Cornered

Kingdom Hearts and its characters do not belong to me.

AkuRoku~~


My phone started ringing in my pocket and jolted me awake. I groaned and buried my head deeper into the pillow trying to drown out the annoying noise. But it just continued to ring and ring.

The call went to voice mail but it started ringing again right away. I went to drag my pillow over my head but something was on my arm and was preventing me from moving it.

I snapped my eyes open and realized that that something was Roxas. Waking up to him surprised the hell out of me but once the haze of sleep left me I recalled how we ended up like this.

My phone ringing broke through my initial shock of waking up to Roxas. I stuffed my hand into my pants pocket and wiggled out my cell.

"What!"

I yelled quietly into the phone. I was pissed about being woken up but I didn't want to wake up the blonde sleeping beside me.

Someone was breathing angrily on the other end.

"What! You're asking me what! You're late Axel! You were supposed to be here 20 minutes ago! But you're not here! And I bet its cause of that blonde brat that has you wrapped around his little finger!"

Having Larxene screech into your ear makes it really hard to decipher what she's saying, but unfortunately I've had years of practice.

I looked over at the clock on my bedside table until the red numbers swam into focus. It was 9:20.

I knew I had promised Larxene I'd meet her at 9 today but I couldn't remember where, or even what we were going to do.

I held my phone between my ear and shoulder so that I could use my free hand to rub the sleep from my eyes.

"Calm the fuck down Larxene! Damn! I'm not gonna be able to make it today. And he's not a brat! What the hell's your problem!"

My voice started to rise but I lowered it when Roxas squirmed a little bit.

I heard a sound that was somewhere between a growl and a hiss come from the other end of the phone.

"Ever since you met that fuckin kid, he's all you can talk or think about it! I mean you brought him to the baseball game yesterday Axel! That's our thing! What do you mean you can't make it! It's my fuckin birthday Axel! My birthday! You promised to spend it with me…"

I pulled my phone away from my ear. She was screeching so loudly I was afraid my ears would start bleeding. I groaned, but then her voice took on a whiny, pathetic tone when she said I promised to spend today with her with her.

Shit! I can't believe I forgot her birthday…

"Larx… I'm sorry. Forgive me? Please?"

I heard her sniffle a little bit and scoff but I knew she was calming down. Finally, she sighed and answered me.

"…Will I not see you at all today…?"

I knew that we usually spent her birthday together, but I didn't realize that it meant so much to her.

"I just woke up Larx…"

I heard a slight whimper come from her end and I groaned in defeat.

"But I'll be there as soon as I can. Okay? I'll call you when I'm on my way. Don't blow up my phone. If you do, I won't show up."

I heard her squeal in delight before she hung up the phone.

I dropped my head back to the pillow. I had a headache and was ready to go back to sleep but I couldn't now.

Roxas squirmed some more in his sleep and scooted closer to me. As he moved, a strand of his hair fell across his face and I reached out to tuck it back behind his ear.

My thumb grazed his cheek and I marveled at how soft his skin was. I proceeded to run it up and down his cheek before running my thumb very lightly under his bruised eye. The color was starting to fade and

I guessed it would disappear completely by the end of the week.

He grumbled in his sleep and squeezed his eyes shut before they snapped open.

I pulled my hand away from his face and smiled at him.

"Hey."


The ruffling of my hair and a slight pressure on my face woke me up. I wasn't ready to wake up though, so I kept my eyes shut and tried to fall back asleep.

But the pressure on my cheek wouldn't go away and I was laying on something that wasn't comfortable at all.

I also had a massive headache.

I think I drank just a little too much last night…

I mumbled something under my breath about not being able to fall back asleep and squeezed my eyes shut before opening them… and I was...staring at Axel?

What the hell…?

I noted that the pressure I had felt on my face was his fingers. He smiled at me as he pulled his hand away.

"Hey. Finally awake Captain?"

Captain…?

He chuckled. For some reason he thought that was funny…

I continued to stare at him. I didn't even blink.

Why the hell am I in bed with Axel…? I wasn't that drunk was I…?

I ruled out that possibility when I realized we were both fully clothed. I also realized I was clinging to his shirt and I dropped my hand from his shirt as if it had electrocuted me.

I pushed myself away from and sat up. The sudden change of gravity made me feel nauseous and I placed my head between my knees until it passed.

"Are you alright?"

Axel sat up too and placed his hand on the small of my back. A tingle ran up my spine and I tensed up at his touch.

I shrugged his hand off and pushed myself off of the bed.

"I'm fine… Umm why were we… I mean… what exactly happened…?"

I scrunched my face up in the effort of trying to remember but it was all a blur. The last thing I remembered was Axel telling me to fuck off.

Oh no! Is he still made at me! He doesn't seem to be…

I could feel the panic etched on my face as I turned to face him.

"Axel, I am so sorry!"

He raised an eyebrow at my apology.

"What for?"

What for…?

"For saying that you couldn't understand…"

He pondered that for a few seconds before a chuckle escaped his lips.

"Oh that? I'm not mad anymore."

I literally collapsed to the floor when he said.

He's acting like it was no big deal… The fact that I was freaking out obviously means nothing to him…

"I fucking hate you… you know that, right…?"

He chuckled some more. If I could reach him I would have punched him in the face.

"You were just too cute last night Roxie. I couldn't possibly stay mad at you."

Hmph… Wait! Cute!

"I am NOT cute! And my name's ROXAS!"

Then something clicked in my head and I cut Axel off before he could say something else that would piss me off.

"Why'd you call me captain earlier?"

He smirked and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"When you were drunk off your ass last night you kept quoting lines from Pirates of the Caribbean. You called yourself Captain Jack Sparrow. There was a marathon on or something. It was really annoying, but funny."

I blushed furiously when he told me that.

So embarrassing!

"…Asshole!"

I stormed out of his bedroom and down the hallway into the living room and collapsed onto the couch.

Never stepping foot in that room again! Never! Never drinking again either! FORGET IT!

"Come on, don't be mad. I was just teasing. It was cute Roxie."

Shut up! I'm mad at you and refuse to talk to you! Just sto—

"I AM NOT CUTE! AND FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME MY NAME IS ROXAS! R-O-X-A-S!"

So much for not talking to him…

He chuckled and ruffled my hair. It irritated me cause it made me feel like a little kid. I ignored the other

part of me that enjoyed it.

"I know Roxas, I just like to tease you. You make it too easy."

I rolled my eyes and mentally cursed him.

"Whatever…"

He flashed me his smile, which resulted in me blushing, before he walked over to the door and grabbed his jacket out of the closet

All irritation forgotten, I sat up and looked at him curiously.

"Where are you going?"

He pulled his jacket on and grabbed the keys to the car he had borrowed.

"It's Larxene's birthday and I promised to spend it with her."

Larxene…?

"Oh… So, like a date?"

I tried to make it sound like I was asking out of casual curiosity but I'm not sure if I pulled it off.

"Yea, you could call it that."

He has a girlfriend… WAIT! Why am I disappointed! It doesn't matter to me one way or another!

"Oh, okay. Have fun."

I tried my best at a fake smile, but I knew It looked odd.

But that sounded indifferent... right?

"See you later Roxas."

He walked out the door, leaving me alone in his small, cold apartment.

I tried to act like it didn't bother me, but it did. A lot.

Stupid… Somewhere along the line you got your hopes up didn't you…?

NO! I don't care about him at all!

I grabbed my head with both hands and tried to work against the massive headache that was forming.

This is all his fault…

I grabbed the pillow off of the couch and threw it against the front the door.

"Axel, you idiot…!"


Sorry it's so short! DX

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