No, I don't own kingdom hearts. They belong to Disney and Squeenix. However I am proud owner of any of the original characters that appear here unless stated otherwise
Summary: KeyToDestiny and DancingFlames are widely known over the internet. No one knows who they are, though. It is only known that one of them has two 'keys' tattooed and the other has piercing green eyes...
Ignoring the growing admiration to those two amazing models, Roxas is recovering from a suicide attempt and has moved back with his family to his old hometown, Destiny Islands, to start anew. In that same hometown a new life, old friends and wonderful challenges await for him. Will Roxas and his new friends manage to pursue that dream that they chase?
Last Time…
"I love you, Axel…" Roxas murmured, kissing the bite Axel now sported on his neck. The red haired felt his heart skip a beat and gradually swell with happiness. He tightened his arms around the small boy, kissing his blonde tresses.
"I love you too, Roxas"
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True to Demyx' words, the storm hit full force Destiny Islands that night. After a couple of stones hit the windows and deciding that putting all the blinds down was a great idea, the two teens decided to get to know each other a bit more… in every possible way.
By the Second day of Storm Roxas was convinced that he knew every single spot, scar and tattoo that mapped Axel's body. And what a body… Soft, creamy white skin with hardly any imperfections, glistening with sweat as the well toned muscles rippled with the force of Axel thrust… Ehem, you probably get the idea.
Roxas, on the other hand, was now extremely self conscious about his body. He was tanned, covered in freckles (especially around the shoulders) and had scars. Lots of them. His first two scars were now covered by the famous Oathkeeper and Oblivion. Then there was his back scar, result of the fatal car that had run over Xion and knocked him against a shop, crashing the glass door and cutting his back quite deeply. Although now fully healed, the wound reached from his left shoulder and went down to his hip, curling around and finishing just beside Oathkeeper. To those, he had to now add the two cuts in his forearms. Yes, Roxas was a warrior. He had the scars to prove it.
'I really should be more careful…' Roxas mused as he thought over all of his wounds. Axel cursed, breaking the blonde's trail of thought.
"No, you shouldn't save her! Save yourself, you idiot!" The red haired cried to the TV, where they were watching Titanic… Or had been trying to. Roxas had lost interest half way through the film and had decided to watch all the expressions Axel made as he watched the movie.
"Axel, you know how the movie ends already…" Roxas drawled, amused as Axel growled/sniffled as Leonardo Dicaprio drowned. "He has to die…"
"It still is frustrating…" the red haired sniffled, snuggling into Roxas. That was another thing the blonde had discovered about his boyfriend. He was clingy. In the 'now that no one's watching I'm finally going to show my true self' way. It was surprising after seeing how everyone at school feared Axel to discover this, but the blonde didn't mind. It made him feel important; like he was able to give Axel what he needed most, which most of the times was a hug. A hug followed by a kiss that usually turned passionate and ended up with both of them making passionate love wherever they happened to be.
"Now that we're both calm and our sexual appetite has been satiated…" Axel said, nuzzling Roxas' neck. "For the next hour at least" the blonde laughed at this "I think we should have some serious talk, Roku…"
"About what?" Roxas asked, trying hard not to laugh at the way Axel was wiggling his eyebrows.
"About your back…"
"Side" Roxas snorted. Axel laughed.
"No, your back. Your sexy, sadly scarred back that I can't enjoy because you're obsessed with hiding it"
"The scar is ugly, Aku…" Roxas mumbled. Axel made a bored face.
"The scar is sexy. And" he pecked Roxas' nose "If you dislike it so much why don't you get it covered?"
"Covered?"
"As in, get a huge ass back piece" the red haired smiled. Roxas blinked, never having thought of that option. Axel' smile broadened. "I bet you didn't think of that"
"Honestly" Roxas breathed "I didn't. But what should I get?"
"Oh, leave that to me, kitten! I know just what you can get…" Axel said, tracing invisible figures on Roxas' hip. "I'll personally draw it for you as a birthday present. Now…" he smirked, closing the distance between Roxas and he "Let's go back to business…"
Roxas couldn't suppress a laugh as Axel claimed his lips, knowing perfectly well what was going to stem off that kiss. The beast within Axel had awoken and demanded attention.
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The incessant ring of the phone awoke the two teens. Grumbling, Axel picked up the phone and set it on loud speakers. He was about to answer when a very familiar voice broke the calm silence of the house.
"AXEL, ROXAS! ARE YOU TWO ALRIGHT?"
"Dad?" Axel asked, still half asleep.
"No, your worst nightmare" Rowan scoffed.
"The same person" Axel mumbled, causing Roxas to giggle silently.
"Seriously, what's going on? I heard about the storm hitting the islands just after I left and tried calling you but you didn't answer! I was worried, you know!"
"We've been suffering continuous power cuts since the storm started" the blonde said, interrupting Rowan's rant.
"Use your cell phone?"
"We were busy, dad"
Rowan snickered.
"Yeah, busy would be the word. I hope my house is still in place when I go back" a sigh "Okay, the reason I called: your mother called asking why you were not staying with her when I was away and I explained you were having a friend over and all that… She does want you over when Roxas leaves, though."
Axel groaned.
"Dad…"
"You know I can't do anything, pup"
Roxas snickered.
"So I'm the kitten and you're the puppy?"
"Oh… Kitten?" Rowan laughed "So he calls you Kitten?"
"Dad…" Axel warned.
"This is so funny! Okay. I did my business. Got to leave now or Reno will have my ass if I arrive late again to the show! Bye! Take care!"
The line went dead.
Both teens stared at the telephone, then at each other.
"Reno will have his ass?" Roxas asked, slightly worried for Rowan.
"Reno works as Dad's bodyguard and manager… and he's the one that makes sure Dad arrives to places on time. Something they never manage, but oh well." Axel smirked "You can't say it's for the lack of trying"
"Why doesn't that surprise me…" Roxas mumbled, remembering a time when Axel and he had decided to go out for dinner. Axel was half an hour late, and when he came he was smiling and mumbling an apology, but had no real excuse.
"Oi!" Axel laughed, seeming to notice what Roxas was remembering "I'm not that bad. It's Dad…. He's the one who's trouble"
"So… In this family, who's the father and who's the son?" Roxas laughed.
"I wondered the same thing when I reached sixteen…"
It was weird. Going back home after a full week of Axel, that is. He loved his brothers dearly and sure, he missed his late night talks with Demyx whilst Larxene talked to Marluxia in the room next to theirs, but… being woken up by Vincent? That was something he didn't like. Currently, Roxas was slumped on Demyx' water bed, listening to the radio as the teen cleaned his bass. Axel was with his mother, so he couldn't talk to him over KH.
"So, how was it?" Demyx asked as he placed the bass down, satisfied with the cleaning.
"Axel or the sex?" Roxas asked bluntly. Demyx snickered and laid beside him on the bed.
"Both"
"Gorgeously wonderful" Roxas stated, turning around and hugging his friend. "And I'm suffering withdrawal symptoms now. I want my Axel!"
"And I want Zexion, but neither of us can have what we want at the moment" Demyx said as he patted his friends. Roxas looked up, his piercing blue eyes meeting Demyx' aqua ones.
"Tell me, what's with your infatuation with Zexion lately? Are you two in some sort of fling or something?"
"Why do you ask that?" Demyx asked, slightly blushing. Roxas smirked.
"What do you guys do each morning before tutor?"
The Mohawk boy sighed.
"Talk. That's all I'm able to do with him, talk! I really don't understand him at all! I can't seem to be able to…I …" he huffed "Man, it's hard to explain"
"I kind of understand…" Roxas pursed his lips, looking up to the ceiling "You have a very strong crush on him but you don't know how to act up on it?"
"More or less." Demyx said "And It's not for the sake of flirting. I've been flirting with Zexion even when I was going out with Luxord… and don't look at me with those eyes, Roxas. I can't help it! He's so serious that I feel the need to crack that cold demeanour of his!"
"So…"
"The problem is he has grown immune to my flirting and now he can't tell the difference of my normal, harmless flirting and my 'I'm fucking crushing on you' flirting!"
Roxas arched an eyebrow. Demyx blinked.
"What?"
"You complicate things waaaaaay to much, Demyx"
The Mohawk boy rubbed his temples. "I know hon… I know…"
=MEANWHILE=
"So, you really don't mind?" Sora smiled as he leaned against the wall, his phone clutched tightly in his hands.
"Why would we? It's for the sake of our younger brother"
"Plus, we kind of agree with you…"
"… He does need to get rid of that pent up energy of his."
"It's driving us up the walls. Riku's so moody…"
"So yes. We'll help you do it, Sora. Count on the three of us"
"Great! Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz, I love you guys!" Sora exclaimed, wishing the three silver haireds were there so he could give them a big hug. Through the line, he swore he could feel the smiles of the three siblings.
"We love you too, Sora…"
"Shit, Dad's coming!" thunk "Kadaj, close the line!"
"Bye, see you tomorrow Sora" Kadaj said hurriedly
"See ya, guys" Sora said, closing the line. Hanging the phone with shaking hands, he let out a happy, slightly crazy laugh and flopped down on the sofa, hugging the nearest pillow… which turned out to be the cat. Burying his nose in the distressed animal's soft fur, he smiled evilly. His plan was officially in action.
Going back to school meant going back to everything Roxas had gladly forgotten about a week and a half ago. Homework, stress, not having enough time for Axel and probably having to deal with Romina… What a great way to start the week. Sarcasm noted.
"Dude" Demyx sighed, handing Tidus a coffee "I pity their brother..." he said, looking at the grumpy figures slumped over the cafeteria table.
"Why?" The boy asked, blowing on his coffee.
"Well, one thing is to wake up occasionally in a bad mood… But waking up every single frigging day totally pissy…"
"Now you understand my suffering" Vincent said as he crept up on the two boys, almost causing Tidus to spill his coffee.
"Holy shit Vincent! You have to warn us when you do that!" The Mohawk boy growled, facing the teacher.
"And need I to remind you that you should not swear in school?" He asked the boy, his voice cool and his red eyes flaring. Demyx swallowed loudly.
"No sir…"
"Here it goes again…" Tidus mumbled, walking away from Demyx and Vincent. "Oi… what's up with you two this morning?"
Sora looked up at him, sleep bags slightly noticeable under his eyes. "After a week without school its kind of hard to come back…"
The athlete smiled. "Oh, true. You're not used to the summer storms…"
"Are they that frequent?" Roxas asked, cradling his head between his arms. Tidus nodded.
"Oh yeah, they're quite frequent at this time of the year. But you missed the worst part; luckily. Then it gets better and better and, by the time we reach Christmas its wonderful weather. Then it gets worse and worse and we reach the so called winter at mid February, which is when the storms start. From March to the end of April its storming and then-"
"It all starts again…" Roxas waved Tidus off "Yeah, I get the idea…"
Tidus arched his eyebrows and sat facing Roxas. "Okay, spit it"
"Spit what?"
"Come on, I know something happened during the weekend-"
"I happened. That is what happened" Axel announced as the waltzed into the cafeteria and sat beside Roxas, ruffling the blonde's hair. "Wakey wakey, kitten"
"Why are you in such a good mood?" Roxas moaned, leaning against his boyfriend. Axel blinked.
"Not in a good mood: hyper. Kairi and me dashed out of the house before those blasted twins woke up and we had breakfast in the café round the corner… and I drunk my super concentrated black coffee and what was left of Kairi's expresso. So…"
"Holy crap. Two coffees this early in the morning?" Tidus gawked
"I've had more" Axel smiled, his pupils dilated by the rush of caffeine. Sora groaned, stealing Tidus' coffee and taking a sip.
"Caffeine is a good idea" he said "Thanks, man"
"Yeah… no problem…" Tidus grumbled, staring at his now almost empty cup. Checking his watched, he sighed. "So… ready to get on with the day, guys?"
"No…" they all said, but nevertheless stood up and walked out of the cafeteria, leaving Demyx and the still lecturing Vincent. They would catch up later…
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"Oh my god! Have you seen the new pictures?"
"The new shoot? Oh yes! Aku and Roku are so awesome!"
"And hot! I think they were almost naked!"
"No, really?"
"Yes, really…" Roxas mumbled, overhearing the rushed conversation the two girls that were sitting behind them. "We were really naked…"
"Okay, now I'm interested" Demyx said, turning around 180º and effectively giving his back to Vincent, who was in the middle of a talk.
"Mr Highwind…"
"Yes, brb Vincent" Demyx waved off "I'm trying to get some gossip here" he blinked, then turned around again. "Sorry, I keep forgetting its Monday"
"Yes, I kind of noticed" Vincent said, much to everyone's amusement. "So, can I continue?"
"Sure… go ahead" Demyx said, letting out a shaky laugh. Roxas snickered, earning a glare from the Mohawk boy.
"Tell me all about it, man" he whispered. Roxas smiled.
"Later, dude… later. With the pictures included"
Demyx winked and went back to listening to Vincent, whilst Roxas went back to the conversation going on behind him.
"Did you know what they said?" the first girl said, lowering her volume after Vincent's call of attention to Demyx.
"What?"
"That the twins Soku and Roku moved to Destiny Islands. They're here!"
"No! Really?"
"Yes. And I think they are about our age so…"
"Ohmigod. Could they be… here?"
"In our school? Probably… we have to watch out for new guys arriving. I saw their blog yesterday and the date was from a couple of days ago…"
"It would be a shame if they happened to be in Coral High… I so would want to be friends with them…"
"Onto another rumour. They say that Axel Hikaru might be DancingFlames…"
The first girl snorted silently.
"Him? That's ridiculous… he doesn't even have the tattoos, does he?"
"He does have green eyes… have you seen them?"
"Sorry if I don't make a habit of staring at Hikaru…"
"Girl, don't be so bitchy. I'm just saying. It is a rumour…but some friends of mine have seen him out of school and they say he has two small tattoos under his eyes. Probably covers them for school…"
"I don't think so… how old is he… seventeen? I think Aku is older than that… and much nicer. Axel is such an arse..."
"Control yourself! Axel's boyfriend might hear you! He's sitting right in front of us!"
"Like I care. It is a wonder that he's going out with someone like Axel. I mean, Roxas is so sweet…"
Roxas decided to stop there. Either that or his brain would collapse from all the nonsense. Seriously, Axel being an arse?
'Then again, I've been lucky enough to see his sweet side…' he thought, biting his lip and staring at Demyx, who was writing some random music notes on a scrap sheet of paper. That reminded him… That stupid melody had not left his head at all in the past days and it was starting to annoy him. He'd already written it down in his new notebook, but the little thing didn't quiet down! It grew more, day by day, week by week…
'I feel like I'm pregnant… only I won't give birth to a baby, but a song…'
"Honey, you can't get pregnant, no matter how much you and Axel want a kid" Demyx snickered. Roxas blushed.
"Shit, I said that out loud?"
Demyx nodded, laughing silently. Roxas groaned.
"I do recommend getting a dog. They do the same job as a kid but are friendlier and won't grow up to hate you…"
Roxas groaned louder and banged his head against the table.
----MIDDAY, CAFETERIA-----
"Axel, do explain why didn't you call me to shoot Roxas and you" Naminé pouted. Axel and Roxas shared a look and snickered.
"Well… we were naked…"
The girls (and Demyx) gasped.
"And that shoot lead on to… well… stuff…"
The girls (plus Demyx and Sora) squealed. Zexion arched an eyebrow.
"To put it simply, I didn't want to share Roxas" Axel concluded, getting a groan from the girls (plus Demyx, Sora and a woken up Riku). Zexion pursed his lips.
"Okay, who is going to be the next one to join the reaction the girls make?" he asked. Marluxia put his hand up. The slate haired boy sweat dropped and resisted the urge to bang some sense into the pink haired… quite literally.
"Okay, now that we're talking about shoots… How about we organise one this weekend?" Sora asked, nudging Riku to keep him awake.
Demyx beamed.
"Oh yes, please!" he exclaimed "The mighty Six! Mysterious, masked, shirtless… do you know what that means?"
"That the fandom will increase?" Axel asked, playing with Roxas' fingers. And key word, playing. Axel was making his fingers walk around and trying to kick Roxas' fingers, which were running around the table cowering and stomping on his nail whenever they were still.
Demyx frowned. "Now that you mention it, yeah it will increase…" he hummed, then looked at Zexion. "Is that good or bad?"
"Deppends on how you look at it. If you strain your eyes and tilt your head to the side, sure, it looks great. On the other hand…"
"We get the point" Roxas cut him off. "We also need to get those piercings…"
Sora groaned and clutched his crotch. "Shakespeare…"
"We could do the shoot afterwards. Show the world our new level of awesomeness, if you know what I mean…" Roxas continued, ignoring his brother
"I won't be able to walk…" Sora mumbled
"I won't be able to talk" Axel said. "I'm getting my tongue done"
"I'm getting my penis done!" the brunet whined
"So…" Axel drawled.
"Don't you see the point?"
"The point of what, your Shakespeare?" Axel asked, slightly confused. "No thanks, I much prefer Roxas'-"
"Okay…" Roxas interrupted again. "No need to discuss my genitalia at the table"
"Why not?" Naminé asked, smirking at Kairi "It makes an interesting conversation…"
"Because" Roxas interrupted "It's mine. And mine alone."
"And mine" Axel said "I had it in my –"
"Axel…" Roxas cried out, exasperated
"Shit, now I'm curious" Demyx said "Had it where?"
"Enough! It's my life! It's supposed to be private!"
"My dearest brother, it seems that it no longer is" Sora said. "But seriously, I thought you bottomed…"
"I never said I bottomed…" Roxas flushed, looking down. Everyone stared at Axel wide eyed.
"Wait, Axel bottomed?" Marluxia blinked, ceasing his snogging with Larxene to stare at his friend.
"Did you?" Kairi asked.
"Nice weather, is it? Very sunny today…" Axel whistled, completely ignoring everyone. Roxas snorted.
"Very smooth, Axel. Very smooth…" he said, patting his boyfriend "Baby, its raining again today"
The red haired blinked, then gave Roxas a sideways glance.
"You blew up my cover"
"What cover?"
"MY cover! It was supposed to help me get away!"
Roxas huffed.
"Oh please, Axel-"
Zexion cleared his throat.
"Children… cease the marital banter and come back to the conversation..."
"God, finally someone with common sense!" Roxas cried out, wanting to hug the slate haired boy.
"…I am quite eager to find out who topped who. So, who did it?"
The blonde groaned, slamming his head against a table for the second time in that day. Was he really surrounded by idiots?
that afternoon….
"Roxas! Axel's on the phone!" Cloud shouted, holding the door open with his foot so that the cat could come in. "Roxas!"
"Coming! I'm coming!" The younger blonde shouted back, rubbing his wet hair dry with a towel. Shirtless and only wearing a pair of slacks, he walked to the kitchen and picked up the phone. "Axel?"
"Roxas! It's flooded!"
"What is flooded?"
"My fucking message box in KH is flooded!" the red haired repeated "Over one thousand messages! How am I supposed to reply to that?!"
"Wait, one thousand?"
"Yes, it seems that your naked body attracts the masses, baby…" he said in a sultry tone, then returned to his panic state "BUT ONE THOUSAND!"
"Yes, I heard you!" The blonde cried, putting as much distance as he could between him and the speaker. "What do you think I can do about it?"
"I… I don't know…" he mumbled "I just needed some comforting…"
"Okay… which image did you post?"
"Images…" Axel clarified "The one you look so coy and covered with the bed sheets and the one I'm looking over my arms-"
"You had to choose the most provocative ones, didn't you?"
"Of course! Who do you think I am?"
"The crazy man I'm dating…" Roxas sighed and ran a hand through his hair "Well… you did it, you find a solution"
Axel made a whining noise. "But… Roxas!"
"What…?"
"Nothing. I just don't want you to hang up"
"Axel, is there a secret motif behind this call"
"Yes" the red haired mumbled "I'm avoiding the twins"
Roxas laughed and sat down on one of the kitchen chairs. It seemed the conversation was in for the long run.
"Exactly what is so bad about those twins?"
"For one, there's two of them"
"There's also two of them here" Cloud added as he walked into the kitchen. Axel whistled.
"Your brother's got fine hearing"
"Too fine for my liking…" Roxas said "He's also almost completely blind-"
"I'm not the only one wearing contacts here, Roxas"
Axel laughed.
"I wear glasses too, don't worry. As a matter of fact, I'm wearing them right now…"
"Sexy" Roxas purred, imagining Axel with glasses. "Wear them next time I'm over…"
"CLOUD! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE I NEED HELP WITH THE CAR!"
Cloud rolled his eyes.
"COMING, CID!" he shouted as he left the kitchen.
Roxas winced at the loudness of their voices.
"What were you saying, baby"
"I asked if you're up for some dirty talk, Kitten"
"Aku, please…" Roxas laughed, leaning back against the chair "Aren't your brothers around?"
"Half brothers" the red haired corrected "And no, I locked myself in my room"
"Yes, and you better get out" Kairi said suddenly, startling the two teens "I need to urgently call mom. David is behaving real badly and Conan broke the porcelain statue she had of the mermaid"
"Fine…" Axel whined. When he was sure Kairi had hung up her end of the line, he spoke again "Damn, I was starting to get in the mood…"
"No such luck, honey" Roxas crooned. "I promise next time we're alone I'll do something special…"
"I'm taking you up on that promise" Axel purred. "Better leave now. Love you, babe"
"Love you" Roxas replied, his heart beating a tad bit faster. He hung the phone and went back to the bathroom, hoping that Sora hadn't taken his phone break as an excuse to shower. His hair was still a mess.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND
Riku stared at his brother straight in the eye.
"You're joking, right?"
Kadaj arched a perfect silver eyebrow.
"Does it look to you that I'm joking?"
"I don't know…" The youngest of the Silver brothers sighed, leaning back in the leather chair "You do have some pretty screwed up ideas"
"I deeply resent that"
"See you do. It's always me the one that ends up hurt"
"It's not his fault that you always screw up" Yazoo interjected, coming into the room, followed by Loz.
"What do we owe this pleasant reunion?" Riku asked sarcastically, not enjoying the fact that it was three against one at the moment. For some reason, Yazoo and Loz always teamed up with Kadaj. Always. He only had a chance against them when Xemnas or Sephiroth were around… which was never. Not since… that day.
"Well, we have noticed that your narcolepsy hasn't gotten better at all-"
"For fuck's sake…" Riku cried out "I'm not narcoleptic! Just insomniac!"
"Sure. That is why you fall asleep randomly-" Loz drawled as he stretched on the sofa like a cat.
"Because I can't sleep at night!"
"Because you don't release all that energy you've got inside you!" Kadaj cried out dramatically "As your older brothers, we care for you-"
"Last time you said that I ended with huge blisters in my butt and couldn't sit down for two weeks…"
"We did warn you about the boiling water" Yazoo shrugged "But you decided it would be fun to-"
"Yeah, extremely fun" Riku cut his second older brother "Thing is, I'm not allowing you to pair me up with some random girl or guy for sexual relief. Sex is not the answer-"
"It's the question" Kadaj cut in "And the answer is yes. You've got no other option or viable escape."
"Oh, how come?" Riku asked in a daring tone. He was pretty sure Xemnas would allow him to stay over at his place for a bit until the Terrible Three calmed down…
"I talked with Father and he gave us free reign to do what we want as long as we obtain results. He's left for some business conference and won't be back in a month" Loz smiled. "And we're having your little friend over this weekend and the next."
"And Father does want results. He's sick of having to excuse his youngest son for falling asleep at random intervals through important events he organises…" Yazoo added, a small smile dancing over his lips.
"Face it, brother. We win" Kadaj finished, smirking. Riku felt the urge to act like Roxas and slam his head against a table. He would do that, only their table was glass. Huffing and walking to his bedroom, he kept wondering what on earth had possessed his mother to have a numerous family.
"I'd do greatly with just Sephiroth or Xemnas as older brothers…" he mumbled as he walked "At least they don't meddle with my life…"
I had another artist block. Sorry for the late update!
So, here is another chapter! Quite short, but it's the calm before the storm. Things will start to get pretty hectic from now on.
Okay, some extra info that you will find useful: Riku is the youngest of six brothers. The ages go as follows:
Sephiroth: 27 [same age as Cloud and Vincent]
Xemnas: 24
Loz: 21
Yazoo: 19
Kadaj: 18 (about to graduate from school)
Now that that's out of the way… me and my beta made some more collabs regarding the story! They're on deviantart! And I am working on drawing the photographs Axel and Roxas took in the shoot, so watch out for that!
http:// simplyamadhatter . deviantart . com/ art/ Collab-number-3-153476154 (take out the spaces)
And a big, big thank you to everyone that reviewed and faved this story. You have no idea how happy it makes me! For my first story, I wasn't expecting such good feedback!
And, as always, reviews are more than welcome!