Roxas laid back against a nearby tree in an empty park. The night was brisk, which was exactly how he liked it. He closed his eyes and leaned his head back taking deep breaths and then letting them slowly back out.
"Well now, what do we have here?"
Roxas' eyes shot open as he turned to face a pink haired man advancing toward him.
"What do you want Marluxia?" Roxas growled.
"Oh nothing in particular, just a little this and maybe a little that." He said in a low tone that sent shivers down Roxas' spine.
"T-this and that?" Roxas said staring wide eyed at Marluxia. He was pretty sure he didn't need to be told what that meant.
"Exactly." Marluxia said as he quickly closed the distance between him and Roxas, pinning the blond to the tree.
Roxas was no beginning to think that a walk hadn't been the best of ideas tonight as Marluxia slipped his hand up his shirt. "Get off of me!" Roxas shouted trying to shove the taller boy away, but his assaulter proved the stronger
Marluxia smirked at Roxas' feeble attempt at escape. Only when his nose connected with Roxas' fist did he loosen his grip on the boy.
That was all Roxas needed to slip free of Marluxia's hold as he began running away. He didn't know where he was going but anywhere was better than here right now. He ran through empty streets looking for somewhere, anywhere he could go to find protection from Marluxia who was gaining on Roxas shouting different threats and curses. Roxas' heart raced. IS THERE NO ONE HERE AT ALL!? He
screamed inside his head as he began to tire. His heart was racing as he looked behind him to see Marluxia with blood staining his face. He had a look that told Roxas that he'd be more than just violated if he was caught. Oh dear god! Please let there be someone close! As if answering his prayers, a car suddenly turned down the same street that Roxas and Marluxia were on. It stopped abruptly as Roxas neared it, and the passenger door flew open.
"Roxy! Get in!" Came a familiar voice.
Roxas froze. He wasn't quite sure if he wanted to get in the car with the red head but when he heard another shout from the enraged rapist behind him, he jumped in without another word.
Roxas breathed heavily clutching his chest.
"Whew! That was a close one huh?" Axel laughed looking over at Roxas. "You okay?" He asked bending down to get a better look at his face. "Nearly scared me half to death running around in the middle of the road like that."
"Eyes on the road" Was Roxas' reply. "I just almost got raped, I have no desire to get into a car crash."
Axel chuckled. "Aye aye cap'n Grumpy Pants!"
Roxas frowned at his new nickname. "Don't call me that fire crotch! And don't call me Roxy either!"
Axel winced "Ouch!" He said He said jokingly. "So cold. You know maybe I should drop your butt back with Marluxia."
Roxas glared at Axel and looked away crossing his arms.
Suddenly an audible growl emanated throughout the car.
Axel smirked at Roxas as he blushed and sank into the seat. "Hungry?" He asked Rhetorically. "Me too, let's get some burgers."
Axel and Roxas seated themselves in an empty table near the very back of the nearly deserted café.
"Hi there can I take your orders?" Asked rather familiar perky- and rather annoying- voice belonging to the waitress who had just appeared before the two.
Roxas looked up upon hearing the voice. "Kairi?" He asked somewhat surprised.
"Oh, hi Roxas!" She said when she recognized him. "What's up? How's Sora been lately?" She asked giving him her usual smile.
Roxas averted his gaze. "He's uh… Smashed at the moment… B-but Riku's with him so it should be okay!" He added quickly when he saw the look that had replaced her original features.
"Oh okay." She said with a sigh of relief. "So… What will it be then?" She said pulling out a small notepad and pencil.
Roxas thought for a moment. "I'll have a cheeseburger."
Kairi nodded and turned to Axel. "Hey Axel… The usual?"
Axel nodded.
With a quick nod Kairi quickly left with their orders.
"So, how do you know Kairi?" Axel asked staring intently at Roxas as if he had just discovered the secret to the universe, in the form of an adorable blonde blue eyed cherub.
"She's friends with my brother." Roxas said playing with a napkin as if he had nothing better to do. "You?"
Axel chuckled. "I used to hit on her a while back." After a moment of silence Axel decided to bring up the party. "Sooo… Was that your brother that was table dancing?" He asked as a sly smirk found its way across his face.
Roxas glared at Axel. "I try my best to forget moments like that, thank you." He said looking away.
Axel laughed, he found the blonde absolutely irresistible when he pouted, and it took his entire being to keep himself from outright violating the younger boy. "Okay okay, so we won't talk about that. Why don't you tell me a little about yourself?" He said in a very fascinated tone as he rested his chin on his hand and stared at Roxas much like a small child would stare through the window of a candy shop.
Roxas blushed and looked at Axel incredulously but refused to meet his eyes. "W-what do you wanna know about me?"
"Everything! What school you go to, what you like to do, favorite foods, all that stuff!" Axel said excitedly as if he had just received a new puppy for his birthday.
Roxas hesitated for a moment. Well he sure as hell doesn't sound like a stalker! But he decided that he couldn't be that bad. "Um… Well I go to Twilight Town High-"
"Me too!" Axel interrupted throwing his arms up. "That's so cool! What year?"
Roxas had been taken aback by the sudden outburst, but he quickly recovered from his shock. "Second year." He replied.
Axel sighed as if recalling very old very fond memories. "Ah! I remember my Sophomore year, good times good times." He then quickly snapped out of his reminiscing and faced Roxas again. "Continue."
"Um, well, I like to read and listen to music, and I'll eat just about anything." He said still unsure of the redheads intentions.
"Hey you two! I have your orders!" Kairi interrupted as she set their food down in front of them. She took a seat by Roxas and stole one of his fries.
"Don't you have work?" Roxas shot as he attempted to shield his fries from her prying hands.
"I think I can afford to spare a few minutes." She said reaching over his poor excuse for a wall of defense and grabbing a handful of fries and stuffing them in her mouth. "So what are you two talking about?" She said through a mouthful of Roxas' stolen food.
"Roxy and I are getting to know each other better." Axel answered. "What do you wanna know about me?" He said looking back at Roxas who had given up on trying to protect his food.
"Uh, nothing." He said in a bored tone as he turned and tried to start a conversation with the brunette beside him.
"Aw C'mon Roxy! You're breaking my heart here!" Axel said feigning a hurt look, but then he decided to tell him anyway. "I'm seventeen, my favorite color is red, my favorite food is pizza, I like to sing and Demy is teaching me how to play the guitar, I prefer dogs over cats, and I'm bisexual." He finished taking a sip from his drink.
Roxas just stared at Axel, surprised by his forwardness.
"so anything else?" He said reaching over the table to grab one of Roxas' fries, earning a loud shout of protest and a hard smack on his hand. He quickly recoiled nursing the new red mark on the back of his hand. "So harsh."
Kairi giggled. "Wow, you two bicker like married people… You know you two do make a cute couple." She joked.
"You too? I was thinking the exact same thing." Axel grinned.
Roxas scowled at the two. "Very funny guys!" He growled, getting up and leaving the diner.
"Roxie wait!" Axel said running after him. "We were just joking around." He said placing his hand on Roxas' shoulder, which was quickly swatted away by said blonde.
"Whatever." Roxas frowned. "I'm going home." He said as he continued walking away.
"At least let me give you a ride home." Axel called after him.
"No!"
"What if you run into Marluxia again?"
"…"
Roxas paused. He knew that if he did run into Marluxia again, he probably wouldn't be so lucky as he had been earlier. He sighed heavily. "Fine." He said reluctantly turning and heading toward Axel's car.
Axel grinned stupidly. "Okay hop in! I'm gonna go pay for the food."
Roxas sat silently as Axel went to pay for the unfinished meal and say his farewells to Kairi.
"Alrighty then!" Axel said happily as he returned. "Just give me the directions and we'll be off."
Roxas nodded as he pointed out where they needed to go.
No one spoke during the ride.
When they pulled into the driveway of Roxas' house he quickly exited the car, and without so much as a goodbye, disappeared into his house.
Axel stared at the house where Roxas had disappeared with a hurt look on his face. He sighed and started up his car again. "Not even a thank you." He muttered under his breath as he drove off.
MWAHAHA!! I have finally finished the second chapter! Sorry it took so long but I had a lot of schoolwork to do --' Anyway, plz review, if you do I'll give you a cyber cupcake... And if you don't like cupcakes I have cookies and brownies as well.