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Chapter Eight
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Axel was still completely exhausted as he walked down the hallway to his dressing room the next morning. Something seemed off… there was a chill in the air that only meant one thing.
"Axel…" the only man he'd ever met that he could look up at was suddenly in front of him, a smirk tugging at his lips. "Damn, it's been awhile…"
The redhead swallowed hard, resisting the urge to turn around and run away. "L…Luxord…"
"Surprised to see me?"
Axel rubbed the back of his neck nervously, "I mean, yeah… I haven't seen you in ten years at least…"
"Regret breaking up with me?" Luxord leaned against the wall, staring down at his ex with intense ice-blue eyes.
He hated how one look from the older bleach-blond could completely shut down his brain, "N…no…"
"Right, right… I hear from Xion that you found a little intern to corrupt."
"Shut up, Luxord…" he sneered. He could kill that bitch Xion for mentioning Roxas to him.
Luxord just chuckled, a low and bone-chilling sound, "You'd better learn to respect me, Axel. After all, we're going to be working together for the next few weeks."
"We… what?! You don't even work for this company!"
"That pansy-ass boss of yours called me up and begged me to come do a movie with you. I guess he saw that amateur video we were in together forever ago and loved our chemistry. He offered more money than I was getting where I was, so… here I am."
Axel felt like he was about to have a heart attack. This was his absolute worst nightmare… "B…but…"
"See you in the studio, Axe…" the incredibly muscular man brushed past him, wearing his signature smirk yet again.
Ducking into his dressing room, the redhead started to hyperventilate, choking back the urge to throw up. He thought that he was done with that part of his life… he thought he was through with Luxord for good. That man had some kind of power over him that turned him into an obedient little bitch, and Axel didn't like it one bit.
Sitting on his vanity was the new script, which he picked up and flipped through in horror. He would be playing the submissive in this movie… something he hadn't done since their last movie together ten years back. He always played Dominant in Xigbar's films… why would Xig make him a sub now?
Of course, Xion would also be part of the film, but Axel didn't like her role either… she was basically going to be Luxord's assistant… playing a switch role between Domme over Axel and sub to Luxord. Axel wasn't sure if he'd be able to take Xion Dommeing him… everything about her made him want to smack her, not obey her.
He rolled up the script and headed to the studio, his heart pounding hard in his chest. Usually when they got new scripts, they'd spend a little while discussing their scenes and running through their lines. Yes… it was porn… but Xigbar liked to add at least a basic plotline and story into each movie. Yeah, most people probably fast-forwarded through it to get to the sex, but some people did actually appreciate the various plots.
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"Well, now… what do we have here?"
Roxas jumped and turned around, craning his neck up to see some bleach-blond creep staring at him. "Uhm… what?"
"You must be the intern… Roxas, right?"
The smaller man furrowed his brow, turning back to the coffee maker and adding some cream to his cup, "Yeah… why? What do you care?"
"You're cute… wanna go out sometime?" Luxord wore his smirk again, staring down at Roxas like a cat watches it's prey.
Roxas snorted, laughing at the older man, "I'm taken… back off."
"Right… you're with Axel. Listen, you want a real man or not?"
"…Axel? What the fuck are you talking about? I'm not dating Axel, I'm with a guy named Vanitas. …And happy," he added, snapping a lid onto his coffee cup and walking away without another word.
Luxord grinned, "Ohh… this is too perfect…"
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Axel's heart rose up into his throat when he entered the studio and saw Luxord talking to Roxas. He was using the most flirtatious body language possible, but thankfully Roxas seemed to be disinterested.
Glad to finally see Roxas walk away from him, Axel stormed up to Luxord in a fury, "Leave Roxas alone, asshole."
Luxord let out a bark of laughter, his eyes bearing down into Axel's, "You're so predictable, Axe… falling for someone who's taken? You must be a masochist under that pathetic Dom shell of yours."
"You have no idea what you're talking about, Luxord. Don't go near him again, or I swear to God I'll—"
"What, hit me? Go ahead. I bet you can't even bring yourself to do it," the elder challenged his ex, knowing that Axel wouldn't be able to, "You're such a pathetic little bitch…"
Axel watched as he walked away, taking a seat with Xion, Demyx and Xigbar so they could start going over the script.
"You okay?"
He turned to face Roxas, finding it hard not to smile, "I'm fine, Rox… How're you doing?"
"I'm okay… feeling really nervous about visiting Vanitas tonight, but… it'll be all right."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you? For moral support, at least?"
Roxas shook his head, "Nah… it might just make him mad. But hey, who's the dickhead with the goatee?"
Axel chuckled at the insult, "His name is Luxord… he's another pornstar from a different company. I guess… I'm going to be doing a movie with him."
"Ew… I feel bad for you. …So why did he think we were dating then?"
Xion, you bitch… Axel sneered at her, "I'm pretty sure Ditzy over there is spreading rumors about us since we left together and then didn't show up to work yesterday."
"Oh… Well, he tried hitting on me but I shut that shit down immediately. He looks like a total creep."
You have no idea, Roxas… "Uhm… yeah. He is."
"Axel! Get your ass over here!" Xigbar shouted, summoning the redhead over to them. He took a seat and opened up his script, wanting to be done with this movie as soon as possible.
Luxord ever-so-casually scooted his chair so close to Axel's that he could feel the heat radiating from him, leaning over and whispering in his ear, "I'll have you wrapped around my finger again soon enough… and I'm gonna get your little friend wrapped around something else, if you catch my drift."
Axel's eyes went wide as he tried not to react to that, scooting his chair away and focusing all of his attention on Xigbar as he explained the basic premise of the film.
"All right… so Luxord is going to be playing a mysterious rich Dom who spends his time taking in and training sex slaves for various reasons. Xion, you'll be playing his permanent submissive, someone who helps train the others but ultimately answers to Luxord. Axel… you're playing a man who turns to Luxord for training when you can't seem to please your partner, who Demyx is playing. Demyx doesn't have the time or patience to train you, so he drops you off with Luxord for a week or so to help you… find your inner submissive. We'll have some other actors and actresses make appearances, but it's going to mainly focus on you three. Then, of course, you'll do a scene with Demyx at the end where you show him what you've learned."
"Ooh, I like this…" Luxord grinned, eyeballing Axel, "Sounds just like you, Axe… not even man enough to please your partner."
Xigbar looked between the two, "There isn't going to be a problem between you two, right?"
"Oh no, not at all," Luxord cut Axel off before he could speak, "Axe just loves to serve me."
The redhead just sighed, sinking down in his chair a little and nodding, "It'll be fine…"
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"Are you sure you're going to be able to work with him? He seems like a total asshole."
Axel swallowed his bite of sandwich and shrugged, "I don't know… it's been so long since I've even played a submissive role."
"Yeah, I really can't picture you as a sub… I think you might even have a more Dominant personality than Vanitas does," Roxas sipped on his Coke, shrugging.
"Roxas, I kind of…" Axel tried to figure out how to tell him, "Luxord and I… we sort of… used to date…"
That shocked the small blond quite a bit, "Wow… I would not have guessed that…"
"It was over ten years ago… and it was… he's mentally abusive, Roxas. I don't know how he does it, but he manages to crawl into my brain and shut it down… make me think whatever he wants me to… He makes me feel like I'm nothing… worthless…"
Roxas exhaled slowly, "I… I'm sorry, Axel… But you know that's not true, right? I mean… he's just a manipulative jerk."
"When he's around… it's like I can't help but believe it. It's sick… that's why I broke up with him. I needed to get away before I completely lost myself to him."
"I don't think you should do this movie, Axe… it's not healthy to be around someone like that."
Axel sighed, "I don't have a choice… I need this job."
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A/N: Ooh, another dip into Axel's past… poor guy. Seems like Luxord is just gonna fuck errything up, huh?
Look out for the next chapter, when Roxas is going to visit Van for the first time.
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Simply Rexene