Marluxia poured out the container of coco puffs into a bowl, yawning as he did so. He was awake but still a little sleepy. Which was reasonable, he had had a long first day yesterday. He had to memorize all 10 of the organization members names and meet every single one of them, he knew he was going to hate a few of them from the start. His mind had already given them their labels. Xemnas, superior; Xigbar, drunk jackass; Xaldin, just a whiny bitch; Vexen, hasn't actually met yet but sounds boring; Lexaus, a strong silent guy that should probably be on the good side of; Zexion, Cute emo kid; Saix, kiss up to superior; Axel, crazy pyro; Demyx, Cute but waaaay dense; Luxord, drunk gambling brit. that's overprotective. Then there was him. The Mr. Graceful assassin number 11.

He let out a sigh, several of them had thought he was a woman he made a mental note to smack all those people later. The assassin then proceeded to eat his chocolate morning delight at the table. Losing himself in the chocolate goodness of it all.

Once he finished he took his dishes to the sink then sat back at the table looking up at the clock, it read 4:30 am, he scowled he had a nasty habit of getting up early. He'd pay 10 bucks to anyone who was up at this hour in the castle.

That's when someone stalked into the room, mumbling to themselves. Whoever they were they zoomed right past the startled pinkett not giving a care about what hour of the day it was. Marluxia leaned to watch the figure go into the kitchen. They were dressed in black, obviously, but Marluxia only saw the back so he saw long platinum blond hair whisk by.

Marluxia hopped out of his seat to find the blond making a cup of coffee continuously rambling to themselves. He starred at the blond then to the floor, he wasn't sure if he should disturb the process that the stranger was going through or not. That's when they turned around to reveal that they were a man.

The blond man first appeared startled by the pinkett that was looming behind him then he glared at him. "And who are you?" he questioned in a husky voice, piercing daggers into Marluxia with his eyes.

"Pardon me, but is it only polite to give your name when you ask for another's?" Marluxia humphed as he crossed his arms giving a glare right back to the blond.

He tightened his eyes, then sighed. "I don't have time to deal with someone who's going to play at Axel's stupid games." he snarked then took his cup of coffee and zoomed pass the assassin once more.

"Hey!" Marluxia said insulted. He then followed after the blond. "What did I do?" he questioned as he finally caught up to the other man.

"Why are you following me?" the other man complained. "Get lost!" he flicked his hand as to shoo away a fly.

"I would if I had someone to show me around, this castle's huge." Marluxia commented, chosing to ignore the first question.

The blond stopped and turned glaring coldly forcing Marluxia to jump back in shock. "Who are you what's your rank?" he demanded in a superior voice.

"Marluxia," the pinkett sighed. "Number 11." he then smirked at the blond, "And what would your name be?"

The man glared but went back to stalking off. Marluxia fallowed. "Hey that's not fair!" he shouted after him.

"Several things in this world aren't fair, and my name is of none of your concern." he then opened a portal and stepped through it. Marluxia quickly followed before it closed. The area the two appeared in was a dark and very cold laboratory. The blond turned annoyed "Would you stop tailing me? You are such a stalker!" he bellowed aggravated.

Marluxia shrugged and looked around at the poorly lit laboratory. He noticed the temperature instantly. "It's so cold in here shouldn't you turn up the heat?" he rubbed his shoulders.

The blond nobody turned to his work and set a clipboard down. "I like it cold, if you don't like it, get the fuck out!" he hissed out irritatedly.

"But if I leave I'm just going to get lost again." Maluxia shrugged.

The man let out a sigh. "Fine, you can stay just DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING!" he stated then went back to his work. Marluxia nodded knowing that the man probably couldn't see him, and took a seat in the corner.

After about 15 minutes of sitting still and in silence Marluxia couldn't take it anymore. "So are you going to tell me your name?" he asked slurring out his words.

"No, and I have no intention of doing so. So shut the hell up!" seethed the other man as he looked through a microscope.

Another 10 minutes of silence. "Can I help?" Marluxia perked straitening his back. A shudder went down his spine. His boredom was really getting to him he was offering to... help! The thought disgusted him beyond words.

"No, just stay in your corner and be quiet!" the man commanded. Well that twanged something in Marluxia's anger. He had offered to ... HELP the blond and he dares retort it with "Stay in your corner"?

"What's your problem I was trying to be nice, is there like a rule against being nice to the new comers or do you just have a stick up your ass?" Marluxia finally regaining his normal cocky state.

This made the working man perk up and turn to the pinkett, slowly and more calm than Marluxia would've preferred. "I'm only cruel to imbeciles and you " he flicked a finger towards the assassin. "Are most indefinitely that." He sat laxed in his rolly chair.

"How DARE you say that? I bet I've got more brains than you do!" Marluxia stood from his seat, fists clenched.

"Oh pardon me I thought you wouldn't understand the vocabulary I was using." The blond gave a sly grin as if he were messing with a child.

The pinkett marched up and flung his face so close to the other males that their noses were touching. "Don't underestimate me, I may look young but I'm far out of your league." he whispered dangerously. That made the blond stop for a moment, exactly what Marluxia wanted. He swung his head back once more. "Pardon but I wasn't able to catch your name."

The blond came out of his trance and glared up at the assassin. Apparently he didn't like the idea of having someone manipulating him. "Vexen Ranked number 4" He seethed out. "Now get out of my lab before I freeze you to death." He hissed.

Marluxia did as he was told with a swagger of confidence in his step. Though on the entire escapade on trying to find his way back to his room he couldn't help but think that the little academic was... kinda adorable...