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When Roxas awoke the next morning, it was still pretty early. For a few minutes, he just lay in his bed, staring up at the blank ceiling. Then he decided to get up and make breakfast for both Axel and himself. So he climbed out of bed and quietly crept downstairs. He stood in the kitchen, hands on his hips, simply looking around as he debated what he should cook. When he figured it out, he got to work making pancakes and French toast. Roxas hoped Axel wouldn't wake up until after he finished preparing the food. But he worked nonstop and once it was halfway done, Axel entered the kitchen, still looking pretty tired.

"What's that smell?" the redhead wondered.

"Breakfast," the blonde answered.

"Huh?"

"I made us breakfast. It'll be done soon."

Axel sat down at the table. "You made me breakfast?" He smiled. "How sweet of you."

"I made us breakfast," he corrected him.

"Shut up and let me enjoy this." He laughed as Roxas rolled his eyes at him. "Really, though, you didn't have to do this."

He shrugged. "I wanted to."

"Why?"

"I'm sorry, but I didn't realise I needed a reason to make my friend breakfast," he replied. Axel still looked a little dazed. Roxas laughed at this. "I used to make Naminé breakfast all the time."

"But she was your girlfriend, so that kinda makes it different."

"I've made breakfast for Kairi a few times, too."

"This is so out of nowhere, though." He paused. "Did you do something that's gonna get me pissed?"

"I hope not," he muttered under his breath.

"Come again?"

He laughed a little more. "No, I didn't. I just woke up early and couldn't fall back asleep. So I figured I would make us breakfast."

"But—"

"Axel, stop questioning me and just thank me, damn it."

Now he laughed. "Okay, okay…thank you, Roxas."

He smiled back. "You're very welcome." He checked his pancakes and French toast. "It's all ready," he announced. Axel stood up. "No, I got this."

"You're not serving me, Roxas."

"Sit your ass back down."

He laughed once again as he did as Roxas said. "No wonder girls like you so much."

He placed a plate of two pancakes and two pieces of French toast in front of Axel. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It was a compliment, if that's what you're really asking."

Roxas placed a bottle of syrup on the table. Axel took it and practically drowned his breakfast in it. "No, I wasn't really asking that," Roxas then denied, sitting down at the table across from the redhead. "I was just wondering what you meant."

"Don't worry about it."

"No, I wanna know what you meant."

"This is really good," he changed the subject, his mouth half full of food.

He sighed. "Fine, don't tell me." He sat back in his chair, defeated.

"C'mon Roxas, all I meant is that you're a really good friend and so you would most likely make a really good boyfriend," he finally told him. "There's nothing to make a big deal out of."

"Okay." He got back up and prepared a dish for himself. When he sat back down, he asked, "So are you ready for tonight?"

Axel swallowed his food. "Not at all," he admitted.

Roxas chuckled a bit. "Maybe the others will let it go and not make you and Kairi participate."

He shook his head. "I'm not so sure about that. For whatever reason, the others seem pretty intent on me and Kairi getting together. Not including you, Naminé and Ventus, of course."

"But you two don't want to and that's what really matters."

"I guess that's true. But I have this feeling that convincing the rest of the group otherwise is gonna be kinda difficult. We're all set in our ways, after all."

"As true as that may be, they're still our friends and they're gonna respect how you feel no matter what."

"Yeah, hopefully."

"Hopefully? It's true."

His smile returned. "Okay, I guess it is." He started to laugh.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing," he replied. "I was just thinking about how tonight's actually gonna go."

"Oh." He sighed.

Silence fell upon them as they finished eating. Axel then stood up, grabbing his plate and reaching for Roxas's as well.

"No, I'll take care of this," he said.

"Roxas, you've already done enough."

He smiled in reply, giving the redhead permission to take his plate. Roxas turned in his chair to face Axel. "Wanna head over to Kairi and Naminé's before the party?"

"Sure. But we'll have to stop by my place as well so that I can change."

"Of course. And are you sure you don't want any help with that?"

He laughed once more. "Roxas, you go get ready for the day. Then once I'm finished with this and we'll head out."

"Okay, sounds like a plan," he agreed and he went to get ready.

Axel remained in the kitchen in front of the sink, but stopped what he was doing. He tried to figure out if there was an actual reason as to why Roxas made him breakfast. But he soon shook the thoughts from his head and continued with washing the dishes. Once he was finished, Roxas rejoined him.

"I'm all set now," the blonde declared.

"All right," he replied.

"By the way, you have some clothes here."

"I do? Great! I couldn't remember if I had left anything here or not. So that's one less stop we'll have to make."

"It is."

"Then you dry these off and put them away while I go get ready." He left to go upstairs.

Roxas grabbed a dishtowel and started drying what Axel had just cleaned. He put the dishes away and seated himself at the table with a sigh. His elbows rested on the table and his face was buried in his hands. He couldn't stop thinking about the night to come. Sure, he knew nothing was going to happen between Axel and Kairi, but he still couldn't help but to worry. And what if something did end up happening unexpectedly? Would that be the end of it? Would Kairi and Axel be together after that? Roxas shook his head. No. Kairi would never do that to him.

"You ready to head out?" he then heard Axel check in with him.

The blonde lifted his heavy head. "What?" he asked in reply. "Oh…yeah, I'm ready."

The redhead sat down across from him. "Hey, are you feeling okay?"

"I just want tonight to be over," he admitted.

"Same here," Axel agreed. He paused. "C'mon, let's go." He stood up. "I'm sure tonight will fly by."

Roxas sighed as he stood up as well. "I really hope you're right about that."