“Axel.”

What normally would never have woken the man made him jump awake instantly. He blinked a few times, before his eyes widened, seeing Roxas.

“Nnnh? Roxas? You’re awake?” Axel was about to ask Roxas how he was doing, if he needed anything, but the boy interrupted.

“Shower.”

A pause as Axel looked at him, thinking. Roxas didn’t even register the reaction, the other man. Nothing from outside seemed to be filtering in. There was only the voice in his head, and at the moment it was demanding a shower. Clean, make me clean, hurry I need to be clean.

“Sure, Roxas, I’ll show you where it is.”

His feet carried him automatically behind the redhead until they reached the bathroom. Axel pulled a towel out of a cabinet for Roxas, but the boy didn’t notice. His eyes on the shower, he began stripping off his clothes – the same ones he’d been wearing since yesterday evening – without a thought apart from clean clean clean clean.

Axel retreated hastily when he saw what Roxas was doing. His footsteps disappeared down the hall, unnoticed by the boy, and Roxas turned the water on. It was scalding hot within a minute, but he didn’t feel it. He found a bar of soap and began to scrub himself compulsively, desperately. He was soaked and soapy, but he couldn’t feel any of it. The water didn’t seem to touch him…he still felt dirty dirty dirty. He scrubbed and scrubbed, and he didn’t even notice when the bar of soap disappeared. The water began to wash the suds away, but Roxas was still scrubbing. Finally, the voice stopped chanting clean I’m filthy make me clean…and whispered instead – Naminé.

Tears overflowed from unseeing blue eyes again, mingling with the water running down Roxas’ face and body. His arms fell limp at his sides as he stood in the shower, no longer trying to be clean. The emptiness filled his mind and the pain filled his entire being as the tears fell silently and the water beating down slowly turned cold.

- Show me the money; Chapter 11; KuroSora1984

Normally I despise Akuroku. This fanfiction has altered that hate. So here is some fan-art for the epical . Ssrly, go read 'Show me the money' nao. Yes, RIGHT NAO.

But ugh, colors just don't work for me, but the way I pictured it and wanted to make it, it had to. Yes Axel has moderately pink shower curtains...