HEY PLEASE READ THIS AUTHOR'S NOTE!

So in the chapter "Family Suck's" I made the mistake of saying (even though it was only once) of saying Axel's father was Reno, I realized this when writing this chapter, I made the correction and put Ansem. Sorry guys!

Chapter 13

Daddy's Little Girl

The café was not empty, but not really crowded either; just the right amount of customers. It had some colorful furniture and small tables' people could sit in while they had small chat, did lap-top computer work, or ate a snack. The lights on the ceiling hung from the thin metallic like stems that made a dim light. Though some tables had lamps for people who wanted to read. The smell of cinnamon rolls and other baked goods made the air refreshing. It was a place of cozy heaven to put it in other words.

Axel led Roxas to a spot in one of the corners of the café. It had a small round table with two orange leather chairs on either side next to a large window. A lamp sat still and lit on the table giving off some warmth.

Roxas took a seat and crossed his legs, settling his elbows on the table so he could get a betting look at the red head when he sat down on the opposite side of the table. "I think I can get used to this."

"Me too." Axel Smirked, the dull light beaming on his face. "Hey Roxas, you don't mind me asking a personal question do you?"

"Not at all." Roxas smiled, his chin resting in his right palm.

"Don't you ever want to come out to everyone?"

"Well haven't we already? We were just walking here holding hands."

"That… that's not what I mean. I mean you. Coming out, as in, you're a transvestite."

"Axel, I really don't want to talk about this right now…"

"Roxas, I just think that maybe you'd be happier…"

"I am happy!" It came out as a snap, drawing a few eyes in their direction. Roxas saw this and tilted his head down. "Sorry…"

"No… I am. I shouldn't have pressured you."

"Axel… I'm just not as strong as you are…"

"You are though… you're the strongest person I've ever met."

"Don't lie to me… you know I'm too scared…"

Axel played with his thumbs awkwardly. Roxas was right in a way, he was scared, but he didn't want to think that he wasn't strong. "Maybe your right, you are scared, but… you're still with me, even after all the trouble you're going through by doing that…"

Roxas suppress a sigh. Axel didn't seem like he would understand, or maybe he was being reasonable while he was not. Nothing was making much since anymore.

They sat in silence and only ordered some water, not really feeling hungry anymore. Everything seemed to be going downhill from there, nothing but gloom and awkwardness. They were even silent as they walked back, not saying a word. As they reached the porch, Roxas nodded at Axel, opening the door and about to step inside.

"Roxas…"

Roxas turned and faced Axel, who was looking at the ground like a lost puppy or maybe a kicked one. "Yes?"

"Don't I get a good bye kiss?" Axel wiggled his eyebrows as if he were a prank playing jester. Roxas glared and made a small growl, but at the point that it was almost playful.

"You'll sure get a kick in the balls if you try anything funny," Roxas snorted.

"Aw, how cute."

"I mean it! Nothing… overly touchy…"

Axel smirked and snaked his arms around Roxas's waist. "Then how's this?" Axel kissed the blonde's cheek.

"You're weird." Roxas crossed his arms and made a pout.

"Oh, there's more where that came from," Axel licked Roxas on his jaw line which made Roxas let out an "eep!" in response. Axel made his way down his neck, making small kisses. When he saw how red Roxas was turning, he stopped and grinned at his work. "You don't seem to mind it that much, Roxy."

"S…shut up!"

Axel laughed, and leaned to give Roxas a kiss over his pink lips before parting. "Silly. See yeah Roxas!" Axel waved and ran over to his ride and drove out of the drive way.

"Pervert…" Roxas muttered, but not without his mouth going up wide in the process.

The TV was on in the dark bedroom, Roxas watched it lazily not really in the mood. He felt like a sack of potatoes. Though, he couldn't get the image of Axel out of his head, his warm tongue going over his neck, the twinkle in his eyes when he saw him blush, the feeling of his lips on his own, and his hands, if only they would slip down a bit more… Blah! Why couldn't he get those thoughts out! The thoughts he kept thinking were so dirty! Roxas groaned (more like moaned) and buried his head into his pink fluffy pillow that had a picture of Pinky Pie in the center.

"Why can't I be like you Pinky? All care free and not a dirty thought in your mind at all… Fucking god I'm talking to a pillow." Roxas sighed.

A sudden knock was at the door. Roxas sat up and yawned, stretching his arms. "Roxas. It's dad."

"Come in." Roxas slumped over so that he didn't have to face him. He heard the door open slightly with light footsteps coming towards him cautiously. "What do you want?"

"Roxas, there's something we really need to talk about…" Cloud whispered.

"Then tell me."

"Not now, but maybe tomorrow we could go out somewhere and discuss about… things."

Roxas nodded, not really paying much attention. Would his dad ever just say what he wanted to say? Was it too much to ask? Roxas wanted to understand.

"Roxas?"

"What?"

"Good night." Cloud left the room with Roxas in the dark and the running TV.

Axel could have gone home, but Demyx's place sounded better. Demyx had moved out early, so he had his own apartment, but both of his parents still kept tabs on him. Axel thought he was lucky; at least he didn't have to stay alone in a big empty house, which sucked by the way.

Axel yawned as he sat up on the couch he was laying on. Not as comfy as his bed, but not too bad.

"Morning, Sunshine!" Demyx sang as he waltzed into the living room, holding a plate of blueberry pancakes. "Want some?"

Axel stared at the stack licking his lips, eyes following the plate of flapjacks as Demyx walked over to sit next to him. "Sound's great."

"You seem… disturbed?" Demyx took a fork and took a big bight of the sweet pancakes.

Axel took one a bit into it. He thought for a moment before answering. "Sort of, Roxas is just so… I don't know, lonely?"

Demyx blink. "…Must be your imagination."

"You sure, because it seems like you're holding back a lot of information."

"Maybe, I wasn't expecting to get this kind of reaction from you."

"What reaction?"

Demyx was silent.

Axel sighed. Demyx seemed to be out of it for a while, ever since he told Axel about Roxas… it was strange though. Demyx was so happy he found a way to cheer up the both of them, get them out of their comfort zones, but now Demyx acted as though he regretted all of it, it didn't make a loop of since. "Mind telling me what's been with you?"

"You know Axel speaking of information, you hold a lot from Roxas as well… maybe this just means you two aren't as well together as you thought?"

"How can you say that so easily?"

"Because, I'm your cousin Axel and Roxas is my best friend, I don't want to see either of you get hurt."

"I'm going for a walk…"

"Fine by me, just don't strain your face, from this angle you look very upset."

"That's because I am." Axel walked out the door, not caring if he closed it or not as he walk out.

Roxas held his head up with the palm of his hand, elbow balanced on the side of the passenger window in his dad's car. His nose stuck up in the air and he made a few small grunting noises. Truthfully, he felt as though the world was going to judge him. He was wearing a short jean skirt, a white tank top with ruffles around the collar, a black choker, pick sparkly lip gloss with a tad bit of brown lipstick to bring out the color of his cheeks more, and black heels, the kind with straps, the back having to be tide into a bow. He made sure to put on the blonde wig the Axel and Demyx made him wear the last time they went out on their little adventure. He made to put in a black bow and style it up a bit or else it just wouldn't work. Ugh, he would look so ridicules if he didn't have all the accessories, which he did, he always did.

The fact was, Roxas was getting a bit tired of not dressing up in such fashion, but there was in fact another reason. He was going to spend a day with his dear old dad. Roxas didn't want to be seen with him or in fact make his dad feel like he had a son, so, here came his opportunity to make his dad feel like complete trash. He was human after all; he knew he was being pretty horrible, but it was such fun to see Cloud squirm from discomfort.

"I had no idea you… liked this kind of thing." Cloud spoke.

"Well, if you've been around enough, you might have noticed my big huge My Little Pony and Hello Kitty collection I have on my shelf wall, which also happens to be pink." Roxas snorted and kept his focus outside his window.

"I might have noticed a bit earlier if there wasn't a guy that you happened to be snuggling, in your bed.

"Mom said he could stay didn't she? What did you want her to do, kick him out when all he has to ride on is a motorcycle? Plus it was cold, it's not like we did it."

Cloud gulped and kept his gaze straight ahead. He had no problem with the girl stuff Roxas was wearing or his homosexuality at all truthfully; it just came as a surprise, and also a bit of a reminder of what he wanted to speak to Roxas about.

"So what is the reason you dragged me out here?" Roxas still kept his eyes away from Cloud like he was ashamed to have him as his father.

Cloud pulled the car over to the small diner. "I'll tell you when were inside." He murmured.

Roxas hopped out of the car and inside the shop, making sure to sway his hips a little to make it not so obvious that he was a boy.

Cloud picked out a table all the way in the back away from the rest of the social people that existed.

"You ready to say something now?" Roxas twirled the straw that was in his ice-tea he had ordered. The way the liquid spun with the little ice cubes was a lot more interesting.

"Roxas, your mother and I are getting a divorce."

"Huh?" Ok, maybe that was a bit of a surprise. "A… divorce?"

"Hmm? Was it that big of a surprise Roxas? Your right, I wasn't around often, which is part of it."

"Dad… I know you weren't around often, but…a divorce?! Why now? Right when I thought you were finally ganna be here for awhile and you're telling me you're getting a divorce with mom?"

"Roxas, the marriage… it wasn't working. It never could have in the first place."

"I don't understand dad… and… and where am I ganna fit in all this?"

"That's what your mother and I are talking about. I'm moving out of the city, your mother hasn't yet come to terms whether she is or not yet. If you're lucky she may decide to move close to where I am and we can all still see each other."

"Dad… why is this all happening? I thought you loved each other."

"We do Roxas, just not in that way…"

"Then why at all?!"

"It was arranged Roxas, we couldn't do anything even if we wanted to, we were young. We would have done it earlier, but Aerith wanted to have a child so you came along and we thought it best to do it when you were older, when you could take better care of yourself…"

"You should have told me… you should have told me dad." Roxas felt himself on the verge of tears. "Where were you then all those time then? Were you trying to get away from mom and me? Did you find me disgusting, because I …" Roxas sniffed to afraid to say the rest.

Cloud sighed and took his son's hands in his protectively. "No, and don't ever think that way Roxas, the reason I was never around was because I was with someone…"

"Oh…" Well that was to be expected, Roxas was surprised and a bit upset, but he realized that the marriage his father and mother had was indeed a fake one to begin with, not one they wanted. So… was this person he was seeing, were they his true lover or something.

"He's my partner."

"Wait… so it's someone you work with."

"Yes, but that's not what I mean…"

"So you mean…"

"Yes Roxas. I'm gay and so is your mother, that's why we were arranged in the first place… are parents didn't want us to be tainted, or so they called it."

Roxas took his time to sink it all in. He was still mad at his father, but at the same time he had a better understanding of him now, to even try and stay in his relationship for so long even was even surprising, and a bit brave he had to admit. "Sorry I acted so up tight around you…"

Cloud only smiled and ruffled up the boy's blonde hair (or wig). "You're still my daughter so I hope we can spend more time together."

"Daughter? Hmm…" Wow. His dad called him daughter… Roxas thought maybe this could work out, besides the whole moving thing…

Moving.

He completely forgot… Demyx and Axel. He couldn't just leave those two. Demyx was his best friend and Axel his boyfriend, who just started coming out! No… no way was he leaving.

"Do I have to move…?"

Cloud frowned, understanding the circumstances. "Let's try to clear our minds a bit before figuring things out right now."

Roxas nodded. When his dad walked them to the car though, he couldn't help but smile a bit.

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