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Axel's POV

We spent the rest of the day taking advantage of Larxene's huge collection of gaming systems. Roxas stayed on the couch, basically ignoring the world, every once in a while looking at his phone.

The doorbell rang around eight.

"Roxas, hun, can you get that? It's probably Riku. Axel you go with him, knowing my nephew, the extra hands will be necessary." Roxas nodded while I groaned. Come on, I'd been in the same position for about two hours. I did not want to get up.

We opened the door right as the bell rang again.

…and the temperature around the door dropped about fifteen degrees.

Outside stood a boy a little bit shorter than me with silver hair. He was glaring at Roxas who was returning it ten times over. If looks could kill…

"Roxas."

"Riku." With that he walked off.

"Um…okay then. Come on in. I'll show you to your room." Heh, I could be a hotel porter…no scratch that. I don't wanna.

"Thanks. Who are you?"

"Axel. Larxene's friend." Riku nodded thinking for a second.

"Now I remember. Are Zexion, Demyx, and Sora here too? Larxene won't shut up about you guys." I nodded smiling.

"Oh and your sharing a room with Sora." Riku shrugged and followed me up the stairs. I noticed that my door was closed. I remembered it being open last time I saw it. "So I take it you know Roxas?" Riku nodded.

"Regrettably. His mom and mine work together sometimes. We've never been…civil. His first reaction to me was punching me in the face." Hell I wouldn't be civil to him either.

"And why did he do that?"

"Hell if I know?" I shrugged.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to the rest." Riku nodded, smiling again.

We made our way downstairs but not before I opened my door quickly and peeked inside. Roxas was sitting on his bed bent over something, his headphones in. I closed the door quietly continued on my expedition to the living room.


Roxas' POV

The minute Beck had said Riku was her nephew earlier I had been going insane with hope it wasn't the Riku I was thinking of.

God I hate the kid.

We had met when I was nine I think. He called my mom a bitch the minute we were alone while our mom's talked. I had punched him in the face, with every intention an eight year old can have about breaking another kid's nose.

That was when I was still under the impression that deep down in my mom's cold stone heart that I was more than a bill in her wallet.

And the reason I still hate him? He's had his fair share of payback for me nearly running his pretty face. He just won't let it drop.

Ten years for a grudge against a kid you see maybe twice a year. Riku has issues.

Then again…should I really be talking?


Axel's POV

Riku fit in instantly. If a stranger walked in and saw our group, they wouldn't have been able to tell that Riku was new.

He also took an instant liking to Sora. And I do mean instant. Not five seconds after introductions were finished and we had gone back to playing games he was sitting at Sora's side, looking at him with sideways glances every two seconds.

He's lucky the kid is unaware of his surroundings on a normal basis.

It was 12:30 when Beck stepped in front of the TV and told us (colorful language of a sleep deprived martial artist aside) to go to bed.

We were all in our rooms in one minute flat.

Roxas was asleep, sprawled out on his bed.

He looked…okay this is going to sound weird, but he looked beautiful. Hell, he was even glowing, a faint smile on his face.

I reminded myself to be quiet and stop staring before I wake the kid up.

Did that stop me from accidentally hitting his bed while I made my way to my own in the dark (I had turned off the light)? Nope.

It didn't wake him up (thank the lord…if Roxas is pissy with a good nights sleep I don't want to see him pissy without one) but it did knock something out of his hand which had been hanging over the side.

I picked it up, thinking to set it on the nightstand. When I did though, the minimal light from the window shone on it.

Sleeping pills? Now why would Roxas have sleeping pills?

I shrugged and set them down. Not my problem if the kid has sleeping issues.

I took one more look at the angel…shit…Roxas, laying across his bed before closing the curtain and laying down on my own bed.


Roxas' POV

The moonlight shone through the curtain. It was two in the goddamn morning but it might as well have been twelve. My brain wouldn't have known the difference.

I looked over to the bottle on the nightsta…wait…I didn't put it there did I?

I shrugged it off. I must've.

Maybe I could take just one? That would take care of it I guess. I reached for the bottle before lightly slapping my hand onto my face. What was I thinking? I carried those for a reason. And only one reason. If I started spreading those reason around It could happen all over again.

I had to time that event. Just right. And I couldn't start now.

God. I hope I never did.


Axel began to stir around seven. I took that as my cue to get ready. Make it look like I hadn't been up for the last five hours staring at anything besides the nightstand. I picked a pair of baggy black jeans and a white tank. No chains this time. I used the small mirror hanging on the door to apply a bit of eyeliner and straightened my hair.

It took about two minutes. Any sign that I'm in a rut?

Beck knocked on the door, yelling at us to wake up. Good thing I already was.

Axel fell out of his bed in a heap, scared shitless. I smiled coldly in his direction, hoping it looked like I was mocking him. I use so many expressions to portray moods I don't feel that I get them mixed up all the time.

When was the last time my face had an emotion I felt? Last night. Riku.


Axel's POV

Damn that kid to a thousand hells…first thing in the morning, after being scared by Beck, and he's mocking me the little sh…

What was that? Something passed over his face, right after the smirk. Confusion? Worry? I don't know…and it was way to freakin early to really care.

"When'd you get up Roxy?" He twitched at the name. Good.

"I while ago I guess. I don't really remember." Liar!!

"You're good at lying you know that?" With that I walked over to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. Let him think on that for awhile.

I heard the door close as he left the room.


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