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Axel snapped his head in the blonde boys' direction. "Wha…What?" He said, stunned by the answer that he had received. They looked at each other for a moment, trying to take in the words that had just been said. Roxas, surprised that he had even said them, and Axel, ecstatic that they had been said at all. "A-are you serious? You have no IDEA! How much I want you to say that!"
Roxas sat blinking for a moment before saying anything. "You mean, you aren't mad or anything? You don't hate me?" Axel shook his head.
"Are you kidding? Roxas, I wanted to ask you out since the day that we met, but never actually got up the nerve to ask you!" Roxas look at his feet and smiled a sad smile.
"Isn't this where I am supposed to have an epiphany and realize that I never wanted those words to come out of my mouth?"
Axel laughed a chiming laugh and leaned back on his hands, looking at the water. "Ya, but you won't. And, I don't know if I would ever be able to forgive you if you did…So, does this mean that you, Roxas Strife, want to go out with me, Axel valentine?" The red head turned his attention from the water to the boy next to him, smirking at him.
"I guess I am…" He said nervously. Axel shot up to a standing position, pumping his fist in the air and jumping up and down for a brief moment before stopping.
"Hey it's about 8, right? The sun should be setting soon." Axel nodded his head slowly in response. "Well…you wanna see something special?" Roxas came to a standing position and grabbed the taller boys' hand, running away towards the edge of the beach.
"Wow…." Axel said as Roxas pushed away vines and branches to reveal a cave, drawings on the wall and a small spring in the middle, the sky above it open to view. There were all matters of things surrounding it including beads and a dirty old blanket.
"Me and Sora found this place when we were 6, never really had much use for it until we were 7 though. I doubt he still remembers it…Everything is still here…just like we left it two years ago…" Roxas looked around sadly. "There are so many sad memories here…" Axel walked up behind the blonde boy and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Well, how about we make some good ones." He said, grabbing the boy and throwing him over his shoulder and jumping into the spring. He swam to the surface, brushing the hair and water out of his face. He looked around for a moment, searching for the boy that he had dragged into the water with him. Suddenly he felt himself being pushed back under by small hands, barley strong enough to send him anywhere. He spun around and felt a splash of cold water against his face. He splashed back blindly and heard a scream come from the direction.
Roxas pushed his way through the water towards the edge of the spring. He grabbed hold of the side but before he could get out of the water he was grabbed by a pair of large, muscular arms.
"Ha-ha, Axel! Sttttoppp!" The blonde boy screamed in between laughs.
"What?" Axel said, clearly knowing what the boy was talking about. "Stop doing this?" He continued, tickling the boys' stomach underneath the now soaked t-shirt.
The two boys sat on the side of the spring, their feet dangling in the water, looking up through the opening in the ceiling of the cave. "Everything…it just feels so right now. Like… ever since I the other night, my life has only been getting better…Thank you."
The red head looked at Roxas and then at his own hand. He moved his body closer to the other boys and then his hand so that it was grasping the others lightly in its own warmth. Roxas swerved his head to his right, facing the taller boy. He smiled a smile and then scooted closer, closing the distance between them. He rested his head on Axels' shoulder and looked down at the hand that was holding his own. He saw the watch baring the wrist it was attached to and panic struck him.
"Oh god…its 10! Axle, I'm sorry, but I really have to go!" Roxas jumped to his feet and ran out the entrance to the cave to his own house.
Roxas POV
I walk into my home, but it is dead silent. The lights are off and all I can see is the marble staircase leading upstairs. I slip off my shoes by the front door and slowly tiptoe up the stairs. My heart is beating, pounding, as I climb the stairs and begin to make my way to my bedroom.
I open the door to see that Sora is not in his bed. "Riku…" I say, but only to myself. I reach to turn the light on, but instead feel the arm of a person, my father. My hearts speeds up as I think of what to do. This is when I realize a terrifying fact: I can't do anything.
"WHY are you late!" He asks angrily. His breath wisps' by my face and I now know that he has not had anything to drink. This is not a comfort. I swallow hard and face him.
"I-I I was wi-with A-Axel." I say in response. My father grabs at my arm and pulls harshly at it.
"I told you to tell me where you are going boy, or have you forgotten!" He screams. No I have not…I think to myself, but I don't say it out loud, for I know that I would only be in more trouble.
"I am sorry sir." I say, although I do not mean it. I fell a sharp pain in my left cheek and know that he has hit me. Blood runs slowly out of my nose but I do not wipe it away. I would though if it were possible, but he has me pinned against the wall now. He slams my head and shoulders back.
"Boy! You will answer me when I talk to you!" I let out a terrified yelp, but no one can hear me. My head is throbbing and my back and shoulders hurt, but I don't tell him that. By now I can feel myself getting dizzy. He drops my body and I fall to the floor in a heap. I feel his booted foot step on the back on my neck.
"Please….father….stop!" I beg. "Please…please stop. I can't breathe…" I am hardly able to talk now; the pounding in my chest is too strong.
"I will never stop." He says. "Not until you admit defeat. Oh and I don't want you seeing that Valentine boy anymore, understood?"
"I will never admit defeat…to you." This is the last thing I say before the world goes black.
I wake up cold, bloody and still on the floor. I stand shakily and brush myself off. I make my way to the bathroom that is connected to me and my brothers' room. I turn the light on and look in the mirror, only to want to look away in disgust.
Dried blood covers a good portion of my face and it is clear that there is a large bruise and cut on my let cheek, even through the blood. There is also some amount of blood in my hair from my head being hit against the wall. I shed my shirt and turn to look in the mirror. There is not much, other than 2 bruises, one on each shoulder blade, and scars from beatings past. I jump in the shower, piping hot, and attempt to get rid to all the grime on my body.
After about 2 hours I am at the gates of the school. I am wearing long pants and a hoddie, even though it is late August: my hood is up. I begin my way towards the table at the far end of the commons. I arrive to see that everyone from the party is there, save Riku and my brother.
I remember Zexion's words from the other day and search for him in the crowd of people. I see him, sitting in the grass with Namine, his back to me. As I get closer, I see the blonde girl's expression change to worry the second she sees my face. She brings her hand up to her mouth and uses the other to point at me. Zexion turns around to face me and the second that I see HIS expression I know that I must look even worse than I thought that I did this morning. The next thing I know I am being quietly ushered to a door behind the school.
It is a door to a classroom, I can tell that much. Namine knocks on the door and a small brunette woman answers it. We go into the room and the woman shuts the door behind us. Before she has time to say anything, Zexion pulls the hood off of my head. I look down, ashamed of what I must look like.
"Mom, he needs help." I hear Namine say, almost in tears at the situation. Mom…If she is anything like her daughter, she must be a wonderful person. The woman sits me down in a chair and kneels down in front of me. She pulls my face in gently with both hands and rubs my bruise gingerly with her thumb.
"Sweetie, my name is Aerith, I need to know. Did Cloud do this to you?" I nod and look up.
"Yes, but how did you-."
"You look exactly like your father, you know." I look back down at my feet. Yes, I did, and I hated it. And that was only the beginning.
"Sweet heart, why haven't you told anyone else yet?" The woman named Aerith asks me. I don't want to answer her. I am afraid that if I say too much that I will start crying.
"He is afraid that Axel might find out." I hear someone say, knowing that it must be Zexion, seeing as he is the only one that might possibly know that we were going out now.
"I might find out what?" A familiar voice said. I heard shuffling around, me but kept my head down, not wanting the person to see my face at the moment.
"Axel, honey, can you come back later; I am talking to a student."
"Well, I have some very good news to tell you, so can the other guy just wait?"
"Sweet heart, Roxas takes first priority right now to anything."
"Wait, Roxas is in there! What is going on? Is he okay?"
I am starting to panic now, fear setting in that if Axel sees me right now, he might take back everything.
"It is nothing to concern yourself with, so please come back later." Aerith says, and even in this situation, I can hear the patience in her voice.
"Okay, well, could you at least tell him that his boyfriend says good morning?" I hear him start to walk away and more feet shuffling around. Only after I hear the door close do I pick my head up.
"So, how about we fix you up now, what do you say Hun?" Aerith says and I smile. As the older woman walks away her daughter moves to stand in front of me.
"I can't believe you; Keeping a secret like this from us! I mean, Axel! Girls will be at your mercy to find out what he is like in bed! And imagine everyone's surprise when they find out that he is gay!" Namine said.
"You totally didn't just say that, did you? Wait, you mean Axel isn't openly gay?" I ask, surprised. Aerith opens the door to a supply closet and started walking towards me with a makeup bag.
"Darling, Axel has been in the closet for so long, I don't think he even remembers the way out. But I guess he doesn't have much of a choice in the mater anymore, does he?" I find myself smiling again, knowing that I am the only reason that Axel even came out to begin with. Aerith and Namine are leaning over me, applying endless amounts of makeup to my swollen face.
"I remember doing the same thing for your father when he was your age." The brunette woman says.
"What do you mean?" I ask. Aerith shakes her head and continues applying foundation to my cheek.
"Abuse, is like a genetic disorder. If your parents abused you, you are more than twice as likely to abuse your children. And it was your grandfather, Rufus that started it."
I was truly amazed by this piece of information, having no past recollection of my grandfather, and knowing nothing of my father having been abused.
"He…was probably even worse than your father is to you, though. For, you see, when your father was 15, he tried to murder your grandmother, although he failed. He is on the Death Row now, after many years of work on Cloud and Sepheroth's part. But, your father also had a brother, much like you. And let me tell you something, I remember Cloud saying one time that his brother was twice as bad as his father could ever DREAM to be!" I was in shock now. My own father had seen torment and hardships worse than me, to a point when Sepheroth, my own dad, and my father had gone and given him a death sentence.
Aerith starts to put things away and I know that they have done the best they can with me. I stand and start to walk towards the door, but just as I reach for the handle I stop and turn around.
"Thank you, Aerith, for everything." I say before leaving.
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