Ewonsama: chapter three. Now I saw that Leven put in a guess of how long this will be. I personally think it will be 6 to 10 chapters. I'm also curious about what you guys think of the story? Also please know that this story is in now way stopping us from updating our separate stories. Hey, we need some form or randomness to help us get our brains working again XD

It took around three hours for the group to take apart the ship. It didn't help that the water had already filled the inside, making the ship sink lower until it was completely submerged. Five out of the six of the males had to team up to pull apart and lifted the heaviest parts of the ship out of the water. Axel was sure he almost drown when the block slipped from their hands and pushed him down, under the water.

By the time everything was on semi dry land. it was well around 2:30. Axel was starving and his stomach had to let everyone know by growling like a beast. He and everyone else just laughed, deciding that it was time to eat some redhead was glad to finally get something in his gut. He hadn't eaten since the night before and with the lack of sleep and the energy he used to go in and out of the pool; he felt like a starved, exhausted puppy. Lucky for him Cloud and Riku offered to go pick up some pizza. Everyone pitched in their money for their share, knowing that one box wouldn't be enough for the nine of them. Axel felt bad for Roxas and he knew that the kid had to be hungrier than he was. The redhead was more than happy to pay for him even if it caused him to dip into the money he was saving for a laptop.

The rest of the group were currently laying around Axel's apartment. They had to carry the heavy blocks up two flights of stairs. It wasn't an easy job. the weight of the some of the blocks were heavier thanks to normal gravity. Leon almost fell down the steps with Zexion while hauling a piece up last few steps. Cloud almost dropped a block on Zack's foot and Zack almost elbowed Sora in the face. Riku was tripped by Reno's foot when the man ran down the stairs for more pieces. Roxas practically went flying from the middle of the stair case. He was lucky that he didn't have any blocks on hand as that Axel caught him; even if the older male hurt his backside when he tripped over his own feet with Roxas in his arms. By the time they were done it was 4 o'clock.

Riku and Cloud left to go pick up their ordered pizzas. Sora crashed onto half of the couch. He had never worked so hard in his life. Leon was on the other half of the couch with his eyes shut. He had work later that night but was thinking of calling off. Reno and Zack were sitting at the kitchen table talking about their date later that night.

Zexion was looking over the blocks curiously. No doubt he was trying to figure out what kind of material they were made out of. As for Roxas, Axel had taken him to his bedroom, leaving the door open a bit so his brother didn't think he was doing anything. Not that he really cared.

"Roxas, about how I treated you in the game... I had no idea that you could actually feel anything. If I had known, I would have done a better job at making sure I didn't hurt you." Axel said with a low tone so only Roxas could hear him. His hands were folded in his lap while he sat on his bed with the blond standing in front of him.

Roxas nervously shifted his weight from foot to foot. The air between the two got a little heavy and awkward as the hero let the silence hang on for longer than it needed to be.

"Axel, I know you didn't mean any harm. Getting hit and dying does hurt a lot but after the game restarts or you give me a potion, it doesn't bother me all that much.

I appreciate you apologizing. I really do. It means so much to me." Roxas reached out and grabbed Axel's hand and intertwined their fingers together, a light smile graced the fair hero's face, "Thank you so much for that."

Axel gazed up until green met blue. He lightly squeezed Roxas hand, gently tugged him closer to him, and wrapped his arms around the blond's waist. He leaned his forehead against Roxas diaphragm, fully aware that they had yet to change out of their chlorine smelling clothes. He was also aware that they were both still topless but even that knowledge didn't stop Axel from slightly embracing the younger male.

He didn't want to say good bye to Roxas. He didn't want to believe that he was a fictional character that had somehow come to his world. He felt like it was meant to happen, as cliche as that sounds. "Roxas." He whispered with his forehead still on the younger's midsection.

Roxas looked down at Axel with sad eyes. He threaded slightly heavy red hair through his fingers. He didn't know when but the lanky man was growing on him.

What had originally started as hatred towards his player was starting to become much, much more

The blond bit his lower lip as he thought about how he was going to word the question that had been bugging him, "Axel? If...if I can't go home, is it possible for me to stay here, with you?" Dark blue eyes closed as Roxas tired to steady his breathing so Axel wouldn't feel how nerves he was.

Axel raised his head so he could stare into the half lidded, sad blue orbs gazing down at him. Axel couldn't believe what he heard. He knew for a fact that he had asked Roxas to stay with him when they had first embraced. That was closely followed by Roxas rejecting him. Well more like rejecting his offer. But still, knowing that he would ask him now made him happy. He was thrilled by the idea of keeping him here; at the same time he knew Roxas was only asking him because if the ship didn't work, he would have no place to go.

Axel gave him a small smile while moving his hands to his slim hips. His thumbs gently rubbed small circle around the exposed flesh. He didn't miss the shiver the blond gave him from the simple touch. He knew that he was torn at that moment. He knew Roxas wanted to go home and not stay with this stranger who had asked for him to stay not even after twenty minutes of knowing each other. So the rejection at the time wasn't as painful now as it was before. He felt relieved.

"Roxas," Axel spoke softly. "Roxas of-"

"Food's here, yo!" Reno called while he practically kicked the door open, startling the two occupants. They both started at him with wide eyes and pink faces. Reno only raised a brow at how close the two were. "Am I interrupting something?" He tittered and leaned against the door frame.

Axel grumbled, got up and stormed over to his brother. "What the hell do you think?" He wanted to punch his brother when he shrugged and laughed.

Roxas blushed at the unexpected interruption. He wanted to know Axel's answer. This limbo of not knowing was putting a strain on the blond's heart.

He walked passed the brothers with his head held low and took a seat at the table next to Sora who had a gooey looking triangle in his hands. The brunet still seemed exhausted and Roxas vaguely wondered if someone had woken him up or if the smell of food had lulled to boy out of his comatose state.

"Hey Roxas. Want some pizza?" Sora gestured towards the box laying on the table.

The hero didn't want to draw any attention to himself so he didn't ask Sora what this pizza was or how it would taste. Roxas opened the box and saw a disk like think with a chunk missing from it laying there. Grabbing a piece Roxas sat back in his chair and watched Sora's every move out of the corner of his eye and mimicked him.

When Sora finally took a bite of his food Roxas shortly followed. Blue eyes widened in surprise from the flavor that hit his tongue. He had never tasted something so good in his life! The food back in his game was kind of bland and there wasn't much of a vitiate. If Axel let him stay Roxas knew he could get used to this.

"Good huh?" Sora asked with a light smile.

"Mmm...yeah they didn't have this stuff back home." Roxas moaned, not really paying attention to what just came out of his mouth.

Sora titled his head to the side and then laughed. "You just moved here or something didn't you?"

Roxas's eyes widened as his slip up was called out, "Ye-yeah. I might be leaving soon though."

"But you just got here. Or did you just come to visit Axel for a while?" Sora tried to not show his hurt. Ever since he finished school he had no luck with any of his friends. They had all moved on with out him and being around all these people made him feel happy. He liked Roxas and was hoping they could become friends.

Roxas couldn't make eye contact with the brunet. He liked Sora. He felt a connection towards him, but he knew getting close to the other boy would make going home so much harder.

"I don't really want to talk about it." Roxas hung his head at the lame answer. He couldn't tell Sora the truth but he didn't want to make up a story and have the brunet go talk to Axel who'd probably mess up his story and reveal the lie.

Sora sensed Roxas distress and let the topic drop. "Hey Roxas, now that the pool is free do you want to go for a swim? I know it's not the right season for it but it does have a heating system. And besides, it looks like uh, Zexion is going to take a while to figure out how to fix your," Sora paused and looked at the blocks. He had a weird feeling in his gut telling him that Roxas wasn't really cosplaying. "...ship. While we wait, lets have some fun?"

Axel strolled into the kitchen with his shirt back on. He gave a quick glance to the two boys at the table before going for the box of pizza. He was still upset with Reno but there was nothing he could really do. "Go for it Roxas. I need to talk to everyone anyway."

"Ummm...okay." Roxas felt a bit unsure. He didn't really want to leave Axel's side until he got an answer, but he didn't want to seem too clingy. He quickly ate the rest of his food before leaving the apartment with his newly found friend.

With Roxas and Sora out of sight, Axel took a seat and faced everyone else in the room. "You all probably want to know what the hell is going on, right? Though I'm sure even if I told you, none of you would believe me."

Leon groaned and slouched farther into his spot on the couch. Zexion, who had taken Sora's original spot, patted the older man's thigh in silent comfort. Being one of the strongest in the group, Leon was the one to drag the heaviest pieces up the flights of stairs, and at the moment he wanted to do nothing more than sleep.

Everyone else was crowded around the table, quietly munching on their food and giving the redhead their undivided attention.

Axel sighed and told them everything that had to do with Roxas. Leaving out how he made him cry by threatening the game and how they had touchy feely moments. When he was done he wasn't surprised by the disbelief stares they were giving him.

"Whether you believe me or not, that's what happened. Now as long as that thing is in here I don't have too much to worry about. You guys can even go back home if you want. But Zexion, I need your help to figure out how that works and Cloud maybe you can contact your friend Cid to see if he can help out with putting it back together."

"The materiel is nothing that I've seen before." Zexion spoke up, "There's nothing that connects one piece to the other, and no electrical wiring. If what you say is true, than I don't think there would be a way of putting the ship back together. In the game you just place the pieces together and they stay, correct? Well we took them apart and since this is the real world they may not stick anymore."

To prove his point Zexion stood from the couch and went towards the discarded pile of metal. He grabbed two random pieces and clicked them together. He then let go of one piece, only to have it fall towards the ground.

"Couldn't we use the cock pit and just make a brand new ship around it?" Axel questioned him.

"What would be the point of that? If its from the game...don't look at like that Axel, I know what a gummi ship is so sue me. Anyway the material is different, so even if we could build a new one, who is to say that the material wouldn't break down?" Riku stated from his spot.

"What's the problem with Roxas just staying here?" Zack asked, "He voluntarily left his world, right? So he was obviously unhappy there."

"It wasn't so much voluntarily as it was an accident. I told you guys what he said. He saw a light, after trying to take over the ship, and ended up here." Axel chewed his lower lip in thought. "He wants to go home. If he wants to stay then I have no problem with him staying. But it's not what he wants."

"Sounds like you like him." Cloud said boredly. "Just convince him to stay here."

"What your not understanding is that the kid, a 'fictional' kid at that, is away from home. Think about it for a minute. If you were suddenly millions of miles away from everyone and everything you knew, how would you feel?" Leon added his thoughts and slumped on the couch like a pile of jelly.

"Sure. Accident." Zack mumbled with a pout and leaned his head on Reno's shoulder, "Your brother's not being very proactive in his love life," he whispers to the other redhead but loud enough for everyone to hear.

Reno laughted and patted Zack on the head. Axel gave them the bird. "My love life is none of your concern."

"Sure it isn't." Reno smirked at him. "Wouldn't you just love to have your own little blond to do thing with." Cloud glared at him. "Cool your ass, you know I mean the other one."

"Not that this topic isn't nice to hear; what are you going to tell him if we can't get it working?" Riku rolled his eyes. He wasn't interested in hearing about Axel's love life.

"You better make up your mind soon because it looks like he and the other kid are done playing in the pool." Cloud said looking out the balcony door.

"I'm not going to say anything until we actually try."

"That would be best. Do you mind if I take one of these home to examine?" Zexion poked around for smaller and lighter pieces of gummi blocks.

"You'd have to ask Roxas that. Leon is right though, Zack. What if you were taken away from Reno? Wouldn't you want to go back home?" Axel crossed his arms, staring daggers at the raven haired man who just stuck his tongue out playfully.

"Wasn't there a love interest in the game? A best friend but both had silent feelings for one another. Only Roxas was too dense to notice his feelings?" Riku's comments was like a knife stabbing Axel right in the heart. He had completely forgotten about the blond girl who grew up with Roxas. Then again, it could be just his game that Roxas was missing from.

The blond hero let himself back into the apartment with Sora close behind him. Both were dripping wet and shivering a bit.

"Wha-what did we miss?" Sora asked between clenched teeth.

Riku quickly filled the two in on what they had discovered about the gummi ship parts but decided against bringing up the love interest or Axel cock blocking himself. Those were private matters between his friend and the video game hero.

Roxas visibly paled as Riku explained that they knew about his origins, "You don't think Axel's crazy for telling you that? And you guys aren't going to call the military on me, right?"

Sora was bouncing with excitement. His bright blue eyes focused on Roxas, "You're really him? Holy crap that's so cool!"

"Why would we call them on you? Cloud and Zack practically work for something similar. Reno does too but he doesn't do exactly what they do." Leon finally opened his eyes.

"What have you been filling his head with?" Zack shook his head in disapproval. "You practically scared him."

Axel clicked his tongue. "I just told him what other people could do."

"So cool, so cool." Sora mumbled over and over until he heard Axel. He straighten up and defend the redhead. "Well, it's true! Old man Vexen is such a dirty bastard that he would do something like that if not kidnap Roxas and do experiments himself."

"Roxas! Before you begin to freak out, just know that known of us would let that happen. I'll-we'll protect you." Axel said quickly at first but as he kept talking his voice returned to a gentle soothing tone.

"Axel's right kiddo. Besides, I want to see how this whole thing plays out." Reno slung an arm over Zack's shoulder and winked at the smaller blond in the room.

"This isn't a game Reno." Cloud grunted and got up from his chair. "No offense to you."

Roxas took a big calming breath and looked down at the ground in thought before looking over over at Zexion. As if he could read his mind, Roxas asked,"You want to take some of the ship?" The steely haired man silently nodded, "You can, but just don't take too long, please."

Zexion thanked Roxas before gathering some pieces into a paper bag and taking his leave.

"Axel, I can stay here until Zexion figures something out, right? I mean if it's too much trouble I can stay with Sora." Roxas glanced between both males.

Sora eagerly nodded his head. He had so many questions he wanted to ask the blond and having him spend the night would be the most opportune time.

"Before you answer that let me take my leave. I have work later to night and I rather not hear a lovers spat." Leon got up and left along with the others who laughed at Axel.

"Lovers spat?" Roxas asked curiously.

"Ignore them. They're just tired idiots." Axel said and watched them all go, thanking them all even if he want to push them down the stairs. Now it was just himself and the two blue eyed teens. Axel wanted to have Roxas stay with him but he felt it might be too awkward. He needed some time to think about what he was going to do with Roxas. But if he told the blond that it would be better to stay with Sora, would he be offended?

"You can do what you like." He said hoping he didn't sound like a jack ass. "Sora, you should be heading home."

"You're right. It's not that late but my mom and dad will be home soon. Roxas if you decide to stay with me tonight I live across the hall in apartment one." Sora said excitedly before taking his leave to go do his chores. He knew if he wanted a friend over, the place had to be clean or his parents would take his things away.

Axel shut the door and dragged himself back to his room with a solemn expression. He could hear Roxas following him and he thought that maybe he had something to say. He sat on his bed, instead of laying down like he wanted, and gazed up at the blond standing by the door. "You can come in if you want."

Roxas awkwardly shuffled farther into the room till he was at the edge of the bed. He took in Axel's relaxed posture and thought laying down would be nice.

Without asking, the hero slid next to Axel and used the redhead's chest as a pillow.

Axel's heart rate sped up and he was sure that Roxas could hear it beating faster. His face was growing hot and he was knew it was probably a bright red. He placed an arm around Roxas, resting his hand on the boy's arm. His other arm was behind his own head, giving him extra support. He needed to act like the closeness wasn't affecting him.

"Tired?" He asked before he yawned himself.

Roxas nodded his head and nuzzled into Axel even more. His cheek was pressed over the redhead's heart. If he stopped his movements, he could clearly hear Axel's heart pounding. It was just as fast as the time he was force to run nonstop in the game. The only thing was, Axel wasn't running; he was just laying there beneath the blond. Roxas could feel his cheeks redden with the idea that Axel's heart was speeding up for him.

Axel wished he could control his beating heart. He knew he shouldn't feel this way. It would only be harder to say good bye. Besides, it wasn't like Roxas had an interest in him. "He has Namine." He said under his breath but because Roxas was so close he heard him.

Roxas perked up at the mention of his childhood friend, "Naminé? What about her?" The boy's cheeks were flushed as he tried to shake off the sleepy state that he was letting Axel's heart lull him into.

"What do you mean what about her? Surely you miss her? She is after all the one you care for most." Axel eyed Roxas with disbelief.

Roxas looked taken aback at that. Yes he did care for Naminé. She was his friend and she was the damsel in distress in the games. And he did miss her. But after all that he didn't have any romantic feeling. Naminé was more of a sister than a lover.

The hero wanted to say all of that but all that managed to squeeze out of his mouth was, "I wouldn't say I care for her the most."

Axel raised a brow at that. He thought about all the other characters in the game and came up empty. How could she not be who he cared for most when on the game they spent so much time together. Hell even Axel shipped them and waited for the day when Roxas would get off his ass and just kiss the girl. That was until he met the hero.

"Surely you must be joking? It was already plainly planned out that you would end up with Namine eventually." Axel sat up feeling mixed feeling between the love of the game's story and the feelings he felt toward Roxas.

"I don't know what the game had planed, but I don't see her as the love of my life. Naminé's a sister to me." Roxas couldn't look Axel in the face and instead glared at the logo on the man's shirt. His feelings were messing with his brain. Why did he feel so betrayed and cheated because Axel thought that?

Axel didn't know what to say. The game was going to go that way and yet Roxas just said he didn't feel that way about her. He didn't understand it. "It's just...weird." Axel said feeling slight disappointment. "I was kinda hoping that it would happen too." He said not being able to think about what he was saying.

"Oh...?" Roxas fully pulled off of Axel's chest and scooted back a bit so he and Axel weren't touching in any way. The hero felt a stab in his chest from the other man' swords. Did Axel really want him to be with Naminé?

"Oh fuck. Roxas that's not what I meant." Axel almost stuttered out. He didn't know why he felt like he needed to explain himself. He knew that he and Roxas would never be anything more than a player and hero. A friend at the very least, even if Axel wanted something more from him. He was his favorite character. Someone who he looked up too and idolized. He would never admit out loud however.

"Roxas I-I," he chewed on the comer of his lower lip trying to quickly think of something to say but all he could do was stare into those hurt blue hues. He felt his stomach twist knowing he was the one to cause that look.

Without thinking, Axel reached out and pulled Roxas toward him. He feared the blond would get up and leave if he didn't do so. "Before you came here, yes I was hoping you'd end up together. But now..."

Roxas slightly leaned away from Axel. His eyes fixed on a corner of the room. He felt bitter towards the older man now. His feelings were all jumbled up and the hero couldn't figure out if he wanted to slap the redhead or not.

"But now what?"

Axel couldn't form the words he wanted to say. It had been so long since he had asked anyone out. It was easy for him to get a date or a lay. But ever since Roxas' game came out he had warped his entire life around it for an entire year. He wasn't sure what to say because he wasn't asking Roxas out. He was trying to tell him something else.

He could see the look of hurt in the blue eyes change to anger and back to hurt. He cursed himself and wished he was dreaming. But when he woke up, Roxas wouldn't be some character from a game. He would be real and he would be his.

Axel let out a shaky breath and hesitantly cupped Roxas soft cheek. He slowly leaned forward, almost afraid that he would be pushed away. When Roxas did nothing but stare at him with questioning eyes, Axel closed the distance between them and gave him a chaste kiss; hoping beyond hope the blond would get what he meant by 'now.'

Roxas gasped as he felt Axel's lips on his own. He couldn't help but notice how warm and soft they were.

Going off instincts, Roxas leaned farther into the kiss. His hands timidly grabbed and fisted themselves tightly into Axel's shirt, efficiently keeping the man in place.

Axel was surprised as he felt Roxas kissing him back. He wrapped his arms around his waist, bringing him closer to until the blond was almost sitting on his lap.

He wanted to deepen the kiss but knew it wasn't the time for such things. He pushed away his manly needs and settled for gently kissing Roxas with a lot more courage than he had before.

The blond moaned as he was pulled into Axel. His hands released Axel's shirt and he wrapped his arms around the redhead's neck, keeping him in place.

Hearing the moan coming from the blond made Axel groan. His hands wandered down Roxas bare back until they came to the hem of his pants. He opened his mouth and licked the seam of soft lips asking for entrance. He wanted a little bit more of Roxas before he knew he had to break away.

Roxas slowly opened his mouth, letting Axel slip his tongue in. The foreign feeling of the slippery appendage invade his mouth; It was just too weird and the blond had to pull away.

"I'm sorry." Roxas whispered. His face beat red. He felt embarrassed by his reaction. He rolled off of Axel and hide his face in his hands.

Axel moved closer to Roxas, slowly pulling him so his back was against his chest. He wanted to reassure him. He just hoped that his hug was comforting and not sending mixed signals. "It's alright. I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry."

"Nnn...I-it's okay." Roxas managed to mumble out from around his fingers. Blue eyes peeked out and Roxas looked over his shoulder to stare at Axel, "I just didn't know what to expect." The end of his sentence was followed up by a yawn.

The hero relaxed back into the chest and relaxed his head back onto a broad shoulder, "I'm sleepy..."

Axel couldn't help but chuckle. He leaned back, being careful to lay Roxas beside him, and yanked the messy blanket over the both of them. He wasn't sure if Roxas was comfortable with it, but he wanted to try anyway. Axel wrapped his arms around the blond, cuddling him beneath the covers.

"I hope you don't mind." He yawned and closed his eyes. 'Finally some sleep. I probably won't wake up until tomorrow morning.'

"If you wake up tonight and get hungry or anything, feel free to help yourself. I'm honestly to exhausted." He laughed. "It's my own fault for wanting to play with you without sleep." As he spoke, his voice got lower and lower until he was almost mumbling. Axel was pretty sure he was going to fall asleep any moment.

Roxas watched Axel as he fell asleep and then a bit longer. He couldn't get enough of how peaceful the redhead looked right then. As he felt his eyes start to close Roxas wished this moment would never end.

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