Fame and Fortune

Chapter Five: Dear Acquaintance

Zexion sat down next to the redhead, and Demyx ran off somewhere to work on his boyfriend's cup of tea and turn the 'open' sign to 'closed'. "Roxas' ex?" Axel asked, a new emotion welling in his chest. Was that jealousy?

"Yeah. They had a really bad falling out though. I'm not in the place to talk about it. Just understand that if you become friends with him he might tell you. He's not one for thinking that he's perfect. It's why he's asking you about his flaws. Seifer really screwed him over."

"That's horrible. Who would do such a thing?"

"Seifer fucking would," Demyx replied, bringing a cup of tea out and setting it in front of the bassist. "He's an asshole."

"To think Sora likes that band."

Demyx gaped. "Ew, really? More than Twilight? Poor Roxas."

"Sora?" Axel questioned. Yet another new name. Maybe he should start keeping a list of all the people he hears about now that he moved to Twilight Town. It would probably help with figuring out who everyone is.

"Roxas' younger brother. Sora Strife? He's a famous model."

"Zexion, I've said this before, Axel lived under a boulder."

"I thought it was a rock."

"You've been downgraded."

Axel ran a hand down his face, sighing. How he managed to become friends with this moron, he'll never know. Still, it was nice to have someone to go to whenever things with Roxas got a little rough, even if the redhead had only seen him twice. But now that the blond had Axel's number (courtesy of Zexion), life was going to get a hell of a lot tougher.

"Wait, so Roxas' brother likes the rival band more than his own brother's band? That's pretty fucked up," Axel said, leaning his arms against the counter.

"It's something to do with the fact that if there's a scandal with Twilight, Sora'll get hit too for supporting the band. So instead, he likes Struggle." Zexion shrugged, taking a drink from his tea. "I just think it's because he doesn't like our music."

"That's fucked up."

"Is 'fuck' your favorite word?" Demyx asked, frowning slightly.

"Maybe. Got a problem with it?"

"I'm surprised you didn't use 'fuck' when you said it," Zexion smiled softly.

"Sorry. Got a fucking problem with it?"

"Goddammit, Zex."

The doorbell rang constantly first thing in the morning that next morning, and Axel let out a long groan, rolling over in his bed. It was too early in the morning for this bullshit. He grabbed a hold of his covers, taking them with him as he made his way blindly to his front door, yanking it open. "You have reached the residence of Axel Lea, someone better have been either arrested or killed."

"You're not much of a morning person, are you?"

Axel sighed, further wrapping himself into his little cocoon. "Is this going to become a daily thing, Roxas?"

The blond shrugged. "I don't know yet. You're just pretty cool to be around."

"Not this early in the morning, I hope," the redhead replied, letting the blond into his home. "Coffee?"

"No thanks. I'm not the one that needs to wake up."

The older male hummed in response, finally dropping his blankets to wander into the kitchen, exposing his bare chest to the cool air of his apartment. He fought with his coffee machine a bit before leaving it be to make the damn drink, returning to the living room to find Roxas lounging around, playing some game on his iPod. Then it clicked.

"Wait. What the fuck are you doing here?" He placed his hands on his hips. "We're not friends."

Roxas looked up at him, big blue eyes blinking innocently. "I know." His gaze drifted down to the man's body, taking it in. "I'm here to take you somewhere."

"Where?"

"That, my dear acquaintance, would be a surprise."

So Shion-chan is sick. Like, sneezing all the time and being unable to breathe properly kinda sick. It's great. Hope everyone had a better Thanksgiving than I did because of it.

This chapter almost didn't make it on time. Thankfully I put my ass into high gear and shat it out. School's been preeeetty stressful. Try having a boy like you apparently because of your hair.

Chriss-Meister: I'm glad to know someone in this world uses the word 'Supes'. Glad you're liking the story so far!

Oh, and if you're curious about the length of these chapters, they will get longer as the story progresses, no worries.

-Eternal White Rose.