Disclaimer: You should know by now.

Author's note: So I had a dream that Quinton Flynn cosplayed as Axel. Let me just say, the man may do Axel's voice, but he does NOT look like him at ALL. It was really freaking weird...

So this chapter has bumped the rating of my story up to Mature. My pervertedness got the better of me and I ended up writing a little lemony goodness...no worries, it's barely anything.

Anyways, thanks so much to all of my amazing reviewers! You are the only reason why I write. Seriously, I really appreciate you taking time out of your life to comment on my writing. It encourages me so much. Oh man, I can't express my thanks enough. I wish all of you who have this on alerts would review. Please enjoy this next chapter.

Partners in Crime

Chapter Ten: The So-Called Friend

Roxas played with the food on his plate uncomfortably, trying to act like he didn't notice Riku was staring at him. After he and Axel brought their stuff inside Riku had told them that Axel could stay in the spare room and Roxas could sleep on the couch. Automatically things became awkward...the conversation went a little something like this:

"No, it's alright; Roxas and I can sleep in the same room."

Riku stared. "Oh. So you're that type of friend." He stated, looking at Roxas.

Roxas blushed and Axel scratched the back of his head. "Y…yeah…" they said unanimously.

Axel had gone off into the room to sleep and now Riku and Roxas were having dinner together. And extremely awkwardly dinner. Why? One, because Roxas barely even knew anything about this guy. Two, Riku would not stop staring at him and it was getting really fucking annoying. And it wasn't like it was an uptight-glare type of stare. It was more a curious one, like he was studying Roxas.

Roxas hoped that they would not being staying here for long. They were only an hour or two away from Canada, after all! He decided he should probably try to make some conversation, since he was going to be staying here.

"So how'd you an Axel become friends?" He asked curiously.

"He was in my gym class." Riku shrugged from across the table. "We made a good team. I'm always willing to help Axel out."

Wow. This guy was really descriptive.

"How'd you and Axel become lovers?" Riku sat forward as he said this, brushing his bangs out of his eyes.

Roxas choked on his food. He laughed nervously, "Um, that's a long story…" He shoved some more food in his mouth so he wouldn't have to talk anymore. The conversation thing was a bad idea. And he really didn't want to tell this guy the details about him and Axel…

The rest of the dinner passed in awkward silence and afterwards Riku rose, saying he needed to head to work. Roxas said goodbye and internally jumped for joy. Ugh. He understood that he and Axel needed to stay places that were best for hiding out…but seriously. This was almost worse than that slut.

After wandering around the house for a while, looking for something to do, Roxas pulled on a green sweater and walked outside, shoving his hands in his pockets. He gazed out at the beautiful scenery, his breath visible from the cold. Wow. It really was gorgeous here. He stepped down from the doorstep and began walking towards the forest. He might as well explore a little bit while Axel was sleeping. His feet crunched through the glistening snow, and he sighed happily. Well, at least there was one good thing about staying here, it was beautiful. He was almost to a group of trees when he felt a ball of snow hit the back of his head. He gasped, stiffening and shuddering as remainders of it melted down his neck. He turned around slowly to see who his attacker was.

Axel.

Axel was in his trench coat, laughing hysterically. Roxas's fists shook at his sides and he growled with anger. What an asshole. First leaving him to have dinner all alone with the girly man from hell, then ruins what was going to be a nice nature walk. Roxas turned and stooped down to make a snowball of his own and felt a snowball hit his butt. Axel laughed some more. Roxas aimed a snowball at him but narrowly missed.

Axel was now bent over, clutching his stomach from laughter. Oh, man. That set up was just perfect. He had woken up, wondering where Roxas was, and found him out in the snow, completely vulnerable. The kid was just asking to get hit with a snowball. Axel's laughter died and he was finally able to breathe again. He looked up to see Roxas running towards him, a determined expression on his face.

Oh shit…

Axel turned and tried to run back to the house, but it was too late. Roxas tackled him from behind, causing Axel to fall face first into the snow. Roxas laughed maniacally from his sitting position on Axel, pinning him down.

"Rockashpeasegetorf" Axel mumbled from the snow.

"Huh?"

"GET. ORF."

Roxas lifted himself up and Axel rolled over. Roxas sat back down on him again and smiled triumphantly. The red head wiped snow off his face and smiled lopsidedly at the teen.

"Hey there, Roxas."

"Hi. Have a nice sleep?"

"Yup."

"That's great." Roxas said sarcastically. "Because I was stuck here all alone with Riku! What is with that guy? Why are you even friends with him?"

Axel laughed. "Ah, I'm sorry. I was just really tired. And he takes a bit of getting used to."

"Getting used to? He would not stop staring at me!"

"Really? Huh." Axel murmured, thinking, and then said casually, "I wouldn't worry about it."

"Of course you wouldn't…" Roxas said, crossing his arms.

Axel sat up and kissed Roxas. "Don't worry about it." He whispered to him, running a hand through the blonde's hair. Almost instantly Roxas felt more relaxed. "Riku's probably just wondering why we're staying with him. I haven't gotten the chance to tell him why yet, after all."

"…What are you going to tell him?"

Axel smiled and looked down at the snow. "Uh…I don't know yet. Not sure if telling him the whole story would be the best thing."

"Yeah." Roxas agreed.

"I'll think of something." Axel said reassuringly. He pulled Roxas's face in to his and kissed him, sliding his tongue into his mouth. They kissed in the snow until Axel pulled away and said, "Let's go do this somewhere else, I'm freezing my ass off." He grabbed Roxas's butt and stood, picking the boy up along with him.

"Whaaa!" Roxas cried in surprise, wrapping his arms around Axel's neck and his legs around Axel's waist frantically to make sure he didn't fall over. "Axel, put me down!" he cried nervously.

Axel only laughed and carried a somewhat struggling Roxas back up to the house. Once they got to the door Axel set Roxas down and pinned him against it. He kissed him roughly, pressing up against him. He really couldn't keep his hands off the boy. Once he heard Roxas moan his name, he couldn't stop himself. "Let's go inside and make some heat." He said softly.

"No…Axel…" Roxas sighed. "I don't feel comfortable doing that in someone else's house."

Axel groaned and pulled away. "Oh come on, Roxas! He won't know! Besides, he's my friend, and friends always let friends get laid." He leaned in for another kiss but Roxas turned his face away. Axel sighed and kissed him on his cheek. "Fine, I understand. Let's just watch TV or something, then." Ugh. TV was so boring compared to making out with Roxas…

Fifteen minutes into the movie they were watching Roxas felt Axel run a hand up his leg. "Axel…" he warned, grabbing Axel's hand.

"What? Come on, this movie is so boring." He whined, leaning towards Roxas.

"Axel, it only just started!"

"I'm sorry Roxas; I just can't control myself around you…" He pulled Roxas into him with the hand that Roxas was holding, wrapping his other arm around Roxas's waist. He kissed the blonde, intertwining his fingers with Roxas's. Roxas gave in, kissing back, "You're pretty irresistible yourself, Axel…" he breathed, pulling away and running a hand through Axel's hair.

"Then how come you're able to resist me so easily?" Axel asked him with a questioning smile.

"It's not easy, believe me…" Roxas whispered, kissing the man again. He allowed Axel to lower him so he was lying against the arm of the couch. As Axel kissed his neck he said, "Axel…did you and Riku ever…" Roxas trailed off, looking away from the man.

Axel stopped and raised himself up, looking at Roxas incredulously. "No!" Axel said, sounding disgusted. "Oh, God, no. Ew." He laughed, smoothing out Roxas's hair with his hand. "No, Riku's just a friend." He sat up now and ran his fingers through his own hair, smiling. "Man, you get jealous easily, don't you?"

Roxas felt heat rise up to his cheeks and he sat up too, saying "No, I was just wondering!"

Axel only grinned wider and slung and arm around the Roxas's shoulder, resting his head against the boy's soft blonde hair. "Whatever you say, Roxas. Now let's finish watching this movie, it looks like it's finally starting to get interesting," he said as someone on screen got shot in the head.

Axel took a drag on his cigarette, glancing over at Riku, who was sitting in a chair on the porch next to him.

"…So let me get this straight. Roxas's father was abusing him. You found him on the street and took him back to your place to take care of him. One thing led to another and now you're with each other. And you're going to Canada so Roxas never has to go back to his dad. Is that right? Why didn't you just go to the police about it?" Riku asked Axel suspiciously after summarizing the lies Axel had been feeding to him.

"Uh, Roxas's dad is a police man! Head of the department in fact. No one would have believed it. Besides, Roxas already was little delinquent, they would have just thought him a liar." Axel thought up quickly. Alright that story was believable enough…he hoped. "Don't worry; we'll be out of here in a few days."

Riku sighed and leaned back in his chair. His expression was unreadable. "Well, I'm glad I'm able to help out. Poor kid."

"Yeah," Axel agreed, bringing the cigarette back towards his mouth. "Poor kid." Sadly that was the only statement Axel could say was true out of everything he had told Riku…

"Do you love him?"

Axel coughed, flicking ashes off of his cigarette. "Excuse me?"

"I asked you if you love him." Riku repeated.

Axel ground his cigarette out, standing up abruptly, making Riku jump a little. For some reason that question really pissed Axel off. He crossed his arms and looked out at the forest. "That's none of your business, Riku."

Roxas flipped over his position for what felt like the one hundredth time night, sighing deeply. He heard Axel groan and then mumble, "Go to sleep Roxas…"

Roxas turned towards the man, who was clutching onto his pillow, eyes closed and brow furrowed. "I'm sorry, Axel, I just can't stop thinking about Riku."

"Go into his room then…" Axel mumbled.

"I'm serious Axel. I think he's suspicious." Roxas whispered worriedly.

Axel groaned and flipped over, opening his eyes a little and looking up at the ceiling. He brought a hand to his face and rubbed the sleepiness out of his eyes. "How many times do I tell you not worry, that nothing's going to happen, and then everything turns out fine?"

"Hmm, let's see. First, you assure me that it's safe to be out in public but then my face is on the front page of a newspaper. Then a policeman shows up at our door, you insist he has no clue who I am, then he ends up calling the whole department on our asses."

Axel rolled over and propped himself up on his elbow. "That may be, but how about when we went gambling, huh? You were worried, and nothing happened!"

"Yeah, something happened. You got picked up by a slut!"

"And you were worried that I would sleep with her, but I didn't! And then, you were worried about using her credit card. But that turned out fine, didn't it? You were worried someone would catch us swapping license plates, too, but no one did."

Roxas was silent.

"And then…" Axel continued, running a hand up Roxas's leg. "You were worried about having sex with me." Roxas's heart race quickened as he felt Axel's hand reach in between his legs. "But that turned out fine, didn't it?" Axel leaned down, kissed Roxas and slid his hand into the boy's pants. "No, it didn't turn out fine…" He breathed between kisses as Roxas moaned at Axel's caressing movements. "No…it turned out amazing." Axel now felt fully awake and moved himself over so he was on top of Roxas. The younger boy was gasping too much to respond and Axel grinned. "And don't I always have to do something to relax you?" He whispered into Roxas's ear, nibbling on it. "Not that I'm complaining…" Roxas arched under him, moaning loudly as Axel's hand quickened its pace. "A…Axel…you should stop…" he whimpered. "Riku might…" Roxas trailed off with a gasp of pleasure. "…Riku might hear us…"

"You worry too much…" Axel said softly, returning once more to Roxas's mouth, kissing him deeply.

Roxas awoke to find himself alone in the bed, the sheets disheveled next to him. He could still see the indent that Axel's body had made on the bed. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, glancing at the clock. It was almost noon. Roxas groggily got out of bed and stretched, walking out into the kitchen where Riku was making breakfast.

"Where's Axel?"

"He went out to buy some groceries for me. He insisted on doing so, to pay me back for letting you guys stay here. I'm sorry to hear about what happened to you."

Roxas sat down in one of the chairs, eyeing Riku warily and mumbled "thanks". He had no idea what Axel had told him about himself and he hoped Riku wouldn't press the matter.

"Here." Riku said, holding out some waffles to Roxas, who happily took them. Huh. Riku seemed a bit friendlier this morning.

"Hey, my favorite show is on, I don't want you eating in here alone, come watch it with me." Riku said, inclining his head towards the living room. Roxas smiled and carried his plate in, sitting on the couch next to the man.

Riku turned on the TV looking excited. It was the first time Roxas actually saw him smile. Roxas turned back to see what Riku was so intent on watching. His face turned into one of disbelief when he saw what channel Riku had turned to. The Disney channel?

Riku's grin widened when a boy with brown, spiky hair popped on screen. The intro to the show began, showing the characters of Donald Duck and Goofy. "This is my all-time favorite show!" Riku said excitedly. "I never miss it." He turned towards Roxas and his grin faded, he did a double take looking between boy that was on the screen and Roxas. "Whoa…you look just like Sora!"

Roxas made a face and crossed his arms. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He heard it all the time. Especially from the annoying little preteens at school. Yes, he was always being told about what a striking resemblance he had to the teen heartthrob. "Look, I'm going to go back into the kitchen to eat, okay? I don't like this show." Roxas moved to get up but saw Riku turn off the TV. He turned back towards him questionably and found the man's cerulean eyes staring into his own. "I knew there was something about you…" Riku breathed leaning forward. "I knew it…as soon as I saw you…but I just couldn't place my finger on it."

Riku was now dangerously close to him and Roxas felt extremely uncomfortable and was getting increasingly weirded out.

"I'm Sora's number one fan…and you look just like him." Riku said, suddenly grabbing Roxas by the waist and pulling him in close to him. Roxas gasped and tried to push Riku off of himself. "What the hell are you doing?!"

Riku glanced over at the front door of the house, and then turned back to Roxas with a smirk. "You know…Axel's not going to be back for a while…" Riku said, nuzzling Roxas's neck. Roxas pushed at him, "Get off of me!"

"Wow. You even have Sora's eyes! Do you mind if I call you Sora?"

"Yes, I mind!"

"I know you're with Axel…but that's okay…you can call me Axel if you'd like…I can even act like him," Riku explained, while Roxas still squirmed to get out of his grasp. "Listen: Sora, you're a sexy bitch, got it memorized?" Riku said, trying and failing miserably at imitating Axel's voice. "See?"

Roxas pitched himself forward trying to escape so that both of the men fell off of the couch. "Sora, what are you doing?" Riku still had a firm grasp on Roxas's pants and as the boy tried to crawl away they were pulled down a little. "Aw, don't try to play hard to get, Sora…" Riku whined.

"Axel!" Roxas cried in desperation, feeling Riku pulling his pants down more.

"That's right, I'm Axel, got it memorized? Mmm…" Riku sighed deeply as he clutched onto Roxas from behind in a forced hug. "I wonder if Sora feels like you, too. I bet he smells just as good, or better!"

As much as Roxas tried to get away, Riku was bigger than him and had a firm grip. Riku grabbed the boy and flipped him over, grasping onto Roxas's wrists, pinning him down.

"Now Sora-"

Riku was interrupted by the front door swinging open, "Hey I'm back with- WHAT THE FUCK?!" Axel cried, dropping the groceries and staring at the scene in the living room.

"Axel! Help!" Roxas yelped from underneath Riku.

Axel rushed over and pulled Riku off of Roxas, throwing the man aside. First he stooped down to Roxas, making sure no clothing was removed. "Are you alright Roxas?" He asked, not being able to hide the concern in his voice.

"Yeah…" Roxas managed to say.

Now Axel turned on Riku, who was pushing himself up off of the floor. Axel grabbed him by his collar and slammed him against the wall.

Riku tried to pull away, explaining nervously "Axel, let me explain…h-he just looks so much like Sora! It's not like I actually like-"

"Shut the fuck up, Riku," he growled, pulling a fist back to punch him.

"Don't!" Roxas cried from the ground.

Axel turned his head to look back at Roxas, confused. "Roxas, this so called friend of mine just tried to fuck you while I was out getting fucking groceries! Please don't tell me you don't want me to beat the living shit out of him!"

Roxas pulled his pants up and stood, brushing himself off. "No, Axel." He said, walking up to Axel and placing a hand on the arm that was holding Riku. He looked up into the man's face and said, "Let's just go pack our things, and get out of here."

Axel stared at him, then looked back at Riku who was trying still trying to escape his grasp. After a moment Axel released him. "Fine."

Riku grabbed Roxas's arm as he and Axel headed towards the spare room. "Oh thank you, Sora- I mean, Roxas!"

Axel turned around and punched him in the face.

Roxas gathered his things uncomfortably as he listened to Axel cursing under his breath about Riku.

"Axel, where can we go now?" he asked cautiously, trying to stop the red head's rant.

Axel straightened up from packing his suitcase and ran a frustrated hand through his hair. "I don't know Roxas!" he cried, frustrated. "I don't want someone to fucking molest you again." He looked over at Roxas, who looked hurt at his outburst, even a little ashamed. "Um…we could go stay with my pal Luxord." Axel said quickly, calmer this time. "Guy's a fucking master at cards; he taught me everything I know."

Axel tossed a pair of pants into his suitcase and walked over to Roxas, pulling him into an embrace. He sighed deeply as he held him, trying to relax himself.

"Look, don't worry Roxas. Everything will be fine," he reassured the boy, running his fingers through the blonde's hair. "I'm so sorry about Riku…but seriously..." He pulled away and held Roxas as arm's length, "Please let me kick his ass."

Roxas smiled a little and said, "No. It would be pointless."

"Oh no, there would be a point. Revenge, Roxas. R-E-V-E-N-G-E. Got it memorized?"

"Please, just don't. Don't waste your time."

Axel sighed and kissed Roxas on the forehead. "Fine. But only because you asked me not to."

The distant sound of police car's sirens reached the two men's ears, breaking the moment.

Roxas stiffened in fear and Axel's eyes widened. "What the..."

Axel threw open the door to the spare room and stormed into the kitchen where Riku was holding his nose with a blood soaked tissue. The sounds of the police cars sounded like they were coming closer.

"Did you call the fucking police on me for punching you in the face, you little pussy?" he asked in disbelief.

"No," Riku said defiantly. "I called the police because of the real reason you're here. Because your little Sora clone is a murderer."

"What?!" Axel made a movement to rush at Riku, but he felt Roxas's hand wrap around his arm, holding him back, "Axel, let's just get out of here!"

"That's right." Riku smirked, ignoring Roxas. "I'm not an idiot. I did my research and I know that you two are on the run for killing some guy named Seifer. You shouldn't have lied to me, Axel. And you shouldn't have punched me in the face."

"Well you shouldn't have tried to fucking molest Roxas!" Axel cried, desperately trying to wrench his way out of Roxas's arms. "I should burn your fucking hair off, you fucking traitor!"

"Look who's talking, liar. I don't like my place being used as a hideout for criminals." Riku said, crossing his arms.

"Axel, let's go!" Roxas said anxiously, pulling at Axel's arm. "Come on, we're going to get caught!"

"Let me beat the shit out of this motherfucker first!" Axel yelled, breaking free of Roxas's grasp. He ran towards Riku, swinging at the man's face.

"AXEL!" Roxas cried frantically, hearing car tires on the gravel of driveway outside, the sirens screaming in his ears. "AXEL LET'S GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!"

Axel turned towards Roxas and his fury turned into fear, finally hearing the cars outside. Riku took advantage of this and punched Axel in the gut, running away from him. Axel doubled over, clutching his stomach. Roxas ran up to him and grabbed his hand, dragging him out of the front door as quickly as he could.

They were met by a semi-circle of police cars, the officers getting out and pointing guns at them.

"Don't move!" A man cried into a megaphone. "Put your hands in the air where we can see them!"

Roxas raised his hands into the air, shaking. This can't be happening…His heart was racing a million miles a minute; he looked over at Axel, who looked terrified. This scared Roxas even more. It was hopeless. They were caught.

End note: I love making Roxas such a worry wart...oh please don't hate me, Riku fans. I just couldn't resist the "Sora" thing. Just too funny for me to pass up. Not meant to be a bash against him.