Chapter 12 – He Doesn't Look a Thing Like Jesus

"Oh my God! Roxy-poo, what happened to my adorable little muffin face?" Demyx ran up to me and grabbed my face painfully, though he wasn't intending to cause me pain, and pulled me so my face was only inches away from his concerned one.

"Oh my God, Demyx, you're up before noon!" I said as I gently pushed Demyx away. Demyx, in the way he often does, ignored my comment.

"You two weren't having rough sex were you? 'Cause if you were, Axel, I think you need to take it down a notch. I mean, look at my muffin-cake. All those colors aren't supposed to be there?" Demyx exclaimed and Axel busted out laughing as he took his supplies to the Disco shelf.

"I got beat up on my way home yesterday. Axel saved me." I explained, not entirely untruthful.

"Oh my God, really. That had to be scary. Axel can get a temper on him when it comes to protecting the ones he loves."

"It was a little. I thought you only got up early for donuts." I said changing the subject.

"Oh…I was going to yell at you two. I changed my mind though; I'm just going o yell at Axel."

"Hey." Axel said from where he was fixing the shelf.

"Hey, if you ever show up to work with a swollen multicolored face, I'll go easy on you too." Demyx chided as he walked over to Axel. I shook my head and walked into the backroom as Demyx started lecturing Axel on proper worker ethics. One of them being 'Clean your fudging Disco mess up after you fudging knock it over'. I'm pretty sure Demyx rearranged the words for that particular rule.

As I walked into the backroom I saw Zexion seemingly sleeping on the floor. Silently I hung my coat up, and then jumped when Zexion spoke up. "Just beat you up for no reason, huh?" He commented.

"Somehow I don't think you'll be as easy to convince as Demyx."

"No." He gave me that 'all knowing' look of his as he sat up.

"Shouldn't you be at work?" I asked.

"Eight thirty in the morning is too early for a psychologist, or at least it is for me."

"I think this is the most you've ever talked to me." I said and Zexion gave a smirk that could compete with Axel's, though I think Axel would win. "But I see you and Demyx have at least two things in common now. You both don't like to be awake in the morning" I finished.

"And." Zexion encouraged.

"And what?"

"You mentioned that we have two things in common. You only gave one example."

"Oh…you both love each other. I thought that one was obvious." I answered and he gave me a smile. Not the one I often saw him give Demyx. This was a new one, maybe meant only for me.

"Will you be telling me what really happened last night?"

"I don't want to lie to you, so I'll have to answer that with a no." I said and he nodded before lying down again.

"Very well, I'm always ready to listen though, if you ever need me too."

"Thanks Zexion."

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"Let's go to a movie." I said to Roxas after our shift ended. He turned to face me.

"That's a bit spontaneous." He smiled lopsidedly because of the mess of bruising and swelling on his face. "What are we seeing?"

"I didn't look up movie times, so whatever's playing when we get there." I answered.

"Really? Do you do that often?" He asked me.

"All the time. It makes it more exciting." I answered. Saix hated to do this. He indulged me but he likes to have things planned.

"Sounds fun." I was happy to hear that Roxy was genuinely excited about this. He wasn't faking like Saix would. When we got to the theatre I looked over what was playing.

"Alright, we have a few choices, what do you want to see Roxy?"

"I think I'm in the mood for a comedy." Roxas said thoughtfully.

"Comedy it is." I said walking up to the ticket counter to get our tickets. Once Roxas and I got our popcorn and I showed him the perfect butter to salt ratio, we entered the theatre. There were six couples all spread far apart. Roxas began to move towards an empty row but I grabbed his arm. "Wanna see something funny?"

He shrugged his agreement. I'm sure I was grinning like an idiot now. This was something else Saix wouldn't do with me. He hated to make people uncomfortable. So he would save us some seats while I had my fun.

I pulled Roxas with me to the nearest couple and sat in the seat right next to them. Roxas looked at me like I was insane, before sitting down next to me. "Axel there's plenty of open seats, away from other people." Roxas whispered to me.

"Ah…but that would be no fun." I whispered back as I stretched out and got comfortable, completely invading our neighbor's space. "Nice theatre, huh?" I asked the girl next to me. She nodded hesitantly and moved as far away from me as her seat would allow. Gods, this is working perfectly. I love fucking with people's minds. "Yeah, this is my favorite theatre. They have the best popcorn ." I shoved a handful of popcorn in my mouth, "and the space," I stretched out once more, "My gods, you can come in here, sit right next to someone and still feel like you're alone. You know what I mean?" I finished resting my arms on the back of both Roxas and the girls seat. Her boyfriend glared at me and I gave him one of my signature smirks before picking up the girls drink and taking a sip. "Pepsi, not very interesting," I lifted my drink, "Suicide Pepsi, want a taste?"

That did it for them. The couple quickly got up and ran, like I was an axe murderer, to a seat as far away from me as possible. I looked to my right and saw Roxas, failing miserably at hiding his laughter. I couldn't help and soon joined in with him. After we recovered from our laughing fit he asked, "Has anyone ever punched you?"

"Oh yeah, it's always fun when they do that. But usually people don't mess with me," I pointed to my tattoos, "because of the face tattoos. But I still find it fun to see the different reactions I get. I also do it in the doctor's office. There will be one person in this huge waiting room and I'll sit right next to him. Oh and elevators. And since you stand in elevator's I'll sometimes follow the person when they move. Oh, oh, it is fucking hilarious if you pretend to be deathly ill, or insane. It's all good fun, you should try it."

"I think I'll just watch you. That's enough entertainment for me." Roxas said, still smiling lopsidedly, "Can I ask you something."

"Go ahead."

"Why do you have those tattoos?" He asked as he touched my face around the upside down teardrops.

"One is for my mother and the other is for Saix." I said hoping he wouldn't get weird about me having a tattoo for Saix. He didn't. He nodded in understanding, "I got the one for my mom when I was sixteen. Saix paid for it. Then I got the one for Saix after he died." What Roxas didn't know was that I had his name tattooed on the back of my neck. It was simple, but it was a reminder of what I had to live for.

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I must say, even though it was mean, watching Axel scare that couple away was entertaining. It was amazing, the movie hadn't even started yet and Axel had made me forget that I had almost been raped and now look like a 'cute' something from a horror movie. He even made me forget that he had almost killed someone and only focus on why I had fallen in love with him.

Axel had held my hand through the entire movie and was still holding my hand when we walked out of the theatre. We were immediately assaulted by and incessant yelling, which I had grown to know very well.

"It's all your fault. It's your fault Roxas does drugs and it's your fault their both gay." My mother screamed at my father. Sora and Riku were hiding behind Leon who was standing very close to Dad. "I should take them far away from you. You're an unfit father. Only man and a woman can raise a child!"

"Because we did so well together." Dad said sarcastically then added, "Sora's sixteen, legally, who he lives with is his choice."

"You're a disgusting homosexual. And you're teaching him to be the same. He's in the wrong state of mind to make his own decisions." My mom continued and a crowd was starting to gather. I held Axle's hand tighter. "And you know what? Even if you weren't gay, you suck at being a father. You're a drug addict and that's all you'll ever…" Apparently Leon had enough. He stepped forward and punched my mom.

The man, who I can only assume was my mother's boyfriend, rushed forward and attacked Leon. Before 'the boyfriend' could hit him Leon growled at Mom, "Like you're a better parent!" Dad quickly entered the fight between Leon and 'the boyfriend'. I started to shake as I remembered last night.

Axel leaned me against a wall and hurried into the fight. He grabbed 'the boyfriend's' wrist in a grip that sent him to the ground crying out in pain, "Enough!" Axel shouted to 'the boyfriend'. Dad and Leon had stopped fighting as soon as there was no need to defend themselves.

"Okay Bitch," he addressed my mother, "Your kids aren't exactly the little puppets you wanted them to be. News flash, they're people. They have their own thoughts, wants, and needs. They are not mindless puppets you can force to do whatever you want. Roxas is not on drugs. He's been clean ever since you put him in rehab, the one good thing you did as a parent. I'm not saying there weren't close calls, but you should have been there to congratulate him when he said 'no' for the first time. Instead, you kicked him out?

"Sora fell in love. You should've been there so he could have someone to talk to. But when he told you, one of the hardest things there is to tell a parent, you kicked him out. You know who was there for him? Roxas. And as soon as Roxas told him what happened, Cloud and Leon were there for him. A parent is supposed to be there for their children. They are supposed to support and guide their children.

"So who is the better parent? The mother who kicked one son out for saying no to drugs and the other for falling in love, or the gay couple who were there to comfort their child after being rejected by his mother. I know who has my vote, but this is Sora's choice. Sora who do you want to live with, the bitch or Cloud?"

Sora poked his head out from between Dad and Leon while clutching Riku close. "I wanna live with my Dad and Leon." He said confidently before disappearing behind Dad again.

Axel pushed 'the boyfriend' into my mother, causing them both to fall to the ground. "Problem solved Bitch, take your boyfriend and leave Cloud and Leon's children alone?" The crowd that had gathered was now clapping and cheering as my mother and her boyfriend ran away. Axel wiped his hands off and walked over to me. "You ready to go Roxy?" I nodded.

Axel was amazing. He managed to end that fight with just a grip of someone's wrist and some harsh words. He had stood there, tall and sexy, commanding attention and ended what could've been a total disaster. It was so different compared to last night. It really turned me on. My pants were painfully tight and I wanted to get him home now!

But, as fate would have it, my father stopped us. God fucking damnit! "Axel, thank you." My father said.

"Yeah well, Roxy's seen you two fight enough. I wanted to make it stop for him. But you're welcome. I was voting for you, by the way." Axel responded with a smirk. I pulled on his hand to try to get him to move.

But once again, father dearest interrupted, "Maybe you two can come over for dinner. And bring that Demyx and Zexion I've heard so much about." I continued to pull on Axel's hand.

"Sure, when?" Axel asked pulling me into his body, which was not helping my situation, to keep me still.

"How about tomorrow?" Dad asked.

"Sounds good. I'll see if I can get the lovebirds to join us." Axel waved as I pulled him away.

If you don't normally read the author's note I highly suggest you do it today.

AN: This story is like "The Other Side isn't so Green", I didn't write a plot to it. A wonderful (complete sarcasm) thing happens when you don't write a plot. You write yourself into a corner. Now I hate when people don't finish a story, so you don't have to worry. I will finish, an unfinished story is not an option for me.

But I need to take a week off from typing, so I can just think this story through and write it. I managed to get out of my writer's block for "Other Side" after about two weeks, I think. So I should be typing again soon, and I will be writing all week.

When I come back with this story (hopefully in less than a week) I hope to have an idea of where it's going.

Even if I haven't recovered from my writer's block by next week I will type chapter 13 (which is written) and give you an update.

Sorry, this is my second story. When I started writing it I had no idea how important plots are. My new stories have plots and this shouldn't happen with those. ("Once Upon a Midnight Dream" doesn't have a plot because it was supposed to be a oneshot. But the sequel to "Other Side" has one and so does "How long do you want to be loved" and its sequel "Is Forever Enough", though "How Long" hasn't been uploaded, I've just been writing it.)

Thanks for sticking with me through this story, and for any and all reviews, favs, and alerts. They are all greatly appreciated.

I hope to get a lot done with this story this week. I've put my other stories (not including "other side") on hold until I get the plot situated for this story.

Again thanks for continuing to read this story. Once I get an ending I can fill out the middle. Shouldn't take too long.