Roxas sighed as he watched the man work, work for him. Axel. It had taken Roxas a few hours and a couple hundred servants to finally learn his name and when he did, he couldn't stop thinking it. It swam around his head, never to be forgotten.

"How I want to be with you, and I only know your name." Roxas whispered.

"Roxas!" Roxas quickly closed his window and leaped to his bed when he heard his mother call from the hall. You see, Roxas was a prince and Axel was just a servant; even though Roxas got everything he wanted, he knew his parents wouldn't let him have this. "Roxas, we're having dinner soon. Make sure your ready." She said, entering his room without as much as a knock.

"Yeah mom, I'll be down soon." Roxas said, laying down on his bed and staring at the ceiling. Roxas's mother, Rin, sat down at the foot of his bed and her bright blonde hair bounced as she did; her blue eyes glistening from the sunlight that came in from the window.

"Roxas… is there something bothering you? You seem a bit distant lately." Roxas wanted to scream, he couldn't tell her. How would it sound? Oh hey mom, I'm gay and I really like that red haired servant, so you should let me have him. Thanks. No. No way would it go that smoothly.

"No, I'm fine mom. I guess a lot is just on my mind." Roxas gave a simple answer, it wasn't a lie. She smiled at him and patted his blonde hair, as bright as hers, and left. When she was gone, Roxas rushed to close his door and then rushed to the window, but Axel was already gone. He's probably making dinner. Roxas leaped over his bed and raced out the door, he ran down the stairs taking two at a time.

"Whoa, slow down son. The food isn't even finished cooking yet." Roxas stopped upon hearing his father's booming voice. Roxas turned around to see his father standing near the top of the stairs.

"Sorry Dad, I was just going to ask one of the workers something." Roxas said, coming up with a lame excuse but if it got him downstairs….

"It's alright son, but first I have a question." Roxas's father, Len, walked down the steps to Roxas, his steps were careful and graceful. He was a king after all; Len's hair and eyes were similar to Roxas's mother and Roxas's. Blonde hair and conspicuous blue eyes, it ran in the family for years.

"Yes father?" Roxas stood there, bouncing one leg on a step; eager to go downstairs.

"Well, son, I just wanted to ask… how do I put this?" As Len pondered with his words, Roxas was trying his best to just not continue his journey downstairs. Come on Dad. "Well, you've been acting weird lately and I wondered… maybe if there's a girl… and should I be talking to you about it?" Roxas's eyes bugged out.

"WHAT?" Roxas yelled, his voice echoing through the whole mansion. Well, your close dad, but I'm not suffering girl problems….

"I was just wondering; if that's not it then I apologize." Len scratched the back of his head, chuckling a bit before continuing downstairs. Roxas stood there; he didn't even want to go downstairs anymore. Parents… I will never understand.

Roxas ate dinner and went back to his room. During dinner, Roxas would always stare at Axel, who stood by the doorway like a statue. When Axel took up his plate, Roxas could have sworn the man had smirked at him, as if he knew but that wasn't possible for Roxas hadn't said one word to the man.

"Bored?" Roxas shot up at the voice and looked toward his bedroom door.

"Not… particularly. Why are you here?"

"I'm here to clean; I am a servant after all." Axel had a hint of sadness in his eyes when he said that and Roxas wanted to hug him, tell him how much he loved him. Roxas watched the man as he cleaned his room, he cleaned with grace: it hypnotized.

"How long have you worked here?" Roxas wanted to make conversation and despite living here, he never knew when one was hired.

"A few months, your father found me on the streets after I lost my house and asked me to work for him." Roxas always knew of his father's kindness but he never knew he did something like this. Note to self: Thank father. "I'm forever in his dept."

"My dad… he's always helping people." So why can't I just ask him? He won't get mad.

"He seems like a great guy." Axel dusted off one last dresser and was on his way out.

"WAIT!" Roxas yelled and Axel stopped dead in his tracks, turning around to look at the young blonde. Roxas stared at him: his eyes, his hair, his body, everything. "I- I, uh."

"Did you want me to clean something else?" Oh yeah, could you clean me perhaps? Roxas shook his head, clearing his mind.

"No, never mind. Sorry about that." Roxas laid back and stared at the ceiling as Axel left. Smooth.

Roxas spend days watching Axel, following him secretly and noting things about him. Axel had a strange infatuation with fire, Roxas noted when Axel was cleaning the fireplace, and he would light it and put it out countless times. Axel also liked doing his hair; he would make sure every red strand was in place before he actually got to work.

"Roxas?" Axel had caught Roxas watching him from a corner, Roxas slowly appeared from behind the corner and smiled.

"Uh, hello Axel." Axel smiled at him, Roxas's heart melted.

"What are you doing here?"

"Uh, I was going to get a snack."

"In the living room…."

"Well, I was on my way that is, just passing by and I saw you so… I wanted to say hi." Axel walked over to him.

"Are you sure you didn't want me to get you that snack?" Unless you're the snack, I can do it myself. Roxas shook his head and hightailed it to the kitchen. I need to stop think like that. Roxas opened the fridge and got himself a bottle of water.

"Why can't I get you out my mind?" Roxas whispered and banged his head on the fridge.

"Roxas! Don't do that, you'll get hurt!" Rin yelled when she walked in and saw her son constantly hitting his head on the refrigerator.

"Sorry mom." Roxas said, stopping to turn around to look at his mom, who was now getting an ice pack from the freezer to put on Roxas's beat red forehead.

"What's the matter hun?" She asked and Roxas shook his head, not wanting to tell her anything about his suffering. "You can tell me Roxas, maybe I can help." Roxas sighed and decided to put trust in her… he wouldn't tell her straightforward though.

"Well, there's this… person and I like them a lot but I can't be with them because their parents won't allow them to date."

"Oh, I've heard of this situation before. You should just go for it Roxas, maybe her parents will warm up to the idea once they see how great a kid you are." She kissed Roxas's cheek. "I hope that's all cause I'm extremely tired, yesterday your father took me out around town and we didn't get in 'til… now actually." She left and Roxas sighed. I never gave a gender mom, but of course you assume it would be a girl.

"You guys will never understand…." Roxas whispered and took his pack of ice with him as he trudged upstairs to his room.

"Roxas!" Roxas was tackled, as he opened his room door, to the ground in a hug and Roxas struggled for he didn't know who this person was.

"Get off me! Who are you?" The person let go of Roxas and smiled. "Sora? What the hell? How'd you get in my room?"

"I just asked if you were home and some guy took me to your room… your room is huge by the way."

"Okay, then how did you find my house?"

"Uh… so Roxas are you busy? I'm extremely bored and was hoping to hang with you." Roxas decided to let Sora finding his home slide, it seemed like Roxas was the only friend Sora had anyway.

"I'm busy being depressed… if you care." Sora sat on Roxas's bed.

"Depressed? Why?" Roxas wondered if he could tell Sora, he hadn't known Sora for very long but he seemed like a trustworthy guy. Roxas had met Sora one day when he was out for a walk, trying to just get out of the house. Sora was also on a walk, escaping his home as well. Roxas didn't remember how, but eventually they were in the park, laughing and talking with each other as if they were best friends. That had been two months ago, and they had met on other small occasions.

"Well… If I tell you, I'll have to kill you." Roxas answered, closing his door so nobody could hear them.

"I'm willing to die then." Roxas laughed and sat next to Sora on the bed.

"Well, let's see… where can I begin? Oh, well first off, I think I've already told you about my parents not really understanding me."

"Yeah, that's pretty much how we met…." Roxas nodded.

"Now, before I tell you… there's a secret I have to share first and I don't know how you'll react." Sora smiled.

"Roxas… you know there's nobody I can tell anyway, plus you're my friend: trust me." Roxas nodded and took in a deep breath.

"I'm gay."

"So am I." Roxas wasn't expecting that, he smiled, feeling a deeper friendship with Sora.

"Then that makes this easier. You see, there's this servant that works here and I've fallen in love with him. I only know his name and I can't confess because my parents would not only flip, but I don't know how he would take it." Sora nodded, taking in all his friends' words. "Any advice?"

"Go for it, that's the best advice I can give you." Roxas shook his head.

"You don't understand… I can't, I'm too afraid of rejection." Roxas was afraid of rejection because he had never been rejected before; his parents gave him everything and more.

"Then I'll help you, we'll find someway to get this guy to notice and fall in love with you and then we'll get your parents to warm up to the idea." Sora spoke so surely that even Roxas felt that this would be a breeze.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, when this is over, you two will be together forever and your parents will approve." Sora yawned and Roxas realized the boy was tired, he asked his parents if he could just stay the night and they didn't mind. Roxas let Sora sleep next to him and he soon dozed off too, thinking of Axel.

A/N: Hey a new stoooooooooooory, but only this chapter... hopefully it will somewhat satisfy you as I fix Saved to be Slaved. The last two chapters are currently being rewritten once I re-read my own story. . Plus, I'm sick so it might also have taken me longer to upload the next chapter anyway... I might just post the second chapter of this if I realize it's taken too long. This story has been in the making as well and I wasn't planning on sharing it until I finished Saved to be Slaved. T-T Ohhh, I'm so sorry for my failure. I hope you guys can forgive me. D: