Hehe it turns out this is going to be a bit more than a two-shot. My guess is that this is going to be around 5 chapters, but that's just a guess lol.
Ewonsama: I hope you enjoy this story that has turned from a one shot to so much more . I blame Roxas and Axel
Roxas starred in disbelief down at his sunken ship. Somehow during his time in Axel's apartment, water had seeped through some holes and pulled the gummi down into the depths of the 'lake'.
Dark blue eyes looked over at Axel, "How are we going to get it out? We don't have anything to pull it up with." The hero placed both hands on his hips and his cherub face scrunched up as he wracked his brain for an answer.
Axel was glaring at the ship that he had made. Seeing it in person and on a game were two different things. He had thought he made it look nice but it actually looked a messy bag of crap. How Roxas wasn't pissed at him for the distasteful style was beyond him.
He looked from the ship to Roxas and back again. He didn't have a chain or even a rope to hook the gummi ship up to. He was just glad that the pool wasn't as deep as normal house hold pools. He could get in without even getting his collarbone wet on the deepest side. And yet the ship was somehow covered with water.
With a sigh, Axel ignored Roxas' questions, took off his shirt and foot wear, and hopped right into the pool.
A faint blush dusted Roxas's cheeks as he watched Axel dive into the water. 'No, bad Roxas! No distractions. Just fix the ship and get the hell out of here.' The blond quickly chastised himself from the small distraction and followed the redhead's lead in striping.
Roxas tested the water temperature with his toes to see if it would be too cold. Lucky for him the sun was high and bright in the sky, helping warm the pool. Soon the hero was treading the water next to a fully standing Axel. The hero couldn't help but pout at his short stature. It just wasn't fair.
Axel chuckled to himself while watching how Roxas had to swim a little to stay afloat. Just seeing the pout was enough to make him bust out laughing. He however, held back from full out laughing and just tittered.
"You doing alright there?" Axel asked with humor in his voice.
Roxas paddled over to the ship so he could stand on a wing and be face to face with the amused redhead, "Yes. Why wouldn't I be?" He felt a chill go up his spine from the cold metal under his feet but he did his best to hide it, "So how is getting wet going to help pull the ship up?"
Axel smirked, seeing a small shiver from the blond. It was obvious that he was cold from the way his skin had little goose bumps running up his arms. It wasn't exactly pool weather anymore, so the fact that Roxas got in with him was surprising. Axel, himself was a little cold but he didn't care. Not when he had a hot looking blond in front of him.
'Damn it brain shut up. This isn't the time...NAKE OLD LADIES!' Axel yelled to himself trying to get rid of a problem down below. He was so glad that the water covered his lower half until he could feel his hormones die down.
"You know, you didn't have to get in with me. I was just going see to how much water was in this thing." Axel spoke with amusement. He saunter over to the ship and placed his hands on the hard surface. He furrowed his brows at the feel. "Funny, it's called gummi but doesn't feel like a gumi at all."
Blue eyes rolled at the last comment, "No shit it's not made of gumi. If it was I'd die the moment I got hit. It's just called that for the kids. You know, something simple for them to remember."
Roxas could feel the heat radiate off of Axel as the man was close to him as he examined the ship. It took all the the blond's resistance to not lean into the other male. The thought of clinging to Axel for his body warmth made heat surge throughout Roxas's body, making his blush intensify a bit more.
The hero cleared his throat and started to back away from the redhead and made his way over to the ledge, "Well if you don't need me I'll just get out." But to Roxas's dismay the water levels were a bit too low for him to be able to grab onto the ledge and pull himself over.
"No need to be a smart ass." Axel rolled his own emerald eyes. If he had noticed the red faced blonde, he would have surely teased him a little. "How do you open the door to thing?" He asked while his hands patted around the ship.
Axel wasn't planing on opening it. He wanted to know so he could let the water out later. He wasn't going to chance flooding the thing. It would be easier to just take the ship apart. It was made up of gummi blocks so why not? Then again, he didn't know how to put them back even if they could take it apart. He was about to ask Roxas about the possibility but caught him glaring at the edge of the pool like it was mocking him.
"I thought you said you were getting out of the pool?" He asked mockingly and made his way to the blond's side.
Roxas turned his hate filled glare over towards the innocent redhead, "I can't get out." He mumbled in embarrassment. The blond sighed to himself in disappointment and swam back towards Axel. He pointed to the top of the ship, "And to open it you turn that giant valve towards the left and it should open unless the gears have rusted."
Axel hummed thoughtful. The next thing he did was get out of water and walk around the edge until he could stare down at the thing. "Hey, Roxas. When you're in the game and I'm doing the modeling of the ship, what do you do? Do you just go sit somewhere or are you the one doing the modeling with me? You know taking it apart and putting it back together?"
Roxas glared at Axel and how easily he was able to get out of the water; floating around was starting to tire him out.
"No, I don't do any of the work. You remember those two rodents that give the tutorials and shit for the gummi? Well they do all the work. I go back I to the unused data and just float around until you need me again." The blond explained as he tried to gain his footing on the slippery metal with little success.
Axel laughed and held out a hand for the blond to take. He obviously didn't see the ladder on the other side of the pool. "Here take my hand."
Roxas swam over to the offered appendage and held tight as he was yanked out of the water. The first thing he did was shake the remaining water out of his blond spikes so to stood back to half their normal height, "Thanks. I really didn't want to be in there anymore." The hero rubbed the back of his neck as he smiled up at Axel.
The redhead fought off a blush and kept his eyes on Roxas' face. He knew full well that if he looked at his wet chest he would need to think of old ladies again. "No problem." He sighed, looking back at the ship. "We could try to just take it apart and then carry it all upstairs. Or we could just leave it here for other people to see, which will bring news cameras and annoying reporters. Then cops, and more than likely the military.
I know you don't know what any of that means but believe me when I say it's bad news. It will mean they will either a.) take your ship away to study it. b.) if they know its yours they will take you away along with the ship and then question you non stop.
I rather that not happen because they could do more than just that. Roxas, a lot of annoying shit could happen and not only to you but to me and everyone living in these buildings. So what do you want to do?" Axel asked looking completely serious.
Roxas bit his lower lip. The ship had hundreds of pieces to it thanks to Axel's elaborate blueprint. It could take hours if just the two of them worked on it. But he didn't know what the military was and by going off of Axel's words he didn't want to find out. Plus he'd be getting a lot of people he didn't even know involved.
"Those are heavy pieces you know. It's going to be tiring work. Do you have a cart or anything we could use to make the work any less hard? Maybe have a friend close by who'd be happy to help without asking questions?"
Axel thought for a moment. He did have friends but Marluixa would probably plot to steal the ship itself. Saix would silently bitch at him while Roxas was around. And then openly when the blond was gone. Larxene... Axel didn't think Roxas would be able to handle being around her. Then again he also thought that they would have a small fight and then the female would get all clingy. There was Demyx but he was just as lazy as he was. He also had a big mouth and couldn't keep a secret. Zexion had brains so maybe he could come and help with an idea on how to get Roxas back home.
He needed some muscle though. The only one he could think of was Riku. The silver haired teen was strong but would he be enough to help them haul all the parts? Axel didn't know what to do and he was amazed that none of the neighbors had bothered to look outside yet.
Axel looked back at Roxas, who was waiting patiently for his answer. He wasn't sure really on just who he could call. But then he remembered another blond and a raven haired man. Both with enough strength to make him look like Roxas. 'Im so glad he can't read minds.' He thought nervously. He knew if Roxas could, he'd be able tell he was insulting him. That would only lead them down a bad path.
"Sure, I'll be back when I'm done calling them." Axel said and in his rush to get back to his apartment, kissed Roxas cheek. He was stun at what he did but quickly recovered and ran all the way back to his complex with a red face.
Roxas felt his face heat up and could swear it was about to explode. He didn't mind the small kiss one bit and that was probably the reason for his own reaction.
With a heavy sigh Roxas looked back down at the water; he really didn't want to get back in but he know that he'd have to if he wanted to get started on taking his ship apart. With no other choice on hand, the hero jumped back into the cold water.
Roxas had to hold his breath as he dived under and twisted the first block off. He struggled with kicking his short legs as he tried to breach the surface without the use of his hand and the weight of the block dragging him down.
It took a lot of effort but Roxas managed to push the block up on to the ledge, "One down, nine-hundred ninety-nine to go." He mumbled to himself.
"Whatcha doing?" A spiky haired brunette asked. His deep blue eyes rivaled that of Roxas. Those bright blue orbs were peering down at said blonde with curiosity.
Axel let out a big yawn he had been holding back. So far he has been awake for 21 hours. Most of which was his fault. He knew that as soon as this whole thing was done he was going to sleep for the rest of weekend. But the thought of being Roxasless was stinging his chest. He really didn't want him to leave and yet he couldn't keep him here in a world he didn't know a thing about.
He was tempted to just drag his feet up to his flat but the thought of others seen the ship in the middle of the pool made him speed up. Once he was back inside, Axel marched into his room and grabbed his sorry excuse of a flip phone and went through his contacts. It was then that he came across Reno and Leon's numbers. "Now how could I forget about them?" He laughed and clicked the call button on his phone, listening to it ring.
"Yo?" A tired voice answered.
"You're still sleeping? It's about to be eleven." Axel chuckled knowing that he himself would have been asleep too.
"I know what time it is, yo! I'm just getting my beauty nap for a date later tonight."
Axel scoffed, "Please, you could sleep for thirty years and not look as good as I do."
A chuckle, "Mmm...yeah I guess you're right. That's why I'm gonna have amazing sex tonight with an equally amazing person and you'll be stuck with your hand yet again. Now is there a reason you called or are you just trying to annoy me?"
"Yes, well at least I've never taken it up the ass." Axel taunted. He was internally wounded by Reno's words but he wasn't going down without a fight. "Anyway, Reno, I need you to come over and help me and...my friend out with his uh car."
Reno groaned on the other end followed by a yelp and crash, "Dammit I didn't know I was that close to the edge. What's wrong with his car? Did it break down in the middle of the street?"
Axel snickered at the sound. When Reno asked his question Axel rubbed the back of his head and said, "More like in the pool."
"Right pool...WHAT THE FUCK! How the hell did he manage that!?"
"Look it's a long story. Now will you call Zack and Cloud and have them come with you. I need to call Zexion, Riku, and Leon. And don't ask any questions. We need to hurry before people notice." Axel said quickly. He was sure Reno would be able to hear the seriousness in his voice along with the slight panic that other people could be looking outside.
"No problem little bro. But why do we have to worry about people?"
"How would you feel if you sudden saw a...car in the middle of a pool with no broken gates? They would end up calling the cops and what not." Axel shut his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Reno moaned in protest and Axel could only guess the other redhead was forcing himself to get up, "I wanna know how he managed to do that but I'll refrain from questions till I get there."
"Thanks a bunch." Axel said and then hung up. "Okay now time to call the others."
Roxas startled at the new voice. He quickly turned to face the new person, "Who are you?" The blond asked in a hurried voice.
The brunette gave him a toothy grin and stuck a hand out. "I'm Sora. It nice to meet you er..."
"Roxas." The blond reached up and shook the offered hand, "I'm kind of in the middle of something so if you wouldn't mind leaving me alone, that'd be great." Roxas said. He didn't want to offend Sora, he seemed nice enough, but the hero didn't have any time to spare.
Sora frowned for a moment. He stared at the ship like thing and then back to Roxas. In an instant his eyes widen in realization. "Oh shit! Th-that's a-a- a gummi ship!"
Roxas's face mimicked the other's shocked expression. 'Great someone who's played the game. Quick Roxas think!'
"Ummm...yeah, I'm a," 'Crap what did Axel call me earlier?' "...cosplayer! Yeah, I'm a cosplayer. And a serous one at that."
Sora lightly laughed. "That's really cool. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you have Roxas' cosplay completely down. I can't even get my wig to spike like that." Sora paused and looked at the ship again. "Do you need any help getting that out? I know if old man Vexen came home, he would start a bitch fit and more than likely call the police while making up some stupid crap.
Hey, wait a second. You said your name was Roxas and your doing a Roxas cosplay... I get it if you don't want to tell me your real name... I guess..." Sora said quietly while frowning.
"Na it's just a weird coincidence, trust me. But if you'd like the help that'd be great! I'm friends with Axel, I don't know if you know him, but he should be back down here soon to help too." Roxas didn't wait for a reply and dove back under for more parts.
"If you say so." Sora said knowing he would never hear him. He took off his shirt revealing tanned skin. He then hopped into the water and was surprised by how the ship was made out of metal or some sort of steal. He wanted to ask something but decided against it and helped take a piece off.
"Yo, Sora, what are you- oh fuck! Sora! What are you doing here?!" Axel asked in a panic. He just finished his calls and then instead of finding a blond he found a brunette.
"I'm helping Roxas." He said simply and put the block in his hands onto the cement.
Axel looked around and saw the blond popping his head back up. "Roxas, I need to have a word with you."
Roxas shook his wet bangs out of his face before looking up at Axel, "Umm...yeah. Give me a minute." The blond pushed his gummi block out of the water before swimming over towards the newly found ladder and climbing out, "What's up?"
Axel took Roxas' wrist and dragged him away from the pool and from Sora's ear shot. He spun the blond so he was in front of him and his own back was facing Sora. "Why is Sora here? It's not that I don't like the kid but...I don't really know him enough to say I trust him."
Roxas pulled away from the harsh grip, "First of all, ow, that hurt. Secondly, he offered to help and it's kinda hard doing this by myself. Plus he said something about a creeper named Vexen calling the cops and that didn't sound too good." Once he was done explaining, Roxas pushed passed the stunned redhead and went back to help Sora.
With a groan Axel followed him. 'How could I forget about doctor rapist?' He questioned himself.
"Everything okay?" Sora asked placing another piece if the heavy machine on land.
Before Roxas could reply Axel cut him off. "Yeah, sorry about that. Thanks for the help by the way."
"No probably." Sora smiled and went under water.
"Hey, Roxas... So everyone should be here soon. What did you exactly tell Sora about this?" He gestured toward the ship.
"I told him I was a serous cosplayer. Just what you called me when I first landed." Roxas said with a nonchalant shrug, he still didn't know what a 'cosplayer' was but the excuse seemed to be working, "How many people are coming anyway?" The blond asked as he slowly started to slip back into the water.
Axel almost choked on his laughter. He wanted to lie and tell Roxas that a cosplayer was a prostitute just too see what his reaction would be. Instead he held his tongue and answered the blond. "I'm not really sure but I know that four out of six will come. I didn't call two of them so I don't know. When they do show up just stick with the cosplay crap alright?"
Sora popped his head back up taking a deep breath of air. In his arms, he held two blocks from the ship. He placed them with the others and went back under for another piece. Axel shook his head then returned his gaze to Roxas. "I'm going to put my phone on that chair over there and then help you guys out." Axel did what he said he would do.
Roxas nodded and dove back under to grab some more blocks. He hoped none of them were too damaged.
Axel got back in the water and helped them take some of the heavy blocks out. They had gotten about thirty-five pieces out before Axel heard his phone go off. He grumbled and climbed out of the water and out into to the light breeze the air around them brought.
He picked up his phone and saw Reno's name flashing on it. "Where in the pool area." He said when he answered the phone and hung up on his brother. He knew it was his fault not mentioning where he would be waiting but he did say the 'car' was in the pool right?
"Roxas, Sora, Some of my friends should be here in a moment. Why don't you too get out for now so you can meet them yeah?"
Roxas and Sora quietly followed the suggestion. When they were close enough to the redhead Roxas unconsciously wrapped himself around Axel's forearm and held onto him with a tight grasp. He was a bit worried about being around more people. What if they caught on to him not being from their world? Would they call the military and have him be taken away from Axel?
The blond frowned a bit at where his thoughts were taking him. Didn't he mean to say be taken away from his ship and not be able to go back home? Yeah, that was it.
Axel blinked rapidly at the blond. He felt his heart beat a little faster at that moment. Roxas had no idea how hard he was making things. Axel didn't think he'd be able to let hero go even if they found a way to fix the gummi ship.
He didn't really like the curious look Sora was giving them either. It was innocent enough to be called cute but still it was a look. Just before Sora could even notice that Axel was looking back at him, the teen shrugged and stretched his wet limbs.
"What are your friends like?" Sora asked Axel.
"They're normal I guess. Zexion, he's a little taller than you two with bluish grey hair. He may look like an emo but he's actually just a quiet schemer. I called him for his brains.
Then there is Zack, Riku, Cloud, Leon, and my older brother Reno. Riku is a little cocky and he likes to compete. Zack is more out going than the others and he is a lot more helpful. Cloud is a bit quieter and lets just say blunt with how he feels. Leon is smart too and like everyone else he is helpful. Just don't stare at his scar. Lastly is Reno. I guess you could say he's like me." Axel said shrugging.
Roxas loosened his grasp on Axel's arm when he heard about the group. If Axel knew them so well then the redhead would've known if they would call the military on him.
Suddenly the gate leading to the pool slammed open and a man who looked just like Axel sauntered in, "Yo bitches! Reno's here to save the day!" The new redhead was followed by two men. One had blond spikes similar to Roxas's own, and the other's hair was black with tamed layered spikes.
Axel chuckled and shook his head. He walked away from Roxas and Sora to greet his brother and friends. "Thanks for taking the time out on your oh so busy schedules to come and help." He said sarcastically.
Cloud gave a small smile. "Thank you for not having your hand done your pants again."
Zack tried to hold back his laughter. He covered his mouth with his hands. He failed and bucked over laughing. Axel just glared at the two. Behind him Sora was covering his own mouth trying to stifle a giggle. He was just glad Roxas didn't laugh at him.
"Yeah, yeah. Did you guys see Leon, Riku, or Zexion by any chance?" Axel asked with a roll of his eyes.
Roxas tilted his head to the side in confusion. What did the man mean by Axel having his hand down his pants? Was it a bad thing? But if it was, everyone wouldn't be laughing so hard, right?
Zack walked towards the two redheads and wrapped his arms around the waist of the slightly shorter one, "You're lucky it's so early, Axel, any later and Reno and I wouldn't have made it." The raven winked at Axel before releasing Reno with an overly dramatic kiss on the cheek and walked towards the blocks that Roxas and Sora had managed to save, "Damn kid, how did you manage to do this?" He called over to Roxas.
The hero jumped a bit as he was addressed, "Ummm...I was...er...seeing if it would fly?" He lamely finished.
Axel was stunned that Zack didn't question that it wasn't a car in the pool but in fact a ship. He was about to introduce everyone when he heard the gate creak again. Walking in were three males. One with silver hair that covered his eyes and was shoulder length. Another had a scar in the middle of his nose and forehead with short brown hair. The last one, with one eye covered, was none other than Zexion.
Axel grinned and didn't really bother to greet them. He stood behind Roxas, placing his hands on his bare shoulders, and called for everyone's attention. "Guys this is Roxas. And that's his, as you can tell, ship, in the pool. The brunette is my neighbor Sora."
Leon's left eye twitched while he stared at the thing in the pool. He was expecting a car and even wondered how they would get it out. But now seen it as some weird ship thing, he was almost ready to leave.
Zexion rolled his blue eye and was the first to make his greeting. "I'm Zexion. Axel didn't say it was ship that was in the water. This is indeed interesting."
"I'm Riku, and as much as this isn't...weird, I'm tired and think I'm going to go back to bed."
"Why would you go to back to sleep? You just got here and Roxas needs our help." Sora protested trying not scowl.
"Axel, just what the hell is going on?" Cloud asked with his eyes on the ship.
"Look, Roxas here needs to get this thing up into my apartment before some morons find it here and try to steal it. I'll explain later okay? For now help us take it apart and shit." Axel said feeling annoyed that they all just stood around.
He knew Roxas would want to know the others are so he continued with the introductions all the while keeping his hands on the blond's shoulders. "Roxas, Sora, that's Leon, Zack, Cloud, and the one staring at Zack's ass is Reno.
Reno's teal eyes tore themselves away from the other man's ass and he smirked over at his brother and the blond, "What? Can you blame me? He has the most amazing ass ever!" The older redhead defended himself.
A light blush covered Zack's face and he spun around with his hands covering his behind. "Stop being such a pervert and help us out or you're not getting any tonight, Reno!" The raven shot back.
Roxas covered his mouth as a smile crept over his face. He slightly turned his head so he could fully look at Axel, "I like your friends." He simply stated before walking out of the redhead's grip and back to the pool to help everyone out.
I'm curious, who do you guys think writes for Roxas and who writes for Axel?
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