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 Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:41 pm
A tall, slender redhead hesitantly knocked on the door once before entering the shady-looking apartment. His acid eyes peered around the small foyer as he walked into the living area, now thinking twice about actually wanting to go through with this. "Uhh...hello?" he called out, kind of hoping no one answered. You see, Axel was a college student. Not just a college student, though. He was a very poor college student. He had been through many things to try and make money. His schedule wouldn't really allow for a job. He tried selling plasma, but he got queasy around needles. He had nothing else to sell. He was getting desperate. So...he was looking around the internet about a week before now for any other options. He found the one thing he hoped he didn't have to resort to--selling his body. To a man, nonetheless. Axel was straight, and despite the rumours that were spread about him being a man-whore, he actually cherished sex. He just wanted to have sex with someone he shared caring feelings with. Not love specifically, just someone he cared very much for and the feelings returned. He didn't go around sleeping with random chicks he met at the bar--which he rarely visited, by the way. He just wanted someone to hold in his arms that cared about him. Not a man, a woman. And a man is all he was going to get in this situation. He was very nervous, and he was still thinking about backing out of this. But...he needed the money. Badly. If he didn't pay his tuition this month he was going to get kicked out, and he really didn't want that to happen. He really wanted to get his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He had already gone through one year of college for it. He didn't want that wasted. "This isn't like, some, 'This was a trap, you're gonna get skinned alive and fed to a pack of rabid geese' or something like that, right?" he called again, laughing a little weakly to himself. And another thing--he was deathly afraid of geese.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:39 pm
A small, slender blonde stirred hearing a knock from upstairs. He didn't know what time it was... Was today the day He said the surprise was coming? He glanced around the dark room quickly. The room was completely dark besides the occasion blinking lights from His electronics. He must have unplugged his alarm clock.... the jerk. The kid fumbled around the room until he found the door. The light was blinding, but he seemed to retain some ability to see as he climbed the stairs. He could hear someone in apartment...but it wasn't Him. It was... someone new? He cautiously finished the flight of stairs and moved into the kitchen across the way. The blonde remained close to the floor as he moved around the corners of the kitchen towards the living room.
"This isn't like, some, 'This was a trap, you're gonna get skinned alive and fed to a pack of rabid geese' or something like that, right?" The voice called out before there was a weak laugh under the echo of the words through the apartment.
He definitely didn't sound like Him. The small blonde peeked around the last corner in the kitchen before looking into the living room finally seeing the invader. He was tall and skinny... but he had the loudest, red hair that the small blonde had ever seen. The blonde stared at the back of the stranger's figure until he noticed him turning towards the kitchen. Oh Crap! The blonde quickly ducked behind the corner praying that the other didn't see him. The blonde determined that it was now too risky to be out in the open and started back towards his room quickly trying to crawl back to the stairs, but it was too late. He could hear footsteps moving towards the kitchen, he had to hide. He slipped into one of the open empty cabinets closing the door. His own hand moved around his mouth to cover up his breathing. He knew how to hide... he had been living with Him for so long... now it was innate.
From the outside, the blonde probably seemed creepy. Normal people didn't stalking around the house out of view, or running away from someone he knew nothing about.On the other hand, the small blonde couldn't remember a moment in time when the door was left unlocked, so the other had to have a key to get in right?
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:50 pm
Axel jumped a little as he saw something disappear behind a wall in the kitchen. Okay, he was a good bit freaked out now... "U-Uh...I don't wanna hurt you...or anything... I just...Uh... I-I was offered a...uh...a j-job... I don't...really know how all of this works..." He was trembling a little as he stared at where the figure disappeared in fear. "I kind of feel...like I'm in one of those bad horror movies..," he said weakly. "I-Is someone in there? ...Great, now I sound like I'm in a bad horror movie..." He hit his forehead with his hand. "Can I at least get a 'Get the hell outta my house, you ingrate' or something? Or a 'Welcome, come on in so we can slice and dice you'. That'd be nice, too. At least I'd know what was coming..."
He stood there for a few more moments, completely silent. The house was eerily quiet, making him feel like this was a set-up. "Please, I just... I need the money... I don't wanna drop out of college..," he said, nerves wearing thin now. He didn't like this feeling of helplessness.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:23 pm
The small blonde listened to the other speaking. It was a little comforting to hear another voice other than His. It took a minute or so to gain the courage, but eventually the small blonde pushed open the cabinet door. He looked so fragile and almost staved. His blonde hair was spiky, but it just seemed to spike because he wasn't allow to do anything to it. He was dirty and his clothes looked almost like rags. His skin was pale almost like he didn't see sunlight. His limps showed a few bruises and scars. For his age, he fairly young. The small blonde had just turned nineteen, but still could easily past for fifteen years old.
"...there is no money here..." The small blonde whispered moving out of the cabinet, but not up off the floor. "You need to leave. He will be back soon. He doesn't let me have visitors..." The blonde said quickly keeping his position on the floor a good five feet from the redhead.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:45 pm
Axel's eyes widened as the small boy emerged from hiding. Then it softened into confusion and sorrow. The poor kid looked like he was starving. He was dirty and thin and he looked so sad. "How...how old are you?" he asked softly. He felt so bad for the poor boy. He wanted to help him... He didn't know who he was, but...he just wanted to help him in any way he could. "Who...who is 'He'?" He wasn't scared for himself anymore, he was scared for this small male...with the biggest, saddest, and most beautiful sapphire eyes he had ever seen in his lifetime. He took a step closer to the blond, not thinking about how jumpy he may be.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:25 pm
The big, blue eyes watched the redhead very careful as he stepped closer to him. The blonde pushed back closer to the counter as he watched he was afraid of being touched by anyone but Him. "...I'm nineteen... My birthday was yesterday.... But He forgot... He didn't even bring me a present... even if it was small, He always gives me a present...." The blonde seemed at first to just be answering the question, but then he turned away from the redhead and started mumbling to himself about Him. He didn't stop continuing to mumble about Him until the other asked him the second question. "Who is He?.... He is He... He has always been Him... I use to know His name, He didn't know I knew His name. There was mail out and it was address to Him... What was His name?.... Oh yeah!..."The blonde continued before he stood up slowly and moved close to the redhead. "His name was Ansem.... but I'm not allow to say that name anymore... He didn't like it very much... I lost count of the days, He punished me for touching His things...So you can't tell Him, I told you his real name, okay?" The boy said before slipping away towards the living room. His walk was a slow shuffle of his feet like he had serve injuries to both his legs or he was always cautious of stepping somewhere he wasn't allow.
"It was nice meeting you...whatever your name is... but He will be home soon, I think.... I don't know what time it is, He unplugged my clock, but you can't be here when He comes home. I'm not allow to have visitors." The blonde repeated. The blonde was obviously oblivious to the fact that a man going by Ansem had contacted Axel and told him to come here to talk about a deal for money.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:46 pm
Axel's jaw dropped. "Nine... You're nineteen? But...you're so small..," he said softly, not being able to believe it. Then the name Ansem registered in his brain. "Ansem..? But...he's the one who I talked to..," he said slowly before his eyes began to widen. "Nooo... No, no, no, I'm not doing it anymore. I can't. I can't do that to you..," he said, shaking his head. there was no way he could...have sex with this poor boy. He would surely snap in half, wouldn't he? If this was his form of a birthday present, this was sick. Just...sick. Then again...the poor kid looked abused and neglected. What if...what if he could actually make him feel loved? Maybe...he could give him a little joy, but... It was so wrong. This whole situation was just wrong. "Ansem's the one that told me to come here..," he said softly, face full of sorrow.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:24 pm
The blonde turned back to Axel hearing that he spoke to Ansem. "You what?... Did He tell you to come here?... You can't be staying here, I'm the only one that ever stays here. He told me so. You know what just get out! I don't want you here anymore." The small teen said as he moved to the door and tried to open it. The hard click of the lock not budging seemed to echo through the whole apartment. Roxas felt tears spring into his eyes as he tried again... and again... "No, No, No, No, You had a key right? The door is locked! The door is locked!" The young teen cried before sinking down in front of the door leaning against it. "You're going to replace me..." He started to repeat over and over crying. The door was locked which means the redhead was trapped in there with him just like he had been for years now. He was use to being trapped, of course, but not to being told something like he was being replaced so suddenly.
Axel wouldn't have guessed the door locked the oppose way in the apartment, but Roxas had known since the first day he was locked up in this run down apartment.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:46 pm
Axel's eyes widened at his words. "Wh-What? What do you mean the door won't open?" he asked frantically, running to it and leaning over the small blond, trying to open the door. "No, I don't want to stay here! I have to take care of my grandma! I have to go to school!" he said, beginning to panic hardcore. "i don't want to replace you! I want to leave! I don't care about the money anymore, I just want to leave!" he cried, tears sliding down his cheeks now. He tried tugging on the door and beating his fist against it. "Please! Let me out!" he cried before backing up until he hit a wall and slid down it. He just stared at the door, eyes wide as they spilled tears. "This isn't fair... I just want to leave..." He began sobbing, dropping his face down into his hands as he cried.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:29 pm
When the redhead started to freak out with him, the blonde seemed to sober up a little. As he watched the redhead starting to go into hysteria, he thought about his first few months of being trapped here. Roxas wiped his own tears leaving smudges across his cheeks. "It's okay... He isn't that bad. I know that sometimes He can be mean, but He does love me... He will love you too.... One time, I tripped down the stairs to my room, and broke my leg... I thought I wasn't going to walk again it hurt so bad, but He... He got me a doctor... He fixed me back up after my clumsiness immobilized myself.... You'll see.... You'll see." The blonde mumbled as he tried to comfort the redhead as best as he could.
The blonde pulled back after a moment hearing footsteps outside the door. All the years he had been in this apartment, his hearing had become terrific. "...Oh... He is back.... I have to go..." The blonde said quickly and quietly as he got up and hurriedly moved back to the stair way that lead to his room. The blonde didn't go all the way down the stairs, but he was out of sight by the time the door lock clicked. The door was then opened by a large man, with long, white haired. "Hello, You must be Axel? Are you okay? Has something upset you?" He asked in a deep voice as he clicked the door back. It always locked back.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:04 pm
"No, don't go..," he whispered desperately, reaching for a blond, but he had already disappeared. He sat there trying to dry his tears as he waited for that door to open. When it did, Axel looked up at Ansem, eyes and cheeks still wet from the tears. "Wh-Why won't the door open from the inside? Why can't I get out? I came to do whatever I need to do to get paid then leave. I have class Monday! And I have to check on my grandmother!" New tears leaked down his cheeks and fell to the fabric of his jeans. "Are you gonna keep me here?" he asked in a whisper.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:51 pm
Ansem looked down at Axel with stern eyes before reaching down and picking him up by the arm. The man's impressive strength showing thorough as he planted Axel up on his feet again with ease. "No. Now calm down." The man with long white haired said calmly. The man then pulled Axel into the living room sitting him on the couch. "As we agreed on, you will be paid weekly for sharing your company, AND for you word that keep your mouth shut about our dealings. I'm a powerful man, but more importantly I'm a busy man. I can't always keep watch over what is mine. That is your most important job. You are to keep watch over what is mine. If you are still willing to accept, I have your first check for you as assurance that you aren't doing this for nothing." Ansem said very business-like before pulling a check out of his jacket pocket. He handed the check to the redhead before straightening back up. "You look over that while I go get the person you are really here for." The man said before leaving towards where the blonde ran off to. The check now placed in Axel's hands clearly read thousand and fifty dollars and it was supposedly only payment for one week.
The man came back moments later with the blonde from before in his shadow. "Sweetie, I know you thought I forgot, but I want to give you your birthday surprise." Ansem said turning and pulling the blonde from out from behind him. The large man now kneeled down in front of the blonde, who was now looking at the redhead with a confused face. "I know some of your birthday presents in the past have been duds, but this one I was determined to get something you could really cherish. So, I got you a friend to hang out with." The man told the blonde with a smile on his face before the blonde smiled widely. The whole time, Axel thought that his company was being sold as a metaphor for sex, but Axel was actually suppose to literally just be company to this blonde nineteen-year-old teen. "...Wha...Really?! Oh, Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is the best present, anyone has ever given me!" the blonde started to praise the man as he hugged Him before running over and hugging the redhead. There was tears in his eyes again, but this time it wasn't because of his sadness. He was truly happy. "You'll be my first friend." He whispered to the redhead as he hugged him. The redhead at first had scared the blonde, but now that the small teen knew that the redhead was only there to be his friend, he was excited. The blonde had been with Ansem so long, that he just trusted anything Ansem told him to be safe.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:02 pm
Axel stared down at the check in his hands, not even beginning to believe that number. The last tear fell, and there were no more. He couldn't believe this... So...he could go free as long as he basically babysat until Ansem came home from work? "So...so I just...go do what I have to do...then come here and keep him company until you come home from work? And...don't say anything about it?" he asked, still disbelieving of the whole situation. He didn't come out of his shock until the small blond latched on to him. He looked down at him and slowly wrapped an arm around him. He smiled down at him softly before wrapping his other arm around him as well. "Yeah..," he said quietly, glad he could make the poor boy happy. He looked up at the white-haired man. "I'm kind of...surprised you don't have a full-fledge contract for me to sign or something... Do I need to talk to you about anything not allowed or rules of the house?" he asked, trying to make sure he didn't do anything wrong.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:43 pm
The white haired man nodded. "While of course there are rules, there is no contract." Ansem said before brushing his hand through Roxas's hair. "Sweetheart, why don't you get him the rule book?" He asked the blonde before the boy got up quickly and ran to go get it. It seemed just in his nature to obey every word of Ansem said. "He is very precious to me, Axel, and I would do anything for him. You are to keep him happy, and as long as you follow the rules and see to his happiness, you will see your tuition, bills, and other money needs non-existent. When you show that you can be trusted you will be given a key, but the three fundamental rules that you must never break. One, I have already told you. No one can know about what you do here or about him especially. Two, he is never to leave the apartment unless I specifically say he can for that one instance. Three, my word is law like I said before I'm a powerful man, Axel. If you try and double-cross me in any way, know that I will get revenge and I have a nasty temper that you better pray you never see." He stated very strictly with a harsh voice almost.
The blonde ran back in smile still on his face as he held out to Axel a leather-bound book. Roxas seemed to be use to the blood-stain look of the book, but it was pretty horrifying first look at it. The dark brown leather had quite a few blood stains on it from were Roxas had broken a rule and been severe beaten with it. Inside the book, there was a black ink print rule on each page. Roxas had them all memorized.... He had to.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:09 pm
Axel nodded to each rule, already understanding them. He figured Roxas couldn't leave the house, and he knew not to tell anyone or double-cross him. He could tell how powerful he was just by the air around him. When the boy returned and gave Axel the book, the redhead stared down at it for a few minutes. "Okay...so just follow this rule book?" He looked up at Roxas, smiling softly at him. "You're gonna help me learn it all, right?" he asked him gently, almost like he was talking to a child. "We're gonna be best friends, you and I." He then looked up at Ansem. "Thank you, Sir. This definitely isn't what I expected... So...if I have any questions that the rule book doesn't answer, should I consult you or..." He trailed off as he looked at the blond. "What was your name?" he asked with a polite smile.
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