Lou-pie: ok, here goes my second multi-chapter story and I hope it goes well. Anyways, wish me luck and review to let me know how I'm doing and if I should keep going. If it doesn't turn out good, I'll delete it and save up some space on fan-fiction. Here we go!

Rating: PG-NC17

Pairing: Axel/Roxas for the moment in later chapters, might be more in the future.

Special thanks to my beta TornAngelWings.

Chapter 1: Spin Me

"Oh for the love of god!" a blond, spiky haired boy shouted as he rubbed his left eye harder, the blue eye now tearing up from whatever was in it. He pulled his hand away, blinked, growled, and began rubbing his eye once again. The spot he was mercilessly rubbing was now red and wet from his tears and was beginning to hurt to the point where he didn't want to close his eye ever again. Tired of the rubbing, he made sure his fingers were clean so he could pull the damned eyelash out, touching his eyeball as he did so. He made sure to not touch the blue iris and irritate it as he ran his index finger over the white part of his eye. "Aha!" He pulled his finger away and was happy to see the small eyelash attached to it.

"That was gross," the brunette beside him mumbled, looking out the car window and gazing at the small ice covered inlet. There wasn't much to look at on the other side of the car since it was just a rock wall covered in ice and snow. Blue eyes similar to the blond's, only a shade darker, wiped the window as it began to fog up. "That's a lot of ice… at least four feet of it." He did not sound interested at all about the ice and looked down right bored.

The blond rolled his eyes and looked out the brunette's window to watch the inlet too that had a small river flowing through the ice, creating a vine like tattoo in it. His iPod had ran out of batteries since he had listened to it throughout the whole plane ride and now had to listen to the radio of the car; but it was at a station that his parents like and he didn't. Now it seemed like plane torture. There was hardly anything to look at except for the snow covered mountains they were going around, the small inlet, or the rocky wall that was part of the mountain, but was cut off to make the road they were on now.

"You boys sound bored," a female stated, looking over her shoulder from the passenger seat, revealing brown hair and blue eyes just like her sons. She soon laughed at the boy on the other side of the blond. "Except for Leon." She snickered at the sleeping boy whose head was pressed against the cold window. "Roxas, I think you left your PSP in my purse."

Roxas, the blond, who was sitting in the middle seat, perked up at this and picked up his mother's purse from the floor between his feet, looking through it and giving a small shout of glee. "Thank you mom." He sat the purse back down onto the floor and took off his shoes so he could sit on them and be in a more comfortable position while he played. The brunette that was awake was looking over Roxas' shoulder as he played, finding this more entertaining than counting icicles.

Fighting noises could be heard throughout the car from the game, waking up Leon, whose head slipped from the window and almost into his lap if it hadn't jerked him awake. A small snort came from when he jerked his head back up, blinking greys to drive away the sleep in them. "How long was I asleep for?"

"Only half an hour," the man in the driver seat replied.

"Shit."

"Leon," his mothered warned, which earned an apologetic look from the grey eyed male through the rearview window. "You can go back to sleep if you want to."

"Nah, it'll be impossible to fall asleep again." Leon yawned and slumped back against his seat, tilting his head back. "So why are we here again?"

"Hm?" the father hummed.

"Why are we here… in Alaska?"

"Well, because my job shipped me up here, saying that they needed help. Plus it gave me a reason to actually come here." The man gave a small chuckle as he rubbed his chin that was covered in a small amount of brown stubble. "I also get to complete my promise to Cid about coming up here so we could both live here like we wanted to in the past."

All three boys rolled their eyes.

"I know you boys aren't used to snow, but there's a lot to do in it," the mother piped in, smiling back at her boys. "But what we should have done was move during the summer and be prepared for this instead of waiting for the boys to finish their first semester of schooling," she almost hissed out, giving her husband a playful glare. "I'm afraid about crashing; I mean, look how fast they're telling us to go on this road and some are going faster!" Just then, a truck passed them. "See?"

"Oh hush mother," Leon said. "Dad's a great driver and the car's a four wheel drive."

His mother kept quiet, deciding to look out the window instead and watch the inlet turn into the side of a mountain. She almost wanted to faint when they passed by where an avalanche had obviously been but was cleaned up on the road. They passed by signs that said 'Avalanche area for the next twenty miles' or more. There were more spots where one had started but never reached the road and it tend to calm the brunette woman down until her husband suddenly slammed on the brakes. The others jolted forward, but their seat belts kept them from going too far.

"What the hell?" the woman yelled, glaring at her husband. She was about to shout some more when something caught her attention from outside. She looked out the windshield and saw some kind of large animal that was brown walk across the road. "What is that?"

"It's a moose, mom," Roxas grumbled, picking up his game from the floor and putting the battery back in. "It's what they like to eat here. I looked up some information about this place before we left."

"They eat that?" the blue eyed brunette boy asked in disgust, watching the dumb animal cross the road quickly when people started honking their horns. Traffic started up again and the journey continued through the boonies. "Gross."

"I don't know, Sora, I hear they're pretty tasty," Leon muttered, starting to feel a little hungry now. "Don't they also eat bears too, Roxas?"

"Yeah, and caribou."

"What in Gaia's name is a caribou?" their mother asked. "Sounds funny."

"It's kinda like a moose; only they're smaller and have lighter hair. I'll point it out if we ever pass by one." Roxas sighed as he turned his game back on, a little pissed that he didn't get to save before it had turned off quite suddenly.

The rest of the road trip was quiet, except for a few conversations here and there. They spent two more hours in the car before they entered another city, not expecting to see a large building called Fred Meyers on their left with a gas station and a Taco Bell. The father sighed in relief at seeing the gas station and pulled in, giving his wife some money so she and her sons could go inside the Taco Bell and get some food. Sora was all for it, saying he was starving and ran towards the restaurant, Leon following after him.

However, Roxas was a little hesitant to step outside from the warm car, but after a few encouraging words from his mother, he finally made it to the taco place. He was shivering by the time he made it to the restaurant, wishing he had another jacket to put on instead of just wearing his one hoodie. Everyone else in this place was wearing a heavy coat, a sweater, or had already taken their jackets off. Sora and Leon were already ordering when Roxas and his mother walked in and the two had to cut in front of some of the people so the blond could order and have their mother pay for them. The people they had cut in front of weren't as annoyed anymore when they saw that the four boys and woman were together.

They found an empty spot near the back after they got their drinks and waited for their number to be called. Roxas took the time to look out the window they were sitting next to and watched cars go through the drive through, finding some of the people in the cars or trucks rather funny looking. Leon was waiting near the front so he could get the food while Sora and their mother talked, Roxas feeling a little bored. In the parking lot next to them for Fred Meyers, a couple of people were feeding a group of ravens, throwing fries or whatever out their car window.

"These people are weird," Roxas muttered.

"No better than ones back in California," Leon complemented as he sat a tray down, picking out what he had ordered. Their father crunched in next to his wife, squishing Roxas into the window, as Leon sat next to Sora.

"Whatever…"

As they continued to eat, three young teenagers had walked in, catching Roxas' eye from what they were wearing. The tallest out of the three had red and black hair that spiked back and reached his shoulders. Since his back was towards him, the blond couldn't see his face, but knew he didn't look the type of person he should hang around with just by looking at his clothing. Black hoodie, black pants, black anything; the only color he had was his skin and the red specks in his hair. His two friends were a few inches shorter and wore just as much black.

The blond on the left side of the tall boy had a hairdo that looked between a mullet and a mohawk. He too wore a black hoodie, but his jeans were dark blue and his sneakers were a crimson red with white checkers on it. His hoodie though had a bleeding rose with a few splashes of blood around it while the black/redhead's hoodie had a big skull bone with a crown tilted to one side. The blond boy shifted his weight as he order something and stepped aside to let a silver/blue haired boy order, both the blond and the tall boy waiting for him to finish.

The slate (that's a better word) haired boy, and the smallest, had a black hoodie as well, but had blue vines all over the sleeves. He too wore black jeans, only they were baggier on his smaller frame and had many pockets. His face was turned to the side to talk to his friends enough where Roxas could make out that the smaller teen had the same colored eyes as his hair, one of them covered by his bangs. He looked normal enough despite the spiked choker around his neck. His fingernails, as well as the others', were painted black.

Either goths or emos, I can't tell, Roxas thought, watching the boys grab their tray of food and turn around, giving the small blond a better look at the three. He was surprised to see the tall blond was the most normal looking one out of the group with blue/green eyes while the tallest male looked the oddest.

The black/redhead teen had black all around his eyes and triangle tattoos underneath each eye, which were a bright green that Roxas had never seen, and the two fingers between the index and pinky on his left were wrapped up in black electrical tape while the index and pinky on his right were wrapped up with the same substance. Rings littered his ears, a barbell through one nostril, and two barbells on either side of his lower lip and a ring on the upper lip close to the middle. Roxas couldn't help but stare as the three teens sat in the booth in front of them, the black/redhead sitting alone and facing the blond.

At Roxas' wide eyes, Leon slowly glanced over his shoulder and gave a quick look before turning back around, his eye twitching. He stopped Sora from looking over and shook his head. Leon looked at Roxas, his face blank as the blond brother gave an 'I told you so' look. Their parents were trying to keep themselves from looking, finding the boy's look unnatural. They started a conversation to try and keep themselves occupied to keep from looking over, and it seemed to help, except for Roxas. The young blond could not stop staring at the teen and found him interesting.

Feeling a little disturbed by himself, Roxas stood up and started crawling over his parents to get out and go to the bathroom, causing his parents to yelp and bring the black/redhead's and his friends' attention towards him. He almost made it out unharmed when he slipped over his father and fell to the ground face first, making the tall teen stand up and hurry towards him with worry etched on his face.

"Shit man, are you alright?" the black/redhead asked, helping the blond to his feet. "Tell your parents to move next time, geez." The boy gave a small laugh, brushing the small blond off before going back to his seat while Roxas hurried off to the bathroom, green eyes watching the blond. His friends gave him questioning looks which he shrugged to, stuffing his face with a soft taco.

In the bathroom, Roxas was splashing his flushed face, eyes wide at what just happened. The man's smile was creepy, yet lifted the blond's spirit for the day. Hell, the guy even helped him up when he didn't have to. Taking a deep breath, Roxas went back out into the lobby and walked towards the tall teen, drawing his attention. The blond tried to keep down a blush as piercing green eyes gazed in to his cerulean ones.

"Thanks for… y'know," he uttered, looking down towards the floor and rubbing his left arm.

The black/redhead smirked. "Sure."

With that done, Roxas was back in his seat, only sitting down on the edge this time so he could have a better look at the most likely older boy. He would glance away whenever green eyes turned towards him, trying to make himself look innocent and that he wasn't just staring. The older boy's head was sitting on his hand, chewing on a black painted pinky fingernail with a raised eyebrow. Leon was giving Roxas a strange look, but kept to himself as he listened to Sora's and their parent's conversation.

The trio were done in no time and were heading back out, saying goodbye to the cashier (obviously, they were friends) before they left, leaving Roxas to his own thoughts.

LINE-BLOCKING

Roxas slumped down onto his sheetless covered bed in his new home, happy that they had sent out their stuff ahead of time and having Cid, who had the house key to the place, bring it to their new home and set the boxes inside. The man even set up a bed for each room that was going to be used; the queen bed in the master bedroom for the parents. Roxas had chosen the smallest room on the second floor since he like small spaces and didn't have that much crap anyways. A desk, that Cid made most likely made, sat on the opposite side of the room on the other side of the window while a sliding door closet was on the right side (when you walk in) of the door, a wall on the other side. His boxes littered the floor, not yet opened except for the one that held his blanket and pillow.

Rolling onto his back, Roxas looked up at the white ceiling, wondering about what color he would like to paint his room and thinking of the interesting boy he had ran into today. It was around two when they made it to Soldotna and it was now almost six. Cid had driven up to Anchorage to drop off his car so his friend and family could use it while he flew back to Kenai to have his wife pick him up at the airport. Roxas had yet to be in Kenai since their new home was in Soldotna in the woods somewhere with a few houses nearby. And Roxas couldn't help but wonder if the black/redhead boy lived in Soldotna or Kenai.

Roxas slammed his head back into the mattress, calling himself stupid for still thinking about that boy. He got up and began opening some boxes, pulling out clothes, small gadgets, posters, and his laptop. He put his laptop and few of the gadgets on the desk, his clothes on his bed, and the rest of the stuff on the floor to figure out a place to put them later. A small dresser was placed inside the closet and Roxas took the time to fold and put his clothes away, hoping it would take his mind off things before putting some of his stuff on the dresser or on the window sill, thinking about getting a shelf. Since he didn't have any push pins, Roxas replaced his posters on the desk and went out to ask his mom for a sheet to put on his bed.

Grabbing a blue one from one of the boxes in the living room, he made his bed, happy that it started to look lived in at least just a little. Before long, it'll be filled with new things and all his posters would be pinned up; and he had three days to do all that before he started school along with his brother on Monday. Thinking about starting another school scared the hell out of him… he didn't know what the people like, if there were bullies, and if there were any kind of molesters in the school. The last thought was brought upon by Leon purposely just because he wanted to scare his little brother.

When seven came around, he was called down for dinner, which was pizza ordered from Big Daddy's (weird name, I know), and it tasted really good. His mother began talking about how she was going shopping tomorrow for groceries and asked if anyone wanted to come along. Roxas said he would come along just so he could go out and explore instead of being cooped up in the house with his brothers and father. He liked his brothers, sure, but his father was kind of a maniac when left at home with nothing to do… and the man didn't like shopping. Sora said he would stay home and finish unpacking while Leon stated that Cid was picking him up tomorrow to show the brunette around the auto shop and see if Leon was compatible for the job.

Dinner over, the family continued to unpack until Roxas' watch said eleven and they all went to bed. The blond couldn't fall asleep that night though; his brain wouldn't shut off and kept wondering about the school he was going to and about that interesting looking guy at Taco Bell. Mostly about the school, finding the name (Kenai Central High School) just a regular name, but the building looked pretty big in the picture he found on Google. His parents had called the school today and warned them that they would like to enroll two of their sons in. The person they had called said it was alright and said that they had to sign some kind of papers tomorrow, which they were going to do before their grocery shopping. She said Sora didn't have to be there and that she could do all the paper work herself, but Roxas wanted to do his own before his mother signed it.

With a deep sigh, Roxas rolled onto his side with his back against the wall, looking at the clock on his desk that now said eleven thirty. He wasn't feeling tired because of the time change, having to change the time back an hour, and he was too overwhelmed by everything. He would be living in a state that snowed… a lot and would have to meet new people. He didn't do well in making friends; they would have to come up to him if they wanted to be his friend. He was what you would call shy.

Letting out another sigh, Roxas got up and tip-toed across the hallway, slowly opening his brother's door. Seeing that Sora was asleep, the blond quietly made his way towards his brother's bed and slipped in without jostling him awake. He could now fall asleep by his younger brother's presence and was out in seconds.

LINE-BREAK

The grocery store was definitely… different… and small. There weren't even a lot of people wondering around. They decided to go into Kenai since his school was there and went into the first grocery store that they could find: Safeway (Carrs was its original name). The store was nice looking, though, and the cashiers seemed nice. Some of the employees looked like they were still in high school and it surprised Roxas a little; they actually looked normal too for the most part.

The school thing went well and he was amazed by the school's large entrance. After that was done, they drove down a mile or so to here since it looked promising and it still did. The isles were clean, wide… he guessed. A small cafeteria was on his left when he walked in with a deli that sold Chinese food while on the other end was where you could buy some liquor. In the middle were the isles filled with food and near one of the corners held a movie rent out place even though there was a Block Buster not too far away; it was in the same parking lot of the store even.

"Roxas, can you go find some lunch meat for me and get two of turkey and two of ham for Sora and your dad?" his mother asked as she decided on what kind of toilet paper she wanted. She thanked him when he nodded and scampered off, wondering where he should look first.

Roxas walked down each isle, feeling stupid as he did it and remembered that the lunch meat would be close to the beef and other meats, which he had just passed when he went down another isle. He back tracked until he was at the meats and followed it until he reach the lunchables, sausages, and (finally) lunch meat. There were so many different kinds that Roxas was having trouble of which one to choose, trying to find the cheapest one. When he finally picked one and grabbed for it, he heard a mocking snicker. The blond turned around to see that it was the black/redheaded boy from before, only wearing different clothing.

Today he wore a white hoodie with a giant crimson red skull and cross bones on the front, an odd looking black cross behind it. His pants were black again, only they had a blue dragon on the left front pocket, and his shoes were bright yellow converse. The black eye make-up was still there, but a few of the earrings were gone with an eyebrow barbell in his left eyebrow to replace it. The tape was still there, but the fingernails that were showing were now blue and red, and the lip ring and barbells were still attached to his face.

"What?" Roxas questioned, suddenly feeling a little nervous.

"Don't get that kind of lunch meat; you'll regret it later," the tall teen replied, moving the blond gently out of the way and grab a different brand than what Roxas was going to pick. "This is the one you want, and it comes in different flavors." He jerked his head for the blond to look, pointing at them as he continued to talk. "You got your roasted, honey roasted, peppered, and your… however you say this one." He pointed to one that said mesquite. The older teen picked that one up and handed it to Roxas. "I would get this one since it's the best."

"Uh, thanks," Roxas mumbled, feeling grateful that someone had decided to help him out. "What kind of cheese should I get?"

"Tillamook all the way, best cheese there is." The black/redhead boy grinned toothily, giving Roxas a feeling that the teen was friendlier than he thought. "And when you get mayonnaise; don't get miracle whip, that stuff is nasty. Get the best foods brand."

"I see; thanks."

The older boy gave a lazy salute. "Anytime."

"Now… where do I find them?"

The blond gave a small smirk when the gothic teen gave a confused look before it clicked. "Oh right. I better show you so you don't get lost." The teen smiled at the younger boy when the blond gave a dry look, but followed after him after getting another thing of turkey and two things (which looked like small containers) of ham from the same brand.

They picked up the mayonnaise first along with the mustard since it was right there, then the cheese that was at the other end of the store towards the deli. Roxas asked where the bread was and the boy led him to the other side of the isle so they were now looking at the deli. The older boy walked along the shelf that held the peanut butter, jelly, the bread he needed, and some baked goods. Roxas picked up one thing of wheat bread and one of white, making a disgusted face at the white. Just then, his mother was suddenly there, looking at the list of things she needed before looking up and was surprised to see her son there with the man from yesterday.

She saw the items held in both their arms, and gave a small smile at her son. "I see you got all the sandwich items, making things easier on me." She crossed out the items that Roxas and the stranger had as they put the items in the cart.

"Thanks for the help… um," Roxas started, but trailed off when he didn't know the stranger's name.

"Axel and you're welcome." The smile the older boy gave caused Roxas' mother to give a bigger grin of her own.

"I'm Roxas, and this is my mother, Laura."

Axel greeted Laura and asked if they needed anymore help, which the woman quickly said yes to and asked where certain items were. Axel pretty much gave the two a tour as he grabbed a few items for himself and put them in the basket he was carrying (half a gallon of milk, juice, eggs, and bread), surprising the mother; she thought he was there to buy junk food. He did put a small box of pocky (Roxas had no idea what that was) in his basket, but that was the only junk he had put in.

"And that's it," the black/redhead finished, bringing them both to the checkout isles. He let the blond and his mother go first; watching the woman's face alter into a frown at the price she had to pay after everything was checked.

"I don't remember having to pay this much back in California," Laura mumbled, ignoring the cashier's displeased face.

Axel was then suddenly next to her and was putting down his phone number down on the card swipe. The price went down about twenty dollars and Laura was almost relieved, though still a little annoyed at the price she had to pay. She thanked the teen even though she had no idea what he had done, and began putting the bags back into the cart so she could wheel it to her car. The two said good-bye to Axel while the black/redhead, who said good-bye back, was paying for his own groceries. Roxas and his mother made it to the car just as Axel walked out of the store, but walked in the opposite direction from them with his phone in one hand and two bags in the other. Not too long afterwards, a car pulled up beside him and he slipped inside.

By the time the car was gone, Laura was finished putting the food in the back seat and was now calling for her son to get in the car. Roxas obeyed and crawled into the passenger seat, buckling up and shivering a little from the coldness even though it was warm enough that it was raining a little now. The drive back home in Soldotna was long and confusing until Laura finally made it back. Sora was outside making a snowman with some silver haired boy, both smiling as they put the middle on. The brunette, though, was up on his feet and running towards the car with an excited grin. He was on Roxas the second he got out of the car, asking his brother questions about what the school looked like.

"Sora let your poor brother have some space, you know he doesn't like that," Laura chastised gently as she helped Roxas get the brunette off him. Sora pouted, making her smile and the silver haired boy, that Laura just now noticed, chuckle. "Hello."

"Hello," the stranger replied as he leaned against the unfinished snowman, not knowing that the middle ball had yet to be packed down and slid off, making the silver haired teen to fall back against the bottom snowball and crush it. He gave an embarrassed laugh as he stood back up, his butt now wet. "I'm Riku Neely, your neighbor." He pointed to the off white, one story house behind him. "My mom wanted to greet the new neighbors yesterday and today, but she's been busy with her new job."

"Oh, it's alright," Laura responded, shaking the boy's hand. "I'm Laura, Sora's and Roxas mother."

While this Riku and his mother were busy talking, Roxas was checking the boy out to see what kind of guy his brother was dealing with. Long, silver hair that reached his shoulders with long bangs that were covering his ocean green eyes; pale skin, the palest Roxas had ever seen; army green sweater with wings on each side of the zipper on the chest area; washed out jeans that were wet at the bottom, knees, and now butt; black army-like boots with a skull on one side of each boot. The hat on his head was dark brown with two white stripes going around it and had a button attached near the side that had the word GANG BANG on it. He seemed nice, but was certainly interesting looking.

"-saw him and decided to greet my new neighbor before he asked me to help make him snow man… although, I was doing most of the work while he just slacked off," Riku finished with whatever he was talking about, giving his best friendly smile that almost chilled the blond. It did not look nice, but his mother and brother were oblivious to it. "Where are you going to school?"

"Kenai Central High School," Roxas answered, giving the new teen a small glare that promised death if he messed with his poor, sweet, innocent brother. "My little brother and I start Monday."

Riku's eyes widened just a fraction in glee towards Sora, which only Roxas spotted. "Really? You two are brothers? I thought you and Ven were brothers, I mean you two do look-"

"We are," the blond interrupted. "Ven's my twin. I decided to stay with mom while he came up here to live with dad." He ignored his mother's scowl and the small shout of his name as he turned towards the house and walked inside, Laura followed him.

"What was that Roxas?" she asked harshly, stopping him by grabbing his shoulder and turning him around. "You didn't have to act so rude to our neighbor, he was just being kind."

"It was nothing, just… PMSing," Roxas half joked. He took a step away from his mother and walked upstairs to his room. He closed the door and fell back first into his bed with a sigh, his legs still hanging off. The blond waited to hear his mother's footsteps coming after him, but nothing happened. "What a fucked up day it's been." Closing his eyes, Roxas retraced this evening's encounter with Axel, a really nice gothic guy he had met by chance. The older teen was nicer compared to Riku.

It was true what Roxas said about him and this other kid named Ven (really named Ventus) being twins. About 24 years ago, Laura was once married to a man named Cid and had Leon (23), Roxas (16), and Ventus (16) before they got a divorce because they couldn't agree on anything and it usually involved a lot of yelling after the twins were born. A year or so after their divorce, Laura got married to a man named Devon, who was Cid's friend, and had Sora over 14 years ago. Two years ago, Cid moved to Alaska, bringing Ven with him, and married a woman named Shera. So Sora is really Roxas', Leon's, and Ven's half-brother.

Axel might have known Ven, because when he first saw Roxas when he fell on his face, he looked so worried until he saw that it wasn't someone he knew and was with people he had never seen before, though the gothic stranger still seemed a little worried about Roxas' face. Axel hadn't said anything about Ven yet, leaving the blond confused. It looked like he was going to ask a couple of times today while at the store, but held his tongue back as Laura went on and on about what it was like in Chula Vista, California where they used to live.

With an annoyed sigh, Roxas rolled onto his side after he kicked his shoes off and dragged his legs up onto the bed. It was around four when he fell asleep, waking around six when his mother shook him awake to let him know that dinner would be ready in ten minutes and that he should wash up. Roxas obeyed and groggily got up, wiping the sleep from his eyes as he made his way to the bathroom to wash his hands. With that done, he made his way down stairs, the smell of Hamburger Helper wafting into his nose. The table, that had been pieced back together yesterday and been set into the dining room that was attached to the kitchen, was set with a few dishes filled with delicious food.

A few extra dishes were set, making Roxas puzzled. Soon enough, something jumped onto his back and hugged him from behind, making him almost lose his balance as a voice squealed happily in his ear. "Roxas! I missed you so much!"

The blond rolled his eyes when he recognized who it was, dropping on to couch back first, which meant landing on that someone rather than the couch. The person he was laying on 'oof'ed when they landed, which made the person let go. Roxas stood up and turned around to come face to face with a blond that looked exactly him, only his hair was less spiky and was a shade lighter. Blue eyes that were just like his, only a shade darker, looked back up with happiness glowing in them. A grin spread across his face widely as the twin stood up from the couch to hug Roxas, who returned it just as happily.

"I knew they'd be happy to see each other," a gruff voice stated from beside them, making the twins look up to see a man with short golden hair, eyes as blue as the sky, and short stubble on his chin. He grinned around the toothpick in his mouth at the two boys, receiving an excited greeting from Roxas.

"Dad!" Roxas was in his arms in mere seconds with a large smile.

"How's my boy?" Cid asked as he looked down at his smiling son.

"Good."

"That's good. I hope you haven't been giving your mother and step-father any trouble, are yeah?" The man let go of his son and gave a questioning look, fake scowling when Roxas pretended to look cute and gazed off to the side. Soon enough they were both laughing. "You better have been good to them or I'd smack ya!"

"Hey dad, your accent's gone, it's kinda weird." Roxas quickly changed the subject suddenly, it seemed to have worked.

"That's what happens when you live up here for a couple of years," Roxas' step-father interrupted as he greeted his best friend, shaking his hand with a large smile. "You're just in time for dinner."

"Am I? Good, I've been wanting to try some of her food again." The blond man licked his lips as walked into the kitchen where his wife and ex-wife were talking with friendly smiles, Shera helping Laura out with putting the filled plates on the table. "This doesn't look good, my wife being friendly to Laura, now I have two people who are able to pick on me."

The women laughed together, calling for everyone that dinner was ready. It was odd how a divorce had gone so well and everyone was still friendly with one another. Shera liked Laura the moment she met her this evening and Cid was not angry in the lest that his best friend married his ex-wife all those years ago; he was actually relieved that Laura found someone who would treat her better than he did. He and Laura were still friends, but they liked to pick on each other from time to time.

The evening went by quickly and Ven wanted to spend some more time with his twin, asking his mother and father if he could stay the night with Roxas. They agreed as long as it wasn't any trouble to Devon, Roxas' step-father, who said it wasn't any trouble at all and would be glad to have him over. The twins and Sora, after giving the two of them a pitiful and lonely look, were locked in the brunette's room, catching up on what had happened when they last saw Ven. Since it was Saturday, they stayed up late talking until they feel asleep in the small tent they had made in Sora's room using one of Roxas' blankets and a sheet, all three cuddling up together under a couple of covers.

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Axel toed off his shoes as soon as he was inside his home, a grocery bag in each hand. He looked towards his left and smiled to see that his grandmother was fast asleep on her favorite green, cushioned rocking chair, her knitting needles forgotten on her lap. A meow towards his right had him look towards the kitchen to see his pregnant cat sitting next to her empty bowl, meowing again once she knew she had his attention. Soon enough, a small brown puppy was beside her, whining in front of his own food dish. The goth rolled his eyes with a smile as he sat the bags on the counter near the refrigerator that sat close to the hallway, the ending wall being the only thing separating them.

The cat brushed her face on his pant leg, purring while the dog barked. Axel shushed the dog so he wouldn't wake up his grandma and dove into one of the bottom cabinets to pull out a small tub that held dog food and a small tub that held cat food, pouring a cup for each bowl before filling up the water dish. With that done, he put his own food away, only leaving out the milk and pocky. Axel grabbed a thing of strawberry syrup and made strawberry milk before he went into his room, turning on his laptop.

While the laptop booted up, Axel opened his treat and stuck a chocolate covered biscuit stick into his mouth. He put in his password, letting his desktop load until he deemed it ready to go onto the internet. It was almost four when he looked at the clock on his computer and it was already getting dark, but it was taking longer each day now that Black Friday had passed. That was the shortest day of the year; it only stayed light out for an hour or two before it got dark again. Axel shrugged it off as he got onto Facebook, not finding anyone interesting to talk to.

"Aww, Venny's not on," Axel pouted as he signed off before anyone he didn't want to talk to caught him. Thinking of Ventus, the blond looked exactly like that kid Roxas he had ran into earlier today; it crept him out when he first met Roxas and was even about to call him Ven if it wasn't for the kid's parents and (obvious) siblings that were with him. The only reason why the older teen even met him again today was because he had mistaken Roxas as Ven again. "They must be twins; brothers definitely."

The history between him and Ven goes back to when the blond first came two years ago during the summer with his father. They had bumped into each other on the beach when one of Ven's neighbors asked for him to come with them to have a bon fire. Ven's new neighbors made it as a welcoming party to him and his father, inviting a bunch of people to meet the boy and Cid. Axel was one of the people to be invited and he went just to be nice; he hated parties. But he was glad he went, he had gotten to make a new friend.

During the party, Ventus had wandered down the beach towards the mouth of the river. Axel was already down there, sitting on a large washed up log while drawing in the sand with a stick. The goth had grown bored with the party and wanted some time to himself, but he wasn't expecting to meet the kid that the party was thrown for. Axel jerked back, holding back a shout when a shadow loomed over him and looked up to see the most adorable thing he had ever seen. Ven was a little shocked himself, but not because Axel was cute, rather the opposite.

It was an odd meeting that soon turned into a wonderful friendship.

They do look a lot alike, but they're definitely different in personality, the black/redhead thought to himself. While Ventus was always happy and hyper, even when they first met, Roxas was calm and quiet. They dress differently too. Ven always wore light colors with a wrist band that he said was a good luck charm; Roxas wore colors that were dark, but Axel had only met him twice so what did he know, right? Then it came to him… Roxas? Fuck! I can't believe I actually forgot! Ven did say he had a twin brother a couple of times by the name of Roxas; how could I forget? Well… he doesn't talk much about his family life, mostly about his father and that's just about it.

Axel closed his laptop, set it aside, drank his milk, and made his way into the kitchen to make something after he set his cup in the sink, only to find his grandmother already making dinner. She smiled his way, her long, thick white hair done up in a bun as she mixed chopped up cabbage with smoked sausage, carrots, and potatoes in large pot with a little bit of olive oil. The puppy was beside her, looking up intently and expecting to be given a treat.

"Hey, Nirvana! What did I tell you about begging, huh?" Axel scowled at the small dog. The puppy walked over to his master with his tails between his legs and his head down. The goth picked up Nirvana and held him up to his face, a frown still etched on it. "No more begging for food that you can't have. If you're hungry, come get me or G-ma and bring either of us to the food cabinet." The dog whined pitifully, causing Axel to lose his scowl and smile, crushing the dog to his chest. "You're so cute; I love you!"

His grandma chuckled at the scene and the way her grandson talked. "Go get your sister and tell her it's time to eat."

"Roger that el'capytan." Axel gave a solute before turning on his heal to march down the hallway towards his sister's room. He knocked, waited for a moment, and then walked in to see his sister curled up on her side on her bed, a look of agony on her face as she held the lower part of her stomach. "Guess this is a bad time to tell you that dinner's ready, eh?"

"Yeah," the girl replied, her dark red hair clinging to her sweaty forehead, blue eyes clinched closed from pain. "Can you get me some aspirin and a heated water bottle? I'm in too much pain to get up right now…" She hissed as a wave of pain hit her, toes curling and fingers clinching her sheets.

Axel nodded, giving his sister a concerned look before he left to get the much needed aspirin, a glass of water, and an empty water bottle to fill up with hot water just for the occasion before rushing back into her room with the items. He gave the water bottle first, which she quickly grabbed and placed it between her thighs and the lower part of her stomach, so he could open the aspirin bottle and hand her two of the gel pills for now after she took a drink of water, swallowing them individually. He used his sleeve to wipe up some of the sweat from her forehead, giving one more concerned look and left.

"Is Kairi not feeling well?" the old woman asked when he came back into the kitchen and sat at the small round table. She sat a plate in front of him that was filled with delicious food, but Axel wasn't feeling hungry anymore now that his sister was in pain.

"Yeah, she's having some pretty bad cramps," the tall teen replied, picking at his food with his spoon. It smelt really delicious, but his stomach didn't want it right now. "I don't know how girls can handle this every month."

His grandma chuckled at the boy's concerned frown, taking a bite of her own food. "It's nothing bad; just think of it as a good sign that Kairi's still able to have children and that she's not pregnant. The aspirin should work here in about twenty minutes and she'll be out here eating with us soon enough." She grinned that wise grin of hers that always made Axel feel better, causing him to feel hungry again and eat.

She was right though; twenty minutes later, Kairi came out, all sweaty and gross, but her stomach was telling her to eat even though she felt a little bloated. Her grandmother gave a small sample of each dish she made, not wanting her granddaughter to feel sick before going to bed.

After dinner, Axel and Kairi did the dishes while their guardian put the food away and cleaned up the kitchen. Soon afterwards, Kairi went to go take a relaxing bath while Axel decided to watch some TV for a while, watching an episode of Psych while relaxing on the couch. His sister joined him soon afterwards, practically laying on him, while their grandmother began knitting a blanket-for whom, one would have to find out later on.

"Ven called today while you were out, Axel," his G-ma stated after a little while, not looking up from her work. "He tried calling your cell, but said it was busy. He said that his brother moved to Soldotna yesterday in a house that Cid had recommended for them to buy online." She smiled down at her work. "Didn't Ventus say that he had a twin a couple of times about a year back?"

"Yeah, I just remembered that today, actually," Axel answered, running his hand through his sister's, who was falling asleep, hair. "I think I met that twin yesterday and today."

"Really?"

"Yup. Same spiky blond hair, same height, but different attitudes. But what do I know, Roxas could be just shy." Axel shrugged.

"Is that his name, Roxas?"

"Yup. Met his mom too, Mrs. Laura."

"I see. We're going to have Ven show us where they live so we could give them a proper welcome sometime this week." The older woman seemed thrilled at the thought and was about to get up to get the phone until she saw what time it was. "I'll call tomorrow morning if anyone's awake."

"'kay."

Lou-pie: so what do you think? Review and let me know. The chapters are going to be longer, as you can tell, but there's a lot about Alaska and stuff to do in Alaska that I'm going to have these KH boys do. I think it's going to be fun! I kinda got the idea from WTFChocobo's story 'Did you say Alaska' and asked if I could do something similar to it, she said I could so I had to type this up. Hope you enjoy it!