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Roxas sniffled a little quickly wiping away his tears from his face. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not like this normally." Roxas spoke quickly to the stranger's remark about him crying. The last thing he needed was to be fired, because he couldn't keep his composure. They needed the money to keep them all feed and to pay the rent, but if he got fired, he would have to go back to job hunting.... Which was a thousand times more dangerous then him having to watch the counter for twenty minutes. Roxas stopped though when he said, " I can't stand it when you cry..." When had this guy ever seen him cry? Roxas's eyes widened as he looked up at the man across the counter crying. He wasn't crazy. It was Axel. His Axel. Roxas, without cautious or hesitaion, leaned over the counter pulling Axel down to him and kissing him as Roxas tangled his hands into the dyed black hair.

Axel whimpered slightly as Roxas smashed their lips together. "Roxas..," he breathed in contentment as their tongues tangled together. After a few glorious seconds, he forced himself to pull away from the blond. "You...You know..," he panted softly, wiping the saliva from the passionate, sloppy kiss from his mouth, "You shouldn't...make it a habit to make out with random strangers..." he chuckled softly. "Can I, uh...get my drinks, very friendly friend?" He asked slyly, a slight smirk on his lips. "I have to get home to my boyfriend. He'll be missing me a good bit by now."

Roxas breathed as Axel forced them apart. They hadn't even kissed that long, but just the fact that Axel had said his name made all his breath leave his body. The bright blue eyes just stared into the blue eyes as he listened to Axel. For the first time in months, a small, real smile cracked on his face. "Well, I'm sorry, random strangers only get one freebie, especially if they have a boyfriend, so you are going to have to pay for these drinks." Roxas said back without missing a beat. Roxas paused hearing Axel said that his boyfriend was going to be missing him. "I'm sure that you have no idea how much he misses you."

"Aww, it was worth it to try," Axel replied with a soft chuckle. He pulled out his wallet and handed him a ten dollar bill. He then looked over the drinks in the bag. "Oh, ya know what? I don't even like this one. Why don't you just keep it? You look like you could use a refreshment." He pulled it out of the bag and set it on the counter top. As he recieved the reciept and change, he shoved the money in his pocket and laid the reciept upside-down on the counter. He grabbed a pen from the cup beside the register and jotted down something on it. He then set the drink on top of the reciept and slid it behind the counter for Roxas to keep. He winked at the blond. "See you later, Cutie," he told him flirtatiously. He then left the store and continued down the sidewalk towards the apartment. His heart thrummed hard in his chest from the encounter. God, he loved that blond so much... He smiled to himself happily as he thought of the short message he left him. I love you. See you at home. <3
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Roxas couldn't keep the smile off his face as he watched Axel give him the drink that he obviously bought for him. "Oh, now you are just trying to butter me up." Roxas said back as he watched Axel scribble something on the recipt and hand it back. "I'm sure you will." Roxas replied back confidently as he pulled the drink and recipt back to him and watch the tall, black-haired man walk out of the drugstore. After Axel left, Roxas glanced down at the recipt and he felt himself smile more. At least Axel's personality hadn't changed even though his appearence did. Roxas felt like he was floating on clouds from that meeting. He knew that Axel was safe and he was going to get to see him tonight. He couldn't be happier. Unfortunately though, Roxas had let his guard down now and even though the shop owner had reappeared a few minutes later, Roxas forgot he needed to keep his face hidden.

Axel felt his whole body was lighter now that he had finally seen Roxas again. He had finally kissed his love again after so long... He smiled to himself. He was probably two blocks away from the store now. He stopped suddenly...and turned on his heel to head back to it. He hurried along the sidewalk and re-entered the store...but he didn't see Roxas at the register. Instead it was an older man. He looked at him confused for a moment before walking up to the counter and asked in a polite voice, "Excuse me, Sir... Um...where did the blond that was at the counter a few minutes go?"

The old man seemed a little disturbed by the man that rushed in a haste. He had lived in this city for years now, but he still wasn't quite use to the odd-ball people that lived here. "You talking about my stock room boy, Sora?" He asked softly making sure. 'Sora' had mentioned before about not telling people he was working in the back. Boy said something about being paraoid of stalkers or something crazy like that. The man had to say that he wasn't too fond of the crazies in the city either. When he first came to the city, he even thought to by a gun. "Cause I don't know if he is in, he might have stepped out back to take a break, you know?" The shopkeeper spoke quickly after the thought. He didn't want to go pass bountries that someone entrusted him to keep.

Axel had to think a minute... Sora... That name's familiar... Sora... Sora... Oh! "Yeah, Sora. I was in here a minute ago talking to him, and I forgot to ask him something. Is there any way you could ask if I could talk to him again?" he asked politely, smiling at the man as he glanced back to the door leading to the back. He wanted to see those eyes again...and feel those hands...and lips...and, god, that body... His body shivered slightly at the thought. God, he loved that blond so much.

The man gave the black-haired teen watchful look. "I guess I can go and see if he is back somewhere. Can I get a name to tell him?"The man requested as he never let his guard up. The old man could see the blue eyes wandering back to the storeroom. Sora never stood near the door though. He worked on filling what prescriptions he could or stock in the back behind the shelves. Something the shopkeeper was grateful for. He liked being out watching the shop for himself.

"Riku," Axel told him with a smile, not missing a beat. He hated using someone else's name as his own, but desperate times called for desperate measures. Plus...Roxas had mentioned that Riku was his cousin's boyfriend that night they met...so he had hoped the blond would understand the message behind it. He thought he was being cute.

The store owner nodded a little before heading into the back room. "Sora, Sora are you back here?" The man called looking passed the shelves in the backroom. The blonde wasn't back there. His eyes drifted to the open backdoor. "Sora?" He asked his voice now slightly concerned. Normally that door stayed shut.... The man walked over to door out into the alley. There was a man lifting the now unconscious 'Sora' over his shoulder. "Hey! What are you doing?!" The owner screamed, but the man had already taken off running. The old man wasn't in the best of shape. He wasn't even able to keep up with him enough to follow where he went after a block. His best plan now was to get the black haired kid asking about him to maybe find him. He used what energy he had left to make it back to the store and ran through the front. "You... you have to... go get him... Someone took... Sora.. I can't keep... up.." He breathed completely out of breath by then.

The city pushed onward. The busy city streets with people and cars didn’t stop for a moment to mind the screams and gunshots that erupted from the alley. The man stared up at the black haired man with a hopeless, blank emptiness. He was playing his part perfectly… He was letting the man get away with Roxas in arm. He was nameless to them, and to the city he was nameless. He was just another dead body to everyone else, but to his family… He just made himself their savior. For completing this mission, his family was going to be given a second chance and they would be debt-free. He had never been able to give his family much, but at least he could say in the end, he paid the ultimate price for them.

As the man felt himself slipping away, he reached into his pocket speed-dialing the first number in the phone. “I-It’s done…” He whispered as he heard the other voice on the line. “..Tell my f-family… I-I love them..”

The store owner rushed over to them as Axel returned with Roxas. “Oh, thank you Riku, but he doesn't need to be working after something like that. You need to take him straight home. You just tell Sora when he wakes up that he can come back to work in a few days when he feels better.” The man told them quickly not wanting to push Sora into working after something like that happening in the back of his store. Who would have thought? He was definitely going to have to tighten his security measures. The man moved back into the store momentarily to grab Roxas’s jacket, Roxas’s drink, and the bag drinks Axel had before. He handed the drinks over in the bag and gently laying it over the blonde. “Tell him also that I’m terribly sorry that something like this happened to him at my store. I really hope he isn’t hurt,” The owner said as a farewell running his hand through his graying hair. He was so overwhelmed; he just almost didn’t know what to do with himself. At least, they were able to get him back.

Roxas showed no notion of coming back anytime soon. His body was completely limp in Axel’s arms.

The shopkeeper nodded quickly back to every one of Axel's requests. He didn't want to stir up more trouble for the blond than there already was. Normally people didn't get kidnapped in alleyways like "Sora" did just now. Of course, the shop owner would have just said that the kid should not come to this part of town anymore, but he still vividly remembered the little blonde coming into his store and practically begging for the job in the back of the store. Poor kid was probably in some kind of money trouble... The shop owner didn't take up anymore of their time though, and just said they would work out the details in a few days when Sora was ready to come back to work. The blonde really looked like he needed the rest of the day off anyway.

Roxas was out cold for a long time after that. In fact it wasn't until several hours later that even showed signs that he wasn't dead. "...Roxie...? hey sweetie you there?" Demyx asked seeing the blonde starting to stir. The blonde had been returned them about an hour ago, but since they couldn't take him to the hospital, they had to just sit there and wait to see if he was going to wake up on his own. "ugh...."The small blonde groaned touching his hand to his head and wincing at the lump. "Oh Roxas! Roxas you aren't dead! Axel, Zexion! Roxas is waking up" Demyx yelled from the backroom where they had laid the blond down on the bed. "...Demyx... shhh, my head." Roxas mumbled a little as his eyes fluttered opened and looked up at the mulleted dirty blond. "Oh, sorry, sweetheart. How are you feeling? Axel told us some guy tried to kidnap you and that he knocked you out pretty good." The taller blond asked softly as he leaned down closer to the other. "...ummm, well my head hurts and...and..." Roxas whispered a little as he thought back to being attacked. His hand slowly reached up to his throat before he started to freak out. "No, No, no, what did I swallow!" Roxas yelled before he ran into the bathroom and started to try and make himself throw up. "Roxas wait! what is going on?!" Demyx yelled back after him as he quickly got up and followed him.