The three best friends walked into the mall, headed for the photo store. They were trying to take the perfect photo so it could be the first one they hang in their new home together.
More like Xion was trying to.
"Let's go over the rules-"
"We got it, we got it. No fun whatsoever," Axel grumbled.
"It can be fun! Just no tongues, no hair pulling, no peace signs. Got it?"
Roxas rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Let's just get this over with."
The three got in front of the camera, Xion in the chair, Roxas on the arm of it and Axel standing behind them. "All ready?" the camera man asked.
"Ready," Xion smiled.
Their picture was taken. "Uh...?"
That wasn't the appropriate response for her perfect photo.
Xion got up to look at it. Neither of the two boys smiled. "Why didn't you smile!?"
"We were bored..." Roxas smiled.
"Smile, damn it!" She stomped over to the chair and sat down. "Can we take another one?"
"Sure thing. Ready?"
"Ready." Once again, he took the picture. After he saw it, he laughed.
"What now?" When she looked at it, she saw Axel was stuck in his shirt. Looking back, he was still stuck in his shirt.
"I don't even know how that happened," the camera man laughed. Roxas looked back and fell over laughing.
"Guys, this isn't funny! Axel, what did you do!?"
"I was itching..."
Xion shook her head, helping him back into his shirt. "Are we ready now!?" she growled to her friends.
"Why you yelling at me!? I actually smiled!" Roxas asked.
"Just smile, both of you. Axel, don't...scratch. Or whatever the hell you just did. We're ready!"
The camera flashed again.
"This is perfect...or at least it would've been."
"What happened now!?"
"The blonde one's texting..."
Xion threw Roxas' phone across the room. "What the hell, Roxas!?"
"Well excuuuuse me for checking on my pregnant fiancée!" he spat.
"You can check on her later! We're ready!"
Axel smiled, but because of his short attention span, he remembered a song that came out a while ago.
"Don't nobody kiss it like you, don't nobody kiss it like you, bang, bang, bang-"
"AXEL, SHUT UP!"
The camera flashed. "How about we take another picture?" the camera man offered.
"Go ahead. I don't even want to see it. We're ready."
"ACHOO!"
The camera flashed.
"I'm gonna...take another one..."
"Fine. Alright, get all your sneezes out now."
Axel scoffed. "We can't control our sneezes, Xi."
"MAKE IT HAPPEN!"
The camera flashed.
"I WASN'T READY!"
"Oops. Should I take another one?"
"Go ahead."
The camera flashed. Xion seethed when she saw Axel and Roxas do duck lips. "Take it again..."
"Wait, which one of those guys invented the X-ray, I have a test on-"
The camera flashed.
"Roxas!"
"I have a test! Ugh, this is hopeless! You should just face the fact that this photo won't be perfect!"
"Then forget it! If you guys won't be serious, then forget it!" She stomped off, leaving the two to their own devices.
"Should we get her?" Axel asked.
"Yeah, because later on, she'll complain about gaining weight from the Great American Cookie sample tray.
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Axel and Roxas convinced her to go back to the photo shop so she could take her perfect photo, even though they no longer wanted it.
They all took their places and took the perfect photo. Something was missing from it. Though the two were smiling, they looked bored. This wasn't the perfect photo.
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"Come here, guys. I want you to see me hang the perfect photo."
The two of them sighed, but got up to see it anyway. Once it was on the wall, they saw it was the duck lips photo.
"This? Why'd you pick this one?" Axel laughed.
"Because pobody's nerfect. You two surely aren't. You were being yourselves in this photo. To me, that's perfect."
Roxas smiled. "I don't like it."
Xion frowned. "Wait, what?"
"Yeah, this is weird. I like the other one better."
Well...so much for the meaning of friendship...
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Happy Sea-salt Trio day!