Hello! This is a two-shot collab I did with my friend Ewonsama. We hope you like it!
Ewonsama: Hello and good bye -bows-
Axel yawned sleepily. He had been up all night playing his favorite video game, Kingdom Of The Heartless. It was his drug. He had never played anything like it and has never found anything that could compare to it. The graphics were so defined, that when he first saw it he almost cam from the pure beauty of the art work.
The sounds, voices, music, practically everything was flawless. It was no wonder that the game itself took years to develop. But what hooked him into the game more than anything was the story line and it's main character, Roxas.
Roxas was a deep blue eyed, spiky blond haired peasant and the hero of the game. He was also the character Axel was obsessed with. He favored the blond more than any other character in the game. He wasn't sure what it was about him; just playing with the hero, kicking heartless ass, gave him a rush.
Currently Axel was getting frustrated that he couldn't find an item that he knew he had found before. The NPCs didn't help much either. Just repeating the same things over and over. He needed the item so he could fix his gummi ship. He had crashed it when his phone went off, distracting him from the screen. He could have swore he heard Roxas curse at him but the ringing of his phone muffled it.
"Damn it." He growled and put the remote down. He went to the menu screen and got up to get a drink from the kitchen. Little did he know that a certain blond was awaiting his return.
Roxas rubbed his aching head as he aimlessly wondered around the pixelated town. The blond hero mumbled curses directed at the bone headed human that was controlling him.
This life of doing as the player commanded was getting old, and Roxas didn't know how much longer he could take it. For once he wished their roles were reversed and he was the player.
Currently the hero was stuck in the pause menu. His face was frozen in an awkward smirk that made his cheeks hurt. Roxas hoped this was a quick trip and his player wasn't going for another hour long bathroom break. Those were always torture.
Axel came back to the living room and sat his ass down on the cushions. He groan, throwing his head back with his eyes shut. He ran a hand through his long, spiky red hair. He knew he should get some sleep but the thought of having to wake up with a broken ship irritated him.
"Haha if only you could fly the ship yourself. It would save me the trouble." He chuckled dryly to himself.
Living alone in a single bedroomed apartment was taking its toll on him. He was starting to feel want from the lack of sex he had been having. It was all thanks to his addiction, the game. "Hang tight Roxas, I'll be right back." He lightly joked as he got up to go look up some porn to help him get going.
Roxas groaned to himself as ten, fifteen, then twenty minutes passed. His whole body was going stif and he needed to get out. The ache in his face was starting to irritate the fair hero. He could feel his left eye twitch and wondered if the player noticed the slight movement.
When Axel came back, he sighed contently. He had found some pretty good things that he didn't think he would find. He felt refreshed if not sore from his right and left hand having to trade places while he relieved himself.
He sat back down on the couch, with controller in hand. He unpaused the game and moved Roxas character back into action. He forced the blond to run around town. He had remembered where the damned item was and wasted no time in going to get it.
"Ow. Ow. Ow." Roxas groaned as his frozen muscles were forced back in action. The dumb-ass playing even miscalculated a jump causing the blond to smack his head on a ledge.
This wasn't fun anymore.
A sigh of relief left Roxas as he came across the chest containing the gummi ship part that he desperately needed. He picked up on his player's habits and knew that he tended to save and turn the game off right before a gummi ship mission. Roxas smiled to himself knowing that quitting time was soon.
Axel smirked once he claimed his prize. He made Roxas rush, roll, jump, and glide toward the inn on the far side of town. He was going to save the game and then take a short nap. However, he had a thought. He was just going get the ship repaired and then take off to another area. That way he didn't have to bother with it when he woke up.
Once he saved the game, he made Roxas roll around town just for the hell of it. He always liked to make him roll around, wishing he too could do that in the real world. It was a fantasy he lived through the blond. After rolling down some stairs, he made Roxas jump around until he came to the gummi shop.
It took him another good hour to remodel and pair up the ship to his liking. By then he was rethinking on traveling. He had to stop moving Roxas before he could board the ship to rub his own tired eyes. Axel paused the game again and strolled to the kitchen sink. He turned the water on, placed his palms under the cool liquid, and splashed his face with it. His head was pounding and he knew he would regret it if he didn't just sleep.
Reluctantly, Axel went back to the living room, dragging his feet. He grunted when he let himself fall face first onto the couch. Picking up the controller, Axel got on the gummi ship and took off.
Roxas could only pant as he tried to catch his breath. The player just wouldn't quit this time. And one thing Roxas hated was idle play. No battles or getting farther in the game at all. What a waste of time.
He wished the player would at least roll him over to a save point to help him regain some energy, but would he? No! It was like the player didn't care about his hero at all. Roxas wished with all his might that he could go wring the person's neck and force him into the game so he could torture the player a bit.
'Not this shit again.' Roxas thought to himself as he was frozen on the pause screen again. He was getting tired of this shit. Why won't the player just go to bed?
"Finally!" Roxas cried as the screen was unpaused and the blond was moved around again. So now there was noting else to do in this area. The player had opened all the chest and explored all the nooks and crannies. That only meant he was going to finally go to the save point and be turned off for the night!
"What? No!" Roxas cried as he was directed not towards his desired place and was forced to board the gummi ship.
The player seemed to have no skill when it came to deep space flying. Roxas was forced to ram himself into yet another commit.
"Fuck this shit!" Roxas said loudly as his grip on the controls tightened and he managed to steer his ship out of the screen and towards a small tear on the far left.
"What the fuck?!" Axel cried and fell off the couch when heard Roxas say something and the ship moved on its own. He knew he lacked sleep but it was to real for it to be a hallucination. He knew he heard what he heard.
It left him completely speechless. His bright emerald eyes were wide with shock and his mouth was hanging open like a door coming off its hinges. The tv screen only showed that of the space like plain that lead from one place to another. The only thing wrong was the fact that his ship was no where to be seen. It just vanished off to the left of the screen all on its own.
"What- what the hell?" He questioned himself and sat up while picking the controller back up. He messed around with the buttons, trying to get the ship to come back. When nothing happened Axel growled and threw the remote to the ground.
"Damn it! I should've just saved the damn thing after the ship was repaired. Stupid glitch, making me have to start all over." He told himself it was a glitch and yet he had a feeling that what had happened was much more than that. He could feel the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end and a bead of swear slide down his face while he just scowled at the screen.
Roxas screamed his lungs out as he lost control of his ship. The orange machine plummeted down and out of space;headed for a strange looking world the blond had never seen before.
With a loud crash Roxas found himself in a body of water. The hero quickly undid his seatbelt and went threw the emergency exit so he was sitting on top of the ship to avoid the liquid below him.
Roxas scouted the area around him. It seemed he landed inside a lake that was cemented on all sides and at the bottom. It wasn't very deep, in fact there were markers showing how far down the water went. Beside the water was a large apartment complex.
"Maybe there's someone in there that can help me."
Axel jumped from his spot in the room. He had heard a loud noise coming from outside from a distance. It sounded like a plane was going down or something. The next thing he knew was that there was a loud splashing sound coming from the pool area just outside his own apartment building.
The red head ran toward his balcony, slammed the screen door open, and rushed outside to peer out at the pool.
"What the fuck?" He gasped out in surprise. Right there in the pool, half sunk, was a gummi ship from his video game. And it wasn't just any gummi ship. It was the ship he had just remodeled only minutes ago.
"H-h...wha-" he stuttered being unable to form words due to his shock. He backed away from the little wall that kept him from falling off of the wooden deck until he was passing his kitchen and back into the living room.
Axel glanced at his game which still only showed the space level of the game. He shook his head trying to shut up all the thoughts running through his head.
"It can't be." He scoffed. "Right, Axel this is the real world not some fictional game or story. I must just be sleep deprived." He licked his lips and clicked off the tv. He didn't bother with the game thinking that when he came back from a much need nap, the game would be back to normal.
Roxas glared at an opened window. He could have sworn he just saw someone standing there. The flaming red hair was quick to catch his eye. But the man didn't say a word, just slowly backed away.
What. The. Fuck.
Didn't anyone in this world have any manners? What if he was seriously hurt? Would the people here just leave him to die?
Well at least he knew he wasn't alone.
Roxas carefully climbed over towards the edge of the ship's wing and jumped onto the pavement. He dusted himself off and went over to the building. He looked up at the stories and windows. He knew there was someone up there and he was gonna talk to them.
Very carefully Roxas found some foot holes and climbed up the building, he used his experience points that got built up from all the grinding to help him get to the open window faster.
Axel had changed into some clean black boxers after a quick shower to wash away all the sweat and nervousness he felt. He then left his small bathroom and flopped onto his bed with the ship on his mind.
'It really did look like the one I made. Could it be my ship? Could Roxas have left his world and came to mine?' Axel scuffed and rolled on to his back over the covers.
"Yeah, and pigs can fly." He spread out his limbs and exhaled. "But what if-" he was cut off by a sound coming from what sounded like his balcony. "Shit." He muttered and sat up, rushing toward the outer room to make sure nobody was trying to sneak in.
Roxas looked around the empty room. It was completely empty of life. Was this the right window?
The hero walked over to the humming consul and poked around with the tv that it was connected to till he hit a button and the screen light up.
On the screen was a familiar pause screen with empty space behind it.
"Is that...is this my game?" Roxas asked himself in a whisper.
Axel didn't know what to expect when he saw the blond boy from his video game just standing there right in the middle of his living room. It was just impossible to believe that anything like this could happen in the real world. He was dumb founded.
'No, maybe it's just some really good cosplayer? Yeah that has to be it.' He told himself and then realized the kid was looking at his tv and had basically 'broke' into his house.
Axel crossed his arms over his bare chest. "Hey kid, what the hell are you doing in my home?" He asked tiredly.
Roxas jumped a bit from the unexpected voice. He timidly turned and his breath caught in his throat as he spotted the redhead from before. "Wh-where am I?"
Axel had to stop himself from rolling his eyes. "I just said my home."
"But where? What world is this? It wasn't in the programming before." Roxas turned so he was completely facing Axel. The sheer size of the other male intimidated the blond, forcing him to take a few steeps back
Axel couldn't hold back anymore, he let his eyes roll and his arms came back down to his sides. "You cosplayers sure do get into character."
Roxas tilled his head to the side in confusion, "Cosplayer? Is that a type of AI?"
Axel's left eye twitched. He had to admit that the kid was cute nonetheless but he was starting to get on his nerves. "Okay time for you to leave."
Roxas brought his hands up to show he meant no harm, "Leave? But I need your help!" He pointed out the window, "My ship crashed and I have no idea where I am."
Axel groaned in frustration. He closed his eyes and massaged the bridge of his nose. Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he looked back at the blond with a sceptic expression. "Right. Look kid, I'm to exhausted for this. How did you even get in here?"
"Through there." Roxas pointed towards the window again.
Axel sighed and walked past the kid. He stepped out onto the balcony, not caring that he was still in his boxers, and looked down at the pool. Sure enough the ship was still there. He gulped and hesitantly turned around. He looked from the blond to the ship and back to the blond.
"R-Roxas?" He said feeling unsure of himself.
The hero perked up at the sound of his name. He looked at Axel and then behind him at the screen that was void of a spaceship.
He turned back to the redhead with slight confusion on his face, "Are you my player?"
Axel sucked in a shaky breath. He came back inside the room, closing the sliding door behind him. He trudged over to the ugly dark green couch and sat down. He didn't know what to say. He was too shocked. Something like this would only be in a movie and yet it was happening right there and now.
When he could gaze back up at the blond standing in front of him, he took in the details of his being. He wasn't just video game graphics any more. He was a real person standing before him. "I think I am. That is...if you're the one that screwed up my gaming."
Roxas let out an annoyed huff, "Screwed up your gaming? Do you realize how many times you've killed me by doing stupid things!?" The hero was fuming at Axel's attitude. Didn't the redhead know he was playing around with Roxas' life?
Axel didn't like how this thing was talking to him. So he died a few times, big deal. It wasn't like he wouldn't just come back to life. "Well if you didn't take your sweet ass time leveling up then maybe I-you wouldn't have died so many damn times. When the fuck are you going to learn cure already? The first few times I've played the game you learned it in an instance. Why not this time?"
Roxas rolled his eyes at the man's ignorance, "Well maybe if you didn't go straight from beginner mode to proud with no middle in between you'd know what to expect." As he talk, Roxas' voice started to get louder.
Axel stood up and glared down into dark blue eyes. Eyes that dared to almost take his breath away. The only thing stopping from calming down at all was that beginner comment. "You know what? I think I just stop loving this game."
With that said Axel shoved passed the blond and reset his system. He then took out the disc and placed it back into its case. "I'm selling you." He said coldly and saunter toward his bedroom for some clothes.
Roxas glared at Axel's back and followed him into his room, "Fine sell me! Maybe then someone who actually knows how to play will get it!" The hero waved his hands around as he started to lose his temper. All he wanted was to fix his ship and go home.
Axel almost lost his temper at that point. He swiftly turned around causing the blond to bump into him. His hands had formed into fists but he wasn't going to allow himself to hit a kid. "You know, I can still have fun with the game." He smirked and shoved pass the blond, heading straight for the kitchen stove.
Roxas' dark blue eyes widened. He didn't know what Axel could do with his game in the kitchen but the threat sounded real enough. After regaining his balance the smaller male quickly made his way into the kitchen, "What are you going to do?" He asked in a meek voice
Axel's anger faded once he turned the burner on. He grinned at Roxas and held the game above the burning flames but not enough for it to catch on fire. "I'm going to have fun."
"Fun...?" Roxas' eyes were glued on the blue and orange flames that tried to reach up for the case that housed his home.
Axel nodded and lowered the game a millimeter. "Yeah. You see Roxas, this game used to be very important to me. I loved everything about. The story, the graphics, the music, and it's hero. But now I think I'm tired of it. So to say good bye to it in a fun way, I'm going to watch it burn."
Tears started to form in Roxas' eyes as he watched his beloved home be threatened, "If you loved it, loved me, so much then why are you going to destroy it?"
"I got bored." Axel said simple before he could even see Roxas teary eyes.
Roxas fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face, his voice horse and cracked, "Then put it away! Hide it in your closet or something! Just please-" a sob escaped the fallen hero before he could finish his pleas.
Axel was taken aback. He blinked rapidly a few times, his eyes staring down at the crying blonde. 'Ah hell.' He turned off the burner and set the game on the counter. Axel kneeled down in front of Roxas and embraced him. "Roxas, please stop crying. I...I didn't mean it. You just pissed me off."
He stroked the back of Roxas head gently. His hand running over blond locks while the other rubbed his back soothingly. "Roxas, I love the game too much to destroy it. I love you too much to ruin it. I'm sorry." He spoke gently to him while letting the salty tears rain down on him.
Roxas was taken aback when he felt himself get wrapped in warm arms. He blinked his eyes a few times till Axel's bare chest came into view. Without a second thought Roxas threw his arms around the redhead's neck and let the last of his tears spill onto the man's neck
"Thank you."
Axel could feel a slight blush come across his face. In order to hide it until it vanished, Axel held Roxas closer to prevent him from seeing it. "Does that mean you forgive a crap player like me?" Axel chuckled and pulled back so he could see Roxas' face. His blush replaced with a small grin.
Roxas wiped away the drying tears off his cheeks a small laugh threatened to bubble out as he looked at Axel's thoughtful expression, "Of course it does." The hero pulled Axel back in for another hug and laughed to himself as he nuzzled into the strong chest in front of him.
Axel chuckled a bit and held Roxas in his arms. When he felt Roxas nuzzling him, his heart skipped a beat. 'Axel don't you dare. He's not real and...' Axel pulled back and lifted Roxas chin up with a finger so he could gaze upon him.
'He is real.' He told himself while getting lost in ocean blue eyes.
Roxas lifts himself up a bit more on his knees so his face was closer to Axel's, making sure to not break the contact. His smaller hands intertwined themselves in red hair.
"Does this mean you'll help me?
Axel placed his hands on Roxas hips, holding him a little closer to himself. "I'll help you. But will you stay?" He asked almost quietly.
Roxas bit his lower lip as he looked into Axel's bright green eyes, "You want me to stay?" Roxas repeated Axel's question, "But what about my world? There's Heartless that need to be killed or they can harm the people! Plus you didn't seem to like me a few moments ago."
Axel loosen his grip on the blond. He felt hurt by the obvious rejection. He sighed and got up from the ground, helping Roxas up. He took the game from the counter top and held it out for the blond. "Here. Go back and..." He paused not wanting the hero to know how much he hurt. He chuckled and smirked while ruffling blond spikes. "Kick some Heatless ass."
Roxas carefully grabbed the case from the redhead and flipped it around in his hands as he studied it. A blush crossed his face as he timidly looked back up at Axel, "I...I-ummmm...don't know how..."
"How did you get here then?" He questioned blinking wide green eyes.
"I'm not sure." Roxas admitted, "I was just flying and saw a strange light and followed it, and here I am." He finished with a light shrug and handed the game back to Axel.
Axel scratch the back of his head as he looked the game case over. He decided that he would turn the game back on just to see what would happen. As he did so he began to think about all the other people that were playing the game. 'Did their Roxas disappear too?'
Roxas held his breath as he watched over Axel's shoulder. He was torn over if he wanted it to work or not. Part of him wanted to go home and do what he did best, which would be killing heartless, or stay in this world and have control over his own life.
Axel fiddle with the controller for a moment and waited for the game title menu to load. The whole time he wished he had been dreaming. He did love Roxas. He just didn't know it was to the extent of actually wanting to be with him. 'Is it wrong to love a fictional character this much?'
Axel pressed the load option and went to his profile were he last saved it at the inn. Reluctantly, he glanced back at Roxas with sorrow in his eyes. "Do you think, that once I click it...you'll go back? And maybe the gummi ship will too?"
"Maybe? I'm not sure how this is going to work out. I mean, what if nothing happens?" Roxas nervously glanced towards Axel, "What can we do if it doesn't?"
"If it doesn't work then we go outside and get the gummi ship out of the pool" Axel replied and clicked his profile into play.
"Then what? I doubt the proper equipment to fix it are in this world." Roxas bit the inside of his cheek as he watched the game load.
"Maybe, but that doesn't mean we can't try." Axel stood, "I said I'd help you right?"
Blue eyes looked deep into green and Roxas sucked in a shaky breath, "Yeah, you did." A small smile spread across the hero's face as he looked down at Axel
Axel chuckled at response. He was tempted give Roxas a small kiss to the head but the screen changing to the inside of inn with no character in sight.
Roxas took in the scene on the screen. He walked towards the tv and placed a hand on it hoping that it would do something. When nothing happened he turned back to the redhead with sad eyes, "Nothing's happening."
Axel gave a small smile. The look on Roxas face pulled on his heart. As much as he was glad that nothing happened; he didn't like the fact that he was so sad. He didn't think just seen his favorite character coming to life would effect him like this. Axel wasn't one of those people that fell in love with a fictional character. In fact he thought that those people really needed to get out more and get laid. But now he was beginning to see why they would like a character.
Axel turned the game and tv off. Without a word to Roxas, he headed to his bedroom to put some clothes on. He slipped on a plain black shirt and some shorts. He didn't bother with pants knowing he was going to end up getting wet anyway.
He left his room and grabbed the keys to the pool gate from the key hooks on the wall. He turned to face Roxas with his back facing him. "Lets go for a dip in the pool, Roxas."
Stay tuned for part 2 :)