A/N: Dum-da-da-dum!! I'M BACK!! And damn am i happy about it!! I'm so sorry this took so long guys! I've been really busy! Testtesttesttesttest!! I swear the word 'test' is burned into my brain! Thanx for the reviews!! They were awesome!

Axel's POV

Monday. Damn it needs to die. Why? It woke me up and made me actually think of getting up when I was sleeping so peacefully on the couch. With Roxas on my chest.

It took me about five minutes before I remembered all that had happened yesterday.

I remember kicking Seifer out of the house saying if I ever saw him again, the police would be on his ass. I remember talking with Roxas. And I remember…he kissed me.

Holy shit…I had thought that was a dream…but the memory was way too clear to even possibly be a dream.

My heart was now going about two hundred miles an hour if not more…

What the hell was that sound?

…I turned on the TV to the weather station, keeping it low so as not to wake the boy on my chest.

"-schools across the state of New York have been closed today. Not surprising since the storm covering most of the state makes the one a few weeks ago look like a spring rain. The storm is predicted to last through Wednesday. Now onto-" I turned it off.

Cool.

One guess what I did next.

I woke up again when I felt the weight on top of me shift.

"Uh…am I imagining things or does that clock say eleven?" And hello "we'll be late for school…again" syndrome (Reno calls it that. So I'm a little late sometimes so what?)

"Listen for a sec Roxy." Shit…did not mean to call him that.

Is that a…blush? Holy shit it was. I smiled. I could get used to this.

"Oh…" I laughed.

"I'll bet you anything that within the next half hour Demyx we'll be pounding on your door." That got him to laugh and nod.

He got up and I repressed the urge to whimper as the cold air hit my chest. Dammit I will not whimper in front of someone else.

"You want something to eat?" I propped myself up on my elbows and watched him walk into the kitchen. Is it just me or did he seem to…float?

"What'cha got?" He laughed.

"Anything you want." The smile on his face was…odd. The phrase was said oddly.

But did that do more than scratch the edge of my thoughts? Nope. When I'm hungry, any other thought disappears.

Sure enough. As soon as the clock turned to read twelve, some knocking came at the door. Wait. Did I say knocking? I'm pretty sure a hand can't make that loud of a sound.

I waited till right after one of the knocks to open the door.

Zexion became unbalanced and would have fallen on his ass had Zexion and Larxene not been behind to catch him.

"Aw Zexy, I thought you reserved kicking down a door for my door." Fake hurt is rather easy for me to pull off.

"You're in this house so it applies to this one as well. Now let us in it's freezing out here." I looked to Roxas, who looked like he was trying hard not to laugh.

"I don't know, this isn't my house. Well Roxas wanna let these home wreckers in?" He laughed lightly. That's when I really noticed how much his face, hell all of him, was just glowing.

"Sure. I'm gonna go change. Make yourselves at home." Again with the floating thing.

When he was down the hall and out of sight, I realized my friends were still shivering outside. Oops.

Not that they noticed…They were all kinda just staring at me.

"You heard him. Come in." I opened the door wider. Demyx was nodding dumbly, Larxene as well, and Zexion was…Zexion.

"What's with the looks?" They knew something I didn't. Not for long if I had my way.

"Dear lord are you really that dense?" I just nodded because I didn't want Zexion to spend the next fifteen minutes proving that I was (he's done it before…I swear he is devil spawn)

"You've spent more time with him than anyone and you don't notice? He was practically floating…and he looked half-fairy!" Hm. Wouldn't have described it that way but whatever works.

"So?" Zexion pinched the bridge of his nose. It looked rather interesting from my point of view considering he really only comes up to my chin. God I love short people.

"You're glowing too bastard." Was I? Well…that's embarrassing. But I guess it would explain the goofy smile I just now felt on my face. I tried to make it leave. It didn't work.

"What happened?" At least Demyx can be counted on to be nice…

"Uh…" Now I blushed. I don't know why. Never blushed before…

"You kissed him didn't you?" Girls' instincts man…scary stuff.

"Not exactly…he kissed me…but…" I shrugged. Demyx was practically squealing, Larxene was smiling and Zexion was again, being Zexion (he has NO emotions!!)

Roxas' POV

Was that a squeal? Oh shit…Axel told them…or they guessed. It wouldn't be that hard with the look on his face. I had been trying hard not to laugh all morning because of it.

Me. Trying not to laugh? I could barely believe it. In fact, I was trying to avoid that topic all together.

I looked through my closet again. I didn't want to wear a turtleneck again today. I had nothing else to hide so why make myself uncomfortable? I shook my head. These thoughts were coming too easy.

A small part of my mind was warning me, telling me not to let my guard down. Anything could happen…anything…

A larger part of me though, knew I probably looked just as goofy as Axel.

I don't know what had made me kiss him last night. I really don't.

His expression of complete surprise though was rather cute.

I figured out it was pointless looking for anything that wasn't black or dark brown and threw on a dark blue tank top and black lounge pants. Not like I was going outside anyway.

I made sure that The Room's door was closed before heading out to the living room where everyone else was. I didn't realize I had stalkers with me until Demyx squealed.

Apparently Demyx likes dogs.

I didn't even see him run over here or pick up Tsuki and Taiyou but there they were, in his arms, loving the attention.

Hoshii wasn't nearly as welcoming. Not again.

"Shi-Shi. Come on girl." I knelt down beside her. "They're Axel's friends okay? They're mine too. He won't hurt your babies." I don't know why, but Hoshii has always responded when I talked to her like a human. A Japanese human anyway. One of the reasons I normally spoke to her in Japanese.

She seemed to nod and stopped snarling.

Flashback 2 years ago…

"Oh shit, oh shit…" The blonde hurried through the streets, imagining what waited for him at home if he couldn't find the money.

He ducked into one of the smaller dens that lined the alleys in this part of town. Just his luck it was the one he needed.

He had no taste for dog fighting. It hurt him to watch. But it was the only way he'd get the money he needed in time.

Dog fighting, or any type of fighting really, was the only thing he hated. He may not have believed he had nay right to hate anything, but even a dead tree can hate the wood chipper.

The den was crowded, even better for getting the money. He waved a few bills at the man in charge (he was dressed differently, more richly than anyone else in the den)

"Which one?" The boy looked into the ring where two more dogs were being brought out.

One was a Rottweiler, a rather nasty looking one. The other was an Akita. She was smaller than the other and seemed more to shy than attack. Odd.

He heard the bets going to the Rottweiler.

Something in his heart, or what was left of it, twisted. This wasn't a fight. It was going to be a slaughter. For the Rottweiler anyway. He could see that in the female's eyes. There was hurt there sure, but…her eyes looked like what Roxas could have become. Sane insanity. She was willing to fight, but that didn't mean she wanted to.

That's when a crazy idea came to him. He pulled out all his money. "I'll take the female." The man looked at the boy with more interest now. Roxas knew what he saw. New bait. Roxas could see the wheels in the man's head turning as he tried to figure out how much money he could get out of him.

"Hope you know what you're doin' boy." Roxas nodded and turned back to the fight. He held his stomach beneath his coat. This wasn't going to be easy to watch.

The fight was over quickly. And just as Roxas had thought, the female had won. But not without damage. Cuts on her stomach were bleeding freely.

He collected his money from a rather quieter ref and walked over to who seemed to be the owner of the dog.

"How much do you want for her?" The man looked up from what he was doing (counting money it looked like)

"49,000. She's almost impossible to get here at all. She's no use to me as a real dog." Roxas shook his head at the man's stupidity but also could see a point. That dog would only fight for so long before she turned on those who pushed her. He handed him the bills and was as close to happy as he could get to realize he still had enough to give Sir.

The man left for a sec and came back with the dog on a chain leash. She was still bleeding pretty badly, but they were closing now.

Roxas accepted the leash from the man without another word.

End flashback

Hoshii almost seemed to nod and looked back to the now calmer Demyx. Said taller blonde had put down Tsuki and Taiyou and was now holding out his hand to Hoshii.

Hoshii had understood, and I hadn't realized how important that was to me. If Hoshii, who might as well have been an extension of me, had not chosen to try and like my new…friends (odd word that) I don't know what I would've done.

"Well Demyx. I am now officially jealous of you." That was Axel, who was at the moment eating some cereal. Forgot I had that in there.

"Why?" He was now petting Hoshii happily and hadn't even looked up.

"She attacked me the first time I met her." I laughed, remembering.

"Roxy? How the hell do you turn on your TV? It hates me I swear." I laughed even harder watching Axel mess with the remote. The look of concentration on his face was just too much.

"It's the big button Axel. The one that says 'on'." he blushed.

"I knew that…" Uh-huh. Sure you did Axel.

I walked over to the couch that Axel and Larxene were sitting on. (Zexion had taken the chair) I sat down by Axel's side, just to let out a squeak (I, unlike many guys, have no issue with admitting that I squeaked. Everyone does it when they're surprised, guy or girl. Get over it) as Axel pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

I ignored the almost silent "aw" from Demyx's direction and the smile on Larxene's face, and practically melted into my spot.

Axel finally managed to turn on the TV and flicked it to a twenty-four hour movie channel.

I don't remember the movies we watched, or what we talked about.

I was way too absorbed in the feeling of complete bliss I was feeling, all through the day.

I'll admit it now.

I'm in love.

Disclaimer: yadda yadda. I own nothing. I'll live (barely)

A/N: Yay my chappy was longer this time!! Again i'm so sorry this took me so long (i'll try to be faster!) and if this chap seems a bit...monotonous (or boring for those who are big word handicapped like me) but i swear after a few english tests you'd start to write like that too! Anyway thank you so much for your support guys! Love ya! Please review!