"Char-broiled goodness on a sesame seed bun," Axel mused, gazing out over the deep blue sea and soft sands of the beach. "Tacos full of ground meat and fresh veggies and sour cream with hot sauce… mmm… A Dairy Queen Cookie dough blizzard with extra dough. Raw cookie dough, god. Pho from the Pho Hut, with tripe and sliced beef. Fried chicken – OW!" Axel rubbed his head as a coconut went rolling across the sand. It hadn't been thrown at him particularly hard but it still stung.
"I told you to stop that." Roxas said, irritated. "You're making me drool!" After a diet of mostly fish and fruits, with the occasional chunks of seared goat, he wanted nothing more than a good sub from Subway. Although a blizzard sounded really good too. "What is Pho?" Whatever it was, he was sure Baton Rouge had it somewhere but his parents were completely unadventurous when it came to food.
"It's this great Vietnamese soup." Axel was more than happy to explain. Pho was one of his favorite foods. "Soup base in a bowl and another bowl full of bean sprouts, asian basil and stuff, a bunch of sliced beef and noodles. And tripe slices, if you like that." Roxas made a face at that. He had tried tripe once and it had been very chewy. "The beef is raw. What you do is you take the noodles, veggies and beef and put them in the broth gradually as you eat. The heat of the broth cooks the beef a little. It's absolutely great." Roxas blinked at the image.
"Sounds good. If I get to join you in Vancouver you'll have to show me that." He was glumly certain the sun would rise in the West before he could convince his mom and step-dad to go to a Vietnamese place. They went exactly one place on the rare occasions they went out for food, the diner down at the corner. Which was great value for the money, he supposed, but boring as hell after a while.
"I'd love to take you there." Axel said sincerely. He was looking forward to introducing the blonde to all sorts of things, if he got the chance. Roxas glanced up with a smile, and Axel found himself captivated by his big blue eyes and how happy the boy looked. He was like a ray of sunshine – until Roxas reached over and looped a finger under his necklace, dragging him closer. Out of boredom, Axel had fashioned himself a necklace made out of vine and seashells.
"Cool. But don't mention it again until we get back to civilization, or you'll be wearing a broken coconut." Roxas promised and the redhead grinned.
"I get it, I get it! I know, I'm annoying. My last girlfriend broke up with me over it." Axel sighed as Roxas eyes him curiously, wondering how anyone could break up with the hot redhead over something so petty. Although, Axel could be really annoying at times. "Although, to be honest, I kind of wanted to break up with her too so I think I went out of my way to irritate her." Roxas smiles and shook his head. That would do it.
"Just don't do that with me or I'll shove your head down a toilet and flush." He commented as he slowly built a sand castle. It was silly, but it was something to do. Axel laughed.
"First off, we'd need a toilet, and second we'd have to be dating. I don't think hunting goats' together counts as a date." Axel's mind wandered to something else as Roxas tried to put a turret on his castle. "Oh hey, did I tell you about the time mom got reported to CPS?" That got his attention.
"No, what happened?" That was interesting. From what Axel had told him so far, Roxas had formed the impression of a loving but slightly bossy mother and a very involved when he was there father. Unfortunately, Axel's mother couldn't follow him on every deployment and there had been a fair amount of separation from his dad. But they'd still been very close. Nothing sounded remotely abusive.
"Me, mostly." Roxas looked confused as Axel grinned. "You should have seen me when I was two Roxas. I managed to hurt myself so often we should have gotten frequent flyer miles at the emergency ward. Let me see… I broke my arm falling off a swing. I cut open my arm falling out of my bunk bed, I burnt my hand on the stove, I almost electrocuted myself playing with a light socket and I dislocated my shoulder playing with rope." Roxas stared at the catalogue of injuries.
"Were you trying to kill yourself?" It sounded like he'd had a good go at it. Axel laughed and shook his head.
"No, I just had the attention span of a fruit fly and more energy than you could believe. Anyway, the doctors started getting suspicious, hard to blame them really, and CPS came out to visit my mom. They had several inspections and visits before I kinda saved the situation." Axel ran a hand through his hair and pointed at a faint scar at his hairline. "I ran into the room while the CPS lady was there, tripped over my own feet and dinged my head on the coffee table. It didn't really have sharp edges but I still managed to rip my head open and they both had to rush me to the emergency ward again. After that, they were more willing to accept that I was just a crazy critter." Axel grinned then, eyes twinkling. "They did make mom take me to a doctor and child psychologist to make sure nothing was wrong. They thought I'd grow out of it, and I did. By four I wasn't tearing myself up anymore."
"Wow." Roxas felt vaguely impressed. He'd only had one major injury so far, a broken leg, although he'd gotten plenty of bruises and bloody noses in fights. And from his mom and step-dad. "Maybe you have ADD or something."
"Maybe." Axel agreed, then shrugged. "But if so I'm getting by just fine. I just make sure to write everything down and check my blackberry every day." Roxas nodded. If Axel had some kind of problem, it had to be pretty mild and he was managing to cope with it. "You got any cool stories about Baton Rouge?"
"Uh, sure." Roxas tried to think of something then grinned as he remembered. "There was a time me and a friend built a potato cannon. We had a ton of fun with it until we accidentally broke a window. His parents were really upset." The blonde sighed a little as he remembered. He'd been banned from his friends' house after that and they'd gradually drifted apart. By high school they hadn't really known each other anymore. It was a shame. "Yeah… other than that, my life's been pretty boring. Well, I did almost drown once but that was my own fault."
"Oh? What happened?" Axel walked over and started helping with the sand castle as they talked. There really wasn't much else to do, and it looked like fun. "Want a moat?"
"Sure. Well, we were at a park-" Roxas and Axel kept exchanging stories as the day went on. A few times Roxas was tempted to open up completely to the redhead, but resisted the urge. There were things Axel didn't need to know about his past. Things no one needed to know, really.
"This is amazing." Axel admired their finished product. The sand castle was looking really good considering it had been made by hand. There were stairs, turrets and Roxas had decorated the edges with little sand balls. The final result was one of the prettiest sand castles Axel had ever seen.
"Well, it's something." Roxas smiled then blinked as he felt warm arms around him. Then he relaxed into it, enjoying being held. It always felt so good, when Axel did something like this, and Roxas found himself nestling against the older boy's chest. "Axel? Want to stay at the beach tonight? It's a perfect day." They had almost full coconuts and they could always go back to the well tomorrow. And they wouldn't need shelter tonight. Axel considered it then nodded.
"Sure, why not?" The sand would be a lot softer than the dirt of their hut. Axel hesitated, looking at soft gold hair. He really wanted to touch it. Finally he decided to handle that by just doing it, and Roxas glanced up at him as he ruffled those blonde spikes. "Heh, sorry, couldn't resist – mph?" Roxas gripped his necklace and pulled the surprised redhead down into a kiss. It was a slow, sweet kiss and Roxas finally drew back, slightly flushed and breathing quickly.
"Sorry, couldn't resist." He said teasingly then swallowed at the look in Axel's eyes, the desire there. "Axel?"
"I have to be honest, Roxas. I don't want to resist." Axel said softly before catching Roxas' lips in another slow, gentle kiss. He'd had time to think about things since his illness and had finally decided that the only sensible thing to do was live in the moment. He wasn't sure how long they had been on this island but it had been too long. There couldn't be anyone looking for them or they would have been found. They parted for a moment and Roxas took a deep breath, feeling a shiver of anticipation and a tug of desire that made his pants feel too tight. "If you're still interested."
"Are you nuts?" Roxas growled softly and Axel's green eyes widened before he grinned. Roxas sounded so cute when he growled. "Of course I am! I've only been trying to seduce you for weeks." Axel blinked and the grin slid away as he thought about that.
"You… evil kid! That's why you've been eating your fish like that." Roxas smiled as Axel laughed, but didn't deny it. It was nothing but the truth. "Damn, I had no idea. Well then…" Axel peeled away the remains of Roxas shirt in a few easy moves. Roxas vaguely wondered why he was bothering wearing it anymore, but that thought was easily chased away as Axel nuzzled him, kissing his throat and exploring sensitive skin. Roxas sighed, exploring Axel back and finding the redhead felt just as good as he'd expected, muscles still well defined despite his illness. Blue eyes met vibrant green and Roxas felt his breath catch in his throat. He wanted Axel more than he'd ever wanted anyone in the world and from the look on his face, Axel felt the same. The redhead's nimble fingers found his zipper, undoing it easily and pulling it down. There was no underwear; they'd both given up on those weeks ago.
Soon they were both naked on the beach, and Axel buried his face against Roxas neck, just breathing in his scent. There was nothing artificial anymore, no deodorants or perfumes, just musk and sweat and the smell of the sea. He licked the sensitive skin, making Roxas moan and arch against him. Axel could feel the boy's arousal against him, but he had another plan in mind. He flipped Roxas over and felt the blonde stiffen a bit.
"Axel, I'd rather – uh?" Roxas blinked as he felt hot breath against his ass. "What are you – oh!" Roxas gasped as he felt Axel's tongue in a place he'd never, ever expected it to be. "Wh-what…?" He wasn't a virgin and thought he understood everything about sex, but what was this? And why did it feel so good when Axel – Roxas moaned softly, deep in his throat as the redhead licked his opening then gasped as his tongue darted inside, stimulating him in a way that was familiar but oh, so different. Axel pulled away for just a moment to speak.
"S'called a rim job, Roxas." Axel said with a grin, then went back to what he was doing as the blonde gave a soft, needy sound. The sounds Roxas was making were just so sexy, and it got better as Axel slid a hand between his legs, fingers lightly ghosting over his sack before finding his hard, throbbing length and stroking it. Roxas was gasping now, panting and trembling in pleasure and desire as he knelt in the sand.
"Axel." He gasped out as Axel's fingers found his slit, playing with the tip. "I can't take much more, ah!" The sensations were too overwhelming, the feeling of Axel's tongue inside him, touching those sensitive parts as his hands did their magic. If the redhead kept this up he was going to come, and he didn't want that. Roxas wanted to feel Axel inside him. The stroking suddenly stopped and Roxas groaned as Axel pulled back.
"Right." Axel said, his voice heavy with desire before he spat in his hands and smeared it over his cock. Axel would have given anything for a bottle of lube at this moment, but alas, that was completely out of the question. He only hoped that combined with the licking, this would be enough. Gripping Roxas' hips, he carefully made his way inside his tight, hot body. Axel halted at every sign of pain, pausing to stroke Roxas' erection, keeping him hard and needy as he slowly sheathed himself in the younger boy. Finally he was fully inside and Roxas was panting again, trembling with need and it was like they just fit together so perfectly. Like lock and key, like bread and butter, like – like – Roxas ran out of metaphors as Axel hit that special spot inside him and made him cry out at the pleasure of it. It was just so good, Axel behind him, filling him, the sweat dripping down onto him and a warm hand on his cock as Axel kissed the back of his neck, lightly caressing that pleasure point with his tongue. With what little coherent thought that was left, Roxas wondered how Axel had known about the back of his neck. He'd always loved being touched there…
"Axel. Axel." Roxas gasped out the older boy's name as the pleasure reached a peak, the heat coiling in his belly and demanding a release. Axel groaned, thrusting in harder and faster and Roxas was sure he was nearing his release too.
"Roxas." That husky, breathy voice in his ear was the last push and Roxas let go, letting the heat flow out of him and into the sand below him in a moment of pure, orgasmic pleasure. He thought he might have screamed although he wasn't sure, but he was sure of what he heard next. "Roxas, yes, god, yes!" Axel thrust in one last time, and Roxas gasped a little as he felt the redhead's hot release inside him. The other times he had done this that part had made him feel… a little sick actually. But with Axel it just felt a bit messy, but nice. He felt Axel kissing the back of his neck again, licking away beads of sweat and caressing him before slowly easing away. Roxas flopped down onto the sand, feeling almost boneless after that glorious experience. A warm arm slid around him and he sighed, gripping Axel's arm as the redhead snuggled up behind him.
"Axel?" Roxas murmured drowsily. "Never been licked like that before. You do that often?" The blonde couldn't imagine doing it to someone else, but being on the receiving end had been nice. Axel chuckled softly and Roxas shivered as he felt the warm breath against his ear.
"Only if I really like someone." He murmured and Roxas couldn't help but smile. "It's a little unusual, maybe, but I like it. My first girlfriend had a thing for it." Roxas blinked, a little surprised that a girl would find that pleasurable. But then, he knew absolutely nothing of girls. Then he frowned as something occurred to him.
"Axel, how many girlfriends have you had?" His new lover was only nineteen but it sounded like he'd gotten around a bit. There was a brief silence behind him.
"Three. And two guys, although one of the girls and one of the guys were just one night things. Does that disgust you?" Axel said it lightly but Roxas could catch the undertone of hurt.
"Uh, no." Roxas abruptly remembered his own past. He was the last person in the world to cast stones. "I mean, I'm fourteen and not a virgin so… yeah." He shrugged a little and Axel laughed, relaxing a bit and nuzzling his cheek.
"Sorry to be a bit sensitive. One guy I knew really held it against me." Axel's eyes darkened for a moment as he remembered that abortive attempt at a romance, but then he yawned. "So tired."
"Then sleep." Roxas whispered, and Axel smiled, cuddling the little blonde to his chest before letting himself doze off.
This was a good beginning.