into the living room with the rest of the Grateful Dead. Before I could answer the txt my phone went off again.
Roxas txt: You should come here, now.
Why hello Roxas, forward much? Maybe I was reading into that too much, ENTIRELY way too much, but for some reason it got my hopes up.
Axel txt: Oh? And where is here?
His response was almost immediate.
Roxas txt: Half hour away, next town over. Bring leather pants if you have them.
Axel txt: Ooo, kinky, Roxy!
I had my jacket in hand and was out the door with a wave to Rikku and a salute to Xaldin.
Roxas txt: Does that mean you're coming?
… not yet.
That half an hour drive would have only taken me twenty minutes, but I dilly-dallied at my apartment looking for Demyx's leather pants. Ok, so I also didn't want to look desperate. In retrospect, I do realize that I gave up a wild romp with Rikku to go hang out with a bunch of nerds. I wish I could say that it bothered me more.
Parking at the hotel was EXPENSIVE! I ended up jerry-rigging my own spot of sorts outside of an Applebee's near by, txting Roxas that I was here, and hauling my ass over to the hotel that the convention was in. The lobby was again packed with cosplayers and other random people that couldn't dress themselves to save their life. Seriously, I think they all get secret sales flyers from Hot Topic or something.
"Axel?!"
Oh ho ho, it was Sora, and he sounded delightfully surprised to see me. "Why, hello there Sora. Fancy meeting you here!"
"What are you doing here?" He looked around to see if I was with someone that he recognized, but when he didn't see me hiding anyone, he turned his full attention back to me.
"Roxas txt'd me and asked me to come." I grinned at him. "You know, if I didn't know better, I would say that you've been avoiding me. Say it's not so, Sora!" I clutched my chest just above my heart. I always had a flare for the dramatic.
Sora's eyes narrowed on me in a challenge, but then he just sighed and his shoulders slumped forward in defeat. "I guess I have been neglecting you." Grabbing my forearm, he led me off into a nook just beside the concierge's desk. "Riku and I were fighting and then I saw how you were acting… and it was similar to him… and I don't know how you guys can be like that… but then it was too late… and you know, stuff… and…"
"Sora, whoa!" I placed my hands on his shoulders to steady him, "you've got to slow down." In the tiny space that we were in I caught a whiff of alcohol on him. Crap. "Now first, start by telling me why you were fighting with Riku."
"Riku's been seeing someone else."
"And?" I asked, not seeing the problem.
"and, AND he should only be seeing me!" He pointed at himself, like I hadn't grasped the concept here. I rolled my eyes, about to tell him to take off his dress and grow a pair, but then I realized that he looked like he was going to cry. "You wanted to be with me, didn't you?! Why does Riku need someone else?"
"Um, Sora…" What the hell was I supposed to say here?
"And then when Xigbar came in talking all that nonsense about some blond bimbo you were banging at work, I got upset because I wanted you to hook up with Roxas- and then it reminded me of Riku and how he…" Sora sniffed and wiped his nose before he threw his arms around my middle.
This was NOT how this night was supposed to turn out. I was supposed to come out here, get drunk and test the limits of my sexuality with Roxas. Now I have Sora drooling snot all over my front. Great. "Sora, he's only 21 and whatnot, you can't expect Riku to know what he wants so early in the game."
"But I'm 19, and I know what I want."
"Well maybe you're just smarter than Riku then." I smiled down at him and pushed his hair out of his face.
"Thanks, Axel." He muttered but then started to look at me funny. Oh no, oh god, was he trying to do what I think he was trying to do? Was Sora trying to kiss me?!
"Sora don't." I warned and pushed him away. He was definitely feeling drunk and lonely, I've been there, done that, wouldn't want to do it again. "We're friends, remember?"
"Were you trying to molest Axel?" An amused voice spoke up behind me.
"Roxas! Nam!" Sora's surprise was obvious and but was also over shadowed by what appeared to be guilt. "Look, Axel's here!" He gestured to me.
"Come on, let's go talk." Namine took Sora's hand and led him away, leaving me and Roxas to ourselves. Well as much to ourselves as you can be in the middle of a crowded hotel lobby.
"Did you bring the leather pants?" Roxas asked me with a grin, to which I could only nod. The kid looked pretty damn hot! I didn't even have a drink in me and I wanted to try to kiss him. It was like being at conventions was like being in an alternate dimension. Things that I wouldn't normally do seemed perfectly normal here for some reason. He moved himself closer to me and our chests were nearly touching, "I was surprised that you came."
"Well you asked so nicely, how could I refuse?" And before he could answer me I was kissing him long and deep. His arms threaded through my own and encircled my body. It seemed as though he was kissing me back with equal fervor and I forgot momentarily where I was.
When we broke apart he smiled up at me, "that answers one of my questions."
"What question?"
A lovely shade of pink washed over little Roxy-poo's face and he actually stammered his reply somewhat. From what I could make out of it, Roxas had been afraid that I wasn't going to acknowledge our previous kiss and didn't know how to breach the subject with me. "… not to mention, I thought you were straight."
"And trying to hit on Kairi." I eyed him humorously. "I am straight." That one earned me an odd look. I know what you're thinking, I was just practically crawling down the kid's throat, how could I be straight? Well because I'm telling you, I'm straight. "Speaking of Kairi, is she here?"
He was still looking at me like he was trying to picture me without a nose or something, "Yeah, she's running around with some girls for a fluffy girl group that they put together."
Roxas led me up to the room that he was staying in, and that I was presumably staying in as well. The usual cast of characters was present with the addition of a taller blond guy who appeared to sport a bigger attitude problem than Roxas'. "Who the hell is this?" He asked, gesturing towards me.
"This is Axel, he's cool." Hayner stepped up to defend me, "'Sup? Glad you could come!"
"Roxas, you'd better make sure that your giant boyfriend there pays me for the alcohol, I'm not running some free bar here." The same blond pile of attitude pointed at me threateningly.
"Fuck off, Seifer." Roxas said pointing over to a space near the far bed, indicating where I could drop my things (read as toothbrush and leather pants). "Don't listen to him, he's just a dick."
"I can HEAR you, ya know!" Seifer spread his arms wide while making his obvious statement, "and you'd better listen to me, I bought the damn booze!" Hayner was rolling his eyes and trying to steer Seifer off to another topic in diversion.
"Do you want a drink?" Roxas asked almost skeptically.
After that show, I don't think I wanted anything that had to do with that Seifer kid. I wondered if he was only acting that way because of the alcohol he'd consumed or if he was just a breath of fresh air naturally. "Are you kidding me? What the hell is that guy's problem?" Roxas shushed me because I wasn't bothering to keep my voice down, screw that guy if he heard me.
In that moment it was decided that we would spend as little time as possible in the room until we had to sleep. It wasn't long before we found Kairi and managed to mooch a bottle of Pepsi with some rum in it from her and her group.
Roxas and I ended up sitting in a group of lounge chairs off to the side of the lobby, participating in my favorite sport, people watching. "I wonder how Nam is making out with Sora."
I looked over at the kid skeptically, "Are you kidding? He was nearing the crying stage of the 'oh-whoa-is-me' mood. I'm sure her shoulder is getting soaked and he won't remember half of it in the morning." I passed the bottle over to Roxas.
He examined the bottle in his hands, not saying anything but giving that Pepsi way more thought than it needed. After a while he just handed it back to me without having drank any. "Have you ever been in love?"
"Of course I have."
"I don't mean your parents, Axel."
"Pffft, neither do I." Was he trying to insinuate that I was incapable of having been in love before? I took a sip and handed the bottle back to him. This time he drank some.
"If you were in love before, why aren't you still with that person?" He drank some more.
"Things didn't work out and we went our own ways. It happens." I took the bottle back from him before he could finish it.
"So you just thought you were in love then." He acted like he had me and the situation completely figured out. "Because if you had really been in love then you'd still be with that person now."
I finished the bottle, "If you subscribe to the theory of there being only one person for everyone, yes. Personally, I think you can fall in love multiple times."
"So you admit that you weren't in love then?"
"No, not really. I'm saying that if I wasn't in love, then I certainly THOUGHT I was in love, it felt like I was in love. If that wasn't love, and only some precursor to it, then I think I may be scared shitless if I ever really do fall for some one." I know what you're thinking, that I'm normally as deep as a puddle, but the question had just rubbed me the wrong way. For some reason I felt the need to defend myself.
He took the empty bottle back from me and gave me this look that clearly said 'fuck you, thanks for the backwash'. "Should we get more?" I just shrugged and looked around. "I REALLY don't want to go see Seifer at the moment"
"Just txt Kairi and ask her to bring us another one. Tell her I'll compensate her." I wasn't so keen to go see that Seifer guy right now either. He just nodded and started to tap away at his phone's keyboard.
"I feel bad for Sora, but I've been listening to it ALL day long and I need a break from him for a bit." He closed the phone and set it aside. "I wish Riku would just stop dicking him around."
"I don't know, if Sora wants someone to be with ONLY him, then maybe he should move on, ditch Riku, and find someone that agrees with him." I never understood that, why people stayed with people they clearly have issues with. It's not worth it and you can't change people.
Roxas rolled his eyes and shot me a sidelong look like I'd missed something blatantly obvious. "Sora is in love with Riku, he has been since before I knew him. He'll stay with him regardless of how much it hurts him."
"Well that's just stupid."
The cell phone between us buzzed, and I assumed it was Kairi. "Yeah, well that's Sora. The worst part is that we all know, but Sora won't tell Riku because he's afraid that he'll leave him." He picked up his phone to check the message. "Kairi said she'd be here soon."
"That's pathetic. If Sora wants Riku to not see other people then he needs to say so otherwise Riku has no idea that there's even a problem."
"What if Riku didn't want to give up this other person? What if he left Sora for being so needy? I think Sora is better off being in this situation than without Riku." The phone went off between us again, breaking the retarded discussion. This kid had some messed up views on how a relationship should be and I wasn't about to sit here and play Dr. Phil with him all night.
Roxas opened the phone and started a reply. "So Roxy, if you're here with me, doesn't that mean that you've never been in love before? I mean if you're buying into the whole 'love will conquer all' thing and what not." He didn't answer me, just smiled a small smile while still txting. "Does that mean you've been saving yourself for me this whole time?" I laughed out.
He flipped his phone closed and chuckled, "Yeah Axel, something like that."
It didn't take Kairi long to bring us another two bottles, I reminded myself to make it up to her later. There was also a group of girls with her and they were all in silly looking fairy costumes. None of them were attractive and I couldn't help but wonder if Kairi hung out with these ugly girls so she could be the pretty one.
I began pulling out my wallet to pay her for the drinks, "Oh no Axel, I don't want your money."
I blinked at her surprised but put my wallet back nonetheless, "Thanks Kairi, that's really nice of you."
"You still have to pay me, just not with money." WHAT? Was she asking me to whore myself out for two lousy drinks? "For this one", she held up a soda bottle, "I want you two to make out." She pointed between me and Roxas as a couple of the girls in her group giggled and I realized that they'd all come for a show.
"Kairi!" Roxas whined and tried to snatch the bottle away from her.
Make out with Roxas for some rum? Why thank you, I was planning to do that anyway. "And for the second one?" I asked, edging up on my seat a little more.
An evil look spread over her face. "You have to let me make you your own No.8 coat and let Nam and I do a photo shoot of you two in them." I heard a squeal from the group of fairy fuglies.
"You want to take my picture for booze?" She nodded. "Kairi, I'll ALWAYS work for booze, you know me too well."
"Axel you ass! They're going to-", whatever else he was going to say was cut off as I pulled him out of his chair, into my lap, and started kissing him like I was an exhibitionist. I kind of thought Roxas was going to fight me on this one, but to my surprise his he played right along. His arms came up around my neck and he shifted his weight to a more comfortable position.
"That.Is.So.Hot."
"I KNOW!"
"You were SO right, Kairi!"
When we broke apart I couldn't help the lazy smirk that passed over my face. I felt it, but I couldn't stop it. But to my astonishment, Roxas' smirk mirrored my own. It took me back for a moment and that was all the time that he needed to take the proffered bottle from Kairi. "I didn't agree to the photo shoot though." He said taking a long pull from the drink. "I'm just going to keep this bottle and you and Axel can work out what he ALONE has to do for his bottle."
Kairi frowned and the lights went out in the eyes of the yaoi fan girl group she led. "Roxas", she sounded disappointed.
"No." He answered in a stern voice.
"What's the big deal? It's only a couple of pictures." I asked and Kairi looked hopeful.
Roxas spun around on me like I'd turned traitor. "Axel, she'll make us pose in VERY compromising positions and post them on the internet."
"So?"
"No."
"Fine." Kairi shoved the bottle in my hand, gathered her group, and walked away.
Once the girl squad was a good ways away I opened my bottle and started in on it. "That wasn't very nice you know."
"Dude, I don't know about you, but my dad has access to the internet." He wasn't looking at me while talking and just looked around at the people passing by. "I'd rather not have him see me dressed up, or half undressed if she had her way, and being fondled by some guy in leather."
"Can I still fondle you in leather later if I promise not to let your dad watch?" I asked leaning out of my chair towards him.
Roxas smirked and turned towards me to lean in as well, "I did ask you to bring leather pants, didn't I?" Without another thought I closed the gap between us and captured his lips. I liked the way this kid thought.
Our kisses were becoming more heated and Roxas crawled onto my chair, and straddled my lap. "Is he better than Rik(k)u?" We broke apart to find a drunk Sora leaning over us, very close to our faces. I had no idea if he was talking about Riku or Rikku, or if he was even talking to me at all.
"Sora! Leave them alone." Namine pulled him back by the arm.
"But I want to make out with somebody too! Where's Riku?" He hiccupped and whined, staggering a bit as he latched onto Namine.
Roxas downed the rest of his drink and grabbed my arm. "Let's get out of here." I could tell that Roxas was definitely feeling the effects of his previous drinks. His inhibitions were going out the window and so was shy, blushing Roxas.
"Namine, do you need help taking care of him?" I asked seeing that Sora was relying heavily on Namine as a human crutch.
"No." Namine and Roxas chorused. I shot Roxas a look and Namine explained that she was on her way to bringing Sora to bed. She said that she could handle it.
Roxas pulled my arm and led me away from Namine and Sora. "Would you slow down? We just totally bailed on Namine back there." He stopped pulling my arm and turned around to face me. "Roxas?" He stood on his toes, ran his tongue up my neck and then took my mouth fully with his. He grabbed me by the front of my jeans and pulled me out towards the parking garage.
I liked where this was going. Roxas, horny, alone in a parking garage…
He seemed to have a specific destination in mind and soon we stopped at a silver sedan and he was opening the back door. "I'm assuming this is your car?" I asked before following him into the backseat.
"No, I don't have a car, it's Seifer's. But, since I'm paying for the damn thing to be parked here I might as well get my money's worth, right?" He grinned and I didn't need any more of an invitation.
It was awkward and cramped and half of me kept slipping off the seat, but ask me if I cared. Roxas was so wanton that I was having a hard time keeping my hands from wandering. The soft curves, I had for some reason expected to feel, were replaced with harder, more defined lines. Running my hands up under his shirt felt strange, but his warmth was delicious. As I released his mouth and made my way over to his ear, his breaths and small noises filtered into my conscious. I found my hand moving on its own accord and unbuttoning the top of his jeans.
Now, I'd already known he was hard, it's kind of difficult to miss something like that when you're rubbing on someone in small backseat of a car. To tell the truth, judging by my own hardness, I would think the kid was broken if he wasn't hard. But the moment I felt the velvety smooth tip of his cock against my finger tips, it hit me like a ton of bricks: I was with a guy.
I was sobering quickly and DEFINITELY having second thoughts. What the hell? How was I supposed to get out of this? I couldn't just shove him off me and walk away, this was different from most girls I'd been with, in that I actually LIKED Roxas. Can you imagine how it would feel to be rejected right now if you were in Roxas' position? Jebus, I'd fucked up.
"Unnnhh, Axel, back up." He moaned from under me and pushed at my chest. In some tangled movements I found myself sitting up on the opposite side of the seat and Roxas in my lap. "I want to taste you." He mouthed against my mouth and with one last wet kiss he was working his way down my chest and into my pants.
This was probably the moment that I should have stopped Roxas before things could go any further, but even though I had my reservations about him being a guy, there was still the matter of the painful hardness between my legs. I'm not going to lie, it was one of the best blow jobs I'd ever gotten in my life. Somehow in my mind I figured that what we'd done was ok because MY dick in HIS mouth meant he was gay, but it just meant that I was horny. Even still, I didn't stay the whole night and ended up driving home at the butt-ass crack of dawn. I didn't say goodbye, I just left. You can yell at me for it all you want, but I had to go back to the real world.
End Part 3
AN: I didn't want to write the txt messages in txt speak, it's a pain in the ass to decipher some times and I thought that it would have detracted from the story. Also, I'm sorry if some parts were a bit rushed, I'm not happy with this chapter and may go back to fix it later, but I just couldn't fix it when I tried previously.
