18.
Mojo-jojo put behind bars, Dee-Dee chased out of the lab and Jack getting one step closer to getting back to the past, Axel, Roxas, Sora and Riku all sat in the dark living room, plates of half-eaten pizza decorating the cherry hardwood floor. It was around seven-thirty and the foursome had endured less tension than earlier that day. Other than when they decided to play Mario Kart and Sora decided to dip his fingers in water and pretend to sneeze into Roxas' face to get first, things ran smoothly ~.
They were watching 'Back to the Future' and Marty had just crashed into the barn, when Sora yawned. He'd seen Marty realize he wasn't dreaming many times and wasn't too keen on watching it again. He looked at his can. "I'm getting more iced tea. Anyone want?" Mumbles of 'no' filtered the air and he stood up.
"Cook me popcorn." Roxas 'asked' from his position on his stomach.
"I'm not your bitch, bitch." Sora stepped on, instead of over, his brother's buttocks.
"Ughnn- you're freaking heavy! Do me a favour. Cook the popcorn; don't eat any."
"Buddy, my foot almost got lost in your ass; don't tell me how to eat." Sora called from the kitchen.
"Whore."
"Skank."
Riku rose from his spot to follow Sora into the kitchen. Roxas saw him step over his legs, noting that he and Axel were alone. The redhead sat leaning back on the couch with his legs in front of him. Sexy. Roxas sat up to sit cross-legged beside the man.
He saw Axel keeping his eyes on the TV, and thought of ways to… 'break the ice' as they say. … … … Nothing came to mind.
Roxas started to fidget with the edge of his shirt. What to say. What to say. He had already gotten Axel to hang out with him. Why is talkingto him, except 'pass the chips' so hard? He groaned silently.
Axel saw the blond biting his lip again. They were alone, that's why. Axel smirked unnoticeably and kept watching Marty run around town. "I'm glad we got to do this today."
Roxas' head jerked at the sound of his voice. "Y-yeah." Did his voice just crack? "Me too." Better. They smiled and looked at each other. Roxas' breath hitched at the intensity in Axel's eyes. So it wasn't just the sunset that day. His eyes really are that… captivating. Roxas found himself leaning in, and if he wasn't totally delusional at the moment, so was Axel.
His heart pounded in his ears making all other sounds slowly turn to mute. His skin tingled as Roxas' body edged closer to his. What was this feeling? It was like the blond's very presence was washing over his senses. The purity in his eyes was cleansing his soul; ridding it of darkness and sin. It left him exhilarated. Liberated. It felt… good. So good, just to be near him. Axel wanted more. The heartbeat grew louder, and all he could focus on was Roxas. Roxas is pure. His mind whispered as his eyelids became heavy.
-CRASH-
The two in the living room snapped their heads towards the kitchen.
"NOOO~!" Sora had dropped to his knees on the grey-tiled floor. "MY WINNIE THE POOH GLASS!" He wailed. Riku knelt down beside him to help clean the glass fragments up, but Sora grabbed his shoulders and buried his face into his chest. "Wiku-hu-hu-hu…" he cried.
The silveret froze and looked down at the tuft of brown hair nuzzling at his neck, almost to confirm that this was happening. Déjà vu. He returned the embrace. "I'll buy you another one, Sor'." He rubbed the boy's back gently.
Sora raised his head to look at the silveret, "It's from a Disney store… in Anaheim!" and buried his tearful face in Riku's black vest once again.
Riku just smiled. "Well then we'll just have to go there together this summer, won't we?" He felt the shakes of Sora's shoulders desist. Big blue eyes looked up at his face.
"Are-are you serious?"
"Sure," he smiled, "If you want." Sora smiled so cheerfully and threw his arms around the silveret's neck to pull him into a hug. Riku laughed softly when he heard a muffled 'Thank you.. Riku.' He patted his back. "Come on, let's clean this up before you step in it." Sora rubbed his nose on his sleeve and fished out the dustpan from beneath the sink.
They've really found each other, haven't they? Roxas smirked. He looked back at Axel. The moment was gone; it would just be weird if they started up again. They laughed at each other nervously. "So, Axel, I hardly know anything about you." What a great thing to say, after you just tried to kiss him. Idiot.
"Oh really?" He quirked an eyebrow. "What about that dazzling biography you gave me at the beach? Sounds like you know me pretty well." He said sarcastically. Roxas felt bad. He had said those things just to get him to bugger off. There were some cool things he'd heard too! Like… Axel dumped lemonade crystals in all the hall fountains. That was cool. You didn't have to pay for a nice citrus-y drink in the middle of … winter. Hm. Or how about the time Axel leaked helium into the front office! The morning announcements that day were hilarious. O Canada was made it to the Alvin and the Chipmunks soundtrack. Yeah… the door hadn't been left open, flooding the whole school with gas all day. And Roxas hadn't had a presentation to give that particular day either… Roxas shook his head at the memories.
"Tell me something." He said interestedly. "I heard you have a brother, is that true?"
Axel smirked. "Yeah. His name's Reno. He's twenty-two, lives downtown and drops by from time to time," he looked at the ceiling to think. "Got married two years ago?" His lips quirked to the side in thought. Roxas nodded. "Red hair, like me," he smiled devilishly at the blond. "'bout the same height," he shrugged. "Loud, obnoxious, annoying –you might like him."
Roxas furrowed his eyebrows at the last part. "Why would you say that?"
"Well, you're attracted to me, aren't you?" Axel looked at him innocently for a split second, and then smirked wildly at his reaction.
Roxas blushed profusely and laughed in lieu of thinking of what to say next. It was a lose/lose situation; ergo, laughter was best. "So, what about you?" Roxas pulled himself out of his thoughts.
"Well… you've already seen Sora." He rolled his eyes in the direction of the kitchen. What he expected to see was Sora brandishing a glass shard for his head. What he did not expect was the brunet sitting on top of the grey counter, leaning down… and kissing Riku.
Axel saw Roxas' blue eyes widen at the sight.
Riku was standing between Sora's legs. From his angle, Roxas categorized their kiss to be a mix of 'innocent' and 'making out.' Was that even possible? Their lips were moving slowly if at all but there was definitely tongue. They even had their hands on each other's faces! …Why am I watching? He turned on himself. Maybe because Sora's got more experience than you and you haven't even gotten that far with ANYONE? Roxas felt himself get sad. 'Himself' was right.
Roxas suddenly groaned. "I eat cereal on that counter." Axel laughed.
"What kind?"
"Special K." Roxas grumbled, still looking at the pair exchange saliva with discomfort. He didn't notice Axel's laughter until it was too late. "I mean, Muslix." NO! "I mean, All-Bran!" NO! NO! "I mean—." Roxas buried his face in his hands as Axel erupted with more laughter. "Okay! I eat girly cereal! I'm watching my figure…"
Axel somewhat regained his composure. "Next time, am I going to see you twirling around in a bright red, A-line dress?" Roxas perked up at 'next time.' So this day wasn't a total disaster.
"That depends," Ooh, 'flirty Roxas' was back. "How much do you like red?"
"Almost as much as I love blue." Roxas unconsciously made his eyes a little wider and a tad 'dreamier' at that moment. It made Axel smile.
"Good." He nearly whispered, not breaking the connection in their eyes. "I'll... remember that." He snuck a look at the man's pink lips. 'Like two pieces of candy waiting to be tasted.' Roxas wondered, 'what would he taste like? Only one way to find out…' He moved in but a millimetre…
…when a bucket of popcorn landed in his lap. And that's when the rest of his surroundings came back to knowledge. The TV was still playing, this house still had two other occupants, and one of those occupants was Sora. 'Sora…' Roxas growled like a lesser demon at his brother as he sat down on his other side, his former dreamy eyes effectively replaced with lightning.
The brunet looked at him oddly, "What? I put white cheddar on it just like you like." Roxas threw a fluffy kernel at his brother's nose. You couldn't have kept sucking face for two minutes? He complained to himself. And when he turned back, Axel was just watching the movie… and stealing his popcorn.
My Winnie the Pooh glass is my favourite drinking vessel! ^^
YAY for SoRiku! 3
xDelfin
