EDIT: Edited this one as well. What I edited was the talk about 'love' and why Roxas wanted to go to the bar. I felt like him wanting to protect his mom was a much better cause than him wanting to go to pretend to be a grownup.

~Hinata

~2 years later~

"Axel," My mom said as she put her makeup on in the mirror, "Cassandra and I are going out on a double date with these guys we met a few weeks back so we need you to babysit Roxas for her while we're out."

"Mom," I sighed as I slumped onto the couch, "He's 6 years old now. He should be able to take care of himself. I have my own life to deal with, which means putting up applications for colleges and shit like that."

"We both know that all you've been doing since you've got out of school was play video games, eat, sleep, and watch TV. You've barely even been outside." By now, my mom had her hands on her hips and she was giving me the 'look'. You know, that look that moms give their kids when they're serious about something. It's some sort of scary mom thing.

"So?" I asked, while digging my hand into a bag of potato chips and shoving the handful into my mouth. She gave me a glare scary then usual which told me that I should just give in, which I did.

"Fine." I moaned while leaning back on the couch.

"You're such a drama king." She laughed while fixing her hair a little bit. The doorbell rang and she rushed to answer it. I sighed. I had a blast not seeing the little brat for the few days that I had away from him. It was like a mini vacation for me. Much to my dimise, he grew to be more annoying than before. His blonde hair was becoming spikier and messier, but his eyes were still the same: big and blue.

"Hey, Axie!" Roxas' voice rang through the house.

"Hello, Roxas," I groaned. "Long time, no see..."

"I know, right?" He giggled happily as he plopped himself down by me on the couch. "I have to tell you what happened at school today!"

"I don't really care..." I muttered.

"But it's about you!" He said excitedly. And before I could say that I really didn't want to hear it, he continued, "Today at school, my friend Hayner was talking about pretending to be a grown up and stuff and then I told him that I had a friend who was actually a grown up! He asked me who and I said that it was you! He wants to meet you, badly!"

"I don't really care." I muttered.

"But, Axie!" He moaned with a frown now on his face instead of the obnoxious smile he usually wore nowadays. "I thought you'd be happy that you're so popular with my friends! You should take me to the bus stop tomorrow!"

"I think I'll pass." I said while taking a drink of the coke on the coffee table and flipping through the channels. I landed on Cartoon Network to watch Adventure Time.

"You can be such a jerk sometimes." He pouted and turned towards the TV to watch it too. I knew how to shut him up. That's just how cool I am.

"Okay," My mom said as her and Cassandra walked into the living room. "We'll be leaving. Have fun, you two."

"Yeah, yeah," I muttered while barely paying attention. "You too." She bent down and kissed me lightly on the forehead while Cassandra hugged Roxas goodbye. They walked out and we were left in silence except for the sounds coming from the television.

"What do you wanna do?" Roxas asked after a while of silence.

"This." I pointed towards the TV.

"Well, that's boring." He mumbled. "Why can't we go outside or something. It's a nice day."

"So? Who needs to go outside. It's a boring day. Just deal with it."

"Seriously, Axie. It's not good to stay inside all day. Why don't we drive somewhere. You have your license, right?"

"Yeah, but I have no clue where you wanna go."

"To the bar that our moms are going to! I want to make sure that guy doesn't hurt my mom." He said with determination in his voice.

"Hell to the no." I replied simply. "For one, you're too young, and another thing I can get in trouble with our moms if they catch us. Do you know how much trouble I'd get in?"

"What do you mean?"

"Kiddo," I said while standing up to go refill my glass, "You have a lot to learn."

He followed closely behind and continued to complain, "But I know a lot about everything! My mom's important to me."

"Your mom will be fine, trust me. These guys seem like they really like them."

"Do you think they're in love? If he likes her a lot that means he's in love with her, right? Axie, do you have someone that you like a lot?"

"Hmm...Why would I tell you?"

"Because I wanna know! Tell me!"

"Fine." I sighed and ran my hand through my spiky red hair. "I like...No one. How's that for ya?" Just then, the door opened and Demyx walked in.

"Hey, buddy." He chirped as he slung his arm around my shoulder.

"Demyx," Roxas started, "Can I ask you something?"

"Shoot." He said while taking his arm away from me and sinking down to the 6 year old's level.

"Do you have someone that you really, really like?"

"Well," Demyx said, "Why are you getting into this all of a sudden?"

"I just wanna know is all." Roxas replied while batting his girlish eyelashes innocently.

"Well, if you want to know, the person I like is in this room right now." I just knew who he meant when he said that. The thing about Demyx was that you could never tell if he was joking or serious. Life was like a game to him. He looked over at me and smiled that big, goofy grin of his.

"Demyx," I sighed. "You got to be kidding me."

"Hey," He said while standing up and changing the subject, "Your birthday was a week ago, right?"

"Yeah...?"

"Well, I have the perfect present for you, Mr. Axel," He said while dragging me over to the shoe rack, "We are going out somewhere."

"Where do you want to go exactly?" I questioned. It wasn't everyday that Demyx had a plan to go somewhere. He just went where his feet took him.

"I know that you wanted to get something for a long time and I think that now will be the perfect time. Get your shoes on. You're driving."

We pulled into a tattoo parlor and I knew exactly what he was getting me: the green tear drop tattoos I wanted since middle school. "Why are we at some stinky place?" Roxas groaned. "I was hoping we were going somewhere fun."

"Just hang on for a second," Demyx said to Roxas, "We'll be out in no time and then we'll go out and do something."

I stepped out of the car with excitement running through my veins as we opened the door to the tattoo place. It was loud and there was heavy metal playing in the backround. A big, tough guy dressed in biker leather came up to us.

"Hey," He said as he looked us over. His eyes lingered a little longer on Roxas. I bet he was wondering why a little kid was inside the tattoo shop. "You guys here for a tattoo?"

"I'm not," Demyx started in his confident voice, "But my friend, Axel, is. He's looking for someone to give him tear drops a little under his eyes."

"Heh." Was all the guy could say. "Follow me, ladies." If he wasn't so big and scary, I would totally kick his ass.

We went to a chair in the way back of the shop and he motioned for me to sit down so I did. Now that I really thought about it, I was nervous as all get out. He brought out the needle and stuff he needed to make the tatoo.

He noticed me tense and said, "Relax, kid. It'll only take a second."

While he worked on the tattoo, I hadn't realized that I was holding Demyx's hand until towards the end, and even then I really didn't feel like pulling away. Roxas just stared in awe at everything that was going on.

When it was done, I opened my eyes and looked in the mirror and the tear drops under my eyes looked absolutely wonderful. I loved them! "Wow..." Was all I could really say as I inspected them in the mirror.

"Yeah, yeah." The guy said. I found out from the name tag on his jacket that his name was Larry. It reminded me of Larry the Lobster from the cartoon, Spongebob.

"Thank you." I said and Demyx paid him and we walked out of the shop and towards the vehicle. I didn't even notice that I was still holding Demyx's hand until we got closer to the car. I pulled away and acted casual as I unlocked the car and got in the driver seat.

"So," I started while looking in the review mirror at Roxas, "Where do you guys want to go?"

"Ice cream shop!" Roxas and Demyx both chirped up at the same time. Not to be stereotypical or anything but, blondes and their sweets. I sighed and started the car up to head towards the nearest ice cream parlor.