EDITED
Posted: 2-14-11
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN KINGDOM HEARTS OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS.
Denial
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I jumped and shivered at the same time. "Yeah, I am. Just admiring my new sketch pad."
"It isn't yours till you pay for it," Namine grinned, but her face fell as she counted up my cash. "It looks like you're short twenty bucks Rox..."
I pout, "Dang it..."
Suddenly, there is a long black clothed arm in my view. "Here," Axel's voice says from behind me.
"Huh?" I yelp. "You can't pay 20 bucks for me Axel! That's too much!"
He and Namine don't listen to me and Axel heads out the door. Namine pushes me out and I stand outside totally dumbstruck. I blink a few times, then dash to catch up to Axel. He is buckling up by the time I get to the car. I plop into my seat and buckle up.
"Why did you pay for me?" I yell as he pulls away from the curb.
"Because, your face looked too sad so I gave you the $20 you needed." He shrugged and turned left.
"But now I have to pay you back! If I don't I'll feel bad. On top of that I don't get any more money till the first!" I groan at the fact.
Axel chuckles and I glare at him. "How about we do a trade? You model for me and then we'll be even."
I look at him. "You want me to model for you? Why? I'm not that nice looking."
He snorts. "Don't diminish yourself, shrimp."
I growl. "I'm not a shrimp."
Axel waves me off, "Whatever. So, will you do it?"
"...Sure," I mutter after a while.
"Cool. So, do you want to take a shower when you get to my house? You look like you could use one," he says, looking at me.
"Sure, thanks."
"No problem. Just don't do anything with Reno's shampoo and we'll both live to see another day." Axel warned me.
I nod, kind of afraid about what that implied...
Shower, Portrait, and Confusion
Chapter Vexen
.:Roxas' P.O.V:.
We arrived at his house and he pointed me into the direction of the bathroom.
"When you get out of your wet clothes, throw them in the hall and I'll toss them in the dryer. For now, here are some of my smallest clothes."
He handed me a small pile and then headed down the hall to what I guess was his room. I sighed and headed for the bathroom. I turned on the water and waited for it to warm up. I looked around as I did this and saw that the room, like the rest of the house from what I saw, was painted a warm color. This bathroom had brown walls with tan tile flooring, a light brown crown molding, and a brown baseboard.
"What's up with that?" I mutter.
It's not that I didn't like it, it's just that it made me feel a bit too warm. I sighed and shed my wet clothes, tossing them out the door. Then, I stepped into the shower.
~Axel's P.O.V~
I left Roxas in the hall and headed to my room. I wanted to try and paint in his eyes while I had them fresh in my mind, but I had to hurry so he wouldn't see it. I sat down and opened the tube and got to work. When I got one eye done, I decided to go get his clothes. I couldn't believe it took me 5 minutes to get that one eye done. I'm such a perfectionist. I sigh and pick up the pile of wet clothes.
I knock on the door. "Roxas, you okay in there?"
"Yeah..." the water stopped."Hey, do you have a towel I can use?"
"Yeah, hold on..." Shoot, I'm so screwed. I put down the wet clothes and grabbed a towel from the closet. I cracked the door and held it through. "Sorry, I forgot about you needed a towel."
"It's alright," he said and poked his head out. "Oh, you didn't get my clothes yet. Thank god. Ummm, can you pass me my jeans?"
I look at him quizzically but obey. I hand them to him and he digs in the front pocket and pulls out his wallet.
"Well, you're lucky I'm slow. Though, I normally check pockets before I throw them in any machine." I grin as he hands them back, a light blush on his face.
He closes the door and I take his clothes down the hall to the dryer. I toss them in and start it, then I head back to my room and get back to work on Roxas' other eye. I hear the ding of the dryer and go and find his clothes are still wet. So I put them in for 10 more minutes and go back to my room. I walk in and freeze, Roxas is standing there staring at my painting of him. I look over the back of him and see that my "small" shirt goes down to his knees and that he rolled up my pants like 80 times at the waist and legs.
"Ummm...Roxas..." I say sheepishly.
He jumps and turns around looking guilty. "Sorry, I came in here looking for you. I saw you head this way before I went in the shower. Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude."
I look at him, I didn't expect that. I thought he was going to yell at me and call me a crazy perverted stalker. "No, it's okay. I understand...I see my clothes are a little too big. Your clothes should be done soon."
He nods and looks back at the painting. "What's up with this?"
I scratch the back of my head, "That...well...umm...it's from when I first ran into you in the hall...I thought that it would be a really nice picture. That maybe I could give it to you later when you wouldn't think of me as a creepy stalker guy."
~Roxy's P.O.V~
He scratched the back of his head. "That...well...umm...it's from when I first ran into you in the hall...I thought that it would be a really nice picture. That maybe I could give it to you later when you wouldn't think of me as a creepy stalker guy."
'Whoa. And I thought I was weird for liking my soccer captain-wait! I don't like him! I can't! It's wrong! No! No! No! I can't like my captain. Bad Roxas! BAD!' I mentally scolded myself. I saw Axel's face get a little tense; I guess he really did think that. 'Huh, never expected that.'
"Axel, I don't think that you're creepy. Actually I feel honored that you actually took the time to even do this. I mean who wouldn't? You're awesome!"
He looked relieved and then looked at my face. I smiled and he sucked in a breath. I frown; he looked like he was trying to word something correctly.
"Roxas, would you mind just letting me use you real quick? It would help if I had the real deal instead of my poor memory," he asked uneasily.
"Sure." I shrug feeling excitement run up my spine, "I agreed to it in the car didn't I?" 'Roxas...' I warned myself, 'Don't get excited over nothing. This is not a big deal.
Axel's face lit up with excitement, "That's right, thanks!"
'No way. I can't believe it.' I swore that Axel changed into an eager little wolf pup. 'Nah, it's not possible.' I looked at him again and didn't see the tail or ears from before. He pulled out a stool and left the room. I climbed up on it, but while I tried to step up, my borrowed pants and boxers fell down.
"Hey Rox-" Axel said walking back into the room, "Oh my..."
I looked up from pulling up my fallen dignity. I see Axel in the door way with, god bless him, my dried clothes, 'That actually fit me', and heat flooded up my face. Axel was staring at me and had a light blush on his face. I swear mine was beet red. I quickly pulled up my fallen dignity and looked at the ground.
Axel cleared his throat. "Well, umm, here are your clothes. I'm going to go get a glass of water, can I get you anything?"
"No, I'm good," I mumbled.
"Okay, I'll be back in a second." He closed the door and I slumped to the ground and groaned.
"God, that was so embarrassing," I moaned.
I blushed, grabbed my clothes, and shuffled out. When I closed the door to the bathroom, I slid down and groaned.
"Someone kill me already!"
A/N: Sooo… again it's the same, a few grammar corrections and a few sentences deleted because I didn't really think they helped. In fact I think they're the sentences that were always out of place…hm… oh well that's that. 4 reviews and you get the next chapter*wink wink* so gimme those reviews! n.n