Disclaimer - Pffth, yeah right... and for the record, I don't own Rave hair spray either.

Warning - Boy love, a drop Nudity and the much dreaded question "Where do babies come from"

A/N - Sorry the update took so long. I wanted to finish my other story so I can do this one more frequently.

By the way I decided to up the rating to teen. Just because of the language. I think that if Kingdom Hearts wasn't rated E (or if Disney wasn't involved...) Axel would so be the type to curse... a lot. So I really had to throw in some. It won't go past the teen rating though, I promise . Besides that, enjoy the fluffyness that is baby Roxas!

Protecting Me

Chapter 4 : Cold feet, Warm bed

There you are,

You're not that far cause...

'This day sucks, this castle sucks, and all of the horrid nobodies living within it suck!' Axel thought as he made his way down the hall holding a pint sized Roxas on his so called 'hip'. He would have to make sure he killed Demyx later that day for such an uncalled for comment. It wasn't his fault he had such a ... womanly figure. Unfortunately he had been given the unpleasant task of caring for his tiny friend. He knew this was going to be a recipe for disaster.

One, he knew nothing about caring for young children,

and two, it was just felt plain awkward when just yesterday the boy was fifteen.

His deep friendship with Roxas was already awkward, but a deep awkward friendship with a three year old? There was a word for that... what was it?

Oh yes, Jail bait!

Axel felt Roxas' tiny arm jab into his shoulder as he leaned over it to talk to Demyx. Sadly, that was Axel's second problem. Now that Demyx was on good terms with the 'new' Roxas, he insisted on following them everywhere... but of course he did that before, so not much had changed there. Only now he upped his level of annoyance. He kept going on about how seriously he was going to take his new role as Roxas' 'father'.

"... Lot and lots of candy! Then we should go to the store and get those little tiny baby socks and shoes and..." Demyx trailed behind making hand gestures showing just how small the clothes Roxas wears would be. The toddler didn't care much, he just bounce along happily nodding at Demyx's comments. As long as he got stuff out of the musician, he really didn't care how much he talked. Axel was just about at his nerves end with the melodious nocturne and Roxas at this point. He turned sharply on his heel to face his follower.

"Do you have anything inside of you that tells you when to shut the hell up?" Axel growled. Demyx looked up at him with a scowl on his face. Axel suddenly felt a sharp pain on the very tip of his nose as if someone had flicked it. He looked to his side to see Roxas with his index finger tucked against his thumb looking like he was about to do it again.

"What's the matter with you shorty?" He asked after noticing Roxas was also scowling at him.

"Say you'we sowwy to Demy. 'Shut up' is not a vewy nice thing to say!" Roxas held his fingers close to Axel's nose, threatening to flick it again if he didn't cooperate.. Axel raised his eyebrow. Normally Roxas stood right beside him in telling Demyx to get lost. Sometimes even putting it much harsher than himself. But in this case, it was only the biggest rule of thumb among little kids, Axel should have known. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all

Demyx leaned in closer to Axel with a smug grin on his face. No one had ever stood up for him before. It felt nice to have someone demanding an apology for him. "Yeah Axel, that hurt my feelings. Now you gotta say sorry!" Ah, sweet revenge! Axel glared at Demyx.

"I'm gonna burn both of your asses if you don't shut up!" Roxas sighed as he rested his head back against Axel's shoulder. Apparently there was no helping his pyromaniac caretaker be a little nicer to others.

"Oh your no fun Axel!" Demyx pouted.

"Whatever." They continued their way down the blinding white halls of the castle, the florescent lights not helping at all, although without the lights it would be like a blackout hit them. In the World that Never Was, the sun never rose. The city almost seemed as if it were in eternal night. The only way they could tell that it was even morning was the fact that the lights turned on as a replacement for the sun that was never going to come.

Finally they stopped before a long hallway located on the seventh of the thirteen floors. Otherwise known as the floor that held the upstairs bathroom. Axel once again turned sharply on Demyx, who had turned silent after being threatened and looked very downcast. Roxas too had turned to ignoring Axel for making Demyx, his newest friend, sad.

"Listen, I'm sorry for threatening you. So you can just go back to being an annoying pain in the ass now." Axel said in a defeated voice.

"I knew you'd see it our way!" Demyx put the smugness back in his voice. Already he could tell this was going to be very fun. Someone on his side who had control over Axel?... Had the Gods suddenly smiled upon him or something?

"See? Now wewe all happy!" Roxas said while wrapping his arms around his friends neck. Axel rolled his eyes. If by happy Roxas meant on the verge of supplying a long and painful death to whom ever got him into this, then yes, Axel was indeed the happiest person in all of the worlds. But what would have made him even happier at that moment was to get away from the both of them before that painful death was directed towards them.

"I'm going to go take a shower. Why don't you look after shorty here while I do that." As Axel dropped Roxas into the sitar-ists arms he took note of the adorable angry pout Roxas wore at the nickname 'shorty'. He would be sure to call him that again, if for nothing else then to see that cute little look of his. He began to walk down the hall towards the upstairs bathroom.

"But what should I do with him?" Demyx yelled down the hall.

This whole time he talked of nothing else but taking his new role seriously and now he doesn't know what to do? The urge to kill rose…

"I donno... find him different clothes to wear or something. He can't be wearing that over grown Organization coat all day." Honestly, that boy could be clueless at times.

xXx

Axel reached for the upstairs bathroom door and was about to enter when he heard some strange noises coming from the other side. It was a muffled mix of cabinets opening, water running and at the same time, someone was muttering various obscenities. Suddenly the water shut off and the cabinet violently slammed shut. The door swung open to reveal Zexion looking rather ragged with his hair severely misplaced (Axel could only guess from being shoved so roughly against the wall) and a cold sweat all over his body. The distraught boy leaned heavily against the doorframe as he glared up at Axel from under his disheveled hair. He was holding a bottle of half empty mouthwash in one hand and a toothbrush in the other, wearing nothing but a pair of black boxers and a white t-shirt. This was definitely the farthest thing from normal Zexion behavior Axel had ever seen. Normally this scholarly boy was neat and orderly, never a stray hair out of place.

"What the hell happened to you?" It was the first thing that slipped from Axel's mouth.

The sixth member of the Organization looked up at Axel with an angry scowl that screamed 'Are you stupid?'

"I was scrubbing myself! Not like that would wash away the shame! His tongue. Was in. My mouth!" Zexion looked furious. Actually, furious was an understatement.

Zexion didn't stop to say anymore. He kept making his way down the hall, occasionally taking a swig of his mouthwash. It was obvious that the harmless kiss given to him earlier wasn't something that he could just dust off his shoulder.

"Well, that was sufficiently awkward." Axel muttered as he shut himself inside the bathroom.

Their bathroom was no different from any other bathroom. Maybe a little bigger but it held one large shower/bathtub combo with white curtains, a sink, medicine cabinet, just the normal things anyone would need to get ready in the morning. The main problem with the shared bathrooms though came down to the fact that everyone belonging were shoved into one cabinet. Including Larxene's feminine products. Knowing where your stuff was in that cabinet usually avoided the awkward situation of accidentally picking up Larxene's womanly ... things.

Axel stripped down to his bare skin and turned the shower handle to its hottest temperature. The second he stepped in, his flaming red hair began to droop low behind his shoulders and skin seemed to almost absorb the scalding hot water. He placed his hands on the cool wall and let the scalding water run down his pale back. It ran down his smooth skin, falling into the crevices of his muscular stomach. He stood like that in the shower for a long while. Right now he was absolutely dreading stepping out of the comfort and solitude of the bathroom. It would mean returning to his latest problem.

No matter his friends new appearance, he still saw him as a teenager. No big deal, right? He would just have to get used to seeing him as he IS not as he WAS for as long as he's like this, hopefully someone would find a solution to this quickly. He sighed. How come that seemed easier to think then to actually do? Anyway, he didn't want to leave Roxas alone with Demyx for to long. Mostly for fear that his tiny brain would easily be corrupted by that weirdo. Whether he liked it or not, he had to get out.

Deciding to let his body air dry, he ignored the heated rack of soft fluffy towels and headed towards the bathroom cabinet completely naked. The second it was opened, he was bombarded with various hair care products all belonging to Marluxia. Luckily through all the mess, he was able to find his own. Ah yes, maximum hold hair spray. At last, he dug to the back of the cabinet to where the mouthwash was normally kept and... wait a second... GONE! Seven bottles of mouthwash completely gone!

"Zexion..." Axel growled. "Don't tell me that he had to use seven BRAND NEW bottles of mouth wash just because that son of a-"

"Axey!" Suddenly the door to the bathroom burst open and Roxas came running in dressed in an over sized red shirt, latching himself to the redheads bare leg. Not too long after Roxas had come in, Demyx came stumbling in after him.

"Roxas, get back he-AH! YOUR NAKED!" Demyx tripped over his own two feet trying to back out of the room. He slammed the door shut to block out the sight of Axel standing there nude, all the while blushing deeply. Axel too had a deep blush on his face as red as his hair, this one not out of embarrassment but out of anger. The toddler was still clinging to his leg, gazing up at Axel's naked body in amazement.

"Woah, it's so big!" Roxas pointed to a certain attribute of male anatomy hanging between Axel's legs. "Will mine evew get that big Axey?"

Axel quickly pulled a towel around his waist. His face was now glowing a deep crimson. "That's it!" The Pyromaniac yelled as he took Roxas roughly by the hand and dragged him out into the hallway. Outside of the bathroom, Demyx leaned against the wall by the door with his hands over his eyes, desperately trying to shake off the image of Axel's naked body.

"Demyx you idiot! You were supposed to be watching him!" He heard an all to familiar voice yell at him.

Demyx flashed Axel a nervous smile. "I-I'm so s-sorry. I tried b-but he ran away from me. He's really fast!" The boy tried to explain quickly because Axel was only getting angrier by the second.

"Just tell me one thing Demyx. Why do you have to be such an-!"

"Axel..." Roxas wiggled his hand free from Axel's and looked up at him. His messy mop of blond locks fell back as he looked up at Axel with his bright blue eyes. The boys over sized red shirt was practically swallowed him. "Do I wook wike you?" Roxas put his index finger against his temple and made his eyes into little slits. "Got it memowized? Did I do it wight!" The toddler jumped up and down, looking hopeful at this caretaker. Axel had to put a finger to his lips in order to stifle a laugh. He looked absolutely adorable in that big red shirt... Wait, that shirt... It was HIS red shirt! He bent over to pick Roxas up, holding onto his towel with the other.

"Sounds...just like me." Roxas began giggling wildly while Axel was fighting the urge to just begin joining him in laughing. Damn him and his laughter. It was infectious!

"Aw, see Axel," While Axel's attention was on someone else Demyx began to slowly back away. "he just wanted to be just like you. Now I gotta go now, bye!"

"Hold it! You're not off the hook that easily." Axel called after him. Demyx stopped dead in his tracks and turned slowly. "You are no longer allowed to be left alone with small children without supervision."

"But!"

"Now don't you have someone else to bother right now?"

Normally Demyx made a daily round of annoying various members of the Organization. He called it bonding time while the others just tried to get rid of him. He liked to consider this annoyance a necessity. He Justifyed this by saying that as an organization, they should be well acquainted with each other. Demyx looked up thoughtfully, then over to a clock hanging up on a nearby wall. When he caught sight of the time his eyes grew wide as if in shock.

"It's already one o' five! I was supposed to meet with Marluxia!" The blond took off down the hall that lead to the green house that Marluxia tended to this time of the day. Well, at least bothering Marluxia would keep him busy so that Demyx wasn't bothering him. Of course, little did Axel know, he would be dealing with a whole new level of annoyance.

xXx

"Whatcha doin' now?" Roxas bounced happily in the seat next to Axel. In order for him to reach the table from his seat, the toddler had to sit on a stack of books.

"The same thing I was doing five minutes ago when you asked." Axel sighed. Almost immediately after Demyx left, Xaldin came to Axel with orders from the superior. Xemnas figured since piling on extra missions and chores never affected Axel's behavior, maybe putting Axel out of his natural environment would teach him a lesson.

So after getting dressed, He was supposed to help Vexen in the lab as a form of punishment for what took place earlier that morning. Having to stay down in the lab for hours was punishment enough. The place was just plain creepy, not to mention Vexen himself creeped Axel out to an extreme level. Vexen hardly trusted Axel with anything but research, so he was stuck reading a boring book in the castles creepy lab.

What a good day.

Vexen himself was thoroughly enjoying himself. He worked over at his lab bench, watching the two with a smirk on his face while Roxas got on Axel's last nerve.

'Payback is indeed a bitch isn't it Axel?' Vexen thought to himself. This would certainly get back at him for all the times he would come down to his lab just to cause chaos. Perhaps the best part of this was that Axel didn't even know it was him who brought on this form of torture.

Every one of the original six organization members had a background in science and was very skilled in concocting potions. Anyone who had a vendetta against either Axel or Roxas could have easily done it… and Kingdom Hearts knew enough members held grudges against the duo. Not to mention Roxas had been on several missions to previously unexplored worlds. He had yet to report back as to what he had experienced in those world, but it had already been documented that visiting some worlds did cause a physical change. If Axel put his mind to it though, it was pretty easy to figure out who did it. Of course he never particularly viewed Axel as intelligent.

"This is Boooowing!" Roxas sang. "Play with me Axel!" Axel couldn't help but smile at Roxas. He had always had been an active one. Always wanting to be doing something.

'No, not again!' Axel thought. 'He's three, not fifteen... See him as he is, not was.'

"Maybe later." ... Boring facts about who knows and who cares! To bad he couldn't just throw this book at Vexen, but he was already in trouble enough. Who knew what his next punishment would be... Probably something cruel and unusual... like assisting Larxene.

"No now!" Roxas stuck his bottom lip out in a pout as he poked at Axel's side, but he hardly seemed to notice the tiny finger ramming into his hip.

"Not now, Later!"

Once Roxas saw that no matter what he did Axel wasn't even looking at him, he decided to fall back on the age-old phrase 'if you can't beat 'um, join 'um'. He took a book from the top of the pile he was sitting on and propped it up in front of him like Axel. He eyed the pyro carefully, positioning his body in the exact way he did. If Axel sighed, he sighed. When Axel turned a page, he did the same. And when Axel slammed his book shut, so did he.

"Can't you go play somewhere else?" Instantly Axel's eyes shot down at the ground. That came out in a way harsher tone then he actually meant. He shrugged it off and continued reading, just hoping Roxas didn't hear it come out the same way he did. Roxas climbed up onto the table, leaning forward so that he blocked Axel from reading his book. Axel still didn't look up. He knew the look on Roxas face would probably cause him to break.

"I'm sowwy..." His little voice sounded so frail and helpless... Not anything like the older Roxas' voice.

"I love you... " Don't look up, don't look up...

"Wai-What?"

Roxas fell over laughing at the face Axel made. His face held the expression of someone who just got locked in Larxene's torture chamber of a bedroom. 'He's three... not fifteen... three...' Axel shut his eyes and kept repeating this to himself in his head.

"Now you gotta catch me!" The little voice came from farther away now. Axel snapped back into reality to realize the book he was reading was no longer in front of him. Vexen pointed over the stairs when he noticed the confusion apparent on Axel's face. Roxas had taken the book and ran straight out of the lab with it.

"I'll be back." Axel called over is shoulder to Vexen as he went running after Roxas. Vexen smirked subconsciously.

"He won't be back." He muttered to himself as he heard the lab door slam shut.

xXx

"Roxas, give me the book!"

"NO! Its mine!"

"No, it's Vexen's book."

"Says who!"

"Roxas, I'm only gonna ask nicely once more!"

"You can't have it!"

For the past few hours, Axel was just desperately trying to get the book from Roxas' clutches. The toddler had seemingly learned what it meant to have a personal possession. Of course Axel wondered how he could ever consider one of Vexen's books on how the heart works a personal possession. Axel tried everything from asking to chasing, and even pulling to get the book back. For one thing, Demyx was correct, for being so little, he was fast! Not only fast, but strong! He held on for dear life to that book. Axel leaned up against the nice cool wall for a break, Sweat pouring from his forehead down into the back of his Organization jacket. Roxas stood in front of him mockingly, holding the books closely to his chest.

A loud bell rang throughout the halls of the castle. The bell that let everyone else know that dinner was ready. Fortunately the loud bell caused Roxas to jump and drop the book in the process. Finally Axel quickly grabbed it before Roxas could notice.

"Hey! Gimme back!" Roxas jumped up to try to get the book back. He failed horribly and landed on his bottom.

"Well, it seems that you finally got my book back from that insolent brat." Vexen rounded the corner of the hallway and approached the duo. "Not that you actually got any work done with it." The scientist showed Axel the page of notes he was asked to take. The paper was mostly blank save for some random words and a messy doodle of a heartless.

"What did you call Roxas!" Axel cared less about what was written on that paper. Something about what Vexen chose to call Roxas felt horribly wrong. Even though throughout his time as a nobody he was told he wasn't able to feel. He felt a twinge of anger shoot through him and it was all directed towards Vexen as he moved closer to the scientist.

"Is it not true? Even you were fed up with his actions in the basement."

"You listen to me, Call him a brat again and you won't live to see those hearts you're researching so much about!" Axel was so close to Vexen now that he could feel his breath. Vexen merely smirked.

"I guess I shall save your piece of paper be then." Axel raised his eyebrow. That's all he had to say to that? "Because once the Superior gets word of your disrespect you'll need it to finish those notes." And on that bad note, Vexen left for the dinning hall..

"Hey Axel..." Axel felt a light tugging on the bottom of his coat provided by Roxas. "What's a 'Bwat' ?"

Axel took Roxas into his arms, feeling a strange amount of affection towards the boy. Well, it couldn't be considered a feeling, right?

They were not allowed to feel. What a horrible place to be living. A place where feeling were banned. The most he felt he could do for Roxas at the moment was keep him safe, no emotions had to be strewn in the mix.

"A bad name. If anyone else ever calls you a brat, tell me. I'm the only one allowed to call you a brat." Axel ruffled the boys hair affectionately. Somewhere deep down in there, he saw Roxas. The Roxas that brightened his days in a place he couldn't stand. For now he'd have to get used to that source of brightness being about three feet tall with a speech problem.

xXx

Dinner was definitely... interesting. It was the second time that the whole Organization actually got to see the new Roxas. He definitely didn't disappoint. The whole time they were eating, he was stuffing his face with a peanut butter and Jelly sandwich and having a wonderful time telling everyone about what Axel looked like naked in great three-year-old detail. The whole time Axel had managed to subconsciously sink to the floor, his skin turning unbearably cold as he began to think of nothing but various suicide methods.

The rest of the organization had mixed feelings about the subject. Most of the Superiors were quite appalled by the story, except for Xigbar who listened in amusement. Demyx sat with his hands over his ears. Having witnessed Axel's nudity in person, he didn't want to relive such an embarrassing walk in. Larxene and Marluxia on the other hand were sharing in an elated fit of laughter. Both were clutching their stomachs as they almost fell to the floor.

"The Superior was right!" Larxene said through laughter. "You do belong taking care of Roxas! This is priceless!"

Roxas paused his story and looked over at Axel, who was barely visible because he had sunk so low under the table. "Axel..." Roxas said loudly, bringing attention to his bright red face. Axel visibly flinched.

"What is it Roxas?"

"Whewe do babies come fwom?" Roxas shouted loud enough for all of the Dark City to hear. At that Larxene literally fell out of her seat and onto the floor. All of the Organization members who were trying to hold in their laughter finally let it out.

"I too would love to hear your philosophy on where they come from." Marluxia said as he pushed his plate aside.

Axel nervously stuttered over his words. Why the hell was everyone out to get him? Ok sure him and Roxas caused SOME trouble in the past... Played a LOT of pranks on everyone, but sometimes these people didn't know how to take a joke. By chance Axel was saved from further embarrassment when Roxas began to yawn and rub at his eyes.

He jumped at the opportunity to leave the dinning hall. He started to pile up his and a very confused and unanswered Roxas's plates on top of one another and pushed them towards the center of the table.

"I'm going to go put him to bed now." Axel gave a sigh of relief as he took Roxas into his arms and started for the door.

"He's only going to keep asking, so you might as well tell him." Xigbar smiled deviously.

Axel looked back with a glare.

"I hate you too Xigbar."

xXx

It was already seven o' clock, meaning the end to this disastrous day. All he had to do was make it to Roxas's bedroom... Just a few more steps and...

"Axel, a word with you." Damn it, so close! Axel turned to see Saix step forward.

"What do you want?" The redhead asked in a tired voice, setting Roxas down for a moment. Roxas blankly watched as Saix and Axel discussed matters he hardly understood for while. That is, until he saw something yellow poke out behind the corner. Curiously, he toddled towards it to see that the patch of yellow he saw was actually hair.

Larxene once again poked her head around the corner, drawing Roxas towards her with her finger.

"Why awe you hidin'?" Roxas yelled once he reached her. She quickly put her finger to his lips to silence him.

"Still curious about where babies come from?"

"Yes yes!"

"Of course you do." Larxene leaned down to Roxas level and began whispering into his ear.

With the new knowledge of the process in which babies are born, Roxas ran over to Axel and latched onto his leg. For some strange reason, when Roxas came out Saix just seemed to loose interest in what they were talking about and walked off in the opposite direction. Axel stared in confusion for a few second before finally taking Roxas in his bedroom. Saix's oddities where very seldom a concern of his anyway.

In the dark corner Larxene hide in, a portal appeared beside her. A blue haired male stepped out and gave her a smug grin. She too smiled back in a creepy way.

"I distracted Axel like we agreed. I believe it's time for my payment." Saix held out his hand to the girl.

"Like promised." She placed a bag of munny into his open palm. "I'm gonna make Axel wish he never knew that kid."

xXx

Why did it seem like everything that day was more difficult than it sounded? It was such a simple task; put Roxas in his bed, say goodnight and leave. Such a simple task that was somehow twisted into something horribly complex.

Roxas's room was quite neat that day. Normally the boys room was just as messy as Demyx's room. The only reason it was clean that day was most likely because Xemnas issued an inspection for his room recently. Axel set Roxas down on his bed and pulled the boys black comforter up to his chin, saying a quick goodnight.

Roxas shifted nervously under his covers.

"Axel!" Roxas called out before he could leave. Axel turned, his peridot eyes heavy with exhaustion. "I need some watew please."

Of course Axel realized that the only way to get Roxas to go to sleep was by bowing down to whatever he wished. Besides, get the kid some water and he'd actually sleep, it sounded like a good deal. He portalled down to the kitchen and fetched the boy a glass of water. When Roxas finally got that water, he didn't even touch it, just set it on his nightstand.

Although aggravated about his water being ignored, Axel attempted to leave the room a second time.

"Axel!" He cringed at the sound.

"What now?"

"Umm," Roxas looked around the room as if just begging for another excuse to magically crawl up from the carpet. "open the window!"

And so Axel once again did exactly as Roxas ask and pushed the window open to let a chilling breeze enter the room. The redhead muttered another goodnight to his blond friend as he tried to leave thinking that the third times the charm...

"Axel!"

And at that point he was plain mad.

"WHAT?"

Roxas nervously hugged his pillow and looked up at Axel clearly embarrassed. "... Can you stay with me please?"

There it was again! That helpless voice! The one that came with the puppy dog pout that made Axel absolutely melt. For that reason he avoided looking back at Roxas and kept walking.

"You'll be fine. You sleep alone every night. Now I'm going to go sleep in my room... alone." With that bitter comment, Axel slammed the door shut on the toddler. Right after the bit of spite passed through him, he wished he had kept it locked up inside of him rather then taking it out on that helpless kid. He wasn't the strong and secure Roxas he was used to anymore, but a helpless kid. He had to remind himself to keep anger to a minimum around the poor thing.

But that was for tomorrow. He severely needed a good nights sleep, and therefore just kept walking.

Everything in Roxas' room seemed to become dark and eerie as soon as the lights shut off. The open window blew in howling wind making him wish he never asked Axel to open it. Roxas tried to bury his head under the covers to block everything out but it was even darker under there! The presence of another being was heavily ambient in the room.

A shadow from outside the window reflected over onto the far wall. It looked like a bug type creature with bright glowing eyes. Roxas hugged his pillow close, trying to make it go away. He felt a tear slide down his cheek.

"Axel..."

"Nice warm bed... Sleep, finally!" Axel collapsed on his bed. Surrounded by the warm colors of his room and the exhaustion cause by his newest problem, sleep definitely came fast. The only light in the room came from a lamp giving off an ambient glow.

After only a half an hour, Axel was already in a deep sleep, lying on his side with the elastic of his boxers hugging his thin hips. The warmth of his room usually caused him to wear no more then that. That's how he lived, surrounded by heat, and that's how he liked it.

The door to his bedroom cracked open and a small figure slipped in. Along with the intrusion, a cold breeze from the outside hallway also managed to slip in. The cold air nipped at Axel's bare skin, causing him to shiver.

"Axel."

The Flurry of dancing flames opened a blurry eye. At the side of his bed, there stood Roxas shaking like a leaf in the wind. His room wasn't cold, so why he would be shaking was beyond his knowledge. His eyes were red and his face showed faint traces of tearstains. Axel groaned loudly and sat up.

"What now?"

"Can I sleep with you... please. I'll be weal quite, pwomise!" Roxas gave him a look that said 'If you turn me away I will cry.'

Axel slapped his forehead and dragged it down his face, pulling his features downward.

What to do... what to do...

"You can't because," Axel searched his head for an excuse. "because your feet are cold!"

Roxas looked down at his cold feet then back up at Axel. His tiny chin quivering a bit.

"But it's dawk in my woom... thewe's somethin' in thewe Ax..." A tiny tear slid out of the corner of his eye.

"Come on kid, don't cry." Axel let out a defeated sigh, "Can't believe I'm doing this... Come on." Axel scootched over to make room for Roxas to climb in.

Roxas couldn't climb up fast enough. He pushed his body close to Axel's, curling up to his chest with his cold feet pressed against his friends legs. With the position Roxas chose to lay in, Axel's nose was right in his hair. Axel groaned at the uncomfortable chill against his leg, but what other choice did he have? He pulled the blanket up over the two of them, preparing for a second go at sleep.

"Hey Axel..." Roxas moved his head to look a Axel.

"Hmmm..."

"Guess what? Lawxene told me that babies come from a giwls-"

"LARXENE!"

A/N - Ah don't you love it when Axel has to suffer?

Oh, and I totally credit artspaz description help. She accurately helped me describe Axel's naked body, and for that I am grateful.