A/N: All right. I've done my best and fixed what I wanted in this :) I may have the next one out... ehh, I'd give it at least 2 weeks. I have my midterm the 22nd and then another test the Wednesday after it. I got Microsoft Office and everything is fine and dandy now :D
"Talking."
'Phrases or such!'.
'Thinking'
Emphasized Words
Disclaimer: I no own, you no sue. DEMYX & ZEXION as well in this chapter, because I think it's cute (and so do a lot of people who like/love this fic). Some cheesy lines from Twilight, which I also don't own.
Last Chapter...
"Will you allow me to stay by your side Demyx? Through whatever may happen, no matter how the world may change, we would stay together because I wouldn't want to have it be any other way."
Zexion pulled his face away from Demyx's cheek, he could've sworn he heard Demyx whine at the lost contact, and faced Demyx directly making his nose touch the blonds. He waited patiently until Demyx opened his eyes and stared into his own blue depths. Demyx's lips trembled and he could feel another onslaught of tears making its way to him.
"Yes." His barely whispered word left his lips. And that was all Zexion needed. He pushed forward and met Demyx's tear stained lips with his own. Demyx pushed back into the kiss happily, as far as Zexion could tell, laughing pitifully into the kiss.
He tasted like sadness, like the sea. But also of new beginnings that maybe none of them were ready for. But he figured, as long as they had each other, they'd be fine. Because after all, love conquers all right?
Now on with the chapter…
They pulled away from each other slowly, assessing how the other might react. Demyx held his eyes shut barely, like in the first step of sleep. Brain switching in-between reality and dreaming. He wasn't too keen on opening his eyes and finding an irate Zexion in his grasp… pretty much literally. But he eased his eyes open when he felt a hand cup his cheek, stroking the skin softly. Demyx stared right into Zexion's own eyes. He saw himself sinking into the depths of Zexions blue eyes. He felt a blush paint his cheeks and glanced away from the gaze.
"Demyx…" Zexion barely murmured the blonds' name, his own faint blush coloring his cheeks. He lightly pulled Demyx's chin back towards himself. Demyx's eyes flitted back to Zexion's, and his face flushed more. "I've resisted as long as I can without looking at you. Please don't hide your face." Demyx quietly muttered words of agreement and pushed forward onto Zexion lips again. Their lips meshed together softly and Demyx sighed in content as Zexion wrapped an arm around his waist and pulled him closer.
Axel chuckled silently to himself while watching this new display of affection before his eyes. He tilted his view down to Roxas who was almost mesmerized by the two sitting across from them. Axel lent down and whispered into his blond's ear.
"It's not nice to stare Rox."
Roxas huffed dramatically and tilted his head back to look into Axel's eyes. The air seemed to stop around them as Axel looked down at him. He quickly bent over and swooped down upon Roxas' waiting lips. Roxas responded happily, pushing his lips against the other pair, tingling as he did. Axel's tongue darted out and traced the outline of Roxas' lips. He gasped at the sudden sensation and Axel dove his tongue into the now open mouth below him. Axel licked and nipped at everything he could reach in Roxas' mouth. His tongue lapping at Roxas' own to bring it into play. Roxas lightly moaned at the sensation of Axel's muscle brushing against his own.
Axel felt shivers slide down his spine. He licked Roxas' lips a last time, agonizingly slowly before he pulled away slowly, opening his eyes. Roxas leaned on him; hair slightly mussed up and face red, lips swollen from their kissing and eyes glazed over with something akin to lust.
His breath caught in his throat as Roxas murmured his name with a smile on his face. Axel sighed contentedly and saw Demyx and Zexion watching them, both with smiles on their faces, even though one was bigger than the others.
"You two are so cute!" Demyx half-squealed at them, making Roxas glance over at him.
"And so are you and Zexion," Roxas quipped. Demyx blushed and began stuttering incoherently. Axel chuckled and Zexion, gathering his dignity that he was sure he still held, slid out of the booth. He held his pale hand out to Demyx, who stopped babbling and shyly took it. Roxas laughed and Demyx threw a half-assed glare at him before Zexion tugged him out of the booth.
Their fingers laced together as Zexion led them away and out of the restaurant and to who knows where. Zexions gave a little wave before they turned the corner and couldn't be seen. Axel chuckled again, in an almost disbelieving tone, before he looked down at Roxas with a smirk on his face.
"What?" Roxas asked apprehensively, eying the smirk on Axel's lips. He only smiled sweetly and ran his fingers through Roxas' hair.
"Time to eat and get better," Axel said, grabbing one of the menus that had lain forgotten on the table.
"Eat," Roxas said, rolling his eyes smiling albeit, "Riiight."
Later…
Roxas had fallen asleep on his bed back up in their hotel room when they had finished eating downstairs. Well, actually he had fallen asleep basically right after they ate, Roxas eating some blueberry muffins and eggs and Axel having some wedding soup and an Italian hoagie. You couldn't blame him either, stuffed to the brim with warm egg and muffin-y goodness. Though he felt a bit guilty that Axel had to carry him again.
Axel didn't mind carrying Roxas upstairs again; the blond was well worth it and light as a feather regardless. He laid Roxas down softly on to his bed, and tucked him under the blankets gently, watching Roxas' face for any signs of discomfort. Roxas snuggled into the thick blankets and mewled, making Axel smirk at how cute the blond was.
He watched Roxas snuggle for a few for minutes before backing out of the room, shutting the door behind him silently. He smiled pleasantly to himself and walked over to the couch, collapsing back into the cushions and pillows adorning it.
It was late in the afternoon now, they had spent most of their time with small talk between themselves. In a few hours and the sun would sink beneath the horizon and it would become dark. Axel rubbed his eyes and yawned into a pillow. The living room, or main area, whatever you wanted to call it, was glowing red, thanks to the curtains in front of the balcony windows. He felt his body being pulled into the dark realms of sleep and he couldn't be more obliged than to be pulled right in.
It was dark in his room when Roxas opened his eyes, there were no windows in his room to let him guesstimate the time. He blinked sleepily and tried snuggling back into the warm blankets to fall asleep again. He turned his position and cuddled a pillow to his stomach. He counted sheep, sang lullabies to himself, thought of falling asleep but nothing was working.
He just couldn't fall back asleep.
"Axel?" he whispered into the dark, "Are you there?" Only silence greeted his question making him feel dejected. He blindly felt by the side of the bed for the lamp. Almost knocking something of the bed stand, he clicked it on. Light flooded the room and blinded Roxas for a moment. He frowned when he saw the redhead wasn't anywhere in the room. He grasped one of the blankets and a pillow, tugging it with him off the bed. Roxas draped the blanket around him like a coat and dragged the pillow along the floor with him.
The door creaked open as he turned the doorknob and pushed it open. It was dark everywhere else too except for the sunset light that was trickling in through the curtains. He took his time walking through the dark, making sure not to trip over anything.
In the living room he saw the form of Axel sleeping on the black couch. Roxas walked over closer to it and examined Axel's face. His features were calm, the tattoos under his eyes still clearly visible in the dimmed light, and his mouth slightly open with small breaths coming out every so often.
Roxas reached out and a few fingers down the side of Axel's face. The redhead sighed at the soft touch and a small smile lit upon his sleeping face. Roxas smiled as well unable to contain this feeling that swept through his stomach when he saw the sweet smile on his face. The blond thought something over his in head as he stood there in front of Axel. Roxas sighed, giving in to the thoughts running through his mind. He dropped the pillow on the floor and crawled in front of Axel on the couch, his back facing Axel's chest. Then he threw the blanket over the both of them and snuggled into the blanket.
He froze a moment later though when Axels arm wormed around Roxas' waist and pulled him flush against his chest. Lips ascended upon his neck in a light kiss and another Roxas both heard and felt the sigh that ghosted over the back of his neck.
"You're really sweet you know?" Axel said softly. Roxas blushed and put his hand over Axels that was around his waist. Axel entwined their fingers together and kissed Roxas' neck again.
"I'm not really," Roxas mumbled as Axel ran his finger through his golden locks.
"Oh hush," Axel scorned lightly, nuzzling the soft hair at the base of Roxas' neck. He smelled like vanilla and Axel took a breath of it in, "You are too sweet. That's one of the reason why I love you Rox." He rested his chin on the top of Roxas' head, yawning.
"Really?" Roxas asked, his eyebrows rising in question. Axel hummed and pulled him in closer to his chest as his answer. Roxas chuckled and squeezed their fingers a little bit, getting a reply squeeze back from Axel.
He sighed and closed his eyes, ready to let sleep come to him, much happier in this position to fall asleep in. He felt Axel sigh and his breath move the hairs on the top of his head. Roxas was about to fall asleep before a thought crossed his mind.
"Axel?"
"Hmm?" The reply was sleepy, but aware of what Roxas was saying.
"I love you." Axel almost laughed at the cute little statement from the blond, but decided to be serious about it.
"I'll love you always Roxas." Roxas smiled and let out a content sigh before he let the land of dreams overtake him and Axel.
The night wasn't of much consequence. Neither Roxas nor Axel woke from their sleep… but that doesn't mean they didn't move. Axel woke the next morning with the faint light of day bleeding through the curtains. He groaned and tried to stretch his muscles, but found he wasn't quite capable of doing that thanks to his special little blond on his chest.
Roxas' face lay on Axel's chest, their legs entwined together. His hair was smoothed down, stuck to his forehead, making him look even more adorable. His breathing was barely definable, his face void of any stress that may have been there from yesterday.
Axel mentally stored this Roxas into his memory bank, loving how Roxas looked so innocent in this moment. He smiled and wrapped his arms around the small of Roxas' back, pulling their faces closer together. He brought a light kiss on Roxas' lips, pulling away and just watching his boyfriends face.
He memorized the faint freckles lighted upon his cheeks, the plumpness of his cheeks as well. His ears were perfect size and his hair had faint streaks of light brown throughout it. Roxas' neck was pale and unmarked. His nose was adorable and lips full, plump, and pink.
"Beautiful," Axel whispered, his breath ghosting over Roxas' ear, causing a minuscule shiver in the blond. Roxas let out a girlish yawn, a purr almost, and fluttered his eyes open. He noticed faintly that they had, a-hem, changed their positions while sleeping. But it was nice.
Roxas saw that Axel was watching him, and looked right back into those green eyes. He couldn't help but return the small smile that was present on his face. Axel kept looking at him and Roxas began to worry, getting a little self-conscious.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" He went to pull away, determined to look in a mirror to examine himself but Axel held him down to his chest. The redhead growled, causing Roxas to stop and look back up at him.
"What?" he demanded, obviously confused, with a frown falling upon his lips.
Axel arched his neck forward and began leading kisses down Roxas' jaw. In between the kisses he growled out words.
"Don't EVER. Think something. Is wrong. With you." He pressed his lips finally to Roxas' own and nuzzled their noses together. Roxas blushed heartily and shook his head. Axel mentally sighed.
"Roxas." He caught his blond's attention fully, blue eyes locking with green. Roxas couldn't control the blush that crept across his cheeks. "You are amazing. You're something I never though I would be able to have because you are so magnificent compared to me. If I could choose to say something cheesy it's be that comparing you to me is like comparing beauty to the beast."
"Hrm," Roxas growled this time, some anger seeping into his voice. "And what makes you think yourself inferior? You are ridiculously amazing too. No one in this world could compare to the joy that you've brought me. You've made me so happy, you've always made me happy, and to think that this is only the beginning of a very long road for us... I don't know if I'll be good enough though…" he trailed off. Axel smirked.
"Then we'll just have to agree to disagree then." Roxas sighed and let the same smile creep onto his face. Axel added on to let his boyfriend know, "You are beautiful you know?"
Roxas blushed.
So there it is. All fixed to my liking! YES! I'll get right on Chapter 7, because as I was diving into my fanfiction folder I have on my desktop, it seems like i had written another chapter and a half... But more than likely they're just musings. But I'll get something out and that will be the final installment of Hot In Here. :O
I know I've more than likely mentioned Minikimii and her fic "Call Me" before, but SERIOUSLY! I love it, and I am more than willing to bet you'll love it too :)
Oh jeez, so much cheese! :D But I know you love it! I lessthan3 you allll, (read&review&thanks),
Peachi Bunni
