The sun light shined in through the window of Roxas bedroom. The warmth from the glowing bright orb landed on the round face of a peacefully sleeping Ventus. He had his left hand balled in a fist next to his face while his right rested on top of two arms. One arm belonging to Axel while the other to Roxas. The two cuddled the boy in the middle of night unconsciously.
The beam of light glowed onto Ven's face causing his eyes to twitch and his brows to furrows. He turned his head and let out a small yawn then blinked his eyes open. His droopy eyes examined the room around him. He remembered going to his own bed and going to sleep but nothing after that. He glanced to his left to see the sleeping face of his uncle then he looked to his right spying Axel asleep with a bit of drool coming out of his slightly open mouth.
The turned his hard again and gazed at the ceiling for while. He didn't have school since it was Saturday. He just laid there for while not know if he should go back to sleep or wake up. He picked the latter, feeling the need to pee, and sat up causing the arms on him to fall to his lap. He struggled to get free but once he did he pecked Roxas on the forehead and then with pink stained cheek pecked Axel's forehead. He crawled over the arms and down the middle of the bed. He swung his legs over the bed and waddled off to the bathroom.
The space that Ven had once filled made a sleeping Roxas furrow his borrows. He moved closer until he felt the warm body near by. He wrapped his arm around the body sighing contently as he nuzzled into the neck of the unknown figure. That figure pulled the blond closer to him wrapping his own arm around him. His hand rested in the middle of Roxas' back. Roxas inhaled the scent of the one he snuggled with. His lids blinked opened while his blue eyes gazed up. He gasp and froze as he looked upon Axel's face.
His wide eyes slide shut as he took a slow deep breath. Instead of moving away like he had planned to do he just gave up and stayed how he was. He was comfortable with how they were. It felt right to him so he just nuzzled his face against Axel's neck again wishing he never had to get up. He felt as though all his drama and problems had vanished within the next few seconds. He never wanted this feeling to go away. He whispered Axel's name once getting closer were there was no space between them.
Axel woke up when he heard Roxas gasp a few minutes ago. He was surprised, he, himself didn't tense up. He was excepting to be shoved away or hit or yelled at. He kept his eyes shut and pretended to be asleep, he didn't know what to do. When Roxas moved closer to him and nestled his face into the crook of his neck, Axel couldn't help but smile. He blushed hearing his name being whispered as Roxas' breath and lips tickled his neck. Like Roxas he didn't want this moment to end. Unfortunately for them the smell of food that started to circle around the room got both of their stomachs to growl.
Axel sighed and unwillingly let go of Roxas. Roxas blushed and did the same moving back. They caught each others gaze both keeping quiet. Axel hesitantly reach out his hand and brushed Roxas hair out of his face. This gave Roxas a small smile and his cheeks became rosy. Axel felt his heart skip a beat. He caressed his cheek surprised to see Roxas leaning in against it. 'Whats going on? Am I dreaming?'
Axel didn't to anything more he just laid there with Roxas for awhile longer. For the first time in a while they had felt peaceful around each other. No fear, anger, jealous, or lust.
"Roxas, I think it's time to get up."
"Do we have to?" Roxas closed his eyes placing his hand over the hand on his cheek. "I don't want this feeling to end."
"It doesn't have to." Axel was suddenly closer to Roxas. His forehead pressed against the other's. Again their gazes met in silents. "We could just stay here."
Roxas sighed and moved away from Axel. He sat up and stretched. "Yes it does." He got up and walked around the bed heading to the doorway. He left Axel alone in the room while he went to wash up.
Axel sat up and rubbed his temples. "Why do ya always gotta do that Roxas?" He said to himself as he got up and went down stairs to find the source of the aroma in the air.
Entering the kitchen he saw his mother at the stove flipping pancakes and cracking eggs. To the left he saw Ven stuffing his face with the breakfast he was served a few minutes ago. He chuckled at the sight of some syrup leaking out of his mouth. Axel turned and walked to his mom and kissed her cheek. "Morning mom. Need any help?"
"Good morning dear. Could you set the plates?" She flipped another pancake as she answered.
Axel nodded and got the plates and silverware. He finished setting the plates when Roxas came into the kitchen. "Good morning u-uh m-mom." He blushed still not used to the fact that Axel's mother asked him to call her that.
"Good morning Roxas." She turned to him with a warm smile on her slightly wrinkled face. Her red hair was tied into a bun and her green eyes were still full of life. "Are you hungry?"
"Yes ma'- I mean mom... Sorry." He looked down and rubbed the back of his neck.
"It's okay dear, now go take your seat. Axel come help me take the tray of food to the table."
"Yes mum."
Roxas was in his room again looking at the roof. Breakfast had ended an hour ago and he had his shower. He didn't know what to do right now so he just laid back and started to think. He thought about Cloud and Tifa. He was wondering when they would wake up. He thought of Ventus and thought of maybe taking him to the park. They haven't been there for awhile. The last of his thoughts landed on Axel. The thought of this morning made blush. He didn't know what was going through his head at the time nor did he want to know.
"Roxas can we talk?" Axel walked into the room without bothering to knock on the door. He had a serious expression all across his face. Roxas sat up and grunted while thinking 'well think of the devil.'
"How about we take Ven to the park like old times?" Axel suggested so their conversation wouldn't be over heard.
"Mind reader." He smiled. "Who said you could go poking at my brain?"
Axel chuckled and poked the blond's forehead. "I think it's fun to poke around in there."
"Kairi's right." Axel gave him a puzzled look. "You are a pervert." Roxas laughed at him but stopped when he saw Axel smirking. "Don't you dare- eek" Roxas let out a very unmanly squeak as Axel started to poke and tickle him. "S-stop"
He laughed and wiggled around.
"No way." He grinned at him. "Besides, you're the one that had that dirty thought. I was just 'innocently' replying. So in a way your the true perv Roxas."
"Pfff ge-get off." Roxas kept laughing as he struggled to get free from the older teen's tickle attacks.
"Wasis!" Ven yelled coming out of nowhere. He jumped on Axel's back trying to stop him from torturing his uncle. "I'll save you!"
The two others stopped. Axel carefully swung Ventus over his head making him land on the bed. Ven's eyes widen as he saw Roxas was now standing next to Axel. He gulped and shut his eyes tight. He soon was in a fit of giggles as he was tickled by both teens. "Nyah hahahahahahaha n-not fair!" He giggled.
They stopped not wanting for the poor kid to pee his pants. Ven glared at them while trying to catch his breath. "Axel I would love to go the park." Roxas looked right Ven loving the reaction he got. The child's face was a look horror. Roxas would bet his next sea salt ice cream that Ven was thinking they would leave him there.
"We leave in five minutes then. I'm going to go ask Kai for the car keys." Axel ever so slowly walked to the door. He glanced back to see Ven's face change to a pout. "Ven you better hurry if you wanna go." He winked at the five year old and stalked out of the room.
Ven frowned and threw a pillow at Roxas head. He crosses his tiny arms and continued give his uncle the evil eye. Roxas lightly laughed, patted the blond's head, and slipped his shoes on. "Don't be mad Ven. I was only teasing you. How about after the park I ask Axel to take us to that ice cream shop; how does that sound?"
"Ice cream!" Ven hugged his uncle and ran to the door yelling that he forgave him and how he had to find his left shoe.
The trio arrived at the park with in fifteen minutes of leaving the house. Ven found his shoe in the movie room of the main house. He almost had a tantrum because he couldn't find it. Lucky for him Sora saw it while he ventured into the room. He was planning a movie night with Kairi and Riku.
Ven happily ran from the car and toward to swings. Roxas and Axel sat at a picnic table under a few trees. The car ride had been mostly quiet beside Ven asking the two questions about why he hadn't been to the park in so long. The main excuse was about how quickly it was getting darker and how it was finally getting cold. Roxas didn't want to tell him because of how they never had time since the accident with Cloud and Tifa happened. That would just make the kid cry.
Axel was across from Roxas trying to think of the right words to say. When he was finally able to think of something Roxas asked him what it was he wanted to talk about. "Roxas, about my confession." He paused to analyze the blond's reaction. It was just as he thought it would be. He tensed up and looked as of he wanted to run.
"Let's pretend it never happened. I'm not taking it back. I really like you Roxas. But I rather be friends then have you push me away again." He sighed feeling a weight off his chest. "What do you say?"
Roxas chew on his lip while gazing at his hands. It took him a moment to finally look at and answer the taller male. "I'm sorry Axel. I wish I could feel the same as you but I don't. But I would like that. To be friends with you. I've thought about it all. The way I've treated you and I just want to hit myself. I've been an ass to you and I'm sorry."
"Yeah you have been an ass. It's like your pmsing or something."
"Hey!" Roxas pouted at him. "That's your cue to lie to me and tell me that it's all fine."
Axel chuckled, he could feel the normalcy between them again. He smirked and shrugged his shoulders. " Don't worry, I'm an ass too."
"Yeah you are. I'm not the only one who has been acting bipolar. One minute you're mad at me the next you're okay with me." Roxas shook his head and again Axel only shrugged. "Aren't we a pair?"
Axel chuckled and playfully flicked Roxas' forehead. "I'll say. But I'm glad. Your my best friend Roxas. Besides Sora and Riku, I really don't have anyone else. All my friends are back at my old high school."
"You don't talk to them?" Roxas didn't know what to say to Axel after he said that so he just asked his question instead.
"Not really. Saix isn't really a "lets stay in touch" type. As for the others, well Demyx is busy with his garage band, Zexion is studying for university exams, Marluxia...I think he and Larxene are planing a failed attempt to take over the world." He laughed.
Roxas laughed with him hearing that last part. "Really take over the world?"
"What can I say? That's just how those two are." Axel shrugged and sighed.
"Axel?" Roxas asked him timidly. He chewed on his lip and looked around randomly before his eyes caught Axel's own curious eyes. "You said I was your best friend. Well I-I think your my best friend too. And I don't want to forget your confession. I accept your feelings b-but I just can't return them to you. I'm sorry."
All Axel could do was smile the biggest smile he could make. He flicked Roxas forehead again causing the blond to glare at him and slap his hand away. "Thanks. That means a lot to me. I know you have trust issues and I've broke that a few times but hearing you say that you think of as a best friend and that you're not technically turning me down, it means a lot to me. I won't try anything. Being friends is more than enough for me right now."
"Don't go all sappy on me Axel." They laughed together. "Who knows, my feelings might or might not change. But that doesn't mean I want you to wait for me." 'It would be nice if he did though.' Ventus soon wandered over to them. He yanked on their hands asking for them to play with him. They followed the little blond to the play area where they chased him, got chased, went down the slide, swung on the swings, and anything else there was to do at a park.
Ven's tummy rumbled at one point while playing hide and seek. He came out from his hiding spot and walked to his uncle who was it. "Wasis I'm hungry."
"Help me find Axel and we can go eat." He ruffled his nephew's hair. Ventus ran off to a near by tree where he saw Axel going up when Roxas was counting earlier. He called his uncle over and pointed up. "Thank you Ven. Okay Axel come on down." Axel complained about how unfair that was. "Get over it, it's food time. Right Ven?"
"Right! Food please." Ven tugged on Axel's hand trying to get him to move to the parking lot. Axel allowed him to drag him to the car. "Food please Wasis? Assel?" Ven's stomach growled angrily at him.
"Alright kiddo." Axel unlocked the car and they all piled in. There was a sound of a growl coming from next to Axel, he raised a brow at Roxas who blushed and placed his hands on his gut. "Hungry too?"
"Yeah, heh guess I am." Axel nodded ad started the car up. He asked where they would like to go and after a little spat between the two blond's Roxas gave into Ven's plea and they headed to Pride Rock's Dinner.
They arrived and went inside where a nice looking girl with brown hair and green eyes greeted and seated them. "I'm sorry about all this but some of the staff isn't...here..." The girl's eyes became the size of an owl as she stared at Axel.
Axel blinked a few times in confusion until he recognized their waitress. It was the girl that was with Hayner. His girlfriend Olette if he remembered correctly. Axel eyed Roxas from across from him. It didn't seem like Roxas knew who she was.
"Axel is something wrong?" Roxas asked him after noticing he and girl had a staring contest with each other. It didn't take a genius to figure out they knew each other.
"Huh? Oh yeah everything is fine. I just didn't think I would be seeing her here is all." Axel turned his attention back Roxas then gestured to the girl whom shook out of her own gaze.
"I'm so sorry about that. It's nice to see you again Axel. And um I'm Olette ill be your waitress this evening."
Roxas face instantly fall and he paled while his eyes widen. This was the girl that Hayner left him for. She was the girl without a clue as to what Hayner was doing behind her back. He was tempted to snort, roll his eyes and laugh. He was going to say 'so this is the skank he left me for and then came back to fool around behind her back. No wonder he is with you as a front.' Or he could just tell her that Hayner was no good for her or he could get up and leave. He hated her but he pitied her more. He felt bad but he wasn't going to tell the girl anything. Instead he got his control back and smiled at her. "Your Hayner's girlfriend right?"
"Y-yes. Do you know Hayner?" She asked sheepishly.
"He used to be my friend." He shrugged as he spoke plainly. He turned his gaze to Ven and asked him what he wanted to eat before the girl had a chance to ask what he meant by "used to".
"I want a hamburger please. With fries and um coke." He pointed to the picture on the kids menu that was already on the table.
"I'll have the same please." Roxas looked to a distort Olette. She quickly wrote down their orders and looked to Axel.
"Oh just make that three." He looking at her. She nodded and took off. Axel stared at Roxas, silently asking what the hell that was and if he was alright. Roxas shrugged and nodded his head. "Ven what do you want to do after we eat?"
"I want ice cream." He chirped, kicking his feet under the table.
"Don't you think you'll get full from eating here Ven?" Roxas asked him with a small smile.
"Nope. So can we Assel can we?" He gave the older male his best puppy dog eyes. To add to it he whimpered a bit.
Axel nodded and reached over to mess the little blond's hair up. "Of course but you have to finished all your dinner. I don't want an anger Roxas after me."
"I will!" He happily spoke.
When the food came Olette didn't even look at Roxas. He could tell she could tell that he didn't like her. She quickly walked away after placing the food in front of them. Ventus dug right in thanking the teens as he took a mouth full of his cheese burger. Axel and Roxas followed suit and soon they all had full bellies with clean plates.
"I'm sleepy. Can we have ice cream tomorrow please?" Ven yawned leaning his head on his uncle's arm.
"Yeah." Roxas carefully picked his nephew and got up from the booth. Axel went to go pay much to Roxas protest that he could pay for himself and Ven. Axel told him it was his treat and Roxas could buy the ice cream tomorrow. He handed the blond his keys and left him.
Roxas was in the car waiting for Axel to come out of the restaurant. He looked out the window to the starry night sky. There was almost a full moon out that night. Roxas could bet by the time it was Halloween night, the moon would be completely full and shining its bright light out for all the little kids to see in the dark. The thought of Halloween made him smile. He thought of how Ven would be a ninja while he would be a samurai. Ventus had begged him to be one so they could be on some team thing. He would have had to change his costume at the party if Sora didn't make the theme a "whatever" night. That meant everyone would show up in whatever costume they wanted this year. He still didn't know what Axel was going to be and thinking of Axel, he was now getting into the car.
"Ready to go?" He asked and looked to the back seat to where a sleeping Ventus was. "I guess he had a fun day huh?"
"Yeah. I'm glad he had fun. It's been a while since he got to be out like this." Roxas glanced back at the sleeping child while Axel started to drive.
"Did you have fun?" He asked keeping his eyes on the road.
"Yeah I did actually. And meeting that girl wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."
Axel snorted. "Oh please, she was so scared of you. She could tell you wanted to rip her head off."
"I'm over it now. I feel sorry for her though. Maybe I should have said something?" Roxas asked Axel more than himself.
"Don't know. But she won't be at the house for awhile. If shit for brains doesn't behave himself that is."
"Hey Axel?" Axel grunted in responses turning left and mumbling a few curses at the idiot in front of them. "No never mind." Roxas yawned and leaned back against his seat. The next thing he knew he was in his bed. He check the clock on the bedside table and it read 12:00am. "I'm going to have to thank him." He tittered and fell back to sleep.
Roxas woke up again in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. Last night he had no dreams of Axel. And he thought it was because Ven was with him. But just now instead of the usual wet dreams, he ended up having a nightmare. He remembered blood, fire, and crazy laughter. He wouldn't have been so worried about it if it weren't for the fact that the last time he had a nightmare he got the news about Cloud and Tifa. Although that dream was about him getting killed by robbers. The only things that matched were him and Ven alone while someone was at the front door.
He didn't know what this one meant and he prayed it meant nothing. In the back of his mind he was yelling at himself to get up and go check on Axel. So that's just what he did. He threw the blue blanket off of his body, slide to the edge of the bed, got to his feet and headed down the hall to Axel's bedroom.
He opened the red head's bedroom door open hesitantly, not wanting to make any noise. He tiptoed in feeling the plush carpet against his bare feet. Roxas had never been inside Axel's room before so the carpet was a bit unexpected from the pyro. It was too dark to see anything else in the room right now beside the big window similar to Roxas' own window. The only shape he could make out was the queen sized bed in the middle of the room along with the figure sleeping in it.
Roxas was right beside the bed and close enough to see Axel sleeping soundlessly. He looked fine yet Roxas' instinct told him to stay. "Axel? Axel wake up." He whispered shaking the teen. Axel only groaned and pulled the blanket over his head. Roxas huffed and got on the bed so he could crawl on top of the lump under the blankets. He yanked down the covers to his own legs revealing the Axel's upper body. Roxas poked the red head's chest over the black beater he wore.
"I'm not leaving until I have your attention." He started to poke him in random places. It was when he slipped and poked Axel in the eye did the older teen finally stopped faking his sleep. He immediately covered the injured eye with a mumbled "fuck".
His good eye glared at the teen straddling his lap. Roxas chewed on his lip and mumbled an apologize. "You have my attention now. Happy?!" He snapped still half asleep. Roxas flinched and looked down feeling bad for waking him up. He even forgot why he was there in the first place. Axel groaned and closed his eye, pinched the bridge of his nose and began to rub the space between his eyes. "Roxas I didn't mean to snap at you. I'm just fucking tired and it's-" he paused to look at the time. "-twelve in the damn morning. What in the world would cause you to come in here?" He raised a brow while he leaned on his elbows.
"Sorry. You know I better not hear that kind of talk around Ven." Axel just rolled his eyes and was smacked on the chest. "I'm serious Axel."
"Yeah I know I know. It won't happen from me. I promise but, I can't promise he won't hear it from other people." Axel glanced at Roxas and then finally noticed their position. "You could at least let me take you on a date first Wasis." He smirk.
"What are you-" Roxas looked down and gasped. He crawled off of Axel's lap, "sorry." Axel just laughed and was hit this time on the arm. "It's not funny ass hole."
"I better not hear that around Ven." Axel mocked earning a glare from Roxas. It may have been dark in the room but there was enough light coming into the room so they could at least see each other's faces. "But really Roxas is something wrong?"
Roxas exhaled and sat on his legs facing Axel. "I just had a crazy nightmare about you." Axel was going to say it was just a dream but Roxas continued. "I know it would mean nothing to you but the last time I had a nightmare Tifa and Cloud ended up in the hospital." Roxas frowned and swallowed some spit.
Axel sat up and took his friend back on to his lap in a less awkward position. "Alright you have my attention." Roxas looked up at him telling him about how he was with Axel in some unknown apartment and they just sat down to watch a movie when they heard a noise coming from the bedroom. Axel didn't miss the way Roxas blushed but he pushed that to the back of his mind for now and let Roxas continue.
"You went to go check it out. I leaned over the couch to watch you go into the back of the apartment. I heard you struggling with someone and I wanted to go help you but my feet were glued to the ground. I just couldn't move and then I heard you screaming. That's when I was finally able to move.
As I entered the room I saw blood on the ground and then I noticed how hot the area was. I looked up and I just saw fire everywhere and y-you-" Roxas choked on a sob. He didn't think that picturing the dream would make him cry. Axel rubbed small circles on his back and waited for him to talk again. Roxas took a deep breath and finished. "You where dead and your body was burning. I tried to put you out but I just ended up getting burned. I heard laughing next to the window and when I looked I could only see a dark figure. I won't lie but that laugh scared the hell out of me that I woke up." Roxas glanced up at Axel with wet eyes.
Axel pulled him into a comforting hug letting Roxas cry out. He hushed him and rubbed his back. "Roxas it's going to be alright. Nothing will happen to me. Not as long as you're by my side." He held him closer hearing Roxas sniffle. "Roxas?"
"I care about you Axel. You're the first person in awhile that I feel comfortable with. Even though I was a complete bastard to you, you're still here for me. I'm grateful and I'm serious that I think of you as my best friend too." Roxas sniffled again looking up into the older man's eyes.
Axel so desperately wanted to kiss the blond but held back. "Roxas no matter how much of an ass were, are, or will be, we'll always be friends. Besides now I don't have to hide things from you."
"Hide things? What do you mean?" Roxas got off of Axel's lap and sat in front of him to get a better look at him.
All Axel did was chuckle. "Be myself."
"So you're not yourself right now?" Roxas wiped his eyes and raised a brow at him.
"No I am. You'll just get to see the rest of me. I call it my crazy side or the "I just don't give a fuck" side." He smirked and crossed his arms.
Roxas rolled his eyes. "Well I'm off to find a new best friend." Roxas said sarcastically.
Axel put his hand over his heart forging hurt. "You wound me Roxas. Whatever will I do?"
"Ask Sora to put a bandaid on your booboo." Roxas said normally but turned childish when he said booboo. Axel pulled the blond in headlock and gently rubbed his fist into his bed head hair. "Cut it out Axel." He giggled trying to break free.
"Not a chance." Axel let his laughter out messing up blond locks. Roxas elbowed Axel in the ribs causing him to let go of Roxas. "Fuck! Did you really have to do that?" Axel rubbed his side as Roxas got off the bed and ran out of the room yelling a yep. Axel stared at the door for a few seconds chuckling and still rubbing his ribs. "Roxas, you are one interesting guy. I can't wait to see you when you fully come out of that shell of yours."
hello guys, so how do you like this chapter? I know it's not the Halloween party but that will be next chapter. I finally thought of something to do with this story abut I shall not tell ye. Please review I didnt do my essay for this. XD but lucky for me I have tonight to do it. And the rest of meh homework. Thanks for reading