Chapter 4: If You Give Love Another Try

A Tokyo Kitty Production

Disclaimer: Still don't own it. But this story is so my idea. That and my editors (it takes two minds to be this insane)

A/N: After such a dramatic last chapter I'm going to try and be a little more sane with this one. Meaning (hopefully) no more murderous Axel, rapey Xemnas and Demyx sitting on the floor crying. These things upset even me, the author, and I don't like doing them to these wonderful characters. This chapter will be better and not go on any more tangents. I know what I'm doing now and I intend to fix everything to the best of my ability that I've screwed over. Anyway, let's get around to fixing things.

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When Axel knocked on Demyx's door there was no answer. He knocked again and heard nothing so he decided to quietly sneak in. Demyx wasn't there. He looked around for the brunette and then noticed his bathroom door was open.

"Demyx?" Axel knocked on the door frame to the bathroom.

"What do you want?" Demyx emerged from the bathroom holding a wet washcloth to his cheek.

Axel's frowned when it occurred to him that he was also the reason behind Demyx's injury. He reached to softly touch Demyx's hand that was holding the washcloth against his face. "I'm so sorry Demyx. For this but also for everything I said. It wasn't true and you definitely didn't deserve it."

"It's true though...what you said. I'm jealous of Roxas for stealing you away from me. I did keep hoping you'd come back. 'Though I guess I can give that up now. It's pretty obvious what you think of me." He sat down on the edge of his bed motioning to his cheek to make his point.

"That doesn't make what I said to you right though!" His face looked exasperated which then quickly changed into a disheartened frown. "And that's not how I feel about you at all."

He sat down next to Demyx and ran a hand through his hair before continuing. "I love you Demyx. Back then I loved you as lovers do and now I still do as a friend. Friends don't hit friends for negligence. I realize now that you didn't tell Marluxia on purpose. Friends don't do those kind of things. Especially you, Demyx. I should know you better than to think you did it out of wrath." Axel smiled at the brunette who gave a weak smile back.

"It's Marluxia's fault." Demyx said quietly after a long silence.

"What do you mean?"

"Not too long ago he came to me saying he knew that we'd broken up. At the time I didn't think about how he knew it; I was still too crushed to really think things through. He said that...if I slept with him he'd get you back to me. He said he'd help me...But in the end he wouldn't. All he wanted was you. I didn't know this was what he was going to do."

"I don't think that's possible Demyx. He didn't start this...It was actually all my fault."

"Don't give yourself so much credit!" Demyx laughed at the redhead throwing his wet washcloth playfully at Axel who caught it.

"No, seriously! A while back I snuck a camera into the castle. Larxene found it and used it to take a picture of me and Roxas together as a way to blackmail me. She said she'd give it to Xemnas. You know how much he hates me not to mention the looks he gives Roxas." Demyx nodded solemnly. It seemed everyone but the blonde seemed to notice Xemnas' less-than-innocent glances at the boy. "She told me I had to find some other sort of blackmail to get that picture back...That's how I ended up in your room that night."

"You...took a picture of Marluxia and me...having..." Demyx started putting the pieces together only to find..."HEY!"

"Sorry man! Larxene's got it now. Kinda ironic though...Xemnas found out anyway." Axel tried half-heartedly to fend the brunette off who slugged him in the shoulder.

"How? She didn't tell him did she?" Demyx asked sitting back up.

"This is where Marluxia comes in. He told Xemnas about me and Rox." Axel said thinking hard. "That's why I don't think this whole plot was all his idea. He couldn't possibly have seen all of this before it happened. He was probably going to use you in some way to manipulate me to come back. He just got lucky with this situation."

"What'd Xemnas do about you and Roxas? I'm amazed you're still alive if he knows."

"No, no it wasn't me he wanted. Though I kinda wish it had been because I could've fought for myself. He went after Roxas. When I went looking for Roxas after I left your room...Xemnas was raping the kid." Axel shook his head. Telling the whole story to Demyx only reminded him more of all the mistakes he'd made.

"Are you serious?" Demyx asked. Axel nodded slowly. "Aw gods...where's the kid now?"

"In my room where Xemnas tried to rape him. When I came in I stopped him but Roxas is furious with me and wouldn't let me back in after I got Xemnas off of him."

"You idiot! Why'd you come here to talk to me? Go fix stuff with Roxas." He smacked Axel upside the head.

"Are you listening? I can't he won't let me back in." Axel massaged the back of his head. It hadn't hurt but Demyx had surprised him. He was used to their usual antics of play fighting.

"Silly, you're probably the only thing he wants right now." Demyx smiled looking into the redhead's bright green eyes. "Maybe you're just too dumb to see it but he loves you...and I think you feel the same way." Demyx ruffled the redhead's hair and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks, Demyx. I think you're right. I hope I can get him back...he means the world to me." Axel smiled kindly getting up from the bed.

"If you can't get him back Axel..." Demyx shifted and lay down on the bed with one arm resting behind his head the other resting playfully on his chest. "You can always just come back to me." He grinned lecherously. Axel laughed.

"I'll remember that Demyx. Once again I'm really sorry-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're wasting time! I'm fine now go get that kid." Demyx shooed him with one hand still grinning even when the redhead had closed the door.

"Even though you're my world, Axel, that kid needs you more." Demyx smiled sadly knowing he'd probably never get Axel back now but as long as he could keep him as a friend the sky seemed a little brighter.

"Damn, now I'm depressed again." He sat up in the bed and got up walking to the other side of the room to retrieve his sitar. He sat back and began to tune it before losing himself in the music. There were only two places he'd ever really felt safe: in Axel's arms and enthralled in the music. Maybe the complex chords and hypnotic melody wasn't as intoxicating as the smell of Axel's hair while they slept but the music would just have to do.

'It'll all be okay, I'm sure of it.' Demyx thought before letting conscious thought be buried in the music he effortlessly created.

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Axel noticed as he walked down the halls that it was almost evening. The day seemed to have flown by and Axel couldn't seem to place where all the time in the day had gone. All that was on his mind was Roxas and what he was going to say.

'Just say that you love him.' Demyx's voice seemed to answer. The voice had sounded so real that Axel turned around expecting to see the musician standing right behind him. But he was alone in the hallway.

'I must really be losing it...' he thought. 'But Demyx is right...I've gotta tell him the truth.' Axel walked down the hall again until he reached his own room that Roxas was currently in. He knocked on the door but entered anyway knowing that Roxas probably wouldn't have answered anyway.

At first it seemed that Roxas had left but then he noticed the bundle of blankets curled up on his bed. 'Roxas...what have I done to you...' Axel sighed and then sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Roxas, I love you." He said to the bunched up pile of blankets. When he got no response he continued. "I don't know what Xemnas said to you but what I said is true. I was an idiot to let things get into this tangled mess and I'm sorry-"

"You slept with Marluxia and Demyx." The blankets mumbled.

"I beg your pardon?" Axel hadn't heard too well. The blankets muffled the already quiet voice of the blonde.

"You slept with them didn't you? The night after we'd been together. Only one day? How could you do that to me? If I wasn't good enough for you you could've told me! At least then I wouldn't have kept my hopes up!" Roxas had sat up slightly so his head wasn't covered in the blankets. His eyelids were red and puffy from crying and Axel could see the places where once dry tears had begun to fall again.

'So that's what this is about...gods how do I explain...' He searched for an answer to that question.

Once again Demyx's voice seemed to answer. 'Tell him the truth!'

"Roxas, I...it is true...I did sleep with them. I regret it now, for forsaking you and not telling you how much you really meant to me. Demyx and I...we used to be together. But then things got mixed up I guess on that night, part of me wanted what we used to have back. But that doesn't make it right...I should've realized what it would do to you."

"D'you really mean that?" Roxas asked.

"All of it. I cared for Demyx but I don't give a damn about Marluxia...But you, you Roxas I'd give the world to have back in my arms. And I don't care who knows, Xemnas, Demyx, Larxene...I don't care! it doesn't matter...as long as I can have you." Axel was on the verge of crying himself. Somewhere in his speech he had grabbed onto Roxas' shoulders as if to hold himself up.

"You'd...really want me back?" Was all Roxas said.

"Are you kidding of course!" Axel gave him an incredulous look like it was the understatement of the century.

"Even after what I did with Xemnas?"

"A million times yes. If you'll forgive me than I don't care who started what or what anyone will think now that it's over. Will you give this...us...another chance?" Axel asked hopefully. The light had returned to his eyes but his hands had not left the boy's shoulders.

Roxas smiled leaning forward to hug the redhead. His head nuzzled into Axel's shoulder. "Yes Axel, I think things can change. I want to see that happiness with you..." Roxas' voice dropped to a whisper and he leaned up so he could whisper in his ear, "...because I love you too."

Axel's heart skipped a beat and he embraced Roxas with a warm loving hug. Roxas pulled away with a devious grin on his face. For a second Axel was slightly confused until Roxas spoke.

"You still owe me from this morning." He smirked leaning in to lick the skin just below Axel's ear.

With a shiver Axel muttered, "Oh I owe you a lot more than that." He pulled the blankets away from Roxas to find the blonde now wearing boxers but nothing else. The grin that appeared on Roxas' face was more than enough of an answer for what Roxas thought of that prospect.

Roxas mouth attached itself to Axel's with a force Axel hadn't expected from the blonde. Wanting to play the blonde's game Axel allowed Roxas to push his tongue into his mouth. Axel moaned when Roxas' tongue came into contact with his own. He had forgotten that Roxas was a good kisser. While their tongues continued the mock battle for dominance Roxas' hands pulled at the zipper of Axel's coat. Axel pushed Roxas' hands off of him and broke the kiss so that he could stand and pull the coat off.

Slowly as if to tease Roxas he pulled down the zipper of the coat. He shrugged the heavy article off and then did the same for his pants and boots. He got back on the bed and pushed Roxas down gently so that he could crawl on top of the blonde. Axel stopped and looked into Roxas' crystal blue eyes as if to say 'are you sure?' Roxas nodded and reached with one hand to stroke the side of Axel's face his finger running over the tear shaped mark affectionately.

Axel kissed Roxas on the forehead in equal affection. 'So this is what it's like to make love...not 'just screw'.' It was new to him. This overwhelming feeling of calm. The moment felt like glass, something to protect and be gentle with. But Roxas' hips thrusting up into his own brought Axel back to the reality that he was horny. Axel kissed Roxas, this time taking full control of the kiss. His hips ground down into Roxas' creating a tempo that their kisses soon matched.

Roxas moaned into Axel's mouth when the redhead's hips were replaced by his hand that snaked beneath the waistband to stroke his half-awakened cock. Both Roxas' and Axel's boxers soon joined Axel's discarded clothes on the floor and their now completely naked bodies pressed up against each other striving for even more contact.

Axel felt a pressure on his shoulder and realized Roxas was trying to push him off of him. Axel sat up and kneeled back on his feet looking at Roxas with a confused face. Roxas smiled and leaned down to kiss Axel's chest moving lower with every cautious kiss.

The redhead groaned and threaded his hands into blonde hair when Roxas kissed the tip of his erection. Now it was Roxas turn to look up at Axel with a confused expression. It was then that it occurred to Axel.

"You don't know what you're doing, do you?" Axel asked. Roxas shook his head 'no'. "Just remember how I did it. Take in as much or as little as you want and watch your teeth." Axel moaned again when Roxas licked the head again as if to tease the redhead. Roxas might not have known exactly what he was doing. But he'd tease Axel as much as possible.

Roxas' mouth slowly wrapped itself around the head of his cock sucking hard. The blonde was rewarded with another moan. It was then that Roxas decided he liked making Axel make such wanton noises. He bobbed his head down further waiting for the reaction.

Axel chuckled lightly, "Stop teasing Roxas." The redhead smirked squeezing Roxas' hair gently. The blonde smirked around Axel's cock and the sight made Axel want to moan again. Roxas took the hint and moved his head up and down keeping the same pressure of suction as he moved. As he got more used to the action his hands reached out to stroke whatever his mouth couldn't take in.

Axel's grip on Roxas' hair tightened. In response, the blonde tried to take more of Axel into his mouth. Accidentally the blonde's teeth grazed the redhead's length on the way back up. Axel's eyes nearly rolled into the back of his head and he cried Roxas name in a breathy moan. Yes, Roxas definitely liked that reaction.

Roxas continued moving faster now. Every so often he'd stop to lick at the head of Axel's cock and then take as much as he could back in adding his teeth once again. Axel could feel he was close, really close.

He pulled the blonde's head away from his erection panting. "You're a quick learner. Wouldn't want to cum in your mouth." Axel said with a smirk. The blonde licked his lips which only made Axel want him more. Axel leaned forward kissing the blonde again. He could taste himself on his lips and in his mouth. With a predatory growl Axel pushed Roxas back down onto the bed, still kissing him.

"Axel..." The blonde whimpered thrusting his hips up into Axel's. Axel took that as the go ahead and reached past Roxas into his dresser to find the tube of lubricant. Upon finding it he spread some of the substance over three of his fingers and pushed one through the tight ring of muscle.

Roxas flinched a little. He still hurt since Xemnas had rammed it in dry and even Axel's slowly prodding finger hurt more than it probably should have. Axel stopped stretching the blonde when he realized Roxas' eyes were closed in pain. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asked quietly.

"I'll...be okay. Just go slow okay?" Roxas asked, his eyes pleaded with Axel. Axel smiled happily and nodded. He began moving his finger again slower this time. After another tense minute or so Roxas finally started to feel less pain. When Axel added a second finger the pain returned until Axel hit something.

Roxas arched up off the bed groaning Axel's name. When he recovered he was still panting and Axel smirked and brushed the spot again.

Before long Roxas was thrashing beneath Axel begging for more. Axel added a third finger and moved them a little faster receiving nothing but pleasure filled moans. Axel removed his fingers, Roxas whined in protest, and Axel began to coat his still wet erection in the lubricant. He pushed Roxas' legs up around his waist to get better leverage and held the tip of his erection to Roxas' opening. Slowly he pushed the head in, watching the blonde's face closely for any sign of pain.

Every inch or so Axel would stop and wait for the blonde to readjust. Once Axel was in all the way he placed a loving kiss on Roxas' lips. The blonde kissed back then nodded that Axel could continue. He began with small shallow thrusts but when Roxas cried out for more Axel pulled out further so he could thrust back in harder. The blondes' hands intertwined with Axel's as the motion gained a life of its own thrusting into Roxas again and again.

"Axel!" Roxas cried pulling the redhead down into a passionate kiss. They connected their mouths in the same way their hands and bodies were connected. Deeper than just the physical connection Roxas could feel in his center that they had always been mentally connected and now nothing could change that.

Roxas came between their sweaty bodies while moaning into Axel's mouth. The redhead followed only a few seconds after because Roxas' already tight channel clamped down on him. Axel pulled out and lay next to Roxas, drawing the blonde into his arms. Roxas snuggled up against Axel enjoying the smell and feel of the warm body pressed up against him. Roxas could feel Axel's hot cum seeping out of his bottom but it comforted him. Not as much as the arms wrapped around him or the sweet things Axel was whispering in his ear, but it relaxed him.

"I love you Axel, one thousand times I love you." Roxas said snuggling against Axel to emphasize the point.

"I love you too Roxas, with all my heart." Axel whispered back. He resisted the urge to laugh at that. He didn't care what Xemnas had said about Nobodies being able to feel or not having hearts. Maybe physically it wasn't there, but deep down, Axel knew without a doubt this was real, and so were his feelings for Roxas.

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Demyx sat in his room in the same place Axel had left him even though it was now after dark. Even though he hadn't eaten all day, except for a bagel he'd found 'hiding' on his dresser close to his sitar stand. But he wasn't too sure that counted. Just as he was about to stand up and stretch his legs by searching for food the door opened without a knock.

Marluxia entered shutting the door behind him again which left the room with once again very little light.

"Get out of here." Demyx growled picking up the sitar again.

"Don't point that thing at me. You know as well as I do that you aren't going to hurt me. Unless you want to ruin your only chance of getting back together with Axel." Marluxia smirked stepping forward a bit.

"Try me," was Demyx's curt answer. That stopped Marluxia in his tracks.

"Now, now Demyx I only came to talk." Demyx glared for a minute and then put the sitar back in it's stand. "There we go, that's right. Now, where was I...ah yes."

"Just out with it. I don't have time for your games anymore." Demyx gave his best evil smirk which fell only slightly short of Axel's usual mischievous expression.

"Fine then, I'll cut right to the chase. I've found a way that you might be able to get Axel back. It will take me a little while to set everything up."

"I'm over it. I don't need your half-baked schemes." Demyx said.

"You don't really think that do you? You need me Demyx, the same way you did before. You'll never get him without me. I gave you a chance earlier today to fend for yourself and bring him back to you but you failed." Marluxia smirked at the infuriated look on Demyx's face.

"You call that 'letting me handle things'? It was all your fault Axel got that angry and then you wouldn't help me! You say it was for my own good but what help are you if yu won't even lift a finger?" Demyx yelled in a furious rage. Both his hands waved wildly as he emphasized his point.

Marluxia grabbed one of those hands by the wrist and pulled it to him causing the brunette to fall into Marluxia. "Demyx, Demyx, Demyx...honestly you're failing to see what I've done and the opportunity that lies ahead. Just give it time eh?" He said stroking the hair on the back of Demyx's neck.

"Of course, with time means you owe me something. It's your fault that I'm involved in this and got cut today. You owe me extra for that too." The pink haired man's hand trailed from his head down the small of the musicians back until it reached his butt. "Am I right?" He asked squeezing the brunette's butt for emphasis.

"No, you're all wrong...Get off of me!" Demyx kicked his knee up to connect right with Marluxia's crotch. The man choked and Demyx threw him off pushing him to the floor.

"I don't want your help nor do I need it. Now get out." Demyx spat out his heel digging into Marluxia's chest. He lifted his foot and the pink haired man left but not before giving another knowing smirk at Demyx.

With the door once again closed Demyx had completely lost his appetite. Not even music would really help now. He let out a sigh and began to strip off his coat and then his boots. Refusing Marluxia had been the last step to admitting he didn't need Axel back. But now with Marluxia gone too he really did have no one. All of a sudden his small white bed seemed just too big for one person. It left a bad taste in his mouth to think it, but at least Marluxia had been company.

No, he couldn't let himself believe it.

'It'll all be okay, I'm sure of it...At least I think it will be.' He was doubtful now but tomorrow would be waiting for him when he woke up again. With that thought he shed his pants and crawled into bed feeling suddenly tired even though it was earlier than he normally went to bed.

'Good night Axel...'

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A/N: I want to take a moment to say: I LOVE DEMYX! I've been so mean to him in this fic and I just wanted everyone to know he's one of my favorite characters...As for Marluxia, well, he's cool but think he already is mean as we could figure out from CoM. Plus he's not as cool as Demyx. Sorry any Marluxia fans! When I started this fic I hadn't intended on bashing the hell out of him...it just kinda happened. This chapter was fun to write because there was lots of fluff not to mention a little bit of angst but it's okay... Anyway, next chapter will be the final one I think so stay tuned.