Disclaimer: Axel and Roxas are by Disney and Square Enix. All other things in my story are by me, weee!
Partners in Crime
Chapter Six: The Woman
Axel and Roxas quickly changed into clean clothes in the gas station bathroom. Axel had to look away to keep himself from pinning Roxas up against the wall and engaging in sexual activity. But then he actually looked at the wall. It was covered in brown stains that ran down it. Ew. Nah, he didn't want to have his first time with Roxas in here. He didn't want to make contact with anything in this room. Well, except for Roxas. He and Roxas could make contact anytime. Except for in here. Gross.
They walked out of the disgusting bathroom and Axel looked Roxas over. He was wearing black pants and a gray long-sleeved shirt. Simple. Yet sexy.
"I never got a chance to tell you how good you look in your new clothes, Roxas." Axel complimented. He really hadn't, since they had stopped talking right after Roxas had gotten them.
Roxas looked over at Axel, who was wearing dark blue pants (not jeans) with a black belt and a deep maroon button down shirt, with one tail of it tucked into his pants and the other hanging out sloppily. Axel was slightly leaning forward with a smile upon his face, hands in his pockets, his eyes trying to meet Roxas's.
"Thanks…" Roxas blushed. "I never got a chance to tell you how good you always look." Whoa. Did he just say that? He looked away quickly, the color of his face deepening.
Whoa, thought Axel. Score!
After driving around the city a bit Axel finally caught sight of a casino. They pulled into the lot and got out, Axel casually swinging his keys on his finger, whistling as they walked towards the entrance. Roxas couldn't figure how Axel was always so relaxed about everything. Roxas was always a nervous wreck. He was actually jealous of Axel for being so calm all the time. How did he do it?
Internally, Axel was a nervous wreck. But he couldn't let Roxas see that. If the boy dug his hands into his pockets any further than he already was he would break through them. He was also staring at the ground with a pained expression on his face. Axel glanced around the parking lot as they walked closely by the wall of the building. There was no one around, and it was quite dark. He quickly grabbed Roxas's waist and pressed him against the wall. Roxas looked down at Axel's hands, startled; then looked up into his face.
"Come on Roxas…loosen up a bit…" Axel whispered as he leaned in to kiss Roxas, eyes closed. The kiss was soft and slow, Axel ran his hands up and down Roxas's upper body in an effort to relax him. Roxas felt his muscles slowly start to untighten. He leaned against the wall, enjoying the support of Axel's arms. After about a minute, Axel pulled away.
"Better?" He asked.
"…Yeah…" Roxas breathed.
After walking into the front doors and getting I., the two made their way into the casino. It was filled with laughter and voices, sounds of slot machines and music. Roxas noticed that there were many women who would stop their conversation and look Axel's body up and down with a look of desire upon their faces. No one looks me up and down, Roxas thought bitterly. Well, except for Axel. But he doesn't count. Roxas cursed his boyish looks.
Axel sat down at a card table as the game was being dealt. He glanced around at the people seated at the table. There was a young woman with long dark brown hair sitting next to him in a black dress that was too low cut to make anyone focus on her face. Axel was able to pry his eyes away from her chest long enough to see she was staring at him though. Heh. This was going to be too easy.
Roxas stood awkwardly next to Axel before finally leaning down and whispering to him, "Um, what should I do?"
Axel looked around the casino with a slightly bored look. He pulled out his wallet and handed Roxas all of his quarters. "Go play around with the slot machines a bit." Roxas looked over and saw only old ladies at the machines, pulling the levers down with much effort. He glared at Axel and stormed over to one, making sure that he still had a perfect view of Axel. He inserted a coin into the slot and pulled the lever as he observed Axel and the woman making googly eyes at each other. What the fuck, Axel?! He pulled the lever down with unnecessary force and watched the symbols spin by, stopping one by one. Nothing. Suddenly a scream of excitement erupted from next to him as an old lady jumped up and down on her cane as silver coins came pouring out of her machine. "Hot diggity! I won!" she cried happily. Axel was looking at his cards with a straight face, while the woman continued to stare at him like he was a piece of meat. Roxas decided that he really didn't like Axel that much right now.
"You from around here?" the woman asked, taking a sip from her margarita. Axel threw a card down on the table and picked up another, sliding it into his hand, still keeping a straight face. "Nope. From out of state." He lied.
"Mmm," the woman nodded. "Do you need a place to stay by any chance?" She said, running a finger underneath Axel's chin. Axel glanced over at her suspiciously while placing more chips on the table as his bet. Hmmm. She could be trying to sneak a peak at his cards. Or she could just be trying to get into his pants. He guessed that her motive was the latter of those two possibilities. As other people folded their cards down in submission, he carefully hid his cards from her view as he leaned in to her, "You offering one?"
The woman shoved more of her chips into the circle as she ran a hand up Axel's leg. "Only if I can get something from you in return..." She said seductively. Huh. That sounded oddly familiar. Oh yeah. Axel had said something like that to Roxas while offering him a place to stay. At that time his intentions were more innocent than this woman's though. "That shouldn't be too hard," Axel replied and leaned in to nibble on her neck.
Roxas watched this whole scene with boiling fury. He kept shoving coins into the slot of the machine. It was kind of redundant, sometimes he would lose, other times the machine would spit out the amount of coins he had just lost. He wanted to so badly to go over and rip the two of them apart. But he had a feeling that Axel probably was only sucking on this woman's neck for a valid reason. He hoped.
"Mmm," the woman moaned, closing her eyes as Axel kissed her neck. As he was doing so, he glanced at her cards. A full house. He smiled triumphantly and slid all of his poker chips into the circle as he pulled away. She didn't even notice. The dealer requested whether they would like to stay in or fold. The woman smirked at him and exposed her hand to the rest of the players. Axel smirked back and put down his cards. A four of a kind. Her face twisted into one of shock as he triumphantly pulled all the chips on the table over to himself. She regained her dignity and tossed her hair. "You're very good."
I know. Axel grinned at her.
The routine continued on like that, Axel just kept winning more and more. And the lady never caught on that he was using her to cheat. She only looked increasingly impressed as his winnings grew. She offered to buy him a drink and Axel gladly obliged. Roxas had now won a fair amount of quarters, but he was getting bored pretty quickly. And was getting jealous pretty quickly. This was so not fair.
After about two hours of playing cards, Roxas saw Axel collect his prize money and walk over to him, the woman staring. Axel sat down on a machine beside him, grinning.
"Guess how much I won?"
"More than what we have now, I'm guessing." Roxas said coldly.
"Three thousand fucking bucks man!"
Roxas couldn't believe his ears. Was that even fucking possible? How the hell did Axel pull that off?
"We'll be set for a while…" Axel said, flipping through the money, counting it. Then he looked back at Roxas, "Hey you didn't happen to notice that chick over there with me did you?"
"How could I not?" Roxas shot him an evil glare of doom. But Axel didn't seem to notice.
"Well, she offered us a place to stay for the night…" Axel looked a bit uncomfortable as he thought about what to say next. "The thing is though…I would probably have to sleep with her. Would you…have a problem with that?"
Hell yeah I would have a problem with it bastard! Roxas yelled at him in his head. On the outside Roxas only looked at the ground.
"I haven't had a shower in over twenty-four hours, Roxas, and you haven't either. Only I totally need one since I still have all that grim on me from work still. Look, it's just for one night. It would really help us out…"
Roxas knew he was right. But really didn't want to admit it. He racked through his brain quickly to think of an excuse that wouldn't let Axel know he didn't want him to just because he was jealous.
"Isn't there some way you can get out of sleeping with her?" He whispered to Axel.
"I don't think so Roxas…that's the only reason why she's interested in me. Look, we're going to have to do what we need to do to hide out."
Roxas didn't know how he would feel the next day after seeing Axel and knowing he had slept with someone. But then again, Axel had told him that he had slept with tons of people before. So it wasn't like it was unusual for Axel to sleep with someone. And Roxas could tell by the way Axel kissed him and touched him that he definitely had experience in that area. Then again, Roxas wanted Axel to be true to only him. But it wasn't like they were 'dating' or anything. He didn't even know what he and Axel were. Criminals with benefits? Axel had told him that he was falling for Roxas…Argh! This was so confusing. I really should trust Axel, after all he's done for me…I have been very selfish. He's done so much for me and I'll I've done is cleaned his apartment up a bit. His apartment that we will probably never see again. Roxas sighed in defeat.
"Alright…"
Axel cast a reassuring smile at Roxas. "Don't worry, it'll be worth it."
It better be…you're going to be having a lot more fun tonight then I am, I can guarantee you that.
Axel got up to walk back to the woman and Roxas figured he better follow. He gave her a pissy look that said 'Touch Axel and die.' Though of course, she already had and was going to do much more than just touch him tonight…
"This is my cousin, Tim. I hope you don't mind if he tags along. Don't worry; I'll keep him out of your sight."
Oh, sure, now Axel introduces me to somebody as his cousin. Now that he was going to get laid by said person. Grrr.
The woman eyed him, a look of disgust on her face. She turned back to Axel. "Fine, whatever, as long as I get you tonight…" She stepped towards him wrapping her arms around him, kissing him on the mouth. Roxas's blood boiled. He was going to kill that bitch.
Axel pulled away rather quickly and cleared his throat, looking over at Roxas apologetically.Hmph. Puppy dog eyes are not going to make me feel any better about this, Axel.
The woman proceeded to grab Axel's hand and lead him out to the parking lot, not once looking at Roxas again. "That's my car over there," she said, pointing to a silver Mercedes Benz. She got into it and started the ignition, pulling out and then waiting for Axel to follow in his car.
The car ride was painfully silent as they followed the lady back to her place. Roxas was still wondering why he had agreed to this. Axel was wondering if Roxas would be okay with this in the long run. Quite honestly, Axel couldn't care less about this woman. But since they were on the run from the law, he had to take what hospitality he could get. He really hoped that Roxas could understand that, even if it meant he had to…cheat on him. Was he cheating on Roxas? Were he and Roxas even dating? Sure, they told each other that they cared about one another and had a few make out sessions... but there was no formal agreement that they belonged, to each other, right? Right. Axel told himself.
Once they had pulled into the lady's drive way, she immediately walked straight up to Axel as he got out of the car. "Nice ride," she said, running a finger down his chest. "Too bad about that scratch…" She connected her mouth with Axel's, but he pulled away.
"Hey, listen, not in front of my cousin okay? It's awkward."
The woman shot an angry look at Roxas. Bitch, please. He thought. He's mine.
They walked into the small ranch house and the woman turned towards them. "Your…" She paused trying to remember what exactly Roxas was. "…cousin can sleep down in the basement." She said, looking at him like he was such an inconvenience. "But you," she said to Axel. "Get to sleep in my room."
God, this chick was laying it on thick. Was she just dying to get pregnant or something? Roxas's fists shook at his sides as he questioned how the woman could be so insanely all over Axel.
Axel just smiled at her, casting Roxas an awkward glance and said, "Hey, listen, baby. Is it alright if I use your shower? I've been driving all day and I would like to freshen up beforehand…"
"Oh, of course…the bathroom's over there." She pointed to it.
"Thanks," and Axel kissed her, then walked into the bathroom, leaving the two of them standing there uncomfortably. Roxas really, really didn't like Axel right now.
The woman turned on her heel and walked into her kitchen, pulling out a bottle of wine. She was already drunk, Roxas had watched nervously as she had swerved all over the road earlier. Now she was drinking even more. Roxas heard the shower turn on and he awkwardly walked over to the couch and sat down. He heard the woman stumbling around in her high heels, cursing when it sounded like she had ran into something. Roxas tried hard not to laugh. Haha, bitch. After about 10 minutes of staring at his lap, he turned around to see her walking towards him, pointing towards a door. "The basemen's down der." She slurred. "Dun bother us, or else."
Oh, was she threatening him? Roxas didn't think he could take much more of this before he would be on the run for committing a second murder. Roxas stood up abruptly, glaring at her, and walked towards the door. The bathroom door opened before he reached it, however and Axel stepped out, a towel around his waist. Now the woman looked like she had just won the lottery as she stared at his body. She grabbed his arm and led him towards her room. Axel looked back at him with a look of remorse. He actually looked really uncomfortable...but whatever. Roxas angrily thrust open the door to the basement and stomped down the stairs. He prayed he would not be able to hear them, at least.
Barely even a minute later, Roxas heard footsteps coming down the stairs. He sat up from the couch he was laying on, distracted from his thoughts of all the ways he could kill the lady and make it look like an accident. He saw Axel in just a pair of boxers, heading towards him. His furrowed his brow, wondering what the heck he was doing down there. Axel walked around the side of the couch and sat down next to Roxas with a smile on his face.
"Looks like I don't have to sleep with her after all." He said, wrapping an arm around Roxas. "Little slut passed out drunk."
Roxas could not hide the gigantic grin that crossed his face and he couldn't help but throw his arms around Axel and bury his head into the man's chest.
"I'm sorry I kissed her, Roxas..." Axel said, smoothing a hand through the boy's hair. "I just really thought that we needed a place to stay tonight, and this offer came up."
"…I'm just glad you didn't have to sleep with her…" Roxas said from Axel's chest.
"Yeah, I am, too." Axel pulled away from the blonde and looked at him suggestively. "You know the only person I want to sleep with is you."
Roxas's face flushed. "Axel, let's just get some rest tonight..." He said awkwardly, not really knowing what to say to that.
"Of course, Roxas. That's what I meant by 'sleep'. What were you thinking?" He teased.
Roxas pushed Axel forcefully onto his back and stuck out his tongue at him. Then he laid down, somewhat on top of him and breathed in the scent of Axel's newly washed body deeply. Axel hugged him close to himself and they both fell asleep.
End note: Ahaha, I tricked you! You guys were probably all "NO AXEL, DON'T DO IT! STUPID AUTHOR I HATE YOU!" But hahaha you were fooled (I think). And about the woman, I thought about making her a character from Kingdom Hearts, but no one fit. Perhaps Tifa? So you can imagine her as whoever you want, I guess.
