I'm Treatin' [Axel/Roxas]

[Roxas]

The blush finally stopped as Roxas paled instead, elbowing Axel more harshly than he really meant to. "Cut it out, you know I'm not like that," he snapped.

...Damn. Axel must've meant it as a joke, though, and now Roxas was taking it a little too far. He grimaced. "...Not that...that's a bad thing, but Sora's straight as hell. And even if he wasn't..." He hesitated. "That would just be different. If I liked you or something." The blond forced a chuckle, trying to concentrate on his ice cream and avoiding Axel's gaze. "I mean, that'd be weird, right?"

Even though it almost didn't seem like it would be. Roxas could almost see it, more easily than before--not a lot about their relationship would change, it would just be...fuller. More involved. But they were best friends, that wasn't how it was supposed to work! Plus, Axel'd hate him. Or at least turn him down. The idea of that hurt worse...or seemed to hurt worse than the idea of Axel turning on him, and Roxas started to wonder about his priorities.

[axeldangerflynn]

"Oh, that hurt, asshole!" Axel laughed as he coughed, almost dropping his icecream. He stood up straight standing back a little bit since Roxas was being touchy.

"Well just because Sora's something, doesn't mean you have to be exactly like him you know. You're not Sora, you're Roxas. " He crossed his arms a little bit, "And even if you did like me I wouldn't be too weirded out. I think you should just do whatever you feel is right." He made a 'hmph' noise, pushing past him a little to squeeze out the door.

"Why have you been acting so funny anyways?"

[Roxas]

Roxas let him past and hesitated only a moment before sidling up beside him again. "...Glad you see it that way." He didn't elaborate. Bringing up the fact that Axel had basically said Sora and Roxas were the same to him on the verge of death would do no good, and Roxas had already passed that off as temporary insanity. There was no way he could ever measure up to being a Somebody, and Sora would never be what Roxas was--or wasn't.

He sighed heavily at the question from Axel. "I don't...I don't know anymore. It seems like I keep trying to make things go back to normal between us and then keep messing them up. I mean, we're Nobodies--it should be easy. But..." It's not. And even if he says he wouldn't be weirded out...I just can't imagine Axel saying something like "I like you, let's go out" to me. That'd be...I don't know what that would be.

Letting out a groan of frustration, Roxas scratched the back of his head. "Jeez, what a mess..." he mumbled, not really intending for it to reach Axel's ears but saying it like he'd forgotten Axel was there.

[axeldangerflynn]

"You're not messing them up," Axel protested as he put a hand on his shoulder, "It's just awkward. We just got back together and we really don't quite know how to react to each other. And even if you really didn't know, friendships are never easy. Especially if the friend means more than anything to you. Because you just want them to spend time with you, and then they get mad over the same thing but you can't help it. Because friends have other friends and friends can never just be one person's. The relationship just isn't the deep. You know?" He asked, looking at him as he gently took a lick out of his icecream.

Hearing that things were a mess, he whipped his head to the side to look away. A mess, huh? Well, Axel was trying...he was trying to make everything right and better, way better than it was before. He was trying not to give any reasons for Roxas to leave again. Without the Organization, there really were no reasons.

...Right??

[Roxas]

Axel was being consoling, even with Roxas acting like this, and as usual it calmed him just because Axel had that kind of patience. "Y...you're right. Sorry. I dunno, I...I'm overthinking this or something," he admitted, giving his ice cream a look like he didn't know what it was for a moment. It was melting fairly quickly in the summer heat, practically turning into soup in the cone, and he frowned as he drank it more than ate it.

Sighing, he moved a little closer to Axel as they walked, but not very close in case Axel still wanted to keep his distance. "As long as I'm with you, nothing else matters," he said finally, seeing the bus stop up ahead.

Roxas out.