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Axel

Once again I had to begin my day doing the unthinkable. I had to get up early. Scowling I whacked his alarm clock lazily and settled back down to a few hours more sleep, same as I would any day I was rudely awoken. Then I remembered why I'd set the stupid thing in the first place. I had to get to the library before lunch time or run the risk of missing the blonde cutie. And not only were my desires at stake this time, so was my pride! If I lost the would never hear the end of it from the she devil that also went by the name Larxene. Don't get me wrong, she was my best friend but she was also the biggest bitch I've ever met. She could reduce even the strongest man to tears with a few whispered words. Luckily I'd become immune to her ways over the few years we'd known each other. Plus she was a really good dancer and it was good for someone like me to have people who knew their way round the dance floor with me. No one wants to be stuck dancing next to some giddy school girl who's just snuck into her first club at the age of 16. So any good dancers in the area stuck together like a secret club. It's not like we all got together and made some sort of pact one day, it just kinda happened that way. At the moment there were 12 of us in this little town. We met up at least once a week and just partied all night long. It was a hell of a good life. Still, my mind's wandering again. I really needed to get out of bed but my body didn't seem to ant to work that way. Come on axel I said trying to give myself a pep talk get it over and done with, just leap out of bed and into the shower. Easier said than done but I managed it. Still my movement was sluggish so I took the only option available to me. Stepping into the shower I turned it onto the coldest setting and awaited my torture. Nothing came out of the shower head for a few seconds causing me to look up. Bad idea. Ice cold water gushed out at disturbing speeds; I could feel every muscle in my body protesting. Finally giving in I turned the water back to hot and relaxed as warm water covered my whole body. After about 5 minutes I got out and started to get ready. It was already 11 so I didn't have time to let my hair dry. I grabbed my smartest looking clothes, tied my hair back and walked out the door. The sun was shining brightly and there were no clouds in the sky. That boosted my confidence ever so slightly. I'm not really a superstitious kind of guy but every time I'd ever been turned down (which was rarely) it had been raining. So I guess I was feeling pretty lucky as I strolled over to the library. It was only a 5 minute walk but I still pulled out my ipod, I craved music wherever I went so even if it was only one songs worth I would take it. Plus things went quicker with a soundtrack. Before I knew it was standing before those huge library doors again. Humming the tune of the song I'd just been listening to I pushed opened the doors and prayed to a god I didn't believe in.

I leaned on a desk casually and looked round. Please be here, please be here I prayed silently and yes! There he was same place as yesterday though with even more books this time round. He typed with amazing speed but the way he was jamming the delete key suggested he made a lot of mistakes along the way. Complete opposite of me, who typed slowly but perfectly. Still, opposites attract right? I slid into the chair next to his and tried to remember how to work the computers here. Two seconds later some crazy old crown was behind me.

"Do you have a card for this library?"

I blinked in surprise and dug out my wallet, praying the crappy thing I never used was still in there. I was in luck.

"Yeah sure, it's right here" I said showing her.

"It's out of date" she said simply. I waited for her to carry on but she clearly wasn't going to. She didn't seem intent of leaving either though so I asked what she wanted.

"You're not supposed to use these computers without booking a day in advance" she said in a superior voice. "And you need a valid library card to do so."

Uh oh, I had to think quickly before I got kicked out and missed my chance.

"But I have a huge college deadline up coming up! I know it's against procedures and I completely respect you for keeping sure that this place is run correctly but can't you let me off this one time. I promise I will sort out a new card tomorrow and will book in advance any other time.

She was scowling but I could see I'd sweet talked her enough

"Fine, but don't let it happen again" she snapped turning away abruptly. Beside me I heard quite laughter. Blondie was laughing at me! I heard him mumble something under his breath but it was too faint for me to hear. I was tempted to use that moment to speak to him but I decided to play it cooler than that and sat in silence for 5 minutes. He got up and for a moment I was afraid he was about to leave and I'd missed my chance for the day but he was only stretching slightly, which gave me a perfect opportunity to check him out. Hey I was only human. And it was certainly a sight worth looking at. He was pretty skinny with slightly toned arms and stomach. His hair was a mess which just looked scruffy on most people but on him it looked sexy as hell. Looking him once over told me a lot about him. His clothing suggested he didn't follow any of these boring clichés that seemed to rule to world these days, his body language gave him away as someone who was pretty reserved but fun when they got out of their shell. I was good a reading people. As he went to sit back down he caught my eye for a few seconds. I wanted to hold his gaze so badly but I controlled my self and looked away smirking. It was a simple rouse but it normally worked. You laugh at someone and they demand to know what's so funny. You think of some cheesy chat up line and make them laugh then get their number. However, this Roxas kid didn't seem to want to play the game my way and simply carried on working. New plan time then. Seeing as I had already disguised myself a college student I guess it would be a good idea to keep up the act. I opened a few random intelligent looking programs on my computer and leaned slightly over towards the other desk.

"Hey, can I borrow this? I really need it" I said pointing to a random book on the pile.

He glared at me for a moment before handing the book over. "Sure, but I'm going to need it back soon"

"I'll only need a few minutes" I said, marvelling at the way someone's voice could be almost more attractive than the person in question. This was definitely one of those cases. Now how to get him to talk to me properly. I could be annoying and not give the book back, making him ask for it, but that would give him a bad first impression of me and I didn't want that. I could ask him a question about whatever the book was about, but I had no idea what to ask. I couldn't even pronounce the name of the book let alone have any idea what it's about. And I could hardly ask about it when I just said I needed it, insinuating I had some knowledge of whatever crappy science theory it was about. Maybe I should have taken my chance earlier with the laughter situation. Still luck really was shining down on me today as the crazy old crone returned.

"I'm sorry but your hours up, I'll have to ask you to leave now" I stared at her in dismay, what the hell was she on about.

"Hour, what hour?"

"You're only allowed to use the computers for an hour unless specified when you book one. Seeing as you didn't even take the time to book one then you definitely have to leave. Besides, someone else has that computer booked in half an hour!"

"So let me stay half an hour more"

"No, I'm sorry sir but I've already let you get away with too much. It could cost me my job to let you stay here"

I panicked for a moment, not knowing what to do. "He's been here for over an hour" I said pointing at Roxas.

"Roxas is different. Firstly he booked yesterday for 2 hours and as he comes here every day we know we can trust him. Unlike you sir, who doesn't even have a valid library card"

I knew she wouldn't back down this time so I logged off and readied myself to go. As I'd hoped that satisfied her enough to walk away and go bother some giggling teenagers in the sex ed section. Even better, once again blondie was laughing to himself about what had just transpired. This time I took my chance.

"Something funny Roxas?" I asked leaning in close to him. He looked startled and to my delight reddened slightly. He quickly pulled himself together and looked me in the eye.

"I find it funny seeing someone trying to flirt with Miss Trepe, that's all"

"Flirt! With that old craggy thing!" I replied, trying to hide my happiness. For here on out it would be easy.

"She's only 24!" he replied defensively. She actually did look rather young but I still had the stereotypical old and bossy library assistant image in my head so I'd added 50 years to her age. She was quite pretty to but not my type. Now to wind the boy up a bit.

"Oh sorry, hit a soft spot there didn't I. let me guess, you've got a crush on her and you don't want me marching in on your territory!"

"Do you always talk crap to strangers or is it my lucky day?" he retorted quick as lightning.

"Oh it's definitely your lucky day" I said moving a little closer to him. His eyes narrowed and he backed away slightly. I didn't let it faze me. In fact I think I would move in for the kill straight away instead of wasting my time with boring small talk.

"In fact, so lucky" I continued, looking him straight in the eyes "that I think you just found your soulmate" there, I'd gone in for a risky tactic but I had the feeling it would pull of quite well.

"Sorry but I don't believe in fate" he said slowly and cautiously. He looked like he wanted to get way but I'd backed him into a corner and crazy Miss Trepe was occupied elsewhere.

"Oh that's a shame, because that means you'll lose a bet"

"A bet?" he said frowning.

"Yup, I bet that I can make you fall for me in two weeks" I said holding up two fingers to get across the point. He raised his eyebrows but a small smile played his lips.

"And what do I get if I don't fall for you?" he asked. Just as I'd expected this kid had many hidden sides to him. And here was one right now, the side that just loved being risky and taking up a challenge.

"I'll leave you alone; you'll never see me again apart from random encounters in the street. Even then I'll just walk straight past you." I said, knowing that if I lost I probably wouldn't keep my word, but he didn't have to know that.

"And if you win?" he asked the question I wanted to hear.

"Well isn't that obvious? If I win, I get you" I said huskily, getting as close to him as I possible could.

"And if I don't accept your little game?" he asked, eyes filled with defiance.

"Then I'll follow you whenever I can, wherever I can. You'll never see the end of me. And I can be very annoying when I want to be"

"I could call the police if you did that"

"You could, but you won't will you?" I said. He looked unsure and I knew I had him. I ran my hand over his cheek and gazed into his eyes until he looked away, I could feel his cheek warm under my hand. I quickly pulled away and grinned.

"So, do we have a deal?"

"Well, it's not like I have anything better to do" he shrugged returning to his cool as a cucumber status.

"Good, then let me tell you the rules of my game. I get to arrange the first night out, you do the next and so on."

"Hey! Why do I have to arrange a date when you're the one who wants to woo me?"

"You just said it yourself, you have nothing better to do than play with me." I smiled.

"Fine, but I get to add my own rules. You can't touch me without my say so!" he said smugly. I tried to hide my inner disgust. God this boy was a tease. Didn't he realise that he was asking the impossible of me! Still I could tell by the look in his eyes he wasn't going to back down from that rule and I didn't want to lose this chance.

"Okay okay, no touchy without Roxas' say so" I said. "So, do you want to begin tonight or tomorrow?" I asked

"I have plans for tonight, tomorrow I guess." He said shrugging again. I'd never seen anyone shrug so sexily in my life.

"Meet me here 8 o clock tomorrow night then, don't be late"

Roxas

Even as he was saying it he was walking away. Roxas was about to shout after him but realised there was no use. Sighing he walked back over to his desk and carried on typing his stupid physics essay, hardly aware of the world around him.

"Hey you just going to ignore me!" a voice next to him protested. He turned and smiled broadly as he saw his best friend Naminé sitting next to him. She must have arrived when he was busy with Axel. He got back up from his chair and hugged her. She pulled some stuff from her bag, including her trademark sketch book and got to work researching some boring dead artist on wikipedia.

"God I don't know how you can be so good at art Naminé." He said browsing through some new pages in her sketch book. "I can't even draw stick people right" he wasn't exaggerating either. Their heads always looked way too big for their bodies.

"Some of us are just gifted" she said jokily. They sat in silence for a while, the comfortable silence you could only feel with your best friends when you could just daydream and know they were doing exactly the same thing. It was Naminé who broke it.

"So who was that guy you were talking to" she asked, her eyes still fixed on the screen.

"Oh, just some random guy I was talking to" He lied. Naminé saw through him straight away. Roxas groaned at her perceptiveness and began to tell her the whole story, leaving out a few parts like the way he'd blushed when Axel had touched his cheek. Naminé though about everything he had told her for a moment then started to speak.

"So, just don't show up tomorrow" she said simply.

"That won't work; he'll just come find me here the next day"

"Then don't come here?" she said, her eyebrows knotted in confusion. He really didn't want to explain himself to her so he carried on making excuses.

"I need to come here to do my work" he protested weakly.

"You're already weeks ahead of everyone else; one of two days won't hurt. By then he'll have given up trust me." She said. Roxas said nothing but instead looked at his shoes as if they had suddenly become fascinating. Her eyes widened in realisation.

"You want to go don't you!" she cried a bit too loudly and received several looks of annoyance in return.

"Well, kinda" Roxas admitted. Though Axel had seemed obnoxious as hell and he was pretty sure he wouldn't be falling for him anytime soon, Roxas had the feeling that going out with him a few times could be fun. He knew nothing would come from it, but a few free meals out couldn't be that bad could it? And he'd added the no touching rule so he should be safe. Axel looked pretty honest, if not way over confident. Naminé smiled at Roxas and wished him luck for the next few nights, also adding if Axel tried anything she would personally be responsible for the removal of one of too vital body parts. It was always good to have friends. Roxas got up to leave after half an hours more work, saying goodbye to Naminé. He stepped out into the sunlight, shielding his eyes from the bulk of the bright rays that tried to attack his retinas. It was certainly going to be an interesting 2 weeks.