Roxas got through the morning easily enough. The princess had hunted him down shortly after he got something to eat and he put a smile on his face for her. But there seemed to be something different about her.. Something that wasn't there yesterday.. Well. Whatever it was, he knew it had nothing to do with him, so he wasn't going to dwell on the thought too much. All he needed to worry about now was ditching her in time to make it for lunch with Axel. That was the only thought that managed to keep him in a good mood around the annoying princess.

Axel asked a maid to grab the princess to ask about dresses. He followed her to the two. As soon as she got the princess to look away Axel grabed Roxas and pulled him out the maids door. "They so know about us." He said and smirked, grabbing the baset of fruits and sadwiches. "Come on. Shhh." He said as he slipped them out the se2rvants entrance and straight to the stables. "Can you get the horse ready by yourself?" He asked as he set the saddle on his own horse.

Roxas smiled lightly when he seen Axel enter the room. It looked like he was getting his chance to get away from the princess. So when he was pulled from the room, his smile grew slightly. But a sinking feeling started growing in his stomach, but vanished when the entered the stable. They already knew about them? That wasn't good, now was it? But he kept the smile on his face as he nodded. "Yeah. I think so." he said, grabbing the saddle and putting it on his horse. It took a few minutes longer than Axel did, but he managed to get it and he smiled happily.

"Nice, now stick to the shadows if you can, we need as few people as possible knowing that we're leaving. And don't worry about the maids, I told you they know everything and I think they just have their suspicions, it isn't confirmed. But how can they not know? This sudden change in both of our attitudes towards each other? The king and guards may be too daft to see it, but I'm not. And they're not."

Roxas nodded as he got up on his horse. He guessed the maids knowing might not be such a bad thing... Just as long as they didn't tell the king. That would more than likely end bad for both him and Axel. He led his horse out of the stable and made sure to keep as much to the shadows as he could. Not that it mattered. It's not that hard to see a horse, whether it was in the shadows or not. But he might as well try as hard as he could to blend in.

Once they were inside the trees, they rode quick to the little pond. He slid off the horse and took the saddle off of him. "There you go, go ahead and drink." He said, giving him a carrot. Axel made a picnic for the male on a large boulder by the water and he sat on one side, grinning. "Come on, I'll help you up." He said, holding out his hand.

Roxas smiled as the pond came in sight. Noone appeared to have noticed them leaving, which was a good thing. Once they were stopped, he slid off the horse as well and patted his neck lightly. He glanced over at Axel up on the boulder before nodding. "Alright." he said, reaching up and taking hold of his hand. He was sure he could have gotten up fine on his own, but he figured he might as well accept the help.

Axel handed him a plate and smiled. "Dig in. Complements of the servants." He said and bit into an apple, licking the juice off his lips. "So, did you have a good night? Sorry for slipping away so early." Axel said, his red hair falling over his shoulder. He watched the male eagerly and poked his sandwich. He wasn't sure if he wanted to eat it yet. He didn't eat too much other than fruit if he could help it.

Roxas smiled as he settled down on the boulder. He took a bite of his sandwich as he nodded. "Yeah. I had a great night." he said. He knew it was because of Axel and he felt happy by the fact. He didn't know why, but it was hard to not be happy around the man. "And you don't need to apologize. You did what you had to do."

Axel looked up at the male with a smile. He nudged one of Roxas' feet with one of his own and grinned. "Hey, no worries for me. The only reason I'll look back on last night was our time together. Which for the first time went by... pretty damn well if I can say so myself." He grinned and finished half of his apple, throwing the rest to his horse.

Roxas smiled lightly as he finished his sandwich. He probably should try to start eating slower so he'd lower his chances of choking, but the food was good so he couldn't control how fast he ate it. "I think it went by better than well. Great is more like it." he said, pushing a few stray strands of hair from his eyes.

Axel laughed and shook his head. "I can do better. I'll prove it to you one day. Just watch, I'll have even the moans blushing by the sounds you make." He teased and then leaned over, kissing the corner of his mouth. "But until then, sure, I'll go with great. Ego boosts are nice every once in awhile, you know?" He said and bit into his sandwich.

A dark blush spread across Roxas' face quickly. He dropped his gaze to the boulder for a second before he lifted his gaze to look back at Axel. "Sounds good to me." he said, forcing the blush off his face. He grabbed an apple and took a bite of it, wanting some fruit now. He was glad to boost the man's ego.. he just didn't want it to get too big.

Axel laughed and finished his sandwich surprisingly. He then slowly took off his shirt and threw his shoes and socks off the dry edge of the boulder and winked. He leaned forward as he unsnapped his jeans showing swim trunks beneath and he caught the males neck with a hand. He pulled him close and kissed him, hard, smiling the entire time. "Are you getting in?"

Roxas managed to get the blush off his face as he watched Axel taking off his clothes. But his blush came back again, this time not as strong when he was kissed. He kissed the man back happily. When he had the chance to breath, he nodded. "Yeah. Of course." he said, slipping his shoes and socks off and tossing them with Axel's things. He slipped his shirt off along with his pants to show his swim trunks underneath.

"Good. Now jump with me." He said and then grabbed the male, kissing him again, wrapping one arm around him and shoving off the boulder. They splashed into the water and he came up for air immediately, laughing. He moved to float on his back waiting for Roxas to rise to the surface.

Roxas laughed lightly before they jumped as he wrapped an arm around Axel. He kept a loose grip on the male as the went into the water. He came up for air quickly, a smile on his face. He probably wouldn't have minded staying under a little longer, but he was kinda breathless from Axel's kiss and he felt a strong need to breathe.

When he came to the surface Axel laughed and pounced on him. "ROX!" He yelled and splashed them both back into the water, his hands moving over the males body, pulling him close and he grinned. "You're cute." He said and smirked, touching the males jaw. "Very, very cute."

Roxas smiled brightly as he was splashed back into the water. A dark blush started forming on his face though when he felt Axel's hands on him. "I'm not that cute." he said, wrapping his arms lightly around the male. He didn't know why, but he seemed unable to accept a complement. But he was trying too, even though it was hard for him.

"Wanna bet? I feel you're too cute, I don't deserve you." He said and kissed the male, one hand moving to his wet hair. He pulled him back a little and kissed his neck slowly, his free hand moving around his waist and holding him close, legs kicking gently, keeping them up. He smirked and pulled back. "You doing okay?"

Roxas was silent for a second. He actually felt like he didn't deserve to be with Axel, but he didnt' want to think about that. He wanted to enjoy their time together for as long as he can. When the male kissed him, he kissed back gently, a blush spreading across his face as his heart-rate went up another notch. He bit his lip lightly when the male pulled away. He nodded slowly. "Yeah. I'm doing fine." he said.

"Good. I am having more fun than I should be..." He said as he saw the blush. He ran the back of his hand across his cheek and he shook his head. "You are making this so hard..." He whispered and then grinned. "I'm going into town tonight, and if you want to go with me, you'd have to go in disguise as the prince often did. We would be back tomorrow, and we would have a guard so we'd have to stay hands off, but if you're willing.... I am."

He was being asked to go to town with Axel? That sounded like a great idea! Maybe he could get the chance to see his family, even if he wouldn't be able to talk to them. But it would definitely be worth it... But the thought of having a guard with them wasn't to alluring. "That sounds like a good idea to me." Roxas said, kissing the male lightly. "But why does a guard have to come? You can protect me just fine.. And besides, then we wouldn't have to stay hands off."

"Because not only are you a target, so am I. I'm the kings right hand man. I know all of his secrets and... we're BOTH targets. But I will ask if we can go alone, okay?" He asked and kissed him softly, his hands wrapping around the male, and he pulled him in close. "Maybe we'll see Sora... You can say thanks, and so can I. I hope you stay Prince forever, seriously. You're much more interesting."

Roxas wasn't aware that Axel was being targetted. It made him feel bad about suggesting they should go alone, but he still wanted that time alone with the male. He smiled lightly and nodded. "Yeah. I'll be sure to do that if we see him." he said. Even though he already knew he wanted to stop by his house anyway, whether they had to have a guard or not. The thought of being the official prince wasn't a very appealing idea. Even though he was enjoying his time here in the castle, he still wanted to go back to his home one day.