Notice: Rating has gone up to M.
Good Question: This is a new chapter that wasn't in the original. I tried to bring back some of the things that my copy of the story didn't have in the beginning. There's a little bit of graphic detail sexually speaking but other than that it's tame, went up to M for safety.
Chapter 5: Family Jewels
Roxas woke up feeling good and happy. Extremely good and happy.
He rolled over in his bed onto his side and cuddled to the warm body next to him, burying deeper into the blankets because it was so cold. The person he had been cuddling to snored and Roxas opened his eyes wide. He found his head facing someone's back. He swallowed slowly and crossed his legs as much as he could as he searched upwards for who it was. He had a bad and good feeling. Axel was gorgeous in his sleep. If there had to have been a defining moment that Roxas would have to pin point as to why he wanted to go at it like rabbits it was this, even if Axel's face was more peaceful than seductive at the moment. He didn't mind. Roxas stared for a bit longer, wondering when it would be a good time to stop and telling himself he needed to get out of bed and take a cold shower before his friend woke up. Moving was very difficult to do tho', so he quit on it just as he thought about it. He felt Axel stir a bit and held his breath, body tensing to jump out of bed, but as Axel only re-adjusted himself to lie on his back Roxas relaxed, settling back into the bed and sort of wrapped around him. He had a much better view now. It was precious, Axel's hair was messier than usual, a lot of the carefully styled strands of hair that were usually lifted out of his face were strewn about in gentle lines all over. Roxas didn't know if he wanted to gently push the strands aside or if he wanted to yank Axel by the hair to him and kiss him more. His daydreams were interrupted by a grunt and two sleepy eyes blinking open. Roxas would've moved, he really meant to, but as the red head opened his eyes Roxas saw nothing but beautiful green splashes of color. Even on their first meeting Roxas had been stumped by Axel's unusually green eyes, they reminded him of a forest on fire, but the fire didn't burn the forest, it fed it, making it richer.
"Mornin'" Axel mumbled blinking slowly to try and get his cognitive functions to work.
Roxas rolled over in the bed and covered his crotch with a blanket. "Morning," he tried to say as neutrally as possible, stretching and yawning loudly, making it seem as if he had just woken up. "Sorry I was staring," Roxas said as he stood up and started to make a quick getaway for the bathroom door. "I just forgot that you had spent the night and the idea that you were here bewildered me."
Axel laughed lazily in a way that sent small sparks jumping along Roxas's back. He hadn't laughed really, it had been more of a chuckle, so masculine, and deep. "I'm going to take my morning shower."
"I thought you weren't a morning person?" Axel asked as he sat up, the covers slipping off revealing what Roxas had already discovered as they had been lying there. Axel had only slept in a pair of sweats that Roxas had found for him, leaving his chest bare. Roxas was tempted to turn around to see or to glance back and take a quick look, but the humiliation that could follow was really not his thing.
"I'm not, but this is a good way to wake myself up seeing as we're both sort-of up already," Roxas said. He wished that he had looked at the watch so that he could put together a better retort. But it happened. He quickly closed the bathroom door and locked it, leaning against the bathroom counter staring at himself in the mirror. He shook his head at himself and glanced down at the not so subtle tent in his pants. "Roxas, Roxas, Roxas," he slapped his face on both sides gently, "get a hold of yourself." He began to strip and turned on the water, letting his hand stretch out so that he could measure the temperature. He had it turned to cold but as he thought about it more, his hand slowly turned the water to the normal temperature he enjoyed it at.
"It's my bathroom, I can be in here however long that I want," Roxas told himself as he stepped into the shower, sinking down against the end that the shower wasn't on, and spreading his legs. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes, wrapping his hand around his dick. Especially with the visual images he had from the morning, he could so clearly imagine what it could be like between him and Axel.
Axel would push him down on the bed, even though Roxas would start it by playfully nipping and kissing along his neck. Roxas would straddle his lap and tease and grind against him, both of them hard and panting. Every time that Axel would push for more, grinding harder or trying to pull him in for a kiss, Roxas would pull away and give him nothing but teasing touches. Then Axel would get fed up, those beautiful green eyes turned dark with need and lust, just for him. Axel would grab him and carry him to the bed, tossing him without ceremony and more with haste onto the bed. He would then blink stupidly for a little bit, but that wouldn't stop the feelings of anticipation racing through his body like individual streaks of heat. Roxas would lie in the bed, facing Axel on the edge, stretched out with his legs open, so that Axel could get the full sight of what he was going to be enjoying.
Roxas's body clenched together tightly inside at the thought of the full weight of Axel's gaze being on him, and what those eyes would be communicating to him. 'Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck fuck,' is about what Roxas imagined their entire bodies screaming, just fuck. He began to stroke a bit faster as his imagination took another turn, watching in the theater in his head as Axel crawled on top of him, letting his hard on slide along Roxas's body until he stopped, sort of sitting on Roxas's chest.
Oh god Axel's dick would be so big and hard, stretched in his pants, the entire silhouette clearly outlined by the pants straining to hold it in. And Roxas would lift his head and try to get closer to it, but the way Axel was sitting he could only get so close, so Roxas would stick his tongue out and while he felt a little odd doing it, would lick along that bulge because while he couldn't reach fully, his tongue could. And Axel's breath would get heavier, trying not to cave into him and play the game at his own pace. Just as Roxas was managing to gain ground in lifting to get closer Axel would pull away and slide his body back down, leaving Roxas to whine at him in frustration. Axel would only grin and unzip and unbutton Roxas's pants on his way down, teasingly sliding his hand over the bulge still held in by boxers. Roxas whined anxiously and Axel lowered his head down. Roxas squeezed his dick tighter, imagining what Axel's mouth would feel like. Oh it would be good. So go-
"Hey Roxy?"
Roxas cursed as he heard the knock on his door and Axel's voice. He pulled his hair sharply and tried to take a few calming breaths before yelling back to him. "Yeah?!"
"I don't mean to rush you man, or anything like that, but, I really have to go pee," Axel mumbled from the other side of the door.
Roxas closed his eyes and almost screamed in frustration, "There's one down the hall."
"Your aunt is using it."
They only had one more bathroom downstairs, but it was currently being renovated because some of the pipes had exploded because of the cold and ice expanding in them.
"Give me a minute!" Roxas yelled over the sound of the shower, leaning back and grabbing his hair in two fistfuls, banging the back of his head against the shower wall. Looks like it'd be a cold showed today anyway.
Roxas quickly finished with his shower, shaking with cold when he was done but thankfully bonerless. He opened the door to the bathroom and nodded his head to Axel who had been waiting patiently on his bed. He sighed internally, at this point his aunt probably would've left the bathroom but he doubted that Axel would go back and forth to check, that seemed stupid even to Roxas. "All right, you're good," Roxas said, pointing his thumb towards the bathroom. Axel gave him a relieved grin and stood up.
"Thanks big man," Axel said with a grin and a wink, slapping Roxas's back as he passed him.
Roxas remained frozen as Axel closed his bathroom door. What the hell had that meant? The only possible thing that he could thing to prompt such a teasing and interesting response out of Axel was if he had seen….. Roxas paled and his body shrank a few sizes at the thought that Axel had noticed his boner. His brain began to panic as he frantically searched for clothes so that he would be less naked when Axel came out again. Speed dressing, he was good at that. He was just finishing tossing a shirt on as Axel came back out, yawning with the sweats off, now only in his boxers. Roxas turned around and swallowed a needy whine in the back of his throat. Axel had sex lines.
Luckily Axel was also getting dressed so Roxas didn't have to worry about another boner incident occurring. The first one could be explained away with just the plain fact of morning wood. It happens to people, it just does, doesn't matter who you happened to let bunk in your bed that night. Oh fuck he hoped that Axel's comment had meant something else. They both went downstairs for breakfast, Roxas hurrying and keeping his body tucked like he had done when he was a little kid and trying not to get the bullies to notice him. Just don't move and be small and nobody pays attention to you.
Axel however had noticed this change and wondered what that was about. It didn't take him long to come up with several speculations, but he didn't want to bring them up with Tina in the room finishing up her breakfast before work. Before Roxas had even moved to town he was already acquainted with her, one of the reasons that it had been ok for Axel to crash without really asking for permission. Tina said a quick hello to them before pouring some coffee into a big thermos she carried around.
"Don't wreck the place while I'm gone," Tina warned them as she left the house, leaving the two of them alone.
Roxas pointed Axel to the different foods they had. Axel ended up pouring himself a bowl of cereal with Roxas and putting some pastries that they had picked up the day before into the microwave to heat them back up and make them fluffy. They sat across from each other on the island in the kitchen, mumbling small things as they ate, both pretty digesting their own thoughts.
"If you feel awkward about having that boner this morning, I'm okay with that," Axel said, watching Roxas as he spiddled some of his cereal back into the bowl. Bingo.
Roxas stuttered with a few responses and denials, obviously embarrassed and flustered. "Dude, really. I'm confident enough in my sexuality that something like that wouldn't freak me out. Not sure how they're about it in your home town but boners happen," Axel shrugged.
Roxas laughed a little bit inside at himself. Axel was so confident in his straightness that other men's genitalia didn't bother him. Now if Roxas hadn't been wanting to bone the daylights out of him this would've been the best character bonus he could've given Axel. He was still blushing out of embarrassment however as he said , "If you say so. I've just never really had people spend the night before and shit. And I can imagine it being really awkward."
Axel smiled as he heard the microwave beep. He got up to go get the small plate out of the microwave and turned back to Roxas. "Nah, it's not a problem, if it helps, out of fuck nowhere right after you went to have a shower I kinda got one myself. God damn morning wood, not good for anything huh?"
Roxas dropped his head down and laughed into his cereal. Oh if only Axel knew how much of a god damn morning wood was.
Later that day Roxas met up with Demyx and Zexion, both of them insisting that they spend the day together to make up for the fact that Roxas had been forced to spend the day alone. As they sat at the little coffee shop Roxas laughed. "It wasn't that bad really. Turned out much better than I had expected."
He told them the story of Axel coming over, and why he had dropped by, and they had spent the entire evening playing video games and talking. He also told them about Axel spending the night and his embarrassing boner moment. They were both laughing at him but somewhere inside Demyx wasn't feeling so great.
It wasn't that he had anything against Roxas trying to go for Axel, or the two of them becoming such close friends. He had no problems with that at all and encouraged it, it would be great to see the both of them end up together. There was just one problem with that, while he felt shameful for still having leftover feelings, Demyx had once, and maybe still had, a thing for Axel. Demyx had been the first person that Axel had met when he had moved to town. They had played a lot together as kids, seeing as they lived right next to each other. They walked to school together and participated in some of the same clubs.
Things changed when Demyx got to high school. While he had always been aware that Axel had been an attractive man, he had finally come to terms with the fact that he liked men. It was just his horrible misfortune to always be hanging around a very attractive man. For a few years Demyx kept it to himself, torturing himself much like Roxas was at the moment, except he had two years of it. Two years of hiding boners, moaning Axel's name as he masturbated at home, and trying to hang out with him as much as possible just to be close as friends.
He had fucked it up one day though. This functioning relationship the two had together, their dynamic. It was after band practice; Axel was waiting at the doors for him. Everyone else had left and they were last ones in the hall, even the teacher had bid them farewell and had locked the band hall doors. They chatted a bit about their day; their classes didn't overlap much, before Demyx stepped forward. They were both halfway done with their junior year and Demyx was done holding all of it in, he didn't want to go for 3 years of hiding. He kissed him.
It was gentle, and Demyx pulled back almost instantly. "I really like you, Axel." Demyx dropped his head and stared to the side stubbornly, almost daring Axel to flip out on him.
Axel was quiet for a second before he put a hand on Demyx's shoulder, causing him to look up. There was such sympathy in his eyes. "Demyx. Look, I like you and all, but I'm not into men. I'm sorry."
And Axel had to have apologized. It would've been so much easier if he hadn't. Demyx nodded his head, "Okay. Okay..okay. I just, wanted to say it."
Axel nodded his head and then looked around a bit awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm gonna go get the rest of my stuff and we can go, all right?" He said trying to smooth over the situation. He wasn't sure what it was going to be like for Demyx, but he really didn't' want their friendship to go to ruins.
Demyx swallowed and nodded. "Yeah." He mumbled.
Axel left just as Demyx's shoulders began to shake a little. He hated himself, of course Axel was straight, he had known that. And now his heart hurt, so terribly. It was even worse having a 'no' than being in a limbo of that hopeful chance. He pounded his fist against the wall in the hallway and cursed himself, trying to regain all of his composure before Axel got back God damn if Axel was going to see him cry. Because Axel was a good person, and if he saw Demyx crying, Axel would just feel worse about, well, truly nothing. It wasn't his fault that he wasn't gay.
As Roxas told his story, Demyx wondered what would be worse. If Roxas succeeded in getting Axel, which would mean that Axel liked dick, or at least some dick, but didn't want him, or rather he had timed everything wrong and lost his chance. And another part of him would be heart broken for Roxas if things didn't go smoothly.
"You okay Demyx? You seem a little distracted," Roxas noted when Demyx hadn't said anything for quite some time.
Demyx laughed and gave his good natured grin, "Oh. I was just indulging myself in the idea of a shirtless Axel with a boner."
They all laughed, but there was an undertone of strain in two of the voices laughing.
Notes: Be aware that I may go back and tweak this chapter depending on whether or not I manage to get my hands of original copies of how I wrote these two things in the original and introduced them.
At this point you'll probably get a few chapters that weren't in the original because I'm trying to make it flow a lot smoother than it did last time.