Arixa and Axel's Alphabet
Chapter 4
D is for Ducks
Axel looked out over Twilight Town from his spot on the clock tower at the various stores and houses. He wasn't thinking about much in particular but suddenly a thought wandered to his mind that hadn't surfaced since he became a Nobody.
It was a memory of when he was eight years old. He remembered sitting on a bridge with his father and feeding the ducks.
"Daddy, why do they like bread so much?" He had asked his father. The older man smiled at his spiky haired son "Well Lea, ducks don't usually eat anything but pond weeds so bread is a special treat for them"
Axel remembered looking down at the small brown birds hungrily racing each other for the bread. "I think we should bring them something else next time" Lea had said "Yeah? Like what?" His father had asked.
As if on cue a small girl of around Lea's age walked up and sat down on the bridge with her teacher "Master Eraqus why do the ducks like cookies so much?" She asked.
Her teacher smiled down at her "Well Aqua, the ducks don't often get treats like cookies…" A smaller voice chimed in with the older one "Or bread" Lea put in.
Aqua looked at the other child "You feed them bread?" She asked looking puzzled "Yeah I guess we never thought of cookies" Lea answered. Aqua nodded "Heh, mind if I try?" She asked.
Lea nodded and handed the bag of bread to the girl. Their hands touched for only a second but it was enough for the two children to blush. "Uhm… Here" Lea said practically throwing the bread into Aqua's hands.
"Thanks" She said smiling "I'm Aqua, what's your name?" She asked.
"Axel, you okay?" he was wrenched from his thoughts by Arixa. "Oh yeah just thinking about something" He said smiling. She gave him a puzzled look "What were you thinking about?"
She handed him a sea salt Popsicle while she listened to his story "Aww" She said once Axel had finished "What?" He asked. She smiled at him "I'm just trying to picture you at eight years old" she said happily.
Axel shook his head "that shouldn't be too hard Rix" He said smiling. Arixa gave him a puzzled look "What do you mean?" She asked "Well if I remember correctly you blushed the colour of my hair when our hands touched that day"