Love Comes in a Box
by lovely-sagacchi
Warning/Notes: This is my first fic, so please be nice. :P If there happens to be some grammical errors in the fic, I'm sorry, but English is not my first language. Comments will be greatly appreciated. There are no warnings as of yet (except use of language), but I might sneak in a bit of lemon here and there if you guys want me to. ;D
Disclaimer: If Kingdom Hearts was mine, what do you think Axel and Roxas would be doing by now?
Axel's POV
I hear beeping noises. Lots of it. And it's fucking annoying. I raise my fist and slam it towards the source of the noise. I hear something break. Slowly opening my eyes, I turn to see that I had just smashed my alarm clock to pieces.
Great. I'm going to need to buy another one...
Sighing, I turn over to my side so I can get some more of my beauty sleep. Well, I tried.
"Axel!! Get off your lazy ass!"
Fuck.
"Riku, do you know what time it is?" I ask my roommate groggily, rubbing my eyes. We've been living together in this house for about a year and a half now. So it was sort of a tradition for Riku to wake me up early everyday.
"Yes!" he exclaims. "It's one in the afternoon! Come on, Axel, get up! It's your birthday, for fuck's sake!!"
...Oh.
"So what?" I ask him. I never really did anything special for my birthday, anyway. So what was the point? I could just sleep the whole day off, and that alone would be satisfying enough. It's not like I needed a... a cake or anything. It's not like I ever got one.
Riku grinned. "Well, come downstairs! I got a surprise for you!!"
"A... A what?"
"A surprise!" the other repeats. "Now get up and wash up or something!" With that, he leaves the room, and a cackle could be heard, drifting away as Riku left.
Crap. If it's a surprise from Riku, it could never be a good thing... I didn't mean to say that Riku is a bad friend or anything, but sometimes he just...overdoes it. It gets kind of out of hand. And I don't think I want to find out what this 'surprise' is, because I have a strangely bad feeling about it...
Nonetheless I decide to get up before Riku comes back up here and chews my head off. After taking a shower, I put on some decent clothing and head downstairs.
"Riku?"
The aroma of a freshly cooked meal reaches my nose, and I inhale deeply. It smelled so good. Wait... was Riku cooking? I peek into the kitchen, finding Riku (with his back turned to me) cooking some eggs, and a whole meal placed neatly on the table. Riku was even wearing a pink apron and humming some kind of tune.
Was the person standing right there really Riku? Because I was gaping at him in awe.
"Riku!"
"Huh? Oh, you're here..." Riku turns to me, taking off the apron. "Look, I cooked you a nice breakfast, just for your birthday." He smiled sweetly. Something was up. I could smell it. Riku walked over to me and sat me down on the chair.
"Eat up," he said. "Your surprise will come afterwards."
Wait. This wasn't the surprise!? Nodding almost mechanically, I picked up the fork and stabbed a french toast, stuffing it into my mouth. Huh. This actually tasted good. I never knew Riku was a good cook. I ate faster than I would usually, all because I was curious about this 'surprise' being held for me by my closest friend. Picking up the cold glass of milk that sat beside the food, I gulped half of it down, and then turn to look at Riku.
"So...? The surprise?"
"Don't rush, don't rush," Riku says. "I bought you a cake."
Wow... A cake? No one has ever bought me a cake before... But this was awfully suspicious. I watch as Riku takes out a white box, opening the lid to reveal a small strawberry cake inside. As I reached for it, he pulled it away.
"Go see your 'surprise.' It's in the living room. You can eat your cake later." He smiled. For a second there, I could have sworn that he actually looked nervous. How awefully suspicious.
I enter the living room, where my so-called 'surprise' was. My eyes widened. There was a big box in the middle of the room, about half my size, and there was a red ribbon wrapped around it. Not only that. The box was moving. There was something in there.
I turn to Riku, who was grinning smugly with a look that said, Go ahead. Open it.
"Is it a dog?" I ask. "Because I should let you know, I'm allergic to dogs and I hate them with all my-."
"No. It's not a dog," Riku assures me. "Now go open it."
Hesitantly, I reach for the ribbons, pulling it off. The large box suddenly bursts open, all on his own. I practically gawk as something - no someone stands in the box, taking large intakes of breath. A boy. A short blond boy with spikey hair, and he looks at least one or two years younger than Riku.
The boy, after he finished recovering from being trapped in a large box for who knows how long, suddenly throws me a cold glare. Yeesh, how harsh. The dude then spots Riku, and points angrily at him.
"YOU!!!"
"Me?" Riku points at himself innocently.
The boy then starts shouting, "I was wandering down the streets looking for my brother, and you just... just kidnapped me!! And threw me in this stuffy box!!!!"
I turn to Riku, looking for an explanation. Why he would kidnap an innocent kid and give him to me as my 'surprise' had me completely baffled. I mean, do people these days do things like that?
"Look, kid," Riku starts. "You said you were lost! The least I could do was let you stay here for a while, until you find your brother."
"But you threw me in a box! Couldn't you just say that you wanted to help like a normal being!?"
"Woah, woah," my friend says, grinning. "Kid..."
"It's Roxas."
"Okay, Roxas," Riku continues. "Sure, I'll let you stay here for a while, for as long as you want, actually. But in return... You have be Axel's property."
"WHAT!?" Roxas and I cry out in unison.
"Well, I gave you to Axel for his birthday," Riku calmly explains. "So what do you expect? You belong to Axel now. You have to do whatever he tells you to do. It's an equal deal, you do that, and we'll let you stay."
"Riku, I think you're going overboard..." I murmur. "You kidnapped a lost kid and gives him to me?"
"Yeah, no need to thank me."
Hmm. You know, having my own personal slave doesn't sound half bad. But still... I feel a little sorry for this squirt. I look at Roxas, and then grins.
"Look, Roxas, you can stay until you find your brother," I tell him, and I can't believe I'm actually going along with Riku's deal. "But until them, you can do all my chores around the house..."
The kid kicks me in the shins and then jumps out of the box.
"FUCK YOU!!!"
"OWW... DAMMIT!" I stood there, holding my bruised leg as the kid runs off upstairs. Riku whistles as Roxas disappears out of sight.
"Didn't know the kid can cuss."
End of first chapter.
Hope it was good! Review, and I will love you. So far- well, to me, at least- the plot sounds a little interesting. Second chapter will be up soon if I get enough reviews!