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Househunters

Who:) and Roxas (

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When: Some time later in the afternoon
Where: Axel and Roxas' apartment
Style: Prose, but I'll follow whatever's cool with you, bro
Status: Closed

After taking a day for himself to just... sort out his thoughts related to quite a few things, Axel heads back home late one evening and immediately crashes in his bedroom, barely moving until he finally stirs later on in the afternoon the following day. It's clear he was exhausted especially after all those nights not following a proper sleeping schedule, but now he feels... a little better rested, all things considered.

Deciding that he'd rather not wear his coat today, Axel opts for a simple tank top and a pair of jeans then walks out into the living room where he spots all three of the baby chocobos sitting on the couch together. Well... he supposes they're not really babies anymore since they're more or less the size of watermelons now. They can't burrow in his hair and they can't all fit in the bathtub with Roxas in there with them and when they try to play around on the floor they usually end up bumping into things and knocking them over on accident.

... Hm. Maybe it's about time he discussed something with Roxas.

Thinking it, he walks over to the couch to pat each chocobo on the head before he makes his way over to Roxas' room. He hasn't seen Roxas in a little over a day now, so he really should show his face.

"Yo, Roxas. You in there?"

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After some of the recent encounters he's had with people he doesn't particularly like, Roxas is trying to pass the day more quietly (and hoping none of these people just decide to show up again). His door is open a crack, and Axel will find him lounging on his bed reading. He looks up as he hears his friend's voice.

"Yeah, I'm here. You finally up?"

Hey may have checked on him once or twice during that long sleep, but considering how poorly Axel's been sleeping lately, he didn't want to disturb him. He wonders if it's a good sign Axel got so much sleep or if it's just what happens when you reach a certain level of insomnia.

"Yeah," he says as he pushes open Roxas' door and leans up against the frame. "... I was just starting to think about something." Vague as ever while he absently glances around Roxas' room as if he's expecting to find something has changed. Well, at least he still has that obscenely large stuffed bear.

Axel still can't believe he went through with getting him that.

No, there isn't much different to notice about the room, except maybe the photos of Axel pinned to the wall above his desk, next to Namine's picture of Twilight Town.

Roxas sits up, half-closing the book and marking the page with his finger. He assumes after Axel's time away that this is something personal and important. He's always vague about that stuff. "What's up?"

That is just too cute for words, Roxas.

It's just a good thing Axel decided not to be away for much longer than a day. Any longer and he might have started thinking some really weird stuff... or just worried Roxas more than he ever had to. Anyway, he's home now and like he said, there's something that's been bugging him for a while now...

"I was thinking-- The chocobos are gettin' kinda big, y'know? I'm thinkin' it's about time we started looking for a bigger place."

Weird stuff like what?

Roxas gives him a wry smile. That's all? "Well, we kinda figured on that, right? I guess you mean- you wanna atually head out and look."

"Yeah, yeah, you know what I mean." He manages to grin at that then shortly after pushes away from the door frame so he can step inside and sit beside Roxas on the bed. "We could search now if you wanted. Or we could wait until you're done with your book."

"We can go now. If we wait, you might just fall asleep again."

Roxas searches around for his bookmark. Where did he put it? ...Axel, are you sitting on it? He may seem like he's peering at your ass.

He snorts at that. "After how long I just slept? No way I'm gonna pass out again. Don't you worry, man." Leaning back, he stares at the wall in front of him for a moment, but, feeling eyes on him, he glances back to Roxas in time to see him staring at a... certain... part... of his body.

Uh. Bestie, hello?

"You missing something?"

Roxas looks back at his face, completely oblivious. It's probably a good sign that he's not embarrassed about whatever he was doing.

"I think you're sitting on my bookmark." He gives Axel's shoulder a light push to encourage him to move over.

"Huh? Oh." Oh, that's what it is. Totally wasn't checking out his ass. Good. Right.

Axel moves as he's pushed, scooting over so Roxas can grab his bookmark without having to shove his hand under his ass. Thank everything. "Sorry 'bout that."

You know he does that at other times, though. When you aren't looking.

"No big deal." Bookmark retrieved, Roxas sticks it in between the pages and sets the book down on his pillow. "Okay. Let's get going."

As long as you're not shoving your hand under his ass too, you can do whatever you want, man. Whatever floats your boat.

With a nod, Axel stands up then starts to walk out of the room. There. Now you'll get a better view from here, Roxas. "Let's take the chocobos with us. Gotta make sure they'll like the place too. Right, kids?"

At that all three of the birds perk up then hop down from the couch to start flapping and jumping excitedly around Roxas and Axel's feet. Isa's the least bouncy of the three as per usual, but at least he still seems to be into the idea.

Come on, you might just like it if he grabbed your ass.

Hm. It does look pretty good in jeans.

Roxas follows him out, then laughs at the chocobos' reaction and reaches down to pet them on the heads if they'll stay still long enough. Which means he may have to settle for petting Isa. "I don't think they're that picky, but it's not a bad idea."

Popcorn jumps up and around Axel's feet to try and get his attention then with a laugh Axel reaches down to scoop the chick up into his arms. They may not be too heavy, but they are getting heavier now, gaining more pounds by the week. It'll only be a matter of time, he guesses, before they'll be almost half the size of their adult counterparts living in the chocobo barn.

"You think? I bet they'd hate it if we picked a place without a huge yard for them to run around in. Isn't that right?" he asks to which Sunset chirps below.

"They've been making do pretty well with just a hallway to run around in," Roxas says wryly. They're going to be tearing up the floors before long, too, with those talons they're growing.

Roxas straightens and makes his way towards the apartment door, Sunset and Isa chirping at his heels as though to insist they go find a good place with more than just hallways.

Axel carries Sunset all the way to the door, occasionally petting him on the head as he walks, but when Roxas says that the chocobo seems to protest, beating its wings and jumping down to join the other two. Heh. Looks like they're not ok with just hallways either.

"See? They want more than that, Roxas."

"Hey, we'll make sure they get it. We're gonna find someplace awesome."

Roxas steps out into the hallway, holding the door for Axel and the kids.

They'll just be forever known as their kids, ok.

The chocobos peep and cheep after Roxas as they follow and Axel steps outside along with them, hands at his hips. "Any idea where to start looking?"

"Hmm... Maybe there's some other big places around where Demyx and Faris live?" Their house is pretty gigantic. "Or we could see if there's anything close to the park. Then they'd have a ton of space to run around."

Demyx and Faris? Huh, he supposes it would be nice to do a little bit of searching around there to start. Shoving his hands into his pockets, Axel glances off in that general direction.

"Hmm... I guess they do kinda like the park, don't they?" he asks as he looks off in the opposite direction again. "Maybe we can start there and slowly make our way over."

"That works," Roxas agrees, turning for the park and motioning the chocobos along. "C'mon, guys." They know which direction this is, so it doesn't really require encouragement. They're going to the park!

After a little while, Roxas finally has to say something. "So- it seems like it helped, getting away for a bit."

The chocobos waddle along behind Roxas but at one point it looks like Isa wants to take the lead, moving up ahead of him since he knows where he's going and totally wants to show this off. Axel grins as he watches but then Roxas brings that up and he awkwardly looks away.

"Yeah... It was nice." He needed that time to sort out his feelings, he supposes. Feelings. Hm. "Sorry if I worried you at all."

Roxas slows his step just a bit for Isa to get ahead, smiling at the little chocobo's attempt at a confident strut.

"I wasn't worried 'cause of that. There's been a lot going on lately, and- I want you to be able to sort it out."

Axel knows that a little break for a day had been good for him, but at the same time the fact that he had to take a break at all bothers him. Is he really that weak? But he doesn't say anything about that and just nods, turning his head to face forward again.

"So, did you do anything while I was gone?"

"Sora came over to play video games," Roxas says. He hesitates, because he knows Axel isn't going to like it, but then adds, "Vanitas, too."

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