I am not going to do another recap- if you can't remember what happened you can always read it again. Thank you so much if you've read through all 7 of the previous chapters- and I thank you from the bottom of my heart if you read this one too. Please check out the sequel to this awesome fanfic (It's called Kingdom Hearts Alternate: The Sequel, original, I know)! It picks up two years after the end of this story. I know you all are just dying to know what happens next, so please, read on.
Axel sat in the waiting room of the hotel, as the rest of the wedding guests filed in. The wedding ceremony was being held in another room, and it would end in probably about 5 minutes. Suddenly, there was a bit of a commotion, and Susan came out of the shrine room of the hotel, beaming with pride. She wore a stunning red kimono (her and Xigbar were 'traditional' as he put it) and Xigbar sauntered out in traditional attire with her, waving to all his quests. He went over to Axel, Roxas, and Xion, hugging each one of them.
"I knew you liked me after all, Ziggy." Axel chuckled, patting Xigbar on the back. The man sighed, shrugging mildly.
"As if- you're just good for the after party. If we'd done a western style wedding- you'd still only be invited to the reception." Then he laughed at Axel, and patted him on the back.
"Xion, you look beautiful- Roxas, stunning." Xigbar said, nodding at both of their clothing choices. Then he went off to greet and meet the other guests.
Xion wandered off to get a drink of water, and Roxas pulled Axel aside to talk with him.
"Uh, so, Axel, when do you want to do the, um…?" Roxas blushed madly, and scratched the back of his neck. Axel looked down at him, and led him off to a separate, empty room.
"Now" Axel said shortly, leading Roxas into the middle of the room. Roxas pulled back a little bit, but Axel held him close. "You promised." Axel said, stroking Roxas' hair.
Then, he pulled Roxas' head back, and kissed him, sliding his hand up under Roxas' shirt, and playing with his nipple. Roxas began to breathe harder, provoking Axel even more. "I-I…." he stuttered, as Axel ran his lips up and down the nape of Roxas' neck.
"Just don't say anything." Axel said softly, unbuttoning Roxas' shirt.
Then they were on the floor, Roxas with his eyes closed tightly, and Axel watching his discomfort. He moved to take Roxas' pants off, and Roxas pushed his hands back.
"Wait! Do we have to go this far?" Roxas snapped nervously, and Axel leaned down over him, licking underneath his jaw. "You weren't this uncertain when you promised we would." Axel said cuttingly, and Roxas kept quiet.
Axel took off Roxas' pants, and the boy lied naked before him. He was so cute when he was this nervous. His cheeks were rosy and he was panting slightly. Axel went down on Roxas, and the boy whimpered, grabbing hold of Axel's hair with his hand. Axel worked his tongue in between Roxas' thighs, which quivered slightly. Then, as he bit the tip of Roxas' member gently, Roxas moaned slightly, trying to stifle his ragged breathing. Axel moved back up, kissing Roxas' cheek, and playing with Roxas' member, rubbing his fingers up and down it. Then, he moved his fingers behind Roxas, and inserted one of them inside him. Axel felt the muscles around his finger tense up, and Roxas covered his face with his hands.
Axel looked up at him as he moved two fingers inside of him. Then he stopped, and took them out, wiping them off on some tissues he had in his pocket. Roxas looked up at him with tears in his eyes.
"What's the matter? You're not finished yet, are you? Are we gonna get this over with or are you gonna just keep stalling?" Roxas said gruffly, looking up at Axel.
"I thought that having sex with you would be great, but it just makes me want to hate myself, and you." Axel whispered.
"What are you talking about?" Roxas snapped.
"You will never love me the way I love you. You said it yourself- 'let's just get this over with'. Like I'm a hardship that you have to get past to be with the one you love."
Roxas chuckled angrily, shaking his head. "Don't make me sound like a prostitute, Axel. I'm doing this because I made a promise to you that if you found Xion, I'd have sex with you, and I'm keeping my promise." He finished, lying back down.
"But I can't 'love' something when I just don't. I can try to pretend, but that will just embarrass me and make me never want to see you again. Do you really want that?" Roxas said, looking up at Axel seriously. Axel laughed, and turned around to Roxas, smiling sadly.
"Go out to your girlfriend, Roxas. Have some fun. Consider the promise kept, this was good enough for me."
Roxas looked at him for a moment, then nodded, put his clothes on, and left, leaving Axel alone in the room. After a few moments, Axel couldn't stand being in there himself, and went to the bathroom to wash his hands and face. He met Xigbar in there.
"What's the matter, Axel?" Xigbar said knowingly.
"Roxas doesn't like me." Axel said flatly. "I mean I love him, but he doesn't love me back."
Xigbar chuckled. "You mean he doesn't love you the same way that you love him. Completely different." Xigbar said, waving his hand around. Axel gaped at him.
"You're not surprised or grossed out?" Axel asked.
"As if- you had gay vibes written all over your face."
Axel frowned at this, and reassured Xigbar that he liked women too. Xigbar chuckled.
"Think of this as a true first love. There will be more. Don't dwell on something that isn't gonna happen."
Axel nodded, and left the bathroom, going into the reception room, which was all set up for dinner. Axel brightened up, and decided to give Roxas a little bit of space, and sat down beside Xion.
She immediately gave Axel a hug. "Here's my guardian angel, Roxas. It would've been nice if you had come save me, since you're the one that wants me so bad." She teased, smirking at Roxas. He blushed, and Axel saw that he was holding her hand under the table.
"Axel just came out of nowhere- to save me. Tell me the reason that you came. Was it to surprise Roxas, by bringing me back?" she said brightly, laughing. Roxas looked straight at Axel, who put his head down.
"Oh, they're starting the toasts." Xion piped up, and turned her attention to Xigbar and Susan, who were at the head of the room. At the end of the toasts, the couple kissed each other, and the whole room gave a round of applause. Axel roared his approval, and Xigbar frowned at him.
Then, after all the food was eaten, there was dancing. The bride came out in a new dress, and the first dance between husband and wife started. Axel was surprised. Susan looked really beautiful when she was dancing with Xigbar, so happy. Xigbar looked alright, too.
After that, the party really began. Axel felt like he had to tell Xion why he'd really gone to find her.
"Xion, can I tell you something?"
"Yeah, Axel, sure."
Axel led her outside the party room.
"You know how I found you, and 'saved' you, as you put it?"
"Yes."
"I did it because Roxas said that if I brought you back, he'd have sex with me." Axel said quickly, and Xion looked at him with suspicion, then she kind of smiled.
"I'm sorry to say that I believe you. You know that day when we met in the train? You didn't recognize me at all, even with my hair down. I was kicking myself a few days after for not recognizing the tattoos you always had on your cheeks. But the minute Roxas saw me again, he ran over and kissed me and started to cry. And the way you look at him…I'm not jealous that you care about him more than you do me, because I am forever indebted to you for paying for me to go back with you guys, and transporting me away from the situation I was in. This is the least of what I've had to deal with in my life. So don't worry." She added, hugging Axel. "Maybe we can both get to know each other better, after all this hectic mess starts to fade away."
Then, they both went back into the party room, and the dancing began. As a special wedding surprise, Demyx and his band performed, and Kairi sang over half of the songs that they did. Susan even sang a few songs, and she was pretty damn good.
EPILOGUE
Aerith set up everything in the backyard for the garden party as Leon welcomed guests. Zack was out getting a cake because Yuffie had butchered the one that was supposed to be 'home made'. Almost all the guests were in the yard, and there was a knock on the door.
Leon said he'd get it, and opened the front door, and his eyes nearly popped out of his skull. He whistled slightly before he could stop himself, and mumbled a brisk apology after he had done so.
In front of him stood Namine, decked out in a beautiful short skirted, sleeveless baby doll dress. It was made of a fine pearl white silk, with a fine layer of incredibly light, iridescent, gauzy material above it. It was boat necked, and the fabric that went from one shoulder to the other glided perfectly just above Namine's collar bone. Her hair was tied up in a bun, with a small bird of paradise flower, and she wore a soft pink lipstick. "Hello!" she said confidently, smiling at Leon.
"Hi." He squeaked, moving out of her way so that she could go inside the house. Aerith peeked out of the kitchen, and gaped as Namine walked by. She had never seen the girl so beautiful and happy. Xion walked in behind her, in a similar style dress, except it was an extremely dark blue, and she had a deep salmon red colored flower in her hair. They were both the picture of beauty.
"Namine- what's been the change?" Aerith piped up, and Namine smiled broadly.
"I'm filthy rich now!" she exclaimed, giggling slightly. "But don't tell anyone that. I'd rather that people just knew that I was doing alright."
"Is Xion staying with you, now?" Aerith asked curiously, and Namine laughed.
"I think that there's enough money for the two of us to share."
Aerith smiled, and nodded gently. Then she felt a pair of hands fall over her eyes, and she giggled. "Who's that?" she said playfully.
"Guess." The voice behind her said, and she frowned. It wasn't Zack. She turned around, and saw that it was Axel.
"Oh." She said in a disappointed voice, and Axel raised an eyebrow. "What's the matter? I thought we had a thing going here."
Aerith shrugged, and then Zack came up behind her, and kissed her on the back of the neck. "Hey darling." He said brightly, and Axel chuckled angrily.
"Oh, I just wanted to ask- chocolate cake is okay, right?"
"I'm sure it's okay for you." Aerith said cryptically, and Zack shook his head, walking off with the cake.
"Lucky in love, eh? I'll take an order of that please." Axel huffed, folding his arms over his chest. "I saw that both of your wrists are bandaged up. What happened?"
"My old boyfriend that I was telling you about before came back to get me. He won't be coming back for a long time now, though." She finished, sighing in a relieved way.
Axel nodded over at Zack. "Who's that?"
Aerith smiled. "Remember the guy I was telling you about? How there was one guy I hoped would never find me, and one that I hoped I'd find again?"
Axel nodded. "He's the latter, I'm guessing?"
"Yes, he's asked me to marry him. I'm going to tell everyone at dinner tonight!" Aerith whispered excitedly, and then Cid came and told her that everyone was outside.
The dinner was served, and everyone sat down at the huge table that had been set out in the yard, and Aerith stood up to make a small speech. She cleared her throat, and everyone looked around to hear what she was about to say.
"The last time we all tried to get together, there was a terrible storm. But, I think that storm washed in something new. We have all met new friends" She looked over at Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz, the latter whom stole an occasional peep at Yuffie, who smiled mischeviously back. They were both blushing.
"And we have also met old ones." She smiled at Zack and at Xion, who was holding Roxas' hand.
"And most of all, we've dealt with problems, and we have come out on top!" Lea crossed his arms as she said this, smiling at Namine. She smiled back at him, and Axel laughed at them both.
"Thank you all so much for joining me to celebrate every great thing that has happened in this short time! And, also…" Aerith began to blush madly, and Zack beamed at her.
"Please celebrate the engagement of Zack Fair and me!" She said giddily, and the whole table roared in approval. Yuffie ran over and almost tackled Zack, crying like crazy, and Cid and Leon hugged Aerith. Everyone went over to offer congratulations, when Kairi stood up on the table.
"And please celebrate me and my boyfriend's band getting a big ass record deal!" she screamed, and the whole table roared again, and started to hug her and Demyx. Yazoo shook his head behind the crowd, whispering to Loz that 'it would never last'.
Then Riku suddenly cleared his throat. "Hey everyone, I have a confession to make."
Everyone looked at him a little bit uncomfortably. He had always been kind of distant.
He stood a little uncomfortably for a moment, and then he sighed. "I'm gay!" Then all the girls tackled him, kissing him and telling him 'congratulations.'
Yazoo shook his head, and Axel chuckled. "If I'd known that a guy could get this much action just by saying he was gay, I would've 'confessed' a long time ago!"
Yazoo wrinkled his nose in disgust. "You are a sick young man." He sighed, inching away from Axel a little bit. Axel just burst out laughing, and it was apparent that Yazoo didn't find it as funny as Axel did.
In a sudden burst of happiness and congratulatory energy, Yuffie went over and kissed Loz, who to everyone's surprise took her in his arms, and passionately kissed her back. The whole table cheered again, and Yuffie dizzily accepted various 'congrats' from everyone.
Then, music was put on, and everyone started to dance.
Axel sat back watching everyone, with a tinge of sadness. It seemed like everyone at this little party would be leaving with a new lover. He chuckled as Riku accepted an offer to go to a sleep over. Who'd ah thunk it?
Then, he spied Kadaj, sitting off on his own, watching everyone with melancholy. Axel pulled his chair up near the guy.
"It's hard seeing a lot of happy people when you just can't bring yourself to join in the fun, am I right?" Axel sighed. Kadaj nodded. "That Namine girl is very… satisfying of the male hunger, don't you think?" He said bleakly, grimacing when she began to dance with Leon.
Axel looked at him incredulously, and then shrugged. "Yeah, I guess she's pretty hot. But she never satisfies any guy's hunger, if you know what I mean."
"It is the 'hard to get' game, is it not?" Kadaj said sadly, and Axel chuckled.
"Yeah, I guess it is."
Kadaj nodded, looking down at his hands. Then, he clapped them together, and suddenly leapt up, asking for Namine's hand in the next dance.
Axel sat back angrily. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Selphie inching towards him. When he looked at her, she pretended to be dancing alone to the music.
For a minute, Axel just wanted to sit back and sulk, but she just kept looking at him. He shrugged. "Everyday's a party." He chuckled to himself, and asked her to dance. She enthusiastically complied, and Axel pulled her into the middle of the yard where everyone else was having fun.
Axel danced around with Selphie, and then Kairi, Xion, Yuffie, Namine, and Olette. He even danced with Riku, who he decided he'd definitely be getting to know sometime later on. Lea was staying the night with his friend Isa, who had also come to the party, and they both left discussing which video games they would play that night.
As the guests all began to say their goodbyes, Axel spied Selphie going out of the house alone. She smiled sweetly at him, fluttering her eyelashes a mile a minute.
"Hi." She said, looking Axel up and down flirtingly.
"Hi. You wanna have a sleep over with me tonight?" Axel whispered in her ear, and she giggled.
"Sure, honey." She gushed, and Axel kissed her on the cheek, putting his arm around her waist. Then, they both made their way to the train.
Axel had been told that the right person for him would eventually come along one day.
But, who was to say he couldn't mess around with all the wrong ones in the mean time?
The End
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