AN: Just a silly little one-shot set in the Matchmaker line. It has a few spoilers for Kingdom Hearts 2.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fun pineapples!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Lassiter always enjoyed listening to Shawn and Alex. He rarely ever had any interest in what the Spencer cousins were actually talking about, but Alex always managed to get her cousin at least a little pissed and defensive. As far as he knew, she and Henry were the only ones who could do it on a regular basis. Gus would get lucky, sometimes, but Alex was the best at it. Lassiter figured it may have been the fact the two had a very close relationship. Whatever the reasoning behind it, Lassiter loved the fact it happened.
He had been doing paperwork all morning, so it was nice to have the psychics come in and distract him for a bit. The cousins were by O'Hara's desk, Alex leaning against the wood, and Shawn had his back to him. From what he could gather, they were talking about a pair of video game characters.
"Seriously, Shawn, Axel and Roxas were totally a couple."
"No, they were just friends."
"Nope, they were lovers."
"Best friends."
Lassiter glanced up when Alex didn't respond right away. She had her head cocked, finger on her chin.
"Best friends with benefits?"
"Alex, they were just friends."
"I've heard it both ways," she said with a dismissive wave of her hand. Lassiter smirked at Alex's use of one of Shawn's phrases. One of these days, he'd have to ask which one of them started it.
"Alex! No you haven't!" Lassiter didn't bother holding back his grin. Here came the pissed. "Roxas and Axel were not lovers. They were just friends!"
"Then explain why when Roxas left the Organization, he said no one would miss him, and Axel said that wasn't true, that he would miss him."
Lassiter saw Shawn's shoulders tense under his motorcycle jacket. Here came the defensive. "Because that's what best friends do! If Gus decided to up and leave and say no one would miss him, I would tell him that I would miss him. Does that make me and Gus gay?"
"Since when did this conversation turn to you and Gus? We're talking about Roxas and Axel. My second point: When Axel died, Sora was sad. Why? Because Sora is Roxas. Explain that one."
"Axel had just given his life for Sora. Of course he'd be sad. If Lassie did that, I'd be sad, too."
Alex blinked. "You weren't supposed to make that connection."
Lassiter watched Shawn's shoulders slump, probably confused. "What?"
Lassiter decided to take this moment as an opportunity to try and get the best of Shawn and get in some fun revenge. He stood up, and quietly walked over to the pair, adjusting his direction so he'd end up walking past them without the younger man seeing. He saw Alex's grey eyes flick to him and she started saying something else about pineapples, probably trying to help by distracting her cousin. As he walked past Shawn, he smacked the psychic's ass and just kept on walking.
Behind him, he heard Shawn say, "Hey, that is private proper . . . ty." He looked back over his shoulder as Shawn's voice trailed off, and to make it even funnier, Lassiter winked. He smirked when Shawn turned a bright red. Then he had to fight back a laugh when Alex said, "It seems Lassie would indeed hit that." He turned back to see where he was walking when she started laughing.
"Alex! That isn't funny!"
"Sure it is!" Then she screamed and a moment later, he heard them running, and Alex ran past him with an embarrassed Shawn chasing after her.