While looking around for the other bosses, I knock on Mr. Hachi's office door while carrying something. He answers after a few seconds and gasps when he sees me.
"Roxas, what are you doing here? You're going to get caught!" Although he says this, he yanks me inside and shuts the door. I notice a pack of cigarettes, his lighter, and a put-out cigarette in his expensive ashtray. Eight must've been torturing him again. Axel walks back to his desk and sits. I follow him. Once he looks at me questioningly, I show him what I brought with me.
"…No…" he mutters when I reveal the Reaper coat and a scythe disguised as a checkered bracelet on my wrist. "Is it because of what I told you?"
I nod sullenly. Axel looks devastated but I don't blame him for any of this. Like Mr. Ichi said, they told me exactly what I was getting into and I didn't take it seriously. Even after having my doubts and suspicions, even after meeting Eight, even after almost dying, I stayed. And now…I'm forced to be the very thing I despise: a killer.
"I bet you hate me right now…" Axel says unhappily. I shake my head.
"It's hard to hate someone you…l-like…" I confess with flushed cheeks. Axel's eyes widen slightly.
"You…like me…?"
"Yeah…and…you like me too…right, Axel?" I call him by his first name. I know he told me already, but I want to hear it again. He shyly looks away before nodding. He does…He really, truly does! I never thought I could be this happy!
"Then…close your eyes." I say. Axel looks at me confusingly before obeying. I take a deep preparatory breath before leaning closer to him. He still reeks of cigarettes, just like the day I met him, but it's actually kinda nice…I gently place my hands on his cheeks and press my lips onto my boss's unsuspecting ones. He's so soft…His eyes snap open when I kiss him, but he doesn't stop me. His emerald green eyes make me melt, so I quickly pull away.
Axel, however, isn't finished. He places his hand on the back of my neck and brings me closer again. His kiss is more forceful, more powerful, with its innocence nowhere in sight. I can almost sense Eight contributing to it, and the thought makes my heart flutter. I clench tightly onto Axel's arm as I moan voluptuously into his mouth. I feel him wrap his free arm around my waist and pull me even closer. I never expected this kind of attitude from him, but I'm not complaining…His eyes become blood-red for a split second when we make eye-contact again, proving that Eight's involved and trying to take the credit by revealing himself. So he does have feelings for me…or is he trying to make Axel jealous?
"Whoa…"
Whoa? Axel breaks the kiss and looks toward the door. I do the same and see Mr. Kyuu looking blankly at us. What the hell, why didn't he knock?
"Oh, uh…" he scratches the back of his mullet and smiles nervously. "My bad…I didn't know you were busy."
We continue to stare at him.
"Um…I should probably go, so…I'll tell you what I needed to tell you later, okay? So…laters!" he quickly leaves.
"O…kay…" I mutter. "I should go too…Gotta train to be Reaper and whatnot…"
Axel frowns and reluctantly removes his arm from my waist. I give him one quick peck on the lips before waving goodbye and picking up my coat. I walk down the ridiculously-long hall until I reach the door labeled "IV". The office belongs to Vexen Shi, the "higher-up" Xemnas assigned me. He's apparently the brains of the company…and a pain in the ass.
...Big Boss's words, not mine.
