Saix was looking over the mission statements for the day, and he was oddly relieved that Marluxia was going with Xigbar to test his abilities and not Axel. Why was he like that? He shouldn't care if Axel did end up partnered with Marluxia, but the idea of that happening bothered him a lot. He doesn't even know the guy and yet the man somehow got under his skin. All he knew for sure was that he didn't want him anywhere near Axel.

Watching the other members of their group file into the Grey Area Saix was really hoping that Axel would arrive late today just so that he could be alone in the same room as the other if nothing else.

Soon enough all the members received their mission statements and were off on another world, save for Axel who just came running in as Zexion portal away. Saix realized that he had just been given the opportunity to do something that he should have done a long time ago…

Give his best friend a long overdue apology.

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Marluxia wasn't too happy.

He didn't need a babysitter! He was perfectly capable of fighting by himself. But no, they had to pair him off with the Cyclops.

Why couldn't have been that redhead? Then he would be happy! Though he would have instead spent the entire mission trying to seduce the man…

"Yo! Marly! You paying attention to what I'm saying?"

Glaring at the other for the stupid nickname he snapped at the other "Of course I am! We are killing heartless to collect their hearts for Kingdome Hearts to become whole again," which in his opinion sounded like bullshit.

The other simply rolled his eye before giving out the instructions for today's 'mission' (a.k.a. he was just going to test the others combat skills and see what abilities the other got). Marluxia, though, was too busy thinking about the Nobody he ran into the other day and what he would look like squirming beneath him.

Looking at the guy in front of him he realized that he could simply ask the other about the redhead.

And he would do simply that when the training exercise was over.

O-o-O-o-O-o-O

Dam it, his alarm just had to not work, and now he was in a situation that he managed to avoid for so long. Why did this have to happen? He didn't want to be stuck alone in a room with Saix unless there was no other choice

Was he acting childish at the moment? Yes.

Did he care? Nope.

Silently, and not making any eye contact, Axel went to get his report from the other. As he made a move to get away, the other quickly reached out to grab the others hand. Immediately he froze. What the hell was the other planning on doing?

Saix wasn't going to let the other one disappear that quickly. This…dance of theirs was just too ridiculous. Just how long did the other think this would last?

"Saix what are you doing?" Saix winced at the pain that was just barely hidden. Yeah, he knew he was responsible for that and hated himself for it. He did more damage to the other with that one fight than all those bullies that Lea faced every day did over the years.

He stood there, staring at the other for what felt like an hour before finally talking. "We need to talk."

"What do we possibly have to talk about?" the other asked before trying to free his hand.

Saix tightened his grip to prevent the other from escaping. "You know what."

The other tensed even further. He knew what the other was referring to. It was the last thing he wanted to talk about. "I thought you made yourself quite clear on the matter."

"Please, this is important," as much as he hated begging he was willing to put his pride in check in this case.

Axel didn't know what to do. He just wanted to get away from the other. "Saix I need to go on my mission. Please let me go."

Saix was silent for a minute. Axel really wished he knew what the other was up to. He wondered if the other was trying to make an attempt at apologizing, but if he did, he honestly didn't know if anything would change.

"After the mission then. Come to my office. This is important," yeah, he wasn't going to let this go.

"Alright then," yeah he agreed to it, but it was just so that he could get away from the other before he broke down.

Reluctantly, Saix released the others hand, watching as the other made his getaway. Sighing, Saix really hoped that he didn't lose the other for good.

Blarg, short.

Sorry for the lull in my updates with all my stories. While I like to update as often as possible this month was the worst for me. Between school work and looking at Grad school and possible jobs I probably won't get much time to write this month.

Also I have some issues with my laptop *thinks about the numerous times applications stopped responding and all the sudden, unexplained shutdowns at the worst possible times the past year and starts twitching*

Seriously, this one isn't even 4 years old yet and I already want a new laptop ASAP. My last one was 9 years old and didn't start having problems till Junior year of high school, and even then the only serious issues were lag when I played a certain game, one of the screen hinges started to fall apart, and the sound system started to break down. I was content to wait till I graduated to get a new one as gift of sorts.

The lesson for today: if you have to choose between a Lenovo and a Dell, get the Dell.