Leven: Crap has it really been a month! Sorry! We'll be better with updates lol

Ewon: Drama!


Axel woke to a throbbing headache, dry mouth, and heavy eyes. The light coming through his bedroom window was currently the bane of the man's existence as it made all his symptoms worse. How much did he drink last night? Couldn't have been more than a couple of beers with Roxas.

The sound of the front door opening and kids running into his house made Axel groan. He didn't want to deal with loud and rowdy kids. He wanted to throw up and go back to sleep. But it didn't look like he would be getting anymore sleep as his bedroom door opened and a pissed off Roxas walked in.

"Oh, so now you're awake." Blue eyes glared at the older man, "I took the kids to the zoo. You know, like we planned to do today."

Axel sat up and rubbed his temples. How long was he out? The redhead ignored Roxas for a second to check the time. He moaned as the light from his phone flashed into his eyes. "It's almost four." He heard Roxas mutter. The redhead checked his phone anyway and sure enough it was three fifty. He practically slept through the entire day. How much did he fucking drink?!

"Listen, I fed the kids a while ago, so you just have stay sober enough to get them dinner. Aqua and I are leaving now, message me when you decide not to get shit faced drunk when we get together." Roxas said bitterly, turning on his heel to leave when Axel called out to him to wait. "What?" He almost snapped.

Axel groaned, got up and stumbled toward Roxas who was acting as if they were lovers in a bad argument. At least that's what it seemed like in Axel's eyes. Nonetheless Axel wanted to know what the hell Roxas was being so pissy about and what the hell happened last night to make the redhead drink so much to not remember a single thing. "Roxas, I don't know what's up your ass right now, but if you would oh so kindly drop the attitude and explain to me why you are so damn grumpy with me then maybe we can not end up in the inevitable fight that is sure too happen because I am not in the fucking mood to deal with more shit."

Roxas glared at the redhead, more ticked with him than he was already. Roxas had ever right to pissed at the man. Instead of doing as Axel asked the blond turned and walked away, and straight to were the kids were. Axel followed after him saw the three mini humans playing with their new stuffed animals. Xion with monkey, Aqua with a tiger, and Marluxia with an elephant. The sight calmed Axel to an extant and replaced his rage at Roxas with guilt.

Roxas knelt down and asked the kids if they could go play in the backyard and to keep and eye on Marluxia because Axel and he had to talk about grown up things. The kids nodded, but not before Xion walked up to her father showed him her new monkey. "Look Daddy, Roxas got this for me. Isn't it neat? His name Sora." Xion giggled and pointed to her brother's elephant. "And Marly calls his Mr. Poopie Mcsmellybutt."

Axel gave Xion a small smile, not sure about her naming choice but smiled on regardless. "That's nice honey. Uh why don't you go on outside now." Axel said patting her head. Xion giggled again, running off with Aqua and Marluxia to the backyard, screaming about her monkey being a super hero.

With the kids now out of ear shot, Roxas rolled his sleeve and showed Axel the nice little purple mark on his arm. Axel stared at it unsure of why Roxas was showing him that. He got closer to get a better look. "What the hell?"

"You bit me, but that's not to say I didn't bite you back. You should really look in a mirror when you get the chance." Roxas covered his arm back up, eyes glaring at the floor. "We were having a great time, just talking and making fun whatever we were watching. We had a couple of beers but I guess you were already drinking before I showed up. I didn't want to say anything because the kids were around."

"I do recall drinking a little before you came over but so what? I had a crap day and I wanted to relax a little." Axel sat on his couch and checking his own arms for marks.

"I didn't bite your arm, asshole. We stupidly decided to wrestle and you for some reason thought my arm was food. I swear it seemed like you were high. I-" Roxas licked his dry lips, his cheeks going red. There was no need to tell Axel that when he was sucking on his arm that the blond got turned on and moaned. Nope, no reason at all.

"Well I can assure you I wasn't high and that doesn't sound like something I'd ever do." Axel grumbled, not sure he believed Roxas at this point. Roxas rolled his eyes.

"Well I can assure you that you did do just that. Anyway, I tried to shove you off and that caused you to break skin. I got pissed and tried to bite your arm back but I missed and...well I- you should really look in a mirror." Roxas gazed away, his anger being replaced by embarrassment.

Axel grumbled under his breath as he got up and headed to the bathroom, leaving Roxas with baited breath. Green eyes scanned his face, and boy was he a mess. His hair was tangled and sticking out everywhere, his eyes had bags and his face was scruffy. Other than that Axel didn't see anything, so he took off his shirt so inspect his torso. There was nothing there, however, right between his neck and collar bone was a nice bruise that looked exactly like the one on Roxas' arm. "What the fuck?! Roxas!" Yelled Axel, storming out of the bathroom and back to the pouting blond now on the couch.

"The hell did you do this for? I get you wanted to get revenge for, what I understand, the accidental hickey. But did you really have to fucking do that to my neck? I mean come on I got a place that can be hidden." Axel glared at the blond furiously.

Roxas stood up, he wasn't going to just let Axel yell at him like that. "You have no right to be pissed at me! You're the one that got drunk! You're the one that didn't get up! You're the one that didn't have to answer Xion as to why her father wasn't with her today. You didn't have to drink! You should have been there today. I tried to wake up but you did not budge. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to go get Aqua and we are going home."

Axel stood there taking it all in. He did feel guilty about the missing out on the zoo trip and it was his choice to drink. He just wanted to relax a little...So he drank more than he intended? It happens, that didn't mean he'd do it again. He was going to tell Roxas that but the blond was already on the move and soon he was headed to the front the door with Aqua in tow. The redhead watched as Xion chased after them, no doubt not wanting Aqua to leave so soon.

With a sigh in great annoyance Axel headed toward the front door. Aqua and Xion were saying goodbyes to each other and Roxas expression was softer than it was when he was yelling at the redhead. "Lets go Aqua, you'll see Xion at school."

"Okay." Aqua replied. "Bye Xion."

"Bye Aqua, bye Roxas. Thank you for taking me to the zoo." Xion smiled up at the blond.

"You are welcome Xion." Roxas ruffled her head just noticing Axel. The two stared at each other for a moment and then the two guest were gone.

"Daddy, why didn't you say bye to Roxas?" Xion asked now facing her father.

"We already said our goodbyes while you were playing outside." Axel lied, "So how was the zoo? Did you see any giraffes?"

Xion beamed at the mention of her favorite animal, "They're so tall! And..and...Daddy, did you know that they have black tongues!? Why can't I have a black tongue?"

Axel chuckled, "You can if you eat your veggies." He lied again though this one not as bad as the last. Hey, she had to eat them anyone so why not lie about it?

"Yuck." Xion stuck out her tongue and stared at it. "Okay, I'll try."

Green eyes scanned the room and noticed something, or someone, missing, "Xion, where's your brother?"

"Outside. Where you told us to go." The girl innocently said.

With a groan Axel walked to the sliding glass door that lead to the back yard. Where he saw his son playing in a mud puddle completely naked.

"Damn it all." Axel groaned again, grabbed the hose and watered the mud off of his son. Xion saw this and screamed in excitement. The girl ran outside and jumped in the mud fully dressed, splashing Axel in the process.

"Shit!" Axel kicked his legs out in a vain attempt to get the mud off his pants, "Xion will you quit it? And don't you dare throw that mud at me Marly."

"Uh oh." Marluxia said having did just that.

"Damn it." Axel was starting to get angry again. The redhead turned off the hose, scoped up his kids and brought them to the bathroom. Marluxia struggled to get away, whining and kicking Axel in face. Axel was just happy that Xion was more willing to get cleaned. After their shower Axel put them down for a nap, which both of the kids fought against. With promises of more sleep overs with Aqua and candy for Marluxia, the kids finally took their nap.

Axel took that time to take a shower himself and wash all of the days events off of him. The fight with Roxas was something he didn't think would happen ever. The blond was usually so passive and didn't seem like the type to anger quickly. Then again Axel was still getting to know the blond and his strangely soft skin. "Why the hell am I thinking about his skin?" Axel said to himself while washing his own body. The redhead shrugged it off and thought about Yuna and how he hoped she would be soon.

The day was as good as gone by the time Axel finally pulled himself out of the shower. The man looked through his drawers with an annoyed air around him. He didn't really feel like putting anything on. Boxers would have to do. Its not like he hasn't done it around the house before, but with Roxas and Aqua hanging around it had been a while.

"Lazy day it is." The redhead decided. He pulled one the single article of clothing and went out to the living room. He was half expecting his kids to be up and destroying the house, but apparently their little trip to the zoo had worn them out. Good, maybe that meant he could relax for the rest of the afternoon.

Ding. Dong.

Or not.

Axel let out an audible groan as he oh so dearly wished he could punch the wall for a while instead of answering the door. Then again he didn't have too, he could pretend he wasn't home at all. However, the door bell went off a few more time causing Axel too to feel irradiated. The noise went through out the house, anymore and he was sure that Marly would wake up and there would be hell to pay. The redhead went to the front door half expecting to see Roxas with an apology or at least an explanation on why he had come back.

"Roxas, you're seriously pissing me...off?" Axel opened the door, pausing mid sentence when he saw that it was not Roxas at his door. No, it was much worse to the redhead whom was now remembering what he stupidly did the evening before.

"Roxas? Aw come on Axel, we've been working for a week or so now. It's me Demyx." The tall dirty blond playfully joked while he stood there with a twelve pack of beers.

Axel stared up at the ceiling contemplating his life choices. The redhead moved aside allowing Demyx into his house. The blond happily stepped inside following Axel to the kitchen. "Demyx, I'm going to go put some clothes on, make yourself at home just don't make any loud noises, my kids are napping."

"You got it."

Axel grumbled angerly to himself. Why was he so stupid? Why did he give Demyx his address? He just wanted to sleep. But then again, free beer.

When he finished dressing Axel found Demyx sitting in the living room, beer in hand and a bag of chips at his side, "Hey man, what took you so long? Trying to look pretty for me?" Demyx stupidly laughed as he flipped through the TV stations.

"Will you shut up." Axel groaned as he grabbed a beer of his own and sat on the other side of the sectional couch, leaving a good distance away from the weird guest.

Demyx laughed and stuffed some chips into his mouth. Axel finished his first beer off and got another. "So, how was your day? Mine was alright. I slept like baby. You didn't miss much last night either. Man the guys in the office are so boring. Old men don't know how to have fun unless they are too drunk to remember but all of them left early to get back to their families. Boy oh boy am I glad I don't have to worry about that. Well, sometimes my old lady calls to check up on me. I swear she's a worry wort."

"Damn Demyx just keep quiet for a while. You came at a pretty shitty time." Axel said in annoyance.

"Oh? I take it you had a fight with your girlfriend- or sorry your 'friend', that explains why you called me Roxas and seemed extra mad." Demyx laughed loudly to himself. "No biggie, you can tell me about it if you want other wise I promise I'll shut just for a while."

"Okay then," Axel turned towards Demyx. The blond eagerly jumped in his seat as he waited for the hot gossip that was his mysterious co-worker's love life, "Shut up."

Demyx's expression suddenly fell in disappointment, "Fine. I know how to keep my end of a deal." The dirty blond pouted in his seat for a moment before getting up to get himself another beer, "Maybe I should have brought more with me." He joked as he sat back down.

"Got more in the fridge if you want. Yuna still got some wine laying around too." Axel mumbled into his own bottle as he continued his search for something interesting to watch. Stupid weekend and no decent programs being on. He may have to admit defeat and go through his DVD collection soon.

"Oh cool...I um er...I'm sorry about your wife. I know I never said anything in the office but I thought it would be better not to say anything there." Demyx took a sip from his can. "Do you recycle or just throw the cans away?"

Axel let out a small sigh. His anger slowly dissipating from the sincerity of his coworker. "Recycle." He replied, the edge in his voice all but gone. "We- I recycle the cans, but you can leave them here for now." Axel, for the first time that day noticed how his living room wasn't a mess like it should have been. He remembered pizza boxes, plates, cans of beer and soda, some toys here and there. It was all spotless aside from the cans that he and Demyx just laid out. "Fuck." Axel whispered, realizing that Roxas must have cleaned up the mess sometime that day. Guilt finally hitting him.

"Okay, cool. Hey Axel, whats your favorite scary movie?" Demyx said light heatedly, trying to change get rid of the tension in the air.

"Anything gory. Why do you ask, Ghostface?" Axel tried to hold back his chuckle at how happy Demyx seemed to look at the fact that he had caught the reference.

"Because it's getting dark outside. Good mood lighting for something nice and scary." Demyx tried to give Axel a mischievous and evil look, but it was instantly gone as the dirty blond began to laugh at his own antics, "And you look like the type of dude who'd have a good horror stash."

Axel glanced over his shoulder and down the hall. Either his kids would sleep for the rest of the night and wake up super early in the morning, or they'd wake up from their nap and get traumatized by blood gore, and possibly nudity. But the small buzz going through Axel's system told him to not worry about it. Plus Demyx did have a point, there was something in the air that demanded a scary movie, "Chainsaw Massacre?"

"Original or remake?" Demyx eagerly asked as he bounced on the edge of his seat.

"Umm…original. Duh." Axel said as he stood from his spot, ignoring the sudden rush that went to his head, and started to look though his DVD collection that stayed locked up in a cabinet and out of his kid's reach.

Axel put in the movie and sat back. Despite having a shitty time earlier, Axel was starting to think Demyx was an okay guy. It would be nice to have another friend besides Roxas. One who knows his struggle of the office hours and one that knows the struggle of parenthood. Speaking of which, Axel knew he was going to have to be the one to contact Roxas first as much as his pride hated to admit it. For now, chilling with Demyx was just what the doctor ordered.

As the movie played on getting to the good parts the two men jumped out of their skin when they heard a shriek louder than a banshee's wail right behind them. The two men looked back and saw Xion standing there, plushie in hand, howling in terror and eyes larger than a couple of saucers.

"Shit, Xion what are you doing up?" Axel asked, quickly getting up to block his daughter's view of the television. At the same time Demyx shut of said device.

Tears started to leak from the corners of the little girl's eyes, "I…I couldn't sleep and…and…" Xion couldn't get anymore words out as she began to cry. Axel did his best to sooth the girl. He gathered her up in his arms and started to pat her back and shush her like she was a baby again.

Green eyes looked over at Demyx who seemed to take the hint, "Hey man, it was fun and all, but its getting late. I'll see you at work on Monday." And with that the man made his exit, leaving Axel alone with his upset daughter.

"W-who was that?" Xion finally managed to choke out once her fit was over. She wiped at her cheeks with the back of her hands as she tried to calm the tremors going through her.

Axel sat on the couch, making sure Xion stayed on his lap as he kept her in a loose yet comforting hug, "Just a friend from work."

"I don't like him." Xion confessed, making Axel laugh, "Why did you invite him over and not Roxas?"

Axel struggled with a reply. He did not want Xion to know that he and Roxas weren't getting along without worrying her about Aqua. "Well, Daddy wanted to have a new friend over. Roxas has been here a lot lately. Plus he needs to concentrate on homework and school. Just as you do too little lady."

Xion pouted at that, but it soon morphed into a hopeful look, "Do you think Roxas can be a study buddy with me and Aqua?" The girl was practically bouncing on her feet at the thought, "He can help me with math questions and write my vocabulary words!" The girl all but squealed in delight.

Axel laughed at his girl and patted her on the head, "You'll have to ask if he can help you, but he isn't allowed to just give you the answers. That's not how you learn." The girl went back to her pout. Axel couldn't help but be amused at how fast Xion's emotions changed, "Are you ready to go back to bed now?"

Raven hair tossed back and forth and Xion tried to burrow into her father's sternum, "No! That scary man with the chainsaw is going to come get me!"

Great. Axel knew he shouldn't have let Demyx talk him into watching a scary movie, "Okay kiddo how about you sleep with me tonight."

Teary blue eyes looked up at the redhead, "Can Sora sleep in your bed too?" She whimpered.

Axel had to hold back a laugh at the thought of Sora sleeping in the bed, but then he remembered that's what Xion had named her stuff monkey, "Yeah, Xi, he can come too." The girl cheered, only to be quickly shushed by her father, didn't want Marly waking up too, "Let me get changed and brush my teeth. We'll rendezvous back in my room."

"Okay Daddy!" Xion climbed off of Axel's lap and started to go back to her room but stopped just short of the hallway, "Umm…Daddy…what does rendezvous mean?"


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