A/N:

All right, finally, an Axel/Xi. XD If this wasn't requested, I would have probably waited a while to make it. But, never mind, there's really no need to save the best for last anyway. Especially since this is a rad pairing.

Unmasked

"You take a lead and I'll take off my disguise"

-"Dressed up to Undress", Breatge Carolina

Instead of him asking her all those unnervingly personal questions, it was her turn. They sat across each other at a table in the castle library, where the other members seldom went including themselves. Xion cleared her throat.

"So, Axe, what's your real motive behind always wanting to get me back?"

Axel, who had mastered pathological lying at this point, replied, "You're an asset to the Organization. No one is allowed to just let you wander off on your own."

Her eyes narrowed. "I don't believe it. Not one word of it. You're being selfish."

"What? I just don't want you to ruin our friendship."

Impatient, Xion shoved her chair in and started pacing restlessly about the library, her eyes now flashing angrily. "Me ruining our friendship? How the heck did you come up with something as BS as that? Axel, if you keep acting like this, you'll ruin what the three of us have for sure!"

"I don't think so." Axel smirked, though what he truly felt was a different story.

"Quit hiding behind that smirk of yours. Tell me the truth, you liar!"

"I love you!" he shouted fiercely, aware that his guise had cracked once she started pacing.

However, his words stopped Xion in her tracks, leaving her trembling and unsure.

No bluff appeared to be plastered on his face as he stood up from the table, his eyes never leaving hers. Someone actually loved her, and she found that she didn't care that they were Nobodies. A smile flitted onto her lips as she in turn stepped closer to him.

"No lie?"

A vague smile that matched hers was on his face. "Come on, Xi, I've been denying that emotions exist for me since day one. But, actually feeling...for you would make me tell the truth."

At that moment, Xion very nearly wanted that heart of hers to be inside her, beating hard against her ribs. For, she knew exactly what Axel spoke of. She embraced him with love that she wasn't supposed to feel, logically. But, she didn't care.

"You're perfect for me," she murmured.

Axel agreed.

A/N: Personally, I feel this is just "meh...", especially since I wrote it late last night. I hope my efforts didn't come out too badly though, especially considering I overslept (to my disliking, actually) this morning.