After that Riku and Ciaren quickly gathered their stuff together and went outside. The red head and the blonde were sitting right outside on the gummy ship. The two looked up when Ciaren and Riku stepped outside, both of the two getting a mischievous look on their face.
"Well if it isn't the two love birds" The red head teased. Ciaren blushed a deep red.
"Axel shut up and get on the gummy ship." Riku snapped, when Ciaren looked at him, he had a light blush on his face to.
Everyone got onto the gummy ship. They all went and settled down among the seats. Riku went up to the front to pilot, leaving Ciaren alone with Axel and Roxas. They didn't pay her much heed though; instead they sat together and talked, not really paying Ciaren any attention. After a while they seemed to doze off, leaving Ciaren alone with her thought.
She thought about what was happening, about how she could have ended up her and the feelings she felt towards Riku. After just contemplating this subject for a while she looked at the clock that hung on the wall. Three hours had managed to pass. Ciaren stretched and worked out the kinks in her back that formed from sitting up straight. As she stretched someone walked over to her and sat next to her. It was Axel.
"Hey" he said.
"Hey" she replied back.
After that there were introductions and light conversation. But Ciaren had one question that she just had to ask.
"So are you and Roxas, like together?" Making hand gestures, she tried to distract him from the blush that spread across her cheeks at the question. Axel chuckled.
"Yes we got together a year ago." Axel took a glance back at Roxas. Roxas was sound asleep on the chair.
"So you're the girl that Riku organized this whole last minute trip?" Axel asked. Ciaren blushed again.
"Um, yea I guess I am." She said. Her hands covered her face.
Axel reached up and pulled her hands away from her face. He looked at her closely. After a second or two he leaned back.
"Okay I see what he sees in you." He said casually.
"What? What do you mean?" Ciaren asked. But Axel wouldn't say. He just kept saying that he didn't mean anything by it.
It continued like this for a while. Ciaren trying to get Axel to explain what he meant but he wouldn't budge. Finally Ciaren gave up. Settling back against the chair she relaxed and let silence come back. Axel stared at her.
"I thought you would last longer than that…" he said to himself.
"Hey I figured that if you went an hour without telling me then you're not going to tell me." She said.
"True, but you shouldn't give up as easily." He said.
Ciaren scoffed. She looked away and turned to the window right next to her. She stared at the stars in the sky wondering how she could see so many here but she could barely see any from her home on Earth. Ciaren was so absorbed in those thoughts that she didn't notice Axel's face. He looked ready to tell her what he meant.
"I meant that Riku really likes you a lot more than you think."