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Roxas

School and my life begin to pass by in a blur. Everything moves fast and Hikari settles into cold weather. The plus is that over the weeks, Axel and I get closer. We're officially dating at this point, but not boyfriends just yet. He tells me a lot about his life and all of his misadventures, which are quite hilarious. We even go on a few double dates with Demyx and Zexion, who are very close. I barely see Reno, but when I do, he acts weird.

One time, while Axel was getting changed before our date, he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me before he licked the shell of my ear… yes, licked! I'm not stupid, I call him weird but I know he likes me. I just try to avoid thinking about it. I don't need to worry about loving two demons, especially since they're brothers, but Reno is a look-alike of Axel and he's sweet (most of the time) and mature. Plus, he makes me just as nervous as Axel does, which is not a good sign. I don't want to admit that I may be falling for Reno just a bit, but I am.

So, on a particular Friday when Axel is upstairs taking a shower because he got splashed on the walk home with slush, I'm sitting in his living room on the couch. Demyx and Zexion are out on their own date, so Reno is the only other person home.

Reno walks into the living room with a beer in his hand and he sits down next to me. "So, how drenched did Axel get?" The redhead asks.

I smile. "He was cursing about his ass being cold so I guess completely through his clothes." It had actually shocked me because Axel never gets cold, but he and water don't mix too well in the first place.

He shakes his head. "Well, he is an unlucky klutz so stuff like that happens to him all the time."

I frown slightly. I can hear an edge of disdain in Reno's tone and it bothers me.

I turn to the TV that is playing a re-run of some old game show. The volume is fairly low; enough that I can barely hear what is going on.

The TV suddenly flicks off and I look to my right to see that Reno has turned it off. He sets the remote down on the side table next to him and turns to me. "Listen Roxas, before you go and get into anything serious with Axel you should know that when he lets his demon side out, he can't control it very well. It's very dangerous and he can do terrible things when he's set free."

I turn to face Reno. "Why are you telling me this? It's not like Axel would do anything to me."

"I said he had no control remember? He doesn't even recognise people, and since you have that light inside of you, his first instinct will be to go after you and feed from you. I'm just telling you this to protect you."

I fold my arms over my chest. "You clearly don't know your brother as well as I do. He wouldn't let something like that happen."

"And you clearly don't know him as well as you think you do. He's keeping just as many secrets from you as you are from him."

I bite my lip and look down. Maybe Reno's right, for once. Axel can be sketchy, although he is open. He never goes into detail in his stories, and I know he only tells me ones that make me laugh.

I snap out of my thoughts as Reno pulls me over into his lap. I feel my cheeks heat up and he rubs my arms, which, although I hate to admit it, soothes me.

"Axel's more of a demon than you think." I feel Reno's breath on my ear as he whispers to me and it sends shivers down my spine. Why am I not stopping this?

My answer is 'oh' when Reno starts kissing my neck. I close my eyes, regrettably, and actually enjoy the redhead sucking on my skin, god forbid. I snap my mouth shut to keep any unwanted sounds from coming out and jump off his lap quickly, turning back to face him. I'm sure that I'm blushing and I think he knows that I enjoyed that, but I remind myself that I have to be serious here.

I clear my throat. "Reno, I'm dating Axel, you can't just do that." I say.

He lazily stands up and walks over to me. "Why not? I'm better for you."

"Well you don't get to decide. I can't believe you're degrading your own brother."

"We haven't been close for decades now. Just give me a chance to show you that I'm better than him Roxy." He begs, even daring to use Axel's nickname for me, as he bends his head and kisses me.

I squeeze my eyes shut and allow him to kiss me for a few moments, but refuse to kiss back. I then push him away enough that his lips are off mine. I catch my breath and then look up at him, feeling slightly bad, but only slightly since he keeps coming onto me while I'm dating his brother. "I can't. I'm dating Axel, that's my choice." I say.

We both hear footsteps coming down the stairs and I walk into the foyer to make sure that Axel doesn't see anything of the scene that had just occurred. He meets me halfway and kisses my forehead quickly before he grabs his shoes and jacket and pulls them on. I do the same, forcing myself not to look back at Reno.

Axel grabs his car keys and gives a slight wave to his brother before he opens the door for me and I walk outside, glad to taste the fresh air after only being able to taste Reno's alcohol. Let me tell you, alcohol is disgusting, although I have tasted it on Axel before as well. Note to self: get the Cinder brothers to stop drinking. We head out to Axel's car and climb in. I make sure that I put on a smile for him as we leave, heading downtown for our date.

Axel and I go out for hot chocolate before we walk to the arcade. He suggests that we do something different for every date, and so far he has managed to be consistent, aside from us constantly getting hot chocolate and coffee because we're both addicted.

When we get to the arcade, we decide to play Dance Dance Revolution, and I'm automatically winning because Axel can't move fast enough to get his feet onto the right arrow, which is ironic because he has super speed. So, because Axel can't win, the jerk resorts to cheating.

I'm hitting the arrows at what is super speed compared to Axel when I'm suddenly shoved and I miss two arrows. I glare back at Axel, who's laughing now and missing every note, although he was before anyways. I grin and shove him back; accidentally making him hit the right note.

I gape at him. "That is so unfair!"

He laughs. "I guess you're good luck Roxy."

I frown and hit a combo, ignoring him when he persists to shove me and try to get me to lose, but when he realises that I'm done playing around, he grabs me around my waist and keeps me off the ground so I can't hit the arrows.

"Axel Cinder you cheater!" I yell, trying to get him to let go of me.

"Nope, I'm picking the game this time, and it's going to be an actual video game." He says, dragging me off just as the song ends.

I frown as he sets me back down in front of some shooting game. "I hope you know that I'm opposed to even a game about killing animals." I point out.

"Well this isn't an animal killing game, it's a zombie killing one." He says, picking the gun out of the holster and starting the game. He puts the gun in my hands and then stands behind me and positions me to play, keeping his hands over mine. I feel my face heat up slightly, but as soon as the game starts, he's helping me kill all the zombies and I find it oddly addicting. No wonder video games rot the brain. We actually win the game, mostly because Axel is amazing at it, and then we go cash in our tickets. He gets a toy gun, being the immature child he is.

I shake my head as we leave the arcade. "You are such a child." I say.

He laughs. "Yeah, but you love it."

I roll my eyes and try to ignore him pretending to shoot the gun at people. He wraps his arm lightly around my neck suddenly and I feel him press the gun to my temple. "Put your hands behind your head." He says threateningly, although I can see him smiling out of the corner of my eyes.

"You don't have handcuffs Ax, besides, that's a little too kinky for you." I say.

"Joy kill much." He says, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me back until he hits a wall and leans back against it.

"I'm the joy kill? You're the one who ruined Dance Dance remember?" I tease.

"I'm a sore loser." He says as he rests his chin on my shoulder.

"Yeah, I got that." I say, relaxing slightly and closing my hands around his.

We just stand there in silence for a long time, both of us lost in thought. I finally relax completely and rest my head on his shoulder.

"Roxas?" He breaks the silence.

"Hm?" I ask.

"We've been dating for a month now right?"

"Mhm."

"So when are you officially going to be my boyfriend?"

I grin and reach up with one hand to cup his cheek, pulling his head down slightly as I tip mine back to kiss his chin. "I think now is as good a time as any."

He smiles and leans in to kiss me. I kiss him back and feel my life settle into place for the first time in years.

Axel

I'm smiling for the entire rest of the date, as I drop Roxas off and he kisses me, and as I drive home. I skip in the front door of my house and do a twirl. "Axel's got a boyfriend!" I yell dreamily.

I hear a crash from upstairs and then Demyx has wrapped his arms around my waist and I'm off the ground in a choking hug. "Oh my god! Axel that's awesome! I'm so happy for you!"

"Demyx, Axel's taken now, you can't just glomp him whenever you please. Only Roxy can." Zexion says as he joins us.

Demyx lets me down and I take a few needed breaths of air. "Thanks Zexy." I say gratefully.

"So, how did it happen?" Zexion asks.

"Well, we were just kind of standing in silence for a while and then I asked him if he was ready to be my boyfriend and he said yes!" I explain.

Demyx coos. "Aw! You two are too cute! But not as cute as my Sexy Zexy." Demyx says as he wraps an arm around Zexion's shoulders.

Zexion smirks and wraps an arm around Demyx's waist, pulling him in and kissing him.

I roll my eyes. "I don't need to see you two sucking face. I've got Roxy for that."

They're so lost in their kiss that they don't even notice me, so I sigh and walk away. Sometimes, I think my friends are a little too weird.

Roxas

When I get home, I find Cloud and Zack in the living room with Angeal and Genesis. I pause at seeing the two archangels and everyone turns to face me. I take a deep breath before I slowly walk into the living room. "Uh, hi." I say.

"Roxas, we need to talk." Angeal says seriously.

I again find that lately, everyone needs to talk to me. How many times have I heard that one sentence in the last while? Cloud pulls me down onto the couch to sit next to him.

"We understand that you're dating a demon." Genesis says bluntly.

I look down as I feel my face heat up slightly. "Well…"

I hear Cloud sigh. "Don't tell me your guys are official now."

"Really? How did he ask you? Was he romantic?" Zack asks excitedly.

I have to cover my mouth to keep from laughing, seeing as Cloud, Angeal, and Genesis don't find it amusing in the least.

"Anyways," Genesis starts, "Roxas, being with a demon is dangerous."

I frown. "You're not the first person I've heard this from. Axel's not really dangerous, trust me. I can take care of myself."

Genesis smirks. "Alright, our job is done." He tries to leave but Angeal grabs the back of his shirt and drags him back.

"You can't really know him until you see his demon side. You have to be very careful around demons." Angeal points out.

I turn to glare at Cloud. "You really can't trust me with this can you? Don't you get it? I love Axel, and you can't just try to manipulate that." I jump off the couch and push past Angeal and Genesis, running upstairs and into my room, slamming the door shut behind me.

I walk over to my bed and flop onto it on my stomach, burying my face in my arms. I can hear Angeal and Genesis leave and then I hear footsteps coming up the stairs and I hope that it's Zack coming upstairs to make me laugh or something.

I hear my bedroom door open and shut and then I feel someone sit next to me and rest their hand on my shoulder.

"Rox, I'm sorry." Cloud apologises.

I ignore him, letting him know how mad I am at him.

"I know you love Axel but I just don't want you to get hurt by the supernatural world anymore." He says.

I sigh and raise my head, resting my chin in my arms and stare straight ahead, making sure to avoid looking at him. "Cloud, we've already got no escape from the supernatural world so it doesn't matter anymore. We might as well just accept that we're a part of it."

He lies down next to me on his side and tilts my head to look at him. "You're right about that. I just naturally don't trust or like anyone who likes my baby brother, you know that." He ruffles my hair.

I push his hand away. "You should trust my judgement at least then."

He lets a smile pull at his lips. "Yeah, I know. Maybe I can make it up to you somehow. Zack and I are going out on a date tomorrow night so Axel could always come over here for the night as long as you two don't do anything and he sleeps on the couch."

I smile at him. "In your bed?"

"Fine." He agrees, pulling me in for a hug.

"Thanks Cloud. I love you." I say, hugging him back.

"Love you too bro." He says, rubbing my back.

Axel is obviously very excited that my brother is actually going to let him sleep over at my house while he and Zack are out. I remind him that we can't have sex and he's a little less excited, but I find it funny that I get to tease him about it all night.

Axel comes over at four just as Cloud and Zack are leaving. I let him inside and he pulls me into a hug. "This is going to be great! I get a whole night with my Foxy Roxy to myself!"

"Foxy Roxy?" My face flushes when I hear Zack laughing. I turn around and shoot him a death glare. "Aw, that's too cute." The ravenette teases.

"You're a jerk Zackary Fair." I mumble.

"I think it suits you." Cloud says as he walks by and ruffles my hair.

I fume. "Oh, so you're done with the overprotective stage and moving onto the tease Roxas stage now?" I ask him.

"You got it bro." Cloud winks at me as he grabs his wallet. "Alright, we'll be back tomorrow around the same time. There's money to order pizza on the kitchen table."

Zack twirls his keys around his finger. "Have fun, but not too much fun." He tells us.

Cloud whacks his boyfriend's arm, making the ravenette drop his keys. I stifle a laugh and Axel covers his mouth, trying to do the same.

"You do realise that if you two turn into us you're Zack right Axel?" Cloud asks.

"He's only jealous because I'm the man in the relationship." Zack tells Axel.

"You are not!" Both Cloud and I yell at the same time, me for the sake of not being the woman in my relationship.

"Rox, even I can say that you are the girl in your relationship." Cloud says, ducking in time to avoid a hit from me. "See you both later. Call if you need anything." He kisses my forehead quickly before he and Zack slip out.

"Bye you two! Don't you have too much fun either!" Axel calls out the door.

I'm about to whack him, but I stop myself when I remember that we'll officially be Zack and Cloud if I do. Damn them.

Axel grins at me as he shuts the front door. "So, shall we order the pizza?"

"Good idea." I say, walking into the kitchen and picking up the phone to call. As I'm ordering, Axel decides to come up behind me and start tickling my sides. "Yes extra… ch-aha- eese." I manage to get out as I try to keep from laughing. I cover the mouthpiece and turn to Axel, swatting his hands away. "Leave me alone." I tell him.

He laughs and ignores me, persisting to tickle me as I try to finish the order, and by the time I finally hang up, I'm pretty sure the woman on the line thinks I'm insane.

I'm barely able to put the phone down with Axel still tickling me. "You j-aha-jerk! S-stop! Ha, ha!" I try to push his hands away.

He laughs. "You don't really sound very convincing Roxy."

I try to turn around to face him but this ends up with me tripping and both of us falling. He manages to save me from hitting the back of my head on the tiled floor luckily, but now he's lying on me and I realise how bad of a position I'm in to defend myself.

He stops tickling me and smiles, leaning in to kiss me instead. I smile against his lips and kiss him back. We just lie there for a while before he rolls off of me, stopping the kiss, and stands up. "Come on, the kitchen floor isn't very comfortable." He offers me a hand up and I take it, letting him pull me to my feet.

We walk into the living room and sit on the couch, occasionally kissing as we wait for the pizza to come. We have the TV on but we barely notice what's playing. When the pizza finally comes, we turn off the TV and talk and eat instead.

I learn that Axel can eat a whole pizza by himself when I only eat two pieces and he eats the rest and he's still hungry. "How on earth are you so thin?" I question as I take away the plates and empty pizza box.

"Stomach of steel." He answers, following me into the kitchen.

"Tickle me again and you die." I tell him as I wash the dishes.

"Alright, but I can only keep my hands to myself for so long."

I finish washing the plates, put them on the rack to dry, and then turn and throw the pizza box at his head, laughing when it makes a successful hit. Maybe it damaged his ego a bit.

He pouts at me, rubbing his head. "Ouch Roxy, that hurt."

"Serves you right." I tell him, folding my arms over my chest and grinning at him.

He picks up the pizza box and puts it on the kitchen table, then zips over to me in a flash and throws me over his shoulder.

"Axel! Put me down!" I command as he carries me back into the living room.

He sets me down on the couch and then straddles me. "Not until I get an apology kiss."

I try to push him off of me. "No way!"

He grabs my wrists and restrains my arms by my head. "Now that's not the way to talk to your boyfriend."

"And this isn't a way to get an apology kiss." I tease.

"Truce?"

"Deal."

He lets my wrists go and I reach up to wrap my hands around the back of his neck and bring his head down to kiss him. He kisses me back and I can't help but think that I never want this night to end.

D'aww! Roxas and Axel are together 3. I love Dance Dance Revolution, I don't know what's wrong with Axel there. Please review! I want to know that this story is getting some lovin', and check out my other stories. If you like Final Fantasy, I have a story there that has gotten pretty good feedback.