Billy Bob the gnome: hello, I'm Billy Bob, I am here in place of Napper, who is currently in a super showdown with the ninjas that keep stealing his hot pockets. he is doing lots of cool slow motion matrix moves, so we gnomes are pretty sure he will win. anyway, he was able to write this while infiltrating the ninja fortress to find out if they have a weakness by getting an incredibly long stick and typing from miles and miles away, and communicating with us gnomes through walkie talkies so we could tell him if he was making a mistake. anyway, he hopes you enjoy and hopes you have a nice day!

"Come on!" Roxas said, pulling the taller redhead along the street

"Hold on, I'm tired!" Axel said, being helplessly pulled by the blonde. Roxas had been dragging him around all day, wanting to do as many things that they could before Axel left for work.

"I don't care! You can sleep tomorrow! You leave in two days!"

"Yeah, I know! But it will be hard for me to work without an arm!" Roxas ignored him and kept pulling him along by his arm. They went to stores and shopped, both of them trying to stay happy for the other as they tried on clothes, Roxas even put on a cute little dress that he thought Axel liked a little to much, but laughed and bought it for him, planning to wear it for him when he got back, both of them laughing when the cashier looked confused. Roxas pulled him in every direction, both of them having fun, sometimes forgetting that Axel was leaving, laughing, with the occasional kiss, putting enough happiness in their memories to last the whole time Axel was gone….

….That was two days ago. Now Roxas had his head in his tear stained pillow, Axel left the evening before, Roxas didn't cry on the way to the airport, he didn't cry when the plane to wonderland was called, he didn't cry when he kissed his love goodbye, he didn't cry when he got back home, he didn't cry when he went to sleep. But when he woke up, said good morning to thin air, and reached over to hug his true love, only to have his hand met with empty sheets…. He cried, hard, for hours. He only stopped now because he was starting to get a little dehydrated, his body refused to make more tears. He knew he would have to get up to get water, but he just wanted to lie down for a few more minutes….

Roxas woke up, this time remembering that Axel was gone. He looked at the clock; he had been asleep for a couple hours. His mouth was very dry, so he went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Roxas took big gulps from the glass while he looked at the door, he and Axel would usually have been going to the clock tower now. He could go, but it wouldn't be fun without him…. Well, he had nothing else to do, so why not? He made his way to the door with deliberate slowness after barely getting ready, why did he have to work so hard to look good if he didn't have anyone he wanted to impress anymore? Roxas opened the door, squinting at how bright the sun was today, even this close to sun down. He walked down the street like a zombie, trying to go slowly so he wouldn't have to endure a sundown without Axel. He remembered that he could use the tunnels to get there, so he went through the tunnel marked "3" deliberately going the wrong way, ending up at the dead end he sometimes came to when he wanted to be alone, ironic since now it was the last thing he wanted. And even more irony, he wasn't alone there, he saw a brown haired boy there, staring up at the ceiling. The boy talked to Roxas, seeming unsurprised that someone was here.

"You ever think someone should paint these tunnels a brighter color? Make them look less dreary and dull?" Roxas was a little surprised by this, but answered the question anyway, for a reason he couldn't quite figure out.

"Like what?"

"I don't know, maybe red?" the boy said.

"I guess so, I never really thought about it before."

"Yeah, not many people do, but I bet it would look a lot better, it looks like it hasn't been painted in a long time. I'm Sora by the way." The boy said, looking away from the ceiling and stretching out a hand towards Roxas.

"Roxas" Roxas said, shaking it gently with his own hand.

"What are you doing here all by yourself, Roxas?" Sora asked, letting go of his hand and looking him in the eyes, Roxas couldn't help but stare at those big blue eyes; he must have that effect on everyone.

"Not much, looking for something to do I guess what about you?"

"Looking for someone, but I was just about to give up and get some ice cream, wanna come?" He said with a wide smile that almost made Roxas faint right there.

"Uhh, nah, I kinda want to be alone right now if that's ok…." Sora scratched his head, confused, didn't he just say he was looking for something to do? Whatever, it didn't matter anyway, after all, Sora was looking for someone to do instead, and it would look bad for him to be hanging out with someone else if that guy Riku saw him.

"Ok then, see you later." Sora said, skipping off through the tunnels.

"What an odd kid" Roxas said to himself.

Note from Napper42 while he is still in the super showdown with the ninjas: This was a short chapter yes, but I just wanted to show how sad poor Roxas was, chances are that right now I am doing a slow motion one legged back flip kick (OMG MOVIE REFERENCE/SPOILER TO ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN THAT MOVIE YET! but what movie am I talking about? give your opinion at now at random thing I am making up just to make you laugh .com! (not a real website (probably. (this is a parenthesis inside a parenthesis inside a parenthesis (omg I can't be stopped (ok, now it is just getting ridiculous.))))) hope you enjoyed this! have a nice day!