Always Reaching

Why must he be so TALL? It makes no sense that someone should be that tall. And SKINNY! It looks like he doesn't eat which isn't true since I just saw him eat a whole large pizza by himself in one sitting.

"Where do you put it all?" I yelled to my boyfriend of four months, Axel – who at the moment was stuffing another piece of green pepper and mushroom pizza into his already full mouth.

"Wah?" He mumbled giving a very confused look at me from across the table.

"The food." I repeated. "Where do you put it all? I have seen you eat a large pizza with two boxes of Buffalo wings but no weight gain or even stomach for Christ's sakes."

"Nawt mai 'ault." Axel attempted to say with his mouth still full of pizza.

"Axel, at least talk without food in your mouth." I said peeling off a piece of mushroom from my cheek.

After taking a moment to swallow the remaining food in his mouth Axel repeated his previous statement. "Sorry. What I said was it's not my fault."

"How is it not your fault? I would love to hear this."

"Family genetics."

"Huh?"

"Can eat whatever we want and gain nothing. Hence why you get to gaze at this wondrous body every day." He said while sliding his hands down his torso and waggling his fiery red eyebrows.

I could only roll my eyes at him. It was during the first week of us dating when I made the mistake of telling him how much I liked his body and now the bastard wouldn't let me forget it. Axel could really be narcissistic at times and any little ego boosting statement would keep him happy for weeks.

"Anyways are you ready to go? Or would you want to order another pizza?" I asked looking at the three large plates in front of Axel compared to the one in front of me.

"Nah." He said while getting up from the booth to take out his wallet. "Besides I don't think I would have enough money to pay for another pizza and still have enough left over for the movie and popcorn." He added after leaving the total amount on the table.

"You're gonna buy popcorn after eating three whole pizzas?" I asked, completely shocked that there was still room left. What exactly was his stomach made of?

"Yeah." He answered, holding the door open. "You can't go see a movie without having popcorn."

"You're impossible." I said shaking my head at his straight forward reasoning.

"Yeah but you love me." He said ruffling my hair with a smile plastered on his face.

"Conditionally." I stated playfully, knocking his hand away.

"Mean." His pouty expression made me smile. It's so easy to tease him.

It was a few moments of silent walking until Axel suddenly stopped. "Hey Rox,"

"Yes?" I asked stopping in mid-step.

"You got something on your face."

"Huh? Where? Where is it?" I asked attempting to wipe off whatever was on me.

"Stop that. You look silly." Axel said laughing at my annoyed expression. "Here let me get it."

Bending over so that our faces were inches apart, Axel licked the corner of my mouth. His lips so feather light as they hovered over. The action of his tongue was so quick that I almost missed the feeling of it next to my lip. Standing there in shock, I watched Axel stand straight back up licking his lips with a cheeky smile.

"Yup, I was right - tomato sauce. And you say I'm a messy eater."

"S-s-shut up!" I stammered, walking briskly in the direction of the theatre.

"Awww, come on Roxas don't be embarrassed!" He yelled chasing after me.

/END

Afterthought

To be honest it wasn't the fact that he licked me but he had to bend down.