AN: I've been feeling really off lately, and I've been unable to write. But it came back! XD And this chapter is a really good one in my opinion. Roxas' dad is in this chapter. I hate him too much to give him a name, so he's just 'The man'. Anyway, remember when I said Demyx was gone forever? Well...I kinda lied. He's on the phone in this chapter, and he's our little Roxy's competition. Roxas can be jealous when he wants to be. Just so you know, I actually don't know the procedure to gain guardianship rights so just humor me and pretend that what I said is true, okay? To the reviewers!
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School was going to start soon. Normally, it wouldn't be a problem, but under the circumstances it was a huge problem. Axel knew what he had to do, but he kept putting it off. Mostly for Roxas' sake, but for his own as well. After all, it's not like he was exactly thrilled about the whole thing.
But it need to be done. So, gathering up his courage, Axel told Roxas he was going out. He walked for a while until he reached a small yellow house. Taking a deep breath to compose himself, he rang the doorbell.
A man in his 50's answered the door, looking about as welcoming as a scorpion. "What do you want?" He growled.
How cheerful, Axel thought warily. "U-um, I need to talk to you…about your son."
His eyes widened and his nasty composure dropped. "Sora? What about him?"
"Uh…" the redhead rubbed his arm uncomfortably, "Not him. Your other son, Roxas."
Well, that didn't last long. The scorpion-like look was back. "I have no son named Roxas. Now, please leave."
He went to shut the door, but Axel held it open. "Look, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't important. Just hear me out and I promise you'll never hear from me or Roxas again." Probably…
The man seemed to weigh his options. On the one hand, he could easily shut the door and ignore this red-haired man in his doorway. Though, that would mean he would keep trying until he got him to talk. On the other hand, he could talk to him now and get this headache over with quickly. Though that in itself was a painful choice. He thought for a few more minutes before finally opening the door all the way to let Axel in.
"Thank you." Axel stepped in and looked around. He had never actually gone inside the last time he was here, but he had caught a glimpse when Roxas had gone inside. It was a pretty nice house.
"So what do you want?"
Too bad the residents weren't. "Uh, right…I need…guardianship rights."
The man frowned. "Guardianship rights? The fuck you need those for?"
"Um, well…" Axle rubbed the back of his neck, "School is going to start soon. I've been taking care of your son…" the man growled, "…of Roxas, and, well…you currently have guardianship rights. Since you disowned him and all, it would be really awkward and all to go to school. So…it's not like you need them or anything, or even want them. I have the papers right here, all you have to do is sign."
The man started weighing his options again. He could withhold them and cause that little brat some grief. But, if he did that, this redhead wouldn't stop bugging him. It would probably be easier just to give him the rights, painful as it may be.
"You promise you and that little bastard'll never come 'round here again if I sign this?"
Axel's anger flared at the term 'little bastard', but he squelched it and forced himself to smile. "Of course. You'll never see either of us again."
He debated a minute longer before grabbing the paper and quickly signing it. "No get out of my house."
"Of course. Thank you, sir, good day." The minute Axel was out, the door slammed shut with such force that he felt a breeze. Damn, what a horrible man. Not only was he rude, but he had called his own son a bastard. His own son! It made a little more sense now why Roxas had tried to kill himself.
Roxas sat on the couch, watching TV. He was bored out of his skull. Axel had left to go do something and had made him stay here. It made him almost glad that school would be starting soon. At least he'd have something to fill his day while Axel was at work or off doing random things he didn't want to tell him about.
Until then, he was still bored. What to do, what to do? There was nothing on TV, that was mostly on for background noise. He didn't know how to cook, and besides he wasn't hungry. He couldn't go anywhere because Axel would worry.
Maybe I'll take a shower, he thought. He had already taken a shower last night before he went to bed, but he was that bored.
He leaned against the wall of the shower, just letting the spray hit him. Whenever he was in here, he always took a moment to think about the things going on in his life. Now, the thing that was on his mind was Axel. It had only been a few months since he'd realized how much he cared about the older redhead and every day it had only grown. At first he told himself it would probably go away, that it was just a crush and pursuing it would do no good. But lately, he found himself just staring at Axel. And he'd started noticing things he never had before. For instance, that he had a small mole on his neck. And that his right eye was smaller than his left eye. And that he had a habit of licking his lips whenever he was reading something. All of this added up into the boy that had saved him, and whom he deeply cared for. Now, the only problem was seducing him. He'd tried on several other occasions, but for some reason the redhead seemed immune to his advances. It was unnerving.
As he climbed out of the shower and started to dry himself off, the telephone rang. Quickly wrapping the towel around his waist, he caught the phone on the fourth ring. "Hello?"
"…Roxas?"
"Yes." He frowned. "Who is this?"
"It's Demyx."
Roxas gripped the phone tighter. He didn't dislike Demyx per se, but when someone has slept with a person you're trying to seduce, it puts a slight damper on your relationship. "Oh…hi."
"Um, hey…is Axel there?"
"No, he's not. So, uh, I heard you moved?"
"Yeah. A few months ago."
"Oh…why haven't you called sooner?"
"Well, I did. I've called quite a few times actually. Axel and I are still best friends after all."
"Oh, I see." Roxas didn't try to hide the venom in his voice. No wonder it had been so hard to get Axel to notice him lately. He was still hung up on Demyx.
"So…" Demyx's voice was uncomfortable, "How have you been?"
"Fine," he said coldly, "And you?" He didn't actually care; it was just a social habit.
"I've been okay." There was a long pause before he said, "Well, I've gotta go. Tell Axel to call me back."
"Sure, whatever." He hung up, having absolutely no intention of giving Axel the message. It pissed him off so much. That dumb, mullet-headed blonde moved of his own free will. He ruined his own chances of being with Axel. He shouldn't be calling all the time, making it impossible for anyone else to be with him. It wasn't fair.
Roxas heard the door open and looked up to find Axel coming inside. The redhead stopped in his tracks. "Uh…do I even want to know?"
It took him a minute to realize what he was talking about. He was standing in the middle of the kitchen in a towel, holding the phone and glaring. Yes, he had been glaring at the phone. It's not like Demyx himself was there to glare at, so he had to settle.
"Uh…" he quickly set the phone down and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "I think I'll…just go get dressed."
He tried to walk away as sexily as possible, but when he looked back Axel wasn't even watching him. He was checking the calls. Damn Demyx, he ruined every single attempt.
After he was dressed, he came out to find Axel on the phone. Presumably with Demyx. Well, he'd see about that.
"Hey, Axel?"
"Hold on a sec. Yeah, Roxas?"
"Could we do something today?" Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes.
"Uh…I dunno, Roxy. I still have to make dinner, and you need to start going to bed earlier for school. Maybe tomorrow, okay?"
The blonde scowled as Axel turned back to his phone conversation. Damn, could nothing pull him away from his precious Demyx?
He sat on the couch for a while with the TV on, every once in a while shooting glares towards the kitchen. After he ate dinner, which wasn't nearly as good as he would have expected from Axel (he blamed that on Demyx too) he just went to bed. It didn't seem like there was much chance of him talking with Axel that night.
He was just drifting off when the door opened. "Hey, Roxy, you awake?"
He made a sound in the back of his throat to show that he was, indeed, awake.
"Good." He felt a weight on the bed and suddenly he was wide awake. He sat up. "What's up, Axel?"
"I have a surprise for you," the redhead said, grinning widely.
Roxas' heart skipped a beat. "A surprise? What kind of surprise?"
"Well…I didn't actually want to say anything until later, but I just couldn't wait. I am now your official guardian."
The blonde frowned. "What?"
"Well, see, I went to your parent's house and got guardianship from your father. Then I was on the phone all night with the courthouse sealing the deal. Now I'm your legal guardian, so we don't have to worry about someone taking you away."
"Oh." Roxas felt a little disappointed, he had been expecting something a little different. But he was glad that he hadn't been on the phone with Demyx all night at least. He smiled and hugged Axel around the waist. "That's…great, Axel. Thank you."
The redhead grinned and hugged him back. He briefly kissed the top of his head before saying, 'Alright, I'll let you get back to sleep. Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Roxas felt a sense of loss as Axel left the room, but nevertheless he was happy. With Axel as his legal guardian, there was no longer a chance that he might be forced to leave. And, since he knew it was Demyx taking Axel away from him, he would just have to up his efforts. He laid back down and wrapped the blankets around him, even though he knew he'd get no sleep tonight.
