Author Note: Again, I'd like to thank everyone the reads and reviews this story. I have no idea where it's going, but hearing you like it keeps me writing it!

Disclaimer: Me no own Kingdom Hearts. Me no own Final Fantasy. Me no own Leila. Me do own River, Elliot and Larenne. I also own Elra ; She's a cool mommy.

Story Notes: This story contains lots of boy luff. You should know that by now though...

Nobodies Loveletter

Seeing how the gang acted with one another, that bond that took years to build through blood, sweat and tears, he was unsure of what to make of it all. He'd suddenly been invited to join the rag-tag gang which consisted of guys that liked other guys. Thinking about where he fitted in all of this made his head spin and his knees weak.

Even the green eyes made him feel queasy and uneasy.

It made him feel sick.

There was shouting outside the café now, which bothered Quistis and she got up from the table to tell the two males to keep their voices down. Elliot was the one with the loudest voice, and Roxas was amazed at just how well the male could project his voice – even if he was shouting down a phone. It seemed like he was trying to get his point across so badly that the person on the other end would be able to hear him without the aid of modern technology.

Then the tall River stormed in, and with a flurry of motions, gathered his and his friend's things into their respective bags. Pausing, he looked to the others that were staring up at him in amazement. River didn't show much emotion, but the way his left brow twitched showed he was far from a mood that could be considered 'upbeat'.

"Riven..." began Demyx.

"Don't you dare," threatened River. There was anger in his voice. "This is my fight"

"It's not. You're going to let his brother handle this and you're going to sit down and go back to reading your book," soothed the musician, reaching out a hand and calmly placing it atop the pale hand that had reached for the book. "Everything will be alright, you don't need to go cracking skulls"

Eyes narrowed, blue and green focused upon Demyx intently. After a few moments of a transfixed staring contest, River finally backed down and slipped onto Elliot's vacant seat, arms folding onto the back rest, head falling onto them. "But...Jules..."

"Can take care of himself," interjected Axel. "You're as bad as Elliot for unrequited love, but he doesn't beat up people because they hurt the one he cares for"

There was a chuckle from River. "That's because Saïx can do it himself,"

"Look, Roxas and I have to be getting home. How about you come with us?"

"I'm not giving you a lift"

"Oh, go on," whined Axel, giving his friend what could be class as puppy dog eyes.

River lifted his head, throwing a sceptical look at the teenager, then a small smile curled at the corners of his lips. "Fine. I'm parked around back."

"There's our Riven!"

"Shut the fuck up Axel..."

- - -

They had a relationship like brothers. Apparently, Riven and Axel had known each other since they were tiny. Infact, the young Riven had met Axel before he was even born, being three years older. They'd gone to the same school, but Roxas could barely remember the young boy. River had said that it was because when he was younger he didn't have blue hair, and for most of his young life had a patch over his green eye because his mother disliked the way her little blond boy was not of the 'blond haired, blue eyed' variety. She was a very vain woman, treating her son like a fashion accessory rather than a child.

Axel said it was no wonder their mothers got along. But Axel's mother stopped being her 'friend' once River announced he was bisexual. River became the 'gay son' accessory, and his mother started treating him as such. River explained it was the only time she started treating him more like he was her son when she started treating him as a daughter. He was still an accessory, but she was proud and showed him off. His eyes were no longer 'wrong' and she lavished the compliments she was given when walking along and having a son that would go shopping with her.

River acted indifferent to almost anything. He seemed apathetic and really couldn't care less about anything. He became a doll; a prop.

But even with the families breaking ties, Axel still remained true friends with River.

River had a beaten up looking red car that wasn't much to look at. But the new engine purred and River drove like a madman. Axel seemed to enjoy the way the older male drove, while in the back, Roxas fought the urge not to scream as they almost spun out at a corner.

When they got to his aunt's house, Cloud's car also occupied the drive. He was busy washing the sleek, executive looking vehicle, and glanced over at the old banger as River screeched to a halt, blocking the end of the drive. "Watch your driving!" he shouted, walking up the drive to shout at the obnoxious driver in the red car.

He stopped in his tracks when Axel climbed out of the front passenger seat, then moved to help Roxas out of the back. Grinning, the redhead waved to the older man. "Sorry we're late Mr. Strife!" he said once Cloud had walked up to them.

Cloud's blue eyes moved to the blue haired male in the driver's seat, giving him a quizzical look. "You drive like a maniac, and you even had passengers!" he scolded.

River shrugged, leaning an arm on the open window. "Sephiroth drives worse"

Cloud grinned. "How is he by the way?"

River shrugged. "Dunno, haven't heard much from him lately. I don't get much work from him anymore"

Roxas' head flicked from one to the other while Cloud talked to River like he knew him. "Huh?"

Even Axel seemed confused. "What's going on?"

It was Cloud the smirked and spoke up. "Riven was a student of a friend of mine who taught the art of sword fighting, that and my late wife used to look after him when he was abandoned at her house when his mother went out for whatever reason"

"Drugs, sex, alcohol..." said River simply.

"Are you telling me that you were ditched at someone else's house when you could of stayed at mine?" exclaimed Axel, feigning a look of hurt as he stood beside the beat up red car.

"Oh come on, its not so bad, Aerith was cool. How about we cut the chit-chat and you guys let me drive out of here?"

Axel shook his head, red hair flowing with the quick movement. "Nu-uh, you're on a war path."

Cloud seemed to perk up at this, throwing a disapproving look to the male still in his car. He knew all about River's reputation, but never once had he heard it classed as a 'war path'. The man just didn't go out of his way to hurt people for anything other than money. "How about you come inside for a drink?" he offered, jutting a thumb at the house. "Elra just adores having guests over, and I'm sure she'd just enjoy making a fuss over an old friend"

River pondered this for a moment, his eyes flicking up to Axel, who merely grinned his approval back smugly. "Alright...But not for long,"

- - -

Axel couldn't believe how many people could fit into Elra's house. Naminé was in her room, setting everything up the way she wanted and even had a friend over. Sora was for once, without his perpetual tag-along, but Kairi and that bubblegum girl were up in his room. From the sounds, they were playing video games. Then, downstairs in the lounge was Cloud, River, Roxas and himself. He didn't know if he should include Elra, since she was busy moving from one room to another making sure that everyone was content.

Axel sat next to his childhood friend, while Roxas sat on the floor at his legs. Cloud sat in an armchair opposite, happily sipping away at a mug of coffee, and Elra had made chocolate milkshakes for her son and nephew – even Axel had one. She'd offered River, but he declined and went to reading his book again. Despite having his nose in a book, he managed to hold a conversation with the spiky haired blond that sat across from him. Obviously Cloud was used to the way River worked.

Tilting his head back, Roxas' big blue eyes looked up into Axel's emerald green pair that looked back down at him. "You alright, Rox?" Axle asked, nudging him with his foot.

"Your friends...Is River the longest?"

Axel nodded. "Yeah, since before I was born. Demyx, Elliot and Zexion came much later. I have River to thank for meeting them all in a way"

Roxas sighed softly, sucking up more of his chocolate milk through the brightly coloured straw. "I never expected you to have friends like that,"

The redhead smiled, reaching down to ruffle Roxas' blond hair. "They're the closest thing I have to friends. Incase you neglected to notice, I'm not the most popular person in the world. But they all put up with me somehow. In a way, we all have our little problems. River is like an emotionless rock, Demyx loves his cat too much, Zexion always knows how to blackmail anyone and Elliot is just plain weird"

Roxas chuckled, resting his head against the inside of Axel's leg. "Elliot seemed the most normal, except for his fashion sense"

"He's a singer that loves his voice too much. Not in the way that he loves to hear himself, but he just likes the way it sounds. You'll understand what I mean if you ever catch him with a sore throat or a cold," he explained, hand moving down from the blond hair to softly stroke Roxas' cheek, fingers drawing circles over the satiny soft flesh.

Eye fluttered closed as he welcomed the soft touches from the older male. "What about his brother?"

"Julian? He goes to Balamb Garden. Elliot's parents divorced a few years ago, and his mother took Julian, while Elliot remained with his father. See, his mother doesn't approve of the fact her eldest son is gay, and doesn't want him to have anything to do with her youngest since she thinks it contagious or something. He only sees his brother when he can without her knowing. Julian doesn't mind that his older brother is gay, but he isn't. Which is why we all worry about River; he really likes Julian"

"Wow, being gay sounds like a lot of work,"

Axel chuckled, leaning down to place a soft kiss to Roxas' forehead. "Don't worry, I'll take care of you" Locks of red slipped over his shoulder, dangling down behind his head as Axel curled over so that his own lips could find the pair that he was sure were made simply for kissing. He didn't care that there were people in the room, one of them could even be considered as a figure of authority; Axel just wanted to kiss the beautiful creature that wanted to be his. Screw Zell, River could beat him up. Axel wanted this spiky bond all to himself and wasn't about to share any part of himself with anyone just to make sure Roxas wanted him.

Hands reached up into fiery red hair, fingers pawing at the skull as the kiss swept over him. He didn't care that they were in his aunt's living room, all that was running through his mind was the fact that Axel was kissing him, and by God was he going to enjoy it.

"Aww, will you look at that? Cloud, quick, get my camera!"

Axel froze in place, hands on Roxas' waist. Did he just hear what he thought he heard? Obviously Roxas had heard the same, since he too had ceased their kissing. It wasn't anything deeply passionate, more the meeting of lips in a sweet and rather romantic fashion, coupled with the sharing of littler kisses. There was movement going around, but Axel was keeping his green eyes closed, hoping that he hadn't heard what he thought Elra had said.

Then there was a flash.

And a giggle from the blond beneath him.

"She didn't, did she?" he asked in a whisper, lips brushing those he'd only seconds ago been kissing.

Roxas nodded.

"I'm going to have to frame this," Elra suggested, holding the digital camera so that she could see the picture she had just taken of the adorable situation Axel and Roxas were in. "What do you think River?"

Now she was getting his opinion! Axel slowly tilted his head to the side, lifting it slightly so that he could glance over at his friend that was now being shown the picture by Roxas' adoring aunt. There was a slight grin tugging at the corners of his lips. Then they parted so he could speak. "Can I have a copy?"

"Of course you can," she beamed, lifting the little picture capture device and making it flash again as she took another picture of the pair, only this time Roxas was blushing as red as Axel's hair and attempting to hide behind it, and Axel just looked shocked that the woman had the nerve to do such a thing. She was practically bubbling with pride as she admired the little digital image before her. For a few seconds, Axel could see where gumdrop acquired his personality from. Sora really was her son.

River leaned over, looking at the picture. "On second thoughts, can I have a copy of that one instead?"

Roxas was laughing now, pulling himself out from underneath his red headed companion and stood up, hands brushing out the creases in his jeans. "Did you have to?" he asked, shooting his aunt a look that almost mimicked a wet puppy that had been forced to take a bath after it had had such a fun time playing in the mud.

Elra moved over and wrapped an arm around his shoulders, pulling him to her side. "Oh sweetheart," she cooed. "You looked so adorable, I just had to capture the moment."

Roxas sighed, but resting his head against her side. He really did love his aunt, even if she did have the weirdest personality. "Just no enlarging it and putting it over the mantle piece"

She smiled. "I'm still going to frame it," she said. "Your mother would send copies to all her friends, saying 'This is my little boy and his boyfriend!' and then she'd start telling stories of you as a baby,"

A rosy blush formed on Roxas' cheeks as his aunt began talking about his mother – and she was completely right. Were she alive and seen the moment he and Axel shared, she'd have more than two photos, and already be off showing them to all her friends. She was a firm believer that love was love, and as long as you had someone to share your heart with, then it shouldn't matter if they were the same sex or not.

Just thinking of her made him blush even more. But tears formed in his eyes, and he had to rub at them to make them go away.

Elra quickly spotted the tears, and wrapped both arms around Roxas, pulling him to her front. There was the sounds of shuffling nearby, and a pair of arms wrapped around the teen she was holding onto, and she felt Roxas' arms loosen, watching as he turned around and allowed Axel to envelop him into a warm and comforting embrace. Seeing just how Roxas curled into Axel's thin frame spoke a thousand words. It seemed that all the years that the red head had been tormenting him had simply melted away. Roxas really cared for Axel now, and the way he melted against him showed it.

Axel's arms held him tight while tears soaked through his top. Hands rubbed at his back, and soft kisses were placed to the top of Roxas' head. He'd caught him crying about his parent's death before, and knew just how much it upset the poor blond. It made him wonder what he'd feel like if his parents died. But, then again, would he even notice them gone?

He doubted he'd miss them as much as Roxas did.

Glancing around the room, he watched as Elra and Cloud left together, and with the soft nod of his head, River rose from the seat and followed after them, leaving the pair alone.

"Hey...Roxas?" he said after a while, listening to the soft sobbing from the younger boy. "Come on, she didn't mean to upset you, I'm sure"

Roxas nodded, mumbling into the warmth of Axel's body. He didn't want to let go, or even more away from the comforting warmth that Axel offered him. Just like at the party, he felt comfortable in these arms, and they helped to soothe his troubles away. Axel may have been as thin as a rake and was more bone than muscle, but he was just so comfortable to curl up again. "I know," he mumbled. "But thinking about her made me miss her..."

A pang of jealousy stung in Axel's chest for a few brief moments. He wished that his mother cared about him as much as Roxas' had. She was a wonderful woman, whereas his own was glad that he'd almost practically left home. Elra said it herself; Axel's mother basically couldn't wait to get rid of him from her home. She probably went round telling people he'd ran away, just to get a bit of sympathy, and therefore attention from them.

"Don't worry," Axel said sympathetically. "You've still got your aunt who loves you to pieces. Now how about we cuddle somewhere more private before she gets the camera out again?" he suggested with a grin.

Roxas body pulled away, and a hand slipped into a pale, thin Axel hand, and tugged on it as the red head was lead. "Let's go to my room"

- - - -

Author's Notes: Dun, dun, dun, dun!!!

Bet you guys have been waiting for ever for this, hmmmm?

Axel: I know I have!

Oh shut up you. You've not been neglected, so quit yet whining! Yes, yes, if any of you have noticed, I have a second Kingdom Hearts fic named Glory. It features AkuRoku, so I suggest you read it It also has CloudxLeon too!

Aaaaannnddd a tomato! -smirks-

Reviews are all dearly loved. Sorry about keeping you all waiting! I hope you're all looking forwards to chapter fifteen!