IX - The Afternoon Streets
"What got into you?" Sora asked his sister, she had suddenly yelled at him and Demyx for teasing Axel.
"I said leave him alone," Roxas repeated, she turned around to face Axel. "Sorry."
"It's okay. Can I talk to you?" He asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Sure," Everyone else was staring at the two as they walked off.
"You still don't remember do you?" Axel asked.
"No...I remember a feeling. It's really deep, it won't go away," She looked down as her feet stepped on bricks. They were stained a dark orange from the setting sun. She tried not to step on the cracks.
"Oh, well at least you remember that!" Axel laughed. Roxas looked up at him, he was smiling, it made her laugh.
"I want to remember why I keep feeling this..." Roxas looked down at the ground again, she kicked a rock that was in her path. It skidded down the street and hit the side of a building, bounced off, then skidded a few inches and stood still. Axel stopped walking and Roxas kept on for a while, then noticed the tall man wasn't beside her, she turned around. He looked sad. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing! Let's sit down," Axel walked up to a small, grassy cliff. He sat down and Roxas took her place beside him.
"I love sunsets!" Roxas exclaimed, staring at the colorful sky. Her hands were in her lap, but she put one on the lush grass to support herself as she leaned back. Axel did the same thing at the same time and his hand ended up on top of hers. They looked at each other and then looked down.
"You can move your hand if you want to," Axel said.
"No, it's fine," Roxas yawned, she was getting tired.
"Wow, this is pretty amazing,"
"I know..." Roxas began to feel drowsy. She slowly fell to her right and her head landed on Axel's shoulder.
"Roxas?" He asked, looking at her.
"I'm really tired...you're comfortable," Roxas giggled. Just as she was falling asleep Axel put his arm around her. He felt good that he could finally do this again. He had enjoyed sitting and watching the sunset with Roxas until she fell asleep. Axel started feeling sleepy as well. He laid down on the grass and slowly fell into Sleep's clutches.
"How long have I been here?" Roxas asked herself, rubbing her sleepy eyes. She looked at her surroundings, it was rather dark. She guessed it was late at night (it was actually really early in the morning). The side of her face that she slept on was cold. She looked down. Roxas had used Axel's chest as her pillow. His arm was still around her. Roxas decided to forget it and go back to sleep. Sora and the others were really worried now. They hadn't seen Roxas or Axel for a while, the group voted on Demyx going, but decided that wasn't the best idea, so Sora went instead. He couldn't find them anywhere.
"Roxas," Axel said sleepily, he was trying to wake up the sleeping girl. The sun had risen now and it was very bright. Roxas began squirming saying something about not wanting to go to school and rabid pony eating llamas. Axel shook her again and she woke up.
"How long did I sleep?" Roxas asked, yawning.
"I don't know, I fell asleep after you," He said, smiling at the half-asleep Roxas.
"Oh...let's go look for my brother and everyone else," Roxas stood up and stretched. Axel got up and followed her as she walked off. They had been walking for a while when they heard footsteps behind them. Roxas spun around to come face to face with a scared Emiko.
"Hello!" She sang in her usual high-pitched voice.
"Hi!" Roxas laughed, still a little scared. Riku didn't seem too happy, whatever it was that made him angry, we don't know.
"I knew I'd run into you guys again! How are you?" Emiko asked.
"I'm good! I just woke up," Roxas giggled.
"Really? Do you want something to drink?" Emiko asked, taking Roxas' arm.
"Okay!" Roxas exclaimed as they took off giggling and skipping.
"Well, it's nice to run into you again," Riku walked up to Axel.
"Yeah," Axel smiled as he watched Roxas and Emiko skip off.
"They sure are weird..." Riku crossed his arms.
"Come on, you can get anything you want!" Emiko was getting rather angry with the twin Keyblade wielder. Roxas didn't want to spend all of Emiko's money so she chose the cheapest thing on the menu of the small cafe.
"But, I'll make you spend more," Roxas argued. She felt bad if she spent all of Emiko's money.
"Trust me, you won't," Emiko turned around to face Roxas. "Riku always gets the most expensive thing anywhere."
"Okay, I'll have...coffee!" Roxas laughed at Emiko's statement and finally chose something that would actually fill someone up.
"Two coffees please!" Emiko asked the waitress. The young woman smiled and went into the back to prepare the drinks.
"How are you and...what's his name?" The blonde girl began walking beside Roxas to their table.
"Axel?"
"Yeah!"
"Good I guess," Roxas answered as they sat down at a small table.
"You guess? What's wrong with you two?" Emiko jumped and looked as if she was ready to knock over the table (her feet were on the edge of the table as she leaned back in her chair).
"Um...nothing," Roxas looked at the pattern of the table.
"You obviously like him and he obviously likes you," Emiko said as the waitress brought the two girls their drinks. The boys were walking up to the small cafe, eager to find the girls and to also get a drink.
"Are you sure?" Roxas asked, lightly spinning the cup and watching the swirls in the dark drink.
"Do I look sure? Of course! It's written all over his face!" Emiko laughed so hard she almost fell out of the chair - and almost knocked over the table - and scared Roxas.
"Hey," Riku sat down beside Emiko. She nearly threw her drink - even though she put it on the table - and gave him a deathly hug.
"RI-KEW!" Riku growled at the way his girlfriend squealed his name. Axel silently sat down beside Roxas. They began talking as Riku and Emiko fought over the pronunciation of Riku's name. Sora and the rest of the gang were coming now, by the time they got there Emiko and Riku were rolling on the ground fist fighting. Axel slowly put his hand on Roxas' leg. She jumped, but then put her hand on his. This was going on under the table and no one saw...or at least they didn't think anyone saw.
"HOW CUTE!" Emiko screamed. She jumped up and walked behind Axel and Roxas. "Look at this!" She pushed the two close to each other. Riku, Sora, Demyx, Donald and Goofy all stared at the blushing couple - if you could call Roxas and Axel a "couple" - they both got nervous and let go of the other's hand.
"What on earth were you doing?" Roxas screamed at Axel, her voice was shaking and her face was totally red.
"You did it first!" Axel's expression was identical to Roxas'.
"So you guys aren't lovebirds?" Emiko asked, looking rather depressed.
"No! Ew! No!" They both said at the same time, still embarrassed.
"Okay then, well if Axel doesn't want her..." Demyx walked closer to Roxas. He put his arm around her shoulder and gave everyone a triumphant smile. Axel's face was turning red from anger and Roxas was just laughing nervously.
"Get off," Axel whispered between clenched teeth.
"Why?" Demyx asked.
"You could share me..." Roxas suggested. The two guys gave her a look that said 'you're stupid.'
"She's mine!" Demyx said, hugging Roxas.
"I saw her first!" Axel took Roxas away.
"OH MY GOD YOU TWO ARE FIGHTING LIKE FAN GIRLS!" Sora screamed. The fighting stopped and somehow Axel, Roxas, and Demyx were all stacked on top of each other. Axel was laying on his back with Roxas laying across his stomach and they were holding hands. Demyx was laying on top of Roxas and his face was near Axel's. Once Axel and Roxas saw that everyone was staring at them they let go of each other's hands and blushed.
"Get off!" Axel said, kicking Demyx off of Roxas, and pushing Roxas off of him.
"Weird..." Donald said.
"AHYUCK!" Goofy laughed.
"OH MY GOD! YOU DO THAT ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL KILL YOU!" Roxas screamed, pulling out her Keyblades. Demyx and Axel gave Roxas weird looks.
"Does she do that all the time?" Demyx asked Sora.
"Yeah..." Sora hit Donald to make Goofy laugh.
"HEY!" Donald screamed.
"AHYUCK! AHYUCK!" Goofy rolled on the floor from laughing so hard. Roxas' eyes glowed red and she flew towards Goofy. Once again, the group had manage to set Berserker Roxas free.
"DIE YOU STUPID DOG!"
"Roxas! Hey!" Axel grabbed her and held her so she couldn't kill Goofy.
"Let me go!" Roxas nearly hit Axel - she had changed back now - but realized who was holding her back. She turned around and did the most surprising thing. Roxas leaned forward and kissed Axel. Everyone gasped and Axel blushed.
"What was that?" Roxas asked, touching her lips with her fingers.
"Muscle memory," Demyx crossed his arms.
"Shut up!" Axel warned.
"Did I do that before?" Roxas asked Axel. He looked her in the eyes and kissed her back.
"Yes," He said. They were now getting very strange looks from the rest of the group. Sora's face looked disgusted, Donald and Goofy were in shock, Demyx was looking away and Emiko was extremely happy.
"THAT WAS SO ADORABLE! DO IT AGAIN!" She squealed. Roxas spun around, she didn't notice everyone was staring at her. Her face turned a bright red. She turned around again and Axel put his arms around her.
"I remember...Christmas Eve...it was a dance...the whole Organization was there...me and you were dancing...you kissed me," Roxas looked up at Axel.
"That's true," He smiled.
"Do it again," She whispered. Axel held Roxas and kissed her again...Emiko just about died from squealing so much and she tackled Riku and demanded that he kiss her as well.
"Axel...I love you," Roxas whispered.
