Holy crap. Oh my god. It... It can't be! But it is! A REAL CHAPTER, IN THE FLESH! THAT'S RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN(?), ADDICTED IS OFFICIALLY OFF OF HIATUS! *bows at applause* Man do I owe you all the biggest apology of the century. Took my long enough to update, right? It's been like a year! Not really, but close enough, right? God. Well I went back and tweaked a few things, and to my surprise... There wasn't much to do!

HOWEVER! I did rename many of the chapters, so that's why any of you who were already subscribed to this story may be confused about getting ten messages saying that chapters 2-10 have been uploaded. No worries, it's not a mistake, I just had to completely re-upload the chapter in order to change the names ^^''

So, without further ado, I present to you... Chapter ten of Addicted! *cheers*

Chapter 10

Never Have I Ever

It was that week. The week just before Halloween, which would be on a Friday this year, and just like every other year, there are only about two days left and I had yet to find a costume. Yeah, I still went trick-or-treating even though I'm seventeen going on eighteen. Plus, Hayner's older brother Seifer, who just turned twenty-one last month, has this huge Halloween party every year that we go to.

Axel and I had officially been together for about a week. It was kind of funny how it happened. The night that we both confessed he sent me a message around ten that said 'so... I'm gonna make an educated guess and say that I'm seme, right?' I was honestly laughing for about ten minutes while I replied to him with a 'yeah, you're seme'. I fell asleep with a smile that night. I didn't even have to tell Sora or Riku. The second they saw me the two grinned, and Sora patted me on the shoulder and said, "I approve, but don't expect us to cover for you all the time." Riku on the other hand, shook his head and smirked at me. "You're so screwed when your parents find out." I just nodded (glaring at Riku) and we continued on with our day.

Now it was Wednesday, and I found myself standing outside of some random Halloween and party store with Sora and everyone else (this included Hayner, Pence, Olette, Namine, Riku, Kairi, Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus) after school. Let me tell you, cramming that many people in two four-person cars was not a walk in the park. I thank the lord that I was the one driving and that I made it out alive.

"Okay," Sora said determinedly as we stood in front of the store, his hand curled into a fist and all of us standing in a circle as if we were having some extremely important meeting. I'm sure to Sora it was. "So here's the plan. We go in groups of two; Riku, you're with me. Wakka, you've got Tidus. Pence, you've got Kairi. Hayner, you can go with Olette. And Roxas, you'll be with Namine. Meet back at the entrance in one hour; if we need more time, we can split up again, but we meet in an hour, got it?" everyone nodded in agreement, putting our hands into the center. Sora counted to three, and everyone threw their hands into the air. "Move out!" With that, we all ran in through the doors, probably giving the workers a heart attack, and went our separate ways. Namine and I headed over to the costume section. I was honestly really glad I got Namine. She was probably the most mellow of us all, and I really didn't want to be running around with someone who would be bouncing off the walls and just... you get the idea. So, like the civilized (and shy) people we were, Namine and I searched through the racks of costumes, pointing out ones that we thought might be a good idea and making slight conversation. "So Roxas, you seem happier these days." She noted, pulling out a witches costume.

"Oh... really?" I said, trying to hide my face.

"Did you work everything out with your friend Axel?"

"Um... yeah, yeah we got things worked out." I nodded, suddenly becoming very interested in the costume in front of me. "Um... we're kind of... dating now..." I glanced up to see her smiling rather contently.

"That's good, I'm glad you two are together now. I could tell you really like him."

"Yeah." I nodded again, pulling out a Dracula costume, sighing, and putting it back. Was there nothing here that seemed to work? Everything seemed to be either very stupid or very... exposing... if you catch my drift.

Something suddenly slammed into my back, sending me lurching forward and almost hitting my head on the metal pole that the costumes hung on. "God dammit, Sora! What do you want?"

"Rooxxaasss, jeez, calm down! Just checking to see how you're doing!" He laughed, climbing off of me as Riku walked over from wherever he had been. "Find anything you like yet?"

"Not really." I sighed.

"Well, I think Riku and I have an idea for what you can be." Sora grinned evilly.

"No." I deadpanned. Judging by the look on Sora's face, whatever he wanted me to be was probably something extremely embarrassing and probably pretty suggestive. "Awe, but come on! Don't you want Axel to see you in a smokin' hot costume at the party?" he asked, nudging me in my arm. Wait... at the party. He didn't.

"Sora..." I growled warningly, my voice growing extremely dark. "Do not tell me you invited them to a party that isn't even yours."

"S-Seifer said you can bring friends..." he said – or more appropriately named, squeaked – shrinking back to take cover behind Riku. "Besides, this way you can hang out with him."

I groaned, smacking my face with my palm. Leave it to Sora to do something like this without even considering the person in question's reaction or any of the consequences. Not that I wasn't secretly extremely excited now, but that wasn't the point. The point was that Sora had not consulted me about it first. "Ugh, forget it, but I'm not wearing whatever kind of weird idea for a costume you have in mind."

"Awe, but you'd make such a cute devil..." Sora pouted, earning myself another self-inflicted smack on the forehead. "Okay, then how about... Cheshire Cat?" Okay, now that... wasn't really a bad idea.

"I doubt they have one that I could buy here, and we don't really have the time or skills to make one." I said.

"It would be super easy to make. All we gotta do is find some striped clothes and then a tail and ears. Ooh, I know! Okay, after this you and me and Riku are going to the mall." He said excitedly, and I was honestly kind of scared. Going to the mall with Sora was absolutely horrible. He was a fireball of energy and was running off into every store. I won't even start with how many times we've lost him when we try to go shopping with him there. Lets just say I stopped counting at fifteen.

The two left us with that, not even giving me enough time to protest. Namine laughed quietly at our interactions before going back to her browsing. "Sometimes I forget you two are related."

"Yeah, so do I." I sighed, watching as Sora skipped around the corner, singing some random song. If I heard right, it was I Can't Wait to be King, from the Lion King. Sometimes I worried about that kid.

..::Axel::..

Wednesday morning I was rather rudely glomped by a certain blonde haired coworker of mine the second I stepped foot into the store. "Axel, Axel guess what! Sora invited us to his friend's brother's Halloween party!"

"A Halloween party?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah! This guy named Seifer has this huuggee Halloween party every year, and Sora said that you're able to bring friends, and since Seifer's like, twenty-one that we could come too." He said excitedly, jumping up and down.

I struggled out of Demyx's grasp, leaving him to his bouncing. "Yeah, alright. Is it a costume party or what?"

"Costume! The party is this Saturday, so be sure to find something!" He announced, continuing to chat with Zexion about ideas for what they could wear. I just shook my head and went to hang up my coat and get to work, thinking up ideas for a costume. I hadn't really dressed up for Halloween since high school; usually the three of us would just buy a bunch of candy, get tons of soda and have a horror movie marathon. Guess things would be a little different this year. The idea of a costume got me thinking. Obviously since Sora ha invited us, that meant Roxas would be going, making my mind drift to the possibilities as to what he would be wearing. Okay, before you start freaking out on me, no, I was not thinking of some nasty erotic costume (god, you pervert). I was honestly curious as to what he would be wearing.

Demyx had the amazing idea that after work all three of us should go looking for costumes. Honestly, I was not too thrilled about this. Why? Because you have not seen Demyx when you let him run around loose a store. I probably wasn't even going to find anything anyway. Maybe a lab coat and an overly large screw, but that's about it. Oh, and makeup. I had finally decided on what I wanted to be a while before Demyx told us of his brilliant idea.

Costume shopping wasn't as bad as I had imagined it would be. Demyx was actually pretty calm... compared to how he usually is. By this I mean he wasn't running and screaming up and down every aisle of the store. Talking fast and jumping, maybe, but nothing else. We spent maybe two or three hours going from store to store until we got everything we needed for our costumes. We also went ahead and bought a bunch of candy and other junk to have our usual little party the night before, just to keep our tradition alive and well.

Part of me wanted to invite Roxas, but then I remembered that we'd most likely be drunk off our asses and that really wasn't something I wanted him to witness. Not that I was violent when I was drunk, the exact opposite, really. It was kind of scary how giggly and just… well, let's just say that what happens on those nights, stays there. Therefore, sorry dear readers, but our little Halloween party will be skipped over tonight.

And with that, it was Saturday morning and some Tylenol, Advil or whatever it is I had that was a painkiller was definitely on the menu of this morning's breakfast. I stumbled through the living room, tripping over Demyx on the way, who was oh so conveniently sprawled out on the floor. The idiot probably fell off the couch sometime during the night. That, or he was too lazy to move the rest of the way to get on it.

"Morning Zexion." I groaned when I got in the kitchen, because of course he would be awake with absolutely no side effects, because that's just Zexion for you.

"You're up earlier than expected. Usually the two of you sleep past noon." he commented, stirring a batch of eggs in the frying pan. Don't you just love how your friends don't ask before using your kitchen appliances?

"Really? What time is it?" I asked, searching the room for a clock.

"It's still ten in the morning." he said, tapping the little digital clock on the oven.

"Jeez, you're right." I said, crossing my arms and shifting most of my weight to my right, just because I could. "Well, should I wake up Demyx?"

"Just leave him for now." Zexion sighed. "Move him to the couch if you want, but let him sleep until breakfast is ready."

"Alrighty." I said, opening the fridge and pulling out a carton of milk, taking a swig straight from the bottle. That is until Zexion snatched it away. "What's the deal? It's my house!" I complained.

"Because you have guests who use it and it's just unsanitary and lazy. If you want some you should get a glass." he said.

"Tch, whatever." I rolled my eyes. "So what time is that party again?"

"It's from ten to whenever."

"Alright, thanks." I nodded, taking the container of milk back and putting it in the fridge. When Demyx finally woke up, we all ate our breakfast and – after much pestering – I managed to get the two to leave me in peace around two. Sigh… now to wait for Saturday.

::Roxas::

At ten o'clock Saturday evening, Sora and I were freaking out. My costume, thanks to Sora spilling his soda all over it, could not be worn, so we had to think of something new within the next fifteen minutes.

My entire closet had burst and was currently laying in pieces on my floor. I groaned; this was going to be hell to clean up later. Through all of my searching, I could only find one thing, and I wasn't sure if it even still fit me. My Firo cosplay from a year ago, though I could jus tell everyone I was being any random gangster. Plus I really liked the hat…

"Wait! I've got it!" Sora said suddenly, jumping out from my closet and dashing out the door. I raised an eyebrow and waited for five minutes as he ran to his house and back, carrying a bag. When he got back he threw it at me and told me to change quickly.

I stood in front of the mirror and my excitement for having a costume left me immediately. "Sora, I'm not wearing this."

"Why not? It looks awesome on you!" he grinned, giving me a thumbs up.

"I think I'll just wear my Firo costume…" I mumbled, starting to unbutton the jacket.

The doorbell rang and Sora grabbed my hand. "No time; you're wearing that whether you like it or not, now lets go!" he yelled, dragging me down the stairs without even giving me time to protest.

I sat, brooding in the car as we rode in Riku's car down to Hayner's house, Namine sitting on one side of me and Pence and Olette on the other. Namine giggled, poking my arm. "Wow Roxas, what happened to the cat idea?"

"Sora spilled soda on it…" I grumbled. My eyes widened when I noticed the look shared between Sora and Riku in the front seats. "Sora, you are so dead! You fucking planned this, didn't you!"

"Ah! Don't hate me!" Sora laughed/squealed, turning around to apologize. "But it was just too perfect! I saw it at the shop and I just had to get it for you! Besides, Axel's going to love it!"

I clamped my mouth shut to keep myself from blowing up at him in the car. How could he do this to me! My own cousin! Making me wear such an embarrassing costume in front of so many people, not to mention Axel and his friends… It wasn't that the outfit in itself was embarrassing, in fact it was pretty cool, but the motive behind it, and the idea one could get from it… that was what ticked me off. The little accessories just made it worse.

We arrived no later than ten thirty, the large house already crowded with people and music could be heard coming from inside. The trees and hedges were all decorated with fun Halloween decorations like spider webs and orange jack-o-lantern lanters hung above the porch. The six of us filed inside, weaving our way through the mesh of people until we found Hayner and the rest of our group.

Wakka whistled. "Jeez Rox, really putting it on for the ladies, huh?"

My face turned beet red. "S-shut up, Sora made me wear it." I grumbled, scanning the groups of people for other familiar faces as I adjusted my black leather hat. Bright red hair made me quickly turn my head to the group of three leaning against the staircase, talking animatedly with a few other people. I raised an eyebrow at the girl standing much to close to Axel, her over-exposed chest nearly pressing against his arm as she laughed too loudly at a joke she probably didn't even understand.

I felt hands push me and I stumbled forward, gaining my balance to turn and growl at Sora. He only winked before turning back to Riku. I rolled my eyes and made my way nervously over to Axel's group.

"Hey, Roxas!" He grinned, leaning off of the wall and – much to the girl's dismay – wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "Never pegged you as the type to wear suggestive costumes. And a police officer, no less."

My smile fell.

"Sora put you up to it?" he asked, laughing when I nodded glumly. I took that moment to examine Axel's costume – he was wearing a white lab coat with stitching running across it in random lines. He had the same stitching across his face, as well as his bare chest (and when I noticed he had nothing on under the coat my face brightened to no doubt an impressive shade red) and brown pants. An oversized screw was on his head, appearing to stick out on either side as if it had been drilled into the side of his head.

I raised an eyebrow. "Are you… Stein?" I asked.

Axel nodded, his grin widening when he realized I knew what he was cosplaying from. "Perfect for a Halloween party, don't ya think?" I laughed and nodded, trying not to stare at his chest too much, but holy shit did he have abs.

"Wow, Roxas! You're costume is so cool!" Demyx said excitedly, his conversation with Zexion over and he was now paying full attention to us. "Oh, and it comes with handcuffs." He grinned, playing with the pieces of metal hanging from my belt loop.

"Sora really went all out on this, didn't he?" Axel asked, an amused smirk on his face.

"Uh, yeah… it has other…" I cleared my throat, looking away. "…Accessories."

"Oh?"

"Anyway," I said, desperately avoiding a conversation that could become dangerous very quickly, "why don't we go dance or get something to drink? Might as well enjoy the party while it lasts, ha ha…"

"Yeah, I am pretty thirsty." He agreed, and while he stayed quiet about the previous topic I could tell his mind was wandering. Oh jeez.

::Axel::

To say the least, I had been surprised. Seeing Roxas in a pitch-black police uniform complete with shiny leather shoes and a hat to match threw me off a bit. The only signs of color were on his belt, which was yellow and black checkered, and the same pattern repeated in a ring around his hat. A pair of handcuffs hung off of one side of his belt loop, along with other random fake weapons on other sides. I raised my eyebrows when he turned around. He had a freaking whip with him.

Whoa there, buddy, calm down; do not go getting any crazy ideas just yet. Telling myself was useless, of course, and the more I noticed the outfit he was wearing the more it became obvious that Sora had put him up to it. No way in his life would Roxas wear something like that on his own free will… at least, not in public. I mentally slapped myself. Keeping my mind on track was going to prove to be a lot more difficult than I first thought.

The party itself was pretty uneventful. It felt like any other party I had been to; blaring music, sweaty bodies all pressed against each other, the random couples practically having sex, and you can't forget the drinking games. I wasn't much of a dancer, and voted to staying on the side. I did not want to grind or be grinded by some random, smelly stranger. And sadly, it was usually some drunk horny girl in an overly showy costume. Thanks, but no thanks.

To my surprise, Roxas and his friends actually joined in on a game of Never Have I Ever, the group sitting in a large circle around a coffee table in a less crowded part of the main floor. When I had found him after an hour or so of wandering the party, he grinned and called me over.

"Hey, wanna join? Go get Zexion and Demyx, too! The more there are, the more fun it is." He said, a nearly full cup of alcohol in his hand.

"Sure, I'll be right back, lemme go get them." I said, dashing off to the dance floor to find them as quickly as possible. Luckily the two were on one of the outer rings of people, so I didn't have to dive into the massive crowd. I grabbed the two and told them what we were playing before we ran back towards the group.

A couple other people had joined in as well, though I had never met them before. Not that I knew really anyone at the party anyone at the party anyway. I sat next to Roxas while Demyx and Zexion took their seats across from us, Sora making room next to him for the two. We crowded around the table with our shot glasses, listening as Sora explained the rules.

"Okay, the rules are simple! You have your glass. We go in a circle, and each person says 'Never have I ever…' and then pick something! Like, for example, never have I ever gone skinny dipping. And if you have, then you have to take a shot. Then we go onto the next person. Got it?" the brunette said, looking around quickly to see if anyone had any objections before starting. "Okay, awesome! So, never have I ever kissed a girl that is not my mother!"

I raised an eyebrow and took a shot, the other men groaning before taking shots of their own, except for Roxas and Demyx.

Next was a girl with brown hair that flipped out in about three directions. "Never have I ever gotten my nose pierced." Riku, Demyx and I took our respected shots.

A boy with noodle-like hair was up next. "Never have I ever gotten a tattoo." I took another shot, along with Demyx, Sora, Roxas, and a few other people I hadn't know. Wait- Roxas had a tattoo? How the hell? I'd have to remember to ask him about that later…

A small blonde girl had her turn next. "Never have I ever gone more than two days without drawing." Oh she was good. Everyone except for her groaned and took a shot while she sat there, an innocent smile on her face that just radiated evil.

Roxas was next. He thought for a moment before deciding. "Never have I ever… smoked a cigarette."

I winced. "Roxas, you wound me." I grinned, leaning against him slightly.

"Sorry, but I've gotta do what I gotta do." He said, shoving me away. I noticed that more than half of the group had to take a shot, myself included.

The game continued for a while, but as it went on the number of people around the table dwindled. Sora was laying in Riku's lap, occasionally throwing his arm in the air if he had something to say. Roxas was swaying slightly, his eyes glazed over. Demyx was giggling hysterically and even Zexion was looking a bit affected by the amount of vodka he'd had. We called it quits when the blonde girl – Namine – had ran off to the bathroom before throwing up on the carpet. It had to be after two in the morning now, and I was starting to feel pretty loopy myself.

Standing up, I held onto the wall for a second to gain my balance and make sure I wouldn't fall over and make a fool of myself in front of everyone. A few of the others that had stayed around ran off to go dance, and Roxas stood next to me as well, informing everyone that he needed to use the bathroom before stumbling off up the stairs.

Despite my more bubbly attitude thanks to the vodka (though I wasn't completely drunk yet – no – it took a lot more than that to get me fully drunk) I was still not feeling up to dancing with the random – even sweatier – people that were out there, and decided to take a look around the house. Hey, maybe I'd be able to find some real food around here.

After about fifteen minutes I found myself upstairs, exploring the random rooms and apologizing loudly when I accidentally walked in on a very passionate couple more than once. My little adventure was stopped when a door nearly smacked me in the face, Roxas appearing on the other side.

"Oh, heeyy Axel." He grinned, closing the door behind him.

"Hey Roxy." I grinned back, slightly leaning over him as I rested my arm on the wall beside us. "What brings you here?"

"Oh, you knoooww… just some random party~" he said, leaning closer. I raised an eyebrow, amused that his gaze seemed locked on the opening of my lab coat. He grabbed the edges, gently tugging me down to his level and pulling me into a sloppy kiss. Surprisingly, he wasn't as bad a kisser as most people were when so drunk, though he still tasted like alcohol. But then again, I did too.

Before I knew it the kiss had escalated from simple kiss to full-on make out scene. I turned over, pressing him against the wall as I held his face in my hands, his releasing my jacket and instead snaking their way under it. However, when he pulled away a moment of fear passed over me. Maybe we were going to fast? We were both drunk – him more than me, but still – did he just realize what he was doing?

All of the fear drained when he grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me down the hall. Wait a sec-

The door slammed open and our mouths were connected again, his hat gone and shirt almost completely unbuttoned. How the hell did he do that so fast? "Hey, Rox-"

"Shut up." He whispered, discarding the article of clothing before helping me slide off my coat. I couldn't hold back the very quiet moan that escaped when he bit at my lip. What, I had my quirks, okay? And biting was definitely one of them. That said, I broke the kiss just after he started it to attack his neck, biting and sucking at the flesh. From the sounds he was making, it was one of his weaknesses as well.

Roxas sat down, the bed that had been across the room just seconds ago now at our feet. He crawled backwards as I moved over him, detaching myself from his neck to kiss him roughly. God, the sounds he made…

But when I felt him pull at the button of my jeans, I froze. He was underage. He was drunk. I was pretty tipsy myself. We had only been going out for two weeks. This was wrong on more levels than one.

"Roxas, wait."

And of course, I leave you all with a cliffhanger ^^" No worries, though! The next chapter will be up in no time! I'm newly inspired with this story, so hopefully it wont be long before chapter 11 comes out! Thank you all so much for sticking with me on this, and even those of you who are new, thank you so much. You have no idea how much I love you all! Without your reviews and support, I probably never would have gotten back on track with this.

Until next time, and with lots of love and kisses 3

~Abbykinz