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3am Challenge Day 7
Prompt: #68 - Interrogation (500 words)
Song: The White Tie Affair - Take It Home

Characters: Axel, Roxas, Xion, mentions of Demyx

(continued in chapter 12)

The door had barely finished shutting behind him before Axel was grabbed from either side by two sets of hands clamping around his arms. He was dragged spluttering in confusion to the kitchen where his captors shoved him down into the nearest available chair.

"Guys, what the hell–?" His outcry was promptly silenced by a blue-eyed blond leaning waaaay too close to his face.

"Where have you been?" Roxas demanded, hands on his hips.

Axel gaped, trying fruitlessly to lean back and away from the accusing glare his roommate was giving him. He opened his mouth to defend himself but was once again cut off, this time by the raven-haired girl at his side.

Xion crossed her arms over her chest. "Save it." A knowing gleam came to her eyes and Axel felt his stomach drop like lead. Moving to stand beside her boyfriend, Xion raised her chin and grinned down wickedly. "Youuuu…" she drawled, waggling a finger at him as if playfully scolding a child. "…were over at that Demyx guy's place, weren't you?"

Axel squeaked. He felt his face heat up like a furnace and ducked down in his seat, trying out his best impression of a skittish turtle. "Well, I–"

Roxas, who had finally moved back so he wasn't stealing Axel's oxygen, pointed dramatically. His eyes widened impossibly and a sick kind of glee erupted across his face as he bounced once on the balls of his feet. "Ah-HA!" he crowed, sounding like he'd just guessed the bad guy in a thrilling crime story. "I knew it!" He reached over and yanked Axel forward by the sleeve of his shirt. Lithe fingers tugged down Axel's collar before the poor redhead could shove them away.

Axel's skin felt hot enough to melt as two sets of blue eyes shot wide at the sight of the – probably rather impressive – hickey left on the pale skin of his throat. Both his roommates gasped.

Xion squealed in uncontained delight, clapping her hands and grinning like a million suns. "Oh my gosh, Axel!" She cackled triumphantly and bounced away for a moment before twirling back excitedly. Roxas, for his part, just stood there with a smirk that said Axel was in for a world of merciless teasing.

"Okay!" the black-haired pixie of a girl chirped. "Tell us everything! Is he cute? What's he like?" Her eyes narrowed as she paused to think. "He's not an asshole like Saix was, is he?"

Roxas nodded emphatically. "Yeah, Ax, if you're sneaking back in at three in the morning, this guy's gotta be something special, right?"

Axel swallowed. "Well, he… he's still out in the hallway?" he offered weakly. He sent out a silent plea for Dem to forgive him. "If you want to meet him for yourselves?"

Identical grins of pure evil spread across the pair's faces as they looked slowly at each other, then towards the door.

Axel buried his face in his hands with a groan. "I'm so sorry, Dem…"