ROXAS

"Roxas are you awake in there?" Someone banging on my door jolted me awake.

"Huh? I'm up I'm up." I said groggily. Sora opened my door. "Mom wants to know what you want to eat."

"Um… anything but liver or spinach."(AN: Is Roxas insane!? Spinach is pretty okay. I just wouldn't recommend eating it everyday.) I replied, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

"HE SAID ANYTHING BUT LIVER OR SPINACH!" Sora hollered down the steps at the top of his lungs. Great now I have a partial headache.

"Did you have to yell?" I snapped then swung my legs off the bed.

"Yes. So did you write your list?"

"How long I been out? What time is it?" I said looking around for my clock. Why it always seems to disappear from my nightstand is beyond me.

"It's around one am."

"One?! Geeze I've been out for a good while."

Sora cleared his throat and put his hands on his hips. "Well?"

"Well what?" I said after a good stretch. "Don't play dumb! Answer my question."

"What question? Repeat it."

"I said did you write your list?"

"Oh, no. I fell asleep. Now get out. I need to change clothes." I said then made to push Sora out, but him being a bit taller he just held me away with his arm. Curse me and my short self! Sora isn't even that tall and he can hold me away at arm's length! Maybe if I stop drinking all that coffee I'll grow?

"It's not like I haven't seen you in your birthday suit before." I slapped his hand away and shoved him out my doorway.

"OUT!" I hollered before slamming the door in his face.

"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PUSH YOU JERK!" Sora yelled through my door.

"You'll live!" I yelled back. I swapped my jeans for some black shorts and changed to a plain T-shirt with black sleeves before going downstairs. Once I got to the living room my nose was assaulted by the smell of chicken, green onion and garlic. (AN: I was cooking that and OMG it smells SOOO good!)

I went in the kitchen, saying hello to my aunt, and opened the fridge for a bottle of water, but Aunt Aerith slapped my hand with the spatula she was wielding, getting bits of chicken and green onion on the back of my hand.

"Get outta there! Dinner will be ready in ten minutes." She said before turning back to the stove.

"I was just getting some water!" I whined but left the kitchen none the less.

"Someone call me when dinner's done." I called over my shoulder then went back to my room and sat down at my desk. I pulled a piece of paper out of my printer and grabbed a pen and got to work writing that list Sora was talking about. It turned out better than I would have guessed.

What I like about Axel:

Funny

Interesting

Nice... sometimes

Considerate… sometimes

Good with words

Good friend

Hair

People person

Smile

Sexy XXXXX He makes me laugh.

I had to scratch that last word out because it just came out of nowhere. The 'what I don't like' came out different that I expected as well.

What I don't like about Axel:

Smart ass

Freakishly tall

Huh… Looks like there's more of Axel I liked than I knew.

"ROXAS DINNER'S READY!" Sora shouted, bursting in my room, nearly giving me a heart attack.

"Dammit Sora you scared the piss outta me!" I yelled then threw my pen at him. He ducked and it hit the wall out in the hallway.

"Whatchyadoin?" Sora said, then ran over and snatched my list off the desk.

"H-hey! Give me that back!" I shouted then dove after the paper. Sora jumped out of the way and continued to read that blasted list.

"Say Rox, what's that last part you scratched out say? Sexy what? You think he's just plain sexy? Hahahaha I've gotta tell him!"

"Sora you ass! Gimme that back!" I said then tackled him to the floor. He let the paper go while we were falling. I jumped up and snatched it up then gave Sora a good kick to the side.

"You suck for that! Now get the hell out!" I yelled at him. The joys of cousins. Sora shot me the kicked puppy look and I snarled at him. He yelped then scrambled away. I tucked the paper away in my wallet because I knew Sora wouldn't look there. He remembers what happened last time he did that. After that was taken care of I went downstairs for dinner.

Sora babbled on about some retarded show he saw today, and my aunt just nodded and smiled. How does she put up with him? I just ignored him, too engrossed in thoughts of what to do about a certain redhead.

"Roxas, don't you work Sundays?" Aunt Aerith asked me suddenly.

"Huh? Oh, no I have weekends and Tuesdays off." I said then shoved a piece of chicken in my mouth.

"Ish really good Mum." Sora said, bits of his food flying everywhere.

"Sora how many times do I have to tell you not to talk with your mouth full?" Aunt Aerith scolded.

"Shorry." Sora apologized. After dinner I decided to talk to my aunt. I mean she's a psychologist, so she would know what I should do. She knows how the mind works and all that crap.

"Hey um… Aunt Aerith can I talk to you?" I asked while she was washing dishes.

"Of course." She smiled at me.

"Okay… It's kinda awkward…" I said then grabbed a plate and began scrubbing, because it calmed my nerves. Yes, I clean when nervous or upset. My mom does it. Her sister aka Aunt Aerith does it. I do it. Runs in the family.

"Well, try your best Roxas."

"Um… I went to Axel's today or… yesterday or whatever." Gimmie a break! I mean it's like two in the morning!

"Okay."

"And he um… he kissed me."

"He did what?!" Aunt Aerith exclaimed, nearly dropping the pan she had in her soapy hands.

"He told me he liked me. You know, more than friends?" I said quietly. Maybe I should hush. She looked kinda… scary right now.

"Wait wait, let me get this understood. Axel told you he liked you, then kissed you? Did he kiss you on the lips?"

"Well, yes but not in that order…"

"….. And what did you do?"

"I got weirded out, yelled at him then left."

"Do you… like Axel back?"

"Sora suggested I write a list to decide whether I did or not."

"And?"

"Um… there were more pros than cons. I think there were like, two cons."

"So, you like him back then…? What do you plan to do?" I shrugged then grabbed another plate, handing the one I cleaned to her so she could rinse and dry it.

"I thought maybe you could give me some advice…?" I said hopefully.

"Well… You know it's not good to harbor emotions. Could lead to something unhealthy. Return his feelings Roxas. I'm sure it will be better for both of you. Axel won't be confused and you won't go insane for harboring emotions. It's a win-win situation."

"And you're okay with it?" I asked, eyeing my aunt suspiciously.

"I'm happy if you're happy."

"You have no problem with homosexuality?"

"Not that I know of."

"Well… what if Sora came out and told you he was in love with Riku and wanted to shag him?"

"Then I'd hit Sora over the head with a frying pan to knock some sense into him and ban Riku from being within two hundred feet of Sora, then have Riku maimed." Aunt Aerith said with a serious expression on her face.

"Oh my god, are you serious?!" I said in shock. She looked, then laughed.

"Just playing dear. I wouldn't go that extreme."

I laughed and we finished up with the dishes. I gave her a hug, thanked her and told her good night… or morning. I don't even know anymore! Once I got in the bed, I decided to call Axel. He's usually up at this time right? and I'd rather do this now and get it over with instead of waiting forever. He didn't pick up his phone, Demyx did.

"Uh Hey Roxas! How's it going?" He said, sounding kind of odd.

"Hello Demyx. Where's Axel?"

"He's um… indiscomposed right now."

"Indisposed?"

"Yea that word."

"What's wrong with him?"

"Um… nothing?"

"Nothing?"

"Yup nothing! As a matter of fact he's not here!" Demyx said. I heard a voice in the background. "Dem, who is that? I don't really feel like talking right now." It was Axel, sounding kind of depressed.

"So Axel's not there huh? I wanna talk to him. It's about earlier."

"Uh… I don't think that's a good idea. He's kinda torn up right now."

"I'll keep calling until I talk to him." I threatened.

"Okay geeze pushy much?" Demyx snapped. "Axel here. Talk."

"I said I'm not in the mood to talk! Get the damn phone away from me."

"I'm sure you'll wanna talk to that person."

"Hello?" Axel sighed into the phone.

"Hey Ax." I started.

"Oh….Hey Roxas."

Not even a pet name this time. Guess he really is messed up.

"Are you okay?"

"Yep. I'm perfectly A okay." He said. I could tell he was forcing that fake A okayness.

"No you're not I can tell."

"No, I'm fine."

"Okay then…."

"Is there some reason you called?" I need a reason to call now? Gosh.

"Yea… I do." I took a deep breath. It was either now or never. "I think I like you Axel. Ya know, like you back? Like in the same way you like me?"

XxxxxxxxxxX

Hahaha cliffhanger! Mwahahaha! Many prolly hate me for it right now. But oh well.Ya know, Aerith just seems like the kind of person to have no problems with the boy on boy thing.

Does anyone wanna guess the word Roxas crossed out? Hee hee. I cross my words out the same way, with a bazillon x's. Anywhoozles,

Review please and thank yous!

Yours,

Melodious Authoress.