Ewonsama: Review so I can sleep at night, my brain and drained body will thank you. Oh, and thanks for reading!
Leven: Damn this story is now longer than Abandoned and had half as many chapters. I love this story so much. It's mine and Ewonsama's baby xD
Roxas poked at the Alfredo noodles and chicken in front of him. After the movie Axel had dragged the hero out of the theater and towards the car as soon as the credits started to roll. The redhead then drove them across town to a fancy restaurant that made Roxas feel underdressed. The food was good and Roxas was happy to be here with Axel, but the feeling of unwanted eyes looking at him like he didn't belong was getting on his nerves. The blond didn't even know if it was because of the way he was dressed or if it was because he was having dinner with another man, either way it annoyed him.
Taking a sip of his water, Axel gazed at the distressed blond. He couldn't for the life of him, figure out what was wrong. Sure the place was full of people dressed up, and the two of them didn't really match the atmosphere, Roxas more than Axel; but that didn't mean they weren't welcomed there. All it meant was that most people plan a date rather than just have one out of the blue.
Then again, there was a lot of people staring at them. They gave them the same looks that that couple at the theater gave them. Maybe he made a mistake in taking Roxas into a place like this and instead took him a fast food joint. 'To late now.'
Axel put his fork down and stretched his arm across the table. He took Roxas' hand in his, giving it a small squeeze. The blond looked up from his plate and onto Axel's small smiling face. "You okay?"
Roxas sent the player a soft smile, "Yeah, I'm fine. The food here's really good. Thank you."
The hero knew he shouldn't let the other occupants of the restaurant bother him and he should only care about Axel so that's exactly what he planned on doing. Pushing the feeling of being stared at aside Roxas looked at the man in front of him.
The small smile on the blond's face became more genuine when he picked up the guilty look on Axel's face. The player really was thinking too much to make Roxas happy, and the hero wished there was something he could do to repay the man.
Axel rubbed his thumb over the back of Roxas's hand. "And your going to Sora's after this right?" Axel asked curiously. He didn't feel bother by it anymore. He was fine with it and thought that Roxas should have as much fun as he could.
He had his time with the hero. He got to hold and even kiss him. He was content. Even during the movie Roxas allowed him to wrap his arm around his shoulder for some snuggling. Besides, he knew if they went home, there would be nothing from stopping Axel from trying to go a little further than just a kiss. So in his mind it was probably best for him to go see the brunette.
"I was thinking about it. But if you want to hang out a bit more I don't mind, and I don't think Sora would care that much either." Roxas flipped his hand over so he could comfortably wrap his fingers around the man's wrist and stroking the soft skin.
Axel shivered under the innocent touch. He could already feel himself getting a little uncomfortable under the table. "Hm I would like too. But sleep overs are fun. It's better than you don't go to late. Me and my friends, all we did was play video games, goof around, tell jokes, sm- uh make s'mores, get dru- haha I mean drag each other outside and pulls pranks. We'd also eat like pigs. Good times." Axel laughed at the memories.
Roxas laughed at that. It all sounded fun, even the things Axel tried to censor, "Okay I'll get out of your hair when we get back. And don't worry there won't be any smoking or drinking." The hero winked at the redhead and withdrew his hand so he could continue eating.
Axel stared at him with his mouth hanging open before he started to laugh. "Can't get anything past you now can I?"
"I wouldn't be a very good hero if I was oblivious now would I?" Roxas said as he shoved a fork full of food into his mouth.
Axel chuckled giving him a cheeky grin "No, I guess you wouldn't. Do they even have drugs and alcohol where you come from?"
"Yes. The pimp at the Inn was also a drug lord, and there were bars and if you stopped to look at the menu they offered beer." The blond explained with a lopsided grin, Axel really was a bad player.
"And here I thought I it was a children's game." Axel said with mock disapproval.
The blond shrugged his shoulders, "It is, but like all kid things, if you look deep enough you can find little things in it that adults can enjoy."
Axel hummed. "Roxas you do know I was joking right?" He chuckled and took a bite out of his pasta. "You know movies meant for kids. There are a lot of adult jokes that children wouldn't understand.
"We should watch them and you can point all of the jokes for me."
The couple ate the rest of their meal telling each other adult themed jokes and laughing their heads off till the check came.
Axel looked at the check. He was really glad he had enough on him to cover it. He pulled out his money, stuck it in the check folder thing and wrote how much was a tip. Handing it to the waitress, he stood up and held his hand out for Roxas to take.
"I guess we should get going." He said sending a wink at the curious, now blushing waitress who scurried off. "Well, someone was having dirty thoughts." He chuckled as Roxas took his hand and began their walk to the exit.
Roxas laid back on Sora's twin sized bed so his head was hanging off. The hero sighed as he glared at the upside down brunette, "Going out with Axel was a bad idea."
Sora spun around in his computer desk chair. "What makes you say that?" He asked coming to a halt.
Sighing again, Roxas rolled over so he could properly look at Sora, "It was just such a great day and he was so nice and loving. I can't keep doing this. I need to go back to my world you know." The hero glared daggers in the plush carpet like it was the reason for his sour mood.
"If it was such a great day then why are you being a sour puss? So Axel showed you a good time-wait you said loving? As in what exactly?" Sora rolled his chair so he was next to Roxas head, and poked him with his foot.
Roxas groaned as the foot assaulted him. He grabbed the offending appendage and managed to pull Sora out of his chair with a startled yelp.
"I don't know. We held hands a lot, a couple of kisses here and there. He bought me some things." Roxas explained, "We ran into Zack and Reno when we went to get lunch and they said we were on a date."
Sora rubbed his butt as he listen to Roxas. "So does that mean you figured out your feelings for him? I agree with them. It sounds like you guys were on a date. You sound like you were a new couple actually."
Sora grabbed Roxas arm and yanked him to the ground, earning his own yelp from the blond. He ignored the glare Roxas have him with a shrug. "Revenge my friend."
Roxas glared at the smiling boy next to him, "I asked Axel if we were and at first he said no, but eventually we came to an agreement that we were. And no Sora, we are not. I repeat. Not a new couple. It just can't happen." A painful frown spread across Roxas's face as he pushed himself off the ground and crawled under the blankets on the bed.
Sora frowned and crawled up after the blond. He laid next to him with a worried expression. "Roxas, why is it so bad? I know you want to go home but who knows how long it'll take. Or if it will even happen." Sora reached out and hugged his blond friend.
"If you couldn't go home then how would you say you felt about Axel?" He asked carefully, trying his best not to get him down.
"I...I think..." Roxas buried his face into the pillow and mumbled like last part.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you." Sora got closer Roxas, poking at his head. "Come on Roxas, what would you feel about him? Would you date him? Or would you stay friends while he goes off with some bimbo who will want him to spend all his money on her and then have his child only to leave him with some richer guy?"
Sora had no idea where that came from but he figured whatever worked, worked. He just hoped he didn't upset the hero.
Roxas turned his head towards his friend so he could speak more clearly, "I already spend all of his money..."
Sora frowned. "Roxas, I'm pretty sure he planned to spend that money on you, no the both of you. What I mean is someone who forces him to buy things. If he offers that's completely different. It means he wants to spend it on you.
Forcing is..lets say he was dating this chick. She likes clothes and jewelry. Axel has been saving his money for something he's been wanting for a while and she knows it. But she makes him buy her things. How? Easy she says no sex unless she gets those things. That or she makes his life a living hell. Do you know what I mean? He didn't plan to spend it on the chick. But he did plan to spend it on you."
Roxas looked uneasily at that. He knew the money Axel had been spending on him was meant to be saved for something, "What if he was willingly spending money on me but the money was meant to go towards something else?"
"Well then obliviously he thinks you're more important than whatever it was he was saving for. Roxas if that's true then Axel must really really like you. I don't think he would do that for some he didn't like more than a friend." Sora sat up, making the covers to fall around his waist and Roxas shoulder blades.
"If I were gay, then I'd say that it's really touching and that I would want to make him happy just as he is trying to make me happy."
Roxas rolled around a couple of times till he managed to wrap all of the blanket around himself like a cocoon. He felt like such a mess. He couldn't help the sick feeling that was overtaking him. Axel really did care for him, the hero knew that. And Roxas knew he felt something for the player, but there was nothing he could do about it. He needed to go home
"Sora, I don't think I can make him happy."
Sora petted Roxas' head in a comforting manner. The brunette could feel the blond's sadness rating around him. He didn't know what else to say. "You still didn't answer me. If you couldn't go home, then would want to be with Axel or let him be with someone else while you just watched?"
Sora sighed sadly he got up from the bed and walked toward his door. "I'm going to go get a couple drinks. I'll be back with some snacks too." He said happily, trying to change the subject for now. He gave the hero a smile before disappearing out the door.
Roxas sat up as he watched Sora leave. He knew the answer to the question, but he didn't know how to word it. The hero wished there was a way he could keep seeing Axel and still be able to defend his home.
Sora came back a minute later, his arms full of snacks and drinks. He even had a bag of chips in his while he some how opened the door with out dropping a thing. With the back of his foot he shut the door, wincing when it slammed.
"I fucking like him." Roxas quickly blurt out before covering himself up with the blanket. His face was beat red and his heart was pounding in his chest. This was the first time Roxas had admitted to himself his own feelings.
Sora blinked a couple of times to grasp what Roxas just blurted. He opened his mouth and bag of chips fell. He quickly set the snacks and drinks down, rushing to the bed. "So you finally admit it?" Sora grinned. "I knew it!"
He bounced on the bed like child that had to much candy. "If you like him then why go home?"
"It's not that simple." Roxas mumbled so Sora could barely make out what was said, "I'm the only one who can protect the people there. Without me the Heartless will overrun everything!"
"I-I'm sorry... Roxas, if that's true then what if you really can't go back? Then what?" Sora asked quietly.
Roxas emerged from his safe haven so he could properly look at the brunette. The blond snagged a handful of cookies and and a soda. He took a swig of the carbonated liquid before he spoke again, "There has to be a way. I got here didn't I?" The look in his dark blue eyes were absolutely serious, like he wouldn't take not going home as an answer.
Sora sat back, thinking of something. "Well, there could be away. What if we found an engineer? They could adjust the blocks so they fit together and make it so you can turn on the inside to see if you can contact someone?"
"What would that do?" Roxas asked. He stuffed a fistful of chips into his mouth and pushed the blanket off of him.
Sora opened a soda and took a drink. "Well mister cranky pants, if you thought about then you could contact someone from the game. They could take a ship and carefully land here to come and get you."
"Sor, I'm not even sure how I got here. How can I give someone directions?" Roxas chuckled a bit at that.
"It doesn't have a tracking device?" Sora asked with a mouth full of cookies.
Roxas shook his head. The world was a pretty small place and Roxas always knew if someone needed him, so there was no need for a tracking device. And even if it did have one, would the signal even reach this far?
"I'll call Zexion tomorrow and see if he made any progress." Roxas confirmed mostly to himself.
"So for now how about enjoy the time you have here?" Sora asked shoving a donut into Roxas hands while he chewed on some chocolate.
Roxas shook his head and laughed. Only Sora would make everything happy go lucky. The hero would miss him as well once he left. Taking a bite out of the food in his hand Roxas leaned against Sora, "Thank you. You're a really good friend."
"Mmll um, or a ohod endjd oo." He said with his mouth full of chips. He swallowed his food and laughed. "Sorry, you're welcome. You're a good friend too." Sora grabbed a controller and handed it to Roxas. "Want to play?"
The blond accepted the controller, "What game?" Roxas always wanted to see what it was like to be a player.
"Its called BioShock." Sora gave him a mischievous grin. "You'll see what it's about when you play it.
"Okay." Roxas said as the title screen appeared. The character, Jack, if he remembered right. He was sitting on a plane reminiscing about something his parents told him, when suddenly the plane started to go down and crashed into the water below. Roxas swam around the fire a bit to get his barrings until he came across a light house.
Roxas was at the edge of the bed. The atmosphere of the game was so dark and creepy. You could practically feel everything that was happening around you. The hero almost jumped when he first got attacked by a Big Daddy. Damn, did those drilled monsters scare him. But he needed to save the Little Sisters, even if their glowing yellow eyes and zombie like appearance scared him. It wasn't their fault they were mutated into that.
"Roxas look out!" Sora cried as a Big Daddy came out of nowhere. The brunette was having more fun watching his hero play. He enjoyed the game but having someone else play it was a whole other experience. It was like watching a horror moving because he wasn't the controlling Jack.
Roxas shrieked and barely managed to dodge the drill coming straight towards his head. He shot some electricity at the monster before hitting him with his chemical thrower, burning the Big Daddy to a crisp. Once he was sure the creature was dead, he quickly found the Little Sister and saved her before she could call for another 'Mr. Bubbles'.
"How...where did he even come from?" Roxas asked Sora once he calmed down.
Sora shrugged and the started to laugh. "I don't know, but Roxas, I'm really glad you're here. I haven't had this good of a time in so long."
Sora smiled and dug around on the floor. He picked a juice and handed over to Roxas while taking one himself. "So how do you like the game? It's waaaay different from yours."
Roxas jabbed the juice box with the attached straw and took a small sip before answering, "Yeah every aspect of it's different. It's really refreshing." The hero almost spilt his drink when a splicer came out of nowhere and attacked him with a wrench.
Sora choked on his juice and started to cough. One his throat was all cleared he crack up laughing, falling back onto the bed, arms holding his ribs, and legs kicking in the air. "That's was hahahaha so fu-haha-unny."
Roxas was shaking and had to button mashed his way into killing the splicer. Once the man was dead dark blue eyes turned to Sora in a narrow glare, "That wasn't funny. I almost died!"
"No it was totally funny. Know why? Because it scared the crap outta us." Sora said in a fit of giggles.
"But think about what would happen to Jack if I died. It's not a pleasant feeling." Roxas paused the game and looked at Sora, "I don't know if this game has it's own world or not, but I'd feel like a complete dick if anything did happen."
"Sorry." Sora looked at his lap sheepishly. Then blinked in fear. "Roxas! If other games had worlds and they some how came here...oh hell no. I'm all for heartless, but Big Daddy, zombies, infected people like from the last of us, demons, ghosts, aliens, and anything else are a heck of a lot worse than heartless. If those things for here I don't know what I would do! I think I'd try to fight but I would die. I think a lot of us would die even if the hero came to fight.
Oh god, oh god." Sora mumbled over and over, his body trembling with both fear and excitement. He was more scared than anything. He didn't want to die because in real life there are no continues or saved data.
Seeing his friend's distress Roxas put the controller aside and wrapped his arms around the brunette, "I doubt anyone would manage to get out. It was hard enough for me."
"Are you sure? I really don't feel like getting bit." Sora gave a weak smile trying to make a joke of it to calm himself.
"Yeah." Sora settled down and watched him play for hours.
"I don't wanna go!" Roxas moaned as he laid on Sora's bed. It was ten in the morning and it was time to go home. But Roxas was nervous. After his little confession the night before he wasn't to thrilled to see his redheaded host.
"I wish you didn't have to go either. Mom and dad can be asses. I'm sorry." Sora said laying his head on Roxas' shoulder.
"They seemed nice enough to me. I can understand them not wanting a stranger overstaying their welcome." Roxas said as he placed his cheek on Sora's brown locks.
"But they're not the reason I don't want to go. What if I do something to screw everything up around Axel?"
Sora sighed, "Yeah I guess. What do you mean?" He said sitting up.
Roxas looked nervously over Sora's shoulder, "What if I get his hopes up but can't stay? I don't want to hurt him."
Sora shifted on the bed so he was facing his friend. "Roxas, I really think you should tell Axel how you feel. Not just about liking him, but about you not wanting to him because you know you're going to leave."
The hero felt guilty, "But what if I say all that and I just end up hurting him more? Axel seems to be the kind of person to put others first so he wouldn't try to stop me leaving."
"Roxas, if he likes you so much he might want you to stay. But if you say he is like that then he'll want what you want. He'll want you to be happy, and if going back home is what it takes then he won't stop you. I don't want you to go myself.
But you know, we will still be able to see you when we play the game. If you can jerk away from Axel's control, then maybe you can let him know that you're thinking about him or something. A message just for him, ya know?"
Roxas frowned. Being able to communicate that way seemed like such a tease for both him and Axel. And it was still a what if. The blond's main concern at the moment was that he didn't want to go back. He liked this world and the friends he made here. But he couldn't let his home get destroyed either.
"You okay Roxas?" Sora asked sensing that his friend was in a state of being confuse on what he wanted to do.
"No. No I'm not Sora." Roxas laughed a bit, "I'm sorry. I don't mean to be so angsty so early in the morning."
"It's okay." Sora said pulling Roxas in for a hug. "I know it's a lot to think about. "Do you feel like ranting? I promise my ears won't fall off." He pulled back, twittering.
Roxas nodded his head, "There's nothing in my world for me. Not even Naminé. But I'm the only one with a Keyblade so I have to go back.
And here I have you, Axel, Reno, and everyone else. I love you guys and I feel like I belong and you all like me for me and not because I can more or less destroy your ass if I felt like it.
Sora, what should I do?"
"I want to tell you to stay and that your world is just a fictional game but I can't because you, yourself is real. I want to say that you leaving doesn't really affect the game but then again I don't know what it's like then once the game is turned off.
Roxas I want you to stay but, saving everyone's life is..." Sora paused looking at his own copy of the Roxas' game. "You know, I haven't played since you came here. I wonder if you missing is effecting all copies or just Axel's."
Sora climbed onto the floor and set up is other system. He took out the disc and looked over his shoulder at Roxas. "Do you want to find out?"
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