A/N: Summer is almost here darlings! Sadly, I'll be forced to go camping for most of it. I'm trying to find as much time to write as I can. HELLOOOO THREE DAY WEEKEND!

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Nearly two hours had passed since Kairi and Zexion's trip to the park. Kairi learned as much as there was to learn about Zexion and his life. As much as she hated prying for information, she couldn't help it. Everything Zexion said was so intriguing to her.

"So, Kairi, you really haven't told me anything about yourself. I feel like I've told you my whole life story and I hardly know anything about you."

"Oh, I don't want to bore you with details about my life."

"Common, it wouldn't be fair if you knew everything about me and I knew nothing about you."

Kairi was about to say something else before a voice spoke up from across the park, "Zexion! Is that you!?"

Both of them lifted their heads up and spotted a boy with flaming red hair and Jade Green eyes; the eyeliner he wore really made them pop. The boy approached them with a wide grin across his face, Kairi didn't recognize him.

"Axel? Hey, man!" Zexion stood up to greet Axel while Kairi stayed seated with a tiny smile plastered on her face, she wasn't exactly sure what do to.

Axel… huh, must be one of Zexion's friends.

"Oh, man, where you have been," Axel piped, "You didn't show up for school all week, I was starting to worry. Where have you been?"

"Sorry dude, things have just been tight at home with my dad."

They greeted each other with a bromantic hug, Kairi held in her giggles. Axel totally disregarded Kairi's presence, his eyes filled with concern, "He didn't hurt you did he? You know you can always crash at my place, right?"

Zexion laughed, "Actually… I moved out."

A grin spread across Axel's face, "Really!? Oh, wow, man, where are you staying? We should totally have a party wherever you're staying. The guys have been worried about you too."

There was a small gust of wind and the pollen was flying. Kairi tried holding herself back,

Oh god, oh god, oh god-

"Ah…Ah..AH-CHOO!"

Zexion turned his attention back to Kairi, "Bless you!"

Kairi had her arm shielding her face, she could feel her nose starting to tickle again, another sneeze threatening to release, "T-T-Thank y-y-ah-CHOO!"

Now both Zexion and Axel's attention turned toward Kairi. Axel raised his eyebrow with a small piercing, "Who's the chick, dude?" His eyes wandered from Kairi's chest down to her long pale legs. Zexion glanced back at Axel, catching him in a tiny day-dream daze,

"Axel, this is Kairi; she's the girl I'm staying with."

Axel snapped out of his day-dream, "No way, you're shacking up with this babe? DUDE! She is hot!"

Kairi's face flushed red, partially from allergies and partially from Axel's complement.

Zexion shot a half-hearted glare at Axel, "I'm not "Shacking Up" with Kairi. Her parents own The Stardust Café in town."

Axel's eye lit up in delight, "Really!? Oh, wow, I used to go there all the time with my parents! I didn't know the owner's had a daughter."

Kairi lowered her arm from her face and wiped some of the spit off with her tank-top, "Pleasure to meet you, Axel..."

Axel chuckled and bowed gracefully, "T'is an honor m'lady."

Zexion rolled his eyes, "Same old womanizer."

Axel stood back up straight; he was a bit taller than Zexion, "I can't help it! It wouldn't be fair to keep all of this charm to myself; may as well share it with the ladies." He winked in Kairi's general direction.

Kairi's face flushed red yet again, "S-So you and Zexion go to school together?"

"Yeah; in fact we've been best friends since we were in diapers."

"Oh common," Zexion spoke, "We were hardly friends. You used to beat me with my action figures on the playground and dump sand in my pants."

Axel smiled, "Let's let bygones be bygones, shall we?"

Kairi's face returned to normal, then all of a sudden her stomach emitted the loudest noise she had ever heard, "O-Oh!"

"Are you hungry, Kairi?"

She nodded, shyly looking away.

How embarrassing…

Axel leaped over to the park bench beside Kairi and wrapped his arm around her shoulders pulling her against his chest, "Why don't ya say we catch a bite to eat? I am in the mood for a burger, lunch is on me!"

Kairi pulled herself away from Axel's grasp and before she could protest Zexion spoke, "Sure. How does that sound Kairi? I'll just pay Axel back when we get back to your place."

She sat silent for a moment still suffering from a small heart attack when Axel had his arm around her, "I-I couldn't possibly-"

"Commonnnnn," Axel whined, "My treat; anything for my closest bud and his girl."

Kairi hopped up off the bench, "I-I'm not his girl!"

Zexion frowned playfully pulling Kairi against him, "Oh common!"

Kairi's face turned red yet again, but she didn't fight against Zexion's grasp, "I-I mean… I guess so-"

"Great!" Axel hopped back up, "Let us ride then, shall we?"

Zexion linked his arm through one of Kairi's and Axel linked his arm through her other. Kairi couldn't help but smile.

Wow, two friends in two days.

She had never been used to being treated with such kindness, especially by boys. She figured she could get used to the whole idea of having friends.

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A/N: And that concludes this chapter! Something short and to keep your mind going. I'm going to get going on the next one later tonight. I've gone and given myself a headache. Hope you enjoyed! R/R!