The Silence - Chapter VIII

I could barely control my breathing as Axel continued to move his lips against mine, his large hand caressing my cheek as his other hand lay on my lower back. I had to take back my original thoughts on kissing because it wasn't strange; it wasn't as disgusting as I thought. It was so…amazing and whether that was just because I'd never been kissed before or whether it was down to the fact that Axel was just a good kisser, I had no idea, but I didn't care.
I hadn't a clue on how to react or how to actually kiss back; you certainly don't get taught how to do this in school.
'Do I just pucker my lips?' I hesitated before pushing my lips up to move into his a bit more and his hold on me got tighter so I gathered I was doing it right and then I began to slowly move my lips against his, sparks shooting through my body as I started to get the hang of it and I felt him smile against my lips as we started to kiss properly.
"Thank god," Axel snickered as his warm lips pulled away from mine and I instantly pouted having grown to adore the feeling of kissing. The moment would have been perfect if it hadn't been for the fact that we are in fact humans and need oxygen every now and again to stay alive.
I blushed as he stroked the side of my face with his soft fingers and his lips came to my forehead, my body shivering at the new feelings that felt as if they were exploding in my mind.
"I thought that you were going to start screaming or something when I kissed you," Axel laughed and I smiled as I shuffled closer to him, my face burying in his bare chest taking in his amazing scent and he laughed even more, "so does this mean that if I asked you out…you would say yes?" my heart stopped and then sped up dramatically as my head shot up, my eyes wide as I stared at his toothy grin.
Axel wanted to ask me out. Zexion the mute, the 'retard', the 'loser', the 'wimp', the 'emo'… the bullied.
I don't think I had ever reacted so fast in all of my life as I began nodding my head almost frantically with a smile on my face. My hands, still curled up in fists between our chests, twitched as I felt his legs begin to tangle with mine and he moved his face close to mine again.
"Well how about it Zexion?" he was making his voice so deep and seductive that I had to stop myself from attacking him, "will you go out with me?" his lips then connected with mine again before I could answer, obviously cocksure of himself as he twirled a few strands of my hair around his longs finger.
I caught my breath when he pulled away and I nodded at him, my hands finally loosening and I placed my palms flat on his chest so that I could feel his skin properly and I bit my lip as I felt myself shaking, I was scared. I knew it was stupid to feel scared around someone like Axel, but I had never been this intimate with someone before, I was so afraid of doing something wrong as I had no idea what the hell people did in relationships.
He grabbed my hands in just one of his and rests his head on the pillow we were sharing, "stop shaking, I wont hurt you," he whispered and I focused my eyes on my hands trying to force them to stop, but they didn't and I gasped as Axel pulled me back against his body, his fingers tickling my shaking hands as his eyes slipped shut. I couldn't stop the smile from erupting on my face as I shut my eyes as well. Axel wanted me.
Somebody finally wanted to be with me after years of practically being by myself if I didn't count Vexen into the equation. I soon found myself drifting off to sleep as I felt Axel's arms warp around my protectively, his hand just resting under my shirt in the center of my back, a wonderful way to fall asleep.
When morning finally broke from it's slumber, Axel and myself did as well, my body still tangled in his arms and legs with my face against his chest and I froze in case everything from the night before hadn't actually happened. But my fear was soon put to bed as I felt Axel slip down so that his head was level with my neck and soft kisses were placed there, traveling upwards across my jaw line until his soft, warm lips finally covered mine again and I couldn't hold back the sigh that left me as he did this.
"You have to stop being adorable Zexion, seriously, it's bad for my 'arrogant image'," he whined as he pulled away from me and I felt like smacking him.
'And you have to STOP ruining my favourite moments with you!' I thought darkly as I almost ached for him to begin kissing me again.
"I could get used to waking up to you in the morning," Axel said with a serious tone and then my heart fell as I saw the sly sex maniac race back onto his features as he grabbed my shirt, "with nothing on most of the time," he growled and I quickly hid my head under the pillow to hide the fact that my face felt on fire, hiding even more as I heard him scoff at my reaction, his arm patting my back as I lay on my stomach, "come on otherwise I'll tell your dad that we screwed all night long baby," I sat up a little too quickly and winced before I punched Axel in the arm making him laugh even louder than he already was, his arms snaking around my waist and we fell back onto the bed giggling like bloody morons.

After a lot of convincing from Axel, Vexen had finally given in to allowing me to go and sleep over at Demyx's house along with Axel and Roxas. It felt strange that Vexen was giving me more freedom than usual, usually the guy would faint at the first sound of me going to a sleepover and start going into a very long speech about drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll as if sleepovers were actually being held at Glastonbury. I think it was because he was starting to see that I was a little more happier ever since Axel had showed up in my life and, dare I say it, actually trusted Axel to take care of me. After all, who wouldn't trust a guy that had saved your 'son' from being beaten up?
"Zexion!" panicked cries echoed from behind us and we turned to see both Demyx and Roxas running towards us with worried expression etched across their faces and Axel squeezed my hand gently.
"Brace yourself," he warned and I frowned at him before shrieking as Demyx flew his arms around me, squeezing me tightly causing the burns and wounds on my body to start aching again and Demyx quickly let go.
"Axel text me what happened!" Roxas fretted as he placed a hand on my shoulder, his giant blue eyes shining.
"We were so worried about you!" Demyx continued and Roxas nodded before he held me again but was now more wary of my wounds.
'Worried…about me?' why should they have been worried about me when I barely knew them?
"I'm not the only one who cares Zex," Axel's lips brushed the top of my ear and I glanced up at him with a deeper frown, that didn't explain anything! How could you care for someone you barely knew? I never understood why people did that. They would end up caring for someone they had known for a day…that's just ridiculous…so why did I feel so moved by their worry and concern, it felt so nice to know people were thinking about me that I wanted to break down and cry.
"You don't have to come tonight if you aren't feeling up to it," Demyx seemed to be trying to assure me that he wouldn't be made if I said this but I was actually looking forward to the sleepover, even more so now that I knew that he and Roxas cared about me for some strange reason.
I shook my head and smiled at him slightly to try and tell him that I wanted to come and he apparently caught on to what I was saying because the next thing I knew, I was getting bombarded with questions about all sorts of things. What was my favourite film, book, band, candy, food, drink and even what my favourite colour was. I couldn't reply myself and I felt impressed with how Axel handed the excitable male by passing off half assed answers to try and satisfy Demyx who lapped up the lies Axel was telling and I began giggling as Axel rolled his eyes.
"Ignore him," Roxas whispered from the left side of me and I blinked at him, "he's just a little loopy when it comes to making friends," he chuckled with his finger placed under his bottom lip, "but I can see why he wants to get to know you so much," his laughter died a little and he looked at me with a warm smile, "it's always kind of cool to meet someone as mysterious as you, Zexion," he patted my shoulder gently and I blew air out of my mouth in a small snicker.
Maybe…maybe this was my life finally taking a good turn.