Why was this happening? People are so weird in this town. There's no sense of personal space. I'm just a new girl. This is my first day and I'm already in so much drama. But I need to vent...

"I don't know," sighed Kairi, as she walked into her room with Axel tailing behind her.

Kairi falls backwards onto her bed and Axel lies down next to her. There was a smell of faint burning surrounding him. Kairi took a quick sniff, but shook it off because she was too tired to question it. Axel looks at her face and analyzes her reaction. Kairi continues her venting.

"Riku is just... ugh. I don't know. He's very forward, I guess that would be a nice way to put it..."

"You don't have to be nice with me. You can just speak your mind." Axel says while playing with Kairi's hair.

"He... He just wasn't being a good guy... And I just met him too. I don't get how people can be so... so... shameless." Kairi rambles on mindlessly.

"Why?" Axel stopped playing with her hair and looked at her seriously "What did he do?"

He looked at her almost angry. Kairi got a little nervous at his reaction and realized she needed to calm him down or else he might do something he'd regret.

"Oh, nothing. It was just a whatever thing. Not really a big deal, just maybe a culture shock for me." Kairi tried to downplay the event that happened just an hour ago. Axel relaxed a little bit and resumed playing with her hair.

"Well, I don't know. Maybe it's just me that's causing this..." trailed Kairi.

"It is you." Axel says almost reflexively.

"What?"

"Nah, nothing."

"Are you saying it's my fault I feel like this?"

"No. That's not how I meant it at all. I just meant that you're stirring things up because you're cute and we know it."

She blushed at hearing this. Kairi wasn't used to people being so straight forward. She was never called cute before so she didn't know how to handle the compliment. All of a sudden, Kairi sits up and remembers that they weren't home alone.

"Isn't my mom still here?" she whispers.

Axel laughs, "She's sound asleep. Don't worry. I'll know when she's up."

Kairi didn't know what he meant by that, but didn't care. However, from that sudden sit up, all the blood rushed to her head and made her dizzy. Kairi held her head as she waited for the world to stop spinning. Axel sat up next to her, looking concerned.

"New girl, you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, just dizzy. And stop calling me new girl! I have a name."

"Ugh, fine. Kai-ri." Axel managed to spit out with much labor.

"Why are you disgusted by my name? I say your name just fine, and you can't even say mine without killing yourself?"

Axel stayed quiet for a minute, then grinned. Kairi looked at him questionably.

"What are you grinning at?" She asked finally.

"You know, you never said my name before. You said it once in disgust, but you never called me by my name."

Kairi slumped and thought about it.

Is this guy right? I never said his name before? Well, I'm not going to start now. That's just giving him what he wants, then who's in power? Not me, that's who.

"So… Say it," Axel grinned so wide you'd think his mouth would rip.

Kairi stayed silent and laid back down. Axel poked her, still smiling. Kairi rolled to her side, with her back facing Axel. Kairi couldn't help it. She broke out into a tiny smile.

"How is that fair? I say your name, but you won't say my name just once!" Axel slouched and whined like a child.

Kairi turned her head back a little to peek at his reaction, then laughed at the sight of a full grown, built guy acting like a three year old. She stuck her tongue out and turned back her back to him. Axel poked her right in the middle of her waist.

He found it. Axel found Kairi's ticklish spot. She spazzed out for a quick second and then looked back at Axel with wide eyes. He had one brow raised, looked at his finger and back at Kairi's waist, then grinned.

Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no.

Axel attacked. He poked Kairi nonstop. Kairi couldn't stop laughing and having spasms. Her laughing soon turned to playful screaming, where then Axel held one hand over her mouth.

"Shhh. Your mom's still sleeping!" He whispered and laughed as he continued to playfully poke her.

Kairi tried to attack Axel by her free hands, but she wasn't strong enough to make any noticeable damage. She tried to shield her sides from Axel's poking, but Axel just grabbed both Kairi's arms with one hand and pinned them above her head. Axel stopped poking her and looked into Kairi's eyes. He was practically on top of her at this point.

Oh my God. Is this happening again?

Kairi looks back up into his intense green eyes. She stopped breathing again, just as before when Axel trapped her earlier that day.

"Say it." Axel demanded quietly.

Kairi couldn't talk. Her throat was as dry as a desert. Maybe because of all the laughing and screaming or maybe from his intenseness. She opened her mouth trying to let something out. Axel inched closer to her face until their noses grazed each other's.

"Kairi… Say my name." Axel repeated.

Axel looked deep into her eyes then down to her lips.

"A-," Kairi tried to spit out, but only came as a faint whisper.

Axel met his lips to Kairi's and started to kiss her as both their eyes closed shut. He released her arms, which automatically went to hang around Axel's neck. Axel held her head and moved some of Kairi's hair out of her face as they continued a passionate kiss. He pushed his tongue out until it licked Kairi's lip, which in response, opened allowing his tongue to move through. Their tongues fought each other as their lips were locked together. His radiating body was against Kairi's. Axel slowly lowered his left arm as he caressed her side down to where her shirt ended and slowly crawled under. He rubbed her soft skin, from her side to her back.

Axel opened his eyes as he lifted his eyes and looked down at an innocent girl. She opened her puppy-like eyes and stared deep into his eyes. She looked somewhat confused at why they stopped their session.

Why did he stop? I. Want. More.

Kairi took one of her hands and cupped Axel's face and slowly lowered his face until it was close enough for her to stretch her neck to meet his lips. She closed her eyes and started to kiss him once again.

Axel, dazed by the seduction, continued to kiss her back as his hands roamed more around her body. He then felt high up enough to reach her bra, where Axel just stopped and removed his hands from Kairi's shirt.

He sits up, "I can't do this to you."

Axel gets up off of Kairi's bed and slowly walks to the balcony. Kairi sits up looking confused and follows him out.

"Axel."

He stops in his tracks. Kairi walks up behind him.

He's a good guy. He knew that he had to stop, unlike Riku.

"Axel," she repeated, "I don't know what your story is, but I want to find out."

Axel turns around and looks down at a dark, red-haired girl staring back at him.

"That doesn't sound like a good idea, Kairi," he whispered, "There's stuff..."

"We all have stuff."

He slowly walked towards the tree that leaned up against the balcony. Kairi followed and reached for his hand.

"Axel, please stay."

He turns around and smiles sympathetically. The thought of someone actually wanting him for once made him smile.

"Kairi... I want to know your story too."