No, I don't own kingdom hearts. They belong to Disney and Squeenix. However I am proud owner of any of the original characters that appear here unless stated otherwise
Summary: KeyToDestiny and DancingFlames are widely known over the internet. No one knows who they are, though. It is only known that one of them has two 'keys' tattooed and the other has piercing green eyes...
Ignoring the growing admiration to those two amazing models, Roxas is recovering from a suicide attempt and has moved back with his family to his old hometown, Destiny Islands, to start anew. In that same hometown a new life, old friends and wonderful challenges await for him. Will Roxas and his new friends manage to pursue that dream that they chase?
Last Time…
"I'm getting two boxes for you, anyway…" Rowan said, more to himself than anything. "God knows what you horny teenagers will get up to. At least, use protection!"
"That's twenty four condoms, dad! We're not going to use all of them"
"I can always buy shaving cream and you can dip the spare condoms in it and throw them at people" Rowan smiled "What do you say?"
"You're mental, dad"
Rowan put on a puppy face at his son, who didn't spare him a glance. Why didn't anyone appreciate his genius?
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Roxas sniffled as he hugged his favourite pillow. Aka, Sora's stomach… No, scratch that. Axel's chest was his favourite pillow, but since the red haired was being such a jackass...
"Bastard…" Roxas mumbled. "Don't you agree?"
Sora made a face. When he'd seen his twin crying, being comforted by a worried Vincent he thought something was seriously wrong. He comforted Roxas, went to find Demyx and in a space of half an hour learned the full story. True, Axel had been a bit tactless but… Fuck, the red haired had a point, even if he hadn't expressed it too well…
"Roku…" the brunet sighed "Don't you think that maybe Axel does have a point?"
"What? Are you siding with him?"
"I'm not siding with anyone! I'm just saying that-"
"HE DOESN'T LOVE ME!" Demyx cried, slamming the door of the twin's room open. The two teens looked at each other and then at their panting friend, who was clad just in a pair of blue shorts.
"What?" they asked in unison.
"Zexion! He doesn't love me!" The Mohawk boy repeated, flopping dramatically onto Sora's empty bed. "Why doesn't he love me?"
"Have you smoked?" Sora asked, amused. Demyx glared at him, sat up, and pulled Roxas away from him and against his bare chest.
"Come on, baby" He crooned, cuddling the freaked out blonde against his chest. "Lets talk about our stupid lovers and how they are such jackasses…" he stuck his tongue out at Sora "But we're not talking to you, you meanie"
"Ah, so I'm the meanie…" Sora snorted, arching an eyebrow. He raised his hands in mock surrender. "Fine, I'm leaving…"
"Yes, you do that" Demyx waved him away. Roxas pulled away from Demyx, surprised.
"You were going out with Zexion?"
"No, but I soon will…"
Sora shook his head and walked out of their room and towards the kitchen, where Cloud was making dinner as Vincent supervised the job.
"Cloud…"
"Roxas needs to get laid" the older blonde spoke. "Urgently"
Sora did a double take. "What?"
"All that anger, and emotional shit he keeps having? Well, that" Cloud turned around and pointed at Sora with a wooden spoon "needs to go. It's making our lives hell. Therefore, I say that we call Axel and tell him to do something to Roxas over the weekend"
"Were you listening when I told you that Axel and Roxas had a row?" Vincent asked, taking the spoon from his boyfriend's hands and going back to the stove.
"I was staring at your hot, sexy ass, Vince"
"Not while I'm around!" Sora shouted, covering his ears "I'm still a minor!"
"But you're not a virgin" Vincent pointed out.
"I'm… what? Wait, how do you know that?"
"I have my contacts…" the raven haired smirked, sending a shiver down the two brothers' spines, though for entirely different reasons. Sora was scared but Cloud… was turned on.
"I came here 'cause I need to have a chat with you…" Sora said, slapping his brother lightly on the back of the head. "Living room?"
"Eh? Sure…" Cloud followed obediently into said room, sitting down in the sofa to listen to his brother. The brunet sat beside him and put a serious face.
"Axel invited Roxas to sleepover this weekend"
"Yeah…"
"But Roxas is now angry at Axel…"
"True…"
"So stop staring at Vincent's ass or he'll start growing flowers on it."
"I like flowers…" Cloud blinked "Wait…What?"
"Now I know you're listening" Sora sighed. "Okay, here's the deal. Axel had invited Roxas over for the weekend…"
"Yeah I got that part. But Roku is angry at him…" Sora nodded. "So, what are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking that Roxas needs to get laid. You got a plan?"
"I do?" The blonde asked, confused.
"Yes… do you?"
"No, but…" Cloud nibbled his lip thoughtfully "In a way, wouldn't we be setting up our little brother so that he… Well, you know?"
"And your point is…?"
"Would mom approve?" Cloud asked. Sora breathed deeply.
"I'm sure she'd understand why we're planning it…"
Both brothers exchanged a knowing look. If their mother was still alive, she'd probably already be planning Axel and Roxas' wedding. Sadly, both Aerith and Zack, their parents, had died in a plane crash when the twins were nine and Cloud nineteen. Since then, the twins had lived with their older brother and his boyfriend and, well… things hadn't changed much. Vincent happened to be as aloof, annoying and crazy as their mother… though in a scarily sadistic way. They still missed their mother, but it made it easier for them.
"What are you two planning?" Vincent asked, walking out of the kitchen with a knife in hand. Speaking of the devil…
"What are you going to do with that knife?" Sora asked warily. Vincent blinked and stared at it, confused. Turning around he went back to the kitchen.
"Vincent?" Cloud asked.
"I was sure I had put it down… never mind. What are you planning…?"
"How can we get Roxas to make up with Axel and in turn have sex?"
Vincent did a double take. "Pardon?"
"Sexually frustrated Roxas is a nasty Roxas. Nastier than this morning" Cloud sighed. Now that had been spectacular… Roxas, shirtless, running behind a cackling Vincent who was trying not to get hit with all the things Roxas threw at him; that is, anything he could find. A stone, an old bucket, the cat…
"Oi, wipe that smile off your face, Cloud" Vincent growled. "It still hurts where that blasted encyclopaedia hit me…"
"You deserved it"
"Back on track" Sora interrupted. "What can we do?"
The raven haired man just smiled, ruffled Sora's hair and kissed Cloud and left for the kitchen.
"Just leave it to me, Strifes…"
The siblings looked at each other, then at the kitchen door. Had they condemned their youngest brother?
It was three in the morning, but Roxas could not sleep. His brother had fallen asleep a long time ago, leaving him alone with his thoughts about Axel. It was always Axel lately. Axel this, Axel that, Axel dreams… Now, the blonde teen did not mind the latter, but he was feeling bitter about the fight he had had with his red haired boyfriend. Why?
Axel had a point. Maybe he was acting a bit too… well, a bit too weak. Roxas knew that he could be stronger but…
'How can I be stronger when he's not being supportive?' the blonde thought bitterly, giving up on sleep. He treaded softly to his desk and turned on his laptop, careful so that his twin wasn't disturbed by the light. Not that it mattered, Sora could sleep through anything, but just in case.
He went into Kingdom hArts, mainly to check how things were going with his friends. He was extremely surprised to find Hayner online. Clicking on his best friend's profile, he smiled and turned on the private chat.
KeyToDestiny: Hay!
Struggler: about damn time you talked to us, mate!
KeyToDestiny: LOL Ive been busy
Struggler: new gf *eyebrow wiggle*
KeyToDestiny: not gf
KeyToDestiny: I decided to embrace my pink side
Struggler: omg you turned gay? D=
KeyToDestiny: LOL so what D=
Struggler: I thought u had a mancrush on DancingFlames!
KeyToDestiny: XD who do u think im going out with?
Struggler: OMG
Struggler: Roxas u never told me! When did this happen?
KeyToDestiny: 3 weeks ago
Struggler: ALMOST A MONTH AGO AND U NEVER CALLED OR ANYTHN!
KeyToDestiny: are u angry?
Struggler: . . . . .
Struggler: waddya think?
KeyToDestiny: TT^TT yes
Struggler: . . . . *cant resist it* ROXAS DON'T CRYYY!
KeyToDestiny: don't shout at me then!
Struggler: I was channelling my energy
KeyToDestiny: I thought you did that with Olette, you pervert
Struggler: not in that way, dam you for turning it dirty
Struggler: You're the pervert :P
KeyToDestiny: hows all goin
Struggler: cool. We miss ya
Struggler: gotta leave now. I finished my hw
KeyToDestiny: u shouldn't procrastinate
Struggler: speaks the one who taught me how.
Struggler: bye. Talk to us more often!
KeyToDestiny: will do. Bye
Struggler is offline
Smiling to himself, Roxas closed the tab and decided to browse a bit. He felt better now, after that pointless conversation with Hayner. All of his friends in Twilight Town knew he swung both ways, and took it surprisingly well. Xion and Olette used to joke with him about boys and Hayner and Pence about girls. Those had been the good times.
"I need to talk to them more often…" he mumbled quietly, clicking on the new blog alert from… "Axel?"
FLURY OF DANCING FLAMES
Sometimes you realise just how much a person means to you when you are very close to losing them. I had a similar experience today: My kitten and I had a row today. Or first fight. I felt so broken and such a jackass afterwards… and I knew, just then, that I'm going to fight hard and mighty to get my kitten smiling again. I know they'll read this at some point. So, kitten, wherever you are, know that I'm working my ass off for you tonight to give you the best weekend ever.
What about you, guys? Have any of you got a 'most important person' or 'Kitten' like I do?
Yours unfaithfully, AKU
Roxas pursed his lips, moved by the entry. He then shook his head, remembering he was supposed to be angry at Axel until he said sorry to him face to face. But…
"It's kinda sweet of him to work so hard for me…" Roxas mumbled, a small smile creeping to his lips. Biting his lower lip, he clicked on 'add new image'. Browsing through his numerous images, he selected one he took a long time ago, but had never uploaded. It showed him, wearing a black and white mask that covered just his eyes, looking up at the sunset. A black and white chequered scarf waved in the breeze, the white boxes contrasting with the black outfit. In his hands, two keyblades, the Oathkeeper and the Oblivion, the same keyblades he had tattooed on his hips.
Sora liked metalwork. It was strange on a fifteen, nearly sixteen year old, but Sora seemed to be special. When he had turned thirteen, his class had gone on a trip to a artisan shop where they were shown how various glass, metals and clays were used to make jewellery and other ornaments. The brunet discovered his passion, and soon after that trip he started purchasing clay, plaster-of-Paris and other things to create his own figurines. The first keyblade came out of that; wire skeleton, plaster-of-Paris, cast in resin and a metallic coating… a work of art that Sora had hung on the wall over his bed. They had named it the Kingdom Crown. And after it came Oathkeeper, Oblivion, Ultima Weapon… Almost any keyblade the brothers came up with, they made.
Roxas wrote a simple footnote for the photograph and uploaded it, even though he hated having to reply to over two hundred likes and comments he'd probably get on the picture, give or take a few. It wasn't like he didn't appreciate it; he thought it was wonderful that people took time to comment on his work. It was just… pure laziness. No other reason.
"… Roxas?" a sleepy voice drifted to the blonde's ears.
"Sora, what are you doing awake? It's… four am…"
"Gotta pee…" the sleepy brunet answered, walking drowsily towards the bathroom door. "Go to sleep man… tomorrow you'll be hammered. And you gotta get ready for Axel in the morning…"
The blonde sighed. "He probably won't want me over…"
"Has he said anything?" the brunet spoke from the bathroom. Roxas didn't answer. Sora stifled a yawn, finished his business and came back into the room. "He still expects you then...."
"Why are you so sure?" Roxas asked, turning the laptop off and crawling into his now cold bed.
"'Cause Vincent has a flower tattoo on his ass…" he mumbled, more asleep than awake. "Sleep, bitch"
"Flower tattoo?"
"Sush! The unicorns…"
"Sora…?" Roxas asked, worried. He only got a small snore in response. Yawning, the blonde decided to give sleep one more chance…
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"Roxas, wake up!" A hyper Demyx jumped on the blonde. "It's Friday-"
TWACK. Demyx, who had been on top of Roxas, suddenly found himself on the floor and clutching his now red cheek. Sora blinked, unsure of what had exactly happened. The Mohawk boy looked at Sora.
"HE PUNCHED ME!"
"And I'll do much more if you don't FUCKING SHUT UP!" Roxas shouted, burying his head under the pillow. "Fucking bitches…"
"Dude, what's got his knickers in a twist?" Demyx asked Sora, rubbing his swollen cheek. "Got ice?"
"Lack of sleep, probably… he was awake until four…" Sora explained, leading his friend to the kitchen. Neither Cloud nor Vincent where there, which was strange, but the brunet didn't dwell too much on it.
"Here, ice"
"Thank you…" Demyx winced as he placed the cold packet of peas against his cheek. "How's Roxas?"
"Still worried about Axel… have you had breakfast?"
"There's always room for more…"
Sora arched an eyebrow at his skinny friend. "Where does everything that you eat go, Dem?"
The blonde shrugged, smiling. Sora shook his head and poured two bowls of cereals. Roxas could do his own when he woke up…
-------------- FRIDAY MORNING -------------
Axel stared at Vincent. "Are you sure that he still wants to come over?"
"Even if he doesn't, he really needs to be around you" Vincent shrugged as he handed Axel the book he had been scanning. The red haired took it and placed it on a nearby table.
"Won't he get angry? I mean, things didn't go exactly how I planned them and…"
"He didn't get exactly angry at me for throwing the cat at him as a wake up…" Vincent said, hitting Axel lightly on the head with some sheets of paper. "Come on, let's go back to the classroom. The photocopying is done."
"Why do you wake them up in such a horrible way, anyway?" Axel asked, following Vincent to the music room, which was empty. Axel's heart clenched. Somehow, he had expected Roxas to be there already…
"Larxene's driving them this morning… Roxas had a bit of a rough wake up." Vincent said, answering his unasked question. The red haired nodded.
"So, when should I go over to pick him up?"
"Drop by round lunch to pick his stuff up and pick him up from school as soon as it ends. Roxas has art this afternoon so he ends at four today."
"Fine with me" Axel shrugged. "I'll be going now… I've got business after tutor and the teacher doesn't like when I'm late"
"Axel…" Vincent smiled. "No teacher likes it when their students are late"
Axel smiled and waved at Vincent as he left the classroom. It was still early, and whilst he would normally go and spend time with Roxas in the mornings, if the blonde was having a bad morning it was better to keep away.
"For once… I don't think it will hurt to be early for tutor…"
----- FRIDAY MIDDAY, CANTEEN -----
It hadn't helped that Roxas hadn't seen Axel at all in that day. He was hoping to catch a glimpse of him in the morning, but he hadn't seen him. At break, Kairi told him that the business class had a mock exam and was going to miss break but instead they could leave earlier. Axel took business class, so it meant that he had to spend the break with his friends… Which was nice, for a change, but he couldn't help but miss the spiky red porcupine he loved so much. Vincent had been surprisingly mellow during double music and hadn't made Roxas sing, but literature had been absolute hell. Seriously, couldn't the teacher understand that sometimes a poem chose a certain word because it rhymed? Seesh, not everything was pre-planned and thought up to minimum detail… The best poetry never rhymed, after all.
So, if he had been in a bad mood before, now he was fuming. Slumping down into the chair, he glared at one of his fish fingers as if the poor thing was the culprit for his bad day.
"Roxas, I haven't seen you with your boyfriend at all today…" a sickly sweet voice said behind him. Roxas made an angry face, which made Kairi and Naminé giggle. Sora and Demyx exchanged a knowing glance. Oh, hell was going to surface today…
"What can I do for you, Romina…" Roxas drawled, sugar-coating his voice. "Should I jump of a building, slit my wrists or drown myself in the misery because I'm a fucking fag and a waste of breath, as you so eloquently said the other day?"
The canteen, which had been buzzing with noise a moment ago, was starting to fall silent.
"Pardon?" The girl asked, a forced smile on her face.
"To put it so that your pea sized brain can understand it: do you want something? If not, gladly fuck off so I can continue glaring at my food. Thank you" Roxas snorted, turning his back on Romina and going back to glaring at the fish finger. The girl harrumphed and turned Roxas' chair around so that he was facing her.
"Listen to me, you filthy scum-"
"No, you listen to me for a chance, bitch" Roxas interrupted her, standing up. "I'm tired of your insults, annoyingness and your presence in general. You're so fucking used to bossing your way around the school that no one has the guts to say the truth to your ugly, make up covered face. Well, it's about damn time someone did it, you know? You're a sick, disgusting scum so full of shit and you feel so self conscious about it that you have to load it onto other people.. Well, I'm FUCKING SICK of taking shit from you. If you think I'm a fag, that I'm a waste of space or whatever goes through that empty space between your ears, fine. BUT KEEP IT TO YOUR FUCKING SELF. No one cares about your opinion… So fuck off and go bitch to your friends about it. Oh, wait. You've got none"
"I do have friends!" Romina screeched.
"Just look behind you, then." Roxas snorted. "All those cronies of yours left you alone to deal with the big, pink, ugly Roxas. Face it, you're ALONE"
It was true. Romina had been so wrapped up in what Roxas was saying that she hadn't noticed her 'gang' slowly leave her alone and mix into the multitude that was listening in awe at what was happening. Roxas took a deep breath and smiled.
"Damn, now I feel real good"
Sora laughed and clapped him on the back as whispers erupted all across the canteen.
"Roxas, I'm so proud of you…"
"Yeah, that was awesome man!" Demyx exclaimed. "You should've seen the people's faces. They were all gawking and gaping and staring at your ass like fishes..." With every word, Demyx did the face that went with it. The girls laughed.
"How do you know they were staring at my ass?" Roxas asked, feeling slightly self conscious. Now that all his anger was gone, he was back to shy ol' little Roxas.
"Your ass rocks. Rocks ass. Got it?" Demyx started laughing at the pun, earning a smack up the head from Naminé.
"Hey… where's Axel?" Roxas asked, noticing the absence of his boyfriend. He had been hoping that Axel had arrived whilst he was 'speaking' to Romina, but…
"He said he had to run some errands…" Kairi mused. "Though he told me that he's going to be back for the end of school…"
"Oh…"
"Are you okay, Roxas?" Naminé asked. Roxas shook his head and smiled.
"Yeah. It's just… I haven't seen him at all today…"
The girls crooned and hugged the blonde. "Don't worry Roxas! You're going to spend all the weekend together-"
"I'm not even sure he wants me over anymore…" Roxas grumbled. Naminé pouted.
"I'm sure he does, you silly" she kissed his forehead. "You'll see"
Axel waved to Cloud as he drove away from Highwind Hill, Roxas' things resting in the boot of his car. He was going to drop them at his house, where Rowan would hopefully take them to his room, and then drive back to pick Roxas up from school.
"And give him his little present…" Axel chuckled to himself, sparing a glance at the small, square present that was resting on the seat beside him. He had been walking Pluto down the streets when he'd seen it in the shop window, silently calling for him. He just had to get it for Roxas… He'd also gotten many other things for the blonde but, he didn't really need to know…
Parking provisionally in front of his house, he got out of the car and gave Roxas' suitcases to Rowan, who was petting Pluto happily as he waited for his son.
"Take this to my bedroom, please?" Axel asked, rubbing Pluto's ear affectionately. The old dog leaned against his hand, whining softly.
"Sure." Rowan answered. "I'll be leaving in half an hour, so I won't be home when you guys arrive…"
"How long are you gone this time, dad?" the red haired asked as he got into the car.
"Four or five weeks, give or take. Roxas can stay as much as he wants, you know. You need company… spend too much time alone for your age" Rowan smiled, wiggling his eyebrows up and down.
Axel laughed and gave his father a wave as he started the engine and got the car going. Rowan was too much like a teenager sometimes… Well, he acted like a teenager when he was with his family and people he trusted. To everyone else, he was the serious, stoic Rowan Hikaru, pianist and sibling of Utada Hikaru, a famous singer quite popular among female teenagers. It was surprising how his father acted completely serious and professional when it came to his job, yet was extremely aloof and happy with his family. Axel preffered it that way, though. At least he knew his father could be responsible when he had to.
"Not in my kitchen, though…" he grumbled. "Stupid man…"
Within ten minutes, he was driving into the school park, where small groups of students had started to form. He quickly spotted the Highwind siblings plus Marluxia and beside them…
"Sora flirting with Riku?" the red haired cocked his head, confused. Sora was leaning a bit too close to Riku, laughing at whatever the now awake silver haired was saying. Zexion and Demyx were staring at them, the Mohawk boy trying very hard not too laugh. And there, just beside Zexion…
"Hey Roxas…" Axel called, getting out of his car. "You ready?"
"Ready for what?" Roxas asked, confused, though visibly glad that the red haired was there.
Axel arched his eyebrow.
"Dude, you're staying over at mine for the weekend, remember?" Roxas nodded warily. "Good, so are you ready to leave?"
A small smile crept to the blonde's lips, though he desperately tried to hide it looking to the side and avoiding Axel's look. The red haired sighed and walked over to the blonde, grabbing his hand gently.
"Come on, baby…" he whispered into Roxas' ear "I've got something for you in the car."
Roxas' eyes flew open. He looked up, his pink lips slightly parted in surprise and slight smile. Naminé giggled and pushed the blonde towards Axel, making him stumble and fall directly into Axel's arms.
"Come on, Roxas! Don't make the prince wait!"
"He's no prince!" Roxas retorted, turning around to glare at the girl. "He's more like the toad!"
"I like to think I'm not that ugly, but oh well…" Axel laughed, tugging the blonde's hand. "Let's go?"
"Eh… Fine…" Roxas mumbled, looking to the floor but following the blonde into the car. The group shared knowing looks and smiles between them. Roxas had forgiven Axel, even if he didn't want to admit it yet.
The blonde teen emitted a soft 'oh' as he opened the passenger seat's door and saw the small box.
"It's for you, Roxy. Just come in and open it" Axel laughed, starting the engine. The blonde bit his lip, sitting down and placing the present softly on his lap. Axel could feel his heart thumping hard as the teen's nimble fingers slowly fiddled with the simple bow and parted the wrapping paper carefully.
"Oh my… Axel…" Roxas breathed as he ogled the gift. A brand new, thick music book was sitting between the small mess of wrapping paper, the burgundy leather cover shining softly in the afternoon sun.
"I know it can't replace the one you lost but…" Axel started, thinking that Roxas didn't like the book. He was started when he saw the teen pick it up and place it against his chest.
"Why…?" he uttered, his voice thick. Axel let out a shaky breath.
"What Romina did… it was uncalled for. And after that little dispute we had… well. I was planning to get it for you as your birthday present but… I just felt I had to make it up to you somehow?"
Roxas laughed shakily, hugging the book closer.
"You prat…"
Axel chuckled.
"Your prat"
"Exactly" Roxas whispered quietly, thinking the red haired wouldn't hear him. Axel did, though; the huge smile he was now sporting was proof of it.
They spent the rest of the ride in comfortable silence, Roxas stroking the leather cover softly and Axel watching the road. Soon they arrived to Axel's house, where they found Rowan getting into a black Porsche. The red haired adult waved at them, winked at Axel and drove away. Roxas bit a smile as he waved at the man.
"He's leaving?" he asked as they got out of the car and into the house through the garage door.
"Got a tour and a couple of private concerts in Atlantica and Neverland…" Axel explained as he closed the door behind them. "He's gonna be out for five weeks at most"
"That's a long time…" Roxas mused.
"That's the price to pay for fame" Axel sighed. "He might be gone for long periods of time, but he also spends long periods of time at home composing and with us…"
Roxas nodded, placing the music book, along with his bag, on the sofa. He turned around and hugged Axel, who gasped in surprise.
"I told you you're an idiot, right?" Roxas mumbled, cuddling into the warmth. The red haired laughed and returned the hug, burying his head in the soft blonde hair.
"I could have said things in another way; I know…" he mumbled. "I'm really sorry for being so… well, like that"
"It's me who should be sorry… you had a point in what you said. I can be strong yet I keep acting like a weakling-"
Axel silenced the troubled blonde with a kiss. A soft, loving kiss that soon turned passionate as both teens tried to put as much meaning behind it as they could. Roxas wrapped his arms around Axel's neck and pushed him against the wall, trying to fight for dominance. The red haired broke the kiss, gasping for breath.
"Roxas…"
"Just shut up and kiss me, Axel" Roxas breathed, pressing his lips against Axel's again. The taller teen smiled into the kiss and, with a controlled push, made Roxas topple over the couch with a surprised gasp. Axel crept over Roxas with a predatory grin and kissed the blonde again, using his advantage in weight and strength to keep him pinned against the couch.
"Axel…" Roxas panted, trying to wiggle free from the teen's grasp. Axel, who was busy kissing down Roxas' neck, stopped to look into Roxas' eyes. The blonde used these few seconds of distraction to pin Axel down and straddle his hips. Nipping lightly Axel's lower lip, he smiled. "Gotcha"
"You're a sneaky bastard, Roxas" Axel laughed, hugging the blonde and pulling him to the side so that both of them were lying on the couch. He kissed the blonde soundly behind the ear, nuzzling his neck and laughing when Roxas started to squirm and giggle due to the tickles.
"It tickles, Axel!" Roxas shrieked when the red haired didn't stop. "Axel!"
"What?" the red haired asked innocently "This tickles?" He nuzzled his neck again and ran his hand softly over Roxas' hips. A shaky laugh and a nod was his answer.
"Please, stop it! I'll do whatever just stop it!"
Axel stopped suddenly and turned Roxas around to look at Roxas, grinning evilly.
"I'm taking your word for that, Roxas…"
The blonde gulped soundly, causing Axel to laugh. Kissing the blonde one last time, he got up and stretched, inhaling heavily and letting out a loud breath.
"So… how about a shoot?"
"A shoot, right now?" Roxas blinked, cocking his head to the side. He then narrowed his eyes at his boyfriend. "Aku, what are you planning?"
"Me? Why are you assuming I'm planning something?" Axel asked with the most innocent voice. Roxas cocked an eyebrow. "Fine… I do have something planned… but you'll love it. I'm sure you will"
"Are you?"
"It does involve me, lying naked on a bed…"
"I do like it!" Roxas piped up, now extremely hyper. Axel laughed.
"I knew it. But first…"
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"You know, I thought it was you who was going to get naked on the bed, Axel" Roxas laughed as he stretched on the huge, king sized bed they were shooting in. A thin white cotton sheet covered his hips just barely, making the blonde feel like that, should he move, he was going to flash Axel. Axel grinned and took another picture.
"It's my turn afterwards, kitten…"
"Kitten… that gives me an idea" Roxas smiled, turning around and staring at the camera lustfully. He sat up in a Japanese fashion, only his legs were spread apart, effectively flashing Axel if Roxas would not be grabbing the bed sheets and snuggling into them, only one eye visible. Axel gulped and took a picture, and then another, then changed the angle… Whatever it was necessary to keep his mind away from the uncomfortable tightness in his pants.
"Roku, come closer a bit…" he rasped, climbing into the bed. Roxas placed the sheets on a pile in his lap and shuffled a bit.
"Like this-" He was cut of by Axel pressing his lips against his. Smiling, he wrapped a hand round the back of Axel's neck. Just in time for the red haired to take a picture.
"You just took a picture of us kissing?"
"For my own enjoyment" The red haired said proudly, moving Roxas to sit on his lap so he could look at the picture. It was a close-up, highly detailed and with surprising good quality considering how it had been taken. Roxas' lips were visible, smiling as he kissed Axel, who was simply a mass of porcupine red hair. Roxas' hand appeared in the corner, rubbing Axel's neck softly.
"I really like it…" Roxas muttered, kissing Axel's neck. "Really, really like it"
"So do I, Roku…"
"You know…" Roxas smirked, unbuttoning Axel's shirt. "I still have to shoot you… so, off with your clothes!"
"Are you going to take them off or am I going to take them off?" Axel gulped as he watched Roxas' fingers unbuttoning his white shirt. The blonde smirked in a cat like manner and started trailing soft kisses down Axel's chest, stopping at his belly button. Winking at the now very frustrated red haired he moved off the bed and stood up, facing away from Axel.
"Come on, finish the job whilst I go look for my pants…"
"If you forego the pants I'm okay, you know…" Axel low whistled, bluntly staring at Roxas' ass. Roxas threw him a dirty look and slapped his ass playfully.
"Don't stare too much or your eyes will fall off"
"I'll be a happy blind person if this is the last thing I see…"
Roxas just laughed. Axel smiled and, with much effort looked away and took of his shirt, jeans and boxers. He flopped down on the bed just as Roxas came back into the room with a pair of loose baggy black pants on.
"And the shirt?" Axel asked, amused.
"I know that as soon as I finish shooting you you'll rip the pants off so why bother?" Roxas shrugged. "I didn't bother with underwear either…"
"You're such a pervert"
"Let me remind you it was your idea to do a nude shoot, Axel Ryan Hikaru."
"We're now on full name basis, Roxas Itzel Strife?"
"Okay, forget about it" Roxas mumbled. "I hate my middle name…"
"Why so?" Axel asked, lying on his side and with the white sheet draped loosely over his hips so that it just covered his backside, showing off the spectacular tattoo.
"It's a girl name!" Roxas exclaimed as he shot a picture. The blonde then moved to shoot Axel from the front, grinning softly at how Axel had decided to hide his face: hugging a cushion and peeking over it.
"So what? Ryan could also be a girl's name"
"At least it's manlier…"
"You and the manliness" Axel laughed, lying on his back and staring at the ceiling. Roxas climbed onto the bed and placed himself over Axel, so that he was shooting Axel's hips directly from above.
"I like to feel like a boy, mind you"
"Has this got anything to do with the dresses your mom made you wear when you were little?"
"Everything has to do with it"
"Even the gayness?"
"I prefer to call it 'embracing my pink side'" Roxas corrected the red haired. Axel barked a laugh; opportunity Roxas took to take an extremely sexy photo of the red haired, lying on a bed, naked and with the prettiest, most wonderful and sincere smile he'd ever shone.
"This picture will show the world that you're actually capable of smiling…"
"I'm capable of more things…" Axel husked. Roxas arched an eyebrow. "Like being sexy…"
"Do show me, please" Roxas breathed, getting the camera ready.
The rest of the shoot was spent in silence, mainly because Roxas wouldn't dare to show just how much Axel's poses and looks were affecting him. The older teen was gorgeous; he knew it and knew exactly how to take advantage of it.
'And if he continues like that I'm going to jizz in my pants… shit…' Roxas mentally swore as Axel got on all fours and started crawling over to him.
"Axel…?" Roxas stuttered, placing the camera down. The red haired moved the camera so that there was no risk of it falling to the floor and breaking and kissed Roxas softly.
"Let's make love in the sunset, Roxas…"
Yes, I know. I'm evil. My beta is making a wonderful job in pointing it out. I just felt that the lemon, just now, wouldn't flow that well with the tone of the chapter.
So, my lovely minions please review to get me motivated to start the sexy chapter that comes next. I think I should remind you that this is an m-rated fic, so there is sexual content. If some of you are offended by it, or don't like male/male action, you can either turn around and leave or simply skip the parts. Whatever floats your boat, dudes.
Now, please review! I'll give cookies out…
