Sora eventually got to finish his meal after meeting Xigbar, though now Sora worries that all the remaining vampires he's going to meet will spend about 10 minutes staring at him in wonder and awe. He started to feel sorry for the animals at the zoo, wondering if that's how they felt all day. Though he was happy that none of them tried to eat him, although Xigbar looked like he wanted to…

Still Sora wanted to see the rest of the castle and since there's really no reason to keep Sora in the living room, Roxas thought they might as well bring Sora's luggage into his bedroom and just hope they don't run into Axel.

"Well, here's my room," Roxas said upon opening his door. Sora stared and tilted his head. For some reason he expected Roxas to have more things but it was pretty bare and white with the exception of furniture like the bed, a desk, drawers, and bookshelf. There was also the closet where Sora assumed Roxas stuffed all his clothes that he probably hasn't cleaned for months on end.

"What do you do all day?" Sora couldn't help but ask but then noticed some figures on top of the shelves so he assumed Roxas spends most of his time making those kinds of things?

"Well I technically sleep all day and go out at night to eat and party," Roxas replied as he scratched the back of his head.

"Oh yeah, I forgot…then what about the other vampires that I met?"

"Oh they probably woke up just to see you. I'm sure others like Demyx are still asleep. He only wakes up during the day if he knows Zexion is leaving or doing something…"

"Oh! Is he Zexion's-?"

"Don't get the wrong idea: Zexion hates Demyx and…I think it was because of Demyx that Axel found out about you and the whole chain reaction started…" Roxas just realized he should be pinning the whole thing on Demyx!

"Oh…I see…"

"But don't worry about it! Here, why don't we just unpack?"

Sora immediately pulled open the top drawer and he was right in thought: they were empty and the closet is where all of Roxas's clothes are.

"Well if we're going to be rooming together, Roxas better start using the washing machine! Oh crap…" Sora's eyes drifted to the bed by the window covered with black curtains, "Are we going to be in the same bed from now on?"

"Sora?" Roxas called for him when he didn't hear a reply from his suggestion but Sora didn't respond again but merely stared at the bed with a very red face. Roxas lightly chuckled and sighed before walking over to the now feverish boy, "Sora?"

"Uh! H-Huh?" Sora lightly stuttered and tried to answer casually, "Y-Yeah, Roxas?"

Roxas only sighed again before planting a quick kiss on the lips on Sora,

"If it makes you uncomfortable, I can sleep on the ground," Roxas offered. Sora was probably okay with the thought yesterday obviously because the boy completely forgot he's going to be sharing a room with Roxas thus sharing the same bed. So Sora just thought the sharing one bed thing was just going to be that one night for a while. And like Sora stated, Roxas slept on the bed that night. Still…

Sora shook his head as he stared at the ground, still blushing,

"N-No…it's not fair to you…"

"Sora, it's okay. I really don't mind. If anything I'll sleep in bat form," Roxas pointed to the small bars hanging from the ceiling above his bed.

"Well…I guess we can talk about this later then?"

"Alright, no problem!"

"So…please tell me you have a washing machine in the castle?"

"Uh…" well now Roxas felt really stupid for not expecting that question.

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"Demyx! Wake up!" Roxas shouted for at least the tenth time as he pounded on the door.

"Are you sure he's in there?" Sora asked since he heard nothing that sounded like a response.

"Oh he's in there: DEMYX!"

"So does he handle the laundry or something?" Sora asked since Roxas didn't exactly explain why they need to talk to Demyx.

"You could say that. Demyx is a more…social vampire. Thus you could say he knows how to dress himself when he goes to interact with humans. Obviously, if he reeked of blood, it wouldn't go so well. But I honestly don't know what he does to keep his clothes clean. So…DEMYX WAKE UP AND OPEN THE DOOR!"

"Um…it's okay, Roxas! We shouldn't bug him!" Sora pulled Roxas back by the arm, not wanting to bother someone when they're sleeping, "We'll just talk to him when he wakes up!"

Roxas only sighed but nodded,

"You're too nice, Sora…but alright then, come on!"

Of course, if Roxas knew Demyx well enough…he would know that Demyx was defiantly awake.

The man lied on his bed, alone and in the dark, with his arm over his eyes…

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"Does the bathroom work in the castle?" Sora asked and Roxas stopped walking,

"……I'll go ask Saix," he replied with a sigh, "Why don't you run to my room and wait there?"

"Okay! I'm sorry to trouble you guys," Sora apologized but Roxas just waved it off and the two walked in opposite directions. Humming to himself, Sora reached for Roxas's door but his hand was grabbed and Sora found himself flung against the wall. About to scream for Roxas, a hand covered his mouth in time. Sora blinked and found himself staring at fierce green eyes.

"Axel?" Sora thought with worry.

"Promise me you won't scream…"

Sora only nodded and hopes the vampire realizes that he can't verbally promise anything. Axel slowly removed his hand but kept a firm grip on Sora's wrist against the wall. The two stared at each other in silence for a few moments before Axel finally decided to speak.

"What's so special about you?" Axel asked bitterly and gripped Sora harder, causing the boy to flinch in pain.

"I…I don't know! I'm not that special!"

"Well my best friend decided to fall for a half-breed!" Axel spat and releasing Sora's wrist, "Not to mention the son of Strife and Lion King Leonhart!"

"Well Roxas didn't know! And he doesn't care who I'm related to so why should you?" Sora exclaimed in anger though Axel's glare sent a small shiver through Sora's spine but he tried to continue putting up a brave face.

"How would you like it if your current werecat leader committed suicide because she fell in love with a vampire who played with her heart?"

"That's NOT what happened between my dad and your former leader!" Sora exclaimed.

"And how would you know? You weren't even born!"

"What are you then? Your old leader's pal or something? You can't go assuming something like that just because my dad is a human! And I know that's what you're thinking!"

"Heh, you're a pretty sharp half-breed…but let's assume your old man wasn't being a manwhore. He still must've 'unintentionally' lead our Head Vampire on…how else can one feel so crushed?" Axel challenged.

"You can't control how you feel," Sora answered, though faster than Axel expected, "Otosan told me when he first met Dad…he never thought he would fall in love. No matter how much he reminded himself of his duty or that he's doing something that society looked down upon…he felt love stronger than anything else!"

"You're such a naïve romantic," Axel shook his head and looked away, "Well news flash for you, Kid: You and Roxas will never last."

"H-Hey! You ca-"

"Don't deny it, Kid!" Axel looked down at Sora again, "You're half werecat, thus, you're already a completely different species unless by miracle you can somehow be turned into a half-vampire and half-werecat! Wow that outa be the day…"

"Roxas and I will figure something out!" Sora wasn't sure when he got comfortable with the whole having a vampire-boyfriend-idea but he's on a roll, "I…I really like him…"

"Really now?" Axel placed his hands on his hips and leaned in closer to Sora, "Tell me then, what is it that you like so much about my best friend? We are vampires after all and we kill…I'm having a little hard time imaging what 'good' qualities my best vampire buddy has."

"Well maybe because you're trying too hard to be 'bad.' I mean…Roxas is really…sweet," Sora found himself smiling as he thought of Roxas some more, "I think it's really cute when he's a bit clueless on humans. I feel really…good and warm when he's being protective. And he can be pretty sensitive too and-OW!"

"Ew, no more, I beg of you," Axel stated bluntly after smacking Sora over the head, "Ugh, I still see nothing special about you. The only 'good' quality about you is that you're really cute and apparently…" Axel leaned in again for a sniff, "A virgin too…I'm quite surprised Roxas didn't get in your pants yet."

"Sh-Shut up!" Sora blushed furiously as he squirmed in his spot.

"After all…that's probably what he's really after."

"Hey! Roxas would never-"

"Oh he would, trust me. I've known him for a couple hundred years. Plus, sex is usually better with a willing partner."

Sora frowned and found himself glaring as he crossed his arms,

"Don't deny that possibility," Axel smirked, "You've known each other since…from what I heard: Halloween was it? And dating for only about a week? You barely know each other…"

"I'll cross the bridge when I get there," Sora murmured, not believing he's thinking like that when he's usually more logical, "While it's true Roxas and I started dating in a short time…my parents did as well. Not as fast as Roxas and myself but…it turned out for the best for them…"

"Oh come on!" Axel rolled his eyes and threw his arms up, "Unless you can prove to me that your dad wasn't a manwhore, I'm not-"

"Hey! Stop calling him that! Why do you have to be such a jerk?"

"Make me, Half-breed! And I would love to ask why you have to be my best friend's so-called-boyfriend!"

"Prick!"

"Bitch!"

Sora gapped at that one and resisted from attacking a vampire.

"…What did you call me?"

"You heard me! Though that's probably accurate since you're the child of an arrogant lion and his human manwhore!"

Half the castle suddenly heard a very loud cat cry…

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"Sora!" Roxas slid into view followed by Saix and Xemnas. At the other end of the hallway, Zexion also came into view with Xigbar behind him.

"Don't. Say. Anything…" Axel growled from the ground as he tried to hold in a cry of pain.

"Take it back now!" Sora ordered, perched on Axel's back and gripping one of his arms, holding it back. In a matter of seconds, Xigbar laughed like no tomorrow.

"Wait until I tell everyone! Axel got overpowered by a half-werecat!"

"Don't you dare!" Axel exclaimed though Xigbar was already gone.

"Uh…You okay, Axel?" Roxas asked as he went over and tried to pull Sora off.

"Not answering that…"

"Tell me you're sorry and I'll forgive you!" Sora exclaimed and refused to get off Axel until he gets that apology.

"Axel's not going to say sorry. He's way to stubborn for that," Zexion stated, though his voice showed he took amusement to this.

"Axel, after you're done, I wish to see you," Xemnas ordered before he started to leave with Saix.

"Whoa! Hey! You're not going to punish this thing on me?"

Roxas walked into Axel's view and folded his arms before he gave Axel a look,

"What did you call my boyfriend?"

"Roxas, I don't get it…he's a half-breed!"

"Well…I guess I had a change of heart," Roxas shrugged, "Now apologize for whatever you did!"

Axel could not believe he was hearing this…

"Hell no!"

"Axel!"

"No way! Why would I apologize to a half-breed that took my best friend from me?"

"…Axel I'm still your best friend," Roxas stated in a less angry tone as he knelt down, "Unless of course…you don't want us to be…"

Axel sighed though he was started to get a little cramped and he was losing feeling in the arm Sora had behind him,

"We'll talk about this later I guess…"

"I would like that, Axel…now please apologize for whatever you did to piss Sora off. Please?"

Axel growled and paused for a few moments.

"I apologize for calling you a bitch, calling your lion father arrogant and calling your human old man a manwhore…"

"You what?" Roxas exclaimed in surprise. He was more or less angered by Axel insulting Cloud and Sora, as he didn't care much for Leon, but he shouldn't be insulting Cloud OR Sora!"

Though Sora took the apology and got off Axel.

"Wow…this is officially being recorded," Zexion stated before taking his leave. Axel stood up and patted his cloak before letting out a sigh.

"If you'd like Axel, we can sit up on the rooftop tonight and eat some sea salt ice cream. Like the old times and we can have a talk about all this. Just the two of us," Roxas offered and Axel sighed again.

"Alright then…"


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Next chap overview for you guys:

-Sora finally meets Demyx.

-First lover's spat?

-And…something big happens but I'm afraid I'll spoil more than I should. But it involves Cloud and Leon.

Oh! Yes! It's official: The Prequel

The prequel is official!

I'm lacking a good title, but the Prequel is already being written and frankly I love writing about Past-Leon, actually Past-Cloud too, it's just funny.

The Prequel will be released sometime after this story finishes. Yes, this story will be ending soon after that big thing I mentioned for next chapter.