Everyone has that one person. This person will walk into your life, your heart, and make themselves comfortable. They will make sure you know that they have no plan on leaving your heart any time soon, and that you had better get used to it because you and them? It's for life.

At the time you won't know that they will end up owning a nice property in your heart, but you will know that there's something different about them. A spark when you first introduce yourself maybe. It'll happen and you won't even realize it. One minute you will know this person's name and five years later you could answer every question about them.

Axel was Roxas' special person.

Roxas sat in the coffee shop, hunched over his laptop trying to figure out how he was supposed to finish all his homework by tomorrow. He promised himself he wouldn't procrastinate and do it last minute after today, but he knew that wasn't a promise he'd keep.

He knew he had been in the coffee shop for five hours, typing and looking at his notes and ignoring everything around him. Well, everything except his order. Roxas had gone through two coffees, five hot chocolates, an apple juice and a raspberry tart since he had entered the shop, and all of them had been brought to him by a very cute, tall redhead with the name tag of "Axel".

If Roxas was honest with himself, he'd have admitted that he was at the coffee shop for five hours and thirty minutes, but the thirty minutes was dedicated to watching the redhead work and smile. Roxas had stopped staring when Axel had made eye contact and smiled and had been incredibly embarrassed that he had been caught staring, so those thirty minutes didn't exist anymore.

Roxas would still sneak a glance at Axel from time to time, though. Which is what he was doing now. Roxas was mesmerized by Axel's movements and how even the simplest tasks seemed graceful. He wasn't sure if it was because it was a part of Axel's job or because he was that kind of warm person, but the way he spoke to the customers sounded genuine, like Axel really wished the person who just ordered a hazelnut coffee would have a wonderful day.

Emptying his bottle of apple juice, Roxas scanned the menu to see what else he could have. He figured he might as well have one of those pre-made salads seeing as he had missed lunch and it was getting to be three in the afternoon. Standing up from his spot, Roxas walked to the counter, which was a convenient four steps away, and waited for the man in front to finish his order.

"Hello, welcome to Be- Oh, hey. Another apple juice?"
"Nah, not this time. A chicken Cesar salad and ... hm ... a diet coke, please."
"Sure thing."
Roxas felt his stomach flutter as Axel reached up to get the salad, his top rising slightly and exposing his lower back.
"I like your tattoo."
"Huh? Oh, thank you."
Roxas didn't say much after that in fear of it coming out an octave higher than normal. He thanked Axel, paid and went back to his laptop as quick as possible, trying to get the image of Axel's back out of his mind and trying to permanently burn it into his memory at the same time.

Opening the salad, Roxas realized that in his rush to get away from Axel, he had forgotten a fork. Muttering about how it would probably look odd if he was sat here eating a salad with his fingers, Roxas pushed his chair back and moved to get up, stopping only to take in the sight of a fork right beside him. A fork that was attached to long fingers, very nice arms, a slender neck and ...
"You forgot this."
"Ehe ... Thank you."
Roxas decided that second that he hated his nervous "you give me butterflies" laugh.
"It's not a problem ... Are you busy?"
Axel glanced at the laptop and back at Roxas, waiting to be dismissed.
"No ... I was going to eat a late lunch, why?"
"I'm on break," Axel held up his coffee cup and smiled, "And I thought maybe I'd join you?"

Feeling his heart beat quicken to what Roxas was sure to be an unsafe pace, he nodded and shut his laptop, making sure that he would be able to see Axel perfectly.
"Thank you"
Taking the seat across from Roxas, he smiled and hoped his eyes wouldn't give off the amusement he felt. The little blond was adorable.
"So, what are you studying?"
"Am I what study ... sorry. I'm studying to be a veterinarian. Are you in school or ...?"
"Yeah, I'm studying to become a journalist, but my major is English. So, a vet, have you always wanted to do that?"
"For as long as I can remember, yeah. I used to put bandages on my stuffed animals until they were better."
Roxas grinned as Axel laughed, feeling incredibly comfortable around him.
"That's really cute, uhm ...?"
"Roxas."
"That's really cute, Roxas."

Roxas knew that he wasn't the easiest person to talk to. He didn't have many friends growing up and the customs of communication had gotten lost for a number of years. He was twenty one now and had just started picking them up again, but somehow talking to Axel was easy. It was like they had known each other all their lives, like they were best friends.

They had talked about school and work during Axel's break, but fifteen minutes isn't a long time and before either of them knew it, he had to get back to work.
"You'll be coming in the shop a lot more now, right? Now that you've moved to a new place?"
"Yeah, I will be."
"Alright, cool."
"But maybe we can hang out during the weekend, maybe when you're not working? There's a movie that just came out, Cloverfield, maybe we can go see it? Maybe on Saturday and around one, if you're free ...?"
Roxas suddenly noticed how dry his mouth had become after asking Axel to see a movie with him. He never asks people to hang out with him.
"That's the new horror movie, yeah? Sure, I'd love to."
"Cool, it's a date."
Roxas wondered how it was possible for his mouth to get any drier. Where did this new found courage come from? Making this hang out a date, without even seeing if Axel was single ... he didn't even know if Axel liked men! Roxas groaned and shook his head.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't assume that you're interested in guys ... And, I definitely shouldn't assume you're single, I mean come on, you're really nice and attractive and ..."
"Gay and single."
"And gay and sin-what?"
"You assumed right. Anyway, I have to get back to work and I don't think your work is going to write itself. So, we have a date on Saturday at one?"
"Yeah."
"Awesome."
Roxas wondered how he could get so lucky.

Neither of them had time to really talk after that. The coffee shop ended up getting a steady flow of customers that didn't stop until nine that night, and Roxas got so focused on his work that he didn't even know it was closing time until Axel cleared his throat and looked around the room, making Roxas look around and notice all the chairs on the tables. Glancing at his laptop clock, Roxas gasped as it changed to 9:47 p.m.
"Wow! Sorry, I must be holding you back from going home."
"It's no problem. I noticed you were in the middle of your work and know how frustrating it can be when someone makes you stop."
Nodding, Roxas packed his binders and laptop back into his bag and smiled.
"I'll see you on Saturday, Axel."
"I'll see you on Saturday too, Roxas."

Roxas left the coffee shop feeling something he had never felt before. He had almost finished all his homework and had met someone amazing all in one day. Of course his homework wasn't all done so he'd have to go home and try to focus on finishing the last few paragraphs of it off without thinking about a certain red-headed male, but Roxas promised himself he'd do it ... another promise he knew he'd break.

Saturday came both soon and not soon enough. Roxas had been awake since seven in the morning, making sure his hair was perfect and his outfit was flattering. A pair of jeans that apparently made his legs look killer and his ass look fantastic (according to the sales lady ...) and a Pac-Man t-shirt couldn't go wrong. Roxas had changed his t-shirt ten times before he actually settled on what to wear, and by the time everything was settled and he knew his choice was final, it was 12:42.
"Oh, no! I'm going to be late!"

Roxas had spent more than ten minutes styling his hair and making it perfect ... And it took the wind five minutes to mess it up, and the fact that he was now running to the coffee shop didn't help his hair at all. Getting to the Bean Machine at exactly 12:55 felt like a record, and Roxas was proud of himself until he caught his reflection in the mirror.

"It won't stay down!"
"I know that feeling."
Turning, Roxas felt a sense of ... well, Roxas wasn't sure what he felt, but it was different and welcomed.
"Your hair looks really cute, Roxas, don't worry about it."
Nodding was just about the only thing Roxas could do that the moment. Axel was wearing jeans that Roxas would normally hate. The jeans that had holes in the knees and were all faded ... the ones that should have been thrown out or turned into shorts a long time ago, but somehow they fit with Axel, and so did his Rise Against t-shirt, although Roxas had no problem with Rise Against and even liked them, so really the fact that Axel liked them too was a bonus.
"You look ... you know ... great."
"Aw, well thank you. So do you."
"Thank you, I just put on whatever."
"Really? I was up at eight trying to find a top that didn't make me look stupid."
"... I was up at seven."

Smiling, Axel looked Roxas up and down and nodded.
"You look really cute. So, what time does the movie start?"
"At 1:15 ... what time is it now?"
"1:02"
"We should probably go then, yeah?"
"Yeah."

Walking to the movies didn't take long at all, three minutes exactly. Standing in line, Axel and Roxas both took their wallets out and looked at each other.
"I asked you on the date, so I'm paying."
"Is that the logic people go with now?"
"... I'm not sure, actually."
"Rock, paper, scissors?"
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"Fine."
Both of them picked rock the first time, but Axel picked paper the next, successfully covering Roxas' rock. Axel paid for the tickets with a look of pride on his face, not sure if he was glad that he got to pay or that he got to touch Roxas' hand.
"You paid for tickets, I pay for popcorn and drinks ... what do you drink?"
"Water is fine."
"Water it is ... Hey, do you like Smarties?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Because "water" is free."
Roxas was already heading towards the line before Axel could say anything.

Finding a seat, Roxas and Axel both sat down and wondered if they were able to put their arms around each other or hold hands. It was odd, both of them felt like they had been actually dating for years, but this was their first date so that obviously wasn't possible.
"I forgot to ask, do you even like horror movies?"
"I love them, do you?"
"Same. ...Do you get scared easily?"
Roxas figured he'd try a sneaky way of asking Axel if he'd like to be held.
"I ...don'...do. I do, yes."
"I'll protect you."
"I'll pay you in Smarties."
Turning their attention back to the screen, Axel and Roxas watched the lights dim and started watching the previews for upcoming movies, whispering their opinions to each other and snickering as they heard an old man say that people need to leave the classics alone.

"So ... what did you think?"
"It was ... you know ... yeah."
"You know what my favorite part was?"
"Mm, the part where I grabbed your hand?"
"How did you know?"
"That was my favorite part too."
Roxas smiled, glad that Axel was able to pick up on his corny nature.
"That was really cheesy, I'm sorry."
"Nah, it's cute, Rox ...But speaking of cheese, want to get a pizza?"
"Rox?"
"Nickname. Unless you'd rather me go with as-"
"I like Rox, I've just never been called that before. A pizza would be awesome."

Roxas found out in the pizza shop that Axel only ate fish and chicken and no other meats, while Axel found out that Roxas liked the meat lovers pizza. Both of them got individual slices, and Roxas couldn't help but make a joke about how plain Axel's pizza was.
"It is pretty plain, yes, but it's delicious."
"... Does me eating this ruin my chances of getting a kiss good-bye?"
"Nah."
"Oh, so I am getting a kiss good-bye?"
"I wouldn't say good-bye ... it sounds like you have plans to never see me again."
"That's true. A kiss good..hm," Looking at the clock, Roxas smiled and looked back at Axel, "A kiss good evening."
"I like that better."

Eating their pizza, they spoke about things they didn't get to in the coffee shop. Their favourite TV shows and movies, if they've traveled and where they want to go. They sat in the pizza shop for three hours talking and ordering water, pop and the occasional garlic bread so they wouldn't get kicked out. This time they split the bill.

"So, do I have the pleasure of walking you home?"
"You can walk me to my bus stop?"
"Good."
As they walked, their hands linked together without either of them attempting to make it happen. Standing at the bus stop, Axel gave Roxas his number, and Roxas sent him a smile text so Axel could have his number.

Seeing his bus coming, Axel leaned down and kissed Roxas' lips, confirming that they would be as soft as they looked. Both of them felt the small jolt the kiss gave them. Pulling back, Axel reached into his pockets and brought out the Smarties.
"What are you doing?"
Glad that he and Roxas had shared them at the movies, Axel took Roxas' hand and poured the last Smartie out onto it.
"It's the last Smartie."
"Aw! It's shaped like a heart!"
"I know."
Axel didn't give Roxas time to respond before he got on his bus and went to take his seat. Smiling, Axel waved to Roxas and pointed to his cell phone.
"Is it too early to say I had a great time?"

Roxas grinned down at his phone, feeling something almost move in his chest. It was like someone had moved some of Roxas' worries to make room for this new feeling. That of course was Axel moving into his heart.

"Rox ... you okay? You've been staring at me for like, ten minutes ..."
"I was just thinking about our first date."
"Five years tomorrow."
Roxas leaned over on the couch and kissed his boyfriend's cheek.
"Want to see a movie and get a pizza after?"