Summ.
Roxas never cared what his dad did with his life. Until he fell in love with the boyfriend's younger brother. They're engaged to be married, but will the young lovers stand up for their relationship? I mean it's not REALLY incest!
It is written in first person, chapters switching viewpoints from Axel to Roxas. Axel for odd numbered chapters, Roxas for even numbered chapters.
My dream slowly faded out at the call of my lover's voice, and I slid gently into consciousness.
"Open your eyes, my precious love," Axel's words brought me from my slumber after a wonderful day and night together. I opened my eyes and smiled softly, a warm feeling filling my chest. I always wanted to wake up this way…
"Good morning, handsome," I said sleepily, unable to feel grouchily groggy at the sight of my love first thing in the morning.
"It's time to wake up, my beloved. It's almost nine already, baby."
Suddenly feeling fully awake and thoroughly upset, I clung to his shirtless chest. "Really? We have three hours left together… Axel, I don't want to go! I'll be heartbroken!"
"Shh… Don't worry, honey. We're together now. That's what's important. Your heart is out of harm's way, because you gave it to me for safe keeping. And I would never let your heart break."
"Axel… Axel… I love you…" I breathed as his arms wrapped around my waist to pull me closer to his warm, comforting body.
"I love you too."
We spent the last of our time together trying to make the house seem as untouched and undisturbed as possible, grinning like idiots as we kissed at the idea of covering our tracks to hide what we had done. When we finished putting the apartment in order, Axel pulled my arm so we were chest to chest as my back was touched against a wall as my lips were claimed in a hot kiss. I welcomed his tongue into my mouth and gave off a quiet moan when we suddenly heard the doorknob turning.
Axel let me go right away, knowing I couldn't exactly pretend we hadn't just been making out nearly as well as he could. I bolted for Axel's room and started to put the video games away as I caught my breath.
"Roxas…" Axel appeared in the doorway, his brow furrowed with confusion and concern. "My brother said to come and get you."
Trying to hide my worry, I took Axel's hand and tried to make it look more like him leading me as opposed to a loving gesture.
Axel's brother stared at me, and I instantly became anxious. Reno was a mess, and my dad had never looked more excited. If there was ever a time that seemed worthy of panic, it was then. The elder redhead pointed at me like a puppy. "Stay here. I'll be right back."
He walked around the corner. "Dad? What's going on?"
Dad smiled. "You're going out to lunch with Reno today."
Axel and I gaped at him as we spoke simultaneously. "What?"
"Well, Reno's taking you for awhile and Axel is coming with me."
"Again. What?" we replied together.
"Well, I told Reno that I wanted to get to know Axel a little better because you two are so close, which, in turn, made me tell him to bond with Roxas a bit. It'll be a good way to get to know each other."
Axel's reaction made me frown slightly. "I guess… it makes sense…" he wasn't going to protest this insane idea?
My dad couldn't have looked happier. "You are so much easier to handle than your brother! He got so grumpy. If only you were twenty years older, Axel," I flared with jealousy at the idea of my dad dating my lover. "Nonetheless, Roxas, don't be afraid to put Reno in his place if he acts up."
'I don't want to GO with Reno! I want to stay with Axel! I want to be with my lover, not yours!'
Reno reappeared, looking far more kept than before, and grabbed my wrist somewhat harshly as he dragged me to the doorway. He turned back to my father. "Cloud," he said to him gruffly.
My dad smiled softly as he replied in a sweet voice. "Yes, dear?"
"You owe me for this."
Dad frowned, crossing his arms as he raised an eyebrow at Axel's brother. "Glad to know my son is worth your time."
'PLEASE let me not be worth your time! I don't want to go with you!'
"You know that's not what I meant."
I was suddenly released and Reno kissed my dad… furiously but passionately… and it made me dizzy. They were both panting for air as they broke apart. "You owe me…" Reno repeated in a low growl.
"I'll keep that in mind. See you later. Love you."
"Love you too. Otherwise I wouldn't be doing this. Don't ruin my brother."
They kissed lightly in parting before I was dragged away to Reno's car, only being able to steal a final longing glance at Axel. I wanted to kiss Axel goodbye, too… 'I didn't even get to tell him I loved him since we woke up this morning…'
"I love you too…" I murmured under my breath.
"What was that?" Reno looked at me. "Love who?"
"Um… I… M-my dad used to always say 'I love you' to me before I left for school or something… he didn't this time… I was just mumbling."
"Ah. Sorry if I bucketed your routine, I was kind of inconsiderate to not let you say goodbye to your dad or my brother. You two are best buds and all, so you probably wanted to say bye to him too."
"Yeah… I did."
"Sorry, Roxas. I don't want you to be upset with me, you're like a son to me, you know? And a bit like another baby brother."
'That's exactly right, isn't it?' I sighed. "I look at you like a big brother too. Not really as a dad… having your brother as your dad would be kind of weird. You're really just like a brother to me."
Part of me wondered if he would catch on to my hint of not wanting him together with my dad, but still wanting to be with Axel. I don't think he did. "Maybe you'll get used to the idea. Being like brothers is cool and all, but I want you to see me more as a father that you can go to for advice and stuff, not a brother that you expect to just sort of be there."
"I want to see Axel…" I suddenly realized that I had spoken aloud.
"Roxas, I know you're pals and all, so I get how seeing me as a father would kind of make Ax your uncle, and I totally understand that that idea probably sounds really weird, but at least give me a chance. Look past my brother for a moment and look at the bigger picture, okay?"
"Okay…" I nodded slowly. "So what are we doing?"
Reno smiled. "I'm going to take you to get some lunch, then we can walk around Sanborne Park and maybe catch a movie downtown."
As innocent and normal as it sounded, that was the most bizarre outing I'd ever been on.
I think it's funny that both Axel and Roxas have the same general conversation with the other's family member... just opposite.
