Good Question: Sorry this is a bit late. My cat spilled water on my keyboard so I couldn't write for awhile. But it's all taken care of now.

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Chapter 13: Memoirs

"It's nothing serious," the doctor said with a nod, filling out a piece of paper for them.

"What about the swelling?" Tina asked as she fiddled with the strap of her purse, hospitals made her uncomfortable.

"It'll go away in a day or two, I do suggest that he stays off of that foot for awhile. It's a good thing it's the weekend," the doctor said as he stood, holding the door open for Tina and Roxas.

"That's true. Thank you very much Dr. Diz," Tina said as they shook hands.

"Be careful now," Dr. Dix said to Roxas with a wink.

Roxas grumbled as he stumbled towards his crutches. Sure it hurt, but he thought they were all over-reacting.

"I'm sorry, maybe taking the dog in was a bad idea. Maybe we should find it another owner," Tina said as she helped Roxas down the stairs and towards the parking lot.

"No!"

Tina glanced at Roxas, one eyebrow quirked.

"I mean, there's no need to kick the dog out. It was only a small bite, she didn't even really mean it I don't think," Roxas attempted to clarify.

Tina shrugged and looked suspicious but didn't question Roxas about the change of heart, helping him into the car. The truth was that Roxas had found a way to at the very least Axel besides himself, regardless of any romantic situations between them. Just mentioning the dog almost sent Axel to his side, he was a real dog person and that was kinda cute. He couldn't really understand the attraction to dogs, he thought they smelled, but he wasn't going to let Butterscotch go. They were all selfish reasons for keeping to dog, but hey, at least it had a home, and they were bound to get along better from that point on.

"Axel?"

Roxas snapped out of his thoughts and noticed they were home already, he looked at the door to see his aunt yelling at Axel from the car, who was standing at their door with a wide grin.

"Axel!" Roxas exclaimed with a smile he wished hadn't sprung up so quickly. Wasn't he supposed to be upset? 'Wow, I'm desperate' Roxas thought even as he tried to get out of the car quickly to meet him. He opened the door and fell down in an ungraceful heap, he had forgotten his crutches.

"Roxas!" Tina yelped out as she slammed her door shut, running around to Roxas's side, getting there only a few seconds before Axel.

"Mrr….. I'm fine," Roxas mumbled out, holding the back of his head with his hands.

"Can you get up?" Tina asked as she pulled the crutches out of the car.

"Ye-eaaaa," Roxas flailed his arms a bit as Axel picked him up off of the ground and into this arms. Roxas seemed to find himself in Axel's arms a lot in recent times.

"Don't flail so much, I might drop you," Axel joked, carrying him to the door and then waiting for Tina to unlock it. Roxas wasn't sure what had made Axel so obsessive over him recently, but he wasn't going to complain about it. The change from completely ignoring him to barely leaving his side was a welcomed one, if not slightly suspicious. Suppressing a sigh he sank his against Axel's shoulder, only to be removed from his arms and placed on the couch. Roxas gave a grunt of protest and Axel gently ruffled his hair with a laugh.

"I should take off of work for a bit," Tina mumbled as she placed the crutches next to the couch.

Roxas shook his head and tilted his head up and back so that he could see her, "No, don't. It's only a light swelling and the doctor said I'd be fine in a few days."

Tina looked troubled as she spoke, "I feel bad for not being home so much. Especially when you just left the rest of your family."

Roxas shook his head again," No. The bar is finally picking up some more business so it's only natural you have to spend more time there. I don't mind, at all. Im not 5, I can take care of myself, thank you tho'."

Tina opened her mouth to say something when Axel cut her off, "I can stay and watch him."

Both Roxas and Tina looked at Axel, Roxas surprised.

"Are you sure you don't have anything else to do? I'd hate to bother, and I'd need it the entire weekend," Tina asked as Roxas realized he was staring and went to focusing on the threads in his shirt that were coming loose.

"Yeah I don't mind. I'd only have to leave once or twice to check up on things at home, but other than that I'm free for the entire weekend," Axel said with a shrug and a smile.

Tina grinned and hugged Axel," Thank you. I guess I'd better go then, you boys play nice," Tina said as she headed out the door, prattling about emergency phone numbers as she left and where they were located.

"If you have somewhere else you'd rather be, you can go ahead and go," Roxas mumbled, trying to stop the hammering in his heart.

Roxas heard Axel chuckle before he felt the couch sink as Axel sat down next to him, "I can even get you out. Larxene's having a party and I'm willing to cart you along all night if you want to go. Besides- I'm not going leave you to fend for yourself? I had assumed that the car incident a few minutes ago would make you highly apprehensive to be alone."

Roxas snorted and blushed bright red, being ungraceful like that was the last thing that Roxas had wanted to do.

"Aaw, is Roxy-baby blushing?" Axel teased as he scooted closer, poking Roxas as he teased him.

"Shut your face," Roxas hissed as he hid behind his hands.

"You are," Axel said with a gigantic grin, pulling Roxas's hands away. It wasn't until then that Roxas realized just how closer they were. He looked up and had to hold his breath. Oh dear.

"Hmm?" Axel raised his eyebrow looking to Roxas like quite possibly the sexiest man every alive, and eyebrows weren't even a fetish for him.

Roxas fidgeted under Axel's gaze trying to calm himself down as axel whispered in his exposed ear, "What's wrong?"

Roxas felt a twinge in his groin and sprang up from the couch, forgetting that once again he needed crutches, and collapsed sideways off of the couch. Axel's immediate reaction was to laugh but he then knelt by him, worried.

"Sorry," he said with an embarrassed grin.

"Just, don't do that again," Roxas mumbled, burying his face in a couch pillow he had managed to yank down with him.

"Why not?" Axel inquired, but agreeing not to do it anyway.

"Axel, just don't," Roxas said wanting to drop the subject. He couldn't exactly tell the redhead what it made him want to do.

"Tell me," Axel said as he lifted Roxas off of the floor and back nestled into the couch.

"No."

"Come on."

"Axel," Roxas growled out.

"Please, with those sweets you like on top?"

"Axel, no!"

"What about a kiss?"

Roxas was about to yell out no but it died in his throat. He turned his head sharply, fingers shaking a little bit, staring at Axel wondering what he had just heard.

"Axel?"

"Yes Roxas."

"What did you just say" Roxas asked, gripping the couch with one hand.

"Nothing important," Axel said with a casual smile, getting up from the couch.

"No! What did you say?" Roxas asked, pulling him down again by the wrist.

Axel didn't say anything as he moved away, gently prying his wrist from Roxas's death grip, it was starting to hurt.

"I'm going to do my first check up on things at home, and then be back," Axel said as he grabbed his keys and a light jacket, it was slowly starting to warm up. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."

And before Roxas could do anything Axel had left. Roxas let himself collapse to the couch with a frustrated scream. He couldn't figure out Axel at all, or where he belonged with him. He felt elated, despite all the bad. Roxas thought it was almost pathetic how some over-reacting hormones in him could temporarily wipe away even severe emotional pain. He sighed and curled up on the couch, taking care not to bump his swollen leg. And he didn't understand what the sudden seclusion had been about, he figured he would maybe have the courage to ask Axel when he got back.

He stared at the table for a few minutes before the phone rang. Assuming it was Axel, because that was all that was on his mind, he hurled himself over the couch, ignoring the sharp pain that erupted in his leg as it hit the end of the couch. He should've known better than to try anything graceful.

"Hello?" he said into the phone, breathless.

"Hi there!"

Roxas couldn't disguises all of the disappointment in his voice, "Hi Demyx."

Demyx paused for a moment on the other end, "Were you expecting someone else?"

"Not really."

He could hear Demyx laughing, "Your voice isn't telling me not really, especially with the mood we left you at."

"Okay… so I was expecting someone else, but for stupid reasons."

"Is it Axel?"

Roxas sputtered for a few seconds as he heard soft laughter from Demyx on the other end. He hated how easily everyone else but the person he wanted to notice could see how he wanted to be around Axel.

"How are things with him by the way, does he know that you saw well," Demyx let his sentence trail off.

"Things are fine, I suppose. And no he doesn't know. He actually came over earlier, returned the dog. And stuff happened, and now he's staying the weekend," Roxas mumbled into the phone, sitting down on the small stool that was next to the phone.

"Axel's over at your house?"

Roxas sighed, "Long story, anyway, I've gotta go."

Demyx didn't even have a chance to say a proper goodbye before Roxas dropped the phone back into its place. What was he thinking? The pain in his leg only made it worse for him. He clenched his teeth as he tried to get up to move back to the couch. A soft whine interrupted his efforts.

"Come here stupid," he muttered as Butterskotch waddled towards him, tongue sticking out, tail swishing back and forth.

"Good girl," Roxas muttered as he picked up the tiny dog and placed it in his lap. "You're the only one who understands me," he joked, before the dog barked hapilly, licking Roxa's face.

"Ew," Roxas said as he placed the dog back on the ground, wiping his face with the sleeve of his jacket. "But you know what, you're probably the best thing that's happened in awhile." Roxas sighed, slightly depressed and covered his eyes with his hand, leaning back in the stool. "Hey, can you keep a secret?" The dog barked as If agreeing. "I think I'm in love with him," he mumbled with a depressed laugh, "I think I love Axel."

A few minutes passed in silence as the dog whined, trying to get the now unresponsive Roxas to do something.

"See, I told you you'd grow to like the dog."

Roxas jumped and turned, eyes wide, staring at Axel. "I didn't hear you come in," he whispered, panicked. What if he had heard?

Axel having the timing of a turtle had narrowly missed Roxas's impromptu love confession. He smirked instead and lifted Roxas back to the couch again, dropping a bag into his lap.

"Ice cream!" Roxas exclaimed with such childish glee when he opened the bag up, that Axel had to laugh.

"Yeah, sorry it took so long, the line at the store was really long," he said with a shrug as he went to stuff all the things he had bought into their places in the kitchen.

"You didn't have to," Roxas said softly as he sat up on the couch.

"Oh but I did. You're here, in pain, and suffering," Axel said as he picked up Butterskotch from where she had attempted to bury herself into the pillows of the couch. "I had to do something, I don't like feeling useless."

Roxas smiled and gently kicked him as he sat down, "You do plenty. Mr Knight in Shining Armor."

Axel chuckled in a way that made Roxas's body tighten. Axel tilted his head to the side and put the full weight of the bright green eyes on him. "What did I Do to earn that title?" he asked with a flirty smile.

"I forgot," Roxas whispered.