Pairing: AkuRoku

Disclaimer: Characters not mine.

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I don't really remember how long I was chasing Roxas for, but I did know that when I caught him, I was pissed.

"What..the hell do you think you're doing?" I screamed. I didn't care about the people looking at me, talking about how bad of a 'parent' I was, all I wanted to do was yell. Maybe cry a little bit too, but right now yelling was first on my list.

"I got twenty dollars!" He beamed up at me, jumping up and down.

What? Who cares?...I do! "Okay..how did you get twenty dollars?"

He pointed to a blonde boy leaning up against a wall with a beanie resting tightly over his head. What does this guy have to do with money? Did he pay you for some service? Ew.

"That guy told me if I could keep you running for ten minutes that he'd give me cash." He shoved the bill into my face and laughed. " He wasn't lying! Isn't this cool?"

"NO IT IS NOT COOL!" I snatched the twenty out of Roxas' hand and turned twords the guy. "Bastard. Roxas.. STAY HERE this time, okay? I'm going to talk to your little buddy over there."

"Don't give back the money!" He tugged at my cloak and I quickly knocked his hands off of me.

"Are you stupid? This is twenty bucks, of course I'm not giving it back. I just want to give him a peice of my mind."

Roxas seemed happy by me telling him that we were keeping the money and sat down on the ground. All right, time to do more yelling! My favorite!

I put on my 'Axel is a sexy pissed off man' face and walked twords the punk. He saw me coming and kicked off the wall to stand up straight.

"Hey you! Are you the lame ass who got me to chase that kid around for ten minutes?" Oh I souded so cool.

"Hey you! Are you the lame ass who actually did it?"

Oh that was so not cool. Who does this guy think he is? Respect your elders you shit eater! " Yes! I mean..no! Just listen! Why would you do that? Did you think it was funny? Did you think it was amazing? Did you want to see me all hot and sweaty?" I really didn't mean to say that last one out loud..man..I need to work on keeping things to myself.

"Who'd want to see that? You're no looker in my eyes." He grinned and nodded twords Roxas. " The kid yours?"

"Kinda. What's it to you? And don't change the subject!" I crossed my arms still gripping the bill in my right hand. I like money. Maybe I could buy something nice for Roxas. I mean, I know he got it by making me look like a fool..but..he is just too cute not to spend it on!

"Aw, you're a mommy! How adorable!"

"Hey!" I snapped out of my shopping thoughts and jabbed my finger into his chest. " That is Mister Mommy to you!"

God, I am so manly. I could write a book on manlyness..it would be called ' Axel's Awesome Tips on Being Manly to the Max '! Yes..it's perrffeecctt.

"Dude, you are totally messed up in the head." He grabbed my hand and pushed it away from his chest.

So I was a little messed up in the head, but who cares? I'm still sexy. "Yeah, and you're not? Making a kid run from his guardian? Pfft!" Oh god yes! That was good. Score 235,934,285,252,269,863 for me. None for him. He is lame.

"So we are both a little out there, but it's cool man. Just get back to your kid, Mister Mommy. He looks lonely." The punk then tugged the bill out of my hand and smiled. " Sorry, but I want this back."

Noooo! My money! Now how am I supose to buy Roxas that cute little kitty stuffed animal I saw earlier? " No! Please!" I pointed behind my back at Roxas. " Think of the children!"

He laughed and shook his head while folding the bill. " No thanks, I don't like kids much." After he was done folding the bill he put it in his back pocket, then turned around and began walking away. " See ya later mama!" He called back waving. What a bastard. Oh god..that guy just made my day horrible. I'm so pissed, I could just..just..

"MY DRESS! MY DRESS! OH MY GOD SOMEONE HELP ME! IT'S ON FIRE!" I heard a woman screaming somewhere in the distance. Ooops..

I walked back to my little Roxas, not caring about the woman, and let myself fall into the grass besides him. He leaned over me, his small face looking concerned. " You okay, Axel?"

"Yeah bud, it's just been a long day." I reached up and let my fingers slide into his hair, twisting the strands lightly, making sure not to hurt him.

He sighed and leaned down into me, stretching his arms and legs across my body while nuzzling his face into the space under my chin.

"I'm sorry, Axel. I didn't mean to make you mad at me." He sounded sleepy, and I was too sleepy to give back a long reply. I stopped fingering his hair and let my arms slip around his small body, bringing him a little bit closer to me.

"It's okay. I.."

I forgot what I was going to say, and my eyes started to close. The grass felt nice, the twilight sky coloring the town giving it a friendly and welcoming vibe. I let it welcome me, drifting off into a light sleep. The last sounds I heard were the people around us whispering, talking about me and my Little Roxas. How this was wrong. Is it wrong? His little hands were dug into my coat, his fragil body pressed against mine, and it didn't feel wrong to me. If anything, it felt right.

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Oh gosh, so so sorry for the long wait.

Forgive me? Yeaahh, come on. nudge nudge