Face Down

Chapter 7

-Acceptance?-

Axel looked at me like I was crazy. And I probably was...

"How can we? What about school and our parents? And what if we get kidnapped or something? Then what?" he said doubtfully.

"Axel, trust me. Everything will be okay in the end."

Axel was hesitant, but finally gave in. We left at around 1am with some clothes and food. We also brought our cellphones, in case we lost eachother. The first place we decided to go to was the park. Axel suggested that it'd be easier to slepp there, and because it's so big, it'd be hard for anyone to find us.

I sat up against a tree and threw my clothes on the ground in front of me. Axel sat next to me, munching on some cookies we brought along with us. What? You can't run away from home without bringing cookies!

I noticed Axel was staring at me, so I looked up at him. "What?"

"Roxas, do you really think this is a good idea?"

I looked down. "Well, it's not the best thing to do, but now we're free to do whatever the hell we want for a while!"

Axel looked down. "Besides, Axel, they're going to find us eventually."

He looked back up at me, his eyes filled with worry and fear. I hugged him tightly. "It's okay, Axel. Everything's going to be alright."

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That morning, Axel and I woke to the sound of screaming kids coming from far on the other side of the park. I wondered if our parents had noticed our absence yet...

I lay there in the cool grass, trying to fall back to sleep, when I felt something poke my shoulder. I turned around to face Axel, who waved at me.

"G'mornin', Roxy-kun!" he said cheerfully with a blinding smile. I rubbed my eyes and yawned, getting up to stretch. Axel just stared at me, the same smile slapped on his face.

I helped him off the ground, when he suddenly began jumping up and down, yelling, "ICE CWEAM, ROXY! ICE CWEAM!!"

I turned to where he was pointing, and noticed a bored looking teen with a serious acne problem standing by an ice cream cart. I dug in my pockets, and conveniently found some coins. Axel and I ran to the ice cream cart, and bought two cones. As we walked back to our spot at the tree, I noticed Axel stooping down to something. I turned to him, and saw that he was feeding a squirrel--yes, a SQUIRREL--some of his ice cream.

Okay, that just crossed the line of creepiness.

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Remind me never to buy Axel ice cream again. He fed most of it to the fucking park animals!!

It was now around noon. I was surprised that no one had found us yet. I also kind of wondered if they even wanted to find us.

"Roxy?" Axel said suddenly, interrupting my thoughts. I looked up at him.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think our parents will ever find us?"

I sighed at this. "I don't think my parents are too worried about me," I said solemnly, "but your parents are probably worried sick about you."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because, Axel, your like an angel. Your so sweet and innocent, and you never do anything wrong!"

Axel then grinned at me devilishly. Yeah, that was extremely scary...

"I'm not as innocent you think, Roxy..." he said deviously, leaning over me and pinning my arms against the tree. He leaned in and was about to kiss me, when my cell suddenly vibrated. I was kind of relieved at this; Axel was really starting to scare me...

Axel let go of my arms, and I dug in my pockets for my phone. The caller ID read 'Sora'.

"It's Sora," I said, looking at Axel for a response. He just shrugged. I was about to flip open the phone, when it suddenly stopped vibrating.

"Well, that answers that..."

The phone suddenly vibrated again, then stopped. I flipped it open.

Where the hell r u?

-Sora

Great. Now he's texting me. Axel was now leaning over my shoulder, reading Sora's message. I placed my thumbs on the keys and bit my lip. What should I say?

I'm fine, Sora. I'm with Axel.

-Rox

After I hit 'send', I wondered if it was really a good idea to tell him that. I waited intently for the next message. Everything was still and quiet; all I could feel was the whisk of Axel's breath against my neck. The phone then vibrated. My hands trembled as I read the next message.

Mom's gonna be pissed when I tell her that.

-Sora

I was just about to type back to him, when a new message appeared.

Where r u exactly?

-Sora

I looked over at Axel. "Should I tell him?" Axel looked down and nodded.

I'm at the park

-Rox

After that, I didn't receive a message back. It was dark out now, and Axel and I sat against the tree, waiting for them to find us.

"Well, Axel, this is probably the last time we'll see eachother."

"Why do you say that?"

I sighed. "Because after this stunt, I'll probably have to move out of the freaking city."

Axel looked down. "I'm sorry, Roxas." I could see tears swelling up in his eyes. I hugged him tightly and kissed his cheek.

"This isn't your fault, Axel." We suddenly heard footsteps coming closer to us. We both stood up.

"Roxas!!" my mom called out, running to me as her arms waved wildly sbove her head. She threw her arms around me, her long black hair whipping the side of my face. I winced and look at my dad, who was standing closely behind my mom and eyeing Axel. My mom suddenly pulled away from me and gripped my shoulders.

"Don't you ever try something like that again!" she said sternly. I looked down, then looked over at Axel. He was leaning his back against the tree and rubbing his arm, having some kind of staring contest with the grass. My mom shook my shoulder, bringing me out of my daze.

"Let's get you two home," she said, her and Sora picking up me and Axel's things. As we followed them to my house, I took Axel's hand. He seemed to be a little shaky, so I tried calming him down.

After we got inside the house, Axel and I sat down on the couch, watching my mom pick up the phone to call Axel's parents. Sora sat down in front of us, eyeing me and Axel carefully before looking away. I gripped Axel's hand tighter as I heard my mom yell into the phone, listing all sorts of punishments they should give us. I leaned my head against Axel's chest and closed my eyes, hoping that when I open them everything will be okay again. I felt Axel's hand gently stroke my back, making me feel comfortable and at ease.

This will all be over soon...

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I opened my eyes, quickly realizing that I had fallen asleep. I looked around and saw that I was in my room. No parents. No Axel. I was alone. I laid back on my pillow, and looked at the alarm clock on my nightstand. The blinking, red digits read 2:00am. I wanted to go downstairs and see if Axel was still here, but my legs just wouldn't move. I still felt really sleepy, but I forced myself not to doze off again.

I finally pushed myself off the bed and walked downstairs. I then heard a door open upstairs, and footsteps coming down the staircase. I quickly turned and saw Sora jumping off the last step, striding over to me.

"What're you doing up?" he asked. I immediatly skipped to the question I've been dying to ask.

"Where's Axel?"

Sora chuckled and shook his head. "He's sleeping on the couch."

I ran to the couch and, sure enough, there he was. "But why?"

"He said he didn't want to go home without saying goodbye to you first."

I looked back at Axel. Would this really be our final goodbye?

I walked over to him and shook his shoulder gently. His eyes slowly opened and he yawned, stretching out his arms as far as they could go. He then sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"What time is it?" he asked, yawning again. I glanced up at the clock that was mounted on the wall.

"2:30am."

Axel stood up. "I should be going now."

I looked down. It was over now. There was nothing more I could do. Sora ran upstairs to tell our parents that Axel was leaving.

Everyone was now standing in front of the door, saying their goodbyes to Axel.

"Seeya, man," Sora said, patting Axel's back.

"Take good care of yourself," my mom said sweetly, petting his head like he was a puppy.

Then he came up to me. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and he held me tightly. "Goodbye, Roxas."

I felt tears swell up in my eyes and stream down my cheeks. "Goodbye, Axel."

My mother opened the front door, and Axel slowly walked out, taking a glance back at me before proceeding to his house. My mother shutt he door behind him, and then they all stared at me.

"I hope your happy," I said angrily, storming off to my room and slamming the door.

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It was Saturday. Mom still hadn't told us if we were moving or not. I lay there in my bed and stared up at the ceiling, wishing I could just sleep forever and never have to wake up...

I heard my door open. I looked up to see my mother walk in slowly, shutting the door behind her.

"Hey sweetie," she said kindly, sitting next to me.

I ignored her and stared back up at the ceiling. All she was going to do is give me a stupid lecture on the whole 'Axel Situation', as she liked to call it, and make me feel worse than I already do.

"Roxas, listen to me, I know how much Axel means to you..."

"If you did know so much, then why did you send him off? And why are we going to move?" I asked angrily and impatiently.

"Well, I've been thinking about it and..."

I looked up at her with hopeful eyes. She just smiled at me.

"Whatever descision you make, we should support. No matter what." she smiled brightly. I didn't know what to say; I just stared at her, my mouth somewhat agape. Why did she suddenly approve?

I hugged her tightly. "Thanks mom," I said, "but why are you okay with this now?"

"Actually, and you'll never believe me when I tell you this, but your brother convinced me."

I raised my eyebrows. "Your serious?"

She nodded. "You owe him a lot of thanks."

I jumped off the bed and ran downstairs. I spotted Sora sitting at the table and eating a bowl of cereal. I ran up to him and hugged him tightly. He looked up at me confused, almost choking on his cereal.

"What the hell, Roxas!" he said angrily, pushing me away. I just smiled brightly and he gave me a look.

"You've lost it," he said, turning back to his cereal. I just skipped away, still smiling brightly. Wait until Axel hears the news!

Oh, right, Axel!

I ran out the door, and to the fence. I saw Axel walking out of his house and to the gate. He looked over at me, and I jumped the gate, running up to him and hugging him tightly. He just stood there motionless. I looked up at him.

"Axel! Guess what!! My mommy--" I stopped talking when he pushed me away from him. I looked at him confused, and he just looked at me with a blank and uncaring stare. He walked away from me and went down the street. I just stood there.

What just happened?

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CloudsGirl: Well it took me forever to post this chapter! o.O

I DO have good news though!! I'm starting a new AkuRoku fic that I'll post AFTER this one is finished! I'll end this one the next chapter!

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I DO NOT own Kingdom Hearts or any of its characters. Short, sweet, and to the point.