So I'm gonna have to say that I updated pretty fast, for me at least. Also, I decided to switch point of view sometimes, for a little variety.

If the characterization is kinda off, just don't like kill me. I just want to make the story interesting/ fun.

Ok, so here's chapter two! This wasn't as long, probably because I wrote it really quickly. But I did update semi-fast, so that's a plus. Normally, I'll update like twice a week or something because I have a crapload of homework every night along with soccer practice every day. Yeah, this author's note is getting rather long and if you even bothered to read this far, then on with the story. Ahem. Enjoy!

Chapter Two- Meetings and Greetings

Axel crossed his arms over his chest, a slight smile playing on his lips. So that was Roxas. His soon-to-be stepbrother.

Well, wasn't he just too darn cute!

Axel quickly stepped out of his jeans and black tee, humming to himself happily. He turned the water to a comfortable temperature, and stepped in lazily.

On second thought…Axel said to himself, looking down. He turned the faucet down a few notches so it was reasonably cold.

This was going to be an interesting summer, all right.

Roxas shut his bedroom door behind him, his face still brighter than an overripe tomato. He found the key that Kairi had given him on the floor in the back pocket of the jeans he had been wearing the previous day and locked the door to the bathroom.

Deciding to be on the safe side, Roxas pushed the bedside table against the door, and then, feeling slightly ridiculous, added his desk and chair to the pile of furniture. Roxas stepped back to admire his handiwork, and, deciding that would about do it, began to get dressed.

There. If any creepy sexual perverts wanted to peek in on him getting changed again, let them get through THAT barricade.

Roxas opened his suitcase, and frowned at his clothes choices, which pretty much consisted of a navy blue sweatshirt and jeans, if he was looking to wear something that was actually clean. Deciding to make a good first impression, he went with that. Roxas glanced at his reflection in the mirror, and to his disappointment, heard a large crash. The chair had fallen off of his barricade.

Well, so much for his high tech defense system against perverts.

Roxas slowly padded down the stairs, following the voices that were coming from downstairs and hoping that they weren't coming from that creepy red-haired guy.

He was in luck.

However, what he saw was certainly unexpected. One second Roxas was standing at the bottom of the stairs, still yawning sleepily as it was 9:00 in the morning, and the next he was being wholeheartedly glomped by something, or someone, rather, with a bushy mane of blond hair.

"Ohhhhh!" someone squealed, "You must be Roxas! I've been waiting all week for this! I've heard so much about you, although you're a lot different than I expected, quite pretty too, I bet you're popular with the ladies, if you know what I mean! Oh, I'm so sorry I wasn't here to see you in last night, it was pretty busy and all because of my water polo match and all, but I'm here now, never fear. I hope that Kairi made you comfortable and everything, oh and have you met Axel! No matter, we'll get you all settled in and ready to roll soon enough!"

Roxas stared at her, not sure what to make of this bubbling woman with a mouth the size of Texas. Which was, to say, rather large.

Still smiling widely, she seemed to notice his skepticism.

"Hi," he said in a small voice, still somewhat overwhelmed. "Who…who are you?" he asked, hoping he wasn't being rude.

"Oh, how could I have forgotten! I'm Selphie, of course! Your soon to be stepmother!"

Roxas blanked momentarily, not sure if he had heard her correctly.

"Step…stepmother?" he said. What the hell? This freaking…freak is going to be my stepmother?

"Yes, silly!" she said, wagging a finger at him. "What…your father didn't tell you?"

Roxas's face hardened. "No. I haven't talked to him in awhile," he said simply. Try 11 years.

Again, this didn't seem to dampen Selphie's spirits. "Well, then this must be a pleasant surprise for you! To be getting a stepmother and stepbrother all in one day!"

Roxas stiffened. "And who is this…stepbrother?" he asked, afraid of what the answer was going to be.

"That would be me," said a voice from behind him. Roxas spun around and came face to with his new, soon to be "stepbrother."

Same flaming red hair. Same tall, lanky frame. Same perverted smile that Roxas wanted to rip off.

Yup, it was him.

"This is Axel, my handsomest, bestest, and actually only son, of all time. Axel, this is your cute little stepbrother Roxas," Selphie concluded.

"I can see that," Axel said, a devilish grin on his face.

Roxas, already have been red enough for one day, turned magenta, just for a change. Being referred to as "cute" and "little" did as much to embarrass him as anger him. He turned back to Selphie and tried to hide his face from the both of them, but to no avail.

"So," he started, hoping to change the subject. "When is the wedding going to be?"

"Oh, I'm so glad you asked! It's scheduled to be on October 3rd, but the rain date; of course you need a rain date by the way, because October, although it may not look it, is a pretty rainy month, but yes, the rain date is the 7th. I've gotten most of the invitations sent out, and then there are a couple that I'm debating whether or not to send because yes, I've considered that 3000 people at a wedding might be a little much, but I can't just not invite Quistis and the others, even though they're from final fantasy viii and all, but they'll still be disappointed if they don't get invitations, and I don't know…"

Roxas, losing her somewhere after her comment on how October seemed to be a rainy month, drifted to think instead about the situation he suddenly found himself in.

First of all, who was this woman? Yeah, sure, his soon to be stepmother, but really! From the stories he heard about his father from his mother, he was a man who was in love with his job more than his family, and acted as if he had a stick or two up his ass. Again, this could have to do with the fact that they had gotten divorced 11 years ago after a large fight, Roxas had concluded, but still. A man that sends his son a birthday card once a year yet doesn't make an effort at any further contact does NOT decide to marry someone like Selphie.

Realizing that Selphie had suddenly concluded her monologue, Roxas looked up to find both Axel and Selphie staring intently at him.

"Uhhh…hmm?" Roxas said, unintelligently.

"I said, do you want me to show you around town today?" Axel asked.

Roxas blushed again, although he was not sure why. He was tempted to say no, but seeing as Selphie was standing about two feet to his left, he wasn't sure how that would go over. From her point of view, Roxas didn't have any reason to not want to be shown around by Axel. From his point of view, Roxas had a lot of reasons not to want to be shown around by Axel: mainly, because Axel was a freaking pervert.

Instead of saying this, however, Roxas nodded reluctantly.

Axel's smile brightened to about 1000 watts.

"Alright! Let's get going then!" he said in a voice that matched the excitement level of Selphie's. Much to Roxas's surprise and embarrassment, Axel grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the kitchen, leaving Selphie to smile at just how well her two little "sons" (as she now thought of Roxas as her son) were getting along.

This was going to be a long, sketchy day, Roxas thought.

Haha yeah, so that's fun. Review, maybe?