hey guys, its pira here!
i know chapter one is short, but i just wanted to provide basic character intros and looking at the many many pages of what ive already written, this seemed to be a good break-off point.
i hadnt meant to post this story really but a friend of mine read it and raved about how much she liked it so. . . here you go ^_^
i did try very hard to make axel in character, along with the other AU characters the reader will come across. i like to think i put cute little references to the actual games in places so have fun finding them all XD
of course we all know i only own my OCs and none of the kh chars or locations mentioned here
"Tai, your delivery's up" called Makayla as she placed the final part to my order under the heating tray. After double checking the address on the delivery slip, I called out my time
"Driver out, ten minutes!"
A chorus of "drive safe, driver!"s rang out behind me. Protocols: funny things. I glanced at the address. *sigh* another drive all the way up to Station Heights. What a pain. I read the label "New customer" hmm fourth new customer run tonight.
Since the GPS in the store was crap and got me lost half the time, I invested in a phone app that had an excellent GPS on it. I've never been lost with it. Handy.
Like any other delivery, I had the credit card receipt in my hand along with a pen (no one has pens ready anymore *sigh*) and the order when I rang the doorbell. Now, for the most part, I didn't bother looking to hard and customer faces. I mean the usual: meet their eyes when you talk to them, smile and be friendly, but the person who opened the door didn't require me to be told to meet his eyes. Startling green eyes, the reddest hair I've ever seen, and the most curious tattoos under his eyes.
This time I smiled genuinely "I have your pizza sir. It took 16 minutes from the time your order was placed to the time it arrived to the door." (we were required to say that to new customers) I had the pizza out and waiting for him to take it before he reacted. He was staring at me in surprise.
"youre a. . . GIRL!" he said, completely dumbfounded. "I didn't know they LET girls deliver"
Slightly weirded out, I replied, "uh, yeah. I'm the only girl deliverer for mahjong pizza actually, but if you could sign the slip sir. . ." I tried holding out the credit card slip for him to sign. He didn't take it but called behind him
"Hey Demyx! Get your lazy ass over here! You've gotta see this!" inwardly I sighed, I got paid half the munny I got in shop while I was on a run. This guy was making me mess with my delivery times.
"I'm very sorry sir but I have other orders waiting back at the shop, I really. . ." I was interrupted by a finger over my lips.
"One: call me Axel sweet stuff. Two: you can wait a sec, cantcha?" he winked and I inwardly sighed again, trying to keep my "customer smile" on. His friend showed up at the door, looking confused. I would be too; I mean, its just pizza right? But he had the same stupid expression on his face as his friend did.
"They let girls deliver?" this weird kid with a blonde mullet asked in the same tone that "Axel" had.
"Sir—I mean AXEL, please sign my slip, I really have to get back to my other runs." The one named Axel huffed and motioned for his friend to take the pizzas while he signed, though his smirk had me worried. He handed my pen and the top half back and stood there waiting. I just took the slip back and said
"Thank you, have a great night" and turned to get back in my car, but something grabbed my ponytail, pulling me back
"Owwwww!" I moaned as I turned back to face Axel. "Yes? Do you need something else sir?" I was pretty miffed that he did that.
He smiled again "Well aren't you gonna look at the tip?"
My reply was automatic. "It's against protocol to look at or count tips until after we get in the car. It's rude."
He just laughed. "That's no fun, I wanna see your reaction." So worriedly I glanced at the slip. My jaw nearly dropped off my face. 1200 munny tip? I looked back up at him, quietly snickering but as soon as I noticed me staring, he winked and said
"see you later delivery girl, I've suddenly got me a pizza tooth" after which comment, he shut the door.
I sped back to my car. This is gonna fuck up the in-store delivery time and my own personal record for sure. . . damn crazy weirdos. Sometimes I hate Twilight Town.
When I got back in the store, I called out my "to the door time" which was 16 minutes and the manager called me out.
"You were gone over twenty minutes! How could the delivery time have taken only 6 minutes to get there but 14 coming back?" I sighed. Good ol Ray, always managing the store and everyone in it
"They were a couple of weirdos" I rolled my eyes. "Darn guys have never seen a girl delivery person before so the guy wouldn't sign my slip for the longest time. Real pain; buuuuuut. . ." I held up the receipt for him to see. His mouth droped exactly the way mine had. That was 3 times your average "good tip" and 4 times a "normal" tip. I thought to myself that I would put up with that again if I got such a great tip again
Ray composed himself, "well, good job then but you have two more orders up. Chop chop"
I threw him a casual salute and got to it.
About a week later, I answered one of the phones (while waiting on a delivery, it was also a driver's job to answer phones. . . yaaaay)
"Hello, thank you for calling Twilight Town Mahjong Pizza, this is Tai, how can I help you today?"
"Hi there. Do you happen to know who's running deliveries right now?" the voice asked. Huh, odd question but whatever.
"That would be me sir, I'm the only driver in right now," I responded.
"Hmm, Tai, huh? Okay I'll have a large, all meat pizza then" I entered the order into the computer and took down his credit card information and confirmed his address. After assuring him that his order would be ready in about 20 minutes, we hung up the phone.
I cleared the address on my GPS and set out. Familiar neighborhood, I knew where I was going. Though when I double checked the address after reaching the house I groaned internally. . . THESE people again.
Normally, im not one to remember customers or their houses but for obvious reasons, I remembered these strange people. Here we go. . . I thought to myself, getting out of my car to ring the doorbell.
The Axel guy answered it immediately.
"So your name's Tai, huh?" he asked before I could say anything. He leaned against the doorframe casually, not looking like he intended to get his pizza anytime soon.
"Yes. . . ?" I replied. I wish he would just take the pizza and sign my slip like a normal person.
"Dem!" he called back into the house. "would you grab the pizza for me?"
"Why? Your'e right there!" came the disembodied reply.
The Axel character rubbed his forehead in a frustrated sort of way "just do it, okay?"
The mullet kid came out to get my pizza and sign for it, grumbling all the way. While I was busy with Demyx, the redhead reached into my pocket and grabbed my cell phone.
"Hey!" I shouted "Give that back!" He just flashed me a mischievous grin and started messing with it
"Look you. . . I'm not above taking this pizza and shoving it in your face, now hand over the phone!" I growled. So much for customer politeness.
"Tsk tsk tsk. Now if you behave like that, I wont give you a nice tip" he smiled nastily and handed back my phone. This man. . . infuriated me. Did he treat everyone like this or did he just think that because I was a girl pizza deliverer, I must be some flirtatious ditz? Either way, I was about to hit this guy. But he escaped me by signing my receipt and handing it back saying
"I will be seeing YOU again" another self-satisfied smirk before the door shut. I didn't bother to look at the tip this time because frankly, I didn't care. I've had it to the brink with guys and being played with was not on my agenda.
When I got back, I had to give another explanation to a grumpy Ray and for good reason. These long deliveries were really messing with our store records. I had to make up for it by doing all of the late driver's dishes that night. . . grrr.
so, i hope you enjoyed the first chapter. couple things i feel compelled to add:
-yes there ARE pizza delivery girls, just so you know
-yes, the way that particular shop is run is how it is in real life (trust me, i know XD)
-yes, i HAVE gotten people staring at me because i was in fact a girl driver. never had anyone yank on my ponytail before though :P just seemed like something Axel would do ^_^ anyways, i hope you liked it. and remember, this is an axel fanfic, all flames will just make Axel happy.