Author's Notes: Inspired by angel-puppeteer's fanfictions (which are SasuSaku). Apparently I had to put 'x's since dashes don't work.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or anything associated with it.

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"I love you, Roxas."

One smile. One kiss. One laugh. One touch.

"I love you too, Axel."

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Cerulean eyes stared into reflecting green ones, and only three words came out of his mouth.

"Who are you?"

Axel's eyes widened and he felt like he just got a blow to his chest, where his heart should have been. The phrase just kept repeating in his mind.

Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?

Who.

Are.

You?

The fire wielder felt sick. He just wanted to go into a deep, dark hole and stay there. The feeling settled in the pit of his stomach. The moment was nauseating, and he stepped back to regain a hold of himself.

"It's me, Roxas. You know, Axel."

He tried to reassure himself that this was just a cruel joke or a horrible nightmare. The only problem with that was... Nobodies did not dream. Axel turned around and quickly created a portal, which he went through.

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Roxas watched the stranger disappear. He had to admit he was handsome. Red hair, green eyes, and a nice body.

I don't know you.
I don't remember you.

He clutched his head and screamed.

But I want to.

-static-

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Axel cried. He sank down, covered his face, and let the tears roll down his cheeks because right now, he didn't give a damn about what anyone else thought.

He just wanted his old Roxas back, for God's sake. Was that too much to ask for?

Roxas had been a huge part of his routine. Almost everything involved him. But now that he was gone, nothing was the same anymore. The delicate balance that kept Axel sane had fallen apart.

You had forgotten so easily.

He stared into his hands.

So who am I?

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The next time they met, it was...to put it in a word, awkward.

"Why?" Roxas was quite the curious boy.

"Why do you act like you know me?"

"I..." Axel couldn't come up with an answer.

What if it wasn't acting?

He wanted desperately to reach out to him and touch him and just love him again.

"I don't know you. Not anymore."

He ran again.

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Roxas has been thinking about the handsome stranger that constantly invades his thoughts and dreams.

I don't know him.

-static-

((His warm touch lingered over his body as his breath met the blond's lips and whispered three words. "I lo--"))

-static-

Who was he?

Or rather...

What were we?

Roxas groaned and plopped onto his bed in a ball.

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"It's too late." He whispered more to himself than the blond. "It's way too late."

"But Axel, what we were back then--"

"We aren't anymore." Axel smiled.

All protests fell dead on his mouth and left a wretched taste in the back of Roxas's mouth.

I want to know you.
I want to know what we were before.

Roxas reached out desperately before he let out a scream as a chakram was rammed into his back.

"I don't know you."

He saw the sad smile on Axel's face.

"And you don't know me."