Drabbles Written between 11:30 and Midnight
A/N: Wowzers. It's been awhile. This is the product of de-stressing after a week filled with four beautiful exams. One of which was Physics. Enough said.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of its affiliations. I do not own Veggietales.
The challenge: Axel Buys a Stapler
Yeah… so much for that stapler. Enjoy!
Drabble 9: Broccoli
"Milk, eggs, chocolate chips, flour, sugar… stapler," Axel read off as he absentmindedly pushed the shopping cart one-handedly down the aisle.
"I didn't realize that one of the ingredients of chocolate chip cookies was a stapler," an elegant voice wafted from behind a 124 pack of double layer extra large extra soft toilet paper rolls.
Axel abruptly stopped and raised an eyebrow. "Do we really need that much toilet paper?" he inquired warily.
"Yes," Axel's roommate huffed, his pink hair revealing itself as he dumped the gigantic package in the waiting, empty cart. "And it's on sale, anyways. Buy in bulk, I always say." The pink haired man flipped his long wavy locks over his shoulder as he admired his work.
"Oh really now?" Axel questioned dryly, earning a glare from his irritated friend. "You're insane, you know that, Marluxia?" Axel directed at his roommate, shaking his head resignedly.
"I'm not the one who used the last 124 rolls in order to cook, I quote, 'a nice, juicy burger,' as you so elegantly put it." Marluxia rolled his eyes, turned and began walking in the other direction.
"Well, excuuuse me," Axel spat, insulted, "I wanted a burger. A cheeseburger, to be exact. And my mother sent me that nice shiny grill."
"That's what charcoal is for, Axel," Marluxia sighed heavily as he helped guide the cart along, occasionally tossing items into the cart.
"Marluxia! We don't need five packs of Veggietales gummies!" Axel hissed, trying to keep his voice down.
"Correction: You don't need four packs of Veggitales gummies and one pack of dinosaur gummies," Marluxia waved his comment away. "I, however, require a constant gummy supply."
Axel grumbled internally as he continued to push the cart along, eyeing a particularly nice looking package of premium ground beef.
"Don't even look at meat in my presence, Axel," Marluxia calmly ordered without even turning around, causing Axel to hastily retract the hand he had begun to stretch towards the ground beef.
Axel muttered something unintelligible under his breath, only one word carrying through clearly to Marluxia's ears: "…Vegetarian…"
"Not everybody has the regrettable urge to consume such… disgusting exhibits of mankind's cruelty," Marluxia retorted, "Not everyone acts like a five year old child who can't stand broccoli."
"Hey, broccoli is disgusting," Axel cried, "How can you eat it?!"
"The same way you eat 'big, juicy burgers,'" Marluxia replied as he tossed two packages of fresh broccoli into the cart.
"Ew, get that out of there!" Axel hurriedly reached into the cart and tossed the celery back at Marluxia.
Marluxia glared at Axel and put the broccoli back in. And then added five more packages just for good measure.
"You will eat your broccoli," Marluxia stared Axel down.
"I will not. You can't make me."
"Either you eat your broccoli, or I keep all 124 rolls of toilet paper for myself. The choice is yours." Marluxia shrugged lazily and continued adding fresh veggies to the cart.
"Grrr," Axel grumbled, knowing this was no idle threat.
Axel brooded silently while Marluxia continued to contaminate their cart with healthy food items.
"Veggie-freak," Axel accused as they left the fruit and vegetables section of the supermarket and headed towards checkout.
"I would appreciate it if you would stop insulting my lifestyle choice," Marluxia replied calmly, steering the end of the cart into a checkout aisle. "Do I ever refer to you as a 'meat-freak'?"
"…" Axel was silent, thinking deeply.
"I didn't think so," Marluxia turned to watch as the cashier scanned all of their groceries.
"Veggie-freak," Axel accused again and threw a stray broccoli head at Marluxia, who simply smirked and swiped his credit card.
Come dinnertime, Axel regretted that last jab at his roommate.
Steamed broccoli, Marluxia's specialty.
"Ewwwwwwww."