PLEASE READ!!!!!!!

Authors Note: Okay, so I completley hated how I had this the first time, so I'm going back and re-doing everything. No, it won't make sense at ALL for a little while ****ONLY CHAPTER TWO MATCHES UP**** I kind of like this, and it dosen't go as far as I'd like it to, but I'm leaving on Monday, so I wanted to get something up before the Holiday. Merry Christmas!

Pairings:

Axel/Roxas

Sora/Riku

Zexion/Demyx.

Mentioned Seifer/Hayner (For plotline only. I hate this pairing)

Mentioned Pence/Roxas (One-sided, and for plotline. No, pence isn't fat here. xD well, not as fat)

Mentioned RokuNami(Roxas/Namine) and Anti-RokuNami.

Possible Sasuke/Naruto. (yes, from Naruto. So I don't get bored, and it might help the plotline)

Disclaimer: Don't own anything but the sweet, sweet plotline. I love my plotline...

Title is from "The Swan Princess." It's a beautiful song...and I don't own the song or The Swan Princess, as much as I'd like to...

So, here we go. AGAIN. Please read the chapter, even if you read the first one back from when I first made the story. I changed it, a lot. You won't understand the story if you don't. I'm going with this according to my original plan. Things will go a lot slower, and instead of it being eight chapters, it might be nine or ten due to how slow it will go. The beginning goes just a tad fast...please ignore that.

THIS WAS UPDATED A THIRD TIME.

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After a couple of hours on the plane, with the additional two hour drive from the airport, the blond and his brother were finally back in their old home. Thankfully everything worked out great, he just needed to make sure to stay away from Seifer and Hayner when they were together. Roxas walked inside after Hayner had opened the door for him and set his stuff down. He decided to explore the house before choosing a room, which according to Hayner he could choose whichever one he wanted.

The apartment was rather large, there was a small hallway with one bedroom and bathroom on one side, and a closet on the other. At the end of the hall was a huge living room with a window on the far wall, showing an amazing veiw of Twilight Town. The right side of the room was a medium-sized kitchen, and in front of the counter was a dining table. On the left was a simple computer and stereo, and another whole hallway. It had three bedrooms on each side and one bathroom. By now Roxas had lost track of his brother, and figured he was choosing a room. He walked down the hall to peek into the rooms to see which one he would prefer, but he particularily liked the one on the other side.

After he had picked his stuff back up from near the front door he walked into his new room. It was equal to the size of the room he had at Axel's, if not a little bit bigger. There was a closet, dresser, and another door which conviently lead to the bathroom. It was nice, but he still prefered to be back in Destiny Islands, in the same room with his ex-boyfriend. 'Ex-boyfriend.' the thought ran through his mind as he unpacked his bags, putting all of his clothes into his dresser. It took him almost an hour to unpack, since he kept spacing out, thinking of his few years in Destiny Islands. "It's better if I just forget him." he sighed as he finished and tucked the suitcase underneath his bed.

He took out his phone and turned it on to see if there was any text mesages, any missed calls or anything from Axel. He sat on his bed and frowned, Axel hadn't tried to contact him. He opened a new message and began typing

'Ax. Sora and I are here now.

....I miss you.

-Rox'

He sent the message and layed back, debating on weither or not he should have sent it. He opened his phone and looked at the time. "Almost 4:00pm.." he got up and walked out of the room, shoving his phone back into his pocket. "Sora, where are you?"

"Living room..."

He walked down the hall into the large room to find his brother and leaned over the side of the couch. "Going to the Usual spot to see everyone, you coming?"

"No thanks. I'll see everyone later..." he clutched at his heart a little "..it hurts a little."

"Do you need to go to the hospital?"

"...Not today, I'm tired. Could I please just stay home and rest, and check in tomorrow?"

"If it gets too much, get Hayner to take you right away." (A/N1)

"Fine."

Roxas turned around and dissapeared down the hallway and put on his shoes, he grabbed a set of keys to the apartment then headed out the door. "Alright, I'm gone."

"Make sure you go to the Usual Spot! Everyone's all hyped up about seeing you, Roxas!"

Roxas shut the door before he could hear anything else. He headed down the hall and took the elevator and walked out of the building. He wandered around town for a while, he didn't know exactly where the Usual Spot was, it had been so long. But he'd find it. 'I should probably go find Namine', actually...' he thought of their past relationship, and wondered if she still liked him. They were forced to break up when he moved to Destiny Islands, where he spend the first year brooding over his ex girlfriend, then he met Axel. The thing was, he didn't want to be with Namine now. He was still interested in Axel, he would give the world to go and be with him. Just then, his phone vibrated in his pocket. He reached down and took it out, smiling at the text message he recievied.

Hey Rox.

Glad you're there safely. I miss you too.

I still love you, don't forget that.

-Axel

He looked up to see where he was going, and saw the familiar red curtain, pinned up against a large fence. He walked to it and moved it aside, and stepped in. "Hey guys, what's up?" He sighed quietly to himself.

"Hey Roxas!" Olette smiled, blushing wildly. Everyone knew she was in love with Roxas, she was just unaware that he knew. "We've been waiting for you! We missed you so much, welcome home!" She got up from the couch and hugged him tightly.

"Uh, thanks." But here isn't home. he quietly in his head. He hugged her back politely.

"Hey Rox."

"Pence, it's been a while. You look...different..." Roxas managed, looking at the other boy.

"Yeah, lost a bit of weight."

".......You're still out of the closet, right?" He said after an akward moment of silence. He didn't really think about it, but he had to wonder. The way Pence had said that was a little..akward. Almost like the other boy was still in love with him.

"Yeah, still waiting for you to say yes to being my boyfriend. We can ditch Olette and go somewhere... Wait, you're out now aren't you?"

Shit. Fuck. Damnit. There was no way in hell Pence could find out about Axel. "No, still in. Sorry."

"Bummer. But still as hot as ever, I'll wait for you."

Roxas stared at the other in akward silence for a moment, then he turned to leave, and found Namine walking in. 'Can this day get any worse?' his mind raced with what he'd say to her, but her gentle voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Hello Roxas."

"Hi Namine."

She opened a box which had enough Sea-Salt Icecream for everyone. She walked it around, and took out two before she got to Roxas. She set the box down and handed one to him. "Do you mind if we go somewhere and talk for a bit?" She whispered.

"Uh, sure." The two walked out quietly, Pence and Olette were in a fight over Roxas so they didn't notice.

The two walked away from the alley and around town, catching up on what happened to them over the three years. Roxas told about everything to her, what he was like once they broke up, his meeting Axel and his hatred toward him, Sora's accident and why they were back. He wasn't about to bring up his relationship with Axel. Namine was quiet most of the time, and just nodded every now and again to show him she was listening. After a while she started to talk about how things were once Roxas and Sora left. They finished off their icecream and continued to walk around town. Eventually it was around six thirty and the pair got quiet.

"Roxas..there's something I need to tell you."

"Sure, Namine, what's up?"

"Um.. I'm not really sure how to start this off."

Please Namine, say something else. Don't ask to be my girlfriend, don't tell me you love me. He repeated over and over in his head, he wouldn't know how to respond to her.

She looked over at him and sighed "Well, with you moving back and all I guess it complicates things. When we were together it was great and all, and I still sort of like you Roxas, it's just that even in the few minutes we were with each other back in the usual spot, it seem's you've changed a bit so I don't really know. I heard what Pence said...and I know Olette loves you, too. When we were dating, I felt like I had to fight to keep you. I don't want that. I just wanted to tell you this now... but, can we just leave our relationship in the past and be friends for now? Maybe not for forever, but just for now?"

Roxas couldn't help but feel relieved. "I'm glad you said that, Namine. I was worried you wanted to get back together. I feel the same way about it." He looked over and smiled at her. Namine smiled back at him.

"Glad that's figured out. We should probably get back though.."

"I think I should actually head back to the apartment. Sora's not feeling too good. But I can walk you back if you want."

"No, that's alright. I don't mind. I'm going to go home too, and Sora needs you right now."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. Bye Roxas." She waved and continued to walk in the direction they were headed.

Roxas turned the other way and headed back home. He pulled out his cellphone from his pocket and checked the time. Almost 7:30pm. Time flew when he spent it with Namine. He opened a new message and wrote

Axel

You there?

He sighed and hit the 'send' button and put the phone back in his pocket. He wandered the streets back to the apartment, it took around twenty minutes to finally be back infront of the building. As he opened the main door his phone went off, he pulled it out of his pocket.

Yeah Rox, I'm here.

Something bothering you?

He waited until he was in the elevator to text him back.

Not really..

I was just talking to Namine.

and Pence was hitting on me again.

All I could think of was being back with you.

He looked up and walked down the hallway as the elevator doors opened. He reached his door and opened it, then continued to text as he took off his shoes.

So many people here love me...and all I want is you.

I just... I don't know.

Are you busy? I need to hear your voice, Axel.

He sighed and sent the message, then shut his phone. He walked down the hallway into the livingroom to find Sora sleeping on the couch, and Hayner cooking in the kitchen. He laughed quietly.

"Shut up. I live alone, so... I had to learn to cook."

"Yeah, in a pink apron." Roxas laughed.

"Shut up. Seifer bought it for me."

"Right. So how's Sora doing?"

"Not good. He was laying on the couch all day, he was practically screaming earlier. I got him to take his pills, which he's now out of. He was hungry so I was making us something..and then he fell asleep about ten minutes ago."

Roxas glared "Why didn't you take him to the hospital?!"

"Roxas, calm down. He said he would rather die than go today, and that he still had his pills left. I tried to convince him. And is that your phone going off? It's bothering me."

"Wha..? Oh. Right. It's Axel. I'll be in my room." He turned and ran down the hall and into his room, he shut the door and took out his phone.

What did she say? You seem upset Rox.

I will kill the bastard if he lays a hand on you, let him know that.

Roxas..I wish I could be there. I wish I could kiss you and hold you.

I was just talking with Demyx, he was upset because him and Zexion had a fight tonight.

Zexion went to bed, and Demyx left to cool off. So I'm not busy. I can call you.

Roxas shook his head, even though he knew Axel couldn't see him. He quickly texted back.

No, I'll call you from the landline. Save the number,

I'll probably need you to call me a lot.

He sent him the message then left his phone on his bed. Roxas opened the door to his bedroom and went down the hallway "Hayner, where's the phone?"

Hayner stopped cooking and reached onto the counter and handed it to him "Who are you calling?"

"Axel. You have free long distance, right?"

"Yeah, feel free to call him as much as you want. Do you want me to bring you some dinner when it's finished?"

"No thanks. I'm not really hungry. I just need to talk to him right now, I'll probably get some later."

"Okay, I won't bother you."

"Thank you." Roxas ran back to his room and picked his phone up from the bed. He placed it on the nightstand and called Axel's number, he had it memorized. He got up and shut the door, then layed back down on the bed.

"Hey Rox."

"...Axel." Roxas breathed and curled up on the bed, he closed his eyes.

"Roxas? What's wrong?"

"Nothing..I just love hearing your voice. It feels like you're here with me."

"Roxas, all you have to do is say you want me there, and I will be."

"Axel," Roxas heard the other sigh

"I know. But I still love you."

"I love you too, Axel."

"Remind me why we decided to breakup instead of going long distance?"

"Because I don't believe in long distance relationships..and they always turn out horribly."

"Well...we're kind of in one, Roxas. Still calling each other, talking to each other like this...telling you how much I love you..it's the same thing."

"Not really. Because if you meet someone else and fall in love, then you can date them. It won't be cheating because we're not dating anymore, then you'll forget me and have a great life.."

"But what if you fall in love?" Axel cut him off, he could tell if he let Roxas go on he'd end up crying, and he couldn't wrap his arms around him and wipe the tears. He couldn't kiss him until he felt better.

"I'm already in love. Nobody will take that away from me."

"Roxas, you know I feel the exact same way. In my heart, we're still dating. Even if someone does end up caring for me, the only thing I'll tell them is I'm taken."

They both smiled and sat in silence for a couple of minutes.

"Ax, I'm kind of tired. I'm going to go to bed. Can I call you tomorrow?"

"Of course, and don't worry about what time you call. Even if it's 3 am, I'll pick up."

"Stop lying. I love you."

"I wouldn't lie to you, Roxas."

"Goodnight Axel."

"Night."

Roxas hung up the phone and let out a yawn. He quickly got ready for bed and climbed into it, he fell asleep quickly. The only thing he could dream of that night was being in Axel's arms.

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Authors Note: Neh.. still don't like it XD Expect future revisions... lots of them. Anyway, so this was re-written, and I'm attached to my whole Namine/Roxas breakup, I'm really proud of it. Merry Christmas!

(AN1) XD. It's Sora/Hayner! No, that was not intended. It's SoRiku and HaySeif. Don't kill me xD