Roxas sat on the ledge of the clock tower eating ice cream…alone…again.
Axel was still missing, reportedly dead, Demyx was out doing Demyx things like buying styling product and dancing to his own music. And Roxas didn't even want to think about Xion. She was creepy, and he just couldn't handle that right now.
She kept following him and leaving sea shells on his pillow. It was really starting to freak Roxas out.
"Oh well," licked his ice cream, Roxas felt a bit sad that the sea salt ice cream was comforting, but it seemed now like his only link to Axel. "Just you and me I guess,"
"Just you and me huh? Just like old times."
Roxas's heart skipped a beat. That voice, it could only be one person, "Axel!" Roxas said with his blue eyes getting bigger. "Is that really you?"
Axel laughed, "The one and only Axel, got it memorized?"
Roxas laughed so hard he thought for a moment he would fall over. He steadied himself then sprang to his feet to hug Axel, "I thought you were dead, what the hell happened?"
Axel sighed, "I was lucky. The others? Not so much."
Roxas frowned "Well at least your back,"
"Yeah," Axel said as he pulled Roxas into another hug, "God, I missed you Roxas."
Roxas blushed, "Me too,"
The scene shifted again, they were still on the clock tower, but it was a different day.
"I got a secret for you." Axel said in a sing song voice. "I love you," he whispered into Roxas's ear. "Feel better?" he said raising his eyebrows.
Roxas smiled, "Yeah," he said quietly, "Took you long enough you big dummy!" he shouted, and then grabbed his head to give him a big smooch.
They kissed for a moment, breathless and sloppy kisses. Axel pulled away, "Roxas, you animal!" he said and pulled him in for another kiss.
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Roxas woke up with a start, "He loves me," he said quietly and touched his lips. "He kissed me!" he did a little wiggle dance and didn't even care if he was acting like a little school girl. "This is what he wanted to tell me, I'm sure of it!" Roxas said with a triumphant laugh.
"Roxas!" Sora said,
"What is it you adorable dopey creature!" Roxas could not contain his excitement.
"King Mickey is here! He's given most of The Organization their heats already, the ones that are still alive anyways, but I told him to leave Axel and Demyx for when you get out. So they're on their way right now. He's going to bring you out right now, though 'kay? See I told you, out in a jiffy!"
Roxas couldn't help the huge goofy grin on his face, "Perfect timing!"
He lay on the floor of Sora's mind with a wide grin. "Gonna see Axel soon…" he started to feel light headed all of a sudden and his body had a creeping tingling sensation that was spreading quickly all over his body. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them, he was now laying on a carpeted floor surrounded by a big group of people.
"Well that was easy and painless," Roxas mumbled
He rose to his feet and looked around the room, "Kind of odd to be out now," he looked out the window a squinted into the sunlight.
"Roxas, you ready to get your heart?"
Roxas looked down to see the three feet tall mouse king looking up at him expectantly.
"Sure," he said, "I guess Axel and Demyx aren't here yet?"
"Not yet, but they should be here soon," Mickey said.
"Oh ok. Well I guess I'm ready."
King Mickey took Roxas hand and looked up at him intensely. He started to feel a little tickle that traveled from his stomach to the left side of his chest.
Mickey's serious face dissolved into a smile, "Alight, all done! You now have a heart!" he chuckled
"Really? That's it?" Roxas said raising his eyebrows.
"That's it."
"Wow, and to think, we were going to bring total destruction to get them."
"So Roxas," Sora said, "How do you feel, do you feel ok?"
Roxas shrugged, "Don't really feel any different, just a bit hotter."
"That's for sure,"
Roxas looked in the direction of the voice, "Axel! You're here too Demyx."
"So you remember me now?" Axel said as the two tall boys stepped out of the shadowy portal.
"Of coarse, I got it memorized."
Axel shook his head and gave a small laugh.
The two boys stared at each other for awhile then Axel said, "Oh come here," and he scoped Roxas up in a huge hug.
"I missed you," Axel said pulling away.
"I missed you too," Roxas said giving Axel a small peck on the mouth.
Axels eyes widened, "So you remember now?"
"Yeah, I remember everything."
"Ahh! Ohh! It tickles! Hehehe!" the two looked over at Demyx who was giggling like a little girl as he was getting his heart.
"Ok, all done, your up Axel!" Mickey said.
Axel released Roxas from the hug. "Alright I'm ready," he said.
Mickey took his hands and Axels only reaction was to widened his eyes a bit.
"How do you feel?" Roxas asked when Mickey was all done.
Axel took his hand, "The same, just a bit hotter, but I still love you just as much," He said and kissed his hand.
"Oh, the fact that you are hotter is because you have your blood pumping through you now. No need for the big black cloaks!" King Mickey said.
"Aww, I like these." Demyx said with a whine.
Axel laughed, "You can keep them dummy, you just don't need them anymore. So what now?" He said turning to King Mickey.
"Well you can go live anywhere you guys want, its up to you. Don't worry about the whole being in an evil organization thing either, water under the bridge."
Axel smirked, "So you want to live with me?" He said looking down at Roxas.
Roxas smiled and started nodding dumbly, "Yup, but what about Demmy?"
They both looked over at Demyx who was sulking in the cover, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine…" he looked down at the floor.
"Don't be silly, you can come with us!" Axel said.
Demyx looked up with big eyes, "Yes!" He said punching his hand in the air. "We are going to have sooo much fun! Oh yes, this is going to be awesome, whooo!"
Axel laughed, "Well, time to go house hunting."
So Roxas is out now, what will become of them all?
find out in the next chapter! sadly though, I won't be able to post something everyday for a little while. I wish I could, but hey, ten chapters in seven days is a pretty good up keep, eh? I have a busy buys next week or two. Gah, darn holidays. As aslways, I hope you guys enjoyed and I'll try to update ASAP