Devilish

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Same rating, disclaimer, and pairing.

Author's Note: Finally! The party! Enjoy.

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SB


Day 7 (early morning ctd.)

"Reno, I don't know if you noticed... but this is PetSmart."

"So it seems," Reno grinned. "Follow me."

Axel followed his twin into the store, looking around skeptically. It appeared to be your regular PetSmart, with the cats and birds and dog food and everything. Reno led Axel to the very back of the store and moved one of the puppy beds. He entered a code into a key pad and the entire shelf of beds rotated and revealed an elevator.

"Okay, this some really creepy shit," Axel murmured, slowly following Reno into the elevator. "We have secret elevators and hallways in a damn PetSmart. What's next, a secret section in the back of Victoria's Secret where they do sex change operations?"

"Nothing down here will kill you, I swear, Axel."

The elevator stopped and a camera dropped down from the ceiling.

"What's the password?" a silky voice asked. Reno smirked.

"Hmm, I think it's 'I live to please and serve you, Master'. You know who it is, hot stuff."

"It's been a while, Reno. Come on in."

The camera reeled back upwards and the doors opened. Axel blinked unbelievingly.

"There's a fuckin' store underneath PetSmart??" he exclaimed, looking around with wide eyes.

It was almost like a small-scale mall. There was a clothing section and shoes section, and then in the distance Axel could see an entertainment with TVs and video game consoles. In the other direction, there was a sex-shop section filled with walls of hard-core toys and costumes for role-playing.

"Better believe it, bro.," Reno grinned.

"Goodness, it really has been too long, Reno."

A tall, pale man in a gorgeous black suit walked toward them with a little smile. He had cat-like green eyes and long silver hair pulled back into a braid.

"Can't be helped, baby, we're both busy men," Reno replied, kissing the man. "Seph, I want you to meet my brother, Axel. Bro, this is my boyfriend."

"Whoa, whoa, boyfriend? And you didn't tell me sooner? I'm so hurt."

"Well he usually called when you were engaged in your sex texting with your boy-toy, so I didn't bother you."

"Point taken. Nice to meet you, Seph."

"The pleasure is mine, Axel," Sephiroth shook his hand and smiled. "What brings you to my store?"

"I need a last-minute birthday present for my boyfriend."

"Oh, not a problem. Follow me."

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"I still can't believe that hot guy is your boyfriend," Axel put his bag in the backseat and shut the door.

"Yeah, I'm a lucky bastard," Reno grinned.

"And that store is fuckin' awesome. Marly's gonna love his gifts.

"You spoil him too much, Axel. You had to get him the most expensive--"

"Shush!" the demon hushed his twin. "The readers don't need to know what I got my sugar-tush!"

"Oh yeah... gotcha."


Later (7 PM)

"Axel! Axel, wake up!" Demyx shook his friend. "The party starts in an hour!"

"My cookie, Satan, mine...nnggnn..."

"Stop speaking tongues and wake up, dumb ass!"

Axel wiped off the drool and looked at the clock. He nearly did a Spider-Man jump to grab his clothes that were on the chair across the room and danger-rolled into the bathroom.

"Are the tables set up, Dem?"

"Tables almost finished, the DJ is on his way here, servers are getting dressed, food's already here... ooh, the servers..."

"No peeking at man-buns, ya hear? I would like you to keep all blood and bodily fluids to yourself."

"Sure... -whispers to self- but I set up cameras in the bathrooms..."

Axel re-appeared in some basketball shorts and a red wife beater with sneakers. The two heard the doorbell ring.

"7:17. Who the hell would come this early?"

"Axel, the cake is here!" Reno yelled.

"Yeah, I wanna see this stripper cake you asked Mike for."

Axel and Demyx made their way to the gym.

"Axel, do you see those servers? There are eight-packs and tight shorts all over the place!"

"They're tumors covered in baby oil, Dem."

"A stripper Marluxia cake?" Reno laughed at his twin as he approached. "You're terrible."

The two-layer cake was frosted with pink and white icing and standing on top was a man in blue capris and a pink top with little white heels on. His face was intricately iced to match the birthday boy's. The mini-Minx leaned against the pole with his right leg wrapped around it.

"He looks more like a cop to me for some reason..." Demyx said.

"That's my boo," Axel sniffled. "Righting the wrongs of society one strip club at a time. Can't believe we've been together for 6 months."

The doorbell rang again and a server popped his head in the gym.

"Would you like me to let Sephiroth in, sirs?"

"Oh yeah, let him on back," Reno nodded.

The man nodded and left. Soon Sephiroth, dressed in a t-shirt and sweatpants, entered the gym.

"Good evening gentlemen," he murmured lowly.

"Hey sexy. Glad you make it."

"Who is that?" Demyx blinked, entranced.

"Reno's boo. He's hot in a 'you-could-kill-me-and-I'll-still-wanna-rape-you' kinda way, don't you think?"

"Actually, Axel... I agree."

Axel introduced Sephiroth and then the server came back.

"There's a Mr. Zexion here with his models."

"Zexion's here?!" Demyx squealed. "Let him in!"

The blue-eyed demon high-tailed it out of the gym greet him.

"He acts like an obsessive fan girl," Reno murmured.

"Yeah he does..."

Demyx returned with Zexion and eight other models.

"Axel, how lovely to see you again," the short-haired agent murmured. Axel looked at them all dressed in their 80s-centric exercise outfits.

"Zexion, this is my brother Reno and his lover Sephiroth."

The men exchanged their greetings.

"These are the other models Marluxia works with: Lance, Brent, Klaude, Ross, Pierre, Paulo, Darren, and Reynaldo."

"There are some men from the club here!" someone yelled from upstairs. After a moment, a line of men filed in the gym.

"Fellas, you're on time!" Reno smirked. "Introduce yourselves!"

"Saix," a bluenette said.

"Xemnas. It's a pleasure."

"Vincent."

"Cloud."

"Rude."

"Kadaj."

"Yazoo."

"Leon."

"And I'm Zack. Yo."

People began to chit-chat and the servers came down to do their job.

"It's about time for Marly to be getting here," Axel looked at his phone. "You told him to be here at 8, right, Ren?"

"Yep."

Someone turned the lights on and off three times, the signal that the guest of honor had arrived.

"Okay, everybody shut up! DJ, get ready!" the redheaded demon hissed. The lights shut off and the door opened and closed.

"There comes a time in every man's life that he is set up," Axel murmured into the microphone. "His friends send him into a darkened room alone with the encouraging words 'Don't be afraid! Enjoy yourself, buddy!' But a part of you is afraid. There might be something horrid lurking in the shadows... like a woman in heat... or perhaps the pixie dust-wielding flamer who hasn't been laid and can smell you like a vulture smells death. However, there are no flamers here. There are no women here. It is just a gathering of men for one special occasion..."

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" everyone shouted. Marluxia's favorite song 'Gimme More' blasted through the speakers. Marluxia's eyes widened in surprise and he gasped.

"Aw, this is so awesome guys!" he giggled. He hugged everyone in his path and finally reached his boyfriend.

"DId you happen to do all this?" he asked, raising a brow. Axel smirked.

"Maybe I did, cutie. And I must say, I love the outfit."

The pinkhead wore a red tank top and short white shorts with some sneakers.

"I knew you would. That's why I wore it."

"Alright you guys, let's get pumped up!" the DJ laughed, and 'I Like To Move It' came on. Someone stepped in front of the crowd and started the routine. And like it had been rehearsed, everyone jumped in and did it with him. There were leg lifts, side stretches, mountain climbers and cherry pickers while the servers benched pressed and lifted weights to the beat. It was like a West Side story scene minus the singing but plus a gym and a DJ. Oddly enough, Zexion, Demyx and one of the servers named Chuck went missing halfway through the routine.


"There has to be somebody who has heard of 10 Fold, Antonio," Satan sighed. "My sources told me the party would be there."

"There it is!" the Hispanic boy pointed with glee. The two slipped inside ninja-style and Satan stared with wide eyes.

"What in the world is going on here?? 'Old Folks Charity Night'?!"

"Oh son, I've been waitin' to see you," an old man with a cane grinned toothlessly.

"I'm not your--"

"Dennis my boy! How nice of you to visit your old man!" another man wheezed, smiling behind his oxygen mask.

"Back off, Jefferson! He's my boy, not yours!"

"To hell with you, Brantley!"

"Oh George, my sweet husband," a woman sighed, clutching to Satan's leg. "I knew you'd come back for me. I knew you'd leave my daughter and come back to me!"

"Wait a minute! You people are delusional and-- Antonio, help me!"

"PAPI!" Antonio yelled helplessly as his lover was dragged away in a sea of wrinkly skin, grey hair and walkers.


The pinkhead opened another card and gasped excitedly.

"Axel! We're going to a spa for the weekend!"

"Hell yeah, babe!" Axel yelled.

"Thank you, Xem," he winked. Xemnas winked back. The pinkhead was surrounded by all types of presents, from shoes and clothes to flat irons and curling irons to money and jewelry.

"And this bag is from... Reno. Let's see what you got me..." Marluxia rummaged through the bag and pulled out some car keys."Ren, don't tell me you got me a freaking Austin Martin."

"I sure did. It should be at your place by now."

Marluxia squealed and gave Reno a big hug.

"Thank you so much!"

"Try to upstage me, huh Ren?" Axel sneered at his twin when Marluxia sat back in his chair.

"No way I could do that. Yours is a lot better."

"And the best for last," the Minx sighed, grabbing his lover's bag. He pulled out a big digital picture frame, and different pictures of the couple flashed on the screen. Marluxia gave a big smile.

"Press the black button," Axel told him. Marluxia pressed it and a recording clicked on.

"Hey babe, it's you know who. I didn't really know what to get you for your birthday, but I finally decided on this. It's something you can keep forever and everytime you look at it, you'll see all the good times we've had together. I could talk about those times all night. They were so good because I was with you. I fell in love with your pretty smile, and your gorgeous body, and those deep blue eyes of yours. You make me laugh and smile all the time and you're always there for me. I think about you all the time, and when I'm not with you I feel so lonely and depressed. I don't ever want to give you up, Marluxia. I don't want anyone else to have you. So I'm gonna ask you... will you stay with me forever, baby?"

Marluxia's eyes watered and he looked up to see his lover on his knee with a beautiful diamond ring in his hand.

"So will you, Marly?" Axel said softly, smiling.

"Most definitely, yes," he sniffled, and Axel slid on his ring. Marluxia nearly jumped in his arms in tears and everyone cheered. Demyx, Zexion, Chuck, and another server Mike came out of the bathroom looking more than ruffled.

"What'd we miss?"


I made myself cry with the ending. So, one more chapter to go of our adventure! Stay tuned. XD

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SB