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The inside of the building totally shocked Roxas. He was totally not expecting this. Yes he was thinking something cool and interesting but this was beyond belief. It looked amazing.
The walls where painted gray but you could hardly tell. Strobe lights where going crazy and the walls where multicolored different combinations and Roxas could do nothing but stare. He had never seen so many people in one place at the same time.
But across the room and through a single door the world changed. There was a small bar area where a man with blond spikes larger then his stood pouring out different sodas in various styles. Along the walls where booths where different couples where, first dates, kissing, talking and even one or two breaking up. The man behind the counter intrigued him though.
He was tall, muscled, and had a large smile on his face as he poured a ginger ale for another man around the bartenders age with brown hair laughed with him. "Who are they?" Roxas asked Axel as they made the short walk over there.
"You'll find out." Axel told him and let him pick where they would sit. They where sitting to the right of the brown haired man, only one seat away from him and they got to hear the tail-end of their conversation.
"No problem Cloud. Eight o'clock? Here?" The brown haired man asked.
The man named cloud responded with a smile. "Yeah sure Leon, but I have customers to deal with so one sec, k?" He asked him and Leon nodded.
"Hay, Axel." He greeted...and then he noticed the small blond boy sitting next to him. God he looked like Ventus. Almost the spitting image of him! His skin went white, it was like seeing a ghost. "W-who's your friend Axel? H-he..." He trailed off and at first Axel thought that this might have been a bad idea.
The change in the bartender didn't go unnoticed by the blond. What was going on?
"Er, this is my date. He's super peachy. His name's Roxas Kaze." Turning to Roxas "This here guy is Cloud Strife. The coolest guy I know and the owner and bartender to this place." He said and they shook hands.
"Nice to meet you Mr. Strife." Roxas said formally.
"Wow, kiddo, don't call me Mr. I feel old. I'm Cloud to everybody here man. Nice to meet you." He said and they shook hands again.
"Oh, okay Cloud." Roxas said smiling. He liked the man.
"So, what will you to lovely couples be having to drink? Name it and I have it, as long as it's not alcohol." he asked. Axel spit out his answer before Roxas could think of anything he wanted.
"The usual Cloud, please." Axel said and Cloud nodded and reached above him to grab two glasses. He put them down in front of Roxas and Axel and then, without tearing his gaze away from the young couple he reached behind him, grabbed a hose with a blue handle and poured it into their cups. It was pretty cool. But when Roxas thought they where done he grabbed another hose, a white one, after he put the blue one away and poured that into their drinks. Then he passed them to the boys.
"What is it?" Roxas asked Axel. Axel beamed.
"Just try it Roxie." He urged and Roxas tentatively took a sip but he was glad he did. The tastes that filled his mouth was AMAZING! It was the best drink he'd ever had. "It's called Hearts. Cloud makes it himself. Just that right touch of somethin' does the trick." Axel explained and Roxas beamed up at him.
"It's the greatest thing I've ever had!" Roxas smiled up at him.
"Well that's good! I've spent a heck of a lot of time perfecting that little drink. And I didn't even do that, perfect it I mean, my son did. Bless him." Cloud said, going off into space. But after that he went back to talk to the man known as Leon. Axel and Roxas where left alone.
But there was awkward silence between them, until Axel broke it. "So...do you want something to eat or do you want dance?" He asked him. Roxas thought for a second. He would probably be hungrier after he danced so why not right?
"Let's dance!" Roxas said smiling, grabbing Axel's hand and leading him onto the dance floor in the other room. There he went again, taking the initiative. There Axel went again, making all these crazy feelings in him. But what did it all mean?
The dance floor was crowded but Roxas didn't really want to be the center of attention. They just danced at the side. Throwing their arms up and just goofing off and having a fun time when the song called for it. It was like a small thing of ecstasy. It was exhilarating. Roxas really was having a kick-ass time.
And then a slow song came on and Roxas, instantly, because the moment called for it, he grabbed Axel's waist and Axel smiled, throwing his long arms around him. That was even better. Their arms wrapped around each other, close, the beats of each others heart was an amazing sound. And then someone bumped into Roxas, sending him flying towards Axel. And their lips met. At first they where both surprised...but then it felt right. They hugged and kissed and it felt right. It was meant to be and Roxas knew that. In that moment with Axel pressed up warm against him, kissing and hugging, the music was now distant and it was just them. Just them together. Just them loving each other.
But perfect moments are always shattered.
"Fag." Someone whispered behind Roxas. And he jumped. This was why he didn't want to like Axel, to love him. He was afraid of the words that people would say. It hurt him.
But Axel wasn't one to back off. He had made a promise to Roxas that he intended to keep. He didn't know if Roxas knew it but when Roxas got nervous or scared his ears got red. His ears where more scarlet then Axel's hair. "What the hell did you just say?" Axel demanded as he grabbed the guy who had the balls to stand behind Roxas. Instinctively he moved Roxas behind him. One arm still on Roxas' waist he moved forward to confront the freakin a- hole who thought that someone could make fun of Axel Hirogande and his Roxie!
OH NO HE DIDN'T!
Seifer stood their, smirking. Why had Cloud let him in here? It didn't matter though. If Seifer wanted it, Axel would fight. Here and now! "I called you two fags. That's true. You guys are fags. Gaylords! You're disgusting. You're weird. You make me sick. You like guys, D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G!" Seifer barked at them.
Roxas was scared. Would Seifer hurt him? Or would he...hurt Axel? He didn't want Axel hurt. He wasn't anything but nice to anyone and Seifer thought that cause he didn't like girls that it was right to pick on him! It made Roxas mad, mad enough to hit Seifer square in the jaw.
"You faggot!" Seifer cried. The dancing was now stopped and out of the corner of his eye Axel could see Cloud and Leon come out of the drink area and rush over to them. But the last comment hurt Axel.
How could Seifer be mean to Roxas? Roxas was little more then a child: in terms of innocence and that is one of the things that made Axel gravitate to Roxas. He was pure. A shining light in Axel's world. How could Seifer be a homophobe when Seifer had been Axel's first gay crush. The first guy, and as of now, the only guy he had made love to. But he didn't know what had changed Seifer. He became an asshole, big time.
"Don't call Roxas a fag!" Axel barked and kicked Seifer in the stomach( Picture the kick that Leonidas gave that Persian dude in 300). After that he was on him like an animal. Pounding him into the ground like crazy. Until a blond boy, that wasn't Roxas, pulled him off.
"Wow, Axel dude! Man, you can't just kill him like that!" the boy told him, grabbing Axel's arms and holding him from killing Seifer.
The fight was lost on him as Cloud and Leon came, dragging Seifer outside. He wouldn't be allowed in here anymore. "How do you know my name?" Axel said as he turned around, the stranger letting go of his arms. Axel's jaw dropped to the ground. Holy crap.
"DEMYX!" He cried as he embraced the other teen. Roxas felt himself grow angry at this blond that got so much attention from his red head. Yeah, that's right, it was HIS red head! "Where have you been! Why are you back? How long are you staying here?" He bombarded the boy with questions.
"AXEL!" the boy known as Demyx cried, mocking Axel. "Well, after I moved, my folks moved me around a lot. But it got old...and I missed this place. So we decided to come back. Plus that and prices are a heck of a lot cheaper here then other places. And, i'm staying for good! I even got my old house back. I'm for good." He said and the two teens smiled at each other until Roxas coughed politely.
"Oh, Dem, dude, this is my date Roxas! He's the best!" Axel smiled and picked his date up and hugged him tightly. Roxas blushed. "Roxas, this here is Demyx. He's been my best friend since, like, the first grade until he moved and left me alone! But then again I do have my Roxie." Axel said. Roxas felt stupid being in the air like this.
"How about you put me down? So I can shake hands with Demyx?" Roxas laughed and Axel did to, letting him down. "So, I'm Roxas. Not Roxie no matter what Axel says." He told him and turned quickly to glare at his date. Demyx laughed.
"Well okay then Roxas, not Roxie. Nice to meet ya'." He said and they shook hands.
"Nice to meet you to." Roxas said and the dancing started back up as the trio went to the bar area to talk and get to know each other again and or for the first time.
