Back at school, news of Axel and Roxas' relationship was being spread throughout the student body like wildfire. Everywhere the female students made comments like, "How romantic," and "Live action yaoi," and last but defiantly the most annoying, "I totally want to see them make out." It got on their nerves quickly, but there was nothing they could do about it. But most of the other part of the student body, the part made up of males, was cruel to the two boys. Unlike Demyx and Zexion, who had kept their relationship on the down low except for the occasional kiss in the hallway, Axel and Roxas were pretty much all over each other during the day. The majority of the boys would only pick on Roxas, because they were scared of Axel, but that proved fatal when Axel found out who was tormenting his Roxas. Most of them wound up with teeth missing, a couple with broken bones. When asked by the principle or a teacher what had happened to them, they would just say it was an accident of some kind.

"Roxas, are you alright?" Axel asked, walking up to Roxas and putting his hands on either side of the blonde's face. He hadn't been the same since the torment started, when Axel tried to kiss him, he'd turn his face away. He wouldn't look Axel in the eye anymore, and he wouldn't say, "I love you," to Axel unless Axel said it first.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Roxas said with averted eyes. He brought one of his hands to run up Axel's arm slowly, making the redhead shiver with anticipation, hoping the appendage would travel somewhere else, but it stopped at his shoulder. "Axel can you come with me," Roxas' voice quivered as he grabbed Axel's hand and pulled him along behind him.

"By the direction we're going, it looks like we're going to the roof of the school," Axel thought. He looked at the back of the blonde's head, wondering what could be going on in there. Roxas' hang tightened around Axel's as they ascended the staircase leading to the roof. Once the door was open they stepped outside, still holding hands. The weather was cloudy that day, completely blocking out the sun, wind blew by fast, making the fence around the roof shake. Axel heard his parents say it was supposed to rain today.

Moving toward an edge, Roxas stared down at the cars and people moving about on the streets and sidewalks. All unaware of how he was feeling at the moment. Axel sat down next to where he was standing, looking up at him on occasion. He leaned the back of his head against the fence, eyes closed while he tried to relax. They'd been there for about twenty minutes, when Axel felt something wet land on his hand, "Rain," Axel thought to himself, a few more drops came, but he just stayed where he was. Until he heard a sound above him, he looked up and he felt his heart clench at what he saw. Roxas, head bent down and hands clutching the fence, tears streaming down his face, his body racked as he sobbed.

Axel shot up and grabbed Roxas, pulling him to his chest, stroking his hair and whispering to him in an attempt to calm him down. "Baby, please tell me what's wrong," Roxas only pressed himself harder against Axel and sobbed loudly. Axel just stood there and hugged Roxas for a while, he didn't care if he got in trouble for not going to class, his Roxas was more important.

"Axel," Roxas whispered pulling his tear stained face away from Axel's chest to stair up at him, "I'm scared of them."

"Who, Roxas, who are you scared of?"

"Those boys, Axel, they scare me, they call me names and throw things at me. And, this other boy, h-he touches me," Axel felt anger rise inside of him at these words and he tightened his grip around Roxas' waist, "I don't like it when he touches me Axel, please make him stop." Roxas was still looking at Axel, tears formed in his eyes that threatened to spill over. Axel quickly wiped them away with his thumb and kissed Roxas on the cheek.

"Just point him out to me, I'll do the rest. No one touches you like that and gets away with it, so don't worry, I'll always protect you."

"If only you knew," Roxas thought, he held onto Axel as he was pulled down to sit in Axel's lap. He learned his head against Axel's chest, and in turn Axel laid his head on top of Roxas' head. They stayed that way until school was about to end, Axel stood up, bringing Roxas up with him. They walked through the hall together, Roxas leading the way to the boy's classroom, it was the same last period he had. The bell rang and the hall was flooded within seconds. They weren't standing there for very long when Roxas pointed a guy out in the crowd of students. "There, that's him."

Axel looked at him, trying to remember what he looked like for future reference. Tall, maybe taller than he was, his eyes were a golden yellow color, like a wolf. Long blue hair, an X shaped scar on his face, and…. Were those pointed ears? Axel walked up to the man and stared him in the eye, the blue haired man looked back at him calmly, "I heard that you've been touching something that belongs to me," Axel voice was full of anger as he spoke, hands balled into fists at his sides.

"Have no idea what you're talking about," the man said, brushing past Axel, only to be stopped when a hand landed on his shoulder with a strong grip and turned him around, "You shouldn't turn your back on people, you could end up hurt."

The man smirked at Axel and removed the hand from his shoulder, "Would you like to take this outside?" the man said, stepping toward the double doors that lead to the front of the school and the school's parking lot.

"Gladly," Axel followed the blue haired man outside, flanked by Roxas, "Hey, Roxas, what's this guy's name anyway?"

"Saix, he's part of Xemnas' gang, please be careful, Axel, Saix is really strong so try not to get hurt."

"Don't worry; he can't hurt me, because I'm fighting for something important," he bent down to quickly kiss Roxas, and then turned around to face Saix. The stood there for a few minutes sizing each other up. Saix made the first made the first move, dashing forward he sent a punch toward Axel's stomach, but Axel was faster, he side stepped and shot out his left leg. Saix had no time to stop, so he tripped and landed on the ground with a loud thud. By now students were gathered around the two men, chanting, "Fight, Fight, Fight!" enjoying the fact that two of the strongest students at the school were going at it.

Saix stood back up but something about him was different about him. He had a crazed look in his eyes, and malicious smile on his face; he looked Axel for a second, and then charged him. Before Axel knew what was happening he was on the ground, with Saix on top of him. Saix wrapped one of his hands around Axel's throat, digging his nails into the skin. Saix bent down to Axel's ear and whispered, "When you're gone little Roxas will be ours," he chuckled softly, "I bet you can just imagine what we're going to do to him then, can't you?" Anger built inside of Axel's body, and it gave him strength. He grabbed Saix's wrist and pried the hand away from his throat. Even though Saix had more muscle, and Axel was just skin and bones, he was still lifted up and slammed head first against the pavement.

Axel bent down and grabbed the front of Saix's uniform, pulling him closer to him so his face was only inches away from his own, "Now listen closely, tell your boss that if anyone so much as looks at Roxas I'll come find him, and I will not be as nice as I was before," he let go of Saix, who quickly got up and ran away from the scene. Axel looked at Roxas, who seemed surprised at the outcome, but happy none the less. Axel walked up to Roxas who hugged him tightly but let go when he heard Axel wince at the contact and grab his stomach.

"So, Roxy, how'd I do," Axel asked with shallow breath. Roxas stroked Axel's hair and smiled at him.

"You were wonderful, are you alright?" He was answered with a quick nod.

"Do you know how to drive," Axel panted reaching into his pocket and standing up slowly. Roxas nodded, he had a worried expression on his face, "Good can you drive somewhere with a bed," that was all he said before he blacked out. Luckily for Roxas, since there was no way he'd be able to move Axel to the car, Xaldin was nearby and offered to lift Axel into the car. Roxas accepted and offered to give Xaldin a lift home, which was happily accepted.

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