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Warning: Boy-Love/Yaoi

WARNING WARNING: slight lemonlime in this chapter. VERY SLIGHT.

Title: Broken Clockwork
Chapter: 9; In The Wrong Place

Summary: Roxas was always on top of things, following time down to the second. Until he met Axel, carefree and fun. What happens when you mix two opposite elements of life together?

luluNOTE:

Oh my freaking gosh. She's ALIVE?!

Yes, folks, I'm actually up and about after a whole month of not posting anything! I'm so sorry everybody!

THANKS SO MUCH TO: TheOptimisticPessimist, Following Padfoot's Pawprints, mornir-brightflame, Roxastheguineapig, REIzor Image, cherry, DemmyandZexy-RoxerzMyBoxerz, AnonymousFOR REVIEWING!!!

In Reply to Anonymous's comment:

I- WOW! Thank you so much! –is taken aback- That has to be one of the best reviews or comments I've ever read! I couldn't believe Broken Clockwork could possibly be compared with Surgeon General's Warning at all, and I really, really appreciate it. Thank you so much, again! I really wish I could take a look at your stories, but being anonymous and all… Thanks again! It really made my day!

So sorry that is so terribly short… Last week or last 2 weeks or last 3 weeks were tests and quizzes galore! It was nearing the end of the quarter, so I had a lot on my plate. Yes. This is an amazingly short chapter. Sorry -- AGAIN! Thanks so much for being so amazingly patient with me. –throws chapter at you and runs away to catch up on sleep-

- Lovely Lulu

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As I laid there, Roxas safely snug in my arms, I knew my soon-to-be, if not already, lover had fallen asleep.

Smirking, I shifted my eyes just to make sure his eyelids were closed. Slowly, I trailed a hand down to his waste and burrowed a thin finger under the edge of his shirt.

Slowly… Slowly…

Two fingers made their way under the thin fabric and eventually the entire hand, excluding the thumb, had found refuge on the skin of Roxas. I massaged the side of his stomach, moving further and further up.

Slowly… Slowly… Almost there…

oXoXoXo

"—Nngh," I groaned. I felt a palm rubbing against my skin, pushing up my shirt. The shirt suddenly disappeared and butterfly kisses began to trail down my spine, nipping my skin here and there. Lips moved back up to my neck and licked up to my ear, biting gently, but demanding more. The hand at the base of my torso started moving up my body and made its way to my chest. The next thing I knew, a finger was circling my nipple and –

"—Ah!" I gasped when the finger flicked. I closed my eyes as I let this new sensation wash over me and felt like hands were everywhere on my body; feeling, grabbing, rubbing anything they could find. I was turned around, but I was too engulfed in pleasure to open my eyes. My lips were captured in a kiss as hands ran through my hair. I grabbed desperately in front of me to feel the other person, and secured a pair of shoulders. Tongues continued to mingle and suddenly the lips were moving away from my own, trailing back down to my chest, suckling my skin. A hand moved down… down… down… until it hit…

I gasped and heaved in a breath of air, eyes flicking open.

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"HOLY SHIT, AXEL!" I discovered all my clothes were still on, and all that was guilty was a pale, warm, slender hand 'innocently' rubbing my side. I rolled haphazardly out of the redhead's reach grabbing the blanket with me. I stood at the side of the bed, staring at Axel: THE PERVERT.

The only expression on his face was a smirk and I knew then that it was all just a dream. A wet dream.

"G'morning, Blondie," PERVERT's emerald eyes flickered, but remained staring straight into my own eyes. I gulped. Moving the blanket out in front of me, I looked down at my pants and blushed furiously. Do I need to spell it out for you? I saw one unpleasant little bulge in the WRONG PLACE.

"Y-Y-YOU PERVERT!" I screamed. "HOW COULD YOU—! EW! AGH! GROSS!" I spit out. "YOU DIDN'T—DID YOU!?"

This reaction earned a laugh from the redhead sitting on my mattress. He threw his head back gently and let a chuckle emerged from his open mouth, leaning his hands into the bed.

"Ooh. Roxas' got himself a little bit of a temper there. What if I did…?" Axel tapped his chin thoughtfully and a look of shock and horror crossed my face. Suddenly, he pushed himself off the bed and stood up, brushing himself off. "Come on. Let's get out of here," he said casually, as if nothing had happened.

"I! You! Rape! We! Me! Huh!?" I was obviously confused, but followed him out my door anyways. He stopped mid-hallway and turned to look at me.

"Where's your bathroom?" a thin red eyebrow quirked questioningly.

"There was one in my room. Why? Why do you care?!" I demanded protectively. He was obviously no longer welcome in this household. Axel just smirked.

"Well, I do believe you have some unfinished business you need to deal with…" He just glanced downwards curtly and grinned down at me, referring ever-so-discreetly to my hard-on – Which was going away, mind you! Going away very quickly!

"AAGH! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE, AXEL!" I screamed as a deep scarlet rushed to my cheeks. I pointed a stiff finger down the stairs, closing my eyes and hoping he'd just GO HOME. Who wanted him here anyways?

Oh, yeah. I did.

I mentally slapped myself in the forehead, reprimanding myself for my stupidity.

"Hmph!" He did an over-exaggerated flick of the chin towards me, swiveled around on his heel and continued to walk. "Well, who was it that wanted Axel to come in the first place? Oh, Roxas? Really, now! So Axel came to his house! But -- What's this!? Roxas wants Axel out?" Axel talked to himself as he stood at the beginning of the stairs. "Well, alright then! If that's what Roxas wants."

Roxas just glared at the back of Axel's head as Axel sauntered out of the house, passing Sora and Zexion, and right through the front door.

"Bye Sora. Bye Zexion," Axel waved half-heartedly to them as they stared, sitting on the couch, at him walking away.

"Good-bye Axel," Zexion replied.

"What a weirdo," Sora muttered.

"What a perv!" Roxas shouted before storming back into his room.

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The days thereafter passed quickly to Friday. When asked, Roxas told us that Axel hadn't contacted him since that day. Then he would haughtily storm off to wherever. At school, I only got to glance at the beauty that was Riku for 2 hours a day: History and Lunch. And at lunch, I didn't even get to talk to him! I mean, couldn't they arrange the schedules so that he'd be in ALL of my classes? Not just one! What torture… After Riku had left my house that one fateful day, I didn't get a chance to talk to him. Every time I would try, someone or something would get in the way.

Example 1

"Hey, Riku," I leaned over in my chair to tap him on the shoulder, but before I could, a girl I had never seen before swooped into the scene and grabbed my hand.

"SORA! WILL YOU MARRY ME?"

"—the hell?!"

"Class is starting, kids. Get in your seats."

Example 2

"Sora, the other day, what did you –" Riku, this time, leaned over to ask me something (omigod he tried to talk to me!), but before anything could happen, the girl on the opposite side of him put a clammy hand into his silky-smooth hair. Riku turned his head to look back at her, eyes blank.

"Riku… Your hair is sooo soft."

"Um… Thank you?"

I cringed, watching the pudgy hand stroke his hair. MY HAND BELONGED THERE!

"Could you… uh… stop that?" he requested.

"No."

"Well. Stop it," he said.

"No."

"…"

"Class is starting kids. Get in your seats."

"Stop it."

"… Fine."

Girls these days are crazy. I swear I get, like, 10 marriage proposals a week. Hey! Ladies! I'm not even able to legally marry ANYONE at 17! Sheesh…

Lunch isn't much better. Riku was gaining in popularity… fast. And when I say fast, I mean, FAST. It had only been, what, a few days? And he'd already received a few flowers, love letters, marriage proposals, and such. He had a fan club already. A fan club – In a few days?! It took me at least a week before I had a fan club! No fair! Okay. It took me 6 days, but still! No fair!

I talked to Kairi about it at the lockers before Roxas came to fetch me and she stated, and I quote, "He's your rival."

"My what?"

"Rival, Sora. You know it, don't you? You can see it, right?! That little son of a 'b' thinks he can steal your spotlight! You can't let him, So! You have to fight for your reputation! You have to beat him down in all his aloof-pretty-boy-ness! HE CAN'T WIN OVER US!" Kairi fisted her fingers and punched the air in triumph.

"You're right!" I agreed. I always agreed with Kairi. How could I not? "He's just trying to take everything from me! I can't believe I never realized this! That pretty-boy, with his fine eyes and smooth hair, can't beat us! He can't beat me!"

"YEAH!" we shouted together and high-fived. This earned a few looks and glances, but seeing it was just me and Kairi, they turned their heads again.

So, from that day on, Riku was known as my only, possibly withstanding, rival. Sure, there were lots of other kids in the school that could be potential candidates for more popularity than me, but let's face it – they got nothing on me. Riku actually had a chance.

Riku. Had. A CHANCE! And, boy, did he milk that cow.

It seemed like his hair got shinier and softer and smoother and silkier and prettier every day. The school clothes he wore increasingly became more and more revealing.

Well, Kairi said that this was just my imagination, but…

His eyes seemed to shine more and more and his muscles just didn't seem to ever stop getting more toned and beautiful! AH! Why did I have to born so wimpy?! I blame Roxas!

Every day, Riku seemed to gain, in increasing increments, more and more fan girls and even fan boys! It seemed our fans realized it, too, because the next thing you knew, little catfights were happening in the halls between our two fan clubs!

The horrors that are popularity!

In conclusion, I'd just like to say one thing:

Me and Riku equals a "no-no". Me and Riku equals a RIVALRY for the crown.

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"Do you guys go to the same school?"

"Nah. I'm a year older than them. 18."

"Ah. So am I."

"Really? Where'd you go to school before?"

"I kind of… dropped out before Junior year."

"I see. I did used to go to their school, though."

"What school is it?"

"Twilight School. It's like, right down there somewhere…"

"Alright then. Thanks for the info."

"No problem. Good luck. It was 'bout time somebody punched the daylights into him… He can't keep living in denial after all."

"Seriously, right? First glance and I knew he was queer. No doubt about it."

"Mmhm."

"I thought he knew… but I guess not."

"They're coming home soon. Better skedaddle."

"Good idea. See you sometime later, then."

"Bye."

"Later."

oXoXoXo

luluNOTE:

Oh my! Who could those two people talking be? Yes, I purposely put no descriptions.

AGH! SORRY! DX I'm always sorry. I say it so much, it's probably not even effective anymore. Very bad. I really do mean it though. I'm so sorry. This is my late-ish Halloween gift, I suppose. I decided to finish it off since I finally got some time after I finished homework (and trick-or-treating w00t) so I was planning on working on the Halloween picture to post up on deviantArt, but then the power went out.

BOOO

It was so funny, though, because the internet was already not working (cause of a previous power outage a couple minutes before the big one) so I couldn't post the picture/sketch up just yet. So I started turning the sketch into lineart on Photoshop 7.0 and I finished outlining Axel's head and saved. 2 seconds later, the power went out!

LUCKY ME! XD I feel so blessed lol

Anyways, though. The power is out, the internet is down (because there's no power…) right now (as I'm typing this)…

How was everybody's Halloween? I went trick-or-treating with my friends, but there were like 5 extra people that somehow found their way into our little clique, so they tagged along and it wasn't as fun. It wasn't a very fun Halloween for me. I didn't get too much candy at all and my sister got like, A TON! She's 8. She went around our subdivision while I went to my friend's which had, like, no houses. No fun! DX

Hope you guys had fun, though. Review and tell me! I want to hear how the scariest holiday was! X3

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