Letting it Go to Your Head
Chapter 5
Disclaimer: I don't own KH or KH2. I don't own their characters or have any association with Square Enix… yet.
That night and the next two were the only time the boys had together. The days were spent practicing and planning. And before everyone knew it, it was the night of the concert.
Roxas was standing in the front row waiting with the enthusiastic audience. His presence there had been requested by Axel so the vocalist could dedicate everything he had to the person he cared for most.
And so, it was only 15 minutes to starting time. Left and right were male and female fans alike. Everyone dressed in zany outfits, and some dressed up as their favourite band member. Axel had both girls and guys cosplaying as him.
Roxas felt ordinary dressed comfortably in baggy beige pants that bunched up around his tennis shoes. He wore an open beige pocketed vest to reveal a black T-shirt that read "I Don't Suffer from Insanity, I Enjoy Every Minute of it".
A loud boom of the speakers and a dimming of lights indicated the show was about to begin. After a brief period of silence, the sound of heavy footfalls echoes around the stadium. On stage, fog was emanating from apparently nowhere and a tall and wild looking silhouette appeared. Soon the figure broke through the screen to reveal none other than Axel looking absolutely amazing. He wore boots that added 4 inches to his already impressive height. His clothes weren't any exception the grandeur of his aspect either; he wore plaid skinny jeans that disappeared under his knee-high clog boots. They were striped red and black with a slight hint of yellow and purple threads only visible from Roxas' vantage point with 5 belts hung crossing each other over the vocalist's slim hips. One a chain, one studded, one black with silvery designs running all along it, and one cut down the middle appearing to be 2 separate belts but were connected bu the buckle on the side fastened together at Axel's right hip.
The pants had fabric strips crossing each other that Roxas could see hanging behind Axel's legs and were likely buttoned to the back pockets. There were strategically placed chains hanging in U shapes all around Axel's thighs at different heights and angles and lengths. Around the knees and calves were decorative zippers sewed on diagonally in different areas.
He wore a white shirt torn and dyed to look like it was blood stained. The neck was ripped and tattered, the sleeves were frayed and the bottom of the shirt was uneven. Around his neck, the vocalist wore 3 chains from which a crossbones pendant with flaming red rubies for eyes hung glaring out at the crowd.
Despite all this impressive décor, Roxas was most fascinated by Axel's face. His eyes had been accentuated with heavy eye-liner and his eye lids had been decorated too look like there was a purple and black fire burning around each emerald eye. His reverse teardrop tattoos were a great add on as well. Up his ears he had silver hoops and studs all the way up to the cartilage. And as per usual, his hair was whacked up in spikes that went every which way.
The rest of the band members were dressed similarly as they appeared on stage. The girls wore short plaid skits instead of pants and torn leotards for further effect. They all looked stunning, but for Roxas, Axel took the cake.
And so, the show began. Suddenly Roxas was aware of the screaming multitude beside and around him. The energy was intense.
"G'night everybody!" Axel called out into the mic, "How is everyone out here tonight?!"
The crowd screamed their positive response in a deafening unison.
"Good energy out there tonight! I like it!" He paused to let the crowd scream its approval and continued, "Are you Ready?!"
The crowd yelled back an affirmative response pumping their fists and waving around signs expressing their love of the band and the music started to play.
Fire ensued from the edged of the stage as the beat made it's fiery introduction started up by Elam on the drums and closely followed by Bree and Drew on Guitar and Bass. Yuki waited for her cue with Axel's singing.
The vocalist wrapped his long fingers of both hands around the microphone and closed his eyes revealing the seemingly blazing purple fire on his eye lids concentrating on the beat and the buzzing of the crowd started to calm as the music continued. The second Axel heard Elam hit the cymbal his emerald eyes snapped open and he began to sing. Roxas recognized the lyrics to "Another Day, Another Disaster" and the crowd went mad with pleasure. It was anew song, and they received it extremely well. Feeling the energy around him, Roxas couldn't help but find himself jumping with the beat. The lights, the sounds, the smoke, the crowd… Roxas was drunk on all of it. Soon he was pumping his fist screaming with the rest of the fans. He felt the thrill rush through him as he remembered that the gorgeous figure up on stage was the one he'd be going home with that night and he could barely believe it.
The concert continued and at some point every band member was given the mic to stir up the crowd. Drew, with his curly hair fro, short frame, on the edge of chubby and round boy face and blue eyes, had no trouble rusting up the crowd with his innate performer's charm; Bree, with her long brown hair streaked with hot pink, her luscious hips and bust, and her full lips and green hazel eyes had hoots, hollers and cat-calls from the crowd when she stepped up; Elam, with his tall frame, bald head, lip piercing, eye brow piercing, muscled chest, lean body, lean built arms with tattoos traveling down both of them, was the most popular. Despite his quiet nature and easy-going personality managed to stir up the crowd the most without having to say much at all. It seemed he had some hidden sexy talent that just emanated from the stage. Yuki had no trouble winning everyone's hearts with her short and small frame, thin waist, her long silky black hair streaked with highlighter orange and glow in the dark green and her adorable wide almond eyes plus her sweet sing song voice. She was irresistible. She was dressed punk, but adorable was the best word to describe her no matter what she wore. She thanked the crowd for their support and asked them to keep supporting them because that was what the band lived on. The crowd was smitten with her.
Time finally came for the last song.
"This one's a new one. Listen and enjoy…" Axel whispered into the microphone and swooning sighs were heard from the girls in the crowd.
A slow guitar, bass and keyboard unison started the song off; later joined by a simple one beat at a time drum accompaniment. On cue, Axel began to sing slowly in his chocolate tones. Roxas' eyes widened as he recognized the lyrics Axel had written a week ago while Roxas had been sitting on the floor reading. The song had been titled "One Story", and the boy felt his heart leap into his throat as Axel pointedly delivered the song to him as the stunning vocalist had his eyes focused on him and only him in the front row.
The crowd, of course, loved it, and after hearing the chorus just a couple of times they were already singing along. The song built up to its easy climax and slowed to its end in a span of five minutes and the crowd went wild with approval.
As soon as the noise died down Axel spoke into the microphone once more.
"Come up here Roxas," He said coolly and abandoned the mic to kneel at the edge of the stage with his hand extended to the blonde. Roxas hesitated at first feeling his heart pounding in his chest. The sound of the crowd immediately disappeared as Roxas became deaf and only could see Axel kneeling before him on stage. The boy finally snapped to reality and jumped the blockade jogging to reach the extended hand and took it. Axel hauled the boy on stage and before Roxas could catch his balance once his feet hit the stage surface, Axel pulled him into his chest and kissed him full on the mouth. A loud gasp from the crowd ensued followed by cheers, hoots, and hollers.
The lights, the sounds, the cheers, the hollers, the heat, the energy, Axel… Roxas felt it all go to his head, and then everything went black.
The blonde opened his eyes to a black leather ceiling and then noticed his head was laying on something soft. He moved his head slightly to see Axel looking down at him with a worried smile. He clasped one of the boy's hands with widened eyes.
"Are you alright?" The vocalist asked.
Roxas nodded. "What happened?"
"You passed out mid-kiss."
And the memory flooded back.
"Whoa…" He whispered.
Axe laughed. "We're on our way back to the condo. Why don't you rest?"
And so, Roxas did.
An hour later everyone was in the condo and heading their respective ways. Bree and Elam to their shared quarters, Yuki to hers just down the hall from Axel's and Drew across from Yuki.
Everyone bid each other good night and closed their doors.
Once inside Axel's room, the vocalist staggered over to the black velvet love-seat and let himself fall back on it. He closed his eyes and sighed. "What a night…"
Roxas watched the beautiful figure and caught the rising and falling of his perfect and somewhat exposed chest; his lightly toned arms, his slim waist and his sculpted legs. Before he knew it, Roxas had a hand on either side of Axel's head looking down into his eyes with deep concentration. The still purple and black flames sprouted up around his eyes making the vocalist look almost feral with his shining green eyes. His bright red hair splayed around his head looked like a majestic mane. Roxas felt absolutely mesmerized.
Axel met Roxas' eyes with a fire in them the boy hadn't seen there ever before.
"Take me." He ordered.
Roxas didn't need to be told twice. Their lips met in fiery passion and their hands immediately helped to remove each other's clothes. Finally, bare skin met bare skin as the boys succeeded in removing each other's shirts and Axel growled in the back of his throat as Roxas attacked his exposed neck and chest teasing the sensitive areas there. Axel's hands slid from the smaller boy's sculpted shoulders down his lean toned sides resting on the small hips.
"Roxas, wait…" He gasped. The boy pulled back in confusion and was pushed back and off the couch only to be swept up in the red head's arms and carried to the bed.
"We gotta do this right. I want to make love, no lust." Axel said seriously as he deposited the half naked boy on the foot of the bed. "If we do this, I'm taking it seriously, Rox."
The blond met Axel's eyes and knew it was serious. HE searched himself as memories surged, pleasant and unpleasant alike. He felt hot and cold, and the hair on the back of his neck stood on end. He shuddered.
How did he feel?
HE thought about first meeting the vocalist, he remembered the three weeks of being a butler to him and then befriending him and in the same night becoming a significant other. Did he dare cross the line into love's valley of death?
The boy reached out for one of Axel's long hands and closed his eyes. He traces his thumbs over the soft skin, over the protuberant veins on top and over the smooth and shapely palm underneath. He felt the lines and the contours memorizing everything. Somehow it strengthened him and he opened his eyes meeting Axel's.
"Then I will as well," He whispered.
The vocalist gently pulled his hand back from Roxas and set it beside the boy on the bed climbing up. Roxas moved back until his head was on the pillows and Axel was holding himself above him with his fiery hair falling over his shoulders. The vocalist reached over to his bedside table and opened the small drawer pulling out a small bottle of lubricant and left it out to make it easier to reach later. Never did he avert his eyes from Roxas' deep-sea sapphires. The smaller boy closed his eyes steadying his breathing expectantly. Axel took his cue and descended on the boy's lips gently.
Slowly, passionately, gently…They made love. Without rushing their climax, without begging for more, they shared something true. It was a pact of trust and a promise of devotion through a yet to be perilous journey through the confinements of fame and fortune.
Their lived were about to flip upside down, and Axel knew it only too well.
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Well, there's chapter 5 everyone. More to come soon.
Over and out
Creep