Warnings: Some light molesting, but it's all good.
Pairing: Zack/Roxas
Sassy's Note: I've become fond of this pairing because they work so well together – at least, in my mind. Also, love-struck!Roxas is fun to write.
Water
Roxas stared open-mouthed at the black-haired violet-eyed god standing in his backyard. What made it even better was that this particular god was dressed in only a pair of swimming trunks. So, Roxas had a half-naked, extremely gorgeous sex-god standing by his pool. The question was why.
His answer came from his older brother, who upon exiting the back door – also just dressed in a pair of swimming trunks – raised an eyebrow at Roxas. Wordlessly, Roxas wildly gestured at the god standing not ten feet away from them. Cloud glanced over then looked back at Roxas with a smirk.
"Roxas, this is my friend Zack," he said. "Hey, Zack. Come here."
The sex-god looked at them before wandering over. Up close, he was breath-taking.
"Zack, this is my little brother Roxas," said Cloud seconds before Zack turned his wide smile toward the younger blond, and – oh Shiva – his heart almost stopped.
"Hey," said Zack, and the pure sensuality and sex rolling off his tongue coupled with his already heavenly voice almost made Roxas' heart stop again.
The young blond emitted a soft squeak, turned red, then took a deep breath and tried again. "H-hi…"
"Eloquent," Cloud snorted. Roxas blushed deeper, and Zack, noticing, winked at him. All of the blood in Roxas' body rushed either to his cheeks or somewhere quite a bit lower.
Cloud watched his brother for another second, sniggering at the delicious humor. "Hey, Rox, Sora's coming over too. He'll be here in a bit. You have any plans?"
"Eh… n-no…"
"Good. Go get your shorts on."
Roxas muttered unintelligibly for a few moments, until Cloud smacked him lightly on the back of the head and nudged him toward the house. Numbly and more than a little embarrassed, Roxas entered through the back door and trudged through the house to his room.
Damn Cloud. Damn his brother and all his gorgeous friends – who knew Cloud had any friends anyway? Damn Roxas and his flaming attraction to the male species. Damn Cloud for knowing about Roxas' damn attraction, and damn Cloud for using this knowledge to torment Roxas whenever he had the chance.
And most of all, damn that man out there for being so damn gorgeous.
Roxas sighed as he slipped into his room and went in search of a pair of swim shorts. He could only hope the rest of the day turned out well – as in, he didn't thoroughly manage to embarrass himself.
"Roxas!" someone singsonged out from the hall. Said blond rolled his eyes, for not two seconds later, his cousin came barreling in the room.
"Dude, Roxas! Have you seen that guy outside? He is hot!"
"Yeah, I've seen him, Sora."
The brunet tilted his head to the side and blinked at his cousin. "Well don't sound so excited. You've only got the sexiest guy ever in your swimming pool!"
Roxas scowled. "I know, Sora."
"So why aren't you out there?" Sora demanded incredulously.
"Because," the blond started with absolutely no idea how he was going to finish that sentence. "Because… just because."
"Yeah, that's a good reason." Sora rolled his eyes. "Come on. I'll go out with you if you're shy."
"I am not shy!"
"Then go out there."
"… No."
"Dude, Zack won't bite. He's friends with Cloud. I betcha anything he's mellow as a mouse."
Oh yeah. Because Zack acted so mellow out there earlier. Who uses the word mellow anyway?
"You forget who Cloud's dating," Roxas said with a scowl. "If anything, he attracts polar opposites."
"That is totally beside the point." Sora sighed sadly and crossed his arms. "I dunno why you're hiding in here, since you're not shy. Zack's hot, isn't he?"
"Yeah…"
"And he's friends with your brother, right?"
"Uh huh…"
Sora grinned widely. "You have the perfect little set up going for you!"
Roxas rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I'll go out there, but don't you dare do anything to embarrass me!"
The brunet batted his eyelashes at his cousin. "Oh, Roxy, why should I do such a thing?"
Despite his words, Roxas didn't like the look on Sora's face.
"About time," Cloud said over his shoulder when Sora and Roxas finally came out of the house. The older blond was waist deep in the swimming pool, wading around calmly. Roxas didn't see Zack at first, but as he approached the pool deck, the tell-tale black blur moving gracefully under the water passed Cloud, and the Zack came up, drawing in a deep breath and shaking water out of his eyes. Roxas bit his lip. The shimmering drops of water clinging to his body were – oh god. Stop those thoughts right there.
Sora grinned widely and waved. "Hi, Zack! I'm Sora!"
The older teen chuckled. "Nice to meet you, Sora. You're Spike's little cousin?"
"Yep!"
"I can see the resemblance." Zack then turned his grin to Roxas, who rubbed at the back of his neck and felt his face flush. "Well, aren't you two coming in?"
"I am!" Sora chirped happily and immediately ran to the side and jumped in, splashing both Cloud and Zack. Roxas managed to dodge the wave of water. Zack laughed and Cloud chuckled softly as the brunet surfaced with a contented look on his face. Roxas couldn't help but be a bit jealous of his extroverted nature, especially in the face of an attractive potential.
Cloud fixed Roxas with a heavy glare. "Well, come on," he said impatiently. Roxas hesitated for a moment, only taking a single step forward toward the pool. Cloud snorted, and it seemed he wasn't the only one who wasn't having that, for Zack sprang forward, reached out and grabbed Roxas' hand. The blond teen had barely a second to squeak before he was forcefully pulled into the water.
He thrashed around underwater for a moment and spluttered when he was pulled up, water in his eyes and nose and ears all at the same time. He forgot the discomfort of feeling waterlogged, however, when instead he felt himself pulled against a muscled torso.
"I gotcha," said Zack gently, grinning down at the blond. His firm hands moved down Roxas' arms and tugged him forward into deeper water. Roxas, too stunned to do more than stare into his smiling face, didn't resist.
He did hear Sora, though, make a noise in the back of his throat and mutter, "I am so jealous…" to which Cloud responded with a snort and "You have a boyfriend."
Zack either didn't hear or was ignoring them. He pulled Roxas to the other side of the pool where neither of them could stand on the bottom. Roxas managed to regain control of himself and stay afloat. The raven-haired teen winked at Roxas before diving under the water. Roxas watched him carefully, but Zack did nothing except calmly swim around.
After almost a full minute – it seemed Zack could hold his breath for awhile – the blond swam over to the side, where he sat on the small built-in ledge, letting himself relax in the cool water. Well, relax as much as he could, given the circumstances. He blushed, and he knew he did, but Zack couldn't see it, so that was okay. Sora laughed from the other side of the pool though, so Roxas weakly flicked some water at him.
Zack surfaced somewhere beside Cloud and leaned over to whisper something in his friend's ear, which Cloud nodded at, and Zack sank back underwater and made a beeline for Roxas. Well, a fishline, or something… bees don't swim. Anyway, when he once again broke the top of the water, he sat next to Roxas casually, leaning his back against the pool side. The boy didn't react – not visibly, anyway. His heart beat a tad faster in his chest, but he ignored it and just enjoyed relaxing in the cool water.
The four of them were peaceful for a time. Sora and Cloud pulled out the goggles and diving rings and had a friendly competition on who could gather the most without coming up for air. Cloud won that one, but Sora won the time trial – ten rings in twenty four point three seconds. Roxas watched the antics with half-lidded, lazy eyes. Zack chuckled every now and again, but the black-haired older teen didn't move from his spot beside Roxas. In fact, he made himself quite comfortable, pressing his bare leg against the blond's whenever Sora and Cloud weren't looking.
Roxas found himself embarrassed over all, but he had every right to be. A drop-dead gorgeous sex god was making it a point to be close to him – touch him, even – but Roxas also felt himself burn with a kind of pleasure when Zack turned that wide smile to him or caught his blue-eyed gaze with his own violet. He knew that the older teen was probably just humoring him – flirting because of his obvious attraction to him. The thought didn't settle well with Roxas, but then Zack smiled at him again, and his train of thought derailed again.
"Hey guys!" Sora said excitedly, bouncing in the water. "Let's play chicken!"
"Chicken?" Zack asked, intrigued. "That game where someone gets on your shoulders and catfights with someone else on someone else's shoulders?"
"Yeah!"
Zack glanced slyly at Roxas out of the corner of his eye. "Cool. I'm in."
Sora's grin stretched from ear to ear. "Yes! Cloud's my partner!" He seized his cousin's arm. "Rox, get on Zack's shoulders!"
Roxas flushed – again – and glared at Sora, who was scrambling up Cloud's back without so much as even waiting for the blond to kneel. Zack chuckled and turned to Roxas.
"Come on," he said with a soft, almost affectionate grin, falling to his knees in the water and beckoning Roxas to him. Said teen, miffed at the twin smirks on his cousin and brother's faces, waded over to Zack and carefully climbed onto his shoulders. Zack gripped Roxas' calves and stood up smoothly, easily supporting the younger boy's weight. Wobbling a bit, he placed his hands on Zack's soft black locks, which still spiked despite how wet he was. Hmm. Seemed everyone currently in the pool had that problem.
"I got my partner," Zack called to the other two. "You guys ready?"
"I would be, but Sora's an idiot," Cloud said, glaring at the brunet who was clinging to his back like a howler monkey.
"I can totally do this!" he said stubbornly, pulling on Cloud's shoulders.
Roxas rolled his eyes, digging his fingers a bit deeper into Zack's hair and rubbing his scalp without really noticing he was doing it – until Zack tilted his head back and grinned seductively up at him. Roxas snatched his hands away quickly. Zack just chuckled and squeezed the blond's legs gently. The boy shivered.
"Okay, we're ready!" Sora called, now happily perched on Cloud's shoulders. The older blond was scowling and sporting quite a few red marks on his shoulders and back. Sora's face formed into a competitive leer. "C'mon, Roxy! Bring it!"
"Don't call me that," Roxas growled.
Zack and Cloud slowly walked toward each other, the latter looking more amused than anything, gaze fixed upon his younger brother. Zack twirled on the spot a few times, making Sora laugh at the odd sight. Roxas growled again.
"M'kay," Zack said cheerfully. "Ready?" Cloud, Sora, and Roxas all nodded. "Okay. Fight!"
Sora lunged forward and shoved at Roxas' shoulder. Zack managed a quick sidestep, and the blond seized his cousin's hands in his, and it became a test of power between them. Sora's smug expression faltered when Roxas began to overpower him. The young blond put all of his weight and strength into it, and Cloud stumbled backward a bit when Sora bent back.
Oh yeah. They would win this round then Roxas could rub it in his stupid cousin's face. They probably would have won, too, had not Roxas suddenly felt a comforting squeeze on his calves. He tried to ignore the first one, keeping his mind on knocking Sora off Cloud's shoulders, but when the squeeze turned into a firm massage, he found himself unable to focus on anything but that.
"Ha!" Sora cried in triumph, lurching forward, tilting Roxas back. Zack yelped as he lost his footing and the two of them crashed into the water. For the second time in less than an hour, water assaulted Roxas' senses, but also for the second time in less than an hour, he forgot his discomfort when a strong pair of arms pulled him to a larger warm body. Zack didn't pull them up however, and just as soon as Roxas was about to push himself up, he felt a warm pair of lips attach themselves to his.
His first thought was that being kissed – quite thoroughly, he might add – under the water felt pretty damn strange. His next thought was rather incoherent as he realized it was Zack who was kissing him. His next was that they had surfaced, and Sora was cheering while Cloud was chuckling. His next was that Zack really shouldn't put his hand there while his older brother was watching, but caught up in the feel of kissing this sex god, he found himself unable to care too much.
Looking back from a few years down the road, he could see just how much Zack loved the water, and it was no surprise to him when he lost his virginity in the same pool he had first kissed Zack in. Hmm, maybe they should put a pool in their backyard…
-end-
Sassy: Good LORD, that one ran away with me. Can you tell? I had more plans for the ending, but it's long enough as it is…
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