So, It's been awhile since I updated this.

I'm usually very sluggish on this sort of duty, but alas,

I found a sparkle of muse within a dark cave.

Dramatic, Yes.

Anyways, Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts or Square Enix characters

donot belong to me.

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Eventually after much musing and pressure, I was walking towards the place, the sun was still in the sky, but it hung as if it was beginning to grow weary in it's place in the expanse of the sky. Releasing a weary sigh, I plodded down the cobblestone path that I felt through my shoes, the café did indeed look like a palace, relatively smaller, but still had a remarkable resemblance. I first placed my index finger on the door handle, the others followed suit gradually, and it took a while longer to actually begin to pull back on the welded metal. A bell activated by the opening of the door rang welcoming me, signaling the start of a new adventure. I eventually took a step inside the air conditioned place, some of the waiters stopped to stare at me, others paid attention to their customers sending pheromones by the drove. All of them had their own characteristics; unable to accurately speculate due to my shock and anxiety, mostly because I saw the silver haired boy surrounded by giggling girls though his face looked oddly annoyed and empty, it wasn't of much interest to me, so I allowed my gaze to drift around where it stopped immediately on a boy who sat with his fingers curled under his chin, his layered jet black hair reached loosely to the nape of his neck framing his handsome face bringing out the odd steel blue of his eyes, shadowed by lengthy eyelashes. His eyes met mine for a split moment before he looked away disinterested. He wasn't wearing the uniform of the Papou Palace or so the other ones wore, but his apathetic expression didn't match one of that would stay there as a customer, even so he had a mug in front of him filled with which I believed to be coffee. My eyes continued to stare, but he didn't look up again if he noticed. Stepping farther into the place I saw an older man, chestnut hair that hung above his head a closed scar across his forehead, some of his locks hanging over his head, he looked pleased observing the waiters, I took it to be the manager. Taking a few steps forward to him, I tapped his shoulder lightly to somehow grab his attention; he glanced down at me and raised an appraising eyebrow.

"Are you.. the manager?" I tried to smother my voice a bit, not at all wanting to attract attention, though I had already managed to bring a few gazes on me.

"That would be me kiddo, how can I help you?" The amusement was plain on his expression, almost as if he already knew what I wanted, turning his whole body towards me and giving me his attention.

"Can I.. have an application to work here?" Now I had done it, the clatter of silverware paused, everyone in the café stared up at me, including coffee man who gave me a stoic look almost interested. The tall manager didn't look at all affected by my words; instead he carried on professionally eying me from head to toe, making me subtly self-conscious. Then motioned with his hand for me to wait as he strode to a door that most likely led to his office. In those few seconds, there was uncomfortable silence as I tried to ignore the eyes that bore through every part of my body, even the handsome man had not stopped staring, though he did not appraise any part of me other then my face, his eyes tightened as if he were trying to solve something that was absolutely unsolvable to him. The silence was broke by an opening of a door and the manager walked out with a few pieces of paper, looking around him for a moment sending the waiters a warning look in which they began to work once again, though now it was slower and distracted.

"Here you are." He handed the papers to me. "I almost forgot to introduce myself, I'm Squall, you can call me Leon though." Nodding, I shook the hand that he had outstretched towards me and returned in a polite voice.

"I'm Seung Kang, pleasure to meet you, Leon" He gave an affirmative smile, pointing out a few places where I would have to sign, finishing with the last page and finally a wider smile stretched over his lips.

"One more thing." The taller man didn't wait for me to ask, just took in note by curious expression. "You have competition." I opened my mouth to ask who exactly that person was, but at that moment I heard a chair scrape across the floor and saw the mystery man standing up to his full height, how terribly handsome he was as he walked in silence. Some admiring him, as his gaze did not even flicker towards me but instead passed right past me and out the door where the bell rang again. Leon gave me a certain look as my competition began to head down the cobblestone. I was screwed.

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I hadn't seen a point of filling out of the application, so when I had pushed it away and shoved it into the waste basket, the next morning when I woke the papers were laid out on the desk, each was filled neatly, all except for the sections were a signature was required, my aunt stood by the stove frying bacon on her quaint little pan. Sitting down on one of the chairs I ran my fingers through my hair to try and somehow fix the bed head that I had this morning.

"Auntie, I can't do it, There's this competition for the spot, you won't believe how good looking he is." As I spoke she laid out the steaming food in front of me, my fingers picked up a fork and speared the sausage and bit off a piece of it as my Aunt took a seat across from me.

"You can't do it, or you don't want to?" Just those words and her wise eyes and sparkle of humor in them as she handed me a pen gave me the feeling that I would end up having to sign it anyways. There wasn't a point on arguing, taking the pen gingerly from her fingers I signed in all the places that I was required to, spending the whole breakfast talking to Aunt as always. Already dressed I hung a jacket over my shoulders shoving my hands through the sleeves holding the papers in my hands as I headed out to turn them in.

"I don't even think I have a chance." I mumbled to no one, seeing the familiar path that lead to the Papou Palace, the bench that had been empty now had an occupant. It was him, sitting with a thoughtful expression, I wanted so much to know what he was thinking, in any case I puffed out my cheeks with my breath and headed towards him, where he still didn't look at me.

"Hey you!" No reaction, so I continued assuming he was just listening. "You know, just because you're better looking then me doesn't mean I'm going to give up to you okay?! Mister you think you're better then me don't you! I'm fighting as hard as you! I'll prove to Leon that I'm better, and he'll choose me!" Changing my position so that it was somewhat more intimidating. "You got that? So you better watch your back!" That's when he finally showed signs of life, looking up at me; he pulled out his earphones and shoved them into his pocket. He stood up, not meeting my dumbfounded expression.

"Shortie." He spoke before he turned in the direction of the café and began to walk away, the embarrassment was too much. I felt as if I might have had a breakdown right there, with the way my cheeks burned at his single word and the fact that I had been shouting at nothing. It took me a while to get my feet to move and head down that same cobble stoned path where I had once thought that what followed that would be breezy and something of a pleasing experience, boy had I been wrong. Opening the same door, the bell welcomed me once more getting there just in time to see the man walk into the office after Leon, I followed acknowledging that it was a minor faux paus. Only Leon looked at me, the man only kept his gaze forward as he passed his papers to the manager in which I imitated not attempting to make my submission grandeur, it wouldn't help in a situation like this.

"Good Morning Seung and Bi-Wal, I see both of you have turned in impeccable applications and both come highly recommended, I've had trouble deciding which one of you would be more profitable to us.. Please sit" He motioned to the chairs in front of his desk placed inwardly so that they would have both sitting at a slanted position. So that was his name, Bi-Wal, it sounded so oddly familiar, but it was probably just a run of imagination. Leon interlaced his own fingers and held it under his chin.

"I myself cannot decide, not that I don't trust my own judgment, but it's just something that would leave me indecisive. So, I've decided to leave it up to the staff.. and customers." This left me confused, and a change in the way the jet-black haired boy's eyebrows were set.

"Excuse me?" I tried to keep my voice polite, though I couldn't keep the curiosity and puzzlement out of my tone in which the brunette man changed his gaze to me, patience seemed to be his expertise.

"It will be decided upon by them, a vote will be held. You each have a week to prove that either of you is better then the other and win over the votes of those that are affiliated with the Papou Palace." I glanced over to Bi-Wal in whom I had never seen anything but his mysterious demeanor, began to do something odd. The corner of his lips pulled up in a smirk, that's when I knew, the game was officially on.

AAHH Yes, I'm so happy that I finally finished the

Second chapter. I hope that you enjoyed it my friends,

I do hope you'll review.

Well see you next time!