DunDunDunDURRR in my opinion this chapter is VERY AkuRoku-y. I don't own KH yadda yadda blah. If anything gets confusion just ask, I won't bite. Credit for my editor Steph she is aweshum :D And thanks for all the support so far , you can all have cookies ! :3
I took the photo out of Axel's hands, the silver frame felt cool against my clammy palms. Why are my palms clammy you ask? Not only because there's a half naked Axel right next to me, but I can almost feel the heat radiating off his bare body. My heart felt as if it was going to explode. Not in lovesick schoolgirl way, it was as if someone had decided to strap TNT to my heart and that when Axel hugged me they thought it would be a good time to detonate the bombs. I focused back down at the picture, banishing all thoughts of Axel from my mind. The picture was of my mom, my dad and me. I smiled down at the picture; I wonder how old I was. Five- no probably four hours old.
"That woman has beautiful eyes, just like yours." Axel murmured, leaning down looking at the picture. Is it just me or is Axel kind of, uh… hitting on me today? Nah that's probably me doing some wishful thinking.
"That's my mom, she was pretty wasn't she?" I traced the outline of her smile with the tip of my finger.
"Yeah," Axel nodded in agreement. "Wait, what do you mean was?" Ah, he picked up on my use of the past tense. Well that was unexpected.
"None of your business, it's personal stuff." I snapped at him, he flinched, looking kind of hurt from my outburst.
"Oh, ok." He looked down. I felt kind of guilty; he had opened up to me about his family.
"Fine, I guess it's only fair that I tell you. But I'm only doing this because you told me about your family." I sat down cross-legged and looked up at Axel. "First things first, like I said the woman in the picture is my mom. The man is my dad and the baby is me." I took in a deep breath, I needed to stay calm. "I never actually knew my mom, she died a day after I was born. She caught some sort of disease after I was born as her body was still unstable."
"Hmn," was his only response. I wonder what he was thinking at this moment.
"My dad said she was a woman of many talents." I smiled softly. "He said I would've loved her to pieces and she would've spoilt me rotten."
"It's a shame you never got to meet her." Axel said sympathetically, he seemed as if he was in a world of his own. He shook his head and snapped out of it. "I guess that means you live with your dad right?"
My dad
I was going to lose it. I bit down on my bottom lip hard, suppressing back a manic laugh that was forming at the back of my throat. I licked my lips, tasting the coppery blood.
"I didn't…I didn't kill him" My voice cracked. I shuddered as I said the words out loud. "Just because it was my fault …doesn't mean," I was panting heavily by now, the lack of oxygen was becoming unbearable. "It doesn't mean I was the one who killed him!" I gripped my hair tugging at my blond spikes.
"Roxas, what's wrong? Roxas!" Axel grabbed and shook me by the shoulders. It was too late; everything he was saying was drowned out by the sound of bloodcurdling screams. I was going insane.
"You can't just leave!" I cried out as I held onto my dad's limp body. His blood was smeared all across my face. I pressed my ear up against his chest, the sound of his heartbeat was slowing down. The colour from his skin was draining away, he looked as white as snow. Why wasn't the ambulance here yet, I had called them at least ten minutes ago.
The room I was in reeked of blood, it was splattered everywhere. It coated the white tiles of the kitchen floor and the walls that used to be a cream colour were now blood red. It made me feel sick. I wanted to run away or maybe I would wake up and find out it was all a nightmare. Unfortunately this was no nightmare.
Half an hour ago Tidus had dropped me back home; we'd been out playing basketball. I walked up the porch and opened the front door. My dad should be home by now. I checked my watch for the time; yup his shift at the hospital had finished an hour ago.
"Dad, I'm home. I'll start making dinner after I've had a shower." I called out to him. I waited for a response, but he didn't reply, so I called out again. "Dad, you are home aren't you?" I was sure he was home, not only had his shift ended an hour ago, his car was parked up in the driveway.
"Rox, please." My dad hoarsely choked out.
"Dad? Dad? Where are you?" He sounded as if he was in pain. I needed to help him.
"Kitchen…" He croaked.
What happened? My head is killing me. I opened my eyes slowly, squinting from the bright light that was coming for the lamp. Sitting up, I rubbed my temples letting out a small groan of pain. It didn't take me long to figure out that I was in my room, the question was why.
"Ah I see that Sleeping Beauty has risen. Just in time, I figured you wouldn't be feeling too well so I bought you some painkillers and a glass of water." Axel walked over to me.
"You went rummaging through my stuff?" I questioned him.
"No, I simply got you a glass of water and looked through the bathroom cabinet for the painkillers. Don't worry I didn't snoop or anything like that." He set the glass down on the bedside table and handed me the painkillers. I felt guilt bubble up in my stomach. Damn him for making me feel guilty again!
"Sorry" I threw the small round tablets into the back of my mouth and took a big gulp of water. "Thanks," I put the glass back down on the table.
"No problem."
"So," I took a deep breath in. "What happened?" My memory was kind of hazy and seeing as I had just woken up that didn't help either. Axel let out a snort.
"You're just as bad as me when I have a hangover. Anyway moving on, you freaked out about something, threw up and then passed out. " I slumped back down onto my bed and buried my face into the pillows. Letting out a groan, I rolled over and curled up into a ball.
"I'm sorry you had to witness that."
"Well, I can't say it was the most pleasant experience I've ever had." He sat down on the edge of my bed and brushed away the loose strands of hair that were falling into my eyes. His soft fingers felt warm against my cool forehead. "But don't worry, I've sorted everything out. I cleaned up the sick, put the shopping away and hey look I'm even wearing a shirt!" He listed everything off using his fingers. I'm just glad he hasn't questioned me about why I went crazy and that he hasn't run away from me, thinking that I should be put in mental hospital.
"Thanks," I mumbled into the pillow. I've been thanking him a lot today. "I really do appreciate all your help." It's not like I could say 'Oh well I could've handled everything myself.' Because to be honest I couldn't have looked after myself. I was grateful Axel had been there to help me.
"Anytime shrimp, I'm happy to help you." He grinned. I moved about under the covers.
"Mmph what's the time?" I asked. Axel slid his hand into his pocket and pulled out his phone.
"It's coming up to eight o'clock." I looked out the window, it was dark. Of course it wasn't morning what was I thinking. If I didn't have a massive headache I would have face-palmed myself.
"Eight o'clock! Axel, you need to get home." I swung my legs over the side of the bed and got up to drag him out of the room.
"No way am I going home. You need to be looked after."
"I'm fine now, I can take care of myself!" I tried pushing him out of the room, he just wouldn't budge.
"I'm not leaving whether you like it or not shrimp." He picked me up from under the arms and carried me back over to the bed.
"G-Get off! Put me down this instance!" I complained. He let out a chuckle as he gently put me back down on the bed.
"I'm staying with you tonight, what happens if you freak out again? I need to be here for you."
"But I -" I tried to protest back.
"This is a non-negotiable subject. I'm staying." He cut me off.
"Fine." I pouted slightly. I was in no mood to start an argument. "Slave, take me to the bathroom, I want to brush my teeth and I can't be bothered to get up." I clicked my fingers at him.
"I'm your slave now am I? Bitch please, I would totally be the Seme." He winked as he picked me up, carrying me to the bathroom bridal style. The normal me would've totally objected to him carrying me like this… But for some reason I didn't mind.
"Oh shut up. If you weren't so stubborn, you could be at home, not here having to put up with me." I wrapped my arms around his neck, holding on.
"Who said that I wanted to be at home?" He pushed the door to the bathroom open using his foot.
"Well any normal person would prefer to be at home rather than having to look after some crazy loony." He put me down in front of the sink. I looked into the mirror and noticed that he had snaked his arms around my waist. I could feel the heat from the blush that had stained my cheeks.
"I guess that means I'm not normal then." He whispered hotly into my ear, making me shiver and arch my back. "I'll leave you to do your bathroom stuff. Call for me when you want to be taken back to bed princess." He let go of me and walked out of the room wearing a massive cocky shit-eating grin.
"Shut you mouth!" I managed to shout back, I could hear the redhead chuckle in the background.
I filled the sink up to the top with cold water and dunked my head into the cool water. After a few seconds I lifted my head up and gasped for air. It was a weird thing I did that helped me calm down after I had a freak out. I grabbed my towel and scrubbed my face dry. I then proceeded to brush my teeth.
"Oh Prince Charming, I'm ready to be taken to my chamber so that I can rest." I said in a high pitch girly voice.
"Did you hit your head hard or something?" Axel walked into the room with his hands crossed over his chest.
"You bought it upon yourself by calling me princess." I grinned stupidly. I guess I did feel a little light-headed. "Now pick me up." I motioned for him to come and get me.
"Heave ho," he came over and picked me up. Once again I found myself being held bridal style, I wrapped my arms around his neck, holding on for support.
"I'm not that heavy, jeez." I rolled my eyes and playfully slapped him on the arm.
"I know you're not, I just like teasing you to get a reaction."
"What-the-fuck-ever," I slapped him on the forehead.
"Hey stop slapping me, I can feel it you know." He growled down back at me.
"Yeah well I like slapping you to get a reaction." I stuck my tongue out at him childishly. "You need to watch what you say other wise it will come back round and bite you on the ass." I slapped him one more time on the arm. He took me to my room and settled me down on the bed.
"Yeah, Yeah." He looked around the room, "now where can I find something to sleep on?"
"Oh um- in there," I pointed to the wardrobe at the end of the bed. "There should be some blankets and pillows at the bottom." Axel turned to the wardrobe and opened it, bending over looking for something to sleep on. I took this chance to get changed quickly under the covers. You see I'm like a ninja. I took off the clothes I had been wearing and pulled over my head a t-shirt that was ten times too big for me. I poked my head up from under the covers, only to see Axel's butt wiggling about in the air as he fumbled around looking for something to sleep on.
Nice perfect ass. I could feel another blush creep up into my cheeks. I had to look away before I had any more bad thoughts. Axel managed to find a sleeping bag, blankets and two pillows. I told him that if he wanted to have anything to eat he was allowed to have anything from the fridge and cupboards, so long as it wasn't the last double chocolate chip muffin. I had planned on buying some more when I had gone out shopping but completely forgot. That muffin was mine. Period. By the time we had actually turned off the lights and Axel had gotten into bed, it was coming up to half ten.
"I'm sorry that the floor isn't the most comfiest place to sleep." I murmured as I rolled over in bed to see how Axel was coping sleeping on the floor. I felt bad, maybe I should've let him sleep on the bed and I could've slept on the floor. Or maybe even I could've shared the bed with him. No no no; that idea's out of the question.
"It's ok. I understand." He let out a small yawn. "Teacher student boundaries, yadda yadda." He closed his eyes and pulled up the blankets. "G'night Roxas."
"Goodnight Axel." I could feel my eyelids drooping, it wasn't long till they were shut and I found myself dozing off into a deep sleep.
"Get out of the way you little runt, or I'll kill you too!" My back begun to sting as the silver haired man called Ansem slashed at me with a sharp blade. I was hunched over my father in an attempt to protect him until the ambulance came.
"You're a disgrace to the family Ansem. My dad has forgiven you so many times for the mistakes you have made and now you're throwing that back in his face." I screamed at him. My cheeks were streaked with tears as I clung to my dad's body.
"You're just as stupid as he is! I'll kill you in front of your pathetic father; I'll make him watch as I slowly kill you. And then maybe he'll feel as useless as I do as he won't be able to save you." He cackled evilly as he went to slash at me again.
"You're the pathetic one!" I got up and managed to somehow slam the older man into the ground. It took nearly all my strength to get him pinned down. The sharp blade fell to the floor and I quickly threw it to the other side of the room. "You're just a low life. Scum! You've always been jealous of my dad." I spat in his face. "You're just jealous that he succeeded in life while you wasted yours away."
So many emotions flicked across his face. Anger, jealousy, hatred, sadness and even regret.
"You have a lot to learn in life. Your stupid excuse of a father begged me to spare your life. Why would I be jealous of a weakling like him?" He roared at me.
"Don't you dare speak about him like that!" I screeched back, punching the older man in the nose. There was a loud cracking noise as my fist hit him.
"Fucking brat! You broke my nose!" He pushed me off him, slamming me against the wall. I let out a small hiss of pain as my bloodied body hit the wall. Sirens could be heard from outside. "Shit they're here already?" Ansem held his nose. "I'll be back for you and next time I'll make sure to finish you off." He got up and sprinted out of the house making a run for it. I crawled over to my dad, blood was still leaking out of the knife wound.
If only I hadn't gone out, I might have been able to stop this mess. The guilt will always be there, looming over me. I looked down at my dad's pale face before I collapsed on top of him, passing out.
"ROXAS! Roxas, shit wake up!" I felt a pair of warm hands cup my face. I slowly lifted my eyelids up. Axel was on top of me; he was wearing a scared expression, as if he had just seen a ghost.
"Nngh w-what the hell Axel!" I panted out. My body was shaking and covered in sweat making my t-shirt cling to my skin.
"Are you ok? What the fuck happened? I leave you for one minute to get some water and then come back to this." He pulled me up and cradled me to his chest. "You scared the living shit out of me."
"I was just … having a bad dream. Nothing unusual." I bought my knees up to my chest and hugged them.
"Just a bad dream? You have got to be kidding me, you were thrashing about as if something was attacking you." He rocked me back and forth running a hand through my hair. I began to breath a bit more steadily; I let go of my knees and wrapped my arms around his neck burying my face into the crook of his neck. I could smell the strong scent of apples, spices and cinnamon, it reminded me of his hoodie that I still had.
"Nightmare, it was a nightmare. Bad memories. Please can we drop the subject, I feel shaken up and don't really want to have to talk about it." I felt him shuffle me into the bed tucking me in. I let out a small whimper from the loss of body contact. Yes I was boiling hot but I couldn't deny the fact that I wanted Axel lying next to me.
"It' ok you don't have to tell me anything." He went to go and lie back in the sleeping bag; I instantly grabbed him by the hand and stopped him.
"Please don't leave me, I don't want to be alone anymore. Just for this one night we can break the boundaries." I don't even know what I'm saying, was it me speaking? Axel understood what I meant and slid into the bed next to me.
"Everything's alright, I'm here and I'm not going to leave." He pulled me into his chest and rested his chin on the top of my head. "Get some sleep, we both need to be in school tomorrow." He ran a hand up and down my spine making me relax. I could feel myself dropping off to sleep. "Sweet dreams Rox."
We'd broken the boundary between teacher and student.
Hsfbdskfgbdfzfbkhdsfgs Chapter done. WOW lol XD I hope you enjoyed it, is it AkuRoku-y enough for you ? Is it ? In the next chapter I want to do some Zemyx-ness if that's ok with you guys :P Well anyways till the next time I update au revoir. Remember to review and stuff ,seriously it keeps me going .