It was salty, but sweet too, thats what Axel had said it tasted like, Roxas just stared at the frozen treat in front of him. Sea-salt ice cream. The red head had suggested he try it out. Said man was talking to his friend at the moment, leaving the small blond to his treat, and his thoughts. The boy looked over at the two near the counter, and cocked his head.
'They seem really close,' He thought, Axel and his friend, Demyx, were laughing at something, which, judging on how hard they were laughing, must have been really funny. Roxas looked down at his ice cream. He didn't hear the two approach him. "So, Dem Dem, i got a question for you," The blond looked up at Demyx, "Oh? fire away Axey," Said Demyx.
Axel rubbed the back of his neck, "Is your uncle Vexen working on any weird projects right now?" The mullet haired boy, paled. Confirming Axels suspicions, "Y-yeah, but he won't tell me what, just that it'll be a really important discovery if it works," 'So he was asking about me?' thought Roxas. Shrugging, the small boy went back to staring at the ice cream in front of him.

Axel was ticked off. So as not to take it out on his friend, or Roxas, he'd walked out of the ice cream shop, Roxas, like a loyal dog, had followed him, though as though he could sense the redheads anger, was walking at a ninety degree angle behind him. 'Axel looks scary when he's mad...' The blond thought. He heard a sigh. "What bugs me, is is I don't know what you were made for, and the fact you look so young, Vexens really starting to creep me out," the redhead murmured. Roxas smiled a little, "I'm just glad I never found out why I was created, and that I got to meet you," He told the pyro, and, even though it was small and barely noticable, Axel blushed. "Um, thanks?" The red head didn't know whether to be happy or not, but either way, he did not like blushing.

Roxas shifted and smiled more at him. There was an awkward silence, before either of them moved. And it was the blond who did, he carried on walking. Leaving Axel, standing there.

Elsewhere however Vexen glared at the man in front of him, "How have you not found the boy?!" He was frustrated, he had sent his workers looking for his escaped experiment, that after waking up, had ran past the many scientists working on the project.
"S-sorry sir... We have had reports that he's now staying at an unknown address with a red haired male," Vexens ears perked up slightly at hearing this new piece of information, red haired male? "This, male, is his hair crimson? With emerald green eyes? Two tattoos on his cheeks?" The young man in front of him nodded, 'Axel... Demyx's friend? The boy is with Axel?' The older male smirked, he knew where to find his prize...

"Hey Axe! Hey! Wake up you bum!" A loud shout from the other side of his front door woke him from his sleep. 'great, it's dem...' Axels eyes shot open, "Shit! I'm awake! I'm awake!" Scrambling to get dressed, Axel became aware of another form entering the room.
Roxas was awakened due to Demyx's loud knocking and shouting, 'I should wake Axel... Demyx sounds angry...' He needn't have bothered though, as the pyro was now scrambling to put on his shirt, black, with a band logo on it, Metallica, Roxas had never heard of them but Axel must like them, so he wouldn't question it.
"I'm comin' Dem! God any louder and you'll wake the damn dead up!" Roxas heard a chuckle from the now open door. "Oh, Rox? I gotta get to class, will you be alright here on your own?" The red head asked, The small blond nodded. How hard could it be?
Demyx couldn't help but worry slightly, he was from his uncles lab after all. His uncle Vexen was not one to let his projects go half way through. The old male liked to see them through to the very end, regardless of the consequences. And that made him feel sorry for the poor boy now rooming with his best, if slightly hotheaded, friend since kindergarten.

Roxas sat on the black couch staring into space, it was boring when no one else was around... It was quiet. And it reminded him of the darkness before he awoke in that white room. Looking around properly, he could see that Axels apartment was not very clean, in fact it was a complete mess. Empty pizza boxes and cans of soda littered the table and the dirty dishes were piled high, it was strange that, despite knowing nothing, he knew how to clean, so he did.
The small blond put the boxes and cans into the trash, and the dishes were put in to soak, he'd scrub them after he vacuumed. "Where is the vacuum anyway...?" He said to himself. Setting off in search for the dust busting machine, he walked into Axels room. 'Maybe it's in here?' He thought, he didn't want to disturb the red heads possessions, but it was a necessity to cleaning the apartment. Searching under the bed, he found something he did not expect, a sketchbook.
Roxas could not believe the things Axel had drawn, whole landscapes, and people cluttered the book, the most frequent person was a blond woman, with sea green eyes. and a nice smile, labelled Larxene, wait, that was the person Demyx had mentioned, the one who had hurt Axel even though he'd said that he was over it. The small boy felt a twinge in his chest. though of what, he couldn't say. He smiled sadly.
He didn't know how long he'd looked at the book, but he knew it must have been a very long time, as the front door opened followed by loud talking. "For god sakes Dem, I told you, I am NOT going to that stupid bar!" The red haired college student walked into the room, and stopped, stared, and gaped. "the heck happened to the room?" Roxas looked up, "Hi... Welcome home," He said, Axel meanwhile was looking around his apartment, "Hey Rox? Did you clean up?" The small blond nodded, making the pyro, even more shocked. The small blond boy, who knew nothing, knew how to clean? That was... Interesting... He'd probably show the boy how to cook, Axel was a wizard in the kitchen, at least that's what he told his friends. Axel smiled, and ruffled the blonds hair, "Not too bad Roxy, not too bad," Roxas smiled.

Demyx followed behind, "Aw come on Axe, it won't be too bad," The red head, stopped, turned to his friend before pushing him back out the door, mumbling idiot as he did so. Roxas blinked. Hearing the pyro sigh then walk back over, the grin back on his face.
***

Axel lay awake that night thinking. Mostly about the blond in the other room, and mostly, about why he was there. 'How had the blond been created? If he had been at all?' He thought, 'Vexen probably wants him back, which means I'll have to be careful when we're out and about.' He then ended up thinking about what those scientists might have done to the blond, and frowned. The mere thought of seeing him in pain, or hurt. Angered him. Why? Why would it anger him? He shook his head and rolled over onto his side. Falling asleep, as he wondered why he would be angry...