A/N: Hello, hello, it is that time again~!
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY 8D Yeah, it is for srs. I am a year older. And I still can't drive. I fail at life.
ANYWAY, moving on, enjoythischapterbecauseifyoudon'ti'llcrycuzit'smybirthdaykthxbai.
It was currently 3:45PM and the beginnings of twilight had begun to set in as the sun dipped its toe just beyond the horizon. The surface of the water was a yellow-ish orange in the light and trembled and rushed around with the constant kicking of feet and swooping of arms. A burly man wearing a sports blazer, the coach, called for all the swimmers to come out of the pool once they finished the last lap. The swimmers who were already out had to do 15 pushups before they were allowed to go to the locker room to shower and leave.
Axel, Roxas, and Zexion remained in the bleachers as the last of the swimmers entered the locker room. Axel always liked getting rides from Demyx even though he was perfectly capable of driving himself around, so he had to wait for Demyx to finish getting ready. Roxas and Zexion decided to remain with him because they were actually having a nice time and lively conversation. Plus, Zexion really wanted to talk to Demyx, Roxas could tell.
Roxas felt weird about having a crush on Demyx, especially now since he'd made out with Zexion. It felt wrong to him. His feelings for the dirty blond had eased substantially within the past few days, but that was a good thing. Demyx sort of also had a crush on Zexion in return. Well, actually, when Roxas looked at the situation objectively, Demyx drooled over Zexion all day while the blue-haired boy was too lost in a book to notice. Still, even if he ignored that, Roxas' ability ruined his hopes of being blissfully ignorant.
For some reason, Roxas forgot that Sora was on the swim team, so he was actually alarmed when his brother came out of the locker room talking with Demyx, smiling a very fake smile. Then the blond felt stupid for forgetting that. And then he worried about his twin brother. The fact that Riku was following them like a lost puppy gave Roxas all the information he needed to assess the situation.
"I don't know about that, Dem," Sora was saying as the trio grew closer. His voice lacked its usual excitement.
"It's totally true, I swear! Come on, you gotta believe me! You believe me, right, Riku?" Demyx glanced behind them at the senior for support. The dirty blond huffed when Riku simply shrugged and looked miserable. "What is up with you two? You've been acting like this for weeks!"
"Lovers' quarrel, Dem," Roxas interjected with a grin. As he descended the last stair of the bleachers to the ground, Sora put out a foot and tripped him, causing the blond to face plant onto the concrete floor.
Everyone in the group fell silent. Sora just didn't do things like that. He didn't just intentionally physically hurt his twin. He wasn't malicious in that way.
Roxas was extremely surprised when he tumbled to the floor and let out a yelp. After he realized what had happened, he got to his knees and seethed up at his brother, who was glaring down at him. Quickly, he got to his feet and lunged at Sora, knocking the brunet to the ground and then pinning him there. He was able to get in one good punch to Sora's face before the other four boys intervened.
Axel and Demyx lifted Roxas from Sora while Zexion forced the blond to release the brunet. Riku pulled Sora up from the ground. Axel and Riku had to hold Roxas and Sora (respectively) to keep them from attacking each other again.
"You're an asshole, Sora!" Roxas snarled.
"Yeah, well if I get a black eye from this, Mom's gonna hate you for life! Maybe she'll finally kick your ass out of the house!" Sora retorted in reply.
The four boys tried to get the twins to calm down and stop yelling at each other.
Roxas laughed humorlessly at Sora. "She already does hate me for life! And she can't kick me out. Dad still loves me. More than he loves you! He absolutely hates that you do swimming and he hates how spoiled you are. Mom always makes sure you get what you want, and it's made you soft, and that's what he hates about you! Even right now, you're so selfish! Only thinking of yourself! Why not try thinking of me? I tried to help you! Or better yet, try to think about Riku! It's not like he did anything bad! The entire thing was my fault anyway! Riku never said a damn thing."
Sora looked confused for a moment. "What do you mean it's your fault?"
"For fuck's sake, you're stupid! I was the one that said Riku wouldn't talk to you anymore! I was trying to get you to stop being so goddamn weird about the situation! I said it so quietly that he couldn't hear me. He had no idea what he was agreeing to! God, how are you so dumb?!" The blond twin explained.
This did nothing to ease the situation and by this point, Axel was trying to drag Roxas away from the situation. The blond fought against him, though, and Axel wasn't strong enough to remove him.
"I am not stupid!" Sora growled. "You think you're so much smarter than me, but it's not true! You're so horrible! I'm no genius like you, but at least I don't act like I'm better than you just because I can do 100 pushups and you can barely do fifteen! I'm not stupid!"
Roxas laughed that bitter laugh of his again. "Please, Sora, I thought your last report card was a musical score!"
At that point, Sora broke free of Riku and sprinted angrily out of the pool area.
"Wait, so you started all of this?" Riku wondered curiously.
After shoving Axel off of him, Roxas fixed his unkempt clothing. "Yeah, on accident. You didn't do anything wrong, Sora's just stupid." He straightened his hair. In response to the worried look Riku gave the door Sora had rushed out of, Roxas said, "Don't worry about him. He'll tire himself out. Watch, if we go to our locker, he'll be asleep. I'll bet anyone here five dollars that he'll be passed out at our locker."
No one took the bet, but they all wanted to see if it was true, so the group of boys all headed for the twins' locker. Sure enough, Sora was snuggling a textbook on the floor fast asleep. From there, everyone but Zexion grabbed a limb and carried him out to Demyx's car, who had offered to give the twins as well as Zexion a ride. Zexion carried Sora's backpack and textbook. When they reached the parking lot and Sora was situated in Demyx's car, Riku said his goodbye and then continued off to his own car, looking unsettled.
Roxas forced Sora to wake up once they pulled up to the sidewalk in between the Strife and Corazza households. The brunet was a little out of it, but he cooperated nicely if not a little slowly.
"Sora, I'm sorry I caused the whole issue with Riku and for acting like I'm better than you," Roxas apologized to his twin. It was after dinner and they were getting ready for bed. Things between them had calmed down considerably since their fight, and Roxas was glad for that. He didn't need to get into another physical altercation with his twin.
Sora let out a sigh and looked at his twin sadly. He was halfway through changing, pajama pants on, but shirtless. "No, Roxas, it's my fault," he insisted, "I guess I didn't realize that Riku hadn't heard what you said and he was just going along with it because you told him to. You were right, though. How can I be so stupid? Especially since you're so smart…" The brunet trailed off unhappily. "And I made such an idiot of myself today in front of everyone! God, I'm so stupid!"
"You're not stupid, you just didn't realize it. And it wasn't that embarrassing. It could have been worse. You could have been naked," the blond offered.
Sora gave a small smile. "I guess…" His expression morphed back into an angry one and he pulled his shirt on in a frustrated manner. "God, but seriously! I made such a fool of myself! Riku's never gonna wanna date me now. I just completely soiled my nice reputation. I ignored him for like three days straight over something I didn't even know for sure! I'm such an iiiidiiiooooooot!"
"Well, at least you're cute," Roxas said with a shrug.
The brunet grinned a little. "I guess that's something." He joined Roxas in sitting on his bed and looked over at him with a serious expression on his face. "You know, Roxas, I kinda watched you and Axel and Zexion when you guys were hanging out in the bleachers and, well… Look, I don't want to fight or anything and I really hate admitting this, but I think Axel has a crush on you. So, just be careful, okay? That's all I'm gonna say about it, so don't you dare ask me to explain myself! I don't like talking about the methods he uses to attempt to woo you…"
Roxas' eyebrows shot up. "Axel likes me?" The words sounded strange and wrong. The blond was pretty sure they were just bros, but if Sora said there was something there, then it had to be obvious. "Sora, I'm not just saying this to make you happy or whatever, but I honestly don't like like Axel. To be honest, I sort of like like Demyx…" the blond trailed off.
Sora gave him a weird look. "There are a couple of things wrong with you liking Demyx, Roxy. Number one," he held up his pointer finger, "Demyx is a lot like me, so it's kinda like you have a crush on me. Number two," his middle finger joined his pointer finger, "He's totally into Zexion. Haven't you seen his face whenever he spots the little blue-haired weirdo? It lights up like the 4th of July!"
"I know," Roxas rolled his eyes. "It is pretty weird, but I'm trying to stop myself from liking him. Demyx and Zexion are pretty much the perfect couple, so yeah. I'm not gonna try to go after him."
"Good." Sora's smile returned and he captured his twin in a tight hug. "Oh, Roxy, I'm so, so sorry I tripped you and whatever, but I feel so much better and relieved and I just love you so, so much!"
Roxas offered the brunet a couple of pats to the back. "It's cool. Sorry for punching you in the face and causing a problem in the first place. I love you, too. Let's try not to fight for as long as possible. It's really exhausting…"
It was Monday October 10 at 5:00PM and a week after the fight. Roxas and Sora Strife were home doing homework together as they usually did while watching TV in the living room. Cloud Strife was watching TV with them trying to ease his frayed nerves that had resulted from his so far fruitless efforts at finding a job. Establishments wanted to hire younger, smarter workers. No one wanted to hire a 46 year-old who hadn't finished college.
It was a relatively relaxing environment for all three of them, especially since Tifa Strife wasn't around. Even though Roxas was the only one she disliked, it created tension throughout the entire household when she ordered him around. Sora and Cloud didn't agree with her treatment of Roxas, but there was little they could do to ease the situation. Luckily, she was working late that evening and the three men of the household had a chance to just relax together and have some nice father-son time.
There was a knock at the door, interrupting the silence that had previously been present in the living room aside from the TV's low volume. Cloud opted to be the one to answer the door, so he went off to see who it was. Just a few seconds later, the Strife household was invaded by Demyx and Marluxia, who had pushed their way past Cloud and into the living room with excited looks on their faces.
"Marluxia, Demyx, why are you guys here?" Roxas quirked and eyebrow as Cloud came into the living room as well, confusion on his face. He leaned against a wall with his arms crossed and watched the two curiously.
"Hi, Sora, hi Roxas!" Demyx greeted with a smile and a wave. "We were at Zexion's house and so we thought we should come over and say hi!"
Sora returned the greeting enthusiastically.
Roxas didn't say hello. Instead, he tilted his head in confusion. "Where's Axel? Isn't he like your shadow, Demyx?"
"Yes, yes, he's still at Zexion's house, he's hiding out there because he's afraid of being castrated by Sora," Marluxia answered for him, causing Sora to laugh. "Anyway, that isn't the only reason we're here. Come on, get up, we're going to Demyx's house to have a group meeting."
"Why?" Roxas asked.
Marluxia gave him a weird look, as if the answer was obvious "Well, you're part of the group now, so it's only natural that you attend."
"No, not that, I meant what's the group meeting for?"
Demyx and Marluxia looked at each other and grinned. "It's very important stuff. Top secret, you know. Now, let's go, come on, chop, chop!" Marluxia grabbed Roxas by the arm and then the blond somehow ended up being draped over the pink-haired boy's shoulder and they were heading for the door. "Don't worry, Mr. Strife, we'll have him back before it gets too late and we'll make sure he's fed and bathed properly while he's away! Ta for now!"
That's how Roxas ended up in the backseat of Marluxia's pink Toyota Corolla squished between Axel and Zexion while Demyx sat up front with Marluxia. He was mostly silent, but couldn't help but notice how Axel's hand strayed from his own leg to Roxas' knee and then back again when the redhead got nervous. Roxas didn't want to believe that Axel really did have a crush on him, but the evidence was compelling. All the mysterious thoughts the redhead had towards him only made sense in the context of him liking the blond. It made Roxas feel awkward to be sitting there thinking they were just bros while Axel was trying to cop a feel of Roxas' skin.
The five teenagers must've been driving for at least five minutes because when Roxas opened his eyes next, he realized he'd fallen asleep cuddling with Zexion, who had also fallen asleep cuddling with him in return. Axel, Demyx and Marluxia were communicating in whispers and clearly didn't realize that Roxas was actually awake. The blond decided to run with it and pretended to sleep in the same position curled into his blue-haired best friend.
"Demyx, I'm telling you, it should be illegal to be this cute!" Axel's voice sounded.
"I know! Just look at them; all snuggled up together like kittens! I want to kiss their faces all over! Aww, look at them!" Demyx was swooning. "How are they so cute? I can't even…"
"Hey, Ax, since you're closest, you should kiss them. They'd never know it," Marluxia's voice said. "Or at least kiss your precious little Roxy-bear," he crooned.
Highly amused, Roxas decided to awaken Zexion so he could enjoy it as well. He found that one of his hands was in Zexion's lap, so he squeezed the bookworm's leg until his eyes opened little by little as he was stirred awake. Roxas opened his eyes halfway so that the three other boys wouldn't notice that he was awake. After a couple of seconds, Zexion's eyes went into focus and Roxas held his gaze and gave him a small grin and winked before closing his eyes again. Zexion seemed to get the memo, and though Roxas couldn't see it, he grinned back and closed his eyes as well.
"No way! What if they woke up? How would I explain myself to them? 'Oh, sorry guys, you were just so cute that I couldn't resist'? Hell no, Marluxia, that's a horrible idea," Axel's voice sounded again. "I would rather stare at them in their cuteness."
Deciding to make them swoon even more, Roxas slowly drew up his arms to rest on Zexion's shoulders and he snuggled into the smaller teen more so that their foreheads touched. Predictably, Axel and Demyx began squealing all fanboy-ish like. Zexion responded to Roxas' touch by drawing his own arms to rest on his waist. In addition to that, he let out a sweet little moan.
It took everything Roxas had not to begin laughing hysterically as Demyx and Axel completely lost their shit. "So cute! Cute, cute, cute!" Demyx whimpered helplessly. "I want to lick their faces! I wish you could've seen that, Marly! Holy shit, it's so adorable!"
"I can kinda see them in the rear view mirror," Marluxia responded.
"Maybe, but god, it was delectable! Demyx, let's jump their bones. Come on, let's just do it!" Axel exclaimed in a hushed tone.
"Aww, we're here," Demyx whined. "I guess all good things have to come to an end…"
When Roxas and Zexion pretended to wake up, they couldn't help but grin at each other, though their faces were both pink from being called adorable and such.
"Holy shit, Demyx, you live here?" Roxas asked incredulously as he stepped out of Marluxia's car and into the longest driveway he'd ever seen in front of a huge mansion he'd only ever seen in magazines.
"Yup! It's alright as far as houses go. I don't like it very much, to be honest, though. It's half empty."
When the five boys headed inside, Roxas wanted to explore the house, but Demyx said he could do it later. Right now, they were having an important meeting. They ended up in what Demyx called the romping room, which had initially reminded Roxas of sex. The room had bouncy floors and shag carpeting as well as vintage couches with matching coffee tables. Instruments were hung on the walls on display as well as in cases spread about the room. There was also a grand piano on a higher part of the split-level room. There was a circle of couches and lounge chairs in the middle of the room. In the middle of the circle, Larxene and Naminé were sitting with their legs crossed. Seifer was also there, which scared the shit out of Roxas because he'd forgotten that Demyx, Naminé, and Seifer were all siblings. He was talking with Larxene and his little sister.
Seifer stood up and left the room via another door when he saw the five boys enter. He set an intense look on Roxas before he turned and left, effectively threatening him without words.
"Jeez, it's about time you guys fucking showed!" Larxene huffed angrily. "We've been waiting for like a half an hour!"
"Roxas and Zexion fell asleep in the car, so we decided to drive around and savor their sleeping perfection for a little longer," Marluxia explained as everyone sat in a circle crisscross applesauce position.
"Aw, I wish I could've seen that!" Naminé whined. But then she started giggling uncontrollably. "Marluxia, you'll tell me all about it, right?" she wondered with a knowing expression on her face. 'Poor Roxas.' Very uninformative. Very.
"Alright, let's get down to business," Axel began.
"To defeat the Huns?" Roxas interjected, making Naminé and Demyx giggle.
"No!" the redhead exclaimed, though he grinned at Roxas. "To talk about Halloween. You see, Roxas, every year we get together and draw names from a hat to decide who gets to choose what we're dressing up as that year. We always dress up as a group, so congratulations on being able to participate in this group tradition. Nam, do you have the hat?"
Naminé produced a top hat from the couch behind her where it had been resting. "Here you go." She handed the top hat to the redhead. Then she tore out a blank page from the sketchbook that was resting in front of her.
The ritual proceeded from there. They all signed a little square piece of ripped paper and then put them into the hat. Axel took the hat once all the names were inside and shook it up to ensure that all the names got mixed up. He then allowed Zexion to pick the name, explaining that Zexion was the least biased of them all.
Everyone waited with baited breath as Zexion dug around in the top hat with his eyes closed. Finally, he produced a meticulously folded piece of paper with hearts drawn all over it. "Marluxia," he read aloud after unfolding it.
Marluxia gave a triumphant cry and then started jumping around the little circle. Everyone else was less enthused and they all let their shoulders slump in disappointment. "Oh, this is perfect!" Marluxia giggled. "Alright, here's what we're doing! We're all going to dress as drag queens!"
After a very fun evening of hanging out and eating as much junk food as their stomachs could handle, Roxas found himself in the same position squished between Axel and Zexion in Marluxia's car. The only difference was that Larxene was in the front passenger seat instead of Demyx. He didn't fall asleep this time, still on a sugar high from all the crap he'd ingested that night. Zexion fell asleep again, though, and leaned on the blond in his slumber.
The ride back home was pretty quick, a bit faster than Roxas would have liked. When they pulled to a stop between Zexion and Roxas' house, the blond was lifted onto Axel's shoulder the same way Marluxia had done earlier. The redhead carried him to his door like that, and then, to Roxas' surprise, continued on into the Strife household. Axel set him down on the couch in the Strifes' living room and ruffled his hair.
"What is it with your guys' obsession with carrying me everywhere?" Roxas wondered, his face turning pink.
"You're too cute for us to let you walk on your own. See ya!" And with that, Axel was gone.
The rest of the Strife family, who had witnessed the whole event, trained their eyes on Roxas, disapproving looks on all their faces. They'd all stayed up until midnight waiting for him to come home. If that wasn't bad enough, when Roxas went to check up on his Facebook he found a picture that Demyx had taken while he and Zexion had actually been asleep. It had 9 likes. Bastards.
The next day during sixth period, Roxas asked his French teacher if he could "aller aux toilettes," and his teacher allowed him to go. He did his business, but as he was finishing up, Zexion happened to walk in. The two exchanged startled expressions, not expecting to see each other there. Roxas decided to be a good friend and wait for the bookworm to finish.
"Hey, you wanna skip a little bit of class?" Roxas wondered as they left the bathroom and strolled slowly down the hall in the direction of the language wing of the school since both of their classes were there.
Zexion raised an eyebrow at him. "Oh? A little bit of class? And how much is that exactly?" he questioned with playfulness in his voice.
"As much as you want, really," Roxas replied. They were heading down a hallway now that had no lockers and no classroom doors in it. It was supposed to be for transporting the vehicles inside the school around so the groundskeepers could effectively cover the school without having to walk everywhere. Students still used it to walk through, though.
"And what would we do?" the shorter teen asked.
Roxas grinned and shoved Zexion up against the wall of the deserted hallway. He captured the blue-haired boy's lips with his as he pinned him to the wall. He broke away from their fervent kissing after a few seconds. "Sound good to you?"
Zexion just grinned and leaned forward to attach his lips with the blond's again. Within seconds, they were passionately trying to eat each other's mouths. Roxas' hands roamed up and down Zexion's sides while Zexion's hands roamed up and down Roxas' back. Eventually, what began as playful roaming turned into groping as Zexion grabbed Roxas' ass and Roxas rested a hand on Zexion's crotch.
They broke apart when they realized what they were doing in school in the middle of a hallway, albeit a deserted one. Their faces flushed as they walked down the hallway and to their classrooms.
"I hope no one saw us…" Roxas murmured.
Zexion hummed in agreement. "Let's continue later. We can go to my house if you like." They were nearing the language wing and would have to split ways in a matter of seconds.
"My house is better today. My Dad's going to this seminar for unemployed people or something at like 3 until 7 and Sora won't get home till at least 4:30. We'll have an entire hour and a half to fool around," Roxas offered.
His friend nodded as they finally went their separate ways.
The minute Roxas entered his room behind Zexion, he closed and locked the door. When he turned around, his lips were attached to Zexion's much the way they'd been barely an hour prior. Their hands were on each other once more, exploring much like earlier, only now, there weren't any restrictions or any worries. They were free to probe each other's bodies as they pleased.
Zexion guided them over to the bottom bunk and then relinquished the dominance he'd built up as he broke the kiss and laid down, allowing Roxas to climb on top. The kissing continued as did the groping. The groping was centered on each other's asses.
Just when Roxas was getting comfortable with the situation, Zexion lifted his hips and grinded against him, causing him to groan out of pleasure. Fear entered Roxas' bloodstream as he questioned if he really wanted to lose his virginity right now to Zexion. He broke the kiss and stared down at Zexion's porcelain face with uncertainty in his eyes.
"What is it, Roxas?" the younger boy wondered, sounding concerned with the blond's sudden change in demeanor.
"Zexion…" the blond trailed off as he tried to think of what exactly he wanted to say. He decided to go with a question. "How far have you gone exactly? With anyone."
Zexion tilted his head to the side a bit, causing his bangs to fall into his face more. "I'm not a virgin, Roxas. Are you?" he asked.
Roxas just nodded, making Zexion grin. "What?" he demanded, wanting to know why that was so amusing. Lots of people his age were still virgins! There was no shame in being a virgin. None at all.
"Nothing, I just thought it was… interesting is all. How far have you gone, hmm?" Zexion questioned.
Roxas collapsed next to Zexion on the bed so that he wasn't awkwardly straddling him as they had a conversation. "Well, I've never exactly been with a guy before… I've had a few girlfriends, though. The furthest I've gone with them is third base. I'll tell you this, Zexion, I do not like the taste of vaginal fluid. Bleh."
"So have you ever received a blowjob, or have you just been forced to lower yourself in order to keep your cover girl happy?"
"I've been given a few blowjobs before." Roxas shrugged.
A brilliant look overcame Zexion's face. "Would you be willing to 69 if that's the case? I'm assuming you were thinking we would have sex, but I would never have sex with you. Not that you aren't sexy, but I would only have sex with someone I'm in love with. I don't feel that for you."
Relief washed over Roxas and he returned to straddling Zexion in a millisecond with an impish grin on his face. "I'm glad you feel that way." From there, Roxas swooped down and continued to kiss the shit out of Zexion. The groping also picked up where it left off. The blond broke the kiss moments later so that he could bite down on Zexion's neck and whisper in his ear, "I'm scared of biting your dick off or getting my own dick bitten off, so would you mind it terribly if we take turns sucking each other off?"
Zexion's reply was a strangled moan and another grind from his hips unto Roxas'. The two of them began exchanging moans as the grinding eventually built into a rhythm. Hearing Zexion's voice whimper and whine pathetically the way it was immensely turned Roxas on and his animalistic instincts began to take over. He removed himself from the smaller boy and was about to make his way down to his friend's member, but a hand stopped him.
Zexion winked at him and then slithered out from underneath him and onto the floor on his knees. He motioned for Roxas to sit on the bed, and the blond did as he was told, wanting desperately for the intense pressure in his lower abdomen to finally cease in a single moment of glory.
Roxas' moment eventually did come (pun intended) at the ministrations of Zexion's mouth. He accidentally came all over Zexion's face, but he didn't seem to mind. The sight of Zexion covered in his semen made Roxas want to jizz on every part of his body, but he was so spent that he wouldn't have been able to get it up if he tried.
In the end, Zexion got revenge on Roxas in much the same fashion. The difference between the two was Roxas went the extra mile for his blue-haired friend with benefits and licked up and swallowed the cum on his face. Completely wiped out, the two cleaned themselves up and got rid of all evidence before they simply collapsed on Roxas' bed and fell asleep.
A/N: Stuff happened and more stuff happened. And don't you worry, kiddies, there will be legitimate AkuRoku in the next chapter. None of this playful banter, maybe-they-will-maybe-they-won't shit. Well, except it doesn't exactly pan out right away. It gets fixed eventually, I promise! The Roxion is ending fast. Enjoy it while you can. And if you never liked the Roxion, rejoice for it is almost at its end.
Also, you should read the Little Prince. Google 'Le Petit Prince English Translation' and choose the first link. It is beautiful. I cried all over my French assignment xD
So yeah, since it is my birthday today, you all should make me super happy and leave SO MANY REVIEWS THAT IT HURTS MY EYES. And my heart, quite possibly. I could be so touched that I have a heart attack.
Before I go, I pretty much just realized that I haven't even gotten Roxas to tell Zexion of his findings that other people knew they had powers. I will be sure to incorporate that into a later chapter. For now it is a huge ugly hole. All things will be explained. I got this.
Anyway, until next time~
Love, Raven~ –lessthanthree-