Holy shit! What's this?! A new chapter of Salty Sweet?! Whaaaaa?!
Axel pulled into the driveway, hesitant to walk up to the door and knock. The whole neighborhood still seemed too cliche and suburban-esqu to him. What would this guys parents think? Some lanky, red eyed, obvious junkie knocking on the door and asking for him. He scratched the back of his head, and sighed gently as he picked up his phone. The redhead wasn't feeling quite up to meeting parents.
"Hello?"
"Hey, I'm outside. Are you ready?" He heard Roxas chuckle on the other end and felt the corner of his lips turn up in a smile.
"You don't wanna come to the door?" Roxas asked, smiling as he sat in his room, peering through the curtains to see the car in the driveway.
"Not particularly." Axel mumbled and Roxas laughed again.
"Ok, I'll be right down." They hung up and the sandy haired boy laughed again as he stood and slipped on his jacket.
"Where you off to?" He looked up and saw his brother leaning against the doorway, watching him curiously.
"I have a date." Roxas said with a smirk and walked right past him.
"Oh really?" Sora replied with a grin and started to follow him down the stairs. "I wanna meet him!" He exclaimed and tried to rush past his brother, straight for the door. Luckily, Roxas managed to catch him before he could bolt forward.
"No!" He yelled out and blushed when his brother turned around to look at him with shock. "He's not...from around here ya know? I met him at a party last weekend? At one of the parties Demyx invited me to?"
"Ooooh." The brunette nodded. "So basically he's a total skeez."
"He's not a skeez!" Roxas cried out and Sora laughed at him. "He's not! He's just got some...issues. They're not even issues. He's really sweet and cute."
"Ok well when you don't come home tonight, I'll call the cops. What's his name? They'll need a suspect." Sora said with a smart ass look and a tone to match.
"Oh shut up you jealous bitch." Roxas replied with a smirk of his own and walked out the door, leaving Sora to stand with a grin and watch, and he couldn't help but notice the driver. The perfect jawline, the bright red hair, the beautiful smile. The brunette shook his head, trying to shake the image from his mind and walked back into the house. "Well hi there." Roxas said with grin and Axel smiled at him.
"Hi yourself." Axel revved the engine and pulled out of the driveway with a fleeting glance at the suburbia paradise. "So. What would you like to do today?"
"I don't really care." He replied with a shrug and watched the driver with a smile. Axel smirked and nodded as he decided where to go, made a sharp u-turn and sped up.
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"The beach?" Roxas asked as they pulled into an empty parking lot.
"Yep."
"I've never been to this one before."
"Not many people have. It's kind of a well kept secret." The redhead said with a smile and a look at the passenger. Roxas grinned as he looked out at the empty sandy lot, the dunes rolling in the wind and the waves slowly tumbled onto the shore. They walked across the cement and felt a transformation of the ground beneath them. Roxas couldn't help as he grinned and started running towards the water, pulling his shirt off over his head and unbuttoning his pants as he trotted. Axel watched him with surprise at first, but then smiled and crossed his arms over his chest, watching the boy with amusement. The sandy haired boy dove straight into the ocean and began to paddle further out, occasionally throwing himself back under and looking around under the sea, ignoring the burning in his eyes. Axel walked across the beach and sat in the sand, close to the edge of the water, simply watching the kid enjoy himself.
"Well look who's here." Axel rolled his eyes and stood up, ready to face the asshole who decided to impose on his day.
"Hey there Terra." He crossed his arms over his chest, and with a quick glance at Roxas who was now standing in the water, watching him in return, he smirked. "What are you doing here?" Terra smirked in return and grinned, looking out at the water and the kid who was slicking his hair back, looking at the two with confusion and starting to walk towards them.
"I just came to the beach for a nice day."
"I thought you weren't welcome here anymore Terra. Maybe it'd be smart for you to leave."
"This is public property Ax. Can't kick me out. I'll just tell the cops."
"You're gonna tell the cops?" The redhead asked with a smirk, knowing that that wasn't an option for Terra. "We both know they wouldn't listen to you and we both know that the cops don't really control this part of town." Axel whispered menacingly with narrowed eyes and smirk to match. Terra merely smiled politely and nodded.
"I'm just as aware as you are. But that's fine. I'll leave for now. But I'm gonna be back." Terra said and nodded his head in greeting as Roxas came up to them.
"Hi." Roxas said cautiously with a glance between the two of them, looking so scarily pleasant.
"What? No introduction Axel?" Terra asked sarcastically and Roxas no longer felt that he was actually being pleasant. He looked up and scowled at him. "I'm Terra. And you are?"
"Roxas." He grumbled and continued to scowl at him. The tall brunette nodded and continued to smile ominously down at him.
"Well isn't that nice."
"Get the fuck outta here Terra." Axel's face was no longer fake, his plastic smile was gone and replaced by a glare.
"Now now Axel. I don't think your brother would've liked it if we fought." The redhead clenched his fists as Terra continued to smirk at him, the upturning of his lips becoming more and more malicious with each passing moment.
"Hey, why don't we go?" Roxas asked simply and quickly grabbed Axel's wrist, pulling him from his anger to surprise. His green eyes looked down at the thin connecting to his arm and then to the boy attached to the hand, a sincere smile on his face. Axel refocused his eyes and nodded.
"No. Unnecessary. I'm going anyways." Terra said with a wave of dismissal. "I'll see you later Axel."
"Fuck off." Terra just laughed and shook his head as he walked to the parking lot and drove away.
"Who is that creep?" Roxas asked with a glare at the car driving away. He looked up and saw Axel smirking down at him and then he realized with some embarrassment that he was still holding onto the other boy's wrist.
"Just..some guy."
"Oh...an ex or something?" Axel laughed loudly at this prospect and Roxas watched him with widened eyes.
"Ha sorry..." Axel mumbled and started to walk back towards the water, sitting back in his place in the sand. The sandy haired boy sat beside him and watched his gaze travel up and down the coast. "Terra's straight. Actually a complete homophobe. That's just why...it was funny."
"Homophobia's not funny." Roxas said with an arched brow and Axel looked at him again with a smirk. This kid was too cute.
"No you're right." Axel replied simply, not wanting to cause an argument that was unnecessary.
"So why does he seem to specifically hate you so much?"
"Picked up on that eh?"
"More or less." The redhead chuckled.
"Remember when I told you about my family?" Roxas nodded and pouted, directing his eyes out at the ocean. "You're not gonna cry again are you?" Axel asked in a trying tone, still smirking. It never seemed to leave his face. Blue eyes rolled and a hand whipped up to smack Axel's shallow chest, but the redhead only laughed. "Well I had a brother. His name was Reno. And Terra was one of his friends. And when Reno died...Terra kinda blamed me for it."
"He blamed you?! Like he's convinced you killed your own brother?!" Roxas shouted and Axel cringed at the shrieking, but laughed quietly.
"Yea. I mean he's not too far off ya know? I can't say there aren't days I don't blame myself too but he just harbors this complete loathing of me."
"Well, why does he think that?" Axel stared out at the sea, trying to think of how to tell him the story he had been ignoring for quite a while. "You know what? Never mind. Don't tell me. At least not right now." Roxas wrapped his arms around his knees, pulled up to his chest and rested his head, watching the overwhelming blueness of the sea try and wash over him. Axel's smirk, if only for a moment, turned into a sad smile and he joined Roxas in watching the ocean as it tried to take him under.
Ahaha. Ok, personally, I'm a fan of Axel and Roxas in this story. Makes me kinda wish I hadn't killed him...well! Tada! Introduction of a new character! Terra, the homophobic friend of Axel's dead brother. He's an ass yes? But if my stories have taught you anything, it would be what? That's right. There's two sides to every story. So what will Terra's reasoning be hmmm? I pretty much promise the next chapter of this will be out sooner than this one in comparison mostly cuz I personally, I can't wait to see what happens between Sora and Axel! Ahh! =3
