Memories of a Feisty Man (Axel x Reader) Ch. 3

You stormed through the halls, your anger practically emanating off you. Your (e/c) eyes were puffy from all the crying. You couldn't stop the tears, no matter how hard you tried. Wiping your face aggressively, you thought about where you were going to go.

'Come to think of it, where am I now?' You look up and find yourself on the first floor near the stairs. Making up your mind, you decide that under the stairs is a good place to hide, so you crawl behind them. You just don't want to be around anyone right now, especially that jerk. 'Who does he think he is anyways? Laughing at me...idiot...' You continue to think thoughts like this as your soft cries echo off the staircase and fill your ears with your own sorrow.

~Scene change to gym~

Axel was still frozen in place, his hand resting on his shocked face. "Wha...what the hell did I do..."

Saïx and Roxas, both concerned about their friend, quickly hurried over to Axel. Axel slowly looked up at the both of them, puppy-dog eyes and all. "Guys, I really don't know...don't know what I did wrong..."

After exchanging worried glances, Saïx spoke up. "I'm sorry Axel, I don't know either."

Roxas shifted uncomfortably next to him, avoiding eye contact. Axel noticed his strange behavior. He let out a barely even audible "Rox?", his voice hoarse. Roxas sighed, still not looking at Axel, and began to talk.

"Well, I heard a rumor that you and Larxene were going out-" "AND YOU BELIEVED THAT SHIT!!! WHY THE FUCK WOULD I DATE HER!!!" Axel exploded on Roxas. Then, after thinking about what Roxas said, he looked at him with those eyes again, his voice now cracking, and whimpered, "Roxas, please tell me you didn't tell (y/n) that crap. Please please please tell me you know me better than that and you didn't fucking tell her, that that's not why she slapped me. Please."

Roxas finally looked over at Axel, his big blue eyes full of sadness. "..." He took a deep breath. "Ax, I'm sor-" Axel didn't even let him finish. He shoved Roxas or of the way and stomped right up to Mr. Leon, who was talking to Xion and Kairi.

"I think (y/n) needs the comfort of one of her gal pals right now, so considering you two are the only girls, I'm trusting you to find her, make her feel better, anything else you can think of to help her. Also, I think you should - uh oh, here comes Axel. Axel, let me finish my conversation first and then I'll talk to-" "I want to help go look for her," Axel cut in.

Leon pondered it, and then decided. "I don't think that's a good idea; she seems pretty upset with you."

Axel, reaching his wits end, turned around and stomped over to the wall. Everyone stared at him as his shoulders heaved up, taking in a deep breath, and then as he released his frustration with a right hook to the wall. Everyone stared in shock, seeing that he actually made a hole in the wall...the concrete wall.

Axel, his body heating up by the second, spun around and shouted, "FUCK YOU SQUALL! FUCK ALL OF YOU! I FUCKING HATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU! I FINALLY FIND SOMEONE NICE AND ALL YOU FUCKING BASTARDS TRY TO RUIN IT FOR ME! WELL GET THIS SQUALL. I DONT GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU SAY! I'M GOING TO GO FIND (Y/N), AND THERE'S NOTHING ANY OF YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME!!!" And with that, he stormed out of the gym.

Vanitas, being the closest to the door, looked over at the handle. "Shit. Ven, check this out. He actually melted the handle." Everyone crowded around, looking at the door handle. It did indeed look like it had been under intense heat, like it was under an actual fire.

"Oh no. What've I done," Roxas mumbled.

~To the hallways~

"Who do they think they are?! Well, I know who they are!! They're all ass holes..." Axel murmured to himself. "I'll find her... I'll find her, and I'll apologize for...for whatever I did... Wait... What did I do? Why should I apologize when I've done nothing wrong?! This is her fault... This is her fucking fault... I don't even know why I like her, she's stupid and sensitive and-" Axel stopped his rant, hearing something in the distance. "Is that...crying? Shit, (y/n)."

Axel began sprinting to the source of your helpless cries. "Why did I say all that stuff? I don't mean any of it. I really do like her, and I don't wanna see her-" Axel turned the corner, hearing the cries coming from behind the stairs. He walked around the corner, his heart almost breaking at the sight he saw. "-crying." He finished his sentence as he looked at you, crying your eyes out. You looked up at Axel, and stated crying even more.

"Fuck (y/n)," Axel sighed as he stifled a sniffle and wrapped his arms around you.

"Ow, Axel, get off!" You yelled, trying to shove him off.

"No (y/n), we need to talk. Just let me hold you for-" "NO, you don't understand, you're actually hurting me! It's like you’re on fire!" As soon as Axel heard the word "fire", his eyes shot open, and he jumped off you and looked down at himself in horror.

"D-Did you say fire? Like I'm... like I'm hot to the touch? No," Axel fell to the ground, hugging his knees and feeling his palms to check if you were right. "No no no no no. Not again. Please, no. Not with her here. I don't wanna hurt her. Please, please, no."

You sat there, shocked at the sight you were seeing. This big tough senior was having a breakdown right in front of your eyes. You were still utterly pissed at him for earlier, but you also didn't want to see him like that. Not to mention that nothing would get solved if you didn't talk it out. Your decision made, you started to crawl over to the heap of red hair, which was now full on sobbing.

"A-Axel? A-Are you ok?" You noticed how much you were trembling as you stuck your hands out to touch Axel's shaking shoulder. The second you made contact, Axel jumped a mile, and faced you with his hands up like he was being arrested.

"(Y/N) PLEASE, JUST *sniffle* JUST STAY AWAY!" With that, a little ball of fire shot out of Axel's right hand. Luckily, because of the angle at which Axel's hands were at, the ball only hit your shoulder, instead of your face. The fire sizzled right into your (s/c) skin, not having a chance to grow and engulf the rest of you.

You gasped loudly, throwing your hand to your shoulder, and sat back on your butt. The tears were returning now, determined to soak your entire face.

Axel began crying harder than ever before. He crawled over to you, but stopped before he touched you.

His whole world was crumbling around him.

"(Y/n)... (y/n), I'm so sorry. I don't know what to say. I never, ever, meant to hurt you, and I never would. Please forgive me," Axel whispered, looking at the ground. "Please."

The two of you sat there for a little, surrounded by the cries and whimpers produced by the two of you. Finally, Axel spoke up again.

"I'm sorry (y/n). I'll go now." He got up, hugging himself, and began to walk away. Your heart began pounding fast. Did you really want to be left here all alone? Did you really want nothing to do with Axel? Were you really questioning this when you already knew the answer? Taking a deep breath, you called out to the one person who might be more broken than you.

"Axel. Don't go, please. Just... just stay with me for a little... ok?"

Axel froze. He knew he wanted to go back, but he didn't want to hurt you anymore. "(Y/n), I don't know what I would do if I hurt you again. You uh, you mean a lot to me, and I'm not sure if I'm willing to take that risk."

*you mean a lot to me*

Your heart skipped a beat; a lump got caught in your throat, even though you were already crying; you looked up at him and waited for him to turn around and face you.

"Axel, I'm not asking anymore. I'm telling you to come back and stay with me."

Axel couldn't take it anymore. He started running to you, slid to the ground, and caught you in an embrace so tight you thought he would never let go. It was hot at first, but as soon as you wrapped your un-burnt arm around him, his entire body cooled down. You both cried to your heart's content, knowing the other wouldn't let you go.

It was a good 5 minutes before Axel pulled away from you. You had both long since stopped crying, but you also didn't want to let each other go. But now, you sat across from each other, looking into the other's eyes. Axel's emerald eyes were happy at first, but then they traveled to your shoulder, and they became miserable. He checked his hand first to be sure it wasn't hot, and then touched you shoulder. You flinched a little, but you nodded him on when he looked at you.

"(Y/n), I'm so sorry. You have no idea. Ever since I was little, whenever I got really frustrated, my whole body would just heat up. I... I never learned how to stop it, so I've always just hidden in a corner when it happened, determined not to hurt anyone. It... It didn't always work... sometimes I would still hurt people... and I would get so freakin' pissed at myself, I would usually run away. But I promise you, I never meant to hurt you. I just... I just lost fucking control. I'm so fucking mad at myself, you have no idea." He ran his hand through his hair, getting more and more stressed with every word he said.

You put your hand on his knee. When he looked up at you, into your (e/c) eyes, you flashed him the biggest smile you could muster. He laughed a little and ruffled your hair, and you were elated to hear the sweet sound of his laugh again.

"Axel," you started, "I know that you didn't mean to hurt me, even with the whole stupid Larxene thing. It's none of my business who you date or kiss or whatever, so-" "Whoa whoa whoa, hold on a minute. Let's get something straight. I'm not dating Larxene, and I've never even had the desire to kiss her. I don't know where that rumor started, but I'm as single as can be and I haven't kissed a girl for a while... well, that last part isn’t true, but I definitely haven't ever kissed Larxene. Ok?"

You snorted a little, and then started cracking up. "I'm so sorry. I'm such an idiot for believing that. I should've asked you before I flipped out on you, and I'm sorry." You took a second to compose yourself, and then put on a serious face. 'C'mon (y/n), it's now or never.' "Um, Axel, can I tell you something?"

"Sure thing kitten."

"First of all, don't call me that. Second of all, I just thought I would let you know, that I uh, I like you. No no no wait, let me do that again. When I see you, I just wanna cuddle and hug and UGH, this is coming out stupid. I get butterflies when I see you... no, that's no good either. Ummm..."

As you were going on your rant, Axel's face turned from a look of sadness (from not being able to call you kitten), to a look of confusion, and then softened into a look of relief. He grabbed your hand, making you blush and stop bumbling like an idiot at the same time. Axel laughed at your blush, running his hand through his hair again.

"Don't worry tiger, I know what you mean. I like you too, like like you, even though you're a freshman. But I'm not one to make someone my girlfriend unless we go out on a date first, ok? So I'll come up with something extravagant, I'll let you know, and then we can see where it goes from there, ok?"

You opened your mouth to reply, but you were so excited and happy that he liked you back that you couldn't find the words to say. You simply nodded your head furiously, hoping the blush would escape your face.

"Good," Axel said, as he leaned into you and gave you a kiss on the cheek. He lingered at your ear for a little though, just long enough to whisper, "And I really like you a lot. Got it memorized?"

You giggled a little and nodded once again. He kissed your cheek again, pulled away from you, and grabbed your hand. "C'mon, let's get back to class before the bell rings so Squall doesn't flip a shit."

The two of you ran back to the gym, ready to explain to everyone what happened. When you got there, Axel went over and apologized to Roxas and Leon. As he was explaining himself to them, everyone else gathered around you, making sure you were ok. You said you were, said everything was ok, and gave a wink to Xion. Xion squealed, knowing what you meant, and dragged Kairi away from the group to explain to her. Zexion noticed your shoulder, got the first aid kit, and started to clean it out and wrap it up. As he was doing this, you looked over to Axel, who was giving Roxas a noogie. Your heart started to flutter as you saw the man you were slowly falling for more and more.

'Ya, I got it memorized, kitten'