Brothers' Time

It's been a week since Axel, and I started dating. It's been weird, awkward and yet… I really enjoyed it. We haven't held hands yet, we both agreed that we felt awkward and a little scared to do so, but we've done so many other things.

Like kissing.

I like kissing.

I like kissing a lot. Especially when it is with Axel. When we're close my senses are just overloaded with his smell and the smell of his leather, and I can't explain why but I love it. We haven't told Sora or Ven yet… I mean, we're only a week into our friendship… and dating. It's too soon, at least that's what Axel thought. And I agreed, I mean we've only been dating for a week and most of our time has been spent with Axel's tongue down my throat.

That said, I'm worried about Ven. He promised that he would talk with Terra about his crush… but so far he hadn't made a move. It was Friday, and the weekend was right around the corner. School just ended and Ven, Sora, Riku and myself were hanging around Riku's car when we saw Terra walking with the rest of the wrestling team. Did I mention that Terra was part of the wrestling team? No? Sorry… I guess I was too busy spending time with Axel and learning my role as an Omega. Anyway, I turned to Ven and smiled, "Now's your chance! Go tell him."

"But Roxas, what if he says no?" Ven worried, "I don't want to ruin our friendship over this."

"Do you have feelings for him?" Riku asked, surprising us. Ven turned on the heel and nodded. "Strong feelings?" Riku asked, and Ven nodded again. "Then go talk with him," Riku said.

"You… think I should?" Ventus asked.

Riku nodded, "Yeah, go talk with him Ven," he said. "Your bond is strong enough that whatever you do, it would never break. I'm certain of it."

"And if he makes you cry, then your big brothers are going to beat him up! Right, Riku?" Sora grinned. Riku sighed and shook his head.

"Just go talk with him," Riku said. "I'm sure he must share the same feelings."

Ventus nodded, "Okay," he breathed. "I'll…I'll go." And with a determined expression he walked towards Terra and the group of jocks. The three of us watched as my twin got closer and closer to them. The two talked, we couldn't hear them. They broke off from the wrestling team and began talking again. I watched my brother's expression closely. He had a nervous smile, talking slowly, his eyes always on Terra's chest before looking up hopefully at his friend. There was a pause, the silence seemed almost murderous. Terra had a shocked, thoughtful expression on, as if he was trying to think of what my brother said. The time went on, and Ven's hopeful smile grew dimmer and dimmer until it was an expressionless face full of melancholy.

Finally, Terra talked and Ventus' melancholy turned into complete sadness. Tears quickly brimmed his eyes and he ran towards us. I could hear Terra yelling for Ven's name, but he didn't care. Riku opened the car door for him silently and Ven bolted into it. "Get in," was all Riku said, addressing me and Sora.

We got in, and I immediately went to hold my crying brother. Nobody asked him what Terra said as Riku started the car and drove out. It was only when we were out of the school parking lot, and away from Terra, that Ven looked up from my chest.

"He said," Ven said through tearful eyes and hiccups, "he said that—that he had to think about it!"

"What does that even mean?" I frowned. "I mean—you've been friends for years! How can he not know if he likes you like that or not! The stupid bas—"

"Roxas!" Riku barked out. I flinched and stopped immediately. "Sorry," I said softly, noticing how hard my twin was crying now. Riku sighed while Sora looked back at us. "Hey, Ven, it's okay," he said softly. "Come on, we'll get some ice cream and work this out, okay?" Sniffling, Ventus nodded against my chest. Sora smiled and, as a comfort, turned the radio on and started playing one of Ven's favorite songs.

The Fujisaki people are blessed, according to Riku, by the ungodly gift of hyper metabolism. Which means that it is very, very hard for us to gain weight, a joy that Sora, Ven, and I use to our advantage whenever we can. I'm not saying that we don't eat healthy, we do, but when we go and get ice cream… we go and get ice cream.

Specifically, we go to Mr. Scrooge's Ice-Cream Emporium, one of the biggest and most popular ice cream places in the city of Twilight Town. You can't miss it; it was a large building with a revolving ice cream cone on the roof and fake melting ice cream and sprinklings dripping down the front onto the windows. Inside was retro with comfortable red leather seated-booths, a long bar with stools, and servers dressed as though they're from the nineteen eighties, which was severely contradicting the popular music playing in the background. The four of us walked in and immediately went to take a booth in the middle while we waited for a waiter.

"Hi and welcome to Scrooge's, would you like menus—hi Roxas!" I looked up at the excited voice only to see Demyx smiling at me wearing the shop's uniform of black pants, white button up shirt, and a red apron that had the shop's name in Disney-like letters.

"Demyx! When did you start working here?" I asked. My friend just grinned, "Always, you just didn't notice me—or I notice you, how's it going with Axel by the way? I heard from Xem that you and him spend a lot of time together—don't tell me you spend all the time making out! Haha, anyway you guys need menus or do you know what you want?" He gave the most innocent smile that I just wanted to punch.

"Roxas," Sora said in a fake, socially acceptable voice that made me scared. He turned to stare at me with a sinister smile, "who is Axel?"

"Menus!" I blurted out, "We'll—we'll have menus!"

Oblivious to the situation, Demyx smiled and left, though for some reason I thought I saw a sadistic smile on his face. I couldn't dwell on it for a second, however, as I had Sora, Ventus, and Riku all glaring at me. "Roxas," Sora repeated. "Who is Axel?"

God kill me.

"Axel…" I began slowly, "Axel is… he's my boyfriend."

"For how long?" Sora demanded.

"…A week," I frowned.

"And the two of you are mostly making out?" Riku asked. He shook his head and I felt as though I've disappointed my father. Trying to curl up into a ball and sink into the void, I squeaked out, "Can we not do this now? It's supposed to be about Ven…"

"It is, however, how much do you know of this Axel?" Sora asked. "From the sound if it, it sounds like you two just met!"

"We have classes together," I muttered, "it's just that we didn't really start hanging out until a week ago… and we talk! It's not all just sucking faces."

"Oh really?" Riku asked. "Then tell us about him."

"Huh?"

"Yeah," Ven nodded, giving me a sharp look, "Tell us about your boyfriend!"

I bit my lower lip, "Uh okay… he's really into leather, he loves the colors red and orange… he's very picky with his hair umm—"

"That's nothing," Riku said. "Honestly Roxas, just diving into a conversation like that? Does he know about your allergies? Your past? What if he gives you something with blueberries accidently?"

I frowned. "Then I'll tell him before hand—we only been dating for a week Riku! It's not like we know each other's life stories in that span."

"Sora and I did," Riku said.

Sora frowned, "But Riku, we're different," he said. "We've been friends for years before we started dating."

"Still the same should apply to Roxas and this Axel person," Riku said. "You two should have gotten to know each other like Sora and I—"

"We're not like Sora and you," I said defiantly.

"Excuse me?"

"Sorry Riku," I said with a little venom, "but Axel and I are not like you and Sora—or like Ventus and Terra," Ventus started crying at Terra's name, but I was too annoyed to care, "we're different. We are not like you guys so don't put your standards on our relationship! I don't love him like you two love each other, I'm just with him for a good time. He's fun to hang around and fun to kiss. This isn't about love or any of that. It's just… it's just friends being intimate."

I knew that Axel didn't share the same sentiment as me, but I wasn't about to tell them that. The others were quiet, staring at me. I was breathing heavy and moved away a little from them as I picked up my menu and hid behind there. We didn't speak for a while, an awkward silence hanging over us. Riku, being the kind of father and leader of us Fujisaki boys, cleared his throat when he couldn't handle the silence anymore.

I placed my menu down slowly only to have Riku look down at me. "Fine," he said with some authoritarian that I didn't know he had. "We will forget about our little argument Roxas, over Axel. You are right, today's about cheering your twin up. And we will not mention Axel or ask about him again for today," he stressed these words as he glanced at Sora. "That said… I want to meet this boy. Make sure he's alright. Do you have a picture of him?"

"Yeah," I nodded, a little scared of how strict Riku was sounding… it turned me on honestly. I took out my phone and opened a picture of Axel I took yesterday. He was in his leather jacket and smirking confidently at me. I gave the phone to Riku. He looked at it and made some sound between a grunt and a tsk. He handed it back to me without a word. "Right," he said. "We'll won't speak of him anymore today. Now… where's your friend? We should order something."

A/N: please review, it gives me motivation