Short Fuse's and First Kisses
Both had kept silent the way home.
Axel kicked open the door angrily, then shut and locked it. He walked over to the fold-out sofa, and opened it out to make it a bed. He placed Roxas down and sat beside him. "Who was it." he spoke quietly, but with anger hinted in his voice.
Roxas slowly shook his head. "...I-I...dunno" Roxas wiped tears from his eyes. "...I'm sorry..." He apologized, but didn't know why. He buried his face with his blood covered hands. Roxas thought. Why didn't he turn back to Riku's house? Or asked to get a lift with someone else, like Namine. He took his hands away from his face, "...C-could I have a glass of water?" He slowly looked up at Axel. Why did Roxas feel like this, like he betrayed Axel?
Axel looked worriedly at Roxas before nodding and walking to the kitchen, pouring a glass of water then walking back to where Roxas was. He placed the water on the table, or, tried to. Instead, he smacked it onto the table, making the glass smash. "..." Axel glared at the small cuts the glass had made on his hand and turned to pick up a vase, turning and flinging it with lightning speed at the wall and watching as it, too, smashed. Axel picked up another item. A plate, which he hadn't yet put in the sink from yesterday, then threw it towards a photo of him and Roxas, which smashed instantly as well.
He walked back to the kitchen slowly, pouring another drink of water, in a plastic cup, then began walking back to Roxas. Axel put the cup on the table beside the sofa and collapsed on the ground. "You MUST know, tell me." He looked up and glared angrily at Roxas for a while.
The next few minutes were quiet, until Axel quickly whipped around and picked up the glass from the photoframe he had smashed, then threw it over the blonde's head at the wall.
He glanced at the photo, now limp on the ground with smashed glass covering it, distorting the picture. Axel shook his head, then smacked it on the edge of the table.
Roxas flinched at the glass smashing and whimpered as Axel yelled at the blonde, He looked at Axel's acid green eyes, "I-i don't k-know" He answered, nearly whispering and looked down to the ground. He fell backwards on instinct, When Axel threw the photo-frame, not wanting the object to hit him. He slowly looked at the picture, and quickly turned towards Axel as he heard a smack on the table.
Axel looked up to Roxas, his anger quickly vanishing. He stood up and grabbed the cup of water and passed it to the blonde before sitting beside him. "I'm.. sorry." he looked sadly and Roxas and patted his head before getting up and grabbing a first-aid kit.
Axel walked back to Roxas and sat beside him again, grasping one of his hands and wiping away the blood, then bandaging it carefully. "So… You don't remember anything?" he spoke and then brought out a damp cloth to wipe Roxas' face. "Like, what happened after you left? Do you have any idea who it was? Please, Roxas. Tell me. I need to know." Axel glanced at the clock. 6:37am
Roxas looked at Axel, "...I-I was walking and, I felt someone follow me...and then I was grabbed" Roxas winced at the memory, "...That's all I remember..." That's all Roxas wanted to remember. But unfortunately, he remembered the things the boy did to him, and he remembered those golden eyes. He shivered at the thought of the boys eyes. He looked at the floor. "...Sorry I couldn't remember anything else...I seemed to of blacked out after I was pushed into the alleyway"
Axel nodded, mostly to himself before looking sternly at Roxas. "Next time you leave somewhere late, you call me to drive you home." He spoke calmly, trying to push the anger away before looking at the time again. "We're skipping school today." Axel noted. School started in about two hours.
He walked to his bedroom and pulled out a t-shirt and jeans then walked back out and threw them at Roxas. Without saying anything, Axel turned and walked to his linen closet and pulled out the double-bed blanket, and spread it over the sofa-bed. "You're resting today." Axel pointed as Roxas came back from changing. He picked out 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and started to play it on the wide-screen TV which covered the whole wall. He smiled slightly as the movie started playing and turned back to Roxas. Axel shook his head, still angry and upset with himself that he hadn't insisted he drive Roxas home. He looked up and smiled slightly. Roxas looked better, less... shaky. Axel thought to himself, contemplating whether to go through with his idea or not then shrugging 'Ehh... What the heck.'
He let out a slight smiled and launched at Roxas, swinging him gently over his shoulder and then onto the sofa. "That's my exercise for today." Axel huffed and sat down beside Roxas on the sofa/bed/thing. "I'm tired." He tilted his head and turned around to see the photo still lying on the ground.
Axel jumped up and picked it up, then placed it on the table beside the bed. He'd have to get another frame for it later. He lay back down and looked to Roxas, who still looked a little upset. "Hey, don't worry. It's okay now. It's over; I won't let anything happen to you." Axel put his arm around Roxas and hugged him, carefully avoiding various bruises. "Now watch the movie and sleep, okay?" He laughed and quickly kissed him, then just as quickly turned and stared intently at the movie. "Sleep now." he spoke, trying to stifle a smile.
Roxas nodded and sat on the bed, he smiled slightly as Axel hugged him, and then Roxas blushed a deep shade of red when he kissed Roxas' cheek. Roxas fell back and hid his face in the blankets, "...G-goodnight" He winced when he moved, he had bruises on his back, chest, arms, legs, everywhere really. Roxas was going to have a hard time explaining this to the others...And Sora, geez how is he going to do this? He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.