Someone Else's Shadow-chap10-

Chapter 10

“Aw... Roxas...” Axel said with a pout on his face, “I couldn't help it!” he then said, almost with desperation as Roxas just looked another way, with a blush covering his cheeks.

Just a few minutes ago they had been very busy making out and touching each other in an extremely intimate way. And well... It had all been fine until a certain part of Axel had decided to wake up and poke Roxas. Who wasn't very impressed by Axel's reaction...

“You know, it's a natural reaction!” Axel tried to say, he had a pillow in his lap to cover up his problem, “It just proves that I'm a perfectly healthy young man, with a... uh... sex drive!” he said with a smile of uncertainty on his face, not sure how Roxas would react.

Roxas actually turned his face to look at Axel who was looking back at Roxas with a slight look of shame and embarrassment on his face, he even had a very, I repeat, VERY faint blush over his face.

“...I know,” Roxas said with a sigh as he met Axel's eyes, “I'm not angry at you, I'm just... not ready for that yet, I guess I freaked out a bit too much...” he trailed of and smiled sheepishly.

Axel let out a sigh of relief as he ran a hand trough his hair, “Well, after what you've been through I don't really blame you for freaking out on me,” he said with another sigh, “But ya know... I wouldn't do anything against your will, got it memorized?” he then asked with a grin on his face as he tried to forget his painfully hard problem.

Roxas tilted his head and looked at Axel. This was why he had fallen in love with Axel so fast. He had been caring for Roxas since the day they met. And he seemed to always put Roxas before everything else. The blonde smiled, he considered himself really lucky.

“I know you wouldn't...” Roxas said and trailed of, aware of Axel covering up his problem with a pillow, “Uh... That can't be very... comfortable, right?” he then awkwardly asked and Axel let out a laugh.

“Nah, I could use a cold shower but it will pass,” he said lightly and shrugged, “Hopefully...” he then added with a chuckle.

Roxas blushed slightly. Of course he had had a hard-on before as well. He might seem innocent and all that but he was a teenager after all. And who hadn't woken up after a wet dream with that painful hard-on? Either you could let it go away the painful way, or just do it yourself. But Roxas wasn't about to suggest that Axel would masturbate in front of him... Cause even though Roxas might say it in a joking way, Axel could very well do it.

“Uh... Sorry?” Roxas said with an embarrassed smile on his face, “I guess I was a bit... Uh... You know...”

Axel just laughed and shook his head, “You should stop saying that you're sorry all the time, Rox,” he said with a smirk on his face before clearing his throat and pushing himself up, “And... I really have this urge to get home and get a shower,” he said with a chuckle, “I hope that's all right with you,” he then said with a wink.

Roxas, who still was blushing, nodded as he pushed himself up as well and started to help Axel pack all the stuff down again. Actually Roxas insisted to make most of the work since Axel was struggling a bit with his problem. It was apparently hard for him to both cover it up and pack.

“Uh... Should you or I go first?” Roxas asked with tilted head as he looked at Axel who still had the pillow in front of his crotch.

“Er... Doesn't really matter,” he said with a slight smile.

Roxas shrugged as he headed for the door, “I'll go first then... And I can get up once more and get the other things once I've gotten this stuff down,” he said as he grabbed a bag and put the backpack on, “So you... don't have to worry about that,” he said and with that they headed out and down the stairs to reach the ladder that was going to lead them down to the ground.

Roxas sighed as he climbed down, only being able to use one hand. It took some work but he managed to get down... it had been a lot easier to get up than down.

Once down he let out a sigh of relief and then waited for Axel to get down, he could see that the redhead had a quite pained face expression... He felt quite bad for Axel now. It was kind of Roxas's fault as well...

“Hey, you okay?” Roxas asked with a frown on his face as he looked at Axel.

Axel gave him a thumb up, “All fine and dandy, just gimme a minute...” he said with slight strained voice, “You go on and get the other stuff and then we'll just leave,” he then said with a nod.

Roxas put the backpack and the bag on the ground before climbing up the ladder again, and then walking up the short staircase which took him out to the tower again.

Roxas sighed as he walked up to the railing and then looked down, he couldn't help a chuckle to escape his lips when he spotted Axel who was crouching down, the pillow still firmly placed between his legs. Then all of a sudden a blush crept up on his face. He had just realized that it actually was him, as in Roxas, who had caused Axel to get hard in the first place.

“Does he... really find me that... attractive?” Roxas murmured for himself as he grabbed the last bag and then he sighed once more, feeling a little bit down.

'What if he only sees me as a good opportunity to get laid?'

Roxas shook his head wildly at the thought that had passed through his head. No. He wasn't going to even consider Axel being such a person like... him. His ex had only had one thing in mind even though he hadn't touched Roxas until after his parents death...

“Stop thinking,” Roxas told himself as he walked down the stairs and then concentrated on climbing down the ladder once more.

“Rox, you okay?” Axel asked with a hint of worry in his voice, “It took some time...” he then added as he looked at the blonde.

“Oh no, I'm fine,” Roxas answered with a smile on his face as he looked at Axel who looked a little bit less bothered now than earlier, “The view just got me caught for a while,” he then added and flashed Axel another smile. The redhead didn't have to know about every single thought that drifted around in his head.

Axel looked all over Roxas, still with that suspicious look on his face but he let out a slight sigh after a while and then pushed himself up from the ground and stood up, this time he actually held the pillow at his side, had the backpack on his back and held the bag in his other hand.

“So... I guess we're parting already,” Axel said with a half smile on his face, “Since we go separate ways from here,” he added as he took a step closer to Roxas and looked down at the shorter one.

Roxas gave a slight nod and then frowned, “Why do you have to be so damn tall?” he asked out of the blue as he looked up at Axel who at least was a head longer than him.

Axel let out a chuckle and ruffled Roxas's hair, “You're the one who's shorter than average,” he said with a smirk on his face, “But I like you the way you are,” he then purred before Roxas had any time to complain about the short remark.

“I guess that's fine...” Roxas said with a sigh and then looked at Axel again, “Good bye kiss?” he then asked with tilted head. Even though Roxas had been a little bit afraid of PDA in the start it didn't really bother him any longer since Axel was such an affectionate person by nature. And by constantly being with Demyx he had been forced to withstand getting hugged all the time.

Axel grinned widely and leant down to capture Roxas's lips in a chaste kiss, “See you tomorrow, right?” he whispered, barely millimetres from Roxas's face, the blonde could feel Axel's hot breath against his skin.

Roxas dumbly nodded, “Yeah... tomorrow...” he breathlessly said as Axel flashed him a grin, gave him a peck on his cheek to the next second be walking down the road, against his home... leaving Roxas standing there, blinking with a stupid face expression.

“What the...?” Roxas muttered, “Argh... Just get your ass moving...” he then told himself with a sigh as he started heading home as well.


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“Cloud?” Roxas called as he opened the door and kicked his shoes off, usually he would get a reply immediately but this time he got no reply at all, even thought the older brother's shoes were standing at their usual place... along with another pair of shoes, “Cloud?!” Roxas called a bit louder as he got his jacket off and dropped his bag by his shoes and then slowly walked into the kitchen to just find it empty.

Roxas frowned as he looked around himself, the dishes weren't cleaned, “What the hell is wrong, Cloud?” he asked under his breath with slight worry as he walked out of the kitchen and with some uncertainty went for Cloud's bedroom.

He took a deep breath before he reached out to the handle and slowly pulled down and opened the door. Well... let's just say that Roxas hadn't expected to see what he saw. Not this soon at least. A blush worked its way up on Roxas's face as he stood there and stared at the sight in front of him.

Cloud, Roxas's asexual and antisocial brother, was lying in his own bed... with Zack. Yes, Cloud was sharing his bed with Zachary Fair. And it didn't exactly look innocent since Cloud was snuggled up to Zack's chest and said raven haired male had his arms wrapped around Cloud, and he had a content smile on his face.

“Don't tell me they...” Roxas whispered under his breath but trailed of, “...Shit,” he then added and carefully backed out and closed the door behind him to hurry up to his room.

What was happening to the world? Sure Roxas had talked to Axel about how he had been thinking that Cloud was in love with Zack but Roxas had never ever thought that he would get home to find the two of them together in bed, shirtless. He had even been surprised if he had seen the two of them doing something normal, like watching a movie. He prayed to God that the two older males weren't completely naked in bed...

Roxas shook his head as he picked up his phone and started typing.

Axel, you can't believe what I found when I got home...

With a push on a button the message was sent and Roxas let himself sink down on his bet and let out a deep breath he had been holding in for a while. And Axel, being the fast writer he was, sent him an answer in less than 20 seconds.

What did u find when u got home??

Roxas sighed as he started typing again... Axel and his damn typing language...

Cloud and Zack are together. In Cloud's bed. All snuggled up to each other.

Roxas put down his phone and let out a quiet groan. This meant that there would be a hell a lot more of Zack around his house. Don't get me wrong... Roxas did like Zack, but the hyper raven haired man was just a little bit too much for him sometimes. Especially since he liked getting on Roxas's nerves. Soon another vibration was heard from his phone.

WHA?! r u serious?! Holy mother of all that's holy... that's really, i repeat, REALLY, freaking me out! Talk 'bout fast development!

Roxas sighed as he looked at his phone and then a smirk crept up on his face.

Fast development? Please, they've known each other for longer than us, and we're together, right? And how's your problem going? You looked quite tormented for a while.

Roxas sighed as his thoughts drifted back to Axel and what had happened earlier... He had for sure overreacted. Actually it was like Axel had said, a normal reaction. Roxas just hadn't been expecting it... and it had brought some bad memories up as well. He let out a sigh as h stood up and headed up to his desk where he grabbed a photography, he heard his phone vibrate but figured Axel could wait a while so he turned his attention to the photo again.

It was a 13 year old Roxas, with the brightest smile ever on his face, along with a blonde woman, also she had a brilliant and beautiful smile. It was clear that Roxas had gotten his looks from his mother... But well, his father had been very handsome as well. Roxas was just more... pretty. Like his mom had been. She had always been so young, vibrant and lively. When someone had been feeling down she was the right person to cheer them up again.

“I wish you were here...” Roxas whispered as he ran his fingers over the glass that protected the memory of his dead parents, “I miss you so much, mom,” he then said with choked voice as he felt himself start to tremble, tears burning behind his eyes.

Not much time later the tears ran freely down his cheeks as he quietly sobbed over the picture. Why did they have to die? Why them of all people in the world? They hadn't done anything to deserve death, not in the cruel way they had died... People had told Roxas that they had died immediately. But the doctors had no clue that Roxas had heard stuff they said when he was in the coma. How the doctor had told the nurses that the mother had been in such agony before she finally died. Apparently she had gotten a scrap of metal right through her chest... His father had broken his neck, and had probably passed away right on spot.

A vibrating tone made Roxas look up and with shaking hands grab his phone, what was weird was that it didn't stop vibrating... Someone was calling him, such great timing.

Roxas let out another sob as he looked at the display. Of course it was Axel, probably because Roxas hadn't answered his text message yet... And if Roxas wouldn't pick up Axel would just keep calling, and eventually he would end up on his doorstep.

“H-hello?” Roxas answered with slight shaky voice as he tried to keep his sniffling down, which was hard since once Roxas started crying he usually had a hard time stopping, cause he didn't usually cry a lot, “..Axel?” he then asked with small voice.

“Roxas? You all right? Wait... are you... are you crying?” Axel's worried voice could be heard from the other side of the phone, “Oh God... Is it about what happened earlier? Roxas, talk to me?”

Roxas choked back another sob as he shook his head but realized that Axel couldn't see that, “I-I'm sorry... N-no, it isn't about earlier... I'm fine, don't w-worry about me, Axel,” Roxas weakly said as he wiped away tears that immediately were replaced by new ones.

“Hell, you aren't fine, I'm going to come and-,”

“No!” Roxas said with surprisingly strong voice, then he swallowed and took a shaky breath, “Concentrate on your studying instead of me for once... I'll b-be fine, this is something that happens sometimes, it got nothing to do with earlier...” he practically whispered into the phone and closed his eyes, “I-... I just need to pull myself together, kay?” he then mumbled as he wiped away a new set of tears.

“I'm not sure, Rox...” Axel said, and he still sounded worried about Roxas, “Are you really sure you're fine? Otherwise just say the word and I'll be there,” he softly said.

“I swear, I'm gonna be fine, Axel, thanks for worrying though...” Roxas mumbled into the phone with closed eyes, trying to hold back more tears without success, “I think I need some more sleep...”

“Right... But we'll see each other tomorrow, right?” he then asked and before Roxas could say anything Axel started talking, “And get some rest, Rox, and just call if you want something, right?”

Roxas nodded before he answered, “Yeah...”

“I love you,”

“Love you too... Bye,” Roxas said softly before he hang up and then let out a shaky breath and looked down at his lap. He was such an emotional wreck from time to time.

Without any warning Roxas's door suddenly opened up, making the crying blond yelp and turn in surprise to look at Zack with wide eyes. The raven haired male was standing in his doorway with a surprised face expression.

“Well I thought I heard somethin-... Roxas? Are you all right? Should I tell Cloud that yo-,”

“Z-Zack! N-no, don't say anything to Cloud, I'm fine, it's nothing at all, I swear!” Roxas hurriedly said as he wiped away his tears and looked at Zack with a pleading face expression, “Just... No, he worries too much about me, just... no...”

Zack gave a slight nod but looked at Roxas with worry written across his face, “Want to talk about it?” he asked.

Roxas shook his head with a sad smile on his face, looking at the picture in his hands... The glass had small stains from the tears, “What is there to talk about?” he asked quietly with his eyes on the photo, 'They're dead either way... Nothing can change that...' he added inside his mind.

Zack stepped inside the room and looked down at the photo in Roxas's lap. He didn't have to think twice about whom those persons were. It was a younger Roxas, his mother and his father. There was no doubt about it. Zack sighed and gave Roxas's a pat on his shoulder.

“You miss them,” he stated. Zack missed his parents as well... But he couldn't really imagine to get the news about them being dead, that must be something horrible to get to know.

Roxas nodded, “Yeah... of course I do,” he murmured as he let his fingers trail over the glass once more, “Zack... I'm really tired. I think I just need to be alone for a bit, go and do something with Cloud, he deserves to do something fun or relaxing,” Roxas said, his eyes focused on the photo, refusing to meet Zack's eyes.

“Sure about that?” Zack asked.

“Yeah... just go, I'm fine,” Roxas said with a slight sigh and threw a glance at Zack who slowly retreated to the door, “And no, don't call Axel, he already called me,” Roxas then added since he had a feeling Zack would have called Axel otherwise.

Zack bit his lower lip and then shrugged, “Sure, sure... I wont. Just... cheer up, Roxas,” he said with a weak smile before he closed the door and went down to Cloud.

Roxas sadly sighed as he walked up to his bed and immediately threw himself into it and snuggled up to a pillow, just trying to not keep crying. He had gotten most of the tears to stay away when Zack had been in his room... But that didn't mean he was out of tears yet.


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Roxas sighed as he opened his locker and with slow and somewhat drowsy movements he pulled out a bunch of books that he dumped in his bag before closing the locker once more.

Even though he had been really tired he hadn't been able to sleep for very long during the night. He had been haunted by nightmares the short time he had managed to sleep. But it wasn't anything that was new to Roxas, he always had a hard time sleeping for several days after one of his emotional breakdowns that concerned his parents. He truly hated it but what could he do about it? Nothing.

“Roxas!” a loud squeal was heard that made Roxas's mentally sigh as he prepared himself for the worst that could happen and then turned to face Demyx who immediately pulled Roxas's into a hug, “I haven't seen you since I was stuck into that wall!” he squealed and grinned widely.

Roxas couldn't help letting out a laugh to later shake his head, “It was two days ago,” he said lightly and then yawned as Demyx let go of Roxas and inspected him, “What?” Roxas asked with a frown on his face.

“You look tired...” he said with tilted head.

“Who looks tired?” a voice that appeared from nowhere suddenly asked, making Demyx and Roxas's jump into each others arms by surprise, both letting out squeals of fear before noticing that the one who had appeared was no other than Axel, who now was evilly smirking at them.

“Well, well, what do we got here?” he asked and grinned, “Is my boyfriend and my best friend having a secret relationship behind my back?” he teasingly asked as the two blondes immediately pushed each other away, Roxas blushed while Demyx giggled at Roxas's embarrassed face expression.

Axel just smirked as he walked up to Roxas, “But he's right, you look tired,” he then murmured with a worried face expression as he brought his hand to Roxas's forehead, “And you're quite warm...”

Roxas sighed as he carefully grabbed Axel's hand and pushed it away from his face, “I'm fine, I just didn't get so much sleep,” he said with a shrug and a smile as he stood up on the tips of his toes to place a peck on Axel's cheek.

Axel sighed put bent down to give kiss Roxas's cheek as well, “I'll let it go for now,” he said with a slight sigh, but Roxas could practically feel that Axel wanted to know what was wrong. But the redhead would have to wait until after the school day was over. For now they both had to concentrate on school, even though none of them really felt like it.


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The lessons of the day had just been a blurry mess for Roxas who had been thinking about other things during all of his lessons. Leon had even worryingly asked if he was fine. And Vexen had threatened to make Roxas taste some secret potion of his... Which had made Roxas stay quite alert for the rest of chemistry. Art had been slightly better since Axel had tried to cheer Roxas up.

And now, finally, the school day was over. Axel and Roxas had proceeded to find a green field close to school where they had lied down to just relax for a while.

“Roxas?” Axel said hesitantly, glancing at Roxas.

Roxas sighed slightly but looked over at Axel, “Yeah?”

“What's wrong?” he softly asked, “I've been worrying since yesterday and it took damn much willpower to not make me drive over to your place...”

The blonde closed his eyes and let out another sigh, “It's just... memories...” he murmured, “I... I was looking at some pictures and I just cracked when I saw my parents' photo, that's it,” he quietly said with a sad look on his face.

Axel sighed as he reached out and grabbed Roxas and pulled him to his chest, “I'm sorry, Rox,” he murmured into Roxas's hair, “Life sucks sometimes, right?” he asked softly.

“Mhm...”

“How were they?” Axel then asked all of a sudden, making Roxas look up at him in surprise. He was quite surprised that Axel just asked it like that since he now knew that Roxas easily could break down when thinking about them... But then, Axel could talk about his life without much problems... At least about the things he had told Roxas.

“...My... my mom was the most beautiful and lively person in my life, she was always full of energy and always knew how to cheer someone up,” Roxas said softly with a smile on his face, “Dad wasn't home that often, he worked abroad a lot... But he was great as well, he always made his best at making mom happy,” he murmured as he got a slight flashback of his parents.

“Dear, is something wrong?”

“O-oh, no, no... Of course not! I'm fine!”

“Hm, know what?”

“Mhm?”

“I couldn't help myself for picking this up on the way here...”

“What?”

“Happy 12th anniversary, love.”

“It's amazing! I thought you had forgotten! I love it!”

Roxas sighed and shook his head, “They didn't deserve to die...” he murmured, feeling that heavy lump form in his stomach, “I should have been the one...” he trailed of when he realized he had been talking aloud and that Axel frowned down at him.

“Don't tell me you were gonna say that you should have been the one to die...” he warningly said with a stern look on his face which made Roxas bite his lip.

“I...”

“No,” Axel firmly said, with his arms crossed as he shook his head, “No way,” he then stated again, not looking at Roxas. He refused to hear his boyfriend say that he was supposed to be dead.

“Axel, if you-,”

“I'm not gonna listen to you saying that you should have died,” he said, staring at nothing in particular.

Roxas sighed sadly as he looked down at the ground where he had dug his fingers into the ground. He hated himself...

“I was the one who made mom lose control of the car, Axel!” Roxas then said before Axel had a chance to cut him of again, “I was yelling at her, a-and... the last thing I ever told her was that I hated her,” his voice cracked at the end as he turned his face away from Axel.

Axel blinked as he turned his face towards the blonde who now looked another way... Well, this made things a hell a lot different... Not that Axel thought that it was Roxas's fault, it wasn't like he had meant for the accident to happen. But this meant that he had to make Roxas see that it in fact wasn't his fault at all.

“Roxas... All kids say that to their parents sometimes...” Axel murmured, “I... Reno did that, I was too small to get to that stage... But I remember my mom sighing and just shaking her head,” he softly said, “Rox, she knew you didn't mean it, I swear she knew,” he then added.

“How can you be so sure?” Roxas whispered, still not looking at Axel, “I never talked to her that way and then... why did they die?”

Axel shrugged with a solemn look on his face, “I don't know, Roxas,” he answered, “Life's unfair, I don't know why my parents died either... Or well, dad might be alive and if he is I don't give a shit...” he muttered and then was interrupted by his cellphone, “Damn it... Demyx,” he said with a sigh, throwing a look at Roxas who looked out into the distance.

“Go, you should spend some time with Demyx as well, you're with me all the time,” Roxas said with a small smile on his lips as he looked at Axel, “You have to stay close to your friends as well, you know?” he then said and gave Axel a slight push.

Axel sighed and picked up the phone, “Hey, Dem,” he said and smiled, “What? Like... now? Uh... I know I said that-,”

Roxas rolled his eyes and stood up as he grabbed Axel's phone.

“Hi, Demyx, of course Axel will come, exactly like he said he would,” he said with a smile on his face, “No, no, no, I think I'll skip, just gonna head home and get some rest, you know?” he asked with a chuckle before smiling again and looking at Axel who was glaring at Roxas, “Yeah, that's right, I'll tell him that, see you,” with that he shut the phone and handed it back to Axel.

“10 minutes, at Dem's house,” Roxas lightly said with a nod, not a trace of the happiness he had been showing when he had talked to Demyx.

“How is it that you can do that?” Axel all of a sudden asked with a frown on his face.

Roxas tilted his head as he looked at Axel, “What do you mean?” he asked and blinked in confusion.

“That you just can... change like that,” he said with a frown on his face, “From sad to happy and then just... drop it,” he said.

Roxas sighed and shook his head, “Defence?” he suggested, “It's a wall, but I just... let it slip when I'm with you,” he then said softly and sighed, “Well, you go on, Demyx is waiting,” he said and gave Axel a half smile.

Axel sighed deeply as he stepped up to Roxas and pulled the blonde to his arms for a short while, “See you tomorrow then,” he murmured before giving Roxas a peck and then he did as he had been ordered and started to make his way against Demyx's place. Even though it hurt pretty bad to leave Roxas behind, not sure what the blonde went through for the moment.


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Roxas sighed as he slowly dragged his feet after himself. He was heading home now when he finally had made Axel leave to go and spend some time with Demyx. Roxas was feeling like he was kind of taking Axel all for himself, and he thought it was time for Demyx to get his best friend back even if it meant that Roxas would have to walk around and ponder about his problems since he had nothing to distract him. Or well... that was what Roxas thought, at least.

“Roxas!” a voice called which made Roxas turn around to see Zexion walk a bit behind him, waving at Roxas.

Roxas smiled and waved back as he slowed down to allow Zexion to catch up to him. And soon enough Zexion walked beside Roxas. They leaved pretty close to each other after all, so they could have company with each other.

“Not walking with Axel today?” Zexion asked with a look on Roxas, it was obvious but still, they had to talk about something. And Roxas knew that Zexion wasn't that talk active.

“Nah, he's with Demyx today,” Roxas said and smiled, “I practically had to force him to get his ass over to Demyx's house though,” he then said with a laugh, “Axel can for sure be stubborn when he wants to be, huh?”

Zexion nodded and gave a half smile as he walked beside Roxas, “Why was he being stubborn this time?” he asked.

Roxas sighed and shrugged, “He's just worrying too much about me, it doesn't matter what I say or do. He keeps worrying,” he explained and sighed, but inside he knew that Axel had very good reasons to worry about Roxas. It was just that Zexion and Demyx didn't know about it.

“Did something happen to make him worry?” Zexion asked with a slight frown on his face, apparently he was being suspicious about it. He had known Axel for a lot longer than Roxas...

“Kind of, but nothing serious though...” Roxas murmured, “Just a little incident at wrong place and time,” he said and hoped that would be enough of an explanation for Zexion.

Zexion just gave a slight nod in confirmation that he had listened to what Roxas had told him, “Well, once Axel starts worrying there's no end to it,” he said with a sigh, “But that's one of his good qualities that show that he cares. And you're the only one who have awakened the overprotective side of Axel,” he stated as he glanced at Roxas with his left, uncovered, eye.

Roxas blinked as he looked at Zexion, “Not anyone else?” he asked in surprise. He thought that... Well, Roxas wasn't really sure what he had thought about Axel's earlier relationships since he hadn't asked about it. It had seemed that Axel didn't want to talk about it. Had Axel had many boyfriends/girlfriends before Roxas got into the picture? How had he felt about them? Who where those persons?

“Not anyone else,” Zexion repeated with another nod as they took a turn to the right, getting closer to Zexion's house, “That's what surprised us all about you, it was kind of strange to see Axel worry so much about a stranger at first, when he even haven't cared for people he have been into a relationship with. Or if it even can be called that...” Zexion trailed of and shrugged.f

Roxas just nodded as he looked at Zexion, “How long have you known Axel and Demyx?” he then all of a sudden asked which caused Zexion to look at Roxas in surprise, “You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, I was just-,”

“No, it's all right, it was just such a random question that you surprised me,” Zexion said with a smirk on his face since he suspected Roxas would have started to blabber really badly if he hadn't cut the blonde of, “I've know Axel for... 6 years soon. Since he moved here. And I've known Demyx for at least 10 years. But we didn't start spending time with each other before 5 years back. I was quite... asocial,” he said and licked his lips, “And Demyx...” he trailed of once more and looked at Roxas with an amused face expression.

“Demyx is everything but asocial,” Roxas ended Zexion's sentence for him and let out a chuckle, “It's impossible to not talk with Demyx around...”

“Yes, it for sure is...” Zexion said and sighed.

“How's your wall by the way?” Roxas then asked with a raised eyebrow.

The blue haired male flinched slightly before sighing and shaking his head, “Right now I have a bookshelf in front of the giant hole Zack had to make to get you guys out of there. I'll get it fixed though... Eventually,” he added with another sigh and adjusted his bangs that covered his right eye.

“Sorry,” Roxas said with a sheepish smile as they stopped outside Zexion's house.

“It's all right, it was Demyx that was impossible to get out,” Zexion said and smirked, “Well, I guess we'll see each other at lunch and the history lesson tomorrow, at least?” he asked with tilted head.

Roxas nodded and smiled, “Yeah, we will,” he said and then gave a slight wave, “See you!” he then said.

Zexion gave a nod and waved as well, “Take care,” he said, as if he had seen through Roxas's wall.

Roxas gave a strained smile before turning around and walking against his own house. He was in a pretty pissy mood by now. First of all people kept bothering him and asking him if he was fine since he looked tired. Axel was overly worried about Roxas. And even Zexion seemed to be able to see right through Roxas! Was it too much to ask for a little bit of piece in his life? Roxas had had his ups and downs before, and he had been fine without a bunch of people worrying about him.
Don't get me wrong, it was nice to know that people cared... But when they was so insistent about making sure he'd be fine it just bugged him.

Roxas sighed as he unlocked the door to his house and stepped inside, he frowned when he realised that Cloud's shoes hadn't left their place on the floor since this morning... Hadn't he said that he had work?

“Cloud?” Roxas called as he kicked of his converse and then walked into the kitchen where Cloud sat with a slight grim face expression on his face, “Is... Is something wrong?” Roxas asked, immediately feeling scared over what it could be that had happened.

“Roxas, we need to go back to Hollow Bastion...”

As if everything else hadn't been bad enough, this was all it took for Roxas to feel that his world, and his life, was about to completely collapse.