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Author�s Notes: Ho man. So. I read this manga,
right? �Man�s Best Friend (Inu Mo Arukeba)� by Kazusa Takashima? Um,
yeah. Pretty much the most ME manga ever of all time. It�s about a boy who
finds this dog and � SURPRISE! � it turns out the dog can turn into a human and
molest the heck out of him. I approve. I�m not a furry, I�m really not. But the
concept was just oh-so-appealing to me! I love dogs. I love yaoi. If the two
can mix together without crossing the line into bestiality, I�m SO down for it!
XD Anyways, have been working on this story for� oh gosh, months and months and
months. It�s been slow going, but finally it is FINISHED! I originally intended
it to be a oneshot, but it evolved into one LONG mofo, so I am cutting it into
three parts.
The disclaimer! I don�t own Axel or Roxas, or
anything else Kingdom Hearts related. I don�t really even fully own the plot to
this story either, seeing as it�s based off a manga I read. I just altered it a
bit and got it down in fanfiction form. All I really own is my dog, and like
hell you�re getting your filthy paws on ownership of her. XD But so yeah� don�t
sue me, please.
Pairings: Axel/Roxas or AkuRoku, whichever
you wish to call it. All amounts to the same thing.
Summary: Adopting a new pet is always an
undertaking, but when Roxas picks up a stray dog one seemingly normal summer
day, he gets himself into a lot more than he bargained for... AU Axel/Roxas
Warnings: Eventual Yaoi/BoyxBoy situations,
so if you�re not down with that, this story definitely isn�t down with you. XD
Overall strangeness runs rampant throughout. And I suppose this could be
considered a tiddly-tad yiffy� But no furry themes are really intended, so
yeah. Just puttin� it out there.
Other stuff: Just in case anyone else is a dork
like me and wants to know the breed of dog featured prominently in this story�
he�s a red merle Border Collie mix of some sort. XD Just so ya know.
.o.O.o.
Man's Best Friend
(Inu Mo Arukeba)
.o.O.o.
Walking back home one
sunny day after a set of long work hours, Roxas made his way down the street,
shoving his way through the crowd and wanting nothing more than to just get
home and crash on his couch, flip on the television and rot his brain with
mindless cartoons. It had been a long day at his summer job, people coming and
going and demanding service without so much as a parting 'thank you' in return.
Roxas wasn't too fond of his job, to say the least, but he really had no choice
in the matter � his parents were gone all summer on some sort of business trip
or whatever, and he needed some way to earn himself money for food and other
such necessities while he was home alone.
Stopping at a street
corner as the 'Don't Walk' signal flashed, Roxas looked to the side, trying to
find something interesting to look at while he waited for this endless red
light to turn green once again so that he could cross the street. And his eyes
were not disappointed as they settled on the furry form of some sort of animal
('A dog?' Roxas guessed, looking closely. 'Yeah, that looks like a
dog.') lying off to the side of the sidewalk, being completely ignored by
everyone who passed by. The rusty red and white fur was tangled and slightly
matted, leading Roxas to believe the dog was a street mutt, and probably an
injured one at that, judging by the way it was just laying there in the middle
everything; normally a street dog like this would run away with its tail
between its legs if it ever got caught in the midst of so many people.
Suddenly the light turned
green and the mass of people waiting to cross the street surged forward. Roxas
turned his attention back to the road, taking one step forward before pausing
and looking back. The dog was still just� laying there. He knew it was
none of his business and that he shouldn't get involved other than to maybe
call the pound, but for some reason Roxas found himself turning away from the
street and walking off in the opposite direction.
Roxas had never been much
of an 'animal person', but even he couldn't help but feel sorry for the
scrawny, half-starved and left for dead dog that was sprawled out on the
sidewalk in front of him. The ruffed and matted fur, coupled with various tears
in the ears and patches of missing fur clearly confirmed the blonde's beliefs
that it was a stray. Nevertheless, Roxas looked from side to side to see if
there was some sort of an owner anywhere nearby, but finding none he carefully
approached the animal, a little wary because of all the programs he had seen on
the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet where tricky beasts only pretended
to be injured to lure in their prey.
"Uh� hey girl?"
Roxas called out from a few feet away, crouching down and making little
chirruping noises at the dog to attract it's attention. "You alive?" The
dog made no movement, however, and Roxas began to worry that it may not,
in fact, be alive.
Scooting a little closer,
Roxas found that the animal was breathing a little, and he reached out, placing
a gentle hand on it's side and patting the mottled red and white fur. "Hey
there girl�" He whispered, starting to feel extremely bad for the poor
thing, despite his better judgment. ' Don't get attached!' He had been
told, growing up. 'All animals will ever do is run away or die on you. And
shed all over your nice furniture.'
However, Roxas had no
nice furniture of his own to worry about, and he was worried that if he didn't
do something to help this poor animal that it would be left to die out on the
cold, heartless streets like the stray it was.
Looking it over for any
injuries and finding none, he scooped the creature up into his arms. Whoofa, it
smelled like wet dog. �Which wasn't very surprising, actually. It wasn't very
heavy despite the fact that it was a good sized dog � it reminded Roxas of the
limber herding dogs he'd seen in an agility contest one time at a park. Heading
back over to the street corner, Roxas patiently waited for the light to turn
green again, adjusting the dog more comfortably in his arms and ignoring the
rude and questioning looks other pedestrians were sending his way.
.x.X.x.
Squirming uncomfortably,
Axel weakly fidgeted around, not knowing what was holding him captive. The last
thing he could remember was waiting near a street corner to catch a glimpse of
the cute blonde boy he saw walking to and from work every day. He didn't really
have anything better to do, really � life as a street dog provided limited
opportunities for a wide range of activities to participate in. He spent most
of his days chasing cats down alleyways and rooting around in garbage cans for
his daily meals. That, along with keeping out of the way of dog catchers and
other unfriendly humans, was pretty much it. Well, until a few weeks ago when
he had been in the middle of sniffing out a nice fat rat and he had spotted the
blonde crossing the street, heading right towards him.
Now normally Axel didn't
pay any special attention to humans unless they were aiming a kick at him, or
doing something that involved food. However, with the appearance of said blonde
human, Axel was forced to re-evaluate his entire look on the species. Anything
that could produce something this perfect and wonderfully, adorably cute
couldn't be all bad.
As the blonde had passed
by that day, Axel had taken a tentative sniff from his hiding place behind a
conveniently placed sidewalk planter-box. And boy, did that cute little blonde
human smell good! Like fabric softener and shampoo and� ice cream. (Axel
was hungry. He hadn't eaten yet that day.) He was young and slightly pouty and
Axel wanted nothing more than to run right over there to him, knock him flat on
the ground, and lick his face. Of course he didn't, but he sure wanted
to. Even Axel realized that this course of action � while accepted as playful
and cute from a household pet � would most certainly be met with anger and
possible violence if attempted by a random, dirty dog on the street.
All too soon the blonde
had passed him by, and Axel was left with a feeling of� emptiness. Whining
quietly to himself as he watched the blonde walk away, Axel looked after him
until the human turned a corner, at which point he trotted off to continue his
quest for a meal. However, every day after that he would wait for the cute
blonde human, watching as he walked past Axel's hiding spot as he went to and from
work every day except for the weekends. Axel had never been very fond of the
weekends; the weekends meant more people running about the town and making it
harder for him to get around unnoticed, and now the weekends meant no cute
little blonde boy.
That Sunday Axel had
stayed up all night thinking about that blonde human boy, and how much he loved
him and wished he could be a human too, just for the fact that he could then be
with that blonde boy and tell him he loved him and they could spend the rest of
their lives together.
But Axel was a dog. Not
just a dog, but a stray dog, the lowest of the low. There was no way
that human boy would ever love Axel the way Axel loved him. Not as a
dog.
So Axel prayed to any and
every god he could think of that might care to listen to a little dog's prayers
that one day he could be a human too, so that the cute blonde human boy would
fall in love with him too.
The next morning Axel
waited patiently for the little blonde human boy to walk past him on his way to
work, hiding out behind the same planter as he had been hiding behind the first
time he saw him. He waited and waited and waited and waited and� was it just
him or was hotter than usual out today? He probably ought to go drink out of a
fountain or something� but no! He had to wait to see the blonde human
boy! So he waited some more and� wow, he was feeling a little lightheaded� In
fact, he really wasn't sure how much longer he could even stand up�. Maybe it
would be better if he just slowly laid down and�
And that was the last
thing Axel could remember. Now he found himself being� held? And� carried
somewhere? It certainly seemed like it. But who on earth would bother to hold
him? Unless� Oh no! Trying to look at who it might be, he found that the way he
was being held, all he could see was the sidewalk passing slowly by. Oh no, oh
no, oh no� Axel renewed his struggles tenfold, weakly writhing in his captive
hold, suddenly desperate to get away. The dog catchers had gotten him and they
were taking him away to the Bad Place and he was never going to be free again,
or maybe even alive again and�
"Hey, stop moving
around or I'm gonna drop you."
Wait� wait, Axel knew
that voice� Swiveling his head around as much as he could, given his position, Axel
suddenly found himself looking up into a pair of the clearest blue eyes he had
ever seen, on a young human boy who looked very familiar.
"Heh, so you are
alive." The blonde chuckled. "I was starting to wonder there, for a
while."
'Oh. My. GOD!'
He was being carried by
the blonde human boy� The same blonde human boy he'd be watching for the past
couple weeks, the same blonde human boy who he had fallen in love with, the
same blonde human boy who he had prayed to the gods for, the same blonde human
boy who �
"My name's
Roxas�."
ROXAS! The blonde human
boy had a name! Axel was on the verge of wetting himself in his
excitement. Or passing out again. Or something.
"�and I'm going to
be taking you home with me to get you cleaned up, okay?"
Home� he was being taken
to the kid's home. Squirming again, but this time to turn himself over
so that he could better admire the love-of-his-life-turned savior, Axel wagged
his tail frantically and whined rather annoyingly, having no other way to
convey his absolutely ecstatic state. He was feeling lightheaded again,
but this time in the good sense. His entire body was tingling and� whoa� okay,
that was some extremely intense tingling there for a second� Like as if his
body was trying to crawl off of him in it's excitement or something� weird.
In the momentary
distraction of trying to figure out what had been going on, Axel had calmed
down somewhat and stopped wiggling around, allowing Roxas to more easily hold
on to him. The rest of the short journey to Roxas's home passed with little
incidence, as Axel was content to simply stare up at Roxas and drool, and Roxas
was content to simply continue carting the dog around, oblivious to it's odd
behaviour.
Eventually they arrived
at Roxas's front porch and Roxas tried awkwardly shifting the dog to his hip in
order to fish his keys out of his pocket, but discovered it was rather
impossible to do so. "Hey girl, I'm gonna have to set you down for a
second, okay? Don't run away."
Vaguely, Axel registered
that Roxas had just called him a girl, but found that he really didn't care at
the moment. Roxas could think he was a three-headed alien hermaphrodite for all
Axel cared, as long as it would get him in the boy's house. And 'Don't run
away'? What did this kid take him for? The only place Axel was going to be
running was inside the house, not away from it.
Carefully placing Axel
down on the porch and suspiciously looking at the dog as if he still suspected
'her' to run off, Roxas shoved a hand in his pocket ( 'His hand is in his
pants! ROXAS'S HAND IS IN HIS PANTS!' Axel's mind shouted.), grabbing his
keys and thrusting them in the door-lock. Looking back down, Roxas found the
dog looking right back up at him, a doggish smile nearly splitting his face in
half as he weakly attempted to wag his tail, wobbling a little on unsteady
legs.
"I bet you're pretty
exhausted." Roxas surmised, pulling the keys out of the lock and turning
the doorknob. "You were passed out when I found you, you're probably
hungry and tired. I'll see what I can dig up for you."
'Pinch me, I'm
dreaming' Axel
thought in a near swoon as Roxas picked him back up, kicking the door shut
behind him and heading for what looked like the kitchen. 'I'm in his house,
he's carrying me to FOOD.'
Setting Axel down again,
Roxas rummaged around in some cupboards, eventually dragging a beat up mixing
bowl out, which he placed on the floor. "Don't tell Mom that's I'm using
this to feed you in." he commented, more to himself than Axel. "She'd
have a fit if she knew."
'Breaking the rules for
me � You rogue!'
Axel endearingly chastised in his mind as Roxas pulled the refrigerator open
and looked through it's contents, trying to figure out what to feed a dog.
Eventually settling on some sandwich meat, he tossed the packet on the counter,
and Axel eyed it hungrily. Roxas moved the cupboards next, pulling out a box of
cereal, dry noodles and some goldfish crackers. Dumping the assortment of foods
into the bowl, the blonde nudged it towards Axel, grinning sheepishly.
"Uh� there you go� I
don't really know what dogs eat, and I haven't really gone shopping for a while
so�"
But Axel was already
devouring the disgustingly delicious mixed meal his love had oh-so-generously
prepared for him, snarfing it down as if he hadn't had a decent meal in days� Which
he hadn't, actually. Moving to the sink, Roxas filled up a pan with some water
and set it next to Axel's mixing-bowl-turned-dog-dish, curiously watching Axel
practically inhale the food like some dog/vacuum cleaner hybrid.
Roxas found that it was
kind of nice watching the animal messily digging into the food he had put
together, bowl clattering all over the floor with the force of the lunges Axel
was taking at it� it made him feel like he had done something good, something
that someone else appreciated. It was a satisfying kind of feeling, and he
rather liked it. Vaguely he wondered if this was where the phrase "You
can't help others without helping yourself!" had come from� Well, it
probably wasn't derived from a situation exactly like this, that would
be a bit weird� but something to the same effect.
With a contented sigh,
Axel finished his meal, stomach full and heart nearly bursting with happiness.
This had to be the best day ever in the history of best days ever. For dogs, at
least. Gazing up at his blonde hero, Axel sat back on his haunches, wondering
what was going to happen next. Heck, Roxas could even toss him back out on the
street now, and he would still consider this the best day ever.
"You all done?"
Roxas asked, rather rhetorically, as he picked up the bowls and rinsed them out
in the sink. Axel happily thumped his tail against the floor in reply.
"Okay then, I guess I ought to give you a bath."
In an instant Axel's tail
stopped thumping and his doggy face stopped smiling as his brain registered the
word that was on the top ten list of worst words for dogs, ranking right up
there with "vet" and "fixed". His entire body tensing, Axel
attempted to make a spectacular break for freedom, only to suddenly find
himself pinned to the ground, Roxas having launched himself on top of him,
using his weight to keep Axel in place. Axel would have found it extremely sexy
if his mind hadn't been in such a state of blind panic. Still attempting tot
struggle away, he suddenly found himself feeling very light headed again �
curse his body's weakened state! � and the next thing he knew was all
encompassing blackness.
.x.X.x.
"Hey� wake up� come
on girl, wake up�"
Axel's eyes blinked open,
only to be staring straight into the face of his dearly beloved, who was crouched
over and observing him intently.
"Hey, you're
alive!" the boy joked as he pulled back to a kneeling position. "But
I guess that's just too bad for you, huh? Cause now I'm gonna have to give you
your B�A�T�H."
At that moment Axel had
no idea what a 'B�A�T�H' was, and frankly, he really didn't care. Because
kneeling right before him was an almost completely naked Roxas. The teen had
stripped down to just his boxers for some reason, and was enticingly beckoning
Axel forward with an outstretched hand. 'I have no idea what's going on�'
Axel thought in a daze 'But I LIKE it!'
"That's it,
girl�" Roxas was saying reassuringly as Axel took a few cautious steps
forward. "That's right, c'mere� I'm not gonna hurt you� Just a little
closer�"
He must have died, Axel figured.
He must have died and gone to the Good Place, because Roxas was practically
naked and had adopted a 'come hither' look and was entreating him to come
closer, not that Axel needed too much enticing. He was more than happy to move
further into this room, wherever they were, if it meant being closer to the
object of his desire. Oh happy day! All those times he had refrained from
biting mailmen and peeing on people's expensive pant legs had finally paid off!
He was going to spend the rest of his life in Heaven with Roxas and live
happily ever and �
"HA!"
With a violent lunge,
Roxas surged forward, grabbing Axel into his arms and dropping him
unceremoniously into a bathtub filled nearly to the rim with soapy water.
Yelping, Axel attempted to struggle out of it, his fantasies coming to an
screeching halt as he tried to comprehend what was going on, failing in his
escape attempts as Roxas followed in after him, grabbing him around the middle
and refusing to let him get away. Axel didn't understand what had gone wrong...
One moment he had been in Roxas Paradise, and the next�
OOOHHHHHHHHHH...
'B�A�T�H.' Baaaaaaaaath. Suddenly everything made a lot more sense.
Squirming and whimpering
pathetically as Roxas started to lather up his fur, Axel felt a little betrayed.
But as he looked up at his sneaky temptress of bath-enducingness, the betrayal
suddenly started to disappear. Roxas. Practically naked. Soaking wet and
lathering him up. Actually, on second thought, this wasn't so bad. In fact,
apart from the whole 'water' thing, it was actually rather pleasing.
Roxas discontinued his
ministrations for a moment when a low growling sound started emanating from the
dog he was currently in the tub with. "Um� girl? Are you alright? Calm
down, okay?" He said, interpreting the growling sounds as ones of
displeasure. "I'm not gonna hurt you� I just want to make you clean�"
Axel nudged his body back
into Roxas's hands, urging the blonde to continue. Slightly confused, Roxas
complied, rubbing firmly into Axel's fur, trying to get all the grime out. The
weird growling continued, however, but as Axel showed no signs of aggression,
Roxas figured it was safe to continue for the moment.
'This feels great!' Axel's mind shouted happily as he
continued his version of "purring". Roxas's hands kneaded into him,
sending little sparks of pleasure and excitement racing through him. 'No,
this feels more than great � this feels AMAZING!' The sparks were turning
into tingles, jolts, and ripples of sensation that threatened to consume him. 'In
fact, I think this is the greatest I have ever felt in my whole life! Roxas is
touching me and he's almost naked and it smells good in here and I'm getting
clean and thisissoexciting,Icanhardlycontainmyself!Ohmigod!Ohmigod!OHMI �'
Suddenly, with a strange,
tingly popping sound, something was very� different. Axel couldn't quite place
it, but something was definitely really weird. And the touching had stopped �
why had the touching stopped?
Turning around, Axel sent
a quizzical look to Roxas, only to find that the boy was sitting absolutely
still, seemingly frozen and with a completely shocked look on his face � his
eyes were as wide as saucers and his mouth hung wide open. Axel would have
found it ridiculously cute if he wasn't so busy wondering what had brought it
about.
"What?" he
asked.
With an expression
suddenly mirroring Roxas's Axel clamped his hands � HANDS! � to his mouth. What
the hell was going on? Had he just spoken? As in� people talk? And
the last time he checked he had paws, not�
"Human!" he
yelped happily, and saw Roxas twitch in surprise at his sudden outburst, the
blonde sill wearing that shocked expression on his face, as if it had gotten
stuck. Laughing joyfully, Axel launched himself at Roxas, throwing his arms
around the smaller male and pulling him into a slippery and wet embrace, having
forgotten for the moment that they were still in a bathtub.
"Wh-what the
hell!?" Roxas suddenly burst, having snapped out of his shock. Struggling
out of Axel's grip he floundered back, grabbing a nearby towel to cover himself
with. "Who are you!? W-what happened to the dog!?"
"I wished and wished
and wished, and finally my wish has come true!" Axel replied, not really
answering Roxas's question. "Axel is human now! Now Roxas can love Axel
just like Axel loves Roxas and they can live together forever and ever for the
rest of their lives!"
"What are you
talking about, you freak!?" Roxas stuttered back, slipping and falling to
the floor as he attempted to get out of the tub and away from the guy who had
just suddenly appeared in place of the dog he had been washing. "Who the
hell is Axel?"
"ME!" Axel
proclaimed happily, climbing unsteadily over the edge of the tub and flopping
down on Roxas. "Axel is me! And I love you!"
"GET OFF OF ME, YOU
FREAK! WHO ARE YOU?"
"Axel!"
"WHAT? GAH, I DON'T KNOW
YOU! ALL I KNOW IS I BROUGHT HOME A DOG AND WAS GIVING IT A BATH AND THEN
SUDDENLY YOU CAME OUT OF NOWHERE! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?"
"Roxas doesn't like
Axel?" Came the suddenly tentative sounding reply. Roxas looked up to see
a very pathetic looking puppy face on the male before him � Axel looked like he
would like nothing more to crawl off on his belly in shame. "Roxas...
doesn't want Axel here?"
Suddenly Roxas found
himself looking back at the same fuzzy dog face that he had brought home
earlier that afternoon. Wait� what? He could have sworn that � Wasn't there
just some random guy in here a second ago? Was he going crazy?
"Well that was
freakily random." Roxas said to himself, standing and brushing himself
off. Looking down, he saw that the dog was still sitting on the floor rather
dejectedly, looking as if it were sulking about something. "Hey girl, come
on." Roxas said, deciding to just write off the prior experience as some
trippy mind game of some sort. He was gonna have to start laying off all that
junk food � that stuff could really mess you up. "Let's get that bath
finished."
.x.X.x.
For the rest of the
evening Roxas hung around the house, trying to make his canine companion feel
at home. However, it seemed that despite his attempts, all the dog wanted to do
was sit at the door and whine, almost as if it desired was to go back out to
the streets.
"No way, dog."
Roxas said, after the fifth time dragging the animal away from the door and
back into the living room with him. "You're stuck in here. I'm not letting
you back out there to get hit by a car or attacked by wild animals or kicked by
some hobo or whatever it is that happens out there at night."
Axel perked up a little
at this. Was it possible that Roxas actually cared about him then? Roxas didn't
want anything bad happening to him out there in the cold, cruel world?
After that the dog's mood
was slightly improved. He was content to simply follow Roxas around as he
wandered around the house, fixing himself dinner and messing around on the
computer. Roxas even offered him some of the hot dog and French fries he had
fixed for dinner.
Eventually Roxas settled
down for the evening, flopping down on the couch and grabbing the remote, flipping
the television on. Axel hesitated, at the end of the couch, not knowing if he
was allowed up on the couch or not, regardless of the bath he had been given
earlier. Roxas, seeing the dog's hesitation, paused in his channel changing for
a second, seeming to think something over before coming to a conclusion.
Eventually he patted the space beside him and offered Axel a friendly smile.
"Come on, girl, you
can come up here. I cleaned you earlier, and I don't think you had fleas or
anything."
Axel, smiling a doggie
smile, lept up onto the couch, settling himself down beside the blonde and
making a mental note not to scratch himself in front of Roxas, lest it should
cause the boy to re-evaluate the dog's flea status and forbid him from getting
up on the couch. It was a quite comfortable piece of furniture, and besides,
Roxas was on it � two very important reasons as to why Axel didn't want his
couch privileges revoked.
After watching Axel
settle himself comfortably on the couch, Roxas turned his attention back to the
TV, flipping through the channels at the same speed all teenage boys were
accustomed to � faster than the naked eye could comprehend. And yet somehow
amongst all the garbled, split-second flashes of programs, the blonde was
eventually able to pick out one that suited his tastes, setting the remote down
at his side and zoning out as he watched the images of the featured show
flickering across the screen, illuminating the otherwise darkened room.
Sighing, Axel looked away
from the television with disinterest. He had never really understood what
humans gained from staring at that stupid glowing box all day. It held nothing
of interest for him, and so he let his gaze wander, eventually settling it on
Roxas's face, illuminated from the television's glow. Occasionally Roxas would
laugh, or furrow his brows in confusion at whatever was happening on the
screen, and Axel watched every expression intently. The small blonde boy was,
without a doubt, the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. Not that he had
seen too many beautiful creatures, living on the streets and all, but he
somehow knew that Roxas was the only beautiful thing he needed in his life.
Hopefully the blonde would let him stay for longer than just the night � after
this afternoon he didn't know how he would deal with being back out on the
streets� it wasn't as though he would have lost his street-smarts in this short
amount of time as a house dog, it would just be hard going back to that life
now that he knew what he would be missing out on.
Tentatively scootching
forward a little bit, Axel dared to rest his head in Roxas's lap. Hey, might as
well live it up while he had the chance, right? If this was ever going to be
the only day he had to spend with Roxas, he might as well make the most of it.
Flinching as Roxas's hand came up, thinking he was going to be hit for soiling
the blonde's precious lap, or bursting Roxas's 'personal bubble', Axel was
pleasantly surprised to find that when the hand came back down it wasn't to hit
him, but to gently be placed in top of his head, smoothing over the fur and
giving him a quick scratch behind the ears.
It was official. This
really was the best day ever. Roxas had just pet him. Axel had to
summon all the willpower he possessed to not melt into a happy puddle of goo
right then and there.
As time passed that
evening, Axel had to fight to stay awake. The warmth of being inside as well as
the gentle petting Roxas was lavishing on him was threatening to lull him to
sleep. But he just couldn't go to sleep! If he went to sleep he might
wake up to find that this had all been a dream! No, he had to squeeze in all
the possible awake time he could manage, even if it killed him! Must� stay�
awake� with� Roxas�
"I'm getting kind of
tired." Roxas suddenly announced through a yawn as he stood up and
stretched, heading off in the direction of some stairs. "Come on, girl,
let's head to bed."
'LET'S'? Had Axel heard a 'let's'
in that sentence? As in both of them? In bed? TOGETHER?
All of a sudden Axel's opinions on staying awake took a drastic change in
direction. In fact, right now going to sleep sounded like the best idea in the
history of the world! What on EARTH could be better than going to bed?
With a happy yelp Axel
jumped off the couch and raced up the stairs two at a time, following after
Roxas. The blonde led them down a short hall, at the end of which was his
bedroom, as marked by the "ROXAS'S ROOM: DO NOT ENTER" sign taped up
on it. Pfft. As if Axel was planning on obeying that order. When Roxas
pushed his door open and Axel eagerly bounded inside, running around and
investigating every last nick and cranny that he could sniff out, tail wagging
furiously the whole time.
"You like my
room?" the blonde questioned with a chuckle, kicking the door closed
behind him. Axel paused in his inventory of Roxas's room to turn back and bark
once, declaring his approval. Heck, Roxas's room could have been a box out on
the street and he still would have been thrilled to visit it! "Haha, glad
to hear it." Roxas replied, grabbing the hem of his shirt and tugging it
up.
Suddenly Axel froze,
watching as Roxas pulled his shirt up and over his head. GOOD LORD, THE BOY WAS
STRIPPING! RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM! That's it � he MUST have died. Only in
Axel heaven could something like this actually happen. Or maybe he was
dreaming? For all that is good and holy, if it was a dream Axel prayed that he
would never wake up. Inch by inch more of Roxas's smooth, creamy skin was being
revealed and � THERE REALLY IS A GOD! � Roxas was getting caught in his shirt,
squirming around in the trapping article of clothing, making unbearably
sexy little noises of frustration as he struggled� And then the shirt was being
cast aside as Roxas broke free, his hair even more disheveled than normal from
getting tangled in his shirt. Overall, the blonde was looking thoroughly
molestable, with his hair all mussed and his lips all pouty, pants hanging
loosely off his hips, and his bare chest just� THERE for Axel to look at
and admire and �
"What?"
Axel abruptly snapped out
of his trance to focus his attention back on Roxas's face. As opposed to� ahem�
other aspects of his anatomy. Feigning an innocently puzzled look, Axel
tilted his cute doggy head to the side, as if to inquire 'What? Me? I
wasn't doing or thinking anything inappropriate. You've got the wrong dog!'
Still not fully
convinced, Roxas sent the canine a suspicious glare before shrugging and going
back to getting undressed, much to Axel's pleasure. 'Thaaaaaaat's right� off
with the pants, pretty boy� good� keep going� just a little more� For crying
out loud, why are there so many buckles and zippers on sexy blonde boys's pants
these days? Oh! Wait! There you go � almost got it! YES! Pants are officially
unbuckled, unzipped, unbuttoned, and overall fully undone!' Fireworks were
going off in Axel's brain at the mere thought.
With a sudden 'fwump' and
a jingle of buckles, Roxas's pants dropped to the ground, leaving the boy clad
in only his stars-and-heart-print boxers. "Don't laugh�" He
instructed with a pout as he caught Axel staring at them with an odd expression
oh his face. However, Axel was far from laughing. More like going braindead
from overstimulation of his imagination. Roxas�. standing right in front of him
in his boxers� which were just barely clinging to said blonde boy's
skinny hips... If dogs could nosebleed, Axel was sure he would have died from
blood loss by now.
"Hey, you
alright?" All at once Roxas was crouching down in front of Axel, ruffing
the top of his reddish, furry head before pulling back his sheets and climbing
into his bed. "Cause you're acting pretty strange, girl�"
ROXAS WAS TOUCHING HIM
AND HE WAS ALMOST NAKED AND THEY WERE IN HIS ROOM AND HE WAS RIGHT THERE
IN FRONT OF HIM IN BED AND� AND� AND� GYAAAAAH!!!!
With a sudden, tingling poof,
Axel suddenly found himself in human from again, and it only took him about
.0013823712798124 seconds to launch himself forward and onto Roxas's bed,
pinning the blonde beneath him as he proceeded to nuzzle affectionately under
Roxas's neck.
"Roxas is the
nicest, sexiest, most amazing human there is!" Axel proclaimed,
attempting to sneak a hand under the covers and reach more of Roxas's bare
skin.
"AAAAAAAAAAARGH!! YOU
AGAIN! GET OUT OF MY BED!" came the response as Roxas flailed wildly
beneath Axel, only succeeding in getting himself extremely tangled in the
sheets. "WHO ARE YOU?"
"Axel!"
"You said that
earlier!" Roxas shot back. "But it still doesn�t make any sense! What
the hell is going on? Why do you keep appearing out of nowhere? And where
the hell is that dog !?"
"Axel is that
dog!" Axel helpfully supplied, giving Roxas's collarbone a playful nip.
"OW! Hey, cut that
out!" Roxas snapped. "And what do you mean you are that dog?
That dog is� is� is a DOG! A dog that I found on the street and brought
home of my own choice! You're a crazy naked guy who keeps showing up at
my house at random and talking to me about himself in third
person!"
"But Axel IS
the dog!" Axel insisted, sitting back (although still on top of Roxas).
"Axel swears they are the same!"
As crazy as this Axel
guy's claim was, Roxas actually found himself taking a moment to really
look at him for the first time. The guy had wild reddish hair that stuck out in
back of him at funny angles, rather like the colour and style of the fur and ears
on the stray he had brought home. His eyes were the same shocking green as the
dog's, something Roxas had specifically noticed about the canine, seeing as it
was a rather unnatural colour for an animal. Heck, it was an unnatural colour
for a human! And last, but not least, this guy had some strange tattoos
under his bright eyes, strikingly reminiscent of some markings on the street
dog's face. And as disturbed by the fact that the guy was naked as Roxas was,
he couldn't help but think that it made a little sense� after all, dogs didn't
wear any clothing.
But all of this was just
some sort of freaky coincidence, right?
�
RIGHT!?
"So let me get this
straight." Roxas suspiciously started, searching Axel's face for any hints
of the truth. "You're trying to tell me that you are the dog I
picked up this afternoon?"
"Yes!" Axel
happily replied. Finally they were getting somewhere! "Every day Axel
waits at the corner to see Roxas after work, but today Axel got sick but Roxas
brought him home so it was the best day ever!" Axel couldn't help but
wiggle excitedly as he said this, a fact that made Roxas squirm in slight
discomfort � Axel was sitting right on his lap, after all. This did seem
to add up, though. Unless this guy was some sort of crazy stalker (which it
kind of sounded like he was. But could animals be considered stalkers? Roxas
would have to come back to that thought later.) he would have no way of knowing
when or where Roxas picked the dog up, or why.
"So� you're the
dog?" Roxas asked, just to make sure. This still seemed extremely
out-of-the-ordinary to him, and he hadn't fully wrapped his mind around the
idea quite yet.
"Yes!" Axel
repeated. "Every day Axel prayed to the gods to make him human so that he
could talk to Roxas, and finally today Axel's wishes have come true!"
Ah. So an act of divine
intervention had taken place. Well that would explain it. Kind of� But right
now there were more pressing matters to attend to, such as a pet peeve Roxas
felt the need to address.
"Why do you refer to
everything in third person? It's annoying."
Axel's hair drooped in a
manner that resembled a dog's ears when it is being scolded. "A�Axel is
sorry� Human talking is confusing�"
"Yeah, okay well
start using 'I' instead of your name, and 'you' instead of mine and all that
stuff. Pronouns are your friends."
"Okay!" Axel
happily agreed, throwing his hands around Roxas's middle and burying his face
in his chest. "So does this mean Ax� I can stay?"
Struggling to get Axel
off of him, Roxas pushed the older male an arms length away, firmly holding him
at that distance. "Look, I have no idea what's going on here, okay? This
is just weird. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with you and I � will
you stop trying to cuddle me!? What the heck is wrong with you? You're a dog,
not a cat!"
"I know that!"
Axel scoffed. Pfft, as if he would ever confuse himself with some lowly feline.
"I'm trying to cuddle you because I love you."
Roxas looked extremely
uncomfortably at this admission. He'd heard it said before this afternoon, but
now that he had the full grasp of the situation it was just� freaking weird.
"Why do you keep
saying that?" he asked. "You know you're a dog, right? A male
dog, might I add! And I know that traditionally male dogs want to hump
everything in sight, but I just don't think that �."
"The only thing I
want to hump is you!" Axel bluntly stated, taking Roxas by complete
surprise.
"Uh� well let's just
try to ignore those evolutionary prerogatives for now, shall we?" Roxas
suggested, a blush tinting the bridge of his nose and threatening to spread.
"Here, um, I'll show you where the guest room is and you can stay there
for the night and then tomorrow we can �"
"No way!" Axel
interrupted. "I want to stay with you tonight!" At this Roxas's blush
continued it's spread, tinting nearly his entire face a faint shade of crimson.
"Um, I really don't
think that's a good idea�" he began, not wanting to offend Axel, but
certainly not wanting to allow him to spend the night in his room either.
"Why not?" Axel
asked, an edge of panic rising to his voice. NO! He HAD to spend the
night in Roxas's bed! It was imperative to his very survival!
"I� I don't even know
you!" Roxas argued. "I'm sorry, but I'm really not comfortable with
the idea of sharing my room with some strange naked guy who I don't even
KNOW."
"Fine�" Axel
sighed in resignation. "What if I change back into dog form?"
Roxas considered this.
He'd really rather not sleep in the same room anymore now that he knew the dog
for what it really was, but on the other hand, leaving it in human form, even
in another room, didn't sit well with him either. At least in the same room and
in dog form he could keep a watch on what was going on. "Fine." He
conceded. "You can stay in here if you change back into dog form."
"YES!" Axel
cried, pumping a fist into the air in a triumphant motion.
"But no funny stuff,
got it!?" Roxas tacked on for good measure.
"Yeah, sure,
whatever!" Axel answered, not really paying attention as he attempted to
snuggle back up to Roxas.
"Hey! HEY!"
Roxas cried, attempting to push him away. "When I say 'funny stuff',
cuddling is included in that statement!"
"�Fine." Axel
said, sitting back with a pout.
For a minute the two of
them just sat there staring at eachother, not saying anything. Axel was content
to just sit there and stare at the object of his affection, but after a while
Roxas started to get fidgety.
"Sooo� why don't you
turn back into a dog. Like� now."
"Okay." Axel
agreed, although after another minute had passed nothing had changed.
"Um� Aren't you
going to do it?" Roxas asked, hoping Axel would take a hint.
"I don't know
how."
"You don't know
how�" Roxas deadpanned. "Well, how do you do it when you change from
a dog into a human?"
Axel thought about this
for a minute. Hmm, good question. "I'm not sure. It just happens."
"What, you mean you
have no control over it?" Roxas questioned disbelievingly.
"Nope."
"Well come on,
there's got to be some kind of trigger for it!" the blonde
insisted. "I mean� you've done it twice now, right? Maybe there was
something that made it happen those times?"
Axel thought about this.
Hm. Well, both times he had changed before Roxas had been in close proximity in
only his boxers. And the times before that when he had gotten the tingly
feeling it had been when he had been really close to Roxas, or excited about
something Roxas had done�
"I think it happens
when I'm excited about you." Axel stated, coming to a conclusion.
Roxas blanched.
"When you WHAT?" He questioned. The way Axel said that, it was
almost as if he was comparing it to an� a� a physical male reaction to a
pleasurable stimulus of some kind. URGH. That was just weird. God, this
whole DAY was just weird! Roxas made a point of not looking down at
Axel's uncovered lower anatomy, suddenly afraid for what he might find there.
"When I'm excited
about you." Axel repeated in answer to Roxas's question, and Roxas's eye
twitched. Okay, he really hadn't needed to hear that again. He was going
to have to explain the concept of 'rhetorical questions' to Axel at some later
point in time.
"Okay, well then get
UNexcited."
"�I don't know
how�"
"Well then how do
you expect me to know!?� Roxas snapped �Go take a cold shower or
something!"
Axel's spikes drooped a
little at this suggestion. "I don't like baths."
"I know you don't
like baths�" Roxas said, feeling slightly exasperated. "I'm just
saying that maybe if it�s anything like a� Nevermind. Maybe you just need to
calm down. Think of something relaxing or� something."
"�Like what?"
"Like� I dunno� a
beach or a field or something, I guess."
"Uh� okay?"
Axel responded, not understanding how that was supposed to help.
"Shut up."
Roxas snapped back, thinking that Axel found his idea stupid and was making fun
of him. "Why don't you come up with something better, then?" he challenged.
"I'm sorry! I'm
trying!" Axel told him, not wanting Roxas to think he was a defective
transforming dog or something. And indeed, trying very hard, Axel set his mind
to work thinking very hard about things other than Roxas. Doggie things. Like
garbage cans� or roadkill to sniff at� or fire hydrants� or bouncy rubber
balls� or� um� wow, this was getting frustratingly boring. All Axel really
wanted to be thinking about was Roxas. Not gnawing on bones, or digging holes
under fences, or chasing old ladies�s cats, or peeing on people's bushes� All
of a sudden Axel felt a light punch to his shoulder, and looked over to see
Roxas giving him a lopsided smile.
"Hey, good job,
you're a dog again."
Hey! Check it out! He was
a dog again! 'Interesting�' Axel noted. It seemed as though when he
didn't have any direct motivation for being in human form ( i.e. something
exciting that involved Roxas) he would go right back into his canine form.
Cool! He had a vague control over how to switch back and forth! �kinda. Well,
not really, but he could pretend. Axel gave a happy yelp, lunging forward to
lick Roxas's face.
"Hey cut that
out!" Roxas said, pushing the dog back and wiping his cheek off with the
back of his hand. "You're gonna get all excited again. Just� go to sleep
now, okay?"
Wagging his tail and
making happy little dog noises, Axel turned in a circle a few times before
lying himself down at Roxas's side, giving a content little huff of breath as
he closed his eyes. Roxas sighed as well, flicking off the lamp that sat on his
bedside table as he pulled the covers up, settling himself down and trying to
get comfortable. Axel was lying really close� a little too close for his
comfort. Roxas still wasn't sure how he felt about sharing his bed with a dog
that could spontaneously transform into a human at any given time. It was
actually rather highly unnerving, to say the least� what if he woke up in the
middle of the night and the freaky dog/human had been doing something weird to
him in his sleep?
But for now Axel lay
perfectly well behaved by his side, falling asleep himself. Roxas watched the
steady rise and fall of the dog's side for a few minutes to make sure it was
really asleep before scooting just a little bit closer and settling his arm
lightly over his bed companion. It had been kind of lonely sleeping all
alone in this house for the past couple weeks� and the dog provided a pleasant
warmth and � dare he say it? � cuddliness that was hard to resist. Not
to mention that now that the dog was clean, it no longer smelled or felt so
unpleasant. ' Okay', Roxas admitted, burying his face in the dogs fur
and scooting a little bit closer, 'Maybe I DO enjoy having a living,
breathing someone to sleep with� But only as a dog! That's natural, right?
People naturally like cuddling animals, right?'
After thinking this over
for a while longer, but coming to no decisive conclusion in his head, Roxas
decided to just let it drop and go to sleep already. After all, there would be
plenty of time to work stuff out tomorrow. Roxas sighed as he tentatively
petted the dog's soft fur, closing his eyes and allowing himself to drift off
into sleep. He was going to need it, after all � tomorrow was looking like it
was going to be a very long day. One thing was for certain though, Roxas
thought as the last shreds of his waking mind left him�
"I guess I'm going
to have to stop calling you girl."
.o.O.o.
End chapter one. X3 More
to come, as soon as I finish editing and all that other good stuff. In the
meanwhile, reviews are nice. XDD
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