CHAPTER 10

Demyx woke to the sound of rustling next to him, then the sound of something going off since it made ding sound. He rolled over to his side so he could cuddle next to Axel, but that was a big mistake. He had been placed on the couch so the redhead could clean the sheets. So when the blond rolled over, he had rolled off of the couch, landing with a loud bang.

"Shit!" Demyx cried out when his head made contact with the ground, his legs still up on the couch. "Axel… why am I on the couch."

The redhead chuckled at seeing his boyfriend like this, already dressed and ready to go. "I put you there so I could clean the sheets and take a shower afterwards. Now go get cleaned up while I fold the sheets and covers. We gotta get going here soon."

The blond sighed sleepily, but obeyed. "What time is it?"

"Around seven-thirty."

"… you're kidding, right?"

"Nope."

Demyx groaned as he walked towards the bathroom, butt naked.

"Nice ass by the way," Axel chuckled out, slapping it as he made his way towards the kitchen to pack the food he had brought with them. The blond squealed at the slap on his ass and jumped away towards the bathroom as fast as he could.

Axel tapped his fingers on the steering wheel as he drove back to Travers Town. He glanced to see that Demyx was on the verge of waking up by the way he was moving his head moving himself into a better position. Just for the fun of it, Axel honked the horn and laughed as the blond sat straight up, eyes wide. Demyx glared towards the redhead and settled back down into his seat.

"You just love to torment me, don't you?" the blond grumbles.

"That's one of the reasons why I became your boyfriend," Axel said with a grin. He chuckled at the 'fuck you' glare Demyx was giving him and replied, "I kid, I kid!"

"…"

"Soooo, I have a random question; what's your family like?"

Demyx frowned at this and looked down at the dashboard. "Well, it's just me and my brother for now. My mom and dad still live in Hallow Bastion; I don't have a clue how they are nor do I want to know."

Axel nodded in understanding. "Not very close to them are you?"

"Nope; not after they kicked me out for being gay. That's why I live with Cloud now," the blond growled at remembering when he was kicked out, it was not pretty. "What about you?"

"Eh, my mother died a couple of years ago and my dad started to turn into a bastard after her death. All the money that he makes goes into his "drinking" account, leaving me to make all the money for the house bills and stuff like that. That's the main reason I do those sports competitions."

"Oh… do you have any younger brothers or sisters?"

"Nope, but my mother was pregnant when she died. My little brother had to be C-sectioned out of her stomach at seven months, an hour after my mother died. He's still alive, but with another family. I do visit him often though. He turns three next week." The redhead smiles sadly to himself.

Demyx gives his lover a small smile, when suddenly a random though came into mind from what Cloud said a few days ago. He pales and goes wide eyed at remembering what his older brother had told him and that he and Axel had sex without protection. He gulps and looks towards the redhead.

Axel felt the blond staring and glanced towards his lover. "What?"

Demyx snapped out of his staring and turned back towards the road. "It's nothing… Axel?"

"Yes?"

"What do you think about children?"

"Uh, ok Mr. random, if you really want to know… I… love children!" Axel blurted it out so quickly that Demyx almost didn't hear what he said. "Don't tell anyone; if you do, I'll kill you."

"You love children?" Instead of laughing like the redhead thought he would, he grinned and looked towards his stomach. "Good, I'm glad."

Odd. "So, uh, have you ever thought of getting artificial arms? It won't be the same as regular arms, but it's better than nothing."

"I have, but we don't have the money to afford it. Plus, there aren't any good doctors who work around this sort of thing."

Axel shook his head and tsked. "Now that's where you're wrong. I know a doctor who's great at this sort of thing at low costs. She's actually a local in Travers Town. Maybe after school tomorrow we can visit her. She's a great lady."

"Really? Thanks."

"Good."

"Cloud, I'm home!" Demyx yelled into the small home as he took off his shoes. Axel fallowed behind him.

"I'm in the living room!" came the reply.

Demyx told Axel he could set his stuff by the door and come in. The redhead grinned as he sat the stuff down by the door before wrapping his arm around the blond's waist, walking down the small hallway towards the living room. Demyx giggled when Axel started to whisper naughty thoughts into his ear as they entered the room.

But the blond soon paled when he saw who was with his brother. Axel was oblivious and kept his arm around his lover's waist. The woman who sat on the chair across from Cloud glared at the sight before her. Demyx gulped in fright at the angered look and was too afraid to move from the redhead's grasp.

"Uh, hi…mom," Demyx said nervously, to nervous to smile.

Axel's eyes widen at hearing this and pulled his arm away from the blond. He stood straight in front of the woman and dared not to look at her. She was a woman in her early fifties but didn't look like it since she did not have a single wrinkle or grey hair on her body. Her cold brown eyes glared straight into Axel's soul as she flipped back her curly jet black hair.

"Demyx, who is this man?" even her voice sounded cold.

"M-my boyfriend," the blond stuttered. He gulped.

She calmly let out a sigh, before standing up with an angered face. She quickly went to slap him, but Axel caught her wrist before her hand could touch the blond's face. She gave the redhead a glare.

"Let go of my hand; this had nothing to do with you," she hissed.

"This has every reason to deal with me and I will not let you harm my boyfriend," Axel hissed back. Cloud and Demyx were surly frightened by this, afraid what their mother might do.

"I was afraid this might happen. Demyx, you're coming back home with me."

"Oh no he isn't," Cloud snapped at the woman, making her go wide eye in shock. "You're not taking him anywhere."

"Oh, and if I take this to court, who'll win?" She smirked at her oldest son.

"I will," Demyx suddenly said with confidence. "It's a new era mother. I want don't want to stay with you and live my brother; the authorities will say I don't have to go with you. Besides, Cloud already did all the paperwork in order for him to become my guardian. And since I'm seventeen, the court will allow me to stay with my brother."

The woman glared at the three boys, but after glaring at her youngest son, she noticed a small glint in his eye. "There's something else you're not telling me. Let me guess, you and your boyfriend here had unprotected sex while you two were away, didn't you?"

"So?" Axel snapped, crossing his arms. Wrong move.

Cloud's eyes slowly went wide as he took in a sharp breath. "You… sex… unprotected? Please tell me you didn't Demyx."

"I'm sorry," the blond whispered, shocking both his mother and brother. "I forgot all about what you said before Cloud and we didn't use protection."

The older blond let out an angered sigh as he shook his head. "Dammit Demyx, let's just pray you don't get pregnant from this; which I doubt you won't."

It was Axel's turn to be in shock as he looked at the young blond with a shocked expression. "Pregnant?"

"To make a long story short: my great grandfather had something done to him that could make him get pregnant and it was passed on to the rest of the men of the Strife family," the woman replied, smirking at the surprised look. "So, do you still want to be with him even though he might pregnant with you child?"

The redhead stood there in thought, looking down at the ground with a frown. Demyx was afraid he might say no when Axel suddenly wrapped an arm around his shoulders, pulling the blond towards him.

"Yes," was the simple answer.

The woman was furious and decided to leave at that time and to never come back. The blond winced when the front door slammed, nuzzling into the redhead's neck. Axel was suddenly scared but calm at the same time. But he could do this. He knew he was in love with the blond and he knew Demyx was close to being there.

"Thank you," Demyx whispered.

"Thank god that's over with," Cloud mumbled to himself as he grabs the phone, probably going to call Leon over. "Oh yeah, Demyx; a woman came by today. She said she saw you walking around without any arms and wanted to ask you if you would like to have surgery and get artificial arms."

"And what did you do?"

"I got her address and she told me she would be happy to do it at any time at her house. She was kinda a freak though."

"Where is it?"

"On the kitchen counter-hey, Leon? Good, I caught you at a good moment-"

"Thanks," the blond mumbled to himself, grabbing the address written on the small piece of paper. Axel looked over his shoulder and grinned at the woman's name on the top of the paper.

"Looks like we're meeting Rosso tomorrow then, eh?" the redhead said with a chuckle.

"Rosso?"

"Yep, the local woman. But she's pretty creepy; one hell of a doctor though."

"Good, I guess we'll meet her tomorrow then."

A/N: sorry it took so long again! But thank you for the reviews so far! Oh yeah, my family and I are going on a sodo(sp?) fast her soon for thirty days. That means no electronics and stuff like that. So the next few chapters will probably take a while.