Chapter 2

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Two hours later, he sat near the window in a coffee shop a few blocks down. The little shop was crowded with sleepy business people who wanted to get their daily fix before they went back to their monotonous lives.

Roxas was not there.

Considering that Axel had shown up on time for once, and had decided to spend his break on a kid he hardly knew, this was barely what you would call a good start. Especially seeing as how they worked in the same building.

Fifteen minutes later, Roxas finally appeared. His cheeks were flushed, his hair even more tussled than before. "Sorry…about the wait." he gasped. "The boss held me up for a while longer."

Axel nodded. He waited while Roxas ordered, having already ordered his own black cup of steaming liquid. Roxas came back sipping a caramel frappachino. He sat down with a loud "plunk!" onto the seat.

"So…what made you call me out like this all of a sudden?" Axel purred. Roxas fidgeted.

"Well, you said if I ever needed anything, to call you…" Roxas muttered. Axel immediately sat up a bit straighter.

"Well, yeah, and I'm sticking with that. So what do you need?"

"J…just someone to talk to, actually."

Axel was surprised. Roxas didn't seem the type to talk to almost strangers about personal things. He must have given him a good first impression.

"Oh." Axel blinked. "So what did you want to talk about?"

Roxas sighed. His head tilted to one side, almost as if he was pouting. That's really cute, Axel thought.

"Well, the truth is-"

At that moment, someone burst into the shop. Axel glanced up. "Oh shit."

He grabbed Roxas and dragged him under the table. Coughing, Roxas struggled to get up. "Axel, wha-"

"Shh! That's Larxene's stalker, Marluxia! He's been after he for years and every time he sees me, he questions me for information on her!" Axel hissed hurriedly. "Oh." Roxas said quietly.

Axel dragged Roxas even closer as Marluxia neared the table. He could smell the kid's shampoo-some strawberry/kiwi thing. It smelled great. After a few tense moments, it was clear that Marluxia had ordered to go and had left. Axel sighed in relief.

"Sorry about that. Ever since the restraining order, he's been more pissed off lately. Not that he ever pays attention to it, of course," he snorted.

"She got a restraining order on him?" Roxas asked, surprised. "Is he really that bad?"

Axel nodded grimly. They both sat.

"So what were we talking about?" Axel asked.

Roxas glanced over Axel's shoulder, and immediately turned pale. "Uh, look- it was nothing important and anyway I didn't finish something so I'll see you around, OK?" He said this all in one breath. He sped out.

Axel stared in disbelief. "What was that all about?"