Tonight isn't a good night for Axel to sleep. He still has Kairi to deal with tomorrow. He glances at his phone and discovers it's 2:00 a.m. He's not happy about that. He doesn't have any messages from Larxene. He half expected her to be stalking him like mad, but she's doing the exact opposite. Maybe he should get her first. He owes her sex anyways, but it's on her terms. He thinks for a few minutes and decided to give her a call. She could make it over at this hour right?
"Hello?" a groggy voice on the other end breathes through the speaker.
"I want you. Now," he says, no edge to his voice or anything. She has a choice of whether to come or not. Larxene is not like the rest of them. She follows her own rules and isn't afraid of anyone. Twenty minutes later she's at his back door. He opens it and she slips inside. She has a bag over her shoulder and her clothes seem easy to get off. She follows him up to his room and immediately starts undressing.
She's good at sex, that's for sure. But she's in control, just like Namine only worse. She rides him like crazy and somehow she doesn't make much noise. Axel hates being on bottom, but then again he's not entitled to enjoy this. He's the one under her thumb and her rules are followed. The fact that she came here to see him was merely her humoring him. Once he cums he nearly falls asleep. Larxene falls next to him and doesn't wake up. By the time morning comes around, she's gone.
At school she ignores him. He's not sure what to make of this. She doesn't demand to see him. So he goes out with Namine and gives her his present. Namine doesn't say a word but she nods in approval and sets it on her shelf. That's about as much praise as she'll give anyone. Axel feels pleased. Even though her expression hasn't changed he knew it meant something to her. Suddenly he feels bad because he feels something inside and wants to ignore it.
"Please punish me," he says softly, so softly it's no more than a whisper. His mind doesn't quite seem to be working as it normally does. Where is the smooth, strong, savvy Axel? What's happening to him? Namine pulls out the crop and bends it a little, her hands fingering the plastic handle and touching the leather tip. It looks so delicate in her small hands and is a suitable device for her.
She says nothing and her expression doesn't change as she whips him. Through the pain of each lash he imagines what she would say.
Whip
"You should be ashamed of yourself. Being so driven by your lust and pride."
Whip
"My poor dear sisters, what would they say if they knew how you were using them?"
Whip
"Do you enjoy this, Axel? Is this your form of Confession?"
Whip
"Is this your way of atoning for your sins?"
Whip
"Well I'll tell you this, and listen closely."
Whip
"If you want forgiveness, get religion."
Axel only focuses on the stinging and burning of his lashes. He hears Namine put the crop away and goes back to her sketchbook. She hasn't said a word to him still. Why won't she talk to him? He must be losing his mind if he hasn't lost it already. Namine won't change, will she? She's just as apathetic as ever. Maybe he'll try talking to her one day. Maybe. He thinks for a moment that maybe he is wrong about something. What that is, he hadn't decided yet.
As he hangs out with Sora and Riku they notice he's not talking as much.
"What's gotten into you?" Sora asks straight up.
"Nothing," Axel replies. Sora looks at him briefly and doesn't say another word. He knows better.
In his favorite alley he sits looking through a chainlink fence at the setting sun over the river. He's not sure if he's really thinking or not. He kind of wishes he could talk to someone. There isn't anyone to talk to. Unless...her. He shoots Larxene a text and to his surprise he hears footsteps coming down a nearby fire escape. It's her. She must live there.
"You wanted to see me?" she says casually. Nothing is fazing her. He doesn't answer her right away. "You feel guilty don't you?" He doesn't answer that question. She sits next to him. "Pleading the 5th I see," she murmurs. They say nothing for a long while. The sun starts to disappear behind the hill. Larxene doesn't leave. She doesn't say anything. She just sits with him as the first stars come out. Axel wishes he had something to say. But he can't confess, not yet anyways. He still wants to convince himself that he still might have control.