Disclaimer: I do not own Axel or Roxas (much to my dismay lol) nor do I own Emma, Tom or Ryan...I own Jess (aka me) and that's it :)

Chapter 1: Chairbeds, Coffee and Creamy-Eggy Substances

It all started with a chair-bed.

I was visiting my sister at university, sleeping on a chair-bed on her floor. The house she shared with her two friends was kinda cold but the longer you were there the more you got used to it – apparently students can't afford heating. This morning was especially cold...well it would be, it being the end of November and all.

I could hear the faint sounds of Friends coming from the living room and looked at the clock, it read 8:09. I groaned, how did Jess always get up so early? I grabbed my shirt from the floor (just in case Jess's house mate, Emma, was also up), pulled it on and went into the living room. Jess was sitting there in her favourite hoodie, calmly eating a yoghurt. I plonked myself down next to her and she smiled at me.

"Hey sunshine," she sang.

"Morning," I yawned, running my hands through my hair. I looked at my sister and realised how little we looked like each other; she had short brown hair, blue eyes and glasses, whereas I had long red hair, green eyes and my stupid-drunken-mistake teardrop tattoos...I guess I got my looks from my dad (whoever he was) because Jess looks ridiculously like our mum. She looked at me quizzically and I suddenly realised she had been talking to me this whole time.

"Huh?"

"I said 'I have classes all day what are you going to do?'" I thought for a moment; I could go into town...but I'd been there everyday this week, I could stay here...but then I ran the risk of overhearing Tom (Jess's other house mate) and his boyfriend Ryan (not that I minded I just didn't want to hear it), I could go onto campus...and see if I could find a slutty university student to hook up with until Jess got home.

"I think I'll go onto campus..." I smirked, unfortunately she could see right through me.

"No Axel, no way in hell, you are not having sex in my room!" I laughed at the angry expression on her face.

"I promise, I'll just go get a coffee." I replied still shaking with laughter. "I just thought I'd see if I could find someone to talk to 'cause I don't really want to go on my own."

"Axel, you're a grown up now you should be able to sit in Costa by yourself." I pouted. "Fine I'll meet you on campus for lunch after my first drama lesson, can you amuse yourself for a few hours without getting into trouble?" I smirked.

"When do I ever get into trouble?"

"Let me think; there was the time when you set the house on fire, there was the time when you ran over the neighbours dog on your motorbike, there was the time you wrapped the car around a lamppost while drunk...need I go on?" she smirked. I gave her a dirty look.

"I beg you not to."

A few hours later I was sitting in Costa nursing my third cup of coffee and reading The Daily Mail for the fourth or fifth time. Good God I'm bored I thought, don't get me wrong I love staying with Jess but when her and her house mates are out it can be a bit boring. A cold gust of wind signalled that the door had opened. I looked up from my coffee and saw the most beautiful girl I had ever seen; she was average height, about the same size as Emma, and had short blonde hair that spiked up at awkward angles. I watched as she ordered and paid for her coffee, then she turned round to find a seat and I had the shock of my life:- this girl was a GUY!

What the hell? I could feel my face burning as I thought about the fact that 1) I had thought this guy was a girl and 2) I had thought that this guy was beautiful. I watched as he went to the paper stand and riffled through the tattered remains of what was already there. He looked in my direction and I snapped my attention back to the paper so he didn't think I was staring at him (I just felt myself decrease in age by about seven years). I pretended to read a story about a pink cat until a hand tapped on the table in front of me making me look up into the bright blue eyes of the blond haired girl/boy.

"Hey, have you finished with that paper?" he asked. I blinked and very quickly recovered myself.

"Yeah, it's a bit depressing though it is The Daily Mail." I chuckled and he laughed too, the sound sent a shiver through the pit my stomach. (Again what the hell?) I opened my mouth and without thinking suddenly blurted out "Do you want to sit down?" He smiled a radiant smile at me making the shiver intensify.

"Sure that would be nice, I just have to go get a spoon for my coffee." I picked up the unused silver utensil on the table in front of me and held it out.

"I haven't used it." He took the spoon and sat down smiling.

"I usually get to know someone before I let them spoon me." he smirked, I shrugged.

"Relax it's not like we're forking." We looked at each other and burst into fits of laughter. Once we had both calmed down I extended my hand. "I'm Axel. A-X-E-L, got it memorised." He took my hand and shook it.

"I'm Roxas."

"Roxas?"

"Yeah R-O-X-A-S, my parents are a bit on the weird side." he smiled, a little embarrassed but he recovered himself quickly. "So, Axel, I've never seen you in here before, do you live 'round here?" I shook my head.

"No I'm visiting my sister at university, I'm only here for about another week."

"Yeah I thought I'd remember seeing someone like you...because of your hair." he added the last part very quickly, almost like he was trying to cover up the fact that he was flirting with me...hang on was he flirting with me?

"Yeah I am pretty memorable." I smirked flirtatiously...hang on am I flirting with him? I hastily collected myself. "So what about you, where do you live?"

"I live about ten minutes away by train, so not far." he smiled. "I like to come into the city from time to time though, my town is pretty boring."

"I know that feeling," I replied and we proceeded to tell each other about our lives. It was strange we'd only known each other a few minutes but it felt like I had known him my entire life.

After a while I felt my stomach begin to rumble and I realised that I hadn't actually had anything to eat today (unless you count three of the Maoamsthat Jess and Emma had previously been using as poker chips.) I was torn; on one hand I could leave and get food whereas on the other hand I could ignore my hunger and continue talking to this strangely attractive, albeit slightly Arian-looking, boy. Then another thought crossed my mind (which really should have crossed my mind sooner but, there you go, I'm not that clever) I'm in a coffee shop...they also sell food. I was just about to stand up when Roxas pulled something out of his bag.

"Want half a cream egg?" It was one of the most random thing I had ever been asked and weirdly coincidental.

"Sure, why not?" I said laughing. Roxas unwrapped the egg-shaped chocolate and cut it in half with a knife from the cutlery stand behind him. He handed me half and I felt a slight jolt as his fingers brushed my skin (what is wrong with me today?) I watched as he dipped his finger in the creamy-eggy...whatever that stuff in the middle is and licked it off. He grinned, slightly embarrassed "I have a really weird way of eating these things."

"So do I." I smirked and licked the sticky substance out of the chocolate shell. I suddenly realised how vaguely sexual this must look (both to him and the casual observer) and I felt my face heating up. As I looked over I noticed a blush had appeared on Roxas's cheeks too, and I also noticed how gorgeous it made him look. We sat there staring at each other for what seemed like ages until my phone began vibrating in my pocket. It was Jess...why was she calling...oh shit I was supposed to meet her for lunch. I flipped open my crappy old phone.

"Hello."

"Hey Ax, I've just got out of drama, where are you?"

...TO BE CONTINUED...

New chapter coming up soon, so till next time :D

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