I immediately called Axel when I got home. I spent the next couple of hours on the phone with him. I decided not to tell him what had had happened on my way back home. If Axel knew he would've killed Marluxia. We finally hung up after my mom threatened to disconnect the phones. Today was a school night and I knew I had to go to sleep but I couldn't. I was still a little scared and I was still shaking but I also wanted to talk to Axel. I wanted to hear his voice as I fall asleep, like I use to. The pain in my heart wouldn't go away until I saw him tomorrow.

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I practically fell out of bed when the alarm clock went off and instead of sleeping for another five minutes I immediately got up and got dressed. I went to bathroom and tried to fix my hair, which sounds easy but it really wasn't. After that I quickly ate my breakfast and dragged Sora's sorry ass out of bed. The damn brunette was the most annoying person in the morning. He took FOREVER to get out of bed and he was so slow! I was already in a hurry to see Axel and Sora's usually routine was very tedious. I almost wanted to dress him and brush his teeth for him but I restrained myself as I packed my backpack. He would be done soon enough...hopefully.

When Sora was finally done we said good bye to our mother and headed out the door, finally. I practically ran the whole way there! I wanted to see Axel, to have him hold me and his warm arms and to speak sweet words to me like he usually did, but when I got to school my heart sank. Axel was nowhere to be seen. He wasn't in homeroom and that had me worried. What if Marluxia had done something to Axel?! These worries didn't leave my mind as the day progressed. Science class approached and as expected we had a new teacher. This guy was definitely weirder than Vexen and quieter. He was a big dude with brown hair and blue eyes and he had this intimidating but somehow comforting voice. I never thought I would miss Vexen so much but I guess I never expected him to get murdered by some nut case.

"As you all must know Mr. Koori was murdered a couple of days ago," the man said, "I'm you're new science teacher Mr. Chikyuu and I would like to have a moment of silence for you're former teacher."

The room fell into silence. I looked at the faces next to me. They all seemed shocked and sad at the news. Most of them thought that it had been a rumor but now they knew it wasn't. Although I was sad that Vexen was gone I couldn't help but be sad that Axel wasn't here. Maybe it was too painful to come to school for him. I would have to go over his house later to see if he's ok.

Finally the final bell rang and I jumped out of my seat and ran down the hall, ignoring all of my friends and concerned teachers. I had to get to Axel. I didn't know why but something inside me was saying that he was in trouble. It was probably just me missing him but I wasn't about to take that chance. I hurried down the street towards Axel's house and rang the bell once I was on the porch.

A very confused and sick looking Axel opened the door and stared at me in surprise. I jumped and clung to him before he could say anything. I hadn't realized until now that I was crying. He put a comforting hand on my back; I could tell he wasn't wearing the gloves from the heat that burned my back, but I didn't care. I wanted to feel that warmth that he produced. I wanted to be embraced like this. He placed his fingers under my chin and made me look at him.

"What's wrong?" he asked. He sounded horrible. He sounded as if he had been gargling nails all day.

"Nothing. I-I just missed you," I lied. I knew what was wrong with me. I was still upset about the whole Marluxia thing from last night and I knew he wasn't going to drop it. He was going to ask until I finally told him and I really didn't want to. I didn't want him to worry about me.

"That's a lie Roxas," he said, "what's wrong? You wouldn't be here crying hysterically if nothing was wrong."

"Nothings wrong. Don't ask questions please just hold me."

He gave up for once and slipped his gloves on before he continued hugging me. We moved to the bedroom and sat on the bed as I dried my tears and he held me gently as if I would break if he held me tighter.

"Why won't you tell me what's wrong?" Axel asked.

"Axel just please drop it," I said, my voice sounding more cold than I intended it to be. That was going to make him even more concerned.

"I won't drop it," he said, pulling away from me as he stared into my blue eyes, "something is wrong and you won't tell me. Why?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Roxas please tell me. I worry about you and now you're not talking to me about your problems. Did I do something?"

"No no! Don't ever think that! I just don't want to talk about it."

"Roxas I'm not letting this go until you tell me. So you might as well tell me now."

"Axel just drop it! It's none of you're business!"

I wanted to take the words back immediately. I saw the pain in his eyes the moment I said those words. I wanted to hug him and tell him that I'm sorry but before I could he looked away and became silent.

"None of my business?" he asked, the hurt creeping in his voice. I could feel the tears stinging my eyes as I listened to how hurt he sounded. I went closer to him, but he just increased the distance, "Before I was you're boyfriend you talked to me about everything no matter what it was and now it's none of my business?"

"Axel I'm sorry...I just know that if I tell you something bad will happen," I said, my damn voice wouldn't stop shaking.

"Like what?" he asked, turning towards me

"You'll do something horrible. I know you will."

"...This has something to do with Marluxia doesn't it? What did he do Roxas?"

"N-Nothing."

"Roxas I know when you're lying to me! Tell me what he did! Did he hurt you!?"

"N-No...he...he almost did, but Zexion helped me before he could."

I knew actually what Axel was going to do. He was going to get up punch something and then I would I have to try and stop him from killing Marluxia.
"I'll be back," he said, getting up.

"Where are you going!?"

"Relax. I'm going to call someone."

"W-Who?"

"A friend."

I watched him dial the number and talk to whoever was on the other line. I was surprised at Axel's actions. Maybe it was because he was sick that he was actually thinking instead of acting. He hung up the phone and smiled at me.

"Problem solved," Axel said, sitting next to me

"Who did you talk to?"

"A friend of mine that's a police officer. He'll either arrest Marluxia or kick the living shit out of him. Either way is good."

I smiled at him and kissed his forehead. I was happy that he didn't do what I thought he was going to do. I truly was. I didn't want him to do something stupid and wind up in jail again.

"See? I can think rationally," He said, "I just don't it that often."

"I know. You had me worried though."

"I know why you didn't tell me but don't hide things from me just because you're worried about what I'll do. I won't do something that will take me away from you."

"Ok."

I claimed his lips with my own and let out a soft moan as I was pushed onto my back, Axel's arms circling around me. I didn't know why but his kiss felt different. It felt more passionate and comfortable as if he wasn't holding himself back anymore, which he wasn't. Before I knew it his tongue had slipped into my mouth and his hand was sliding up my shirt, feeling every curving and muscle that was on my chest.

I shivered at his touch and the kiss that followed. My whole body was reacting to everything Axel did. Ever move, every touch, everything. The pleasure that shot through me whenever he touched me was almost unbearable to bare but somehow I managed to. I arched my back slightly as his knee pressed against my groin. I needed him. I wanted him, but it would be selfish of me to ask him to do such a thing.

Somehow Axel managed to read my thoughts and was trailing down my pants. He slipped his hand under my boxers and I squeaked when I felt his fingers barely wrap around my erection. I couldn't take this. My body was going insane with pleasure. I couldn't keep it from shaking and twitching as his hand went up and down. My face must've been dark red since it was burning with embarrassment. I couldn't even believe that Axel was doing this. This was a side of Axel that I had never seen. The more seductive and irresistible side.

My fingers dug into the sheets, my head throwing back as Axel went faster. This truly was unbearable. I thought I was going to explode from too much pleasure. Finally I cried out Axels name, climaxing.

He chuckled and kissed my lips fiercely. I couldn't breathe properly. My breathes were irregular and hard to catch but once I finally got it under control I stared into his eyes.

"Why'd you do it?" I asked

"Because you wanted me to," axel said, "believe it or not I wasn't wearing my gloves when I did that."

"You weren't? I thought you were."

"Roxas remember when I was staying after school everyday?"

"Yeah?"

"I was staying after with Vexen because he was helping me control my fire problem. He had a similar problem but with ice. He helped me a lot."

"Why did you do it?"

"Because I knew you wanted me to be able to touch you. That's why I did it."

"Oh Axel."

Our lips embraced as a single tear slid down my face. I was so happy. I couldn't believe that my desires meant so much to him. It was the nicest thing that Axel had ever done, besides what just happened minutes ago.

For the next couple of hours we lied there just staring into each others eyes. This moment was perfect, but what made it perfect was that I was holding Axels hand without his glove on. I barely felt any pain, not that I would care either way.

"I love you," I whispered, sleep tugging at me.

"I love you too," he said, kissing my forehead, "sleep my angel."

I did as he asked and let sleep take over. The last thing I heard was the sound of Axel humming softly.