Chapter 12 you guys! Axel is going to meet the family! Duh, Duh, DUH! So um… Hi! I FAIL AT ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS! Random Fact about me! :D So yeah… A GIGANTIC hug to anyone who has reviewed and stuff! Umm… Just so you know, there will not be any… um… lemon in this… Yeah… I suck… ENJOY ANYWAY!
Axel's POV:
Roxas and I were on the train ride to Traverse Town. The white and sparkly snow covered the ground of the fields that we passed by. It was beautiful scenery! The train ride was coming close to an end though.
Roxas was suffering from motion sickness, so he was in the bathroom most of the time, which was kind of sad. I wanted someone to enjoy the boring three-hour ride with.
Roxas trudged over to our seat from the bathroom. He was looking pale, but nothing to worry about! "We have ten minutes left." Roxas mumbled.
"Yeah. Are you exited being able to see your parents again?" I asked. I pulled out a magazine from one of the seat pockets.
Roxas shrugged. "Nervous… You know… I haven't seen them in months…" Roxas closed his eyes. "I feel like crap…"
Roxas's bruises healed pretty quickly. Which was good! I don't need Roxas's parents going mental, trying to search for the bastard who beat up their little boy. "Well, I see the station." I looked up from the magazine I pretended to read.
Roxas smiled. "Yeah buddy!" I rolled my eyes and smiled. As the train stopped, Roxas and I got our duffel bags from the top compartment above our seats. When we could get off the train, we pretty much bolted from it.
Roxas and I wandered around the terminal, searching for Roxas's family. Roxas gasped, and tugged me over by the Subway Sub Shop. A little boy, maybe eight or nine, came running up to us. He was a pudgy boy, and his brown hair was sticking up all over the place, caused by a red, white, and blue headband. "Roxas!" The boy gave Roxas a giant hug.
"Hey Pence! You miss me?" Roxas smiled. The small boy nodded. "Where's Ventus and Mom?"
"Mom is at home making dinner! Ventus is sitting over there!" The boy pointed over to a few chairs. An older boy, maybe 20, sat in one of those chairs. He looked EXACTLY like Roxas! It was scary!
Roxas nodded his head and we walked over to the chairs. "Hey Roxas. Welcome home. And this is the famous Axel Pence has been blabbering about for the past two weeks!" Ventus laughed. "I'm Ventus. Roxas's older brother!"
"I'm Axel, which you already know…" I smiled. "Thanks for having me… It means a lot."
"Well, we are more than welcome to have you. Now, we must get home before Mom has a fit…" Ventus stood up. He was even the same height as Roxas! Creepy!
"Alright. Axel, you are now going to meet the mother of all mothers." Roxas smirked.
I smiled. "Oh boy." Roxas and I got in the back seat of the car, since Pence insisted on us sitting together, since we were dating… How much did Ventus tell him…
Roxas's house was a medium size. There was a cream color paneling with a dark blue color for the window shutters. Roxas, Ventus, Pence and I climbed out of the car, and walked up the porch. Ventus unlocked the door, and we were inside the house.
Right when you walked into the house, you were in the living room. The house was warm.
Roxas smiled. "Mom, I'm home!" Roxas walked over to the kitchen, setting his bag down on the leather couch.
"Roxas! You're home! Is Axel with you?" A tall woman gave Roxas a hug at the doorway. Her hair was long and it was a light brunette color. She was wearing a lot of pink.
"Yeah! Axel, this is my mom!" Roxas smiled. I walked towards Roxas and his mother.
"Hi, nice to meet you! I'm Axel." I smiled. "Thank you for letting me come over for Christmas. It really means a lot."
"Oh it's no problem hon! We are so exited that you are here!" The woman smiled. "I'm Ms. Little, or you could call me Aeirth."
"Very nice to meet you!" I smiled. That night was probably one of the best fights I have had with a family in a while. Roxas seemed thrilled he was back home. He was laughing and smiling, I just had to smile to!
"So Axel, how did you two meet again?" Ventus smirked.
"Well, I had to show him around because he is my dorm mate, along with two other guys. So we really like, became friends the first day we met…" I blushed at Roxas, who was also blushing.
"We heard about your reaction at school. Are you okay Rox?" Pence asked, stabbing his piece of chicken with his fork.
Roxas nodded. "I'm fine. It was scary though. But my friend Zexion called 911 just in time. He's our other roommate. Along with this… Crazy kid named Demyx."
"Demyx? That name sounds familiar… Does he have a brother named Zack?" Ventus asked. "He must…"
"I think so… Does he have black, spiky hair?" I asked. I think he was at the orientation in August.
"Yeah." Ventus put his plate in the sink.
"Yeah! That's him. You know him?" I asked.
Ventus nodded. "Zack and I go to Traverse Town Community College together. We had some project that we had to finish as partners a few weeks ago." Ventus climbed the stairs into his room.
Roxas shook his head. He put his plate in the sink. "I'll show you around." I finished eating and went upstairs.
"This is… Sora and my room…" The walls were painted light blue. Two twin beds were on either side of the small room. There was a bunch of posters and pictures on one side. But on the other, the walls were bare.
Roxas looked at the side that was bare. "That bed was Sora's… When he died… We took down all of this stuff on the walls and put it in a little box. It's under my bed. I use it for comfort when I feel alone…" Roxas climbed on his dead brother's bed and placed his hand on the wall. "I remember when Sora and I were goofing around after bed-time. Sora and I were playing, 'The Floor Is Lava'. He jumped from my bed to his and slammed his head into the drywall, creating a giant hole. He was crying for days!" Roxas made an uneasy laugh.
"Don't put this hard on yourself Rox." I sat on the bed with Roxas. "I know how much you miss him Rox. But don't get buried in the sadness and guilt."
Roxas nodded, turning to face me. "You're right. Thanks." Roxas gave me a short kiss.
Roxas's POV:
That night, Axel slept in Sora's old bed and I slept in mine. It was weird sleeping in my old bed again. But I really liked it. Especially having Axel by my side. I can't believe there was only 2 more days until Christmas! Maybe tomorrow Axel and I could go out and I could show him around the town! That would be really fun! I might even run into some old friends like my old friend Isa and maybe Tifa!
The next morning, I woke up to the smell of wonderful chocolate chip pancakes. When it came to my mom, you would never expect anything less! Axel was still asleep. If I didn't wake him up, I would probably eat all of the pancakes before Axel even thought about opening his eyes!
"Axel! Wake up! Chocolate chip pancakes!" I shook Axel's body. He quickly snapped up at the word, 'pancake'.
"I'm up!" Axel and I walked down stairs together. My mom was flipping the pancakes, and Ventus was reading the newspaper. "Good morning!" Axel smiled.
"Good morning Axel and Roxas! I hade some pancakes. Just help yourselves!" My mom smiled. "Oh Ventus, could you wake up Pence before Roxas eats all of the pancakes?"
Ventus laughed. "Sure thing Mom." Ventus put the paper down and jogged upstairs.
Axel and I got our pancakes and sat at the table. Axel took one bite and his face was like, O_O. The pancakes didn't last long after that… After breakfast, Axel and I got ready for the day. I asked Axel if he wanted to go around town, and he agreed.
We got into my car and drove to one of my personal favorite places to go. The Fun Junction. The Fun Junction is a giant arcade with laser tag and a pizza bar. It was like Chucky Cheese, but way more sanitary, less babish, it has laser tag, and you won't get food poisoning by eating their pizza.
"Laser tag? I haven't played that since I was like, 10!" Axel smiled at the building. The inside had a bunch of black-lights. Our white clothes glowed in the dim arcade.
After, we got in line for laser tag. Axel and my plan was simple! Stick together, and avoid any open-area contact. The game was teams, so Axel and I decided to go on the blue team, since blue is always the better team!
The small team gathering room was hot and stuffy. A bunch of teens were fighting over who got who on their team. It got pretty annoying as you're trying to listen to the small teenage girl give instructions. But when the lady said go, everyone tried to get into the room as fast as they could.
Axel and I ran for a corner, trying to hide from the red team. We tried to keep quiet, but our giggles and laughs couldn't be held in. The dim lights made it hard to see. But I knew what I was doing.
Turn left, turn right. I had this place memorized by ever turn, dead end, base, and corner. I had my fair share of laser tag games. It was pretty much all I did when I was younger! Axel was jogging not to far behind me. I came to a halt. I heard faint footsteps behind us.
"Don't… Move…" I whispered to Axel, who nodded. I turned around quickly, surveying my surroundings. I saw a red glow behind one of the bases. I slid agenst one of the walls, motioning Axel to join. He crept over.
I looked over the side, there was two boys around the age of 19, crouching on the ground, laughing and gossiping. I quickly shot the two, causing their laser vests to turn off. I heard some cursing as they ran off. Before I could cheer, my own vest turned off. I looked at my gun screen. Time was up.
Axel and I were exhausted by the time we got home. My mom was making dinner as usual, Ventus was probably at one of his friend's houses, Pence was playing the Wii. "Hey Roxas! Hey Axel!" Pence smiled, flinging the Wii remote all over the place. I looked at the screen. Pence was in his Zelda phase again…
"Hey Pence!" I smiled. "Mom, Axel and I are going to be up in my room!" Axel and I walked up the stairs. "I'm taking a nap…"
"Tell me about it…" Axel crashed on his bed. "Why is laser tag so tiring…"
I smiled. "Well, you ARE running in a room that's like, 90 degrees, with a heavy vest on, while trying to dodge lasers…" Axel mumbled something under his breath. I placed my head on my pillow, never so happy to go to bed in my life.
I still can't believe Christmas is in like, two days! Today is Christmas Eve, and I was finishing wrapping up Axel's Christmas present. It wasn't too hard to find, but it was a bit of a challenge, trying to find the right one.
Axel was in the shower. It was a few minutes past 10 am. I was already dressed and ready, in my blue dress shirt and khakis. My family was coming over today. In my family, Christmas Eve is the day we do most of our celebration. Which means all of the family comes over and has this giant feast thing.
Axel came out of the bathroom wearing a yellow dress shirt and black pants. He smiled at me. "Merry Christmas Eve Rox!"
I stood up from my bed, shoving Axel's present under my pillow. "You too!" I smiled. Axel inched towards me. "Um… My cousins are coming over toady… With my uncles and aunts… Just so you know…" I blushed.
Axel nodded. "That's cool! I can't wait to meet each and every one of them." Axel got closer to me. He wrapped his arms around my waist.
"A-Axel…?" Axel pulled me into his chest, giving me a hug.
"What? I can't give my own boyfriend a hug?" Axel tried to sound hurt, but I could hear the kid in his voice.
"Oh… Well, of course you can!" I smirked, looking in the doorway, seeing Ventus standing there. I widened my eyes.
"Hey lovebirds. Roxas, Rikku and Yuna are here. You better say hi…" Ventus walked away as Axel and I pulled apart. Axel and I walked to the front door. My two cousins sat on the couch.
My blond cousin Rikku, stood up to hug me first, followed by my brunette cousin Yuna. "Hey Roxas! Merry Christmas!" Rikku cheered.
"Hey guys! How is school?" I looked at Axel. "And this is my boyfriend Axel. He will be spending Christmas with us." Axel smirked.
"Hi!" Yuna waved at Axel and blushed. "I'm Yuna! And that's my sister Rikku!"
"Nice to meet you!' Axel seemed to like my family a lot. I wonder what his family was like. Not very nice from what Axel says.
"Where's Aunt Paine?" I asked, looking around for the two's mother
Rikku's smile faded. "She's not coming this year… Your mom and my mom got in a fight…"
"What? Why?" My mom and Aunt Paine are like, best friends! Why would they be fighting? Rikku and Yuna shrugged.
"Well… From what I am smelling… Dinner is probably almost done. We should go set the table." Yuna and Rikku ran towards the kitchen, avoiding Pence's swinging Wii remote.
A/N Christmas time! Yay! Um… For those who are asking about what happened to Namine (check a previous chapter because I forgot) Just forget I ever mentioned her, because I'm not really going to include her in this… And once I finish this story, there will be an after story! YAY! It will be based off of the song, Dear Bobbie by Yellowcard. If you haven't listened to it, it's really lovey-dovey and sweet! So I recommend for you to listen to it! Yes, this chapter is longer than the other ones, MUCH longer! That's why I love this chapter so much! Chapter 13 will be up soon, I PROMISE YOU! Love you all! :D