HAHA! Wow... posting this chapter didn't take as long as I thought! Anyways the only reason I'm posting this so soon is that I'm really pissed off at the moment. When I'm pissed I am inspiried to do things. It's just how my life works out. If I get REALLY POed at someone... Maybe I can actually complete this story. Who knew?! Now it is time to cut short my useless blabbering and to present Chapter Three of Dial Tone!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Dance Dance Revolution, 'Shut Me Up' by Mindless Self Indulgence, or anything else that all you know that I don't own.
Heamlxica and Ann, however, are my own characters.
Axel sighed tiredly as he continued to walk the thirteen blocks till he was able to get to Demyx's house. There was only three more blocks to go, he was sure that he could make it. Once the red head reached the twelfth block and he was practically crawling down on his hands and knees, he began to think otherwise.
Finally, he reached his best friend's house and saw his black shiny Corvette sitting in the driveway. The red head gladly took out his car keys and unlocked the driver's door. Still sore from the walk, he slid into his seat carefully and took a few minutes to just relax from walking all that way. "Thank you, God- or who ever you are up there who hates me with a flaming passion- for not killing me off this dramatic soap opera which is my life." Starting the car up he turned on his stereo to hear that another one of his Mindless Self Indulgence CD's had survived Reno's wrath this morning.
'The bass, the rock, the mic, the treble.
I like my coffee black just like my metal.
The bass, the rock, the mic, the treble.
I like my coffee black just like my metal.
I can't wait for you to knock me up.
In a minute, minute. In a fuckin' minute.
I can't wait for you knock me up
In a minute, minute. In a second.'
Axel pulled out of the driveway with the music blaring up in a deafening clatter. Quietly, he sung along to the song to himself even though he knew that no one would be able to here him over the music. People walking on the sidewalk watched his car passing by with interest and curiosity from the noise arising from his vehicle. Some people saw the red head passing by recognized him in his Corvette and glared as the car drove pass them.
Making a left turn he found himself on a familiar path to Twilight Town. He came here often to get food or to hang out at their mall, but he never felt wanted since he was from their rival Destiny High. To top all that, being a leader of a gang didn't help matters either. Twilight Town had very excellent academics while Destiny High had a very good sports leagues. There was always something that they could compete in.
Axel; he wasn't the smartest kid in the classroom but still, he wasn't the retard who couldn't add two and two together. He simply would play or mess around during class and when it came time to turn in his homework, it would miraculously be completed. Some of the teacher's have been suspicious of this. Now for the sports, Axel could really care less. He has tried many things to get out of his gym classes, all unfortunately have not worked out for him so well in the past. He was really active but would enjoy nothing less than pissing off his gym teacher by saying that somehow he had broken a part of his body. Any part of his body would work. Axel, of course, wasn't loved by teachers.
He pulled his Corvette up to the parking lot of the Twilight Town Mall. Waiting a few seconds for his song to end, he shut off the engine and exited his vehicle. In no rush, he made his way to the entrance of the mall and waited a few minutes before taking off to the music store that was only a few shops down from the entrance. He and Demyx would always hang around the place and it was a surprise to them that thy hadn't completely sold out the entire store. Then there was always the surprising fact that they haven't been banned by the store yet.
A small chime went off as the red head walked into the store. The shop was a large-medium size single room with a tiny backroom. It had rows and rows of large, tall CD racks that were labeled first by artist, then by genre, next by album, and last by year. The interior was very darkened by the walls and floors being a dark wooden paneling. The only lights were the many medieval style lamps hanging from the ceiling and the light coming in the front of the shop where the window displays were located for the people passing by.
"Yo, Heamlxica!" Axel waved to a tall teen behind the counter. The girl had long black hair with red highlights mixed in. Her eyes were a deep blood red that had a creepy effect against her extraordinarily pale skin. She was extremity thin and had on a plain black tank top, a dark red pair of jeans with several tiny black belts, a large pair of black combat boots, and a pair of black leather gloves.
"Axel, I thought you were going to be at your first day at Twilight Town High?" She said in a monotone voice. She looked as if she hasn't slept in weeks, there were dark- darker than usual- circles surrounded each eye, making the girl look living dead. Putting the CD's that she was rearranging to the side, she gave her complete attention to the red head in front of her.
"Oh, I'm sorry Mother," He said sarcastically, making Heamlxica roll her eyes. After rolling her eyes Axel heard her do her famous trademark expression which made him laugh like a madman. The sound was something that Heamlxica always did if she was pretending to laugh, making it sound like she was deflating a bit. This made the red head very amused. "I was going to school today but something came up."
Heamlxica frowned, "What exactly was this something?" Axel knew very well that this translated into 'Was it something involving Reno?' Somehow, Heamlxica had spells where she would love Reno to an extreme then suddenly hate Reno and his existence. This made Axel happy he wasn't his brother.
"First I woke up late for school, then when I was leaving and had to face Reno's car." Axel placed a hand behind his head while smirking at the girl in front of him. It's not like Heamlxica really wanted to hear about his dramatic morning.
She smirked back, knowing what happened to his car. "Ah, I see." Placing her hands under her chin and leaning on the counter, she asked, "So I take it he was very mad with you today."
Shaking his head, he answered, "No, it was actually nothing that I expected from him this morning." He glanced over at the Albums that she was working with earlier and saw that the one on top was a CannibalCorpse CD. He grimaced and faced the girl again, "He actually was reasonable today for some odd reason. I even killed his stereo today and he didn't get that mad."
Raising a thin eyebrow, the red highlighted girl asked, "THAT mad?"
"I mean," he laughed at the thought of his brother this morning, "He was mad. But not like, throwing stuff all over the place and going completely insane."
She nodded a half smile planted on his face, "That's good. He seems to be getting better then." It got quiet quickly when both of them looked out at the people passing by the shop's window. Heamlxica continued to stare out the glass but straightened up, trying to resist the urge to lean again. "Who knows." Axel turned to the girl in front of him, "I may actually forgive him this time."
The red head laughed. "Right… I'd like to see that day." She turned back to him and shrugged at the smile on his face.
"So why are you here today?" This was her own special way of saying 'How may I help you?'
Axel went over to the CD rack that he had memorized by heart and picked up the CD that Reno- or himself but he doesn't want to believe that it was his fault- destroyed this morning and placed it on the counter in front of the girl. "So how much is this again?"
"50 Munny." She held out her hand while staring that the cash register to her left. Axel took out the cash he owned her and placed it in her opened hand before grabbing his prize and slipping it in his pocket. Damn, how can people fit almost everything they own into their pockets?
"Heam, you're still coming to Demyx's performance tomorrow, right?"
Silently, she nodded, messing around with the cash register that wasn't working in her favor. Heamlxica ended up kicking the counter in frustration, causing the cash drawler pop open on cue. Muttering some useless words to the inanimate object she was working with, she then answered the other's question. "Yeah, Ann and I are going together. Were are we meeting?"
Axel reached in his back pants pocket and searched around for something. Heamlxica soon figured out what he wanted and took out a scrap piece of paper and a pen from the desk, handing it to the red head. He nodded in appreciation and started to scribble down the address. When he was finished, he handed the small piece of paper back to her and waved goodbye before exiting the shop.
He looked at his watch and saw that he had many more hours to kill before Demyx and Xigbar got out of school. Sighing, he began for the food court. The food court was the heart of the mall, there had to be something interesting there. As he past the small bookstore he glanced inside for a second and continued to pass. He didn't know why he did this but it was habitual for him. There wasn't anything great in the bookstore for him anyways, but he still continued with this annoying habit.
He soon found himself near the food court and passing the mall's arcade. Axel smirked as he saw three people he recognized hanging around the DDR machines. Forgetting about the food, he made his way smoothly over to the three teenage girls who were surrounding one of the machines.
"So I guess you skipped school also." Axel said in a cool manner.
All of the girls turned around. The leader, the one with short wispy brown hair, frowned right when she spotted the other coming towards them. Their leader wore a soft pink tank top that was hidden under a small light blue hoodie. She wore short jean shorts with a large pair of off-white Converse shoes that reached clear to her knees. Her one blue and one green eyes glared at the red head. "What are you doing here?"
The one to the leader's right had long wild blond hair that was tied back behind a indigo headband. The girl's outfit consisted of a short orange belly shirt that was covered by a tight white jacket. Her shorts matched the ones of her leader except that they were a bright highlighter yellow. The pair of shoes the blond had on were a small pair of blue Converse. Her large green eyes now were fixed upon Axel, "Don't be mad at Axie, Yunie!"
The last of the three was standing to the side of leader and didn't seem to care was the others were engaging themselves into. Her hair was a hazel color that was styled in a strange fashion, while her eyes had the same strange color as Heamlxica's. He outfit was a short black tank top with a pair of torn up blood red jeans. She wore red and black arm warmers and a pair of black and red Converse.
Axel smirked, "Yeah, Yunie," he earned himself a scoff from the leader, "Please don't be mad at Axie!"
Yuna turned to her cousin, "Honestly Rikku, I do not see what YOU see in this…" she stopped to point at the red haired man. Turning to look at him she couldn't think of any words to describe him besides the obvious. Soon she settled with something, "This… narcissistic imbecile!"
"Hey!" Axel's face dropped, "I don't think that high of myself." He slid his hands into his pant's front pockets and soon an enormous grin appeared on his face once more. Yuna rolled her eyes at the sight. "It's just too hard for me, Yuna. Some things are beyond my control." He made a pleading motion towards the girls in front of him. "I just can't help it that the women love me."
Now, Yuna's eye appeared to be twitching in front of everyone.
Rikku was slightly dancing on her tip toes right next to Yuna in frustration. This is the kind of things that made people think that the blond had ADHD, which was probably true anyways. "But Axie's so much fun Yunie! You should hang out with him more often."
The brunet rolled her eyes and turned to Paine who gave her a threatening look. The red eyed girl didn't mind the red head at all really, but Axel came right as the three were about to leave to go get something to drink. She needed some Mountain Dew and he was the one who was making her wait for it. "I'm fine, Rikku." Yuna gave the tall male in front of her another death glare, "I think I'll pass."
Axel grinned, "Oh, Yunie, Yunie, Yunie." He stepped forward and gracefully jumped over the back bar of the DDR machine. All three watched him in bewilderment and eagerness. Turning back to the others, he slightly bowed down to their leader. "How about a little friendly competition then."
Paine smirked, "Okay, you're on. Loser has to buy everyone drinks."
Rikku jumped up in excitement, swing her fist through the air above her head. "Yeah! This is gonna be good!"
Yuna only nodded confidently and walked up on the DDR platform. Oh, how confident she was. Running her slim fingers through her short layered brown hair, she watched as Axel swiftly paid for both of their games and they got on to the Music Menu screen.
"What song do you want, Yuna?" Axel asked, finally getting rid of the stupid nickname and was getting his competitive blood pumping. Of course Axel knew all about DDR. He was one of the best guys in their school with Dance Dance Revolution. No, he WAS the best guy. At Destiny High School, many students got involved in this form of dancing but no guy has been able to defeat the all might red head. However, Yuna was the best girl at Destiny High. They know of each other's skills but this will be the first time that they actually went up against each other.
Yuna smirked before answering with the title of her favorite song on the game, "Butterfly Upswing." Smirking, he did as she demanded. She silently stood back and watched as Axel found the song in a matter of seconds. He stopped and waited for her to give the difficulty. They stood in silence for awhile as Yuna stood there, giving Axel a gloating look. "On Challenge."
The red head nodded to her demands once more and set both of their difficulty on Challenge without a complaint. "You ready?" Yuna nodded once, then looked back at Rikku who was cheering for both of them and Paine who wasn't really cheering for anyone but just wanted some freaking Mountain Dew.
"Are you Ready?"
The two watched the screen as the music began to play.
'Ay, iyaiyai
Ay, iyaiyai
A-a-a iyaiyai
Where's my samurai?'
"Let's Dance."
Next thing that happened was what it seemed like a million arrows hitting both of them at once. Their feet moved so quickly it pulled some people who were passing by inside the arcade just to watch. A lot more teenagers who skipped school like the other two came into the arcade as well. Both of them were getting perfects on every hit, acting as if they memorized all the steps. Sweat started to form at the side of their faces.
Axel fixed his emerald eyes on the arrows on his side of the large screen. He knew exactly what he was doing. Better yet, he knew how good he actually was. His limbs moved swiftly around the square dance mat with the beat of the song. As the lyrics played, he mumbled the words softly to himself to remember how the rhythm went and not to get off track. Getting off track now would jeopardize everything.
Yuna panted as she hit each of the buttons perfectly. Quickly, she glanced over at Axel who looked perfectly fine and not wore out at all. 'What was he? A freaking squirrel on crack? I knew that Axel was good but I didn't know that I would be going up against the freakin' Energizer Bunny!' She looked back at her own screen and continue to do as well as she possibly could.
"Whoo-Hoo! Go Yunie! Go Axie! You work that dance mat. You keep working it!" Rikku cheered on the sideline. She also enjoyed to play Dance Dance but never thought of herself as much of a pro as Yuna or Axel was. She wished that she would have been the one to go up against Axel since he was one of her best friends for years. She met him at a birthday party that her other cousin threw for Rikku many years ago. Axel and her cousin have been close friends ever since kindergarten.
Paine leaned over to Rikku causally, "You know that Yuna is actually losing to that imbecile, right?" Both of them were a quarter through the song and Axel was ahead by only a few hundred points. Paine really didn't care, she simple was surprised that the red head could actually be beating the leader of 'The Gullwings.'
The crowd that had formed were watching in amazement as the two battled it out on the dance floor. Axel loved the attention and smirked at a few girls who were watching him by his right. On the other hand, the brunet against him hated that the crowd was cheering in her ears. Why did they have to get into their business anyway? She scoffed when she saw that Axel was winking at the crowd a teenage girls beside him, making them all sigh dreamily at the red head. Stupid Axel.
'I've been searching for a man
All across Japan
Just to find, to find my samurai
Someone who is strong
But still a little shy
Yes I need, I need my samurai'
They were halfway through the song now and the crowd was cheering encouragingly as the perfects continued to increase. Yuna continued to glance over at Axel while she danced. He seemed perfectly glorious and dominant at his little game, as always, making Yuna gag.
Axel turned to face Yuna, smirking. The other blushed as she was caught red handed staring at him. Laughing, he asked, "You wearing out?"
"Of course not!" Yuna turned back to her screen in a huff. She noticed the read head smirking at her reaction but focused more on the arrows on the screen. 'Stupid Axel, stupid smirking, stupid Energizer Bunny!'
Rikku looked around the cheering crowd. Leaning over to Paine, she asked, "Since when did the group of screaming fan girls get here?"
Paine shook her head, disappointed at how observant the bubbly blond was. She was wishing that the completion would be over with so she could get some caffeine into her system before she totally killed someone. This is what caffeine can do to some people.
Three quarters of the song had already passed them by. Yuna knew that it was no problem to up against other when it came to her game but she never knew that Axel could actually play it this well. He was actually a challenge to the brunet. She, for the millionth time during the whole competition, glanced to her right to the red head. Instead of looking at him, something caught her attention. Near the outside of the arcade was a teen with a Green Day hoodie with the hood pulled over his head. His blond spikes were just visible over his baby blue eyes.
"What the hell is Yuna looking at?" Paine asked as she tried to look over the crowd near the arcade's exit. "Since when did this fuckin' crowd turn into a fuckin' mob?!" She turned to Rikku who only shrugged. "Oh, forget it. At least one of them has to lose."
"You really want something to drink, don't you?"
Paine glared at the blond, "What was your first clue?" Seriously, she was about to murder someone. This knowledge made the blond take five steps away from the other for her own safety.
Finally, the two finished the song with a final step. Axel immediately blew a small kiss over to the group of teens to his right. All but probably two percent started screaming like a crazy fan girl. The two percent who didn't are now laying on the ground of the arcade, now with nose bleeds.
Yuna rolled her eyes and waited for the score to come up on screen. Rikku was now standing between the two competitors and Paine was to the left of Yuna. The whole crowd inched closer to the screen as the score began to tally up. The suspense could kill anyone. Or Paine. Either one.
Rikku danced slightly from the anxiety, "And the winner is…"
The letter grades already were showing, both of them getting an A. Now they were waiting for the numbers to show the real winner. When it was all over, there was only on winner.
"New High Score. Player Two."
"AXEL!!" Rikku practically threw herself on the spiky red head, forcing him to fall backwards into the crowd of teenage girls. Everyone went nuts then and Yuna just decided to watch as Axel was being tortured by all the love his admirers were giving him… All at once.
The blond who was standing by the exit raised an eyebrow at the scene that was unfolding in front of him. Nothing really happened on the bus he took to the mall then suddenly when he decides to go to the arcade he sees some guy getting attacked and molested by about twenty fan girls. This was slightly creeping him out.
He looked up at Yuna who was still on her dance mat and waved. Noticing him at once, she smiled. "Hey, Roxas!" She yelled over the cheering crowd. Soon she made it passed the mob of girls and was now making her way to the blond. "What are you doing here?"
"Uh… Who know?" He shrugged. "I stayed home today 'cause mom got a new job." Yuna nodded and he gave a slight grin, "I heard this morning that your school has transferred to ours."
"Yeah," she said laughing, "This year's going to be fun. Right?"
Roxas shrugged again, "I guess."
There was a moment of silence where they just stood there starring at each other. Suddenly Yuna squealed, "Roxas, you look so cute!" She tried pulling off his hood but was pushed away but the flustered blond. "Why don't you want to show your handsome face to the world, Roxas? I haven't seen you in so long and you just keep on getting more attractive each year."
Roxas just stood there starring up at her, silent and nonmoving.
"You have a girlfriend yet, Roxas?"
Roxas felt his face turning a deep shade of red, "Uh… No. Not yet."
Yuna smiled, "Well, what about your one friend. The brunet… Oh, yeah! Olette. What about your friend Olette, hm? She seems really nice."
"No. Olette's just a friend to me." He pulled on his hood, making it cover up more of his face. "Anyways she has a boyfriend."
"Oh hum." Yuna sighed disappointedly.
"What about that Kairi girl. She's pretty."
"Yes she is but no I'm not."
"Then how about your friend Naminé?"
"No. Friend is the keyword in there, Yuna."
"Selphie!!"
"NO!"
The brunet shook her head in dissatisfaction at all of the blond's answers. If she was the teacher and Roxas was the student, he would have been kicked out of the class because he just failed the important final exam. "Seriously Roxas, you have NO love life."
Roxas nodded to her comment without a word. It didn't bother him that he doesn't have those kind of puppy dog relationships that others in his grade have now. Actually, he was happy that he doesn't have to impress someone all the time.
"What about your brothers? They have girlfriends?"
"No. You know them Yuna." He smirked, "Do you really think that they could get a girlfriend?"
She laughed, "Oh, right. Good point." She turned to the crowd behind her to see that Axel was having trouble escaping the crowd because Rikku and several others had wrapped their arms tightly around his legs, making him unable to move. Turning back to Roxas, she asks, "You know him?"
Scoffing, he answers with a loud, "No."
The brunet laughs, "Lucky you. Once you met the guy then it feels like you're stuck with him forever." The way she sounded as she talked about Axel made her seem like she hated him with a flaming passion, which, of course, she did.
His eyes weren't to the brunet talking to him this time, they were now on the troublesome red head. Why hadn't he seen this guy before? Surely he couldn't have missed him with his flaming red hair, could he? The blond shrugged to himself and watched as the girls tried desperately to keep the red head in their grasp. A smirk appeared on the blonds face when a funny thought popped up in his mind. "That guy seems really emo."
Yuna's expression was priceless. She soon had to fall onto the ground beside the blond, holding onto her stomach because the laughing was hurting her. Tears were streaming out of her eyes and she resembled a crazy person before they were taken away by the nice young men in the clean white coats.
After what it seemed like an eternity, Axel had finally gotten away from all the girls and noticed that Yuna was now on the ground of the arcade, laughing insanely. He raised an eyebrow then looked over at the guy beside of her who just had a smirk upon his pink lips. He couldn't see anything except the guy had honey blond hair and slightly pale skin. Somehow, he didn't think that he had noticed this guy before in his life.
All of a sudden, Rikku ran up behind Axel and flung her arms around him again, but not with enough force to knock him over this time. In a child like voice she asked, "Whatcha doing, Axie?" Somehow, she liked to be attached to the person she was talking to.
"Nothin' just waiting for my drink." Without warning, he made a squeaking noise as he felt Rikku jump up onto his back and wrap her legs around the red head's waist. Axel craned his neck to look up at the light blond who was grinning like a four year old. "Uh… Can I ask what you're doing, Rikku?"
She stuck out her tongue before answering, "Oh, you know what I'm doing."
Axel laughed and made sure that Rikku was securely up on his back before moving forward. He walked over to Yuna -who was still on the floor laughing- and the other. He found himself staring at the blond boy. When the other turned to the red head, he made himself turn away from his stalker like stare and to the other who owed him a drink.
Yuna looked up at the red head and Rikku from the ground and began to calm herself down. "R- haha- Rikku? Wh- heh heh- What are you doing?" She soon got herself up off the ground and stood up straight to face the red head and her cousin.
"Don't worry, Yunie." The use of the nickname earned the red head a death glare from the brunet. He just simply smirked, "I don't know what she's doing either." He looked over at the honey blond once again to see that he was turned away from him. Aw, too bad.
Paine now stepped up, "Yuna, buy the drinks already. I'm really dying over here." She now walked out of the arcade and made it such a distraction that Roxas waved goodbye to Yuna and walked off towards another store without Axel and Rikku even noticing. For that, he was probably thankful.
Once he turned back around, Axel realized that the blond was missing in front of him and looked out towards a crowd of people. Rikku tightened the grip around his neck and he spun in another direction to see Yuna walking off to where Paine was waiting for all of them in the food court. He followed her, but still looked around searching for the blond kid.
Who was he? Why hadn't Axel ever seen him anywhere in Twilight Town before. The red head was pretty much know to everyone in Twilight Town which wasn't exactly a bad thing but it sure as hell wasn't a good thing. Maybe the kid just moved here or something. Maybe he was sick and just got out of the hospital. Why in the hell is he even thinking about this kid?
Rikku noticed his distress. She placed both of her hands on either side of the red head's face and craned his neck so he was facing her. She had to make herself sit up so she could see directly into his emerald eyes. "You okay, Axie? You're face is all scrunched up."
He let out a small laugh. It's just like Rikku to make the dramatic moment into a laugh by acting like she was a toddler. "I'm fine, Rikku." He smiled up at the blond, "Thanks."
She smiled back, "No problem."
They made their way over to the other two who were waiting to get their drinks. Paine made a victorious motion when the person behind the counter handed her an extra large cup of Mountain Dew. Then she looked over at the crowd of people who were passing by and were now staring at her with confused looked planted across their faces and gave them a dark death glare, making them scatter in different directions to get away from the girl in front of them.
Sighing as she paid for another one of the drinks, Yuna handed Rikku a large Diet Pepsi and looked at Axel. Without any enthusiasm she mumbled so the red head, "What would you like?"
Axel shook his head, "Nothing."
She raised an eyebrow, "But I lost. Normally if another leader of a gang losses a bet then they have to pay for their loss somehow." The way Axel was acting was confusing her. Why wasn't he being a jerk like he normally would? Why didn't he want anything?
Again, he shook his head. "I said it was a friendly competition didn't I? Paine's the one who brought in the part about paying for drinks. You don't have to pay for me, got it memorized?"
Yuna nodded slowly, "Okay…" She then walked over to where Paine was sitting in the middle of the food court.
Axel looked up at Rikku, "So what do you want to do?"
The blond giggled, "Who knows?" She took another sip of her drink and looked down at the red head, "Wait… Axel." The sudden use of his real name sent a chill down the red head's back. "Why didn't you get a drink… Like… Why didn't you get one and paid for it yourself?"
He was taken aback by the question. "Uh… I'm not thirsty. That's all it really is, Rikku. There's no need to be worried."
She relaxed a bit, "Well… Okay. I was just wondering."
He looked over at the wall that was behind the food court and looked at the large clock that was residing on it. "Demyx shouldn't be out of school for a few more hours. It seems like today's going to drag on forever."
Rikku began to play with Axel's red spikes, "We can go out and do something fun for a few hours! Maybe we can go somewhere and get something to eat." When the red head raised a confusing eyebrow at the statement and raised on hand over to the sign saying 'FOOD COURT' she decided to specify. "I didn't mean eat here I meant to go out together and get something to eat… Out there… Not here…"
He laughed, now understanding what she had meant. "You mean your dad's new place that he opened?"
"Yeah, Bikanel Bistro." Lowing her head a little, she acted as if she was ashamed. Taking another sip of her drink she continued, "We could hang out there. I'm sure that Cid won't mind."
Axel smirked, "Okay then. Let's get moving." He began to walk to the exit of the building with Rikku securely placed to his back. Once again he had to pass the arcade, then the small bookstore. Just as always, he turned his head to look through the glass. What he didn't expect to see was a dazzling flash of blue. "Wha…?"
Rikku poked at the red head's firm shoulder. "What's wrong, Axie?"
By then, they had already passed the bookstores windows and were ready to leave the mall. Axel shook his head, not realizing he was muttering nonsense under his breath. Rikku just continued to look down at his with a worried expression planted on her face. As they reached his Corvette, he returned to his normal self.
The blue eyes watched the red head till he was out of sight from inside of the bookstore's window. His hands were placed against the cool glass and so was one of his cheeks so he could get a better view. 'What's up with that guy?'
"Yo, Roxas!"
The blond turned around to glance at the girl who was stacking up a handful of books on one of the many shelves. A fifteen year old teenage girl who had short black hair to her shoulders with suicide blue hair extensions worked for the bookstore, as well as Roxas some of the time. Most of the time, her hair was pulled to one side, hiding the side of her face. She had bright crystal blue eyes that reminded many people of snowflakes falling. Her lips were full and a pale shade of pink that worked well with her pale skin. Her clothing was a pair of tight blue jeans with a plain white tank top and a short black zip up hoodie. The combat boots were hidden under her pant leg.
She groaned with the weight of all the books, "Uh, could you help me or something?" Her voice was pleading but still had a strong demanding feature mixed into it.
Roxas nodded his head, "Sure, sure, Ann." He grabbed a couple of books from her arms and relieved some of the weight. He smiled at the blue haired girl in front of him, "That better?"
"Much, thanks Rox!" Again, she went back to placing the books on the dark wooden shelves. The two have known each other for many years even though she was three grades ahead of him. Ann was always so hyper and talkative most of the time but she also could turn out to be a serious person to talk to. Usually, you couldn't see Ann without Heamlxica being seen around ten feet away from her.
"How's Heam these days?" He knew that he was touching a sensitive subject but he wanted to bring it up. Sometimes he thought of himself as the biggest asshole in the whole wide world. He watched as Ann stiffened.
"She's fine. I guess." She rubbed at the side of her hip for a brief second before turning towards the blond. He knew exactly what she was thinking but didn't react much on the matter. "She's working these hours. Somehow, she found a way to work the hours I have so she won't have to come down as often."
The blond nodded as he walked over to the counter and sat down behind it. The store was a simple setting. Dark wooden shelves and counters, light blue carpet, dark blue wallpaper, and tiny trinkets that were used to brighten up the place a bit. Two navy blue couches sat alone in the corner of the store for a quick reading session. Oh, how the blond was in love with this place.
Ann finished with her books and plopped herself down in one of the couches. Her boss didn't mind, business was horrible anyway. Roxas soon joined her and this resulted in the two of them starring up and counting the ceiling tiles. One hundred and five tiles; twelve having light fixtures on them, four with sprinklers- which were rusted so what was really the point-, two with air-conditioning vents, and one with a giant vent in the corner. Finally, Roxas decided to speak.
"I know it's bothering you, but…" Roxas started weakly. Ann's attention snapped away from the tiles and to the blond. "I should go and talk to her for you." Before she could say anything, Roxas was already up off the couch and out the store.
"Oh shit…"
The bell chimed in the small store, causing the person behind the counter to wake up from her afternoon nap. Okay, so it wasn't afternoon yet. Big deal. The red highlighted girl looked up at the short blond in front of her. She quirked an eyebrow at his stance, "Wow, two people actually came into my shop today. That's a record."
"We don't come for your enthusiasm." Roxas stated flatly. Quickly he realized what exactly he was doing and wanted to bail out of his own plan. 'What do I say to her? 'You idiot! What's wrong with you?!' No, no. I'll get murdered if I say that to her. Seriously, she's almost killed someone before! Think, Roxas, think!'
He didn't realize it but she was now scribbling something quickly down on a piece of scrap paper. She handed it to the blond and nodded, "Take this to her. If she wants to go then fine. She has to call me then."
Nodding, he made his way out of the store and Heamlxica went back to her 'afternoon' nap. He was thankful that she was too tired to say much to him because he doesn't know what to say to Heamlxica most of the time. She was just… there. She existed to him but sometimes seemed as if she wasn't really there at all. It was strange. Soon, he was back to the blue haired teen and handed her the slip of paper. "She was there. She didn't say much."
"Figures, she never does."
He raised his eyebrows, "You gonna be okay, Ann?" He watched as she reread the slip of paper over and over again. She seemed to be possessed by something. Why did she always take that effect on things? Who knows. "Ann?"
Her crystal eyes shot up quickly, "Yeah? I'm fine." She stuffed the paper into her pocket and then walked behind the counter. Taking her keys she looked up at the blond. "You wanna go out and grab a bite to eat?"
"Sure, why not?" He followed the girl out the door as she finished locking up the store. Yet again, her boss wouldn't mind since business really sucked at the moment. Oh well. They made it outside and to the girl's pale crystal blue Beetle. Roxas knew that the car actually ran well even though it wasn't as expensive as many other cars their friends had. It was also decent looking, not as scraped up as many other teenage cars were. They made their way out of the parking lot of the mall and then started off towards the newest café that has opened in Twilight Town.
Yeah! Hells yeshs! Chapter Four is next but I have no clue when it will be up. I'm unpredicable. But... Still there is the off chance that Reviews make me post things faster. It could be true... Maybe it's not. Let's experiment with that theroy...
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