Accidental Infatuation

Accidental Infatuation
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Chapter Fifteen

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Man, Roxy is in a mood tonight. Not a bad mood, just one of those sorts of moods. And it is driving me insane. I mean, does he have no dignity? He’s openly flirting with Axel, and Demyx, and Riku. But at least Riku is ignoring it. Because if he wasn’t, I might have had to stab him with my spork. But how? Sneak attack is probably the best way, because he totally wouldn’t be able to see me. Then again, he does have that super insanely sensitive hearing. So how shall I do this then? The way of the ninja sounds appropriate.

“Um, Roxas? Is Sora okay? He has this devious look on his face. Like he is plotting something evil. And the way that he is holding that spork is starting to scare me.” I am broken out of my thoughts to look over at Naminé.

“Should I use the spork or become a ninja?” I ask, not really paying attention to anything more that is going on around me.

Everyone stops what they are doing to look over at me. They all have confused looks on their faces except Roxy, who has a huge grin on his face. It only takes a short moment before everyone starts laughing. “Sporks and Ninjas, Sora? What drugs are you on and where can I get some?” Axel asks me through his laughter, drawing louder laughs from all of us.

When we all calm down a little, I put my spork down and retreat back into my thoughts for a little while longer. I think this is what happens when anyone is exposed to Leon for any period of time. This afternoon was so awesome with him and Aerith though. It was so nice to see them again, and I can’t wait until next time she comes up so that we can see how well her pregnancy is going along. And it is interesting to see how Leon is reacting to becoming a daddy. He almost seemed more open this afternoon. Which almost scared us. But I think that it is just him showing his excitement.

“You alright over there, Sor?” Riku’s voice is the one that breaks me out of my thoughts this time, and it is then that I notice that his hand is over my own. Quickly, I stop the blush that I feel coming up on my face. I wonder if it would be obvious if I stole him away from the table again. And I don’t think that he would mind that we still haven’t gotten our food yet. Because lets face it, we haven’t gotten all that much time together today.

I turn to look at him with a smile on my face. “Yeah. Just thinking that soon I am going to be an uncle.”

“That is going to be so cool!” Roxy butts in, looking over at me with this huge grin on his face. “I wonder if Aeri is going to find out if it is a boy or a girl.”

“I hope it’s a girl.” I answer, causing the other four males at the table to look over at me with surprised looks on their faces. But, frankly, I am surprised at that too. Naminé and Kairi just start laughing, still completely unaware of my gynophobia. And I kinda want to keep it that way for a little while longer.

“So, you two did really well for your first visitors. You starting to get a little homesick yet?” Demyx asks, leaning forward and resting his elbows on the table, before laying his chin on his folded hands.

“A little.” I admit, looking at Roxy, who is just nodding in agreement.

“But, at least after dinner, we get to have some sea salt ice cream! Aerith brought up a whole box of bars for me, and I will let everyone have one.” I laugh as Roxy is just about bouncing up and down in his chair at the thought of the ice cream. I swear that he is totally addicted to them, but honestly, I can’t wait for them either.

“Wow. Your sister is so awesome! It’s been so long since we’ve had sea salt ice cream. Our parents hate it so much that they won’t even buy it.” Kairi laughs.

Naminé joins in before returning to the picture that she has been working on all week. But surprisingly enough, she has never really let any of us see it. We’ve all tried, believe me, but she always seems to be just that little bit too fast with the extra sheet of paper she keeps handy to let us see the whole thing. “It doesn’t help that they are staying here until we can go home. And there is just no one around who will import it.”

“I’m still not sure that I want to try it. Come on, salty ice cream? It just sounds wrong.” Axel smirks, leaning back in his chair, before casually slinging his arm over the back of Roxy’s chair and resting his hand on my twin’s bicep. Roxy just blushes at the contact, leaning into it visibly. I don’t think that I have ever seen him so happy.

“So, have you two become a couple yet?” Demyx questions towards my brother and as the words leave the blond’s mouth, I feel Riku’s hand rubbing small circles on my side, and I almost forget to hide my gasp. He is running small circles in a very relaxing way, and it is all that I can focus on. I miss the answer that Roxy and Axel give to Demyx, but vaguely I can hear everyone laugh, except my boyfriend. His light chuckles are crystal clear to my ears and I just know that I will never forget the sound as long as I live. My imagination takes full control of my thoughts as the hand begins to trail lower at an excruciatingly slow pace, travelling down along my hip and suddenly the sensation of his touch ghosts away. But that doesn’t stop me from thinking about all the different scenarios of what exactly could be happening, down below my line of sensation.

“Sora!” a cry of my name from next to me rudely snaps me out of my fantasy once more, and I turn to glare at my twin. He has an awful sense of timing.

“What?” I ask, a little moody. Why doesn’t anyone want to let me day dream in peace?

“What on earth has you spaced out so much lately.” Roxy laughs, and for some reason, I get this foreboding sensation that he is up to something. And the fact that I can’t tell what it is that he is up to only means one thing. I’m the subject of whatever plan he is hatching. And that scares me.

“I bet he is day dreaming about some hot guy feeling him up.” Naminé giggles, earning laughter from everyone else at the table, even Kairi joining in surprisingly. I am the only one who doesn’t, but I feel my face turning bright red at the all too true comment.

“Oooh! He’s blushing! Doesn’t that mean its true?” Demyx sounds almost giddy at the idea, and honestly, my only reaction is to avert my eyes to my lap, not wanting to look anyone in the eye. But as soon as my vision connects with my lap, I see Riku’s hand still laying there, squeezing my thigh lightly. Well, that’s not helping my blush at all.

“Let’s try and guess what type of guy Sora is fantasizing about!” My head shoots up once more as I start wide eyed at my twin. What the hell is he trying to do to me? Kill me? Cause I know that he is going to be dead after this.

“I bet he is tall.” Demyx grins as he leans forward again. I am so going to kill everyone with my spork as soon as I get my ninja qualifications.

“And I totally think that he would be just a little bit cocky.” Kairi adds, and she causes my eyes to widen further. Since when was she a fan girl?! Dammit! Now it sounds like everyone is against me! And stupid Riku is just playing along with them? I can’t believe this!

“That’s cause Sora is just so obviously a bottom, you would need someone that is just so, so…dominating to offset that.” Naminé’s voice is no better than the rest of them, and for the first time, I glare at her hard enough that I swear I see some smoke billowing off of her sketch book where my gaze is fixated at the moment.

“Hey!” I cry out, finally understand just what the blond girl just said. I mean, I know that I am a bottom, but I didn’t really think that it was that obvious, was it?

“It’s no big deal, Sor. I accepted a long time ago that I’m a bottom, and believe me, we are identical in that area too.” Roxy laughs and I send a glare his way too. Man, they are really picking on me tonight. What have I ever done to them?

“But still…” I pout, crossing my arms over my chest. I feel Riku’s hand slip between my back and the chair, and I sigh at the sensation. How is no one noticing that his hand is everywhere except where it should be? Oh, well. At least I have one person on my side.

“So, back on to this mystery man. Are we going to try and guess the physical traits too? Like hair and eye colour?” Demyx is so giddy. And that makes me groan.

“Sure. What colour eyes?” Riku chuckles. Traitor.

“Well, I think that he would have to have lighter eyes. Like blue or green maybe.” I catch the smirk that Roxy sends my way before I lay my head down on the table, burying my face in my arms. Dammit. Someone is going to die tonight.

“With a reaction like that, you know it’s true!” Axel roars with laughter and I begin muttering death threats into my arms. What did I ever do to them to deserve this?

“Hey! All three of you have green eyes!” Kairi exclaims, and I bolt up like a dart at her voice, watching with wide eyes as she starts to point between Demyx, Axel and Riku. Holy poo. Kill me now. I can not see any of this ending in my favour.

“Ooh! This could be getting interesting.” Naminé chuckles, putting her sketching stuff away. Why do I get the feeling that she is going to enjoy picking on my more than she enjoys drawing? “So, which of these lovely young gentlemen do you think that it is that he is fantasizing about?” the twin girls then lean in close towards one another and begin to whisper while pointing randomly to each of the three green eyed men at the table, and all I can think about is that Riku’s eyes are not green. They are more like aquamarine.

Ugh! Thoughts like that are not going to help my situation right now. “What makes you think that I am thinking about any of the guys in this room anyway?” I ask, trying to mask the waver that I know must be in my voice. Roxy is so close to being sporked right now.

The girls begin to giggle even more, and suddenly, I am frightened. I think that the two of them being devious together might be even scarier than Roxy and I.

“Dude, you totally gave it away when you sat up so fast that you nearly broke the sound barrier.” Snickers Axel, leaning back in his chair, balancing it on only 2 legs. Man, it is so tempting to just reach over and push him. After a comment like his, it would be just what he deserves, right? I blush at the comment, earning a squeal from Kairi and Naminé.

“He’s blushing!” the giggle together, pointing over at me.

“Hey! Kairi, since when have you been okay with me being gay?” I ask, a little surprised as I turn to face the wine haired girl.

“Since she found out that this boy from back home on our island broke up with his girlfriend and Kairi has always had a major crush on him. Besides, it is so cute!” Naminé is giggling even more now, and I see Kairi start to blush slightly, but frankly, I have no sympathy for her. Serves her right for teasing me. Karma is a bitch in 4 inch heals and a garter belt.

“So, which one of us is it, So Ra.” Axel is grinning lecherously at me as he speaks, saying my name in a very sing songy way. Man, I still get this really odd feeling that I am being set up here, and I can’t put my finger on why exactly I feel that way.

“No offence, but I really don’t think that it is Demyx.” Roxy says, that stupid grin never leaving his face.

“None taken. I’ve got Zexy, so I don’t need anyone else wanting me to feel them up.” Demyx laughs, taking a sip of his water. Why me? Why, oh why, oh why?

“So, that leaves Riku and Axel then.” Roxy smirked, and I am starting to get a little irritated.

“No shit, Sherlock.” I grumble, still not 100 percent convinced that this isn’t all a ploy by him for some reason or another.

“Keep digging Watson!” Axel exclaims in reaction to my comment, causing of the six of us to all look over at him with odd looks on our faces. “What? That’s what Reno always said to me.” He shrugs before we all burst into laughter. I kinda hope that this distracts everyone from the situation at hand.

“So, are you ready to spill the beans with which one of these two handsome men you want to be felt up by?” I begin to blush again at Naminé’s comment and know that I still feeling violent at the moment.

“Come on, Sora. We are all curious as to why you are not denying any of these accusations.” My boyfriend sends a playful smirk my way, and I debate telling him just where he can shove it, but I decide that the hand that is still rubbing against my back feels too good to make him stop.

“I hate every single one of you guys.” I mumble loud enough for only Riku and Roxy to hear and they both just laugh at me. My eyes are scanning the group of my so called friends, and once again, I come to rest upon the twin girls who are whispering to each other behind cupped hands, every once in a while, looking over their hands at me, or the others, and I can’t help but fear whatever they are talking about. And honestly, I think that every single one of us feels the same. Their whispers continue on, and the rest of us stay silent, somewhat anxious to and curious as to what they are discussing.

“We’ve figured it out!” they exclaim together, and I can’t help but cringe. Yup. Frightened of them is a good thing.

“So, who is it?” Roxas is just a little too excited about this to be a good thing, and I worry about what exactly it is that he is up to. The chance to worry is however gone almost instantly as the girls begin to giggle once more.

“The one that Sora wants…” Kairi begins.
“…to be felt up by is…” continues Naminé before the look at each other with gigantic grins on their faces before finishing in complete unison.

“Axel!” they exclaim, pointing over at the grinning redhead. Demyx bursts out into laughter instantly at the answer, while Roxy and Riku join in shortly afterwards. I feel the colour draining from me instantly and my jaw goes slack, while Axel just looks over at me with that perverted ‘I want to smell your panties’ leer that I have come to know all too well as of late.

“What do you mean, Axel?” I ask, completely surprised at their answer. I figured that this whole charade was because Riku and I hadn’t been as careful as we thought we had been over the past week. But seriously, Axel?

“Well, first off, it would be totally hot!” Naminé giggles and I watch as Demyx just kinda cocks his head, looking between Axel and me, completely ignoring Roxy, who is sitting between us. “Besides, Sora and Riku just seem so…expected.” Wait. I thought that Naminé wanted me and Riku to get together.

“You know, I can totally see it.” Demyx grins, and I send a slight glare his way.

“Well, for some reason, I can’t see it. Where is it?” Riku smirks, and I groan at the lame joke.

“That’s cause you’re blind, Riku.” I roll my eyes, and I know that he is finding all this amusing. Ha-ha. It’s a blast. Or not.

“I’m blind? Since when? I just thought that everyone liked to walk around in the darkness!” He exclaims sarcastically before I reach over and smack his arm. But as I am distracted by him, I fail to notice that Roxy and Axel have switched seats. I nearly have a heart attack when I feel an arm wrap around my shoulders, even though I can see both of Riku’s arms at the moment.

“So, you think I am hot, Sora?” the redhead purrs into my ear, causing me to jump at the closeness of his body to mine. How can he be doing this when he knows that Riku and Roxy are right there? And how can Riku let him do this to me?

“I never said that.” I blush, but not for the reasons why Kairi, Naminé and Demyx probably are thinking. I just can’t believe that I never noticed him getting so close to me. “Why him?” I glare over that the giggling twins.

“Come on, Sora! It’s almost like a forbidden romance that you guys are trying to hide or something.” Kairi laughs. “You guys don’t want any of us to know that you are harbouring a serious attraction to one another, so Axel is hiding it behind his flirtation with your twin brother. He wants it to be out in the open, but you want to have it private for a little while longer, so he is trying to get a rise out of you in public, wanting you to be the one to out your relationship.”

“That would be so romantic!” Naminé just grins with this dreamy look on her face. Girls. They think that everything is romantic. Pish.

“Exactly, we’ve really got to stop pretending like this. We should just come clean with our feelings for one another and be together.” The back of Axel’s finger is trailing along my cheek and I shudder at the feeling, not from pleasure, but from confusion. I know how much Roxas likes Axel, and I thought that he liked Roxy too. And why is Riku just sitting there letting this happen? I know that he can’t see what Axel is doing, but frankly, he should be able to hear that weird tone in the redhead’s voice.

I just kind of eep at his words and actions, wanting them to stop. I want Riku to stop Axel and have everyone laugh and tell me something like April Fools or something. Or I want Riku to push Axel away and tell him to leave his boyfriend alone. I even want Roxy to push Axel away and tell me to leave Axel alone. I don’t want this! I like Riku, not Axel! And why isn’t anyone doing anything to stop him? And Axel knows that Riku and I are together, so why is he doing this?

But his next actions are what push me over the edge. Bright green eyes slide closed and his face starts coming closer and closer to me, lips puckered out as if looking for a kiss. He would go that far for a prank? I mean, Riku is sitting right there! And Axel knows! He knows! Why is he doing this! I feel four sets of eyes on me, but I know that there are five people paying attention to me. He is getting even closer to me now, only a few inches away from me, and deep inside I know that he isn’t going to stop. I feel my hands and arms beginning to tremble and I just know that if I want this to end, I am going to have to be the one who needs to stop it.

As soon as I feel his too hot breath ghosting over my lips, I feel tiny tears begin to form in the corners of my eyes and all I know is that I don’t want to cheat on Riku, even it would only be a kiss. Especially if he is sitting right there. The silence around us is deafening and the world becomes just a blur of colours.

But for some reason, when I try ad make the move to push him away, I find my hands and arms just as motionless as the rest of my body. And he is still moving even closer, and I can feel my heart rate increasing. I can’t believe that he is actually going to kiss me right in front of Riku! I want to push Axel away! The only person I want kissing me is Riku! I like Riku! And Roxy likes Axel! How could I be the one to hurt both of them? I suddenly feel twin tracks of wetness trailing down my cheeks, a single whimper escaping my lips. I really don’t want this to happen.

“Axel, stop! You’re making him cry!” the voice of my boyfriend frees me of my paralysis, and I violently fling myself around so that I am buried in Riku’s chest, his strong arms wrapping around me, protecting me. The sharp scent that had been radiating off of the redhead was now replaced by the gentle smell of mint that encompassed me, my face buried deep into the soft yellow material of his t-shirt. My fists hold small amounts of the cloth as I feel the tears just start flowing, and my mouth just starts blabbering.

“I’m sorry…I…cheat…I couldn’t…” I know my words are broken, and all I feel is Riku’s hands rubbing my back, his voice quietly telling me that it is alright, and that I didn’t cheat on him and that he forgives me. But do I forgive me?

“Axel! I told you not to go that far!” I hear my twin scolding the older teen, while the others stay silent. Man, how come everyone has to be right there? I just want to be alone with Riku and make this all better.

“I figured that you would have stopped me.” I hear Axel’s answer, his voice actually holding what sounds like remorse, but I am way too engrossed with trying to calm myself and my breathing down to a more reasonable pace. I’m sure that Dr. Vexen wouldn’t be too happy with me if I started to hyperventilate tonight. But all the commotion around me is suddenly forgotten as Riku moves his hands to rest on my shoulders. I feel a slight press from those warm hands and in a single move, I am pushed back, looking up into my boyfriends face. My breathing is still slightly erratic, but at the same time I feel completely breathless.

“Everything is going to be alright, okay, Sora?” his voice is hushed, but at the same time, it is the only thing that I can hear. “You weren’t the one who started it, and you obviously weren’t the one who wanted it. I’m not mad at you.” His hand slowly lifts from my shoulder, coming to rest on my cheek, feeling nothing like what Axel’s touch felt like only moments ago. The warm touch trails along my cheek before going up and wiping away the tears that are still collecting on my lower eye lids.

“Riku…” I whisper, feeling my eyes slide close in a familiar action as I lean upwards, and it only takes me mere seconds to meet his lips with my own. This is something that I have been waiting for all night.

“Holy fucking flying shit!” The unified voices startle us before the kiss can deepen, my eyes flying open as I pull away from Riku, and I notice that the blush that I know is staining my own cheeks is now giving my boyfriend’s cheeks a well needed touch of colour.

Slowly, in what seems like slow motion, Riku and I turn to face the two gawking twins who are both just staring at us with mouths hanging open and eyes wide. For some reason, Demyx is nowhere to be found. Did Naminé and Kairi just curse? Wait, that’s beside the point.

“That was so hot!” Naminé squeals once she gets over her surprise. And yes, she is bouncing up and down in her chair, with the look of complete and total fangirl about her.

“Are you two together?” Kairi is blunt and to the point, but there is something hidden in those violet eyes that scares me more than anything. The underlying sparkle of a fangirl being born. Well, shit.

“Um, well…” I look up at Riku, who just has a soft grin on his face.

“Yup. A week today.” Leave it to my idiot brother to ruin the moment for us. I am going to kill him in so many different, and colourful, ways later tonight.

“Roxas is right. Sora and I started dating last weekend.” The grin has turned into a smirk on Riku’s face, and he reaches an arm over and warps it around my shoulder, pulling me close to his warm chest once more. I blush at the outright contact, not used to the feeling of him touching me so openly. But I don’t think that it will take me that long to adjust.

“Awww! How come you didn’t tell me?” Demyx whines, picking himself off the floor with the help of his chair. As soon as he gets back in an upright position, I watch as the blond picks up his napkin and uses it to wipe some blood out from under his nose. He must have hit it when he fell down or something.

“Because I don’t exactly want the entire world to know about it quite yet. And that specifically means that I don’t want Seph to know, alright?” Riku sighs, running his hands up and down my arm and I can’t help but blush brighter.

“Oh, we’ll keep your secret…on one condition.” Naminé and Kairi both have devious looks on their faces, and once again, I am frightened by those smiles.

“What’s that?” I ask timidly, knowing that I probably won’t like the answer.

“On demand boy love action!” they exclaim, each punching a fist in the air. All I can think of is that I am going to KILL Naminé for turning Kairi into a freaking fangirl.

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Once again, I have just been so distracted with trying to get everything out that I have neglected this story, or at least I feel like I have neglected, and that makes me feel poopie…especially because it is all because of this single story that I have met my inspiration and love, Pahoyhoy. You really are my muse and I love you! Thanks so much for betaing this chapter for me and providing me with so many smiles, laughter and good times.

On another note, next chapter we find out a little more of Axel’s past, so please review and let me know what you think. Until next time!