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Always The Pizza
Demyx was still laughing. He had been laughing for five whole minutes.
"HE HIT YOU!" He screeched, keeling over to sprawl onto floor, violently shaking from laughter. "HE HIT YOU! HAHAHAH." Demyx's laughing fit was met with an incredibly un-amused glare from Axel.
"Haha." The redhead said flatly, taking a large drag from his cigarette. "..not like that changes anything anyway." He said, a small grin spreading over his face. "Feisty, I like it." Demyx finally managed to get up off of the floor, still silently laughing to himself, while Larxene sighed, looking at Axel bluntly, her arms folded across her chest as she spoke.
"Axel. Maybe, just maybe, you might not have a chance with him? Just because you can usally get any guy you want, usually, this could be an exception- Axel! Axel! Are you listening to me!?" Axel slowly tore his eyes away from the ground he had been looking at in a fixed gaze.
"..Huh?" Larxene let out an angry, exasperated sigh, shaking her head and muttering something before storming out of back school entrance
"What's up with her at the moment?" Asked Marluxia, raising an eyebrow. Axel shrugged, sighing.
"Probably PMT.
--
"Anyway, Riku. Did you like Friday night??" Riku glanced over from the window, looking at Roxas who was sat opposite him.
"…I can't remember…" He said quietly, his voice almost lost in the noise of the cafeteria.
"Hahaha, probably too much booze." Grinned Sora, butting into the conversation.
"Like you can talk." Grinned Roxas.
"What!" Yelled Sora, smiling. "You only got-" Riku sighed, standing up and managing to break apart the twins on going argument of who can drink the most.
"..Just going to the bathroom, I'll meet you later, right?" The twins nodded, almost instantly yelling at each other again. Riku sped his way through the cafeteria, down the school hallway and past the bathrooms, outside into the cold air, leaning against the building wall. He just needed some alone time, even if it was only for a few minutes- What was that!! A small figure with grayish-blue hair, crashed around the corner, almost knocking Riku over. He looked up, slightly disgruntled.
".Sorry.." He muttered. Riku frowned, nodded and straightening himself up.
"No problem." Zexion nodded, quickly walking past him and out of sight. Riku didn't bother with wondering where Zexion was going, or what he had been doing, well maybe he did bother, just a little bit, but only because he had nothing left to do and didn't want to think about Friday night too much-
"There you are."
Riku seemed to be getting interrupted a lot lately.
A familiar redhead came into view, smirking and standing besides Riku.
"Just go away." Snapped Riku. "I really cannot be bothered."
"Aww." Axel said in a highly sarcastic tone. "Little Riku is moody." Axel grinned into the glare Riku gave him, placing a hand on the teen's shoulder. "Lighten up will you?"
"Get off me." Scowled Riku.
"Come on... Just relax a bit, lighten up and have a bath!"
"Get off me."
"..If you want I can come in with you."
"Get off me."
"Maybe-" Axel stopped dead, loud footsteps drowning his voice out. He raised an eyebrow at the person who had come into view, glancing at Riku and slowly taking his hand off Riku's shoulder. "Alright Yazoo?" Yazoo frowned, glancing at his brother, and then Axel.
"..Yes. Why shouldn't I be?"
"Oh, no reason."
"Okay.."
"Bye."
"..bye." Yazoo gave his brother a questioning look, before walking away.
"If only that was Loz." Sighed Riku. Axel smirked.
"If it was Loz I would have just punched him, at least Yazoo has manners-" Riku pushed past the redhead, walking quickly into the nearest corridor.
"Where're you off?" Yelled Axel, running up behind him and joining him in step.
"English."
"..Why don't you skip English and come with me-"
"You must be insane."
"Come on Riku." Axel said, his tone suddenly changing as he stopped dead, grabbing Riku's hand and pulling him back. "It's better than English." Riku gave the door ahead of him a longing glance, sighing.
"No."
"Please?"
"..no...-" Axel seemed to explode into one large dramatic sigh.
"We can get pizza." Riku sighed, shaking his head.
"No."
"...Right, okay." Axel said, raising an eyebrow and letting go of Riku's wrist. "Your loss." Axel waited for an answer, his eyes glistening. Riku glanced back at the English door again, several students already going inside. Essays and detention flooded through his head.
"I'm getting a coke with it." Riku said suddenly, a large grin spreading over Axel's face as he laughed, and almost skipped down the hallway, dragging Riku along behind him.
Axel and Riku.
Axel and Riku walked unnoticed through the streets of Twilight town. Axel was a senior, and Riku seemed to usually get away with pretending he wasn't in school, not that anyone would care anyway.
"Ah. There they are." Grinned Axel, glancing down at Riku, who had somehow managed to small talk with Axel without hitting him. At least this time Axel had kept his distance. Riku glanced up, and saw Marluxia, Demyx, Larxene and Zexion sat around a table outside the 'Starlight Cafe' They noticed Axel coming over, Riku walking besides him, and Larxene instantly gave the redhead a death glare, sipping angrily from her soda.
"Alright?" Smirked Axel, airily grabbing two plastic chairs from another table and clumsily crashing them into spare spaces at the table. "What d'ya wanna eat Riku? Pizza?" Asked Axel, leaning against Marluxia's back, the pink haired man managing to stand on the redhead's foot. Riku nodded, sitting down in between Zexion and Marluxia. "Alrighty then." Axel said bluntly, disappearing into the cafe. The only sound that could be heard was Larxene slurping her drink, her eyes fixed on the menu in the middle of the table.
"Soooooo." Marluxia said, smiling. "How did Axel manage to get you here?" Riku glanced back at the cafe.
"Pizza." He said bluntly.
"Hahaha." Laughed Demyx, almost choking on his coke. "I though for a minute, it may have been from his charm hahaa." Demyx took another sip of his drink, oblivious to the fact that no one seemed to be finding him funny.
"I'm surrounded by idiots." Grumbled Larxene, glaring at Demyx. Demyx rolled his eyes, muttering something to Zexion, who just sighed, shaking his head.
"I'm back!" Came Axel's yell, still somewhere inside the cafe. A few seconds later he stumbled out, carrying a large tray with a massive pizza in the middle, and soda cans at the side. "I thought we could share." He said, placing the tray in the middle of the table, almost knocking everything else off and earning a highly annoyed glare from Larxene. Axel sat in his seat next to Zexion and glare girl, taking a large pizza slice and shoving it into his mouth.
"Want any, slinky?" He mumbled, mouth full of pizza. Riku sighed, slowly taking a slice and taking a small bite. "Good, huh?" Riku nodded.
"I guess."
"Maybe he wanted his own pizza." Larxene said sweetly.
"I'm pretty sure he's ok sharing a pizza with me, right Riku?"
"I guess."
"Good. Now, lets eat. You lot want any?" Demyx instantly leapt for the pizza, almost devouring one slice in one bite.
"Wow, this is good."
"Dear god you're such a pig."
"Larxene! What the hell is up with you at the moment!" Snapped Marluxia, handed Zexion a slice of pizza across the table before turning back to her.
"I'm fine." She snapped, letting out a small sigh. "Honestly, okay?" Marluxia sighed.
"Whatever. You can talk to me if-"
"I know."
"Right, okay." An awkward silence spread around the table, being relieved by Zexion.
"I'm just going to the bathroom."
Maybe not.
"Me too."
"Me too."
"I'm going back, see you later." Riku watched the three guys go into the cafe, Larxene walking in the opposite direction, and Axel staring intently at him from across the table.
"You glad you came then?" Axel asked, raising an eyebrow. Riku took a sip from his drink, realizing Axel had remembered to get him coke. He probably remembered a lot of things without letting anyone know.
"I guess..." Riku said. "..Yeah." He took another sip. "You're kinda, okay today." He said suddenly. Axel smirked.
"Okay? Hmm. Say that again when you find out you're paying."
"You bastard." Riku said quietly. Axel laughed, crumbling a bit of his pizza crust into the small spaces in the table.
"I'm only joking, I'll pay."
"..okay." Axel nodded, his eyes glistening over in thought for a few seconds, before he turned back to Riku, his gelled hair swaying ever so slightly as he turned his head.
"Slinky?"
"I asked you not to call me that."
"I like it."
"Whatever. What?"
"I was gonna ask... since you came out today.."
"What?"
"Well..." Axel said slowly, smirking at Riku. "It's bonfire night this week.."
"Oh god."
"And my birthday."
".."
"You wanna come?" Riku sighed, taking another small bite and finishing it before he answered him.
"As long as people I know are coming." Axel grinned.
"Of course."
"Right then."
"You better get me a present." Riku scowled.
"No way."
"Okay, no firework cake for you." Smirked Axel, standing up and placing several coins near the pizza tray, arching his back (Riku caught sight of Axel's toned stomach at that exact moment.) And dragging Riku up from his seat.
"Come on." He said quietly. "They'll follow."
"But-" Riku decided to shut up when Axel wrapped his arm around him, walking quickly away from the cafe.
For some strange reason, Riku didn't hate Axel quite as much as he had done a couple of days ago.
--It was probably the pizza.--
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