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Chapter Twenty Three

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The entire drive to the hospital had Roxas completely on edge. His entire body was vibrating with nervous excitement as he tried to plan out in his head how he was going to tell Axel that he loved him. Ever since he'd made the realization he couldn't stop his heart from pounding in his chest... He'd never felt like this before, even with Vanitas.

He parked as close to the front door as he could, nearly running inside. He didn't know why he was in such a rush; he just felt like there was a huge weight on his chest that he needed to get rid of.

"Axel, I-" he stopped short in the doorway of his room and literally felt his heart breaking into a million little pieces.

Axel and Saix were locked in an embrace on his bed, making out with each other like horny teenagers. "Nn... Stop, Sai... Roxas is here," the redhead pushed him off, looking embarrassed.

"I... I can come back..." Roxas backed up a couple steps, feeling like his legs were going to give out.

"No, come in! I'm almost ready to go, I think I just need to sign some stuff," Axel waved him into the room.

Saix wore a victorious smirk on his face, enjoying the blond's reaction to their kiss. "Finally asked Axel out like I said I was going to," he told him, "Things got a little out of control..."

"Can you believe it, Rox? I don't have to die alone anymore!" Axel laughed, flipping through the clipboard Saix had given him and signing where he needed to.

"That's great, Axe..." he mumbled, feeling hollow inside. "Uhm... Van isn't going to be coming with us... We broke up."

Axel looked up at him in surprise, "Holy shit... Roxas, I'm sorry. Was it because of me?"

"No... He was fucking his bandmate, Ventus."

"Damn..." Saix raised his eyebrows, "That's cold."

Roxas just shrugged, "It's fine. I think I fell out of love with him awhile ago... I was just in denial about it."

"What makes you say that?" Axel wondered, "I mean... you never mentioned it before."

Oh you know... Just busy falling in love with you... "I dunno... Nothing with him felt right anymore."

"Oh... Okay. Well, I guess I'm ready to go now, right?" he looked up at Saix for approval.

"Yeah," he nodded, "Though I wish you could stay. I'm gonna miss seeing you every day. You made coming to work so much better."

"You'll see me tomorrow for our date, silly," Axel laughed, standing up and giving him a quick kiss. "You ready to go, Rox?"

He sighed heavily, "Yeah, sure..."

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The car ride to Axel's house was starting to get on Roxas' nerves. The redhead wouldn't stop asking him about Van, and he was just bursting to tell him what really happened.

"So did you find them in bed together? Or did he just tell you?"

"He told me..." Roxas was short with him, really wishing that Saix hadn't gotten to him first.

Axel furrowed his brow, "I don't understand... Why would he just tell you? I thought he was the one that wanted you back in the first place."

"I guess he just felt guilty..."

"I feel like you aren't telling me everything here, Rox..." he kept on pressing, driving Roxas insane.

His hands gripped at the steering wheel, "There's nothing else."

"I can tell you're lying to me, Roxas."

Suddenly Roxas pulled off the road into a parking lot, slamming the car into park and turning to face him, "You wanna know why we broke up? Because I'm in love with you. And I was coming to the hospital to tell you how I felt and when I saw you with Saix I felt like my heart was being ripped in half. Happy?"

Axel's eyes went wide and he stared at the blond for a long moment, completely dumbfounded, "I... I had no idea..."

"I didn't either, until I started feeling these fits of jealous rage whenever Saix was around. I guess it just kind of snuck up on me..."

"But-"

"No, I get it. I was too late. You deserve to be happy with Saix," Roxas cut him off, wanting to smash his head against the steering wheel.

Axel growled, "Let me talk, Roxas."

"Fine..."

"You realize that I've been in love with you since the day we met, right? This whole time I never thought I had a chance, and now..." he took in a shaky breath, "Now you're telling me that you feel the same?"

Roxas nodded, "I love you so much it hurts..." he whispered, unable to look at him.

"Look at me, Rox..." Axel told him.

He glanced up at the redhead only to be grabbed and pulled into a deep, intoxicating kiss. They'd kissed before, but it was nothing like this one... This one shared so much love between them that it could have broken a damned curse.

"Wait... Wait, Axe... What about Saix?" he asked, reluctantly pulling away.

"I'll call him and cancel."

Roxas smiled a little, "Really?"

"I was going to give him a chance because you were taken, but... Love is love, Roxas. Why would I choose him?"

"Do you have any idea how jealous I was?" Roxas laughed, starting the car again.

Axel thought back to his behaviour, "Now that you mention it, you definitely seemed really cranky the whole time. That was all because of him?"

"He told me he was gonna ask you out and I almost attacked him..." Roxas admitted, blushing furiously as he got back on the road.

"Damn... And I had no idea the whole time..." he shook his head, chuckling. "You're kind of confusing, Roxas."

The blond shrugged, "I kind of confuse myself sometimes."

"So... You really broke up with Vanitas for me?"

Roxas laughed, "Yeah, Axe... I did it all for you."

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"Fuckkk..." Axel groaned, pawing for Roxas to come back to him, "C'mere..."

"Axel, we can't... You literally just had brain surgery. You need to get some sleep," Roxas fended him off, knowing that sleeping together was an awful idea right now.

The redhead grumbled, "At least spoon with me... I liked when we would cuddle in my hospital bed."

"I knew that was all you wanted," Roxas chuckled, "Let me go get my pajama pants on."

"Just get naked... I'll keep you warm," Axel was already half undressed, and currently kicking his pants off.

Roxas shook his head, "Too tempting. You're just gonna try to grope me in my sleep."

"Damn it... Fine. Just wear your boxers, then."

"Really? You can't handle me being away for even a couple minutes?" he smirked, stripping down to his boxers and crawling into Axel's bed.

Axel pulled him into his arms immediately, snuggling into the smaller man happily, "Nope. Now that I have you to myself, you're stuck with me."

Roxas sighed in content, finally feeling normal again. "And Saix took it okay?"

"I just told him that I didn't feel ready to date anyone while I was recovering... I'll explain more later. He seemed okay, though. Just disappointed."

"I feel bad, but..."

"I know," Axel agreed, "It sucks, but it happened. He's just going to have to move on."

Roxas nodded, "Are you going to stay friends with him?"

"I dunno, are you gonna be a big jellyfish every time he's around?"

He laughed, "Now that you're all mine, I think I can contain it."

"Mm... I dunno, seeing you in a jealous rage would be kinda hot."

"Don't get yourself excited, Axe... I'll call your doctor tomorrow and see when it'll be okay for you to have sex again, but I'm not going to risk anything going wrong until we know for sure."

The redhead grumbled and started to nibble at his neck, "You're no fun..."

"Oh, I can be all kinds of fun, babe... You have no idea..." he smirked, hearing Axel whimper in his ear.

"Not fair... You keep turning me on..."

Roxas smiled, reaching over and turning off the light, "Go to bed, Axel."

"You can't hold me responsible if I fuck you in my sleep," Axel warned him jokingly, pulling him even closer.

"I love you..." he whispered, the words still feeling strange on his lips.

Axel grinned, finally settling down and closing his eyes, "I love you too, Roxas."

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A/N: Awww... Finally! Of course, it wouldn't be a drama if there wasn't more drama involved! I'm excited for what I have planned next... :3 Even thought it's delightfully evil.

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