Wordcount: 419
Dedication: c a r a m e r u
a w k w a r d .ness
Things were nervous between them for a while.
Whenever reruns of The O.C. were on, both Roxas and Axel would colour at the sight of Princess Sparkle and the mention of nosegrazes. Especially those 'sexually charged' ones.
At the table, Roxas would hurriedly find a seat away from the flame-haired man, blue eyes downcast, while Axel in turn would pretend to ignore him and the curious glances directed his way by the rest of the order.
Axel's infamous temper seemed to be flaring up even more than usual as of late, and Roxas was quieter than ever.
If by accident they touched, there would be no more interaction between the two for the rest of the day.
An uncomfortable silence accompanied the pair at all times; and yet despite all this, they were always doing all their tasks together, always holding themselves aloof from the others. It was enough that the moment the duo silently left the living room to go to their rooms late at night, Marluxia would release an explosive sigh, Larxene would facepalm, and Demyx would groan – every single time – "The sexual tension is killing me!" It was a common ritual for several weeks, and although they all knew what was going on, no one could work out how it had begun. Not even Axel and Roxas knew.
Things all came to a head one day though, as was bound to happen.
That day, Roxas was silently trailing Axel, a mere step behind, through almost blindingly white halls in the east wing of Castle Oblivion.
Axel was increasingly tense, the small teen noticed, with each turn they took. Several times they nearly locked gazes, and each time the green eyes darted away first.
Then suddenly, they rounded another corner, and Axel stopped suddenly – so suddenly that Roxas actually threw himself to the side against the wall to avoid tumbling into his friend.
Axel spun on his heel ready to say something, only to see Roxas pressed up against a wall, breathing hard. Ahaha. Not good for Axel's control, seeing his friend in such a state in a deserted corridor. Axel's reaction was immediate and unthinking, and went something like this:
>>jump.
>>lunge.
>>grope.
A bit of smothering came in, too.
Roxas didn't object. He wouldn't if he could have anyway – he was a very sensitive person, and didn't like to hurt his friends' feelings.
He was very sensitive in more ways than one, though, and that made it impossible for him to do anything but gasp.
There we have it. I'm so sorry it took me so long; I didn't mean to leave it for this long, honest! Although my friend returned tody and talking to her and her fangirliness prompted me to post this, such as it is, because i know I left it way too long. Haha. And. Um. I think this could've done with a bitmore editing, but for the life of me I couldn't think of what. This one's forHana-chan! Enjoy! Dot.:grins: Review for a free akuroku toy! Oh god. That just sounds so wrong. But yeah. I'm aiming for 6000 hits with this one! Come help me!
Ciao!
Tally. SilverAuthoress. Rikku. AngelKairi.
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