a/n Sorry I haven't updated this in a while. I had a spur of writers block. Anyhow, let's start, shall we?

Time skip a few months...

Arifureta koi gokoro ni ima wana o shikakeru
Wazuka na sukima nozokeba

Tsukamaete

Tatoeba fukai shigemi no naka suberi komasete
Tsunaida ase no kaori ni tada okasare teru

Axel bowed and ran off the stage with Saïx, pulling off his sweaty mask as soon as they were in the dressing room. They were having what they had dubbed their "Night of Nights", a dancing performance for the school dance team, and Axel had suggested that he and his dance partner, Saïx of course, perform the Vocaloid song Cantarella. Fortunately, Ms. Rikku just happened to be a huge Vocaloid fan, allowing them to perform it. They were finally off the stage, and Axel's heart was pounding. He knew Marluxia and Larxene were going up next, but he couldn't be bothered to watch them. He didn't like them much anyway. Marluxia enjoyed invading other's personal space too much.

"So, how was that?" Saïx asked, pulling off his own mask. They both began changing into their costumes for the final number, a group number. "I think I was off for a split second there. I recovered pretty well though. Are Rude and Reno in the audience tonight?"

"Nah, they're at work." Axel replied, pulling on his black jacket with red fur. It was as if they wanted the dancers to suffocate on stage. Stage lights were hot! "I don't think I was off anywhere, yeah? I saw your recovery though. Nice cover. There's no way the audience noticed."

"First rule of the stage."

"The audience is stupid."

The pair fist bumped and Axel went and pulled his phone out of the bag he brought with him, taking a drink as he unlocked the screen, seeing that he had a message from Reno. That was weird, usually Reno said to never contact him at work unless it was a dire emergency, like if he was dying. Then it was acceptable to contact him. He opened the text and raised an eyebrow.

"Apparently Rude and Reno were going to be gone for longer than expected, so I have the house to myself for probably a week." Axel commented, tossing his phone onto his bag. "Kind of weird Reno decided to text me though."

"Well, you might have thought they died if you hadn't." Saïx commented, pulling on his own jacket, which looked exactly like Axel's except the fur was blue. "You don't think they used real fur in this, right?"

"Doubt it."

"Cool. I have extra money in my account on Friday, by the way." Axel looked over hopefully. "I think you know what they means."

"Buy a shit ton of extra spicy buffalo wings, take them to my house, and binge watch Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles?"

"To put it bluntly."

"Sweet! I fucking love those chicken wings, got it memorized?"

"I've had that memorized for a long time." Saïx rolled his eyes and Axel grinned. His catchphrase could at times irritate his blue haired friend, but he didn't care. His catchphrase was awesome. If anything, he didn't say it enough. Now that, there, was a problem. He pulled on the rest of his outfit and headed out into the the wings to wait for the final dance, quickly followed by Saïx. He already Saïx's family wasn't here. Saïx was a very private person, and eventually Axel had stopped prodding. The blunette was impossible to get information from. The name Guado, though... Why did that sound so familiar?

They pair ran on stage and danced as they were told, Axel grimacing as he accidentally brushed Naminé. He preferred having more space on stage, but hey, he wasn't the director. Their dance was Love and Joy though, which really required more than Ms. Rikku had given them. At least it had gone pretty well. Afterwards, the entire crew went to get dinner, on the bill of the school, which surprised the dancers before they found out it was the principal Mr. Eraqus who was paying, not the other principal Mr. Xehanort, who would never do something like that. After dinner, Saïx and Axel bummed a ride off one of their fellow dancers, Xigbar, and made their way into Axel's apartment. Saïx had already decided to sleep over that weekend anyway, so they set up his sleeping bag on the ground and tossed their stuff on the couch, setting up for a fun weekend of anime, food, and video games.

A week later Axel was sitting on the carpet, staring at his phone. Family Guy was playing on his television but he wasn't really paying attention to it. He was more focused on his phone, waiting to buzz, ring, do something. Anything. He was getting nervous. By now Reno's manager Tseng would've called him to notify him that Reno had arrived safe and sound at the office and would be on his way home soon. Why hadn't he called yet? He needed to call!

He must have sat there for hours, just staring at the phone with his anxiety restricting his chest more and more until he felt like he couldn't breathe. He needed the phone to ring.

Another week passed and there was still no sign of Rude of Reno. It was starting to drive Axel crazy. He'd become far quieter, scared that if he said anything he might break down. He still kept his phone on constant charge, just in case Tseng or anyone tried to contact him with information. He was plugging in his phone again when he heard a knock at the door. He stood up and walked over, opening it to reveal to stony face of Tseng, and Reno's coworker Elena with him, giving Axel a small wave. He'd met them before, when Reno had decided to throw a party for a bunch of his coworkers after a particularly successful mission.

"Hi!" He quickly greeted them, moving to the side to let them in. He shut the door behind them and went into the kitchen as they sat at the dining room table. "Do you want anything to drink?" He got water for himself and looked at Tseng and Elena expectantly.

"Two waters Axel." Tseng requested, followed

by a nod from Elena. He brought over three waters and sat across from them, looking at them expectantly. "I imagine you have a lot of questions right now, so let me take this moment to answer the most vital ones. No, Rude and Reno, as far as we are aware, are not dead." Axel couldn't help but breath a sigh of relief. "However, we are not currently aware of their location."

"...Wait, what?"

"Rude and Reno are...MIA..." Elena said, trying to sound as calm as possible as to not frighten the teenager. "They're missing in actio-"

"I know what MIA means!" Axel yelled. "How the hell did they get MIA?! Are they going to come back?! Do I have to go into foster care?! Or back with my father?!"

"Axel, calm down." Tseng said. Axel nodded and quickly took a drink of water. "We don't know how they went missing, all we know is that they are missing. We don't think they're dead, they're hopefully alive, which means they will hopefully return. As for your current living situation, we will do our best to keep you where you are." Axel nodded, clutching his water glass. Elena walked over to him and put a sympathetic hand on his back, to which Axel shot her the harshest glare he could, leading her to retreat back to Tseng. The pair nodded to Axel and left, leaving the distraught teenager at the table. He heard the door open again and looked over to see Saïx.

"...What's wrong?" Saïx asked.

"Rude and Reno are MIA."

"...I'm so sorry."

Yep. Sadness. Anyhow, please review and I hope you enjoyed this poorly written chapter.