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AN: Warning: This is not the end of Tides just yet! There is still more to come, so, keep looking for more you guys! A little update on all this, I received my FIRST Review the other day since I'm not online that much due to Mon. mornings from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. I'm off at a Medical Assisting Internship then a class from 5 p.m till almost 10 p.m. at night and ready to hit the pillows the moment I come home. Tuesdays I try and get on if I can after getting home from the Internship before having to dart out for a class at 7 p.m. till almost 10, and I managed to QUICKLY catch up on emails and caught a review from: The Critic Zoa. Thank you so much!
Chapter 9: Dare You to Move, Dare You to Lift Yourself Up Off the Floor
Falling was something that had never been on his mind, he knew that falling was the one thing that came when you allow yourself to remain open only to be hurt by outside forces. It can hurt, be a welcome relief to something we've been waiting for, but for Roxas, it was something he didn't expect to hit like this; he didn't want to fall like this, he feared the end of it all. Fingers were growing numb as he fought to fight himself back up onto the awning of his window, he didn't want to see his life ended so quickly.
As much as he struggled, he knew it wasn't helping his current situation, everything was burning and ripping like strings being ripped out of a well worked cross stitch pattern, "…Damn it…it can't end like this…life was just starting to get better, its not fair," he felt that just letting go, crashing to the pavement and allowing his self to crash into a million pieces would be the best way to end all this pain, "I guess…that promising wish to that Nurse…is going to die with me."
"Or its just beginning, like your life is just beginning, from the real start of everything," words were soft and comforting as a slender reached out, grabbing the boy by the fabric of his shirt as he pulled him back in, holding him in his arms, "…I'm sorry about not following you inside."
"GET OUT OF HERE THEN!" screaming could be heard in the hallway as doors slammed, things being slammed around as strings of profanity sprung out from sprinklers of angry people, "I DON'T NEED YOUR ASS IN MY HOUSE, AND TELL YOUR SON TO NEVER COME AROUND HERE! HE'S AS SCREWED UP AS YOU ARE! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU DAMN GAY BASTARD!"
Roxas curled his fingers tight against Axel's chest, "Is it always this crazy?" his thumb brushed against the boy's forehead as kissed him softly against his brow, "Roxas?"
"…You need to get out of here before she turns her hate on me, and especially you," he didn't want to tell him to leave, just moments after he had saved his life, not once but twice, but then again, he didn't want to go through losing him, "Please, if I lose you now…"
Axel's lips curled around Roxas' but Roxas couldn't handle the man using romance and soft kisses to cure everything, "Axel…no…"
They started to become harder, the man pressed his hands into the boy's hips as he seemed to sit up above the headboard of his own bed as he started ravishing him, ravishing him the same way he had, that first time against the lockers. No matter how Roxas tried to beat him off, whisper angrily for him to stop through soft mews and moans as the man hit every part of him that made him react in a way he wanted him to react. Roxas bucked against him as he gasped, gasped like a fish out of water through the stingy kisses as he worked his hands up around the man's waist as he worked his fingernails in hard against the flesh under the fabric of the shirt. Axel hissed under his fingernails scratching his flesh as he bit into the kiss making Roxas almost scream as he finally felt eyes burning into their bodies.
When we think the moment is just perfect, someone comes along to ruin it, "So, not only was my date a fag, so is my own son," she swigged back another shot of the cheap liquor that hung on her breath, "…Enjoying the ride so far boys?"
A phone dropped from her hands as her other hand threw the empty glass at the wall over her son's head, the next moments flashed like a whirlwind of a rollercoaster teetering out of control. She was a lioness threatened for the life of our own cub as she ripped her nails into Axel's back, throwing him against the wall; stings left welts upon a face tear stained as his voice screamed for the animal to stop. Her claws left track marks against his pure face as the sounds of sirens blared outside the house, the blond form now lay curled up on the floor, unmoving to the world. Voices were exchanged as cold steel slapped onto the creature that seemed to pose a threat to the lioness and it was gone, as for the lioness; she was slapped with steel.
"You have the right to remain silent, you have the right to an attorney, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, if you do not have any attorney or can not afford, one shall be appointed to you by the Courts," authorities took the lioness and threat away, "…You better hope that boy lives."
"Piss off, pig," the woman's words and speech were slurred as she glared daggers at the split lipped, bleeding, bruised red head, "YOU'RE A DEAD MAN, YOU GAY BASTARD! WHEN I GET OUT, YOUR ASS IS MINE! I WILL HAVE YOU ARRESTED FOR NONCONSENTUAL RAPE! YOU HEAR ME! YOU WON'T EVER SEE HIM AGAIN!"
The officer nodded as the car tore away, her words were still screaming from the squad car as the sounds of a gurney being rolled out of the house passed by the red head, "Roxas…"
A hand held him back as he moved towards the gurney, "Where you going?"
"That's my friend…" Axel tried to make the situation calm as he watched him move by him in slow motion, "…My boyfriend."
With a simple nod, an officer walked him over to the gurney as he watched the still form, "Sir, we have to get him to the Emergency Room," the Paramedic closed the doors as Axel watched painfully as he fell to his knees, the sounds of it pulling away with the sirens, it was enough to destroy him.
"Let's go, son," the officer pulled him up as he sat him into the police cruiser, it pulled away as the day seemed to do the same, night began to set in; even in the shadows of the night, demons may charm you and deceive you, one such one was hiding amongst them.
After many hard days, questions from Social Services about home life in Roxas' life, among other things, the boy was released, after an evaluation of his mental status; entering back into school was going to be hard, "Hey, we heard about what happened; you okay?" Hayner placed a hand on Roxas' shoulder, but the boy slightly winced at the blonde's touch, "…I guess that answers that."
"Roxas, what happened at your house has spread like wildfire and unless you say someth---" Olette paused as she saw the sharp tongued blonde shark of Twilight High come strolling by them with her typical posse.
A small gaggle of whispers started to perk up the moment they passed by Roxas, "So, its finally come out, my former boy toy is in love with a guy, heh, I knew you were going to come out of the closet sooner or later," Namine's words couldn't have been anymore to the point or sharp tongued as she swaggered on by, "Give my regards to your little boy toy, he really snagged himself someone special."
Roxas was not a man to strike a woman, but something snapped that day as he charged over the table, dragging her around the room as he slammed her against a wall, screams screeched out as the crowd dispersed, "Listening here you little bitch…I never loved you, you are nothing more then a little crack induced whore, and I hope that in the future, you end up with some incurable disease from banging so many guys without protection," his hand let go of her throat as he ran through the halls, terrorizing them wherever he went until he came to a stop in front of the quad; everything he had been holding back fell out, "…Just when I found my happiness…it disappears in an instant."
Leon had been watching the whole scene from the office, such actions against a girl would've been grounds for expulsion, but after the Hell Roxas had gone through, "…Its time I talked to him," a hand worked down the front of the man's chest as a soft eyed blue eyed blond rested his head in the crook of the man's neck, "Its time he knew who his Father really is."
"Do you think now is such the best time…after what the bitch of a Mother of his, the same one you thought was the one, put him through, do you really think now is the best time?" the man embraced Leon from behind as if to give moral support, "If you're going to do something…take it slow."
Leon's fingers entwined with the man behind him, his breath softly sighed, "This from the one who was up for taking it fast last night with that little bedroom romp of ours," he leaned back into the blond as he caressed his lips over the man's, "…I'll be back."
Leon's footsteps were soft and steady as his hand gently touched upon the boy's shoulder so as to not to scare the boy, "…What do you want?" Roxas' words snapped out faster then the man could pull his hand away from the boy's shoulder, "Come to heckle me like the rest of the damn school?"
His body seemed to relax as he sat beside the boy, "If I was, then I would probably be in the same position as you if I was to come out to the school and school board that I'm not so straight a board anymore," his eyes flashed to the boy, hoping to enlighten his face or even the mood, "…There is something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time. Ever since you started coming to this school…"
"So what is it…?"
Leon tried to ready himself to reveal the truth, "18 years ago, I made an utter fool of myself by trying to see myself with a particular woman; she seemed like the one, but, as they say, the crazier the woman, the more trouble you've fallen into. I found that out the hard way, especially when she called up screaming in my ear that I had knocked her up…" he paused as he watched to see if Roxas was even listening, "…After she told me she was pregnant…I ran, I ran as far as I could leaving her to fend for herself," his eyes looked upwards to the sky as he then gazed over to Roxas, the boy was losing interest, "To save you the boring details…about 4 years ago…when you showed up here, I found out I had a kid."
"You, with a kid, I never pegged you for being the fatherly type," Roxas sarcastically scoffed as he just wanted to leave and go hide somewhere, "So, who is the bouncing bundle of joy you heard of?"
Leon wanted to set the mood for it all, and talking to his possible son in a setting such as this, didn't feel like an exact moment he had pictured, "Roxas…" he pulled the boy into his arms, "…My son."
Roxas felt as if he would explode, he couldn't handle anymore secrets, but for some reason, his mind told him, this felt right, this was exactly a moment he need to cure him from the past event of the event at home, "…L-Leon…" he felt as if he would cry as he wrapped his arms around the man's chest, burying his crying face into his chest.
Cloud watched from a distant at the new scene that had shown itself, Now…to fix what was broken…
"YOU ASSHOLE! I TOLD YOU I WASN'T INTERESTED IN YOU, AND LOOK WHAT YOU DO! YOU SCREW UP SOMETHING I HAD GOING AND IT WOULD'VE WORKED OUT FINE IF YOU HADN'T WALKED BACK INTO MY LIFE!" Axel was furious as he slammed the dirty blond around the room, but the blonde's cocky smile remained, no matter how much Axel trashed him, "I can't believe you're still smiling after all the Hell you put me through."
Demyx worked to worm his way into the man's heart as his hands made a grab at his waistline, tugging at them as he tried to drag a kicking and screaming redhead into his lips, "…This is all I get, you fighting me, why can't I get the reaction you get out of that cheeky blond every time you made this move on him," his tongue lolled over the man's pulse point, "Mmmm…you sure are a tasty little stud."
Axel's hands balled up into fists as he fought to slug the man upside the head as he did, sending him sprawling to the floor, "You, are such an ass, why don't you go back to pretending you weren't gay, I was fine with that side of you," he walked out the door as he slammed it, leaving the man to suffer on the floor, but it only took one moment as he cracked the door open, "You come after me again, and I'll kill you, Demyx."
"Axel, Axel, Axel, always playing Axel, you play hard to get…and that's what makes the chase even more appeasing," Demyx wiped at the blood forming on his split lip as he shut the door again.
School was let out as Roxas stood in the Hall of Lockers as he watched the rest of the student body file out, Hayner, Pence, and Olette were the first to spot him by himself, "Roxas, what are you doing out here? You missed most of all your classes today," Olette reminded him of the fact that he had missed ALL of his classes; he had never made it to first period.
"Hey, Earth to Roxas, this is Hayner and your friends calling, do you read us?" Hayner waved a hand in front of his face as to get his attention.
"Yeah, yeah," Roxas brushed his hand away as he seemed to have the same smile he had when he realized something was different about himself, "I've got some news that's liable to send you guys into a tailspin."
"Hey, we've heard worse things, spill," Olette sat him down on the floor, just in case it was one of those news you had to sit down for before you fell down from the reality of it.
Roxas' chest felt as if it would burst, he was still getting over the new news he had heard, "…Principal Leonhart…" he couldn't keep himself from shaking as he finally let it come out, as if it were as natural as taking a breath,"…is my dad."
Silence is golden they say, but when that silence is a shocked, and almost disturbed silence that feels like it could grow and grow, to swallow us whole to finally just scream out or make some wild noise to interrupt it. His friends eyes on him as he looked at their stunned faces; he waited for them to make a move or say something. Congratulate him, ask him how he knew it was true, how did he find out, what took him so long to find or be told any of this? Nothing, just pure and utter silence, stunned silence that couldn't be rendered from its spot as it seemed to overwhelm its new found listener, and the ones who had just heard its truth preached.
Olette's arms wrapping around his shoulders as soft tears seemed to dance on her face fell on his shoulders as she whispered in his ear, "…I'm so happy for you Roxas, the nightmare can end."
As is said, silence is golden and this moment of silence that could be only the answer to everything, was the greatest form of gold that Roxas could own at this moment, bigger and brighter, worth even more then his newly created relationship, "…It can end…"
Shocked by the OC moment with Demyx being a psycho coming after Axel and nearly killing Roxas? There is no incoming AkuDemyx into this...its just meant to spice up the story and it might come back to bite Axel and Roxas later kind of helping to tie in why Roxas had that almost, "STELLA!!" moment from the old movie scene from the movie, "A Streetcar Named Desire" over Axel. I'm still working up how to play that in...and the whole Psycho Mom thing, let's just say, WAY too many teen aged movies where Mom's have way too much control over their kids or from reading angst like fanfics sort of like the well written, "Loneliness Remedy" that might've spurred the out of control life Roxas is facing. If you aren't too taken back by this change in writing style you haven't seen in any of my other fanfics, and have managed to hold on till now...Thank You. Reviews would be nice. The ending is still many chapters away. Keep holding on Guys.
Also another note to this, if you don't recognize the Title name; its the opening chorus line from "Dare You To Move" by Switchfoot. It basically is stating, I dare you to make the first move towards changing all of this, and that's what Axel is trying to do, and what Leon has done to help Roxas gain that happiness he was asked to gain when he was mainly a baby. Can you guess who the Nurse was that asked him to keep that wish? Don't know or have no clue? Don't worry, I'll make sure to make known soon enough.