Summary: They didn't know why everyone thought they were a couple, but Axel and Larxene were a couple on the dance floor and off it.
Pairing: Axel and Larxene.
"Friends with Benefits"
By splintered
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Everyone thought they were a couple, but they were just a couple of friends. Really. Larxene didn't understand how anyone for the matter could think of her and the crazy pyromaniac as anything couple-ly but they did.
But she supposed that they did do couple-ly things together. Not like the things Sora and Kairi do—like share papou fruit at the beach or stargaze and draw cartoonish cave-man art together or what other sickeningly lovey-dovey thing they did. No, what was Larxene and Axel's favorite pastimes? They flirted and danced. (And well, dancing was just like flirting anyways, but with body movements rather than words.)
When or why did the two decide to dance together? Well, Axel always claimed that he needed a "hot chick" to dance with and Larxene always claimed that he needed a guy who could keep up with her on the dance floor. With her pale blond hair teased up into soft curls with the help of Namine's curling iron and Kairi's hairspray as well as a make-up and fashion makeover from Marluxia, Larxene was more than electrifying—her low white halter dress showed off her cleavage while a bit of cherry red lipstick and baby blue eye shadow and black mascara accentuated her lips and eyes. Clinging and pouting and laughing and posing with Axel (or any guy for the matter), she looked like a modern Marilyn Monroe.
Meanwhile, Axel could more than keep up with her. His steps were often quick and fast as hers and he knew how to have a good time too. In his slacks, tux, tie and shirt, Axel looked like a gentleman as the two entered another country club.
It was easy to see why watching them from the sidelines, one could mistaken the two as a couple. Seeing them arrive and leave together at various bars and dance clubs, one would naturally assume that they were romantically involved. Seeing how they danced to a fast song, with they bodies grinding together, it was like watching porn. Seeing how they danced to a slow song with their hips melting together and their bodies swaying, melting into each other, it was like watching Cinderella and Prince Charming dance at the royal ball.
"May I have this dance?" he would bow before her, so low that his spiky red hair almost touched the floor. A smirk played on the corner of both their lips as if to say so he really was a gentleman after all.
But by the time their feisty tango would begin, everyone would be staring, mesmerized at how two bodies could move so well together. By the time their dance was done, everyone's mouths would be agape, watching with astonished faces, stunned by the perfection they had just seen.
"You guys should really enter dance competitions," their friend Demyx had told the two, after watching how easily Axel lifted Larxene in the air and spun her around and how she then gracefully landed back into his arms. The whole club erupted in deafening applause. "You guys are amazing!"
"Che, yeah right. This bastard here has two left feet," she teased.
"And this girl steps here all over my toes," the redhead returned.
"Well," Demyx said, ignoring their remarks, "I think you guys should really dance in competitions together. Look at the crowds! They love you!"
Demyx had a feeling that his two best friends still weren't listening.
Author's Note: Yeah, so after great response for the possible continuations of the story, I decided to write various Axel and Larxene (aka Larxel) drabbles under the larger "Friends with Benefits" theme. You may choose to see them as interconnected or separate one-shots. And yes, I absolutely adore Axel and Larxene together, and I hope that you enjoy this too. Now, can't you see Axel and Larxene dancing at various Country Clubs? I can.
Anyways, thank you for reading and I do hope you do stop by with a review. I read and appreciate every single one of them. And thank you MementoxXxMorri, TornAngelWings, kairiwilson1, Larxene and Axel, SharleaNorth, and Shadoworgxiii for reviewing the last chapter. You guys are awesome.