S!CK

By Candied

Author's notes: Ladyameena22- You think Axel is scary now? Lol, just wait. DameNaYurai- I'm glad you're enjoying it! Yeah, Axel's nuts and Demyx is the voice of reason. Axel's my favorite too so far, but don't worry, I'll be diving deeper into the other characters as well. HoplesslyxXxLost- I'm glad to hear it! And you're welcome very welcome! X3 FoxDemonKirara- You'll just have to wait and see who the rest of the gang is. You'll meet two of them in this chapter. And yeah, I think I'll miss Sora when/if he goes. (I'm not going to spoil it for you!) DestinyEntwinements- O.o ... ::poke:: animebuddy- Give it time, give it time. They barely know eachother! XD I'm glad to hear that you like it. :3

Thank you to all for the reviews! When I read them, I couldn't wait to write more!

Chapter four: Secrets, secrets.

"Got it memorized?"

"Memorized?"

"Memorized?"

"Memorized?"

His voice echoed through my mind until my eyes opened.

Today, I knew exactly where I was, but my body shot up for a different reason; to glare daggers at the red-haired demon who had intruded into my dream.

How dare he?!

I sighed, and shifted my eyes to Sora, absently running a hand through my golden tresses. Sora's eyes pleaded with me not to make a noise. I knew I wouldn't.

Standing up, I nodded my head torwards the door, inviting Sora to come along to Demyx's place. We left the room, and I knocked on the musician's door, already smelling the breakfast he was cooking.

The door opened, and myself and I were greeted with a friendly smile, urging us to come inside. We did, and I noticed that Demyx had left some clothes for me by the bathroom, and smiled at the brotherly figure.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Breakfast won't be ready for a while, so you should probably go wash up." he said, walking back to the kitchen to prepare our food.

I nodded, and grabbed the t-shirt, jeans, and jean jacket Demyx had left for me, and headed in to take my shower. I wondered why he had left me a jacket.

Were we going somewhere?

After I had succeeded in cleaning my person, I dried myself off, and pulled on my pants.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!-

BANG. BANG. BANG.

"FUCKING ALARM!"

I chuckled. "Good morning, Axel," I then whispered. I finished dressing, and made my way to the kitchen to sit by Sora. As soon as I had firmly planted my rear in the chair, Axel was walking into the apartment, pushing a hand through those strangely-styled red locks, gritting his teeth.

"Morning, Sunshine!" Demyx cooed from the kitchen.

"Shove it!" The red-haired beast sat beside me, lighting up a ciggarette.

He took a long drag, obviously letting the smoke fill his lungs to their fullest potential, before exhaling the cloud of smoke calmly.

"You know that causes cancer..." I stated more than asked.

"We all die of somethin'," he responded, taking another drag off the white stick.

Whatever.

I was soon happily greeted by Demyx, carrying a large plate filled with french toast. All but Sora grabbed some for theirself, starting to eat the delicious breakfast Demyx had prepared for us, as well as worshipping the great goddess Caffina by slurping down our hot coffee.

I looked at the clock. Axel had left earlier than this the previous day.

"No work today?" I asked between mouthfulls of the delicious breakfast.

Axel swallowed his own food. "Nope, today I'm dedicated to your cause." He grinned at me, as if we were friends.

"Got it memorized?"

I stabbed my fork into my breakfast, secretly wishing it were Axel's brain.

I hate him!

My eyes turned to Sora, who was staring at Axel intently.

Was he still afraid?

We finished, and I brought everyone's plates to the kitchen, in an effort to show that I was greatful for the hospitality I had recieved. I rinsed them, and put them in the washer before I returned.

I saw Axel swallow another pill.

Druggie.

Demyx stood, pulling on some shoes and a jacket. "You ready, Axel?"

He nodded, and I turned to him. "Where are we going?"

His teal eyes looked torwards the door, a grin passing over those venemous lips of his.

"Larxene's," Axel replied.

Ahh, one of the people in their group of friends.

Soon, we left for the subway station, and Axel payed for my ticket. I didn't like taking money from him. I made my skin crawl, thinking that I might owe this guy.

The ride on the train was rather uneventful, just the four of us making small talk. I did notice, however, that Sora was still staring at Axel.

Was I really that afraid of him?

We made it through the ride, and arrived in one of the nicer parts of town. There were large houses, trees, flowers; a sigh of relief after being in the Industrial Distric where Axel lived.

We went to such a house, and Axel knocked on the door.

After a moment, we were greeted by a blonde woman, her hair lighter than mine, beckoning us to come in. She was slender, and had one of the prettiest faces I had ever seen. However, she had two random blonde locks coming out above the others, much longer than all the rest. Yup, they all had weird hair.

She brought us to a living room which was expensively decorated, and we all took seats.

"It's good to see you Axel, Demyx. Who's your friend?" she asked, with such a smile I wanted to sit in her lap and call her 'mommy'.

"Roxas," Axel replied, "We're getting rid of a problem of his."

"Oh, I see."

'Larxene'- I assumed -studied my face for a moment until Demyx began.

"His 'problem' is actually his inner voice, so my idea was this: if he can forgive and accept himself, then it should go away. Prolem is... we don't know how to go about that."

Larxene giggled. "Time, silly."

"Time?" I asked, "I can't stay with Axel forever! I have friends, a family, a life!"

A mom. Suddenly, I missed her.

The woman nodded. "Yes, but all that was stolen from you as soon as that inner voice of yours showed up. Even if you did leave, you couldn't live a normal life in your current state."

I sighed. She was right. Getting rid of Sora would have to come before all else.

"I know it sounds crazy," she continued, "But take some time out of the day to speak to him- just the two of you. You'd be surprised what you might learn."

I nodded, and the three of us thanked her for her help.

Talk to myself? I guess it can't be that bad...

We went to leave, Axel leading the way. I watched his hair move as he walked. It was really very pretty, bouncing, shiny, and the color was definately eye-catching.

Axel had come to an abrupt stop. I felt my own feet stop moving and noticed something that made me want to pee my pants.

I had grabbed a lock of his hair!

I saw his fists forcibly open- and I swear I saw flickers of flames in his palms. His fists clenched shut again, and I could see his body tremble with anger.

I stood there, frozen, my eyes wide and mouth agape, still clutching one of those red locks.

In a flash, he had grabbed my hand, released my grip on his red mane, and was pulling me up to his eye level by my wrist.

"What. The Fuck. WAS THAT!?"

I coughed. Stuttered. Coughed again.

The pain was working its way through my arm. His hand was wrapped so tightly around my wrist, I thought for sure it was turning purple.

"WELL!?" he screamed at me.

I wanted to cry.

"I-I-I..."

"You what!?"

"I... don't... know..."

He dropped me to the floor, and I clutched my wrist.

In my fear, I didn't notice Demyx and Larxene putting out a fire that had started on the coffee table.

"Never. Again." the red-haired monster said through clenched teeth, before turning on his heels and walking again torwards the door.

Oops.

The trip home was spent in silence, Axel repeatedly sucking on stick after stick of cancerous smoke. Not once did I see him pull out a lighter, however.

When we arrived at the apartment building, Axel stormed quickly in, making his way to his living chambers. Demyx, Sora, and I heard the door slam.

"What was up with that?" Demyx asked me as we entered the building.

"I have no idea..." I answered truthfully.

Demyx sighed. "I wouldn't suggest doing something like that again. Axel is pretty protective of his personal space."

"I noticed."

We went into Demyx's quarters. I knew he understood that I was too scared to enter Axel's. I also appreciated him not mentioning it. I didn't want to admit I was afraid.

"You can spend the night here, if you want, but I'm sure Axel will be fine again in a few hours."

"I'll keep it in mind," I replied.

Demyx and I spent some time playing various video games, until there was a knock at the door.

Demyx answered, and greeted the man who stood before him with a hug. "Zexion!"

The color of his hair was a strange, bluish-lavender color. Perriwinkle?

"You called and I came home as fast as I could, man. What's going on?"

The sandy blonce turned and looked at me, "That's Roxas."

Zexion nodded and walked into the apartment, dropping a breifcase on the coffee table. He looked as though the name was unphasing, like he'd heard it a million times. Were these people stalkers?

"The name's Zexion," he held his hand out to me and I shook it.

"Roxas."

He grinned. "So, has my Demyx been treating you well while I was away on business?"

His Demyx?

I looked to said blonde, who was blushing slightly.

Demyx was gay?

My oh-so-vast knowledge of gay men was this: they acted like girls, pranced around like six-year-olds at a Britney Spears concert, and thought everything was 'Fabulous!' But... none of this was true about the sandy blonde I had accepted as a brother, and I was understandibly confused.

Zexion walked over to the wall separating Axel's apartment from this one. Knocking loudly on it, he spoke.

"Yo, Axel! I got your meds!"

Medication? Was that what those pills were?

A grunt came from the other side, and soon Axel was among us.

Zexion opened his breifcase, which was filled with papers and pill bottles, and took one such bottle out, handing it to the pyro-kinetic fiend I was currently staying with,

"Thanks, man," Axel replied before again exiting the room. I could tell he was still mad.

I turned to Zexion once I was sure Axel was out of earshot, "What are those pills for, anyway?"

The perriwinkle-haired man sighed. "Scizophrenia. Poor guy just can't seem to make the things he sees go away."

"What is it he sees?"

"Don't know. He won't say."

Axel had the same problem as I did, but apparently he wouldn't accept anyone's help.

Now, for the first time, I felt sorry for him. It must be hard to go through that alone.

After seeing Demyx and Zexion together for a while, I found that it didn't bother me. They were just like any other couple, they were just the same sex.

Demyx was still Demyx, and I'm sure Zexion was no different.

The four of us sat around talking, though only Demyx and myself knew when Sora was happily chiming into the conversation. No matter, I was having fun.

Axel came in a few hours later, and sat at the table with us.

"Hey, man." he said to me.

"Hey," I replied.

"I-uh. I guess I overreacted before. No hard feelings, dude," he told me.

Apparently Axel wasn't accustomed to apologies.

"No problem, I'm sorry too."

Demyx raised an eyebrow at Axel, but I failed to notice. I was too busy deciding that I wasn't mad.

How could I be? Axel had the same problem as me, meaning we were similar.

Oh, God, I was like Axel!

We all hung out together for a while, until I was shooed off to Axel's to talk to Sora.

Myself and I stared at eachother for a long while, as I was unsure how to break the ice.

"Hey," I said.

"Hey," he replied.

Akward silence.

"So..." I tried to find any thought to help me.

"Axel's in the same boat as you." Sora commented.

"Yup, sure is."

"Axel's not so bad..."

"I guess not."

The akward conversation trudged on until Axel came in and took off his hoodie.

"It's getting late, and I have work tomorrow."

I nodded. "We should get to bed."

"Yup."

"Goodnight."

"G'Night." Axel shut off the lights, and layed on his bed.

I swung my legs onto the couch and stared into the darkness.

Eventually, my eyelids became heavy, and I drifted off to sleep.

Author's notes: So, somewhere in his subconcious, Roxas is beggining to have an attraction to red objects? Or is it something more? You'll have to find out tonight or tomorrow in chapter five! Thank you for the reviews, and keep them coming! If you don't review, the heterosexual monster will come in Roxas's sleep and make sure he likes girls! SO REVIEW! Also, whenever reviewer 50 comes along, they'll get a special KH fanfic that I'll write for them, based on whatever pairing or plot they want. I know that's a ways to go, but hey, it gives you even more incentive right? Review!