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"Roxas! Get your ass down here!" Axel yelled. Roxas stood at the top of steps, having been commanded to get shoes.
"What is so damn important?" The blond asked, making his way down the steps.
"You'll see," Axel responded, grinning. The red head grabbed Roxas' hand and led him through the house and out the back door. It was cool, having just rained, and the clouds were just dispersing allowing the early evening moon to shine down on them. Axel led Roxas to the relative center of the yard.
"What's out here?" Roxas asked, looking around, not seeing what was so damn important. Axel had said there was something he just had to see.
"Wait for it," Axel said. So Roxas waited, and waited. The better part of fifteen minutes had passed before he saw the first one. A brief flash of light rising from the ground, Roxas looked at Axel who was smiling. Soon after the first there was a second, and a fifth and a tenth. Quick, temporary flashes of light in the evening sky.
"Fireflies," Roxas said quietly as dozens, if not hundreds, of the small bugs floated from the ground. They drifted slowly and surely into the evening sky. The tiny balls of light soon surrounded them. Roxas kept turning his head trying to catch every single flash of light as each bug rose into the sky.
"Yeah," Axel said softly, with a smile to match.
"It's so.."
"Beautiful." Axel finished, lacing his fingers with Roxas'.
"Yeah," Roxas sighed. Axel suddenly dropped to the ground, pulling Roxas down with him. Shocked by the sudden drop, Roxas let out a small yelp.
"Axel! The grounds all wet." Roxas complained, moving to get up but Axel quickly wrapped his arms around the smaller boy's waist, keeping him in place.
"Just chill, Blondie. "Axel whispered, resting his head on Roxas' shoulder. Roxas huffed and scowled but relaxed back into Axel anyways. More and more fireflies continued to swirl up into the sky, briefly illuminating themselves as they did so. Roxas thought it looked like the stars were rising from the ground to make their way to the sky.
"I've never seen them before," Roxas commented.
"I know," Axel responded. "Sora told me you were jealous that he got to see them all the time living here."
"Yeah, there's no place for them in the city." Roxas said.
"Let's try to catch some," Axel said, hopping up quickly dragging Roxas with him. Axel let go of Roxas' hand and ran around the yard trying to catch one of the small bugs in his hand. "Come on, Roxas!" Axel shouted laughing. Roxas smiled and ran after his boyfriend, hopping in the air, trying to catch one of the elusive bugs. His pants may have been wet and he may have slipped a few times on the rain slicked grass but it was all worth it to finally catch one of the insects. Roxas watched with a smile as the bug scampered across his hand, before spreading its wings and taking off, lighting up briefly as it did so.
"Having fun?" Axel asked, stepping in front of Roxas and wrapping his arms around the boy's waist again.
"Yeah, I am." Roxas responded with a smile.
"Good," Axel said before leaning down to capture the blonds' lips in a kiss. Laughing, Roxas smiled into the kiss and pulled Axel back down to the damp grass. That night, in the cool summer air with hundreds of fireflies surrounding them, everything was absolutely perfect.
this actually isn't inspired by 'Fireflies' by Owl City. I originally wrote it for a different fandom before i ever even heard the song. it was inspired by another ficlet i wrote a while ago, which in turn was inspired by the lovely sight that is watching fireflies rise from the ground and fly into the sky, it's truly beautiful. the premise of the two ficlets is the same but, sharing tender moments under the moon while fireflies float around. i changed it more than i originally intended though, but i guess that's good.