:twitches: This took forever!! Grr, I'm so sorry! I've been busy lately and mostly focusing on Multiples and now my Wicked Lovely story. Sorry!!

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"Axel!" Sora called as he walked around the kitchen. "Axel, come on! We have to get going!"

"No!" the red haired boy yelled. "I'm not going if Roxas isn't."

Sora sighed, walking into the room that the two boys shared. "Axel, you're ten years old. I think you can

handle being away from Roxas."

Axel scowled at him, already to Sora's chin. "No."

It had been six months since the two boys had first came here. And since then, both had grown now that

they were being fed properly. It seemed Axel would be just as tall as before if he kept growing the way he

did. And Roxas had become a bit more open. Both boys were slowly getting over what had happened to them.

"Axel, Roxas will be coming too, okay?" Sora said patiently.

Axel glared, sticking out his tongue. "Yeah right! Last time you said that, you were lying!"

Damn. Sora thought he had forgotten about that. Sighing, the brunette crossed his arms, trying to resemble a parent-figure.

"Axel, this is important. Roxas can't come with us because Riku needs to sign him up later because he's younger. Now come on, I have to get you into school or they'd take you away from us."

Axel's green eyes got big, instantly making Sora feel bad. He knew that that was the one thing that scared Axel; being taken away from them. But it was true, and sometimes Sora had to use dirty tricks to get them to listen. He needed to find a new one though. Axel still had nightmares.

"Now c'mon, okay?"

He nodded silently, and Sora felt worse. He probably should've waited a while before using that one again. A few nights ago, Axel had come into his and Riku's room, scared because he had had a nightmare where his Dad had shown up and took him away from them. Sora had stayed up most of the night making him feel better.

"Tell you what, we'll Riku and Roxas meets us for ice cream before coming home, okay?" Sora offered.

Axel perked up a bit, smiling. "Okay."

Sora took him by the hand and brought him to the main land where they headed for the school. Axel stayed close to the brunette, having a fear of crowds. They came to the Elementary school where Sora signed some papers to get Axel in for the next fall. The lady behind the desk smiled politely.

"He's very cute." She said, motioning to Axel, who hid behind Sora's leg. "Isn't he a little old for only this grade?"

"The Principal wanted him to start here to see how much he knew and how far behind he was." Sora answered. "Me and Riku just got him a few months ago."

Her eyes widened. "Oh, that's horrible! He was abandoned?"

Axel's eyes got big. "Sora, what's abandoned mean?"

Sora gave him a smile. "Don't worry, Axel, it's nothing." He gave the lady a frown, letting her know he didn't appreciate such a comment. "Is that all?"

"Yes, I believe so..." She put the papers away. "Well, see you in the fall!"

Sora left, taking Axel to the park where they waited for Riku. He frowned, watching the red head play in the sand by himself. He was very anti-social, but then again, so was Roxas. They were really only interested in each other. And it didn't help that Axel was one of the few red heads on Destiny Islands. Wakka was the only other person besides Kairi, but they didn't come close to the vibrant shade of crimson the small boy had. It was a fear that Sora had. He didn't want Axel singled out because of this.

"Roxas!!"

Axel tackled the blond into a hug as though he hadn't just seen him an hour ago. Sora chuckled, shaking his head as Riku sat next to him on the bench.

"Well, he's happy."

"I promised him ice cream to get him here." Sora muttered, leaning against his boyfriend. "Felt bad because he got scared when I said he could be taken away for not going to school."

Riku sighed. "Think he'll ever get over it?"

The brunette knew what Riku was talking about and frowned. "I think so...Maybe not completely, but I think they're getting better. Roxas said that sometimes Axel cried in his sleep, but I think he does too. It might sound weird, but I'm kinda glad Roxas was only usually beaten. I don't think I could handle them both like this."

"Sometimes, I'm sure Roxas thinks the same." the silver-haired teen whispered, kissing the top of Sora's head. "Getting raped will do that."

"So, Roxas and Axel will be in the same class?" Sora asked.

Riku nodded. "At least for the first few months. They need to see if they can get Axel into a regular class like everyone else his age."

"Sora!" Axel ran over, pulling Roxas behind him. "We want ice cream!"

Roxas nodded, using the puppy-eyes on them. "Please?!"

"Alright, I guess we can."
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Roxas made a face at the coconut Axel was throwing around, pouting. The red head was bored and wouldn't pay attention to him at all! There was something wrong with this picture.

"Axel, let's go do something." Roxas whined, pulling on the red head's arm.

Axel gave a final throw into the ocean. "What do you want to do?"

Roxas smiled. "Show me that trick again."

"Aw, why?"

"Because it's cool!" Roxas pleaded, pouting again. "Please?! I can't do that!"

Axel rolled his eyes, something he had learned from Riku, and extended his hand, palm up. A small, blue flame appeared, and Roxas's smiled widened as always. Axel liked the fact that he could get Roxas's attention like this. And the blond never seemed to get bored of the trick, or him. It was odd, since his Dad had hated the fact he could do this and would start hitting him whenever Axel practiced it.

"I bet you can do something like it." Axel said.

Roxas giggled, reaching out and touching the fire since it never hurt him. "I don't think so. Do Riku or Sora know about it?"

Axel frowned. "No...I don't want them to get mad at me...Not like Daddy did."

"I think it's cool." Roxas said stubbornly, as if that solved everything.

Axel smiled. "...Me too."
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It's kinda short, but I wanted to get this out. lol. I hope you all like it and will say good/helpful things! I appreciate it!!
R&R