Will This Be Forever?

Axel awoke beside his blond haired love with nothing but pure joy in his heart. The previous night Axel had given himself entirely to Roxas, body and mind, much to the disgust of his neighbours. The two teens had become so caught up in their hours of passion that they hardly heard the bangs on the sides, ceiling and floor, the shouts of anger and, in one case, encouragement. The night had held host to uniting of two souls, but for present, the morning held host to the awakening of two lovers.

"Axe?"

"What's up babe?"

"Was that real?"

"Jeez…I hope so."

"Was that…was that your…"

"My first time as Uke, yeah. You?"

"…First time all together."

"Wow…you must be frigging gifted."

"Was I good?"

Axel slid his arm around the naked form of his boyfriend and pulled him against his own skin.

"You have no idea."

"What's it like? Being…you now…"

"Maybe you'll find out one day."

"You know…I'm still kinda' turned on…"

Axel grinned. "I noticed."

Indeed, the evidence to attest to such a statement had been poking Axel in the thigh for the past hour.

"What time is it Axe'?"

"Noon…too late to do anything with the morning…"

Roxas rolled over, spooning into his boyfriend, and rubbed against the bare skin at his back. Axel almost purred in pleasure.

"Too early to call it evening…we still have a few hours to kill…" Roxas said, stroking Axel's hair with his free hand. His other hand was busy holding Axel's own against his stomach.

"You sure babe?" Axel asked, nipping at Roxas' neck. Roxas pushed Axels hand down his body. Down until…

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"Holy mother of Christ…"

"Yeah…"

"That was…"

"Yeah…"

"…fucking…"

"I know…"

"Damn you're good…"

"Speak for yourself babe…Jeez…"

"Man…now I know how I like it. Axe, hun'…you're amazing."

"And something else…"

"Yeah?"

"I'm knackered…"

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The days and weeks that followed the evening at the Twilight where quite simply the happiest of Axel's life. Any time not with Roxas was time wasted to Axel, so the two became inseparable. One was never without the other, regardless of time, place or occasion. The spare bedroom at Axel's apartment once again became a store room, the bed a resting area for naught but dust. The two now slept together, content in each others arms, as the night passed and daylight broke. The holidays where only just beginning, much like their new lives.

"Zexion, will you please control your boyfriend? He's making my head hurt."

"Not my problem Axel. You're the one who fed him s much sugar."

It was picnic weather, and as such, people where out picnicking. Axel, Roxas, Zexion, Demyx, Saix, Namine and Kairi where all spread out under a tree in the park, a little hamper of snacks open and a cooler box of drinks on hand. Roxas even got Sora and Riku to come.

"Look, he stole my shoe for god's sake." Axel complained to the quiet thinker.

"But it likes me Axel!" The hyper teen yelled from somewhere above the redhead.

"And now he's climbed the damn tree!" Axel went on. Zexion sighed, marked the page in his book and stood. Giving the tree a quick look over, Zexion took a step back before launching himself at the trunk, scaling it like an insect until he crawled amongst the branches. Axel's jaw dropped. Not at the fact that he could climb a tree, but his sheer speed and movement. It was like watching a spider. Zexion moved over to Demyx, who hung from a branch with the shoe in his mouth, and balanced above his boyfriend.

"It will hurt if you fall from there." Zexion said. Demyx beamed up at him with a mouth full of Converse.

"Muh muff mike a caa mechion…" The blonde said through the shoe. Zexion too the item from his mouth and dropped it to a very grateful Axel.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"I said: 'You look like a cat Zexion'…he-he, Zexion the Emo-Cat." Demyx giggled.

"So…how are things?" Roxas asked his brother. Sora had come along without hesitation, but Riku had been reluctant. There was still friction between the silver haired teen and Axel.

"They're okay I guess…Mom and Dad are fine, Riku and I…well, you know. Same as ever. What about you?"

Roxas looked over at his boyfriend.

"Things are better than they ever where…"

"So…you and Axel are…"

"Yeah…it's like a dream."

Sora nodded, searching for his own boyfriend. Riku was off out a way beside another tree, sat beneath it, scowling. The direction of his gaze was fixed on Axel.

"What's with Riku's fascination with Axel?" Roxas pondered out loud.

"He's probably still angry with Axel for threatening to put his head through an amplifier." Sora said, watching his boyfriend.

"Axel did what?"

"Well…I asked Riku to talk to Axel about you and make sure he was treating you okay…it turns out they had a little skirmish in an equipment room and…Axel told Riku that if he didn't let him go he'd put his head through an amp…"

Roxas laughed.

"No offence bro…but I'd pay to see that…the threat part I mean."

"Yeah…me too."

Although the day was hot and sunny, like all good things, it was slowly coming to an end, dispite being only three in the afternoon.

"Look Roxas…There's something I have to tell you." Sora said, fidgeting nervously.

"Well go for it bro."

"…You know I'll always be your brother right? I'll always love you and be there for you…even Riku will…you know that right?"

"Yeah I know that…why?"

Sora fidgeted even more.

"I was talking to dad the other day…he…well Mom disagreed but Dad…"

"Spit it out man…you're making it sound like one of them has died…" Roxas laughed.

"Rox'…Dad said that…he doesn't want you home. He said that you'd obviously found somewhere you'd rather be so…basically he doesn't want to see you. Ever."

Roxas stood, too numb to say anything, while it all sunk in. Eventually his eyes said what his mouth could not. They filled with tears.

"I'm so sorry Rox'." Sora said, pulling his brother into an embrace, his own eyes watery.

Moments passed, but such things felt like hours to the small blond. His family had just about disowned him. Roxas pulled away from his brother.

"I…I gotta' go." And with that he sprinted off across the park. Axel saw and gave chase. Sora looked on with a slowly breaking heart. His brother was too young to be hit with such burdens, but there he stood, laying it onto him.

A crack of thunder rolled across the summer sky, and rain poured from the dark clouds that snuck in unnoticed.

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The apartment was empty. It felt cold and desolate; devoid of life or that which made it a home. A cold drought came from under the door, making a lone teen hug his knees closer and rake a hand through his long red hair.

"C'mon Rox…where are you?"

Roxas had left Axel in his dust as he sprinted from the park. Since then the older teen had seen neither hide nor hair of his blond boyfriend.

"Jeez Sora…what did you say to him?" The redhead pondered out loud. His guitar lay at the side of the couch, the amp buzzing softly. Axel picked up the Les Paul and strummed softly. Twin Humbuckers always made a difference in Axel's opinion. With a smile, he reached for his lyric book.

Rain. It always rained at times when things couldn't get any worse. To Roxas, the rain was comforting. Somehow, in an inane Emo way, the rain stopped the people he passed on the street noticing his tears. Roxas leaned over the railing, watching the traffic so far below streak by, headlights leaving the faint trail that they do on rainy nights. Axel hadn't come for him, as Roxas expected. He was grateful; Axel was giving him his space. There would be time for snuggles and soft words later, but the wound hat to be fully opened before it could be allowed to heal.

Roxas had though about jumping. In the minutes after getting to the bridge, the motorway so far below looked very inviting. In the end the thoughts where washed away by the storm. His anchor, the thing that kept him tied to the living world, was waiting for him, back at his home. The only place that had ever felt like home; the small apartment on the edge of town. Roxas thought on how his life had changed in the past months. He had arrived in a new city with no friends, just family. He had enrolled at a college. That very day, he had been kicked out of his house after an argument, and saved from a harsh, cold night alone by someone he hardly knew. The older teen's insistence that Roxas should go with him no doubt saved him in some way. In a month or so, Roxas went from an angry, straight teen, to being relaxed, even laughing, and falling for the redhead with whom he stayed. In the few times Roxas had been in the arms of a girl, he had never found the comfort that he found with Axel. He found it strange how people changed.

And then it hit him, like a brick to his subdued mind. Roxas was running from the bridge, no longer sad, but elated. He had a home, he had a family. Sure only one of them was related by blood, but what did that matter? He had all the love and family he needed right in front of him. Roxas sprinted with all his worth for his home. The tall building loomed up from the dark sky like a beacon of happiness for the blond. He raced up the stairs; the lift was simply too slow, and hurled down the corridor. The door was there, solid and true. Panting and gasping for breath, Roxas crept into the apartment.

Axel had tried his hardest to stay awake. He'd drunk all the coffee he could stand, he'd written five pieces of music, he'd even tried to tape his eyes open. Eventually he simple passed out on the couch. Counting sheep really did put you to sleep. So when Roxas crept up beside him, Axel simply didn't notice. He was asleep after all.

Roxas swept his eyes over the sleeping form of the older teen he loved so much. Axel looked so peaceful when he was asleep. Roxas pushed a stray lock of red hair from the teens face, smiling. The action was enough to wake the sleeping redhead. Axel's eyes opened and focused on Roxas. Axel smiled, seeing his boyfriend above him

"What time do you call this?" Axel asked with faint sarcasm.

"Late…" Roxas whispered back.

"It's way past your bedtime." The redhead pointed out.

"Then maybe…you should come tuck me in."

Axel rose from the couch and followed Roxas to the main bedroom. They fell together onto the bed and curled up together.

"Thanks for not following me." Roxas said into the dark room. The breath of Axel was light and cool across his cheeks.

"I knew you'd come home…you're not the type to jump off a bridge and not say goodbye."

Roxas smiled. Axel knew, of course. Axel always knew.

"You think you know me so well…" Roxas teased, pressing his forehead to the older teens.

"Well, yeah, actually." Came the cocky response.

Roxas sighed, enjoying the moment. Axel sighed, mimicking Roxas. Roxas chuckled at Axel.

"I like this…" Roxas said, moving to feel the older teen beside him.

"What, dark rooms?"

"No…I mean this. Us. Alone. Together…I don't need anyone else but you Axel."

Axel brushed his lips against Roxas'.

"Don't be too dependent Rox'."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Roxas demanded.

"I might not be here when you wake up. This could all be a dream."

"Well if it is…" Roxas said, pulling the taller teen to him. "…then I don't want to wake up."

"Me neither…"

"Hay Axe'?"

"Mm-hm?"

"Will thing always be like this?"

"You mean, will this be forever?"

"Yeah…"

Roxas waited for a reply, but Axel had fallen asleep. Smiling to himself, Roxas closed his eyes and fell into oblivion himself.

After a while had passed, and the blond was sound asleep, one of Axel's emerald eyes opened. He had been awake the whole time…

"I'll still be here, even when you wake up. I promise."

…just to get the last say in the matter.

A/N: This chapter was a compleate proverbial B!TCH to get out...but I did it. Sorry if it's crappy, and sorry it's been so long, but man oh man it took some work to thrash this one out.(No Pun...)

So, it looks like things are all good with our little love-birds. Appart from Rox being kicked out of his home. Dont fret, all will be explained soon...and my spanner is itching to get put into the works.

As always, R&R...I simply love hearing from you guys, it really makes my day, AND it makes me want to write more.

All of the previous chapters have been spell checked and pollished now so...yeah. Tell your friends. More to come!!!!