Swirling black skated across Axel's subconscious, making him slip deeper into sleep. His body shifted under his down comforter, flipping him over so he was belly down, face tilted to the left so that he could breathe. He hadn't slept enough in the past week, whether because of schoolwork or because he stayed up a bit too late with Roxas.
That was why, when a strong light fell over his head and blinded him out of his comfortable uncaring state, he was just a little bit upset.
"Ughn-!" he groaned, throwing a thin arm over his eyes. "Wh…mlgh!" In his head, Axel gave a perfect, grammatically correct answer to blow away the mind of whatever the hell had woken him up. …Well, he was never really much of a talker, anyway.
"Hey, kid. Your alarm clock speaking." The voice of his older brother and guardian, Reno, floated into the room, dripping with derision and venom. He loved to torment his sibling to no end.
Axel had struggled his way to partial awareness, rolling over to squint in the general direction of the door. "What the hell do you want, asshole?"
With a grin, Reno replied, "Oh, just wanted to say that it's six, and this is your snooze button, yo. I'll be back in a half hour." He then promptly pulled the door almost shut, leaving a crack of light shining on the bed. Axel could hear him chuckling down the hall.
"I fucking hate you, ya know that Reno?" Axel grabbed for some random thing off his headboard, throwing towards the door. Thankfully, it hit its mark and let the wood fall shut.
Note to self, Axel thought before he fell back to sleep, get back at that bitch of a brother. Hard. So hard that he doesn't even know when his mother was born! …Yeah.