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AN: I know I promised that this would be finished SOON, but...I don't want to make the chapters so long that you guys get bored and be like, "Bleh, done reading this for now...I'll come back to it" and...^^; I've got my own reasons for chaptering this up like it is. Well...Chapter 16 followed by the Epilogue will be rounding this out. Get ready for the end of this whirlwind fanfic.

Chapter 15

Much like a seducing siren, the slow dancing music had seduced each of the party guests that had come with someone into a slow dance in the tight fitting Living Room; Rinoa watched on as the young couples, both same gender and differing Gender dance about the room to the slow dancing song as it wafted about the room. Pence had given up on filming the festivity and had left as soon as the slow dance song was coming on, Rinoa had at that point had tried to convince him to stick around for the rest of the party, but like any cameraman; he had somewhere else to be. Namine and Kairi left shortly before the slow dancing song and slowly but surely, some of the other couples started to find their way home until it was just Demyx and Zexion. They had been dancing long after the song had ended, but it had done its effect on Cloud and Leon, especially Leon, Cloud's fingers worked to find their way into Leon's soft, brunet locks and eventually they did find their way into his hair.

"…Tonight was something special, don't you think, Rinoa?" Cloud looked out ahead, unaware of where Rinoa was; it was suspected he would be blind on almost permanent basis.

She softly nodded as she started picking up the remains of the Halloween party as she draped Zexion and Demyx in a blanket as they curled up together on the sofa, "…Yeah…it was, I just hope it doesn't end abruptly with heartache and regret…"

Leon shifted about against Cloud's lap, muttering something that neither one of them could comprehend as the man settled back down against Cloud lap as Rinoa draped a blanket against him, "You're a lucky man, Cloud Strife…you've got a man that's willing to stay at your side even if you can't see…"

Cloud softly chuckled, "I guess I am…" his fingers slipped through Leon's locks, slowly, but Leon never made a move, "…I was told when I came around after being out for so long that he never left my side, even after he got patched up after Sephiroth's attack on him…not once…"

"…He is truly an amazing man," Rinoa softly smiled as she sat down in the only other available spot to sit down, curling up on the spot as her eyes softly closed into sleep.

It had been a long time since Axel had seen the inside of Roxas' bedroom, not a thing had changed about it since the last time he had seen the inside of it, but all he could see at the moment was a pair of fuzzy kitty ears and a mess of blond locks that were tantalizing to the senses as Axel buried his nose into them again, never minding the cat ears that were in his way. Roxas had never once let go of Axel's backside, no matter how much his conscious was telling him that all of this was wrong, being with Axel was wrong since he had made his point that he and Axel were through, but he couldn't give up his hold on the man even as he felt Axel leaving him onto his bed or as the man's fingers pulled away as the man straddled himself over Roxas, admiring the mere beauty of it all.

"I can say this…the cat costume…not a big turn on, but you…" Axel's lips came back against Roxas' lips as one hand slipped up under the flimsy top of the costume as another rested on Roxas' hips; one of Roxas' legs seemed to follow suit as if nothing had changed between them, "…you are quite the turn on for me…"

A faint hue of pink flushed Roxas' face as his leg moved up and down the small of Axel's back, "I wasn't aware you were capable of Mr. Dark and Mysterious with the Phantom of the Opera get up…" the chuckle that came from his lips seemed almost as if it was forced, but it made the moment seem special.

"…The other day at campus…let's just say, walking away with someone you don't care about with a hard on…not a fun experience especially when you're trying to hide that you're reliving it in the shower with that same person you'd rather not be wondering why you're in a cold shower," Axel chuckled with a tone of embarrassment, "…You really know how to leave your mark on a guy, kid."

"As do you," Roxas looked up at Axel, not minding the mark on his throat, "…Your mark has been poking me in the thigh for the last five minutes."

Axel seemed far enough ahead in Roxas' lining of thinking as his hip hand moved southwards as a dark blush ran on Roxas' face, "…As have you."

"…S-Stop point out the obvious…its embarrassing," Roxas stuttered as he attempted to look away, why was he even trying to get back with the man who hadn't fought for him the first time around and then only tried to fight for him after he had found him with the blonde vixen, "It's kind of hard to not get excited when you are sucking my neck and leaving bite marks on the places you are now are sensitive."

"Hey…"Axel turned Roxas' gaze upwards to him, "…It's alright to feel embarrassed…I can leave if you want me to go…I'll leave your life forever if that's what you want…I won't turn back, I won't change my mind. If you've made up your mi---"

Roxas shut the man up instantly as the heel of the leg around Axel's back found itself digging into the base of his spine; Axel saw stars momentarily until his sight return as he found that he was still hovering over the boy, "You little son of a…"

"You once said…that you always start what you finish…now…"he let the heel remove itself out of the man's back as his foot slipped down the back of Axel's thigh, "…Finish what you started or get out of my room, my Mother's house and my life, Axel Fair…"

"…Glad to hear the Roxas I know…and once feel in love with back," Axel's smirk was filled with lust as the game of foreplay began its playful banter.

As always, the slip of the tongue was the first to play its way out, slowly, Axel had slipped his tongue inwards into Roxas' mouth, at first, Roxas was hesitant; it had been a long time since he had allowed the man's tongue in his mouth. Axel was patient as he waited for Roxas to enter into play, but that had been long gone, it had left the moment, the moment Roxas had slid his foot down the back of Axel's thigh and it was slowly and intricately had begun to move in between Axel's thighs which earned a hearty moan through the deep lip lock that embraced their lips. Coyly, Roxas moved a hand up through Axel's fiery flamed spikes, oh Gaia how he had missed those fiery red spikes and the feel they brought one person's fingers had raked through them, but was there a chance she had placed her fingers through these spikes as well? No, he couldn't on that thought, especially at the sensation of Axel growing further into second base, the grope fest that was going on near the south end of his anatomy which unconsciously caused Roxas' body to ache and buck at that sensation. It had been far too long that he had felt those fingers touch and grab at familiar anatomy; it only made for the problem between them to grow deeper and faster as teeth began to gnash in against the deep lip lock to the point that Roxas' fingernails began to claw and scratch at Axel's shirt.

"…Easy…slow and easy little one…you'll get to feel the flesh again…just give it time and let me have some fun," Axel's fingers traced down the tank top of the costume as he slowly maneuvered it upwards, peeking and winking at him as if for the first time was Roxas' navel, "…Still cute as ever…"

Roxas blushed, shyly as he tried to divert his gaze; why was he acting like such a virgin as if he had never done this before, "S-Shut up…" his hand swatted at Axel's rear which earned a hearty growl of lust from the man.

"…Easy with the swats little man…you want me to spoil all the fun before we actually get started?" Axel cheekily smirked as a fingertip brushed at a bump on the boy's chest which earned him his answer, "…Relax…"

Relax, a natural thing that could've been achieved if Roxas didn't think that something was wrong, all wrong about this; he knew the man had all but given into the notion of marriage, this was all wrong, but at the same token, it felt as if it should be the thing to do. No amount of anger from Larxene for taking back was meant to be Roxas' happiness should be able to destroy the moment or the joy he felt for having the man back in his arms as those heated fingertips made a flick every few seconds which resulted in a deep gasp. Each gasp was going directly to their "Growing problems" and it was getting hard to avoid the inevitable.

"…You know, if you don't stop sticking me in the thigh…I'm going to have to ask you to leave…"Roxas moaned faintly as he attempted to kick Axel in the backside, but Axel was not about to have any of that as his leg became pinned to the bed, "Poor sport…"

Axel's fingers began to tire of Roxas' chest and his mind was fishing on Roxas' "growing problem", "If I do that…what are you going to do about this?" his hand tweaked at the problem through Roxas' pants which sent Roxas reeling as his head lolled back and his hips bucked up in against Axel's, "Now…relax…I want to enjoy this evening with you…this is the first time since…well…you know when that I've gotten to see you like this…"

"I can't help feeling that you're cheating on your future wife to be…" Roxas bit back the words as he felt Axel's gaze leering on him, but his fingers weren't leaving that one region as they moved up to the button keeping his pants closed, "…I…I…I'm sorry…I shouldn't have said that…"

"And just for that…you're getting double punishment little man…"Axel didn't seem phased by it, "For each time you mention anything about Larxene, I'm going to have spank you…So, unless you want a bruised backside, you'll shut up about her and stop feeling guilt about it."

How can someone not feel guilty about cheating with someone that had given up to marry the one person that had come in destroy their lives? It was hard to not feel the guilt or at least be resentful about doing any of this, why was Axel for this action while Roxas was not? Where was the honor in all of this?

"Roxas…?" Axel saw hesitation in Roxas' hazy stare as the man started to pat the side of Roxas' face, "Roxas…hey…you okay?"

Roxas started to come around as he pushed Axel upwards, but his legs remained locked around Axel's waist, "…I'm fine…I just…I…I just…"

Things weren't fine and Axel could see them as he wrapped his arms around Roxas' waist, "Heh…Roxas, please…please fight for me…I'm scared to death of doing this, I don't want Larxene, I want you…please…don't let me go through with this; I don't care if my Dad wants me to marry her, I can't love her like I love you!"

"A-Axel…"Roxas could feel a sob in his throat as he rocked himself against Axel, "I…I do want to, but, I can't bring myself to do this, I felt betrayed when all you did was cave in to your Father's wishes and let me run off and nearly get hit by cars. How can I still fight for you or even love you if you wouldn't show the slightest bit of return of love to me that night!"

"…Roxas, please, don't do this to me," Axel could feel his own sob rising in his throat as his lips found their way against the slightly old bite mark he had left on the boy's neck, "Can't we just have this one night together? Please…one last go at us before I seal my life forever with someone I'm going to regret being with the rest of my life?"

"Axel…"

The final immortal words before things of foreboding are sealed forever were spoken, more or less, softly whispered as a soft and slow flurry of colorful snow made of varying feel and textured cloths found their way to the floor of the boy's room, rolling thunder was the sound of the bed's ancient moaning and groaning squeaks amongst the human like gasping moans and groans, reaching almost fevered screams. The rain began a slow and steady downpour as it began its descent in through a dark and narrow tunnel, washing in and out of the tunnel as the rolling thunder made its moans and groans, calling out for the rain to continue its treacherous downpour until the lightening found its way to clash among the titans of rain and thunder. Creaking moans came out from the bed as old springs began to creak and moan amongst the moaning groans coming out from the storm clouds as a show of fire and lightening began to tangle and fight one another. The Gods were truly in full force tonight as a deep, throaty rolling cry of thunder was being to slip out from the God's mouth as the other God collided down on the open cavern of the God's mouth as to swallow the thunder escaping from the God's beautiful cavern. Moist, moaning screams came from the God's cavern as the lightening struck hard at the rain and thunder, colliding to a final finish as the God's found them selves conquered by the overpowering storm.

Roxas lay almost lifeless against the bed, draped in the sheets of his bed and Axel's lanky arms; why had after the time he had spent with Axel, driving home into him that no one was ever going to make him whole the way Axel had made him feel whole from the Hell that he had been living in.

"…Morning Roxas," Axel softly whispered as he placed a soft kiss on Roxas' forehead, "Last night was fun…don't you think?"

All Roxas could do was shrug as he sighed against Axel's chest, "It was fun, but…"

"But? Please Roxas, not this again…"Axel was enjoying their moment together, but Roxas' words were ruining it, "What is with the guilt trip all of a sudden? When did you grow a conscious about the fact that I'm not even in love with her! I gave into her because when I realized you weren't willing to risk it all that day at the Campus, I figured, 'What the Hell? Why not screw up the rest of my life and marry someone I don't even give a rat's ass about?!' "

Roxas tried to move out of the bed, but Axel's gaze was the closest thing to an ankle shackle to keeping him to the bed, "…I never told you about why I finally caved into you and let you have my heart…That day, when you cornered me in the bathroom at school…afterschool that day, I was going to go to the bridge overpass of the freeway and…"

"…Wow, just wow, Roxas…I guess, we're both equal, you threw yourself at me and dove into the world of the Non-Straight and ditch your girlfriend to be with me…and I threw myself at Larxene and ditched you for her to marry her…in a few short weeks…just to appease my Dad," Axel chuckled to himself as he pulled himself out of the bed, gathered up his clothes and headed for the door, "You know, Roxas, in life, we have our Tides…and then there is our Stormy Weathers…You and I, we went through those Tides together and I guess…this our Stormy Weathers…"

"Axel…please don't say that…"Roxas didn't know what else to say, "…Just…Just…Just go…Just go then…see if I care about your stupid Stormy Weather or whatever Hell metaphor you're using for this screwed up relationship, just go…"

Dawn had beamed in through the small house as the sound of a door slammed upstairs that alerted Rinoa as she stirred in her sleep, but none of the others in her Living Room stirred awake; mumblings and grumbling mixed with profanity seemed to stringing from the grumblings as the footsteps came down the stairs.

"Roxas, sweetie you okay?" Rinoa moved to the foot of the stairs to be greeted by a flustered night before Phantom of the Opera wearing the half of the mask on his face, "Axel? What…What is going on?"

The man had to stop as he looked up the stairs towards the sight of a curious and shy kitten staring at him, "Ask Roxas…Heh, I guess I'll see you guys whenever my Parole from the blonde vixen Warden to see anyone again."

Rinoa was lost in translation until it struck her, "…Axel, you don't have to do this; please…You don't know what kind of person he was after you two split from one another…I was afraid that the next time I went to that Dormitory to see him or picked up the phone to call him, I would be hearing from the Dorm Head that my son was found dead either in the bathtub or hanging…" she couldn't bring herself to say anything else as she waved her hands in the air as she walked down the stairs and headed for the Living Room, but she had found herself at the front door, "…You've made your choice…now…live with it."

"…I'm sorry, Ms. Leonhart," Axel sighed as he walked out the front door and headed for home, but he wasn't out the door long before he came back in, "…Could you wake up Zexion and Demyx…they're my ride home."

Zexion was awake amongst the noise as he shifted up, moving Demyx up in his arms as he made for the front door, holding the young man in his arms, "Go get in the car, Axel…you're going to have to explain yourself to Larxene once you get back…and I'm not coming to pick up your ass once she's handed it to you for lying to her," he moved to the car as he placed Demyx in the passenger seat of his car and motioned for Axel, "…You've screwed up one life, don't screw up another just to make someone happy."

-A Few Weeks Later-

Happily ever after, a cliché ending to any and all known fairy tales, we all wish for that one happy ending, just once, we just wish that for once our lives could have that magical 'Happily Ever After' ending, but, is it ever possible to accomplish the Happily Ever After, shoot for the stars, over the moon, happy in love ending for all relationships? Roxas had begun to question that after he had opened his mouth and inserted not only his foot, but also, every known foot in the world and branded with 'Worst Boyfriend Ever' and possibly ruined any chance of ever finding another person like Axel to fill the void that had created itself the first time he had given up on the man. Thanksgiving Break was going to be a welcomed relief to everything else that had gone on since the Halloween Party; Demyx and Zexion had gone about their lives, but had not been short of now and again speaking to Roxas. Cloud and Leon had been going to Therapy to help Cloud adjust to being blind such as learning how to read the Braille lettering as well as the occasionally Therapy session that had followed shortly after Cloud had regained his sense of consciousness to help with the nightmares that had become topped on one another, but, everything in between was fixed on their own terms.

Fixed…

A term that Roxas wished he knew how to use in his own life.

"Hello?" Roxas answered the phone alongside his Dormitory bed as he bookmarked his textbook reading.

"Hello Roxas…it's Namine," the voice was soft as her fingers curled around the phone chord as she looked over at the figure that had walked in at the moment, "I heard you're heading to your Mom's place for Thanksgiving."

Thanks a lot, Mom…

"Heh…yeah, it's about the only thing I can do since my original plans fell through, what's up?"

It had been a while since Roxas and Namine had spoken since they had split in High School when Roxas had found that the only person he could find joy in was Axel, the conversation dragged on what could've been hours but it was only a moment of minutes. Reminiscing was all they could do and all they talked about as Namine talked about what she had done after Roxas had without notice and without any real warning that they were through; she had begun to try to find someone else to sink her claws into but after the act she had pulled in front of Axel when he defended Roxas' choice of relationships. She had all but gone off the deep end; the idea of just giving up on life completely had been an option, but when she had attempted that; that was when she had found the young woman in her life. After a few here and there run ins with one another and the occasional "Girl's Day Out" and the occasional, "Girl's Night Out"; it was settled that she was the one.

She softly chuckled on the other end, "It's not that you weren't a good lover, it's just…I guess, you just weren't the one for me…and making it with you, it was like trying to get a dog interested in playing fetch," embarrassing at it seemed, it was right.

"…And I guess it took splitting up with you to make me realize that you and I would never have worked out," Roxas sighed as he eyed his textbook, "So, what is there any reason to the call, Namine?"

"No real reason…its just, I just thought I pass on the word that's going around that tomorrow…Axel is marrying Larxene," her voice sounded flat and sad as she glanced up to the young woman with her arms around her shoulders, "You still going to let him go through with what you know is a bad decision or are you going to help him change his mind?"

Roxas rolled his eyes as he thought over hanging up on Namine, "I don't know at this moment, Namine…Demyx mentioned it to me after he turned down being the Best Man at the wedding. I may or may not go…"

"Roxas…"Namine sounded like she was trying to get him to think it over to do something romantic, like, breaking into the wedding the moment the Preacher asks if there was anyone who objects to the marriage and whisk Axel away so they could have their own wedding, "…You've got to do something or else he's going to make the worst mistake of his entire life."

"…I'll think about it," Roxas sighed as he heard that someone was on the call waiting, "I've got to go, Namine, I've got another call coming in and it could be important."

Namine felt she was being given the shrug off, but the young woman around her arms was telling her otherwise, "Alright…take care, Roxas."

Roxas hung up the call as he took the other call, "Hello?"

"…Hello…is this Roxas Heartlily?"

"…Yes, may I ask whose calling?" Roxas was worried at the voice on the other end, "Hayner or Seifer, if this is either one of you…"

The caller seemed to pull the phone away, "I'm not sure who those people are, my name is Aerith Gainsborough…Roxas…are you there?"

"Aunt Aerith?"

"Glad to hear you still remember me…"

Roxas shifted about on his bed, "…What's up?"

"How are things between you and that man of yours that I heard so much about in your emails so long ago?"

"…Then you haven't heard."

"Heard what?"

A knot was forming in Roxas' stomach as he tried to come out to his Aunt that he and Axel weren't together among all the other details of how he believed Axel had lied to him about even liking him like that to the point of giving him up for Larxene, "…Axel and I…we split up because it seems some long lost fiancée showed up…with Axel's Dad…and…he and his fiancée are getting married tomorrow…"

"…I…see…"Aerith seemed to grow quiet as she glanced over into the Living Room of her home as she stared at the back of the head of her husband's head as he sat watching T.V. in the Living Room, smiling happily at the fact tomorrow is son was getting married and to someone that didn't have the same anatomy as his son, "…I'm sure you're busy, Roxas…I'll let you get back to your studies. Say 'Hello' to your Mother for me."

The last words seemed rushed as the sound of the phone hanging up clicked in Roxas' ear, "…Bye to you too, Aunt Aerith."