A/N: Alright so here we are again, another installment in the great string of events which is shaping the Surprises story. Please enjoy, i had to rewrite the first half because I wasn't happy with it but I am now.

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Axel sat on the toilet punching the keys on his cell to send his brother a text message. He typed in full sentences to show how upset he was. 'Come get me, Roxas is being a jerk. I don't want to stay here tonight.' He sent the text and closed his eyes thinking a lot about the way things had been going over the last month. He hadn't really seen or heard much from Roxas. Breakfast was always made for him, and the bathroom always seemed like it had been used not ten minutes before he got up.

It was up setting to think that maybe Roxas was cheating and that would explain why the blonde stayed away. He knew that couldn't be the case though; he personally knew three out of four of Roxas' employers. He looked up when Roxas knocked on the door. He didn't answer the knock, waiting to see if Roxas would have anything to say.

"Axel. Are you okay? Please come out." The blonde was pleading with the door.

"Leave me alone." Axel repeated from earlier. He didn't want to talk to the younger male. He only got one thing from 'him' anyway, and he probably wasn't going to get that in morning even if the blonde didn't work the next day. He crossed his arms over his chest, he was feeling a draft in washroom.

Looking down at himself he sighed and decided he should take a shower. Not like his brother had text-ed him back, or that he even would. Getting up he turned the shower on; getting the water good and hot before he stepped into it. He couldn't hear Roxas at the door anymore, and he liked that.

The tall redhead pulled out his cell when it signaled he had a message. Flipping it open he read who it was and who it was from. He growled slightly then frowned, this wasn't good. Roxas had told him about what he was planing a couple nights ago when he had caught Roxas sleeping on the job. He checked the time and looked at when the message was sent. It was to late to send one back so he did the only thing he could think of.

He called into the office. "Reno to Rude, Rude you got this covered tonight?"

"Yes." Came the one word answer the redhead was waiting for.

"Good cause I gotta go check on Roxas. Not sure what happened but Axel wants to be picked up." Reno was kinda worried about this, he'd have to let Cloud know.

"Go, don't need Blondie getting mad at you." The surprising amount of words rang in Reno's ears. Him and Cloud weren't the best of buddies, not that the redhead hadn't tried to be friends with him.

"Yeah, yo. I'm out, see ya tomorrow night, Rude." He turned the radio off after that and flipped open his cell again. He flipped through the numbers looking for the one for the blonde he had so wanted to get in bed with back when they were still in school. 'Axel wants me to pick him up. Meet me at their place.' He sent it off, hoping this would be an okay message to send. He got on his bike then and headed for his little brother's apartment.

Cloud sat up in bed annoyed when his cell started going off. He tossed it across the room and turn back to the two other males with him. He growled when not a minute later the land line started to ring.

"Love you get it, we'll still be here when you get back." Sephiroth said smiling at the blonde. His hand gently stroking through the brunette's locks of hair.

"You better be." He got out of bed checking the Id on the phone and answering it quickly as he walked out of the room. "Roxas?"

"Cloud!" Roxas sounded frantic on the phone. "He locked himself in the bathroom." He was panicking as he talked to his older brother. "I don't know what to do. He won't listen to me."

"Hey hey hey, calm down. Remember what you bought." Cloud said trying to calm his freaking brother. He went back into the bedroom ignoring what was taking place on his bed between his lovers. He grabbed his cell and flipped it open looking at the message. "Roxas, it's gonna be okay." He spoke softly as he read what Reno sent him. He swore inside his head read he read it. "Look me and Reno are coming over. Axel must have his cell phone with him, because he texted Reno. We'll be there shortly, okay?"

"Please hurry; I don't want him to hurt himself." Roxas seemed to have calmed just listening to Cloud's soothing voice. "Can I talk to Seph? While I wait for you to get here?"

Cloud looked behind himself to see Leon had fallen asleep in Sephiroth lap while he gathered his own clothes. "Yeah I think you can; Leon is asleep now." Cloud handed the phone to Sephiroth and mouthed that Axel was locked in the bathroom to his lover before finishing dressing and leaving.

"Yes Roxas?" Sephiroth answered smoothly, knowing the boy needed to hear soothing words at this time.

"Um.." Roxas sounded nervous now. "Do you think it would be okay if I only worked two or three shifts a week for you?"

Sephiroth smiled at this point and nodded, "To be honest with you Roxas," He cleared his throat, "If you wouldn't have asked this I probably would have had to fire you. The only reason why the relationship your brother and I have with Leon works is because we spend a fair amount of time together. I don't think what you have been doing is fair to Axel."

"I know that now." Roxas said and he sounded so defeated. "I was going to call Cid too."

"Good idea." Sephiroth nodded, "Your working to much. I can tell your tired; your work isn't what it was when you started. People were starting to complain."

"I'm sorry." Roxas mutter in response. "I'm gonna let you go and try to talk to Axel again."

"Don't yet at him, that will only make things worse." Sephiroth advised wisely. "Good luck Roxas."

"Thanks Seph. Bye." Roxas said before the line went dead. Sephiroth hung up the phone and settled down into the bed a little more.

"What happened?" Leon murmured for his spot between Seph's legs.

"Not sure, Cloud will let us know when he get's back." Sephiroth smiled down at Leon. "Get some sleep. We'll probably have to calm Cloud down when he gets home, and I know your tired."

Leon chuckled softly and moved up beside Sephiroth to go to sleep. "You know us both too well."

"I try." Seph laughed as he wrapped one arm around the drifting off brunette.

Cloud pulled into the parking lot ten minutes after he left home. He waited for Reno there, and when the redheaded head of security at the mall pulled up beside his bike he glared at him. "You want to get in my pants that god damned bad." Cloud crossed his arms over his chest.

"Can you blame me, spiky? Your sexy as hell." Reno grinned at him as he got off his own bike. "Roxas called you." He said this because he noticed that the blonde wasn't wearing a belt, meaning he had been in a hurry when he left.

"Yeah he did. Axel won't talk to him, and has locked himself in the bathroom." Cloud answered, "Come on let's get inside, before something happens that can't be fixed."

"Axel!" Roxas called softly as he leaned against the bathroom door. "At least come out and get dressed before Reno and Cloud get here."

He almost fell when the door opened suddenly, Axel grunted when Roxas fell into him. "Roxas, get off me." He pushed Roxas away from himself.

"Axel no please. I'm sorry" Roxas looked up at Axel, unshed tears in his eyes.

"I don't care."Axel pushed past Roxas in his towel, to their room. "I said leave me alone and I meant it." Their bedroom door clicked shut, and then locked, keeping Roxas out. Axel found his clothes where he had left them and got dressed quickly. He sat down on the bed with his head in his hands, the sight of Roxas like he was right now made him want to cry. Moments later his resolve returned and he pulled a duffel bag out from under the bed.

Roxas could hear Axel inside their room as he moved about packing. "Axel, I love you. Please don't do this." The front door opened and Cloud came in followed by Reno, - who had picked the lock to let them in. Roxas couldn't help running to his brother as he finally broke down. "He's packing. He won't talk to me." He was hugging Cloud tightly and burying his face in Cloud's chest.

"Shh, Roxas." Cloud stroked Roxas' head in a comforting manor and looked at Reno.

"Hey, little dude. If he is being stupid I'll beat it out of him." Reno said putting a hand on Roxas' shoulder.

Roxas looked up at Reno, his eyes going wide. "No, don't hurt Axel."

"Why not? He's hurting you." Reno said plainly.

"But I deserve it. I'm never here." Roxas continued to protest. "It's my fault."

"Roxas calm down." Cloud said quietly as he wiped away Roxas' tears. "Look, Reno will get him to listen, you need to calm down so you can talk." Roxas only nodded and hid his face again. Cloud nodded to Reno as the redhead moved past him. Cloud moved the two of them to the couch and sat down. "Now Roxas tell me what happened."

They could hear Reno knock at the bedroom door. "Go away Roxas!" Reno growled as he bent to pick the lock letting himself into the room. He slammed the door once inside.

"What the fuck do you think your doing Axel?" Reno practically yelled at his younger brother.

"You wouldn't understand." Axel responded coldly.

"Understand what?" Reno snapped back at Axel. "That your boyfriend is sitting on the couch crying his eyes out. That he has been working four, yes four, jobs so he doesn't have to be dependent on you. That even though he only had three hours off every night and rather that take a nap he made you food. Are you telling me that you're willing to throw away two years with him? Because if you walk out the door with me tonight you'll lose the best thing in your life. You shouldn't be hearing any if this from me, but apparently you won't listen to him." Reno growled the last bit out.

"I've been sleeping and living alone for a month." Axel growled back at Reno, "Roxas didn't even tell... Ouch! You bastard, what the hell Reno." Axel was rubbing his cheek where Reno had slapped him.

"Think genius, I know you can. Your not the only one who made surprise plans for tomorrow." Reno said softly now, not wanting the others to over hear them now. "Roxas told me what he has planed, and you're being a fucking idiot about this."

"He said he would stop making breakfast. The only thing I've gotten from him for a month." Axel growled softly, "How else was I suppose to react?"

"Oh..." Reno took a step back to think, "Axel, he is so tired he probably didn't even realize he said that. Have you really looked at him. I'm laying him off when we're done. He is no good as night security if he is asleep. I only found him asleep once, but still. Sephiroth was talking about getting rid of him too."

"When was I suppose to? While he was over my shoulder?" Axel sighed he was running out of steam. After hearing all this he was having trouble staying mad. "Reno, what do I do? I've just made a total ass of myself?"

Roxas ignored the noises coming from the bedroom as he spilled his heart out to Cloud. He eventually cried himself to sleep when he finished. Cloud carefully stood up laying Roxas on the couch and threw a blanket over him. Cloud went back to bedroom with fire in his eyes, opening the door he glared at the younger of the two redheads. "Cried himself to sleep." Was the answer he gave to the unanswered question. "You didn't tell him, did you?"

"No, that's for Roxas to do if he still wants to." Reno answered calmly, he had noticed the glint in Cloud's eyes.

"Unfortunately he does." Cloud growled at this.

"What are you talking about? Rox panicked earlier at the thought of me talking to you." Axel murmured softly a little unnerved by that way the older blonde was glaring at him.

"Yeah he would have. I told what Roxas ordered was in. I couldn't well tell you." The blonde snapped.

"Cloud I think you need to go home now." Reno calmly said. "I got it from here, yo."

"Yeah maybe I should, before I hurt someone I shouldn't." Cloud was still fuming when he turned away from them. "See you at the party." He called as he pulled the front door shut.

"Reno you should go too, I'm okay now." Axel looked at his brother. "I'll talk to Roxas when he gets up."

"I probably should, but I'm staying tonight. Too late to be traveling." Reno walked out to the living room. "Poor little dude is completely exhausted."

Axel had followed Reno and was looking down at Roxas. He saw the dark circles now under Roxas' eyes, and the paleness of his face. There was sadness in his eyes from what he had done to Roxas tonight. "I'll put him in bed." He whispered as he moved around the couch.

Roxas was murmuring in his sleep, when Axel bent to pick him up. "No, I didn't mean it." He half shouted when Axel tried to pick him up.

Axel frowned at that, "I'm such a dick. This is my fault."

"Don't be like that." Reno said, "If he didn't tell you how could you have known?"

Axel shrugged and tried again to pick Roxas up. "Marry me?" Roxas murmured this time. Axel gasped and backed away from Roxas then. He tripped over the coffee table with a crash as he fell, which caused Reno to burst into laughter. Amazingly Roxas remained asleep through the noise.

"Oh man! I wish I had a camera yo!" Reno couldn't help his volume and this time Roxas did wake with a start. Axel was still sitting where he had landed, his eyes wide with shock. "I don't think that's the answer he wants though." Reno was still laughing.

Roxas blinked still half asleep when he realized the situation he jumped up. "Cloud?" He looked around frantically. "Where is Cloud?"

"I sent him home before he could lose it on numb nuts over there. So just relax, I'm staying tonight." Reno said watching him calmly.

"Oh..." Roxas looked over at Axel noticing how he looked. "Hey, Numb Nuts, get up already. Why are you on the floor anyway?"

"Don't call me that!" Axel squealed as he jumped up and back to reality.

"He was going to move you into the bedroom and one of the things you said, I guess, scared him." Reno shrugged. "Come on Roxas, lets get you to to bed. You need the sleep." Reno had placed a hand on Roxas' shoulder.

Yawning Roxas nodded and trudged off toward the bedroom. He stopped a moment and looked back at Reno, "I quit Reno, so you don't have to fire me." He grinned and continued on his way to bed tiredly.

Reno laughed, "Well that solves that problem." He looked over at Axel then, "So you sleeping on the couch or the lazy boy?" He asked as the bedroom door clicked shut.

"Chair, you can have the couch." Axel sighed sitting down in the chair.

End Note:

Ok so those of you looking for the questions there aren't any this time... I actually had this ready to go friday night but didn't want to post it to early. I won't make another post till Friday. I'm kinda busy so it'll take that long to finish the next one.