narration
"talking"

A/N: Chapter four, reporting for duty! The moment you've all been waiting for… Roxas's "date" with Axel! So many fangirls are gonna kill me for what I'm going to do to this chapter… Oh well. :P BTW, to my newer fans, the reason my disclaimer always lists me as KHFreakOZoid is because that was originally my username. But I changed it. lol But I decided to keep it the same here, so that people could identify me easier…or something. idk. :D

DISCLAIMER:

KHFreakOZoid: OMG, I can't wait to see what happens on Roku's date!

Roxas: It's NOT a date.

KHFreakOZoid: Suuure.

Roxas: -.-'

Axel: Heh heh. ;) *tries to sneak an arm around Roxas*

Roxas: Do not touch me, or I will kill you.

Axel: meep…

Zexion: … Anyway…she owns nothing. On with the story…

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I was excited...and nervous...and surprised.

I was excited because I had just made a date with the insaely hot blonde I met the other day. (Remind me to bow down and worship Sora later.) Okay, so maybe I kind of cowardly asked him out over a text message and said that it was specifically just two friends hanging out, no raping involved. (Damn. There go my plans...) But in my mind, it was a date. At least, that's what I would tell all my friends...

I was nervous because I didn't know what the hell was going to happen. I'd only met the guy once and had ONE texting conversation with him and already I could tell he was a cautious guy. I knew that one wrong move most likely would get me a rough kick to the balls... Somehow I wasn't quite too fond of the thought of that happening.

And I was surprised because I had no idea in hell how I pulled this off.

I was already surprised enough that he actually texted me back. I honestly expected him to block my number the moment he found out it was me. Childish as the idea was, for the slightest of moments, I actually considered making him guess who was texting him, simply so that I could have an excuse to text him a little longer. But I decided I was too good for that. But one thing was for sure; I'd be walking on eggshells with him.

I have to admit, it was obvious he was in a pissy mood when I texted him. Or maybe that was my fault. Whatever. Halfway through the conversation I had considered for a second sparing him and just leaving him alone. Until the subject of his relationship status came up. He had mentioned there were no girls that caught his interest, so stupid-ass me decided to note that he'd specifically said girls. I regretted saying the joke almost instantly after I'd sent it. But what I'd expected to be a flame or even something like igoring me, actually turned out to be a returning joke. I swear my heart skipped a beat. Why did he seem like he was enjoying this conversation? Like he DIDN'T despise me for coming on to him? Like...like...

Like he was flirting back?

I don't know if it was my ego, my surge of accomplishment by coaxin a cuple good flirts out of him, or maybe I was just plain supid. But fr whatever reason, I grew a pair and straight-out asked him to hang out. Sure, my courage surprised me, but nothin could have surprisd me more than the fact that he'd actually said YES.

And boy was I excited. Tomorrow was gonna be epic.

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I glanced at my watch. Roxas had agreed to meet me at the ice cream shop at 4:00pm. It was 3:45pm. Every minute felt like a year. So when I finally spotted a head of spiky blonde hair, a smile slapped itself onto my face.

And just as quickly as it appeared, the smile disappeared. What the...? Why the...

Oh. Shit. Oh, no he didn't.

ROXAS'S POV

I walked slowly over to Axel, feeling like there were weights in my socks. I didn't want to do this...mostly. I had stopped trying to deny that there was a very tiny part of me that DID want to do this three hours ago. I especially tried to ignore the little flip my heart did when he did a quick smile. But I didn't blame it for disappearing once he saw me.

Okay, so not so much me rather than the people around me. Sora and Riku, hand in hand, were walking right beside me.

That's right. Me, being the coward I am, brought my brother and his boyfriend on what may or may not be a date. I still hadn't specificaly decided whether I liked that word or not.

Getting Sora to agree to it wasn't too hard. He was tickled pink when I told him my plans to hang out with Axel, but ultimately refused to go with me when I asked. But as soon I threatened to call Axel right then and there to break it off unless he came with, he nearly ripped the phone out of my hand and agreed. And getting Riku to agree to come only took one request from Sora. Damn, why couldn't Sora be that easy?

I felt sort of silly about doing it, but it was too late now. He had already seen us. And, boy, did he look disappointed. I felt a small pang of guilt.

"Hey," I said to the redhead, shyly.

"Uh, hi, Roxas...Sora, Riku...," he said, trying his best to be polite. He didn't have me fooled, though.

"Hi, Axel," Sora shrugged, obviously apologetic.

Axel did his best to smile. "So, you ready to get some ice cream?"

"Yeah!" said Sora. Oh boy...maybe bringing Sora to a sugar factory wasn't a good idea after all... He bounced over to the counter, eyeballing the menu of flavors. Riku walked beside him, leaving Axel and me to awkwadly stand behind them. I nuck a peek at him out of the corner of my eye. He refused to look at me.

"Sorry about his," I heard Sora whisper to Axel when he thought I wasn't paying atention. Wrong. "He was a little nervous and blackmailed us to coming along." My brother shrugged and smiled apologetically.

Axel snorted and I winced. But I saw a small smirk on his face and I figured he wasn't as upset as I'd originally thought.

We all got our ice cream; Sora finally settled on a double-scoop chocolate cone (Wonderful. Just what he needs: more sugar.), Riku got a plain vanilla cup, while Axel and I both got sea salt ice cream on a stick. It was my favorite.

I've got to admit, the beginning was rocky, but after a while (I can't believe I'm saying this), it was...fun. I didn't stop myelf from thinking the word now. I almost regretted asking Sora and Riku to come...okay, one step at a time. Maybe I wouldn't go that far.

"Hey, Roxas?" Axel's voice interrupted my thoughts, but the interruption was surprisingly welcome.

"Yeah?" I half-smiled.

"I've got tickets to a Coldplay concert next week...you wouldn't wanna snag the other one, would you?" he asked, a bit timidly.

I opened my mouth, but didn't reply. My thoughts were racing. Okay... Did I want to go out with- I mean, hang out with him again? Was it worth all of the jokes and stupid remarks from Sora? All of th gossip he would surely spill to Riku and God knows who else? Every part of my brain was screaming no, but...

"I'd like that." I'm an idiot.