Architecture and Blondes
By: Thanatos Angelos Girl
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts.
A/N: This is an twoshot to help me get back to the swing of Akuroku. Anyway here is the first part!
Axel Beat set down his pretty, state of the art guitar to raise his eyebrow at the blonde before him. It should be a crime really. To rip his cherished and valuable gaze to something so rough looking, disheveled like the blonde panting before him. The boy was in all degrees "messy".
The boy with his unruly blonde hair and messy, rumpled and wrinkled clothes was trying to speak and to breathe at the same time. Now while Axel appreciated this little show he needed to get back to business. He flipped open the vanilla folder on his lap and looked at the name written in rushed, curly cursive. Then after putting a name to the young boy's face he put the folder back and waited.
To say Axel Beat was a patient man was a lie. Whoever, was naïve enough to think this needed a wake up call and all his employees at Beat Enterprises could attest to this. Axel was fiery tempered, rash, and passionate. He believed everything he believed in with a fire so bright that when he explained his reasonings and beliefs the room was silent, captivated at what he said, listening to every word and following every letter he made with his thin and pink lips.
One of Axel's beliefs was that this, being horridly late, was a cruel and despicable thing that only people who were scum or just absolutely idiotic could possibly think to do to the owner and founder of Beat Enterprises.
This man had done exactly that though and the only reason Axel honored his own commitment to this was simply because what he said was law and his word was his honor and he intended to keep his honor, even to a man that was wasting his time.
Having enough he pulled at his jacket and cleared his throat. The boy looked up sharply, his cheeks sporting a red blush that contrasted deeply with his porcelain skin. He ran his left hand through his hair and he looked Axel in the eyes.
Axel felt a shock enter his body as he stared at icy blue eyes. They were filled with a kind of warmth at the moment but Axel could tell that either the boy was a fighter or he had seen his fair share of cruelness in this world because of the slight difference he showed in them. Whatever made the boy's eyes like this it sent chills through his spine and alarms seemed to ring in his head. The blonde's eyes also sent thrills through him and Axel decided then and there the boy was pure lucky to have those startling blue eyes or else he might not have had his attention.
"So I see here you are applying for the job as one of the management interns for the Architectural Design Wing is this correct?" Axel asked and he watched as the boy surveyed him.
Axel knew what the blonde was seeing. Axel was the most eligible bachelor in Radiant Garden. He owned Beat Enterprises after all and he was, in his opinion and others, a gorgeous man. He had startlingly emerald green eyes and a long spiky mane of fire red hair. He was of a lanky but muscular build and he was very tall. He towered over some of the men he met, with his long legs. Overall, Axel Beat the fiery, passionate, and determined businessman had everything he wanted. He was on the top of the world.
Beat Enterprises was successful not just because this company had an amazing man behind it but it had many different levels and things the company did. They did advertising, architecture, music recording, and they controlled some banks. Axel owned half of the land and he planned on gaining more.
So as the boy sat down before him Axel had to examine him to make sure he was smart enough and appealing enough to be a face or representative of Beat Enterprises. He was at least five years younger than Axel and as he idly opened the folder with the boy's application in it he saw he was right. The boy was seven years his junior. He was twenty and just out of school. He had little experience except for a few projects he had assisted with. He also had honors for his originality from his design school.
"Yes sir I am. I am Roxas Thunder and I am will be the intern for the Architectural Design Wing management. I will be the coffee boy, the rare opinion and the person who stays the longest in that office." The boy said sitting down across from Axel with a confident look in his eyes and his stature straight and filled with strength.
Axel would have been impressed if he hadn't seen, or felt through the floor, his shaking leg. The one sure-fire sign the boy was nervous. That and his little show he had put on earlier were a great contradiction and Axel laughed.
The boy blushed crimson and he looked as if he couldn't believe Axel was laughing at him but how could Axel not? The boy was trying to be strong and confident when he wasn't and even after he had shown the signs of that. He was young, foolish and Axel didn't know how he could let someone like that with a great percent of being late work at his company. He just didn't know how he could be a face of Beat Enterprises. Axel calmly stated his concerns and also mentioned how he had little experience even for an intern.
"I know, I do know but I promise I could do it. I know that if you just let me I could prove myself to the head of the wing and you." The blonde haired boy asked.
Axel sighed and thought. The wing was his favorite because architecture was his passion and he didn't know if he could let a young boy ruin its face even if he was a cute twink (and even if he had a cute blush). He hated denying people (this boy was definitely not an exception) and watching their faces lose that fire of passion and hope. However, his business was his baby.
He sighed and started to close the folder when a blue piece of design paper stuck a bottom corner out. He forgot he had asked them to submit their work but he knew the boy's redemption would have a slim chance not unless his work was modern, contemporary, and something with it's own signature. Basically, something you knew came from this person no matter how different.
The blue piece of paper was a classic building that was obviously influenced by the Renaissance architecture with a hemispherical dome and Composite columns that run along the sides of the building. The plans also revealed arches that people would walk under that would give the feeling of wonder and would make them believe they were walking into a castle. Axel could also see thoughts of how to incorporate some modern features to the classical building he had sketched.
Axel had found the boy's signature, he was a mixture of Renaissance and modern and Axel felt inspired ever so slightly. The boy seemed worth the time. Axel glanced up to those curious blue eyes and made his decision.
"Tomorrow you come here early or on time to the Design Wing and see Marilyn. She will be your mentor. If you are late I will fire you for I will not waste my time." Axel told the young boy and saw his eyes light up.
"Thank you! Thank you so much sir!" He smiled a crooked but charming smile. His blue eyes danced with a light in them. He was happy and strangely it made Axel a little lighter. Roxas smiled once more and then gathered his things and left.
"Took him longer to get here than to leave." Axel muttered still wondering how he had gotten so impulsive as not to check any of the other interns of that day or reflect on the ones from yesterday.
Axel gathered up his guitar and put it in its case and put it on the clear glass table. He stared at the folder as if he expected it to tell him why he had been so impulsive and why he had been so rash. Axel knew why though. There were two reasons.
One, Axel Beat was a passionate act first and think later person.
Two, Axel always had a soft spot for talented blondes with pretty blue eyes.
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