Sora singing.
Anyone who's singing, other than Sora. Also someone talking on their headset or phone.
More than one person singing.
Cloud was standing in a living room with nothing in it but an old TV. A cartoon was playing that he was trying to understand, but they were speaking another language. He wanted to turn it off, frustrated at not being able to understand what they were saying. He hadn't even wanted to watch it in the first place. He looked around but couldn't find the remote. He walked over to the TV, only to find the TV had no buttons. The tiny cartoon figures started snickering at him. He tried to tell them to shut up, but he couldn't say a word.
His voice was gone.
He started to panic, the little men on the screen pointing at him as they continued to make fun of him. Cloud unplugged it, but the screen didn't go blank like it should. The cartoon people's voices started to sound familiar. He looked at them, one was blonde and the other brunet. They both had scars on their faces. Faces that look... No. He didn't know them. They started laughing even harder now. Cloud tried to shout at them, but still, no sound came out. He picked up the TV and threw it across the room. It burst into flames, the picture of the cartoon men were still visible, laughing. The whole room was filled with smoke and flames now. Cloud started to choke, falling to his knees. He felt dizzy. No one was here. No one was going to help him. He was going to die here, burnt to death by a TV with a stupid cartoon. He hadn't even wanted to watch it...
Suddenly he was tied up on the floor, naked and still choking from the smoke. A man with silver hair stood over him. The man was talking, telling him something but he couldn't hear him over the two men laughing. He tried to tell them to shut up, that this man was the boss and they needed to be quiet while he talked, but he was choking too much. He tried to read the man's lips. If he didn't know what the man was saying he'd be in trouble. The man was going to hurt him if he wasn't good. But he couldn't hear him! It wasn't Cloud's fault. It was those guys! They're the ones that should be punished, not him!
The man was on top of him now. He was yelling at him but Cloud still couldn't hear him. The man suddenly stopped. He was looking at Cloud with such hate in his eyes. Cloud tried to move away but the man was sitting on his chest. He leaned closer and whispered something in Cloud's ear. This time Cloud could finally make out what the man said.
"Was that so hard?"
Cloud sat bolt upright, drenched in sweat and shaking uncontrollably. He turned to see if he had woken up Leon, only to find the other man wasn't in bed. He looked at the clock and saw the alarm hadn't gone off yet. 'Which means Leon left last night, even though he said he'd stay.' Cloud got out of bed and put pants on, still slightly shaken from the dream he'd had, even though he'd had dreams of that sort before. Every time he had one it never failed to disturb him. ''Though the cartoon's a new addition.' He sat on the edge of the bed and tried to gather his thoughts. Last night hadn't gone as well as he'd hoped, what with Leon's... problem. The brunet had said it wasn't his fault, but... Waking up from that dream hadn't helped anything, and now he couldn't get it out of his head. Those two cartoon people looked so familiar... Getting up he made his way to the kitchen. He heard someone talking and was surprised to find that it was Leon on the phone with someone.
"Well, the festival itself is outside, but the concert will be held inside The Coliseum." Leon paused to listen to whoever was on the other line. "The Coliseum is modeled after the coliseum in Olympus." Another pause. "You know. It's just a multipurpose event center. Yeah, on 10th. The show is going to be televised on big screen TVs out in the street for those who weren't able to get tickets." He nodded, "Yeah. And they're only playing today and Sunday. Yeah, someone else is playing the second day so they're going to be able to walk around and enjoy the festival. Though they have an interview that day, too, but that shouldn't take that long. Maybe you'll be able to meet them." He laughed at what the other person said. "Yeah, sure he is. I believe you." He chuckled then said, "Yuna should have the same schedule as them, why don't you ask her?" He sat at the table and took a drink of his coffee as he listened. "That sucks, dude. Did she say why?" He hummed and took another drink. He saw Cloud standing in the doorway and stood up. "Hey I gotta go. See ya." He hung up and smiled at the blonde. "Hey."
"Hey," said Cloud. "Who were you talking to?"
"Seifer," said Leon. "He had some questions about The Others' concert."
"Oh." said Cloud, remembering the two little cartoon men laughing, and realizing who they had been. "I... woke up and you weren't there. I thought you left."
"I made coffee... I didn't want to wake you before I had to." There was a bit of an awkward silence before he added, "Want some?"
Cloud reminded Leon that he didn't drink coffee and the brunet, in trying to make up for his momentary laps in memory- and probably for last night as well- jumped up to make tea for the other man. In doing so he managed to spill his coffee not only on himself but on Cloud and the kitchen floor. Leon had been fully dressed and therefor the coffee had merely stained his clothing, but Cloud, who only had pants on and no shirt, got burned by the hot liquid. Cloud swore and grit his teeth against the pain. Leon's eyes were as round as plates and he ran to the sink to grab the washcloth. He wiped at Cloud's chest and said he was sorry over and over again. Cloud took deep breaths and put his hand on the one of Leon's that was trying to rub away the coffee. "Just...stop." He grabbed the cloth away and sat it on the table.
"I'm sorry." Leon said again.
"I know." said Cloud. "I know. Just... go get changed, okay?" He then went into the bathroom to clean up properly.
Leon had done as Cloud said, and was now wearing faded blue jeans and a black T-shit. Waiting for Cloud to finish up in the bathroom Leon cleaned up the mess he had made in the kitchen. His mind didn't seem to be working properly as of late. Flashes of what he had done so many years ago kept jumping around in his head at random intervals; making it very hard to look Cloud in the eye at any given time. Speaking of Cloud, he was taking a curiously long amount of time to wash up in the bathroom. Deciding to check on the blonde he made his way to the bathroom and knocked on the door. Not receiving a response, he slowly opened it. "Cloud?" Cloud was sitting on the edge of the bathtub, staring at his hands and seemingly deep in thought. Leon could see the skin on his abdomen, tinted red from the burn. "Cloud?" he said again as he stepped closer.
"I had a dream about him again." He said quietly, still staring at his hands.
He didn't need to ask who 'he' was. "Do you wanna talk about it?" Asked Leon. Cloud shook his head which didn't surprise him. Cloud never wanted to talk about his dreams. "You okay?" Cloud nodded but Leon could tell something was still bothering him. "Cloud?"
The blonde hesitated before saying, "What happened last night... was it because of the thing you won't tell me?" Leon turned his head away and didn't answer. "Leon," Cloud said. Leon could hear the frustration in his voice, a hint of exhaustion mixed in. "I don't understand why touching me has suddenly become a turn-off for you, or why you can hardly look me in the eye these days, but damn it," he stood up and took the few steps that separated the two of them. "I'm trying to not let it get to me. I know this mission is important, okay, I get that," he grabbed Leon's chin and forced the brunet to look at him. "But we can't do this anymore, Leon. I miss you."
"I haven't gone anywhere." Leon said, though his voice didn't have much weight to it.
"See, that's where you're wrong." Cloud let go of Leon's chin and was glad to note the other man didn't turn away. "Whatever's bothering you," he said, leaning closer. "It's taken you from me. It's separating us, Leon. So if there's something you can't or won't to tell me, fine, that's your business." He leaned forward so their foreheads touched. "Just... don't shut me out completely, okay? I miss you."
Leon put his arm around Cloud's waist, "I'll try." The blonde smiled. "And it's not that I can't tell you," he added. "It's just... I'm afraid of what you might do once you find out."
Cloud could tell Leon really was on edge about whatever he was hiding, and it awed him to think that whatever it was, it was far more frightening to the brunet than anything they had faced in battle. Cloud decided to drop it for the time being and said, "I should get dressed." Leon seemed eased by the change of subject and nodded.
Ten minutes later they were out the door, Cloud wearing a similar attire as Leon, only his shirt was of a deep blue. When they got to the hotel, Cid and Riku were waiting in the main room while Roxas and Sora were still getting ready in the bathroom. "What's taking so long?" Leon asked, directing his question at Cid, as Riku was in the middle of texting someone.
"Hair." Grunted Cid.
"Don't they have stylists for that?"
"Apparently the only person Sora trusts t' do his hair is Roxas. Somethin' 'bout a perm gone wrong...I don't know. Seems like a whole lot o' fuss over nothin'."
Leon hummed in agreement and ignored the smirk from Cloud, who knew the brunet owned over 20 different hair product that had their very own cabinet in the bathroom. 'Curse him and his easy to manage golden locks.'
Twenty minutes later and the group was now at a sound check for the concert. Riku was still texting away to Tifa and Yuffie. The topic: Axel and Roxas. But when he saw Cid walking towards him he quickly pocketed his phone and shot a winning smile at the older man. "What's up?"
"What's up?" Snapped Cid, severely penetrating Riku's personal bubble. "What's up is yer flailing yer G'damn fingers on yer G'damn phone instead of doing yer G'damn job."
"C'mon," said Riku, trying to be reasonable. "Look around." He gestured his hands around him, as if to indicate their setup. "Leon's standing right by the band, Axel's on the balcony looking over everything, and Cloud's right behind this door, pacing the lobby." He pointed behind himself to the door he was supposed to be guarding, "Everything's covered."
"Well, in that case," said the blonde sarcastically. "Please continue. In fact, why don't you just go home for the day? Since everything's covered."
"C'mon, Cid, I didn't mean it like tha-"
"Stop apologizin'," snapped Cid. "Go upstairs and help Axel. He could use another set of eyes up there."
Sighing, Riku did as he was told. He went through the door that was behind him. Cloud spotted him and asked where he was headed. "Upstairs." He said morosely. "Cid busted me texting."
He went down a hallway and climbed the stairs and then went through another hallway. 'This place is a lot bigger than it looks.' he thought to himself. He finally reached the sound booth that Axel and Wakka were in. It was a relatively small room that had a window that overlooked the stage. It was full of equipment that controlled the sound and visual aspects of whatever shows were held in the coliseum.
"Hey," said Axel when Riku walked though the door. "Cid said you were heading up."
Riku nodded. Cid had obviously talked to Axel using the headsets they all wore. "Yup. So, what should I do?"
"You can go and patrol the hallways." Said Axel, turning away and looking through the window and at the stage.
"But there's so many!" protested Riku. When he only received a shrug he huffed. "Fine." Before he turned to leave he said in a mocking tone, "Have fun staring at your boyfriend." He was pleased to see Axel's ears turn pink from embarrassment.
He had paced the halls over and over again for the better part of an hour before he got bored and decided to hide out in a room close to the one Axel and Wakka were stationed in. He sat in the chair that was by the desk and spun around lazily in it. He pulled out his phone and called Tifa. They talked for about twenty minutes before his phone started beeping at him. "Damn," he muttered. He hadn't been able to charge it last night due to the fact he had forgotten to pack his charger. He then spotted a phone on the desk and mentally cheered. "Hey, T, my phone's dying. Lemme call you back? Kay, bye." He picked up the receiver and was about to dial when he noticed someone talking on the other end.
"That's right, man." Said a guy with a Jamaican accent. "I'll be outta here in a few minutes. See you then. Bye." They hung up and Riku could now only hear the dial tone. 'That was Wakka.' thought Riku. 'This phone must share the same line as the one in the sound booth.' Riku jumped when Axel's voice started talking to him through his headset. He scrambled to hang up the phone and push the button on his headset. "Uh, y-yeah?" he asked.
"I said, sound check is over. You and I are going to pick up some pizzas at Pizza Planet and bring 'em back. Hurry up and meet me outside."
"Kay." He hung up and left the room. 'Guess Tifa's gonna have to wait.'
When he met up with Axel outside the redhead exclaimed, "You're so F-ing slow, dude. I've been waiting out here forever." Riku gave a halfhearted insult about Axel's mother and they were on their way to Pizza Planet. There were so many people around for the festival they ended up having to take side streets.
"Hey, Axel?" They were walking side by side, two blocks away from their destination.
"Hmm?"
"I talked to Tifa and Yuffie today."
"Oh really?" Axel's tone was nonchalant, but Riku could see his shoulders stiffen.
"Yeah... Look, dude, I'm sorry for making that joke earlier about Roxas being your boyfriend. If I had known you felt that way about him I wouldn't have- I mean, I thought you might, but I-"
"It's fine."
They walked into restaurant and ordered two large pizzas, one with everything on it and one with just pepperoni. They were told it would take fifteen minutes so they sat in two plastic chairs in the corner of the place. "So," said Riku after about five minutes of silence had passed. "He just... left after you said-"
"Yeah." Said Axel, obviously uncomfortable with Riku's choice of topic.
"Want me to beat him up?"
Axel laughed then tried to stifle it. "No, dude, it's chill." they were silent for a bit, Riku finally comfortable with the silence between them. Then Axel said, "I talked to him that night Cloud and I were in the hotel room."
"Yeah?" Riku was intrigued, but tried to not sound too eager.
"Yeah." he said, picking at his fingernails. "I couldn't sleep so I went to the roof for a smoke. He was up there for some reason and he started talking to me. I didn't really want to listen so I was kinda harsh... He said he missed me and I just blew up at 'im." For once, Riku didn't interrupt. "I told him that he didn't have the right to miss me." Axel shook his head, a scowl on his face. "He said that he hadn't wanted to leave. That he had to. Said his dad made him. How lame is that?" Their order was up, so once they collected their pizzas they left and headed back to the coliseum. "Do you think I should believe him?" Axel asked once they were a few blocks away from the pizzeria.
"I don't know, man. I'm a big fan of Ansem the Wise, so I've done some reading up on him, and I've heard that he can be pretty brutal to guys when it comes to business, but I don't know if he'd do something like that to his own son. And for no apparent reason, too. I mean, did you ever meet the guy? Did you two not get along or something?"
Axel shook his head. "No. Roxas never let me meet his family. I only saw his house twice. The first time was when I walked him home after our date and the second was when I went to look for him the next day 'cause he hadn't shown up when we were supposed to meet and his phone had been shut off."
"Well," said Riku slowly. "It might be true." Axel gestured for him to continue. "Well, you said his house was empty, right?" Axel nodded. "Well, his family had to have been in on it, then. I mean, it's not like he just decided to leave after you confessed your love. His dad and brother wouldn't have packed their bags, and the whole house, just because Roxas didn't want to see you anymore."
"I guess." Conceded Axel. "But why didn't he tell me he was moving?"
"I don't know. Maybe it was too hard for him to say goodbye to you. I mean, he loved you too, right?"
"He said he did."
"Well, there ya go." Said Riku happily.
"But," said Axel. "Why did he tell me that stuff about his dad then?"
Riku sighed. "I don't know, Axel. Maybe you should talk to him about it?"
Axel never got an opportunity to talk to Roxas, not that he was trying all that hard to find one. When they had gotten back they went to The Others' dressing room where everyone else was and ate. After that Roxas and Sora went to change their clothes and get ready for the show. Yuna and her band, The Gullwings, were playing before The Others.
"Riku, you stay by Sora. He's going to Sing with Yuna for the Gullwings' last song. Once he's on stage, you stay close by but stay out of sight from the audience. Cloud, you do the same with Roxas once Sora and Yuna's song is over. Axel's already up in the sound booth with Wakka, and Leon's talking to the other security guards." It was ten minutes until The Others were to go on and Yuna and her band were already playing. Cid was giving them a last minute reminder of what they had to do, even though they'd been over it a dozen times. Sora was bouncing on the balls of his feet, where as Roxas seemed to be glued to the spot. "You okay, kid? You seem nervous."
Roxas opened his mouth but no sound came out. Sora said, "He always gets like this before we perform."
"Hell of a career choice for someone with stage fright."
"He always snaps out of it once we're on stage. Oh, I'm on!" He did a strange flail with his arms when he heard the change of music, signaling the beginning of his and Yuna's song. He grabbed his mic from a roadie that was standing by them and he walked on stage, suddenly calm as anything.
"I gotta be me, baby, and you gotta be you." The crowd screamed and cheered when they recognized Sora's voice.
"Something isn't right, but I know I love you." Sang Yuna. "I only want what's best."
"I don't know, is this some kind of test?"
"Yeah, and you're failing. All we do is bicker."
"Say goodbye."
"Kiss my ass, I hope you die."
"Wish me well."
"You can go to hell."
Cid thought it was one of the strangest songs he had ever heard, yet the crowed seemed to love it, singing along with the two brunets on stage.
"We were so different a short time ago."
"Love's supposed to make us happy, supposed to make us grow. But now I just wanna punch you in the face."
"I love you, I guess I needed some space."
"Oh well, another time and another place."
"Say goodbye."
"Kiss my ass, I hope you die."
"Wish we well."
"You can go to hell." As the song ended Sora and Yuna hugged. The crowed was once again screaming as the rest of The Others came on stage and The Gullwings left.
As Titus counted them off into their next song on the drums, out in the halls of the coliseum was Leon, patrolling the corridors. He found it funny that even if The Others hadn't come, he would still be doing the same thing right now. If Ansem hadn't specifically asked for them to watch over his sons, then Leon, as well as the rest of the committee, would be doing the ordinary security detail for the festival. It was odd how even when circumstances change, the end result is the same. He could hear in the distance the music from the concert, barely making out the lyrics.
"Like a dream you try to remember, but it's gone. Then you try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn-"
"Hey, Squall!" said someone from down the hall. He turned, already knowing who it was.
"Hey, Sei."
"Pinch me. Pinch me. 'Cause I'm still asleep."
"What 're you doing out here?" asked the blonde.
"Working," replied Leon.
"I thought you were supposed to be babysitting?"
"I am, sorta. I'm patrolling the halls, making sure no suspicious people are lurking around."
"Ya mean like me?" he asked jokingly.
"Yeah, well, you're always suspicious." He chuckled at the mock-offended expression the blonde adopted.
"Hey!" He punched him on the arm playfully. They pretended to put up their fists, ready to fight one another, laughing like little kids. "So," Seifer said, putting his hands behind his head in a relaxed position. "You talk to chocobo yet?"
"Not yet." Said Leon, beginning his patrol once more, Seifer fallowing close by. Before they got too far away from the music, they could hear a different song being played.
"Sun goes down, sun comes up. Days can drawn in a plastic cup-"
"You know the longer you wait, the harder it's gonna be, right?"
"I'm gonna talk to him on Sunday." Leon said. Though by the sound of his voice, Seifer knew Leon was still uncertain about it.
"It's like I told you before: he loves you. Stop worrying so much and just talk to him."
"I'm not so sure it's going to go down quite like that."
"Every time I say what I wanna be, someone says 'that's not how it's gonna be'-"
Upstairs Axel walked the halls that were close to the sound booth, every now and then he'd check in with Wakka, making sure everything was okay. This was one of those times. He walked in and sat down in a chair next to the orange haired man, hearing the beginning of a new song. This time Roxas started, Sora singing backup.
"The lights are off again. She took me by surprise. She's so sensitive, and shit just happens sometimes."
"How're things?" Wakka asked, his fingers floating over the board, turning knobs and sliding the faders.
"Fine. No homicidal weirdos, or kidnapping fiends yet."
Wakka chuckled. "That's good, man. Hey, could you do me a favor? Could you stand over there while you're in here?" He pointed to the back wall.
"Uh... Sure. Why?"
"Eh, well, it's just sometimes Roxas glances up here, and whenever he does and he sees you, he misses a note on the piano or his voice falters." As if to prove the man's point, Roxas glanced up and caught sight of the redhead, he did a double take and his fingers landed on the wrong keys. The blonde cringed at his mistake and quickly refocused on his task. "It would be cute, if it weren't messing with the show."
"Oh," said Axel, standing up. "Actually, I have to do another round, so..."
"Kay, see ya." Wakka said distractedly, turning a few knobs.
Axel stepped out of the room, not sure of how he felt. On one hand, a part of him was happy that he could cause the blonde to react that way, even from just a glance. But on the other hand...
"Before you go, you outta know that I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know."
Fuck the other hand. He liked the way Roxas reacted. Maybe he should give him another chance...?
Riku was standing just off stage right, every now and then throwing a quick look at Paine. The girl was standing with her other band mates back stage, discussing something.
"Black tears are fallin' and she won't say what I've done."
The three girls seemed to finally agree on something and they started walking towards the exit. Riku sauntered over. "Hey, Paine, wait!" The girl stopped and looked at him, slightly interested.
"We'll see you there." Yuna said to Paine, then she and Rikku left.
"Are you guys sticking around after the festival's over, or are you leaving Sunday?" he asked quickly, knowing Cid could pop up at any moment and yell at him for leaving his post.
"We're leaving Tuesday." Paine replied. "Yuna wanted to stay for a few extra days."
"So you're gonna be here Monday, then? 'Cause I was wondering if you wanted to go out? There's this place in town called Mickey's. It's got-"
"I don't swing that way, honey." She said, slapping him on the shoulder playfully. "Sorry." Then she walked away.
Riku stood there, a little confused before it hit him. "Oh..." He had been turned down plenty of times before, but never by a lesbian. Usually he had excellent gaydar. 'Oh well.' Disappointed, he went back to his post just in time for the beginning of The Others' next song, and to see the crowd go crazy with excitement as the band started playing a song with a much more angry feel to it.
"Show me how to lie, you're getting better all the time. And turning all against the one is an art that's hard to teach."
Riku rather liked this song. He remembered at the first of the rehearsals Roxas saying he didn't think the song fit with the others on the setlist, but that it was Tidus' favorite song (seeing as the drummer helped write it), and so they were doing it anyway.
"Now dance, fucker dance. Man, he never had a chance. And no one even knew, it was really only you."
Riku could see that across the stage was Cloud, standing, like him, just out of sight from the crowd. The blonde had his arms crossed in a menacing fashion, eyes scanning whatever they could, looking for anything that would put the twins in danger. Riku could also see Cloud's foot tapping to the beat of the music, and he had to laugh. Never in his life had he seen Cloud dance, and he doubted he ever would, so he made a mental note to tease the blonde about it later.
"With a thousand lies and a good disguise, hit 'em right between the eyes. Hit 'em right between the eyes."
Riku jumped slightly when he heard Cid's voice talking through his headset. "Alright men, this is their last song. Roxas said that Sora's probably going to want to do an encore. Don't let him. We're to get them to their dressing room, and then the hotel. Got it?"
"Got it." Said Riku. He heard the others acknowledge Cid's words as well.
"Clever alibis, lord of the flies. Hit 'em right between the eyes. Hit 'em right between the eyes. When you walk away, nothing more to say. See the lightning in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives."
As the song came to a close the crowd cheered louder then ever. "Thank you guys so much!" Sora shouted over the screams. "We'll see you Sunday!" The Others walked off stage, though Sora's walk was more of a skipping run. "Roxas!" he said excitedly. "Let's go play one more!"
"No can do," said Cloud. "You need to go change then we're heading back to the hotel. Show's over."
"Awww," whined Sora, his bottom lip jutted and his eyes big and bright. "Please?"
"No." Said Cid, walking over to them. "C'mon."
"Psh, fine." Sora said with a frown. Cid, Cloud and Riku walked with the rest of the band down a hallway back stage and into the dressing room. Tidus and Demyx were talking with Sora about how well they thought the show went. Roxas seemed to be off in his head, only giving his opinion when asked, then going back to his thoughts.
Sora and Roxas, as well as the rest of the band, changed clothes relatively fast. Tidus and Demyx said their farewells and left, bumping into Axel outside the door. "Hey, you guys were great." He said as they passed each other.
"Thanks, man." Grinned Tidus. "You on duty tonight?"
"Nope."
"Well then, after you put the kiddies to bed, you should stop by our hotel. We're planning on getting wasted and watch awful horror flicks."
"Uh, sure." He shrugged. "Where you stayin'?"
"Highwind. Room four." Tidus said, his smile growing wider as he and Demyx walked away.
"Roxas is going to kill you." Demyx said to Tidus once they were out of earshot.
The blonde chuckled. "I'll risk it."
An hour later Axel was in room four of the Highwind hotel. He had escorted the rest of the group to room thirteen then left. Leon and Cloud were going to be watching the twins tonight.
About twenty minutes after he had got there- and about five shots in- Demyx announced he was going to go see Yuna, and he left them watching "When Shadows Attack."
Fifteen minutes later~
"Stop," Axel mumbled, eyes closed, wanting to give in to the feeling of warmth the body sitting on his lap provided. "Stop." he said again, this time opening his eyes and pushing on the blonde's chest.
"Why?" Asked Tidus. "Is it because of Roxas?" Axel looked away. Tidus could see the muscles in the redhead's jaw flex. "You know you're never going to get him, right?"
"What makes you so sure?" Axel shot the blonde a dirty look.
"His dad." said Tidus, fighting back a smirk at the confused look on Axel's face. "I'm sure Roxas has told you at least a bit of what his father's like. The guy's a total douche. And Roxas is scared shitless of the man. There's no way he'll disobey him."
"And in what way would being with me be disobeying him?"
Tidus laughed. "Ansem told him to stay away from you or he'd have some pretty nasty things done to you."
"How do you know?"
"Roxas got drunk one time and rambled on and on about it." Tidus snickered at Axel's face again. "Honestly, I'm a bit surprised he hasn't told you. Then again, he's probably worried you'd think he was crazy."
"Get up," Axel said, trying to stand but Tidus wouldn't move.
"What if I don't? What if," he leaned in close and whispered in the redhead's ear, "I do this?" He slowly moved his hips in a circular motion, creating a wonderful friction between the lower halves of their bodies.
"Get. Up." He said again, trying to ignore his body saying "C'mon. It's not that big a deal. Just let him do what he wants. It'll feel good."
"We don't have to tell Roxas." said Tidus in what the blonde obviously thought was a seductive voice. "It'll be our secret."
Axel shoved Tidus back and stood up, the blonde falling to the floor with a thud. "Fuck you."
Tidus laughed despite the fact he was now sprawled on the floor. "That was kinda the whole point."
Axel made a disgusted noise and stepped over him and to the door, opening it a bit more aggressively then was strictly necessary, and slammed it in much the same way. He ran his hands through his hair and took a deep breath. Looking down he noticed his belt was undone. 'When did that happen?' As he fastened it the door he had just shut opened and Tidus walked out.
"You forgot your phone." He said with a smirk. Axel grabbed it and shoved it in his pocket. Then he noticed Tidus wasn't looking at him anymore, but at something behind the redhead. Axel turned around and swore. Roxas was standing at the end of the hall, his bright blue eyes showing confusion, anger and hurt. Then the blonde blinked, turned and started walking down the hall and around the corner. "Shit." The redhead said again, hurrying down the hall, grabbing Roxas' shoulder before the boy could press the button to call the elevator. "Roxas." The blonde didn't turn around. "It's not what it looked like."
"It's fine." Roxas said quietly, freeing his arm and pushing the 'up' button. "You don't have to explain."
"Nothing happened." Axel went on. "I mean, he tried, but nothing happened."
"It's fine," he said again. "You're free to do whatever you want with whoever you want." The elevator dinged and opened its doors, and Roxas stepped inside.
"But I don't want-" He stepped inside as well, looking to the ceiling, as if the words he wanted to speak would magically appear there. "Truth is, I haven't... since you left, I haven't really... With anyone."
There was a strange silence, not exactly awkward, but definitely not comfortable. Then Roxas said, "Oh."
"And I'm sorry about the other night. I shouldn't have acted like that. I just-" The elevator dinged again and the doors opened, both males stepping out. "Hearing you say you missed me... I guess I didn't really believe you."
"I really did, though." Roxas said. They were now standing outside room thirteen. "I still miss you."
"I miss you, too." Axel said, leaning down slightly for a kiss.
Roxas pulled away. "I don't want to get you hurt." he said, his voice strained.
"I don't mind." was his whispered reply.
FUFUFUFUFU. :3 They get some kisses in before Leon catches them and makes Roxas go to bed.
I feel like this chapter's all choppy and blah =/ But ooooh well =] Let me know what you think~ I love hearing from you guys.
Songs were as follows:
Wish me well – The Bouncing Souls
Pinch me - Barenaked Ladies
The Faster the Treadmill – I Fight Dragons
Losing Lisa – Ben Folds
You're gonna go far, kid – The offspring
Pizza Planet is from Toy Story.