Chapter 2
Marluxia walked down to Axel's room and knocked on the white door. Axel answered the door, slightly surprised to see Marluxia there.
"Hey Pink… I mean Marluxia," Axel stumbled over his words and his face flushed a little, knowing that this would not be a good visit.
"Well that answers my first question," Marluxia invited himself in. He trudged to the nearest chair and fell into it. Axel closed the door and leaned against Marluxia's chair.
"So what were your other questions?" Axel asked, starting to regain his deposition after his slip-up. Marluxia sighed.
"Axel, do you think I'm…gay?"
"No, of course not!" He replied, "Why would I…" His voice trailed off as Marluxia glared at him.
"Yes…"
Marluxia glared some more.
"Why does everyone in this freakin' castle think I'm gay?!" He began his latest hissy fit…
"I think pink is a nice color and I think it is a beautiful hair color on me! Flowers are lovely and they make me feel good inside! It means I'm sensitive and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that! I AM NOT GAY!!!" Marluxia stopped, his face the color of Axel's hair and his chest heaving.
"But then there was that one time you were stalking Vexen…" Axel cut in.
"I needed to ask him a question and he was avoiding me!" Marluxia was screaming in Axel's face, about to strangle him for his comment when Vexen walked in.
"Is everything ok in here?" Vexen asked, scared to come in.
"R-A-P-E, get the heck away from me!" Axel whispered with a childish grin on his face. Marluxia yelped, let go of Axel and shoved him across the room. Marluxia turned to Vexen with a smile on his face.
"Everything is fine, go back to your science lab!" Marluxia shooed Vexen away. Vexen glared at him and was about to protest, when Marluxia pushed him out the door and slammed it in his face.
"Well you just like shoving people around today, don't you?" Axel said, getting up and brushing himself off.
"Oh shut up, you fool!" Marluxia turned around and slumped back in his original chair. Axel leaned against the wall.
"Do you know what you need?" He said, "Roxas and I are going to prank some people tonight and you need a little fun!" Axel waited for an enthusiastic reply, but Marluxia just rolled his eyes and stood up.
"Your last prank night, Xemnas had to come down here. As if it's not enough that he shows up for his monthly inspection, that dumb old windbag…" He started to walk out the door when Axel grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
"Dining hall, 22:00 hours. Got it memorized?" Axel told him. Marluxia shrugged his hand off his shoulder.
"If you didn't get what I just said, basically, I don't want anything to do with any of your little prank nights" Marluxia snapped and gave him a sharp glare, challenging Axel to just try and get him to participate. Axel nonchalantly shrugged his shoulders and started to walk away.
"Suit yourself," he replied, "I just don't want anything to happen to your secret garden tonight." He started to whistle a piano tune he had heard about some far away islands. The color drained from Marluxia's face.
"How do you know about my private garden?" Marluxia's voice was cracking every other word.
"Oh, I happened to be snooping in the right place at the right time."
"Then where is the entrance?"
"Your bedroom, in the back of your closet."
"Oh bother!" Marluxia folded his arms across his chest and started to pout.
"I'm going to guess that you'll be there tonight?" Axel asked with a mischievous grin on his face, "It will guarantee your garden's safety."
"Fine, but if my garden is one petal out of place, I will hunt you down and… do bad things to you that are so bad, I can't even think of them right now!" Marluxia threatened as he stalked out of the room. Axel closed the door and started to laugh to himself.
"This will be fun!" Axel thought aloud and began drawing up that night's battle plan.