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Say it isn't So!
Chapter 5: More of a Pet than a Man
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"So do you want top or bottom?"
"Top."
"Wow, Roxas. I didn't know you were like that."
Roxas' eye twitched as he gave Axel a hateful look, only to be disgusted by his overly-excited grin. "What kind of perverted conversation are you turning this into?" The blond muttered as he narrowed his eyes on the peculiar redhead.
"Oh come now Roxas," Axel waved his hand playfully, "I can't help myself now that we're sleeping together."
"...Please don't ever say it like that again." He shook his head and observed the tall structure before them. "We might be sleeping in the same room, but when the lights go out, we're going into different beds."
Axel turned his head away suspiciously, and under his breath, muttered, "Yeah, but don't count on that in the middle of the night."
"Did you say something?" Roxas asked as he began to walk away from Axel, swinging his duffel bag onto the top bunk of the beds. The blond froze a moment before turning around cautiously, getting an idea of what the older boy might have said. "...No sneaking into my bed during the night."
The redhead mocked a fake hurt, pressing an insulted hand across his chest to show the "pain" in his heart. "Now do you really think I'd do that?"
Roxas stared at him, his silence being a clear "yes."
Axel sighed, pouting in the slightest bit. "Alright alright. You can get your beauty sleep undisturbed during the night. I won't wake you."
"No, I'd rather you wake me," he began, "So I can kick you out that much faster." Roxas grinned as he was right on target with Axel's hidden meaning in his last statement, earning him a rather defeated look from Axel. Ohhh... This might just get fun.
Axel huffed and marched to his bed, "You're too sharp."
"No, you're just painfully obvious." Roxas countered, trying to damage Axel's confidence. It was the least he could do for all the crap he's had to go through.
Roxas climbed up the ladder connecting the ground to the top bed and plopped down lazily, releasing a content sigh once his head hit the fluffy pillow. Now if he could just go to sleep without worry, everything would be just perfect.
"Good night, Roxas!"
Oh, nevermind.
Roxas struggled to keep his eyes open, nearly forgetting the boy beneath him. Perefect? Was that even possible with Axel around?
"...Roxas? You asleep already?"
...Probably not.
"Roxas?"
The troubled boy drifted off to sleep, only managing to catch Axel's head peek up from below to watch him, calling his name softly, gently. Then, for the briefest moment, a thought flirted with Roxas' consciousness as he watched Axel's playful expression soften, a face he'd never seen on the redhead's features before. For a moment, he almost wanted accept Axel into the bed, just because his expression made him want to hug him close.
'I don't think I'd mind it... Being here with you.'
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'It's warm,' Roxas thought groggily as he felt a comfortable warmth in front of him. Logically, he assumed that this warmth was due to the combination of sunlight and the thick blanket around him, but something in the back of his mind screamed at him to open his eyes. Perhaps it was that scared little voice telling him to get up or he'd be late for school.
Whatever it was, he ignored it.
Feeling a momentary chill, the blond huddled even closer to the warmth, only slightly wondering why he felt the warmth come closer, enveloping him in its heat. He didn't bother with it though. Keeping his eyes shut, the blond tried to send himself off to sleep again before the alarm went off.
That is, until he nuzzled against that warmth and had a reflexive startle from something falling ontop of him.
Roxas' eyes flew open, only to meet up with his dear, dear roomate, who was still in a very deep sleep. "Axel..." He grumbled in irritation as the redhead refused to awaken from the morning signs. "Axel." He repeated, a bit firmer than before.
"Hm?" Emerald eyes fluttered open in a wonderful haze, a smile appearing on Axel's sleepy face.
"When did you crawl into my bed?" Roxas demanded, keeping his voice down so as to not disturb anyone.
Axel blinked a few times. "About five minutes after you fell asleep, I think. You couldn't tell?" With mischief written on his face, Axel continued. "I could have sworn I heard you call me last night when I came in." He grinned, knowing the sudden nervousness that arose in his favorite person.
"I-I did not." Roxas stammered, looking away just in case it was true. "I don't sleep talk."
"I know you don't," Axel laughed, "I just like to see you blush."
Just like Axel had hoped, Roxas reacted with a deep shade of red, his face becoming hotter than the warmth he had felt earlier. "Get out!" Roxas shouted, smacking Axel's chest angrily, subsiding only once Axel had made a safe getaway from him before he decided to start throwing items at his head. The blonde let out an aggravated groan and slammed his fist into the bed, but he was only kidding himself.
Sending a glance at the mirror, he could see the ever-present blush that Axel loved so much.
"Damn it."
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"Morning, little brother," Reno grinned as he witnessed a very pleased Axel stride into the kitchen, a smile stretching from ear to ear glued to his face. "You seem happy. Have fun last night?"
"Come now, Reno," Axel stuck his tongue out playfully, "I'm not the type of guy to do it on the first night. ...Unlike some people."
Reno rolled his eyes and shoved the rest of his doughnut into his mouth, downing the rest of his coffee to gulp it down. "Hey, I'm going to be late for work. Have fun today, kids!" The older boy hurried past Axel and headed for the front door, grabbing his keys along the way. Just as he pulled the door open, he sent an amused glance back at Axel. "Don't have too much fun, Axel. I don't think that kid can take much more of you."
"Don't underestimate Roxas." Axel grinned. "He can handle me just fine." He winked at his brother, both of them speaking a language only they understood. ...Probably some really perverted language they developed over the years.
"Was that Reno?" Roxas yawned as he entered the kitchen, dragging each foot after the other, going at the speed of a snail toward the kitchen counter.
Axel nodded, "Yup, so it's just us now."
The wary blond didn't respond, not wanting to give Axel any ideas. "Breakfast?" Roxas asked in hopes of changing the subject.
"Uhm... Cafeteria breakfast?"
"Can't cook?"
"No food in the fridge. We go shopping tomorrow."
"Oh. Cafeteria breakfast it is."
Roxas shook his head, still not quite conscious of the morning. Once his vision refocused, he made his way back onto the hallway where he assumed where the room was. ...Now which one was it again?
Hoping that luck might be on his side, Roxas opened a room. Huzzah! Upon entering the bedroom, he pulled out a few clothes, his thinking still very much clouded with sleep. Shutting the door behind him, Roxas blinked before realizing he had no idea where the bathroom was.
He walked into the kitchen again, hoping to see Axel. Before he could say anything, Axel smiled and pointed back down the same hallway. "Take a right and it's the first door to your left." It's scary how the guy knew him so well.
Roxas grinned sheepishly and nodded, allowing himself a small "thank you." Okay, so down this hallway... Take a right? No, it was left. Right? Left? ...Let's take a left. First door to my right.
Yawning for what seemed like his 10th time for the past 5 minutes, Roxas walked into the room, catching his yawn halfway through and turning rigid on the spot. A low growl emitted from in front of him, a fierce, angry growl of recognition. Slowly, Roxas let his attention fall upon a familiar looking dog. With a whale toy discarded beside it, the furious animal growled at Roxas, baring all its teeth in an intimidating threat.
"G-Good dog?" Roxas squeaked, surprised he could even find his voice in the face of the dog.
He received a loud bark in return, and before Roxas knew it, he ran down the hallway, took the first room to his left and ended up locking himself in the bathroom, screaming Axel's name at the top of his lungs. He panted heavily as he clutched onto his wrinkled clothes, drowning out the dog's menacing barks of hate.
"AXEL!"
Axel choked on his glass of freshly poured orange juice as he heard his name being called. Don't get it wrong, he absolutely loved his name coming out of that boy's mouth, just not when he sounded like he was about to die! The redhead slammed his cup down, wiping his mouth hastily and sprinting down the hall to find his sexually active dog scratching and barking at the bathroom door.
"Sit, boy!" Axel commanded angrily, his usually kind eyes narrowing into haunting slits.
The dog let out a small whimper before trudging over to Axel and rubbing its nose against his knee in apology.
Axel sighed before making his way to the bathroom door and knocking on it lightly, hoping he could persuade Roxas to come out of hiding. "Roxas? It's okay now. You can come out."
The irritated blond opened the door slightly, letting only a small sliver peek through the space. He had a guarded expression on his face, disbelieving Axel completely. He glanced down at the dog beside Axel's leg. It was still nuzzling itself against the boy, still asking for forgiveness, but once Roxas was caught in it's line of sight, the sorry face was exchanged with a fiery glare... if dogs could even glare.
"See? Nothing to be-"
Roxas slammed the door shut before Axel could finish, his hate for the redhead multiplying tenfold.
The hurt boy stuck out his bottom lip sadly, staring at the closed door wistfully. His eyebrows slanted angrily as his attention turned to his dog, who was so innocently brushing up against him.
"See what you do?" Axel growled, turning into a bit of a dog himself.
The dog uttered a small whimper as Axel walked away from him angrily, ignoring the dog for the rest of the morning.
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"Sheesh, you look half-dead Roxas." Sora commented with wide, curious eyes. He examined his brother, shifting his position every 2 seconds to get a good look at his distressed brother. "Didn't get any sleep?"
Roxas rolled his eyes. "How I wish that was the case."
"What happened to you?" Riku, Sora's silver-haired lover, asked as he arrived beside the brothers.
Without much feeling, the blond pointed behind him. "That." Axel was a few feet behind the trio, keeping his distance because he was severely scolded by Roxas. A dark cloud loomed over him as he walked, noticed by everyone except Roxas. He was hunched over in depression, turning his gloom into bright flowers only when Roxas looked at him... or seemed to look at him, which was the case most of the time.
"He looks worse than you." Riku commented, quirking up a brow and slinging an arm around Sora's small shoulders.
Roxas shrugged. "Not like I care."
"That's cold, Roxas," Sora frowned. "You should go talk to him."
"I'll see him in five minutes. I sit next to him in every class." Roxas replied in obvious distaste, scrunching his face up as he did so. "He deserves it! He climbed into my bed in the middle of the night, sleeping with me until morning! And then in the early hours of the day, I was attacked by his overly-possessive dog, who was in some jealous rage because Axel kept paying attention to me!"
Upong hearing his name and taking into account Roxas' movements plus expression, Axel sunk even further in his depression, wanting to run over there and beg for forgiveness.
"Well... it's not like it's Axel's fault his dog attacked you." Sora defended the poor redhead, swearing that he could see thunder and lightning hanging above his head. "He had no control over that."
Roxas kept silent, thinking it over for a moment. "I guess." The blond turned back to Axel, only then noticing the dark aura he was sending out. "Fine fine. I'll forget about it, but the next time something happens, I'm switching with you Sora."
"Wh-What?" Sora deadpanned, realizing his mistake. "N-No!" Grabbing onto his boyfriend and sticking like a post-it note, Sora protested, "I'm staying with Riku forvever!"
The love-deprived of the two stared at his brother with a bored face. "I'm not going to steal him away from you."
Apparently not hearing his brother's defence, Sora continued to cling onto Riku and screamed out his defiance, earning them a bunch more strange glances than what Axel got on a daily basis. ...And that was a lot considering his personality and status mix.
Finally getting fed up with his brother's immaturity, Roxas headed over to Axel, who looked like a terrified animal when he caught him in his sight. As Roxas neared, Axel backed away, keeping to his word.
"What are you doing?" Roxas questioned in irritation once they had taken 5 steps each, Roxas forward and Axel backward.
"You said to stay away," Axel frowned.
With a roll of his eyes, Roxas responded, "I take it back. C'mere." The blond waved Axel over, assuring him that it was okay, and though partially aware of it, Roxas was starting to think of Axel more as a pet than a man.
As if Roxas were the sun, the clouds of depression were pushed away and out came Axel's usual bouncy behavior toward the smaller boy. Axel made a dash for Roxas, hugging him tightly and suffocating him for a good minute.
"Oh, Roxas, you're the best!"
"Down, Axel, down! Get off me, you animal!"
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TA: So I was asked if this story will be finished. Yeah, I can guarantee to you that it will be lol. It's well on its way to being finished, I promise. There might be a few filler chapter between here and the final chapter, but it will be finished. I want to get this done so that I can post a new Akuroku fic before people start hating me for never updating this one. -nervous laugh- I bet there are already some... But anyway! Expect an Akuroku story, a real story, not a crackfic, from me real soon~!