Ewon: so this came to me because I was force to play hide and seek the other night. And I apologize that my bedtime story is interrupting the flow of Leven's five chaptered story. But she needs a break and I hope you don't mind my short story.

Leven: I don't mind in the slightest :3 This story was really too cute xD


Forever We Promise

By: Ewonsama

"Ready or not here I come!" Sora called out when he finished counting against the tree trunk.

It was a Tuesday night and school was out for winter break. The air was cool but not too over barring for the teens and preteens to play a game of hide and seek. Some were neighbors and some family, all joined together out of boredom when the power went out.

To determine who would be it, they played a quick game of bubble gum. Aqua, the young fourteen year old with short blue air and a light shade of blue eyes, did the rhyme, tapping everyone's hand.

"Bubblegum bubblegum in a dish~" she said and it went on until Sora, a ten year old, spiky haired brunette with deep blue eyes, was deemed it.

The brunette past a parked car where a spiky blond, ocean blue eyed nine year was hiding. His name was Roxas and he was trying to hold his breath as his older passed by his hiding spot. Blue eyes traveled along with Sora and he did not breathe until the boy was wandering away from him and went to where Terra, a fifteen year old with short brown hair and azure eyes, was hiding.

He sighed in relief and relaxed a little, but that was short lived when he felt a hand clamp over his mouth. He tried to scream but was shushed. "Do you want him to come back?"

Roxas shook his head and was released. He took a breath and elbowed the person behind him. "What the heck Axel?" Roxas hissed.

Axel bit his lip, trying not to groan in pain, least he get Sora's attention. The redhead rubbed his abused stomach while glaring playfully with his cat like emerald eyes. "Relax, geeze, I was only playing." He quietly chuckled.

Roxas rolled his eyes and peeked through the car window to see where Sora went. The boy was chasing after Ventus, their older brother with strikingly similar looks to Roxas. The eleven year old screamed as he ran from the brunette. Of course playfully.

"Soooo where are the others hiding?" Axel whispered, watching the chase. In the corner of his eye, he saw Xion, Namine, and Kairi, all running to the tree Sora counted at. They tagged it and were safe from becoming it.

The three girls being triples, all with the same face and bright sky blue eyes. The only way to tell them apart was their hair color. The oldest was Kairi. The eleven year old had short auburn hair that came to her third vertebra. Next was her sister Namine with light blond hair going a little past her shoulders. And last but not least was Xion. Her hair was an inch longer than Kairi's but was black.

"I think Terra is hiding behind the wall and Vanitas is hiding behind a bush. Riku is probably up in another tree." Roxas looked around and spotted the sliver haired eleven year old. His aquamarine eyes shining just as bright as his silver hair swayed with some tree branches.

"Vanitas would hide behind a bush." The thirteen year old laughed behind said twelve year old's back. Vanitas was the oldest of Roxas' brothers and looked like Sora, only he had jet black hair and golden eyes.

"Shut up. I don't care how funny it is that he is hiding there." Roxas mumbled and crouched back down. He heard Sora complain about not being able to get Ven so he knew he was on the hunt again.

"So about tomorrow." Axel whispered, "My parents said you could come over and spend the night if it's all right with your folks."

"I don't think they would mind. Besides, my dad trusts your dad and so does mom. It's your mom they don't really like." Roxas whispered back, hearing Riku yell and a loud thump hit the ground.

"Yeah I know. Your dad is my dad's boss after all." Axel quietly chuckled and thought back to how he met all the Shinra boys.

His father Reno had been working for the company for years so it wasn't surprising when the family got an invitation to the youngest Shinra child's fifth birthday party. Though the nine year old Axel didn't even want to go at the time. He had met the other boys, Vanitas, Ventus, and Sora but he had never even seen the one called Roxas. Though he didn't really care since the kid was four years and two months younger than him. However he was forced to go and be kind to the birthday boy.

He remembered arriving at the house and then going off to play with the other kids, ignoring the fact that he should meet the birthday boy. It wasn't until an hour later that Axel had to pee did he wander around the house and managed get lost.

"Why is this place so big?" He whined, trying not to pee his pants. A few seconds before that could happen, he found his haven and used the bathroom. After which he cleaned up and tried to find his way back. Of course he just got himself even more lost in the process.

It wasn't until he heard crying in the distance that he decided to forget his current mission and figure out what the source of the sound was. He traveled down a few halls and looked in rooms as he passed. He found himself near the bathroom again and the crying got louder. "This way." He told himself going into the room across from the bathroom.

"Hello?" He asked, peeking into the bedroom that was cluttered with toys. In the corner, curled up in a ball against the wall, was a small boy with blond hair. "Ven?" Axel asked, but when he didn't get a response, the redhead walked over to the boy.

"Are you okay?" He asked, sitting on his legs in front of the boy. "Why are you crying? Are you lost too?"

The boy shook his head and tried to quiet his sobbing. He sniffled and spoke with a muffled voice, yet Axel was able to understand it. "I can't get lost in meh own home."

Axel stayed quiet as he tried to process what the boy had said and that if he wasn't Ven, then who could he be. The answer came to him quick so he took a chance to speak the name he thought belonged to the boy. "Roxas?"

The boy looked up with tears in his eyes. The shade of blue took Axel's breath away. The boy looked just like Ventus but to Axel, he could tell there was something different about him. He seemed to be quieter and the type to say how he feels. By the tears in his big baby blue eyes, Axel could tell something bad must have happened.

"How you know it me?" Roxas asked, making Axel bit his lip at the boy's horrible speaking skills.

'Remember, he just turned five.' He told himself before answering. "Because you said you lived here and I've already seen your brothers."

"Everyone saw 'em and, and, and think 'm Ventus. I am not Ven!" He cried and buried his face in his knees again.

Axel frowned and could feel the child's pain. He moved to sit beside him and put an arm around his shoulders. "You are Roxas and nobody else. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise. Got it?" Axel smiled at the blond when he glance up.

"Who you?" Roxas asked, wiping his tears.

"I'm Axel and your new best friend." The redhead grinned.

Roxas smiled back and the two began to laugh. They sat there with each other, talking about anything that came to their minds until someone found them. And from that moment on, the two boys became the best of friends.

"Axel run!" Roxas' cry snapped the redhead out of his daze and back I to reality.

"Huh?" He questioned but by the time he saw Roxas back a short distance away, he found himself being tackled to the ground by Sora.

"Axel's it!" Roxas yelled as he dashed to the tree base.

"Roxas you trader!" Axel growled but couldn't help his laughter.

Later that day, when the game came to an end, the two boys sat on the trunk of the car they hid behind, just staring up at the stars while everyone else played red light green light.

"Do you think we'll be friends when you go to high school next year?" Roxas asked a little timidly, keeping his eyes fixed to the stars.

Axel hummed in thought before flicking Roxas' forehead. The blond rubbed the spot and glared at the redhead. "Don't ask stupid questions and I won't flick you."

"What's so stupid about it? You're going to high school and I'll barely be going to fifth grade. You'll make more friends and then go to parties and do things I shouldn't even know about." Roxas fixed his gaze to his lap and then was flicked again.

"I said to stop asking stupid questions. It doesn't matter if any of that stuff is true. We are best friends for life. And come on Roxas, by the time I finish high school you'll be on your way." Axel said with a grin.

Roxas shoved his friend and sighed. "And then you'll go off to college and I'll be in high school. And then you'll get a job and I'll be going to college. Or you will be in college while you have a job and...we won't see each other as much."

Axel furrowed his eyebrows. He knew it was all true. He could say that they would still see each other but he couldn't tell what the future held and it scared him; probably just as much as it scared Roxas. "I don't know what's going to happen. But there is one thing I know Roxas."

"Yeah? What's that?" Roxas asked, lifting his head up curiously.

"My feelings for you." Axel said with a blush.

"What?" Roxas asked not sure he understood what Axel meant. Though he wasn't stupid, he was just worried about the true meaning behind it.

Axel gulped and turned his body to face Roxas fully. His cheeks turned pink as he leaned in and kissed the boy on the cheek. "I like you Roxas. More than I should and I know it's probably gross to you but I can't help it." Axel jumped off the car and began to walk away, not even bothering to wait for Roxas reaction.

The blond of course was frozen stiff. He had never been kissed before, even if it was on the cheek. His face became red and his heart pounded against his chest. 'Axel likes me too?' He thought and repeated it over and over until he snapped out of his trance and looked about for Axel. The redhead was across the street sitting on the side walk with his face buried in his hands. Roxas quickly jumped off the trunk and ran across the street. "Axel!" He yelled just missing getting hit by a car.

"Roxas!" Axel yelled back when he saw the blond after hearing his name. The car was so close and Roxas was within arm's reach. With quick reflexes, Axel was able to yank Roxas out of harm's way and land on the side walk with Roxas safely in his arms. "You idiot-"

"I like you too."

"-you almost got killed- what?" Axel was screaming at the boy but had to stop himself from the lecture when he thought he heard Roxas say he liked him.

"I...I like you too." Roxas whispered and kissed Axel's cheek back. "'M sorry. I should have looked before I crossed.

Axel nodded his head, his face set aflame. "Yeah...don't be stupid next time." He said hugging Roxas as the rest of the group ran over from seeing what apart happened. Though the two boys didn't even hear or care what they had to say as their eye locked with a silent promise to be in each other's lives, not matter what.

The end


Ewon: they kiss on the cheek cuz yeah, Roxas is a kid and what not.