"Good morning." Axel whispered to Riku as the two wolves were the only animals awake.
"Ow!" Riku groaned back, looking to see how Sora was stretching his paws into Riku's fur, and then retracting his claws back with tuffs of white wolf hair being pulled and yanked.
"He's just cuddling." Axel said.
"Hurts." Riku gritted his fangs, his teeth flashing as his snout twitched.
"He asleep?" Axel asked.
"Yeah, still purring. Fuck!" Riku jolted as Sora's claws poked his stomach harshly.
"M?" Sora blinked his eyes as he felt Riku move.
"Would ya quit it?!" Riku stood up angrily before sitting down on hind legs, licking his sore flesh.
"What did I do wrong?" Sora asked with round, hurt eyes.
"You keep jabbing me with your claws." Riku snarled.
"He was just cuddling the way his cat nature tells him to." Axel stood up for the orange tabby.
"I, I didn't mean to hurt you Riku." Sora pleaded innocently.
"Well can you stop?" Riku asked sharply.
"Ok," Sora sniffled.
"Riku," Axel saw the hurt in Sora's eyes before the cat sprinted off.
"Sora!" Riku called, waking the last couple and Roxas up.
"What's going on?" Roxas sat up after a stretch.
"Riku scared his kitten." Axel said.
"I didn't mean to scare him, I just, it hurt." Riku gulped.
"What hurt?" Zexion asked.
"He was digging his claws into my stomach over and over in his sleep."
"That's how kittens cuddle." Demyx said simply.
"Told ya." Axel said.
"I didn't mean to frighten him. I just wanted him to stop hurting me." Riku said shyly.
"He kissed you even after you hurt him with your fangs." Axel shrugged.
"Yeah but that was,"
"An accident." Axel finished.
"Oh, god, I, I feel bad." Riku frowned.
"Go comfort him." Roxas advised as he licked his paws to clean his ears.
"Sora?" Riku sniffed the ground and followed the trail of Sora's scent.
"He's over here," Axel sniffed towards the bathroom.
"Sora?" Riku ran into the bathroom. "Sora get down!" Riku begged as Sora sat on the flat surface of the toilet above the open seat.
"I don't want to hurt you." Sora frowned.
"Baby, I'm sorry. You didn't hurt me; I hurt you. Can you forgive me?" Riku asked longingly.
"I," Sora gulped uneasily.
"Please? I just want to make it up to you." Riku begged.
"I don't like it when your angry and in wolf mode. I'm just a kitten you know!" Sora said harshly.
"I know. And I'm sorry. Please, can you forgive your wolf?" Riku asked with a dog-whimper.
"M-my wolf?" Sora couldn't help but bite his kitten lip, loving the sound of owning such a beautiful and strong creature.
"Nobody else's. This wolf wants to cuddle, if, if you want." Riku made a tempting offer.
"Of course." Sora smiled.
"Can you come down now? I want to snuggle with you." Riku smiled back.
"Kay," Sora got into crouch position, wriggled his butt, and jumped. Sadly, his small body missed the clearing and landed straight in the toilet water. "MEER! Meow! Meow!" Sora meowed frantically as his cat body clawed the water fearfully. His eyes went wide as he panicked to exit the ceramic prison without success.
"Shit," Riku whispered before he reached in the toilet with his face and snatched Sora in his mouth carefully.
"What's going," Axel started after he heard Sora's meows of distress.
"Did he fall in the toilet?" Demyx guessed as Riku pulled the soaking orange cat out of the toilet bowl.
"Yeah," Riku set Sora on the bathroom floor as the cat shivered.
"Meow!" Sora cried in sorrow before Riku began to lick him clean.
"Oh the poor kitty," Demyx frowned as Sora cried, his kitten body shivering in distress.
"He's ok," Riku cooed as he licked Sora's body all up in one sweep.
"Meow!" Sora let out another sob.
"Shhh, it's ok baby." Riku repeated quietly.
"What happened?" Roxas walked into the bathroom.
"Meow, meow!" Sora continued to cry as Zexion walked in next.
"Oh, poor thing." Roxas frowned as he neared Sora's dripping body.
"Let's put the fire on." Axel suggested and left with Demyx as Roxas and Zexion cuddled next to Sora to comfort him, all while Riku watched.
"Better?" Roxas asked as his tail swept under Sora's face.
"Thanks." Sora sniffled.
"Oh, I know!" Zexion said randomly. "Sit in front of the fan, and we can turn it on to dry off your fur."
"Good idea." Roxas said before he and Zexion left the bathroom.
"Come on," Riku lifted Sora into his mouth and carried him to the living room. Axel and Demyx had the fireplace going before Riku placed Sora in front of the short fan.
"Ready?" Roxas asked as Sora sat in front of the electric cooling device.
"Mhm." Sora nodded.
"Here we go!" Roxas pushed down on one of the buttons with two paws before the fan went on the highest setting, causing Sora to roll back several times, tumbling backwards.
"Turn it off!" Zexion shouted in his grey cat form.
"Woops!" Roxas shoved his paws down on another button before the fan stopped.
"Sora?" Riku walked over to where the kitten had been blown to, several paces back.
"I, I just want to go in my human form." Sora gave a soft cry.
"Shh, ok, go ahead." Riku nodded understandingly. Sora ran off to the bathroom and came back out in his boxers and pants.
"My body is still wet." Sora said with a frown as his jeans stuck to his skin.
"Oh baby," Riku crawled over to Sora and laid down in Sora's lap on the couch.
"I hate being wet in cat form." Sora blinked a silent tear free as he rubbed Riku's fur.
"It's the worst." Roxas climbed up on the couch and rubbed his head against Sora's side.
"Hehe," Sora giggled. "You are cute." Sora picked up the kitten and kissed the top of his head.
"Grrr," Riku let out a growl.
"Hisss!" Roxas hissed back before he purred and nudged his face against Sora's cheek.
"Hey!" Axel barked before Roxas wriggled his legs, a sign that he wanted to be put down.
"Here you go," Sora put Roxas on the floor before the cat trotted to Axel's wolf form by the fireplace. The two snuggled before Demyx and Zexion began to argue quietly.
"Go to your bed, you're on time-out." Demyx said as he sat down on his hind legs.
"Kay," Zexion sniffled as he crawled to his small cat condo, a small two story cat hut, going to the top level and curling up into a ball.
"What's he being punished for?" Sora wondered.
"Sometimes he just needs a good punishment." Axel looked at Roxas, who whimpered.
"Don't tell me it's one of your weird fetish's?" Riku asked.
"You got a problem with it?" Demyx growled as he stood up.
"Zexion has this weird domination fetish, where he loves for Demyx to top him while they're in animal form." Axel answered Riku's question.
"And you two?" Riku asked next.
"Axel may top when we mate, but he is my pet wolf." Roxas smirked as Axel nudged his head next to Roxas' fur.
"Demyx!" Zexion let out a cry.
"What?" Demyx snapped his head around.
"I, I want to cuddle with my puppy." Zexion blinked with a pout.
"Alright, come here." Demyx said.
"I don't want another punishment." Zexion said as he placed his body before Demyx's.
"If you behave then you won't be punished. Come here." Demyx licked Zexion's fur from leg to fuzzy cheek.
"Dem!" Zexion complained.
"Shh, I'm not done with your bath." Demyx said as he licked a few more times, wetting Zexion's face.
"I'm all wet now." Zexion shivered.
"Come on, let's put you in front of the fire to dry you off." Demyx gripped Zexion's body by the back of the neck, hoisting him up in the air as Zexion had the grumpiest look on his grey face.
"Demyx." Zexion groaned crankier than ever before as embarrassment took a hold of him.
"Here we are." Demyx set his grouchy boyfriend in front of the fireplace.
"Better." Zexion sighed as he shook his body.
"You want to nap?" Demyx asked as he let his body crash on Zexion's.
"Crushing. ME!" Zexion crawled out from under Demyx's fur.
"Sorry." Demyx smiled.
"I love you Demyx." Zexion purred as he rubbed his head up and down Demyx's snout.
"I love you too my pussy cat." Demyx smiled before he yawned.
"You two are so boring." Axel shook his head.
"Cats love to sleep!" Zexion hissed at Axel.
"Well I want to go for a walk." Axel stood up and stretched his paws.
"Oh yeah!" Demyx rushed to stand up. "Take me for a walk Zexy please?" He begged. "Please!" He gave puppy eyes with cute whimpers.
"Oh alright, fine." Zexion shook his head. "Rox, go get the leashes?"
"Sure." Roxas sighed.
"Leashes?" Riku asked.
"Going for a walk is a lot of fun, and good exercise." Demyx explained.
"Isn't it dangerous? For us to be in wolf form and being walked by cats?" Riku said uneasily.
"We wear hoods and hide our tails. There's a park that no one ever goes to that's not too far. We walk them there, and then we stay in our form and let them run around in their form. Zexion and I hold hands and kiss, Axel and Demyx play together; should anyone walk by, they have nothing to be suspicious about." Roxas explained.
"Still," Riku shrugged.
"Well then you two can wait here. We've done it plenty of times." Axel said as he walked up to Roxas and sat down obediently so that Roxas could fasten his leash.
"Might as well go." Riku shrugged as he sighed.
"If you say so, but I don't have a leash for you." Sora noticed.
"We have an extra." Roxas said before he retrieved it.
The six boys left the house quietly and made it to the park safely where the wolf mixes ran freely and the cat mixes sat at a park table.
"So, are we still fake dating or are you two?" Zexion had to be sure as he asked Roxas.
"What do you want to do?" The blonde asked the brunette.
"Umm,"
"Better decide soon cause some wolves are on their way." Zexion coughed quietly.
"Well?" Roxas looked to Sora, who bit his lip.
"Uh," Sora hesitated.
"Come here," Roxas rolled his eyes and pulled Zexion into his lap, not having the patience to wait for Sora as he started making out with Zexion.
"M!" Zexion gave a loud, fake, pleasurable moan so that the wolf mixed teens they didn't know would believe they were dating.
"Yeah," Roxas grinned before he continued the kiss.
"Gross!" A wolf mix shouted.
"Yuck, cats, here, in OUR territory." Another wolf mix stood with hands on his hips as he stood in front of the three cat mixes.
"What do you guys want?" Roxas asked, trying to look braver than he felt.
"We want you guys gone." One of the four wolves said with a grin.
"Fine." Zexion shrugged, about ready to comply and leave.
"I don't just mean from this park, dumbass." The wolf chuckled. "Your kind is inferior, and if it were up to us, you'd all be dead by now." He glared with a smirk.
"Hey, there a problem?" Axel stood in wolf form next to the human versions of the wolf mixes that were giving his boyfriend trouble. Demyx and Riku followed quietly behind.
"Can you believe these cats? Thinking they can kiss out here in public? At OUR park? They disgust me." One wolf scoffed.
"Yeah, they should just go home." Riku said, wanting Sora as far away from the problematic wolves as possible.
"We were just about to leave." Roxas looked to his friends next to him and stood up.
"You're about to die." One wolf mix put his hand on the blonde's chest.
"Hey!" Axel barked.
"What? You have a problem with me kicking his ass?" The wolf teen asked.
"Do it Seifer!" Another wolf cheered.
"You could get caught and then we'd all get busted." Axel lied to save his ass and relationship.
"It'd be worth it." Seifer shrugged before he fisted Roxas' shirt.
"Let him go!" Axel growled.
"What's it to you?" The teen wolf snapped.
"I, I think he likes the cat." Another one of the four wolf mixes said.
"Do you?" Seifer asked Axel.
"What? He's dating me!" Demyx said as he stood next to Axel and Riku, all three still in wolf form.
"I heard that it was just a cover up. You do like the cat, don't you? Otherwise you wouldn't care if I did this!" The wolf mix smiled as he punched Roxas in the stomach.
"AH!" Roxas groaned loudly.
"Stop it!" Axel wagged his tail as he whimpered, causing Demyx to gulp nervously.
"You like him, don't you?"
"He's dating me!" Demyx repeated loudly.
"So then this wouldn't bother you at all." The wolf teen raised a fist, but Axel gave a loud threatening bark.
"You two are dating, aren't you? You're the mixed couple that's in the rumors?" Seifer looked to Roxas.
"What? Mixed? Are you crazy?!" Roxas shook his head as the boy kept a hold of his shirt.
"Roxas has been my boyfriend for six months now." Zexion stood next to the blonde. "Please, let us go?" Zexion begged.
"I'll let him go," The teen said as Zexion and Roxas both sighed in relief. "If," He stopped short and turned to Zexion. "If you take his place."
"Wha-what?" Zexion gulped uneasily. "Me?"
"No? Then you two clearly aren't in love." Seifer turned to Axe who remained in wolf form. "I'll pitch you the same offer. Either this cat gets ten more blows to the chest and his pretty little face, or," He didn't even have to finish.
"Deal." Axel nodded.
"So tell me then," The teen let go of Roxas' shirt and pushed him towards Sora. "Do you love the cat?"
Axel gulped before he nodded.
"Yes, I do."
"And this cat,"
"Has no feelings for Axel in return. Roxas loves Zexion. To help Axel get over his distress, I offered myself." Demyx stepped forward in wolf form.
"So I see. Well then, if that's the truth, I shall hit you ten times, and this cat should have no problems watching." The teen said as his friends who were in wolf form grinned.
"You two should go back home." Roxas turned to Zexion, who nodded.
"I love you." Zexion hugged Roxas tight.
"I love you too." Roxas repeated the phrase and kissed Zexion gently. "Be careful." He looked to Sora who gulped nervously. Zexion and Sora took no more than ten paces away when Seifer looked to his friends and smiled.
"Letting them get away?" He asked before his friends smirked and chased after the two cat mixes.
"Shit!" Zexion took Sora's hand and pointed to the closest tree. "Morph!" Zexion shouted as he changed into his cat form and ran up a scrawny tree. Sora quickly did the same and clung to a frail branch as best as his terrified body would let him.
"The branches aren't strong enough for us to climb, ya know!" One of the two wolves growled.
"What goes up must come down." The other smiled before Riku and Demyx both ran to their boyfriend's aid.
The pack leader and one last wolf remained with Roxas and Axel.
"Transform for me, so I know you won't fight back. Take the ten blows without struggling, and I'll leave with my pack."
"Ok." Axel nodded, not seeing any other alternative. He transformed into his human form and kept his hands around his private parts as one of the wolves stood right by Roxas to ensure he wouldn't intervene.
"One!" Seifer counted as he punched Axel in the chest.
"Ugh!" Axel gasped, realizing just how challenging his promise would be to keep.
"Two!" The leader continued to count, hitting Axel in the stomach, face, and chest so hard that Axel no longer cared to cover himself as blood from his nose ran down his bruised pectorals.
"This doesn't bother you at all?" The blonde leader turned to Roxas, who was having a hard time remaining silent as he watched with wide guilty eyes. "No? Well in that case…SIX!" He knee'd Axel where it hurt the human teen most.
"Nygh!" Axel bent his body over, his legs shaking as he huffed.
"No!" Roxas covered his mouth.
"Do you love him?" The leader asked the blonde, who shook his head. "No? Ok. Seven!" Seifer shrugged before he drove his elbow into Axel's back, sending him to the grass face first.
"Please, just let us all go!" Roxas begged, turning to see how Sora and Zexion were still meowing frantically in a wimpy tree while Riku and Demyx had already began wrestling and dueling with the other two wolves.
"Just three left. Unless," The leader used his shoe to roll Axel's aching body over onto his back. "Unless you want to return the favor. These ten beatings were all for you, but he was willing to admit he loves you to take the beatings for you. Are you willing to do the same?" The leader asked as Roxas made eye contact with Axel, who was hurting beyond the ability to talk.
"I don't love him. We aren't dating! We're not a mixed couple!" Roxas insisted as the wolf guarding him let out an unsatisfied growl.
"If you say so." The leader shrugged before he kicked Axel in the nuts.
"Oh!" Axel gritted his teeth as he began to pant.
"Please," Roxas whispered.
"Admit it. You love him. I can see it on your face." The leader kept his shoe over Axel's soreness, as if to threaten to repeat his actions.
"No, no I don't!" Roxas fisted his hands.
"Nine!" The leader kicked Axel once more, causing the redhead to roll over and curl himself into the fetal position.
"Stop it!" Roxas begged.
"You can!" The leader smiled back. "This is your last chance to show him you care." The teen pushed Axel on his back to show Roxas the look of pain that consumed the redhead. "Well? Do you love him? Do you have even just the slightest bit of feelings for him, to end his torture?"
"He, he's a wolf and I'm a cat." Roxas gulped heavily. "I love a cat." He said with the fear that burned him.
"If you love him in the smallest amount possible to take his last punch for him, I'll let you all go. If not, well, I'll just keep going. He's hurt too much to fight back." The leader gave a twisted smile.
"No!" Roxas begged as he took a step forward before the other wolf gave a warning bark and growl.
"So, you want to take his place? Just one punch…he already took nine for you."
"If I do, you'll let us all go?" Roxas gulped curiously.
"Yes, but then you're confessing your love for this wolf." Seifer shrugged indifferently.
"I have no feelings for that wolf, or any wolf." Roxas stuck to his story.
"Very well then." The leader knelt by Axel, who frowned up at Roxas, and hit him several times in the face. "You and your cats are free to go. Call off those wolves and I will call of mine."
"And this wolf?" Roxas pointed to Axel.
"Shouldn't matter to you. Go before I change my mind." The leader of the pack stood up as Roxas nodded, looked to Axel, and gulped.
"Roxas?" Axel asked with the weakest of whimpers. The blonde shook his head before he ran. "Roxas!" Axel shouted in pain before he began to cry in his lonely and tortured state.
Roxas, on the other hand, was trying to shake off the guilt to help his two cat friends who were still stuck in the tree while their secret boyfriends kept the other wolves away.
"Jump!" Roxas rushed to the small tree where Zexion and Sora were taking refuge in and held his hands up. Once he caught both cats, Seifer whistled his friends back over to him, leaving Riku and Demyx to stand huffing on all fours.
"What, what now?" Demyx panted after having wrestled on the ground to distract the wolves from hurting Zexion and Sora.
"He said we can go." Roxas started to leave.
"What about Axel?" Demyx asked in concern.
"He didn't say." Roxas frowned.
"Take them home and stay there." Riku said to Roxas before he turned to Demyx.
"Right." Demyx nodded, knowing perfectly well what Riku was thinking.
"No, no there are only two of you and four of them!" Roxas shook his head.
"We can't just leave him!" Demyx growled as they all glanced and watched as Seifer kicked Axel's body repeatedly.
"Axe," Roxas' lips trembled.
"Let's go!" Demyx rushed Riku with impatience and concern.
"You can't or you'll be outnumbered and in the same damn place!" Roxas argued.
"We should never have come here." Sora frowned.
"Where'd he go?" Zexion wriggled in Roxas' arms to see that Axel's body wasn't on the ground in the distance as it had just been.
"Oh no," Roxas gulped before he and his friends saw Seifer walking towards them with three wolves who were dragging Axel's body that had somehow transformed back into wolf form.
"How dare you?!" Demyx growled loudly.
"Dem, not now." Riku tried to stay focused.
"Take him. We're through with him." The leader snapped his fingers as his friends dropped Axel's legs from their mouths.
"How dare you attack your own kind?" Demyx's body trembled with rage.
"He's hardly wolf; he's in love with a cat!" The leader spat as Axel remained motionless on the ground.
"Come on, let's get out of here" Riku whispered to Demyx and slowly lifted Axel from the grass onto Demyx's furry back. The blonde wolf carried Axel slowly until they were far away enough to be safe.
"Rox, you want to take him?" Demyx offered as he stopped close by the house.
"Yeah." Roxas set the two cats down gently and cradled the heavy, limp, red wolf in his arms.
"M," Axel let out a pained whimper.
"Shh, it's ok. I got you Axe." Roxas sniffled as he struggled to carry the heavy canine.
Once they made it back to the house, Roxas sat down on the couch as Demyx and Riku transformed and changed to get water, ice, and pain medication for Axel. At the same time, the two cats also changed back into their human form with clothes and sat by the silent couple on the couch.
"Here, Axe, you should drink some water." Demyx offered a water bowl for the wolf, who didn't open his eyes.
"Axe?" Roxas asked timidly.
The redfurred wolf slowly got up on all four paws and let his body fall to the floor before he dragged it as best he could towards the fireplace.
"Here, let me start it for you." Demyx offered before he turned on the fire. "Drink some water." Demyx set the bowl down before Axel lazily licked away. "That's good. Shhh, it's ok." Demyx pet Axel's fur soothingly.
"You going to be ok?" Sora sat by Axel, who used a lot of energy to just look back into Sora's eyes. The wolf whimpered before he set his head on Sora's lap. "Shh, such a pretty wolf." Sora smiled down as he stroked Axel's snout gently with a tissue to clean some of the blood.
"Poor guy." Demyx went into wolf mode and curled his body by Axel's for comfort. Axel gave a couple puppy-like whines before Demyx licked Axel's face soothingly.
"I never want to go back to that park again." Zexion sighed as he sat by his boyfriend and pet him.
"Seriously." Riku agreed as he sat down in human form by Sora, holding the brunette who was still holding Axel's head in his lap.
Roxas felt uneasy about being on the couch while everyone else was snuggling with his boyfriend, so he nervously stood up and sat by the wolf.
"You ok?" Roxas asked the wolf, who let out a threatening bark.
"What's wrong?" Demyx asked. Axel gave a deep low growl as he glared at Roxas.
"Axe?" Roxas whispered, slightly offended.
"Grrrrr!" Axel snarled.
"Back up, give him some space." Demyx said to Roxas, who looked at how Axel rested his head comfortably in Sora's lap.
"But," Roxas gulped uncomfortably as jealousy came in.
"Sora," Riku whispered, having seen the uneasiness in Roxas' eyes.
"Oh," Sora slowly fidgeted to allow Roxas to sit where he had, holding Axels wolf head steady for the blonde.
When Axel opened his eyes he saw Roxas reaching to take his head from Sora's palms, causing him to sit up and let a growl settle in his throat.
"Baby what's wrong?" Roxas asked with hurt in his voice.
Axel let out a sequence of barks as Demyx sighed.
"He's mad about what happened at the park." Demyx translated the barks for the cats.
"Babe that wasn't my," Roxas started, but Axe, interrupted with loud barks.
"He says he didn't have to think, to prove his love to you." Demyx paused as Axel continued. "And he's hurt not just physically, but he's hurt that you didn't care enough about him to help."
"What could I have done?" Roxas asked in frustration. "I didn't want them to know the truth, because that can tear us apart." Roxas sniffled before Axel continued to communicate in wolf form.
"Axel says that when his or your physical safety is threatened, nothing else should matter. He says you left him there all alone without even considering helping him when he knew without a doubt he loved you enough to protect you."
"I didn't ask you to take my place!" Roxas fisted his hands before Axel stood up and blinked his exhausted eyes.
"Rox," Demyx frowned before Axel crawled to his dog bed in the corner of the living room and plopped lazily down.
"I care about our relationship too much to risk it for anything!" Roxas shouted as Axel curled his body to show he wasn't listening.
"Roxas he loves you so much that he didn't hesitate to get hurt for you. You could at least show that you are thankful to have such a caring boyfriend!" Demyx argued.
"He's hurt and I feel bad but there was nothing I could do then to safely help him! Now we're safe and I'm trying to love and comfort him to make up for it and he won't let me!" Roxas yelled. "Everyone else can pet and lick him but if I even say his name I get growled at." The blonde sniffled.
"He just wants to know that you love him. You denied it so easily at the park." Demyx whispered.
"Well where the fuck were you?!" Roxas screamed at the other blonde, causing Axel to twitch one of his ears to listen in from his corner. "The bully offered for Zexion to my place but he didn't! Neither did you or Sora or Riku! So if you're mad that I didn't take his place, why the hell didn't you?!" Roxas shouted loudly.
"Cause I was protecting my own boyfriend! If he wasn't so helpless I would have taken Axel's place!" Demyx barked before he growled.
"Well I'm sorry I'm a cat and can't fight against wolves!" Zexion said angrily. "If I weren't dating a wolf I wouldn't have been so damn helpless!"
"So it's my fault you were stuck up a tree?" Demyx retorted.
"You wanted to go for a walk to begin with!" Roxas reminded the wolf who snarled.
"Maybe this is why it's illegal for us to mate and be together." Sora whispered before it went deadly quiet.
"Sora has a point in that we are fighting so ridiculously, we aren't helping our cause." Riku surprised himself by speaking out. "Just earlier we were bragging about how much we love our boyfriends, even if they aren't our own kind. And we bragged that that is how we know it's real: loving them despite the differences. Despite the laws. Guys," Riku shook his head. "What the fuck?" he asked in a harsh whisper. No one answered his rhetorical question, so after a deep sigh, Riku continued.
"This isn't cool. At all. We all love our boyfriends, and we know it. We wouldn't be risking our very freedom if we weren't sure that this is what we wanted. So why? Why are we making it easier for them to win? That's exactly what we're doing." Riku nodded to himself. "They may have targeted Axel, but they've gotten to each of us, making us question, making us blame our boyfriends, who we know we really do love." Riku looked to Sora, who gulped.
"I don't blame you Riku. I'm glad I had you there to save me. I love you Riku." The brunette put his arms around Riku's neck and inhaled deeply as Riku held him back.
"I love you too Sora. You are more than worth protecting." Riku smiled.
"I'm sorry." Demyx blinked his wolf eyes to Zexion. "He's right. I blamed you, but it wasn't your fault. Roxas was right. It was mine."
"No." Roxas shook his head. "It was that jerks fault, but it doesn't even matter. As long as we don't let them win, then it'll be ok." He said before Demyx smiled.
"I have hope Zex. I know we were meant for each other, and I'm lucky to have a kitty as beautiful and smart and kind as you. Please don't leave me, despite my horrible words?" Demyx gave puppy whimpers as Zexion failed to hide back a smile.
"I love you too Demyx." He opened his arms on his knees and held his wolf. "I'm truly blessed to have my very own wolf to keep me safe and warm and loved." Zexion ran his hands against Demyx's furry cheeks and kissed the top of his head gracefully.
Roxas looked to Axel, making an awkward eye contact before the blonde cat mix burst into tears.
"I'm sorry I failed you!" He sobbed into his palms. "I, I let him hurt you and I shouldn't have. I'm sorry." Roxas' shoulders bounced as he cried harder into his hands. "I'm sorry Axel. I'm so sorry. I love you so much, I was so scared, I," Roxas sniffled but it did nothing to stop the tears. "I didn't know what to do because I was so scared. I'm not strong like you are. I'm not. I want to be but I'm just a cat and I don't want to lose my wolf!" The blonde's body shook at the very idea of losing his boyfriend. "I don't want to lose you." Roxas looked up and made eye contact with Axel, who was listening hesitantly. "Please, if you want, you can beat me up," Roxas sniffled as he offered. "I won't fight back. You can hit me and do whatever you want. I promise." Roxas hid his face in his hands once again. "I promise Axel I promise!" His voiced rose as he began to cry harder. "I promise I will love you better. I love you. I love you!" Roxas shouted as he gripped his hair and closed his eyes, his sobs being the only sound in the room as the others looked to him with understanding.
Roxas continued to cry into his body before he felt a light tickling sensation on the back of his hands, and when he paused from his cries to look up, he was greeted by Axel's tongue to his cheek.
"A-Axe?" Roxas sniffled before Axel licked another tear stained cheek.
"I," Axel huffed, still clearly in pain. "I took your place, so that," He paused to grunt. "So that I wouldn't have to see you cry." He said as Roxas' eyes went wide. "Please, don't cry?" Axel whimpered as he pushed his snout into Roxas' chest and against his neck.
At that, Roxas cried even harder, holding Axel as tightly as he could. "I love you Axel!" He squeezed his boyfriend.
"Ah, sore!" Axel groaned.
"Sorry!" Roxas pulled his arms away and lightly kissed Axel's wet nose.
"Why, why don't you morph? It'll be easier for us, easier," Axel let out a deep breath.
"Let's snuggle." Roxas nodded before he went into cat mode. "Riku, can you put Axel in his bed so he and I can take a nap?" Roxas asked humbly.
"Of course." Riku smiled, happy that his pep talked had worked as he carefully lifted Axel into his arms and set the red wolf into his red bed. Roxas crawled and squeezed his body in the bed as well, his fur lining up against Axel's as the two cuddled.
"Goodnight." Roxas smiled as he laid on his back between Axel's two front legs, letting the wolf rest his face on his tiny kitten belly.
"Night." Axel's eyes closed on their own as he used his boyfriend as a pillow.
"They are so cute!" Sora gave a happy pout.
"Aren't they?" Zexion agreed.
"Babe!" Demyx whined. "I want to be cute with you too!"
Author's Note: Wow, it feels so weird to end a chapter that is NOT a cliff-hanger. Anyway, I am going to make this short since I am in a bit of a rush. Just a reminder: I am going to GO ON HIATUS once I finish this story and Always Getting Involved. At this point I have no idea how long this hiatus will last, but I do know that I will miss every single one of you and all of the amazing reviews I am truly blessed to read. I am not at all in a position to continue writing as I am extremely stressed and going through more than I'd like to waste your time with sharing, but please know that I am still here (symbolically of course) and cannot wait to continue the stories I have advertised!
So for my own chapter review: We see Seifer always playing the bad role (Sorry Seifer, I do love you, I swear!) but who else would fit in such a role? Axel sacrifices himself for Roxas, who decided to let Axel take the hit to save their relationship as they each prioritize different factors of their relationship. And YAY for Riku and his little speech, right? Sorry that this chapter was rushed yet delayed in its posting, but I came up with the idea just recently and have not had much time before this (reason im going on hiatus). Anyway, originally it was the opening toilet-fail scene and then a lemon (don't worry, you'll get your lemon!) but at least there is more content to this random story. The next chapter will (hopefully)be the last. So I'm planning on minor plot-wrap up and then a Soriku Lemon. Just so you know haha.
To AnimekittyCat12: Awww, you are so sweet and I am so happy that this fic has your fav couples!
To xXStarFighterObsessorXx: Thank you for showing your support and I'm glad to hear that chapter 4 was your favorite! Thank you for the encouragement!
To xXSokuGirl0615Xx: Lol the lemon will be in the next chapter, sorry to disappoint lol.
To luckycat222: Thank you for your patience and for your kind words. I love them as cats too hehe.
To SoRikuR0x: Arigatou gozaimashita! Kawaii wa ii da ne?! Thanks, I appreciate your enthusiasm for the last chapter hehe. Awww, CYKMS was a story I already miss but I'm so happy that you liked it. OH MY GOD you read them all haha! Well I certainly am honored and grateful! Oh. My. F G! IF you made a shirt for me I'd totally want to see picks and maybe buy a copy! (Completely serious happy face!) Just let me know if that's ok!
To babychela45: Awww, I'm sorry for the sad feels! It's such a horrible thing, when something we love ends, but I must say that I am truly happy and lucky to receive a review like yours. Thank you so much for your support and for your bright words that cheered me up!
To YaoiKittenLover: You are so kind! There wasn't much fluff in this chapter but I promise the next chapter will have tons, so thank you for reading and I hope you continue to do so! Thank you especially for the review, it made me smile! Thank you for taking the time to write and I hope to read from you again soon!
Thank you all for your patience, understanding, and support.
Living Legacy, Sarabellum