WHOO! So I've stayed home from school for the past two days, and guess what I've accomplished? Torrenting Fallout New Vegas and the Gladiator soundtrack *soundtrack whore Hans Zimmer=My Waifu x3*, watching Princess and the Frog and Tangled *tangled is better by far*, and this lovely work below ;D. Its kinda funny, because any glimmer of a wannabe-wishful-thinking-diet I might have been on goes out the window whenever I stay home sick (probably because I can't do anything all day so I get bored and wander to the kitchen to find brownies and mashed potatoes 8D). Anyway, its been decided that I'm actually a house gnome, and I go around eating our supplies of mashed potatoes and brownies until there are none left. See? I just ate one now! 8{D haha! Anywho enjoy the chappy. It was marvelous to write!
And before I forget, Thanks again to all of you who continue to review! I appreciate it so much XD
The day after the party had been miserable to say the least. Nearly everyone on Roxas' floor in the upper-classmen dorm had gone, and almost all had woken up with massive hangovers. Even Kairi, who Roxas considered the least likely person he knew to capacitate silence, would gladly tear to pieces anyone who so much as made the floorboards creak. The exceptions, and he loathed them so, were Paine and Larxene, neither of which had had enough to drink to warrant the gnarly hangover that seemed to be going around.
For some reason that was far beyond Roxas' ability to guess, Larxene had roped Paine into convincing the other girls to get over their hangovers ASAP. Roxas really just wanted to sleep it off, but Larxene simply insisted that a trip to Starbucks would have him going full speed again in no time. Rikku and Yuna seemed mildly treated by the coffee, both becoming cheery and happily conversing by the time they'd finished their drinks. Roxas and Kairi weren't so lucky, and had begun to plot the demise of Paine and Larxene as they slowly followed the rest of the girls back to the dorm.
Upon returning to the safety of his bed, ready to shut out the rest of the world and sleep off his drunken stupor, Larxene began to prod him for information about the party; "How was it? Did you have fun? How was Axel? What did you do with Axel?" Roxas could not be bothered to think about the party. Remembering made his head hurt. Axel made his head hurt. Both of these combined with the worst hangover of his life made him throw his pillow at Larxene, roll over in bed, and force himself to slip into unconsciousness until Sunday.
Needless to say, with all the excitement of the weekend, Roxas and Larxene were scrambling to finish all of their homework for Monday, and any questions about the party could wait.
It wasn't until lunch on Wednesday, they'd decided to spend it out at a local café, that all recollection of Riku's party came crashing down onto Roxas.
It happened like this:
Rikku, scone half-stuffed into her mouth, turned to Roxas and scrunched up her face, "By the way, Namine, did you see Axel at the party? He sounded really into you last I heard, but it's already Wednesday and he hasn't followed up on last week's troublemaking. That doesn't sound like him."
Roxas froze. That was it. That was the only trigger he needed for the memories to come flooding back like an uncontrollable disaster. The dancing, watching him change, the feel of Axel on top of him, and… that kiss.
The other girls gradually put the stopper on their conversations to look at the small blonde girl who'd visibly paled at mention of Axel and the party. Kairi frowned suspiciously, and Rikku reached out to make sure she didn't have a fever. Larxene smirked and teased, "Something happened with Axel, right Namine?"
Roxas was choking on air as he squeezed out, weakly, "I kissed him."
If anyone hadn't been paying attention when he said those three words, they'd all come to full stops and turned their metaphorical spotlights towards Roxas. Kairi blanched, shuddering as she confirmed, "Y-You kissed Axel? YOU kissed MY BROTHER?"
Larxene frowned slightly, "Are you sure it wasn't the other way around? You were pretty wasted, so I'd be more inclined to believe that he was the one who…"
Roxas shook his head violently and interrupted, laughing painfully, "No, no. I definitely kissed him." He raised his hands to his head, looking faintly hysterical as he clutched his wig, "Oh my god. I kissed Axel. WHAT THE FUCK?"
Kairi looked like she'd be sick, Paine was discreetly smirking, and Larxene's eyes were wide with genuine surprise. That was probably the first time anyone had heard 'Namine' drop the F-bomb.
BZZZ- Roxas jumped and looked down, pulling his phone from the front pocket in his bag. He looked at the screen on the front and groaned audibly when he saw 'Roxas' on the caller ID (he'd changed the contact name after Larxene's recommendation a few weeks prior).
"Excuse me," he mumbled quietly, not looking to see anyone's reaction as he briskly walked out the front door and around the corner. Once out of sight, he flipped his phone open and hit the talk button, pressing it to his ear as he moaned, "Do you REALLY need to talk to me right now? It's sort of a bad time Nami-"
"ROXAS. Do you remember Reno?" she interrupted. Roxas blinked, his mind already turning over the name to see if he did remember 'Reno.'
"Umm, wasn't he the guy you'd met in France? Some redhead?" Listening to his sister and automatically doing what she said had become a habit for Roxas; not that he minded, it was a welcome distraction from the Axel problem.
Namine nodded happily somewhere in France, realized he couldn't see it, and squealed, "Oh, I wasn't sure you were even listening back then, but yes. Guess what? He asked me out!"
Roxas blinked again. Was that it? Really!
"Oh Roxas, you'd love him! He's such a gentleman! So smooth and romantic. We've actually been dating for a little over a week and he takes me out almost every day to these amazing places. Art museums, historic buildings, amazing local restaurants and…"
"Dammit, Nam!" Roxas cut her off, pinching the bridge of his nose. This situation seemed awfully familiar, and he was finding the repetition slightly aggravating. Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself before continuing, pleadingly asking, "Can we PLEASE talk about this tonight? Send me an e-mail or something, because I care, honest, you just REALLY caught me at a bad time. AGAIN."
Namine was quiet for a few beats before saying, "Roxas, I think I'm in love with this guy."
That got his attention. Roxas' eyes shot wide open and he sputtered, "Y-you WHAT? No way! I'm not allowing you to be in love with a random guy you met in France two weeks ago at best!" He'd listened to his sister ramble about boys countless times, rarely adding his two cents about whatever guy she'd become infatuated with for the week, but never, NEVER, had he heard her describe her feelings for them as love. This was bad; from a brother's point of view, at least.
Namine giggled, "Oh Roxas, you're such a good brother. I love you! And don't worry, I won't do anything dumb. Even though I'm pretty sure he's head over heels for me too; I mean really, he buys me whatever I want and does whatever I ask him too. I'm going to give it time to make sure, but it feels so real! It's like every moment with him is a time I can let go completely and know he won't judge me for acting carelessly on gut-driven desires; even if there were consequences, I'm not sure I'd care!"
Roxas was quiet. Her description of the 'love' she felt sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place it. He sighed, knowing full well that she wouldn't listen to his advice about Reno a day sooner than he'd listen to her advice on Axel; which would only occur in very, very desperate situations. Smiling to himself, he replied, "Well, if that's how you feel, I'm happy for you. Good luck, Nami."
She was quiet for a moment, and Roxas imagined her thoughtfully spinning the cord of their old home phone around her finger like she used to. "Did something happen Roxas? You sound… different."
Roxas, once again, cursed the god that had invented twins, knowing full well that being born a twin had nothing to do with their close bond. Unfortunately for him, the same closeness that had him feeling guilty when his sister couldn't go to her dream school also enabled her to sense discrepancies in Roxas from one moment to the next. He could only hope it worked both ways, and would someday prove useful to him. Probably not.
Namine's brother assured her that nothing had happened and everything was perfectly fine before promising to call her more often and hanging up. It wasn't that Roxas thought she'd be upset over the whole Axel fiasco so much as he thought it would be awkward to explain; having a guy chase after him, thinking he was Namine, and then kissing this guy while pretending to be her. So long as he planned to reject Axel with unmoving resolve, there should be no need to mention the ordeal to his sister. The problem, which Roxas pointedly ignored until he walked back into the café, was that his resolve was wavering; kissing Axel had proven that.
When he went back into the café, everyone simply watched him. Roxas awkwardly shuffled back to his seat and began to sip on the coke he'd ordered. Rikku looked up innocently and asked, "So… you have the hots for Axel, do ya?"
Roxas glared at Rikku, mumbling through his straw, "like hell."
Kairi smirked menacingly, "There's a perfectly wonderful explanation for this," Roxas looked up curiously, hoping she had the answer that he didn't, "She was drunk, he was there, and it happened! The real question is what happened after you kissed him?" Her eyes were narrowed and piercing as she finished her question. Roxas sipped his coke, wide-eyed and sinless.
When he'd emptied his glass, and thus his excuse to not reply, he answered quietly, "I don't remember."
Kairi frowned, "Bullshit. Everyone remembers, sometimes they just don't want to. Now, did you have sex with my brother? I'd feel sorry for you if you did."
Everyone watched as he thought and groaned, "Seriously, I don't remember. The last thing I saw was his face before everything went black, and I woke up in my room with an awful hangover." Suddenly Roxas looked up, searching the table for something he'd just realized was missing, "Wait a second, how did I get back to my room?"
Larxene grinned, "Axel carried you back to the room for me. Don't worry, he came and got me before any sex could happen."
Everyone collectively stared at Larxene. "Why didn't you just say that ten minutes ago?" Roxas shrieked.
The taller girl's eyes sparkled as she pouted, mockingly, "But Nam, I tried to tell you, and you just wanted to sleep. Hangovers or not, you should listen when your roommates and upperclassmen are trying to tell you something."
Roxas flailed, "That was, like, four days ago! Why didn't you tell me Monday? Or Tuesday? Or earlier today?"
Yuna and Rikku watched, silently amused, but Kairi deadpanned, "Spill, Lar, what are you hiding?"
Larxene squirmed with exaggerated excitement as she exclaimed, "Oh, Namine, you have to date him now! We got back to the dorm and he waited by the door while I tucked you in, but before he left he said that you wouldn't have him right now, but he was going to be yours until you saw that he really does like you, past your fantastic body!"
Roxas twitched, both for the condescending tone Larxene was forcing, and the jab at his fake girl body. Had he actually been a girl, the meaning behind her words would have been much different, so it was theoretically a good show, but he was still annoyed at her for playing games.
"Bull Fucking Shit," Kairi spat, flatly. There was a moment of tense silence before she abruptly began to giggle, if humorlessly, and the other girls eyed her carefully. "You've got to be joking. There's no way someone in my family is capable of saying something like that!"
Larxene's eyes gleamed, her faux-excitement gone, but genuine giddiness (at least giddiness as far as Larxene was capable of) present nonetheless. "I believe his exact words were, 'That girl won't be mine right now. But I swear on everything there is to swear on, I'm going to be hers and show her why she belongs with me, even if it kills me'. See? I told you he's serious."
Kairi's eyes widened and she looked frantically between Larxene and Roxas before finally settling on the smaller roommate, her face softening from her usually rigid façade. "I'm going ahead. I'll see you guys in math," she placed her share of the bill on the table and left. Paine wordlessly did the same, following Kairi out the door only steps behind.
Rikku looked up to Roxas, curiously, "So what are you going to do now?"
Roxas was watching the door where Kairi had left, vaguely irritated at how fast all of this was moving. He massaged his temples and squeezed his eyes shut for a moment, wondering how Axel could possibly be serious about him if he didn't even know his real gender, and he'd only JUST learned Roxas' 'name'? It was offensive to know that the moment he told Axel he was actually a boy, all of the 'feelings' he had would go out the window and very readily be replaced with disgust and fear.
"I don't know," he answered, quietly, and that was the truth. Larxene gave him a worried look, but he simply stood, placing his money on the table, and left the café without looking back.
The rest of Wednesday, and the rest of that week, had not gone so well. Much to Roxas' displeasure, Larxene had taken it upon herself to program Axel's number into his phone; but as much as he wanted to, he couldn't simply delete it. During class, between classes, during lunch, in his room, wherever he went Roxas found himself opening his phone, scrolling down to Axel's name, sometimes even going as far as to create a new text message… but he never knew what to say. Before long he'd get fed up with staring dumbly at the little screen on his phone and flip it shut, resenting the fact that he'd only pull it out and do the same thing again, given some time.
And then came Saturday. What seemed to be a practical joke from Larxene was beginning to infest even the furthest depths of Roxas' brain. Why hadn't Axel sent any more letters? Why wasn't he showing up in any of Roxas' classes? Roxas had even left the dorm a bit late on Friday in hopes of seeing Axel's car, to no avail. But most of all, he couldn't fathom why it was bothering him so much.
Roxas sat on his bunk, hugging his pillow and casually flipping his phone; open, shut, open, shut. Stupid? Very. Calming? Not in the least. Larxene returned from her trip to the mall in the late afternoon; she'd promised Selphie earlier in the week to take her shopping. She dropped her armfuls of bags on the floor with a satisfied sigh, the door slamming behind her, and looked up to see Roxas' pitiful state. She frowned.
"Roxas?" she asked, clearly not amused.
Roxas didn't look at her as he called down, "What?" Open, shut, open, shut.
Larxene clicked her tongue and demanded flatly, "Either call him, or put your damn phone away."
Open… shut. Roxas sat up and looked at her, apparently woken up from whatever trance-like state he'd been in. Larxene had her arms crossed and was tapping her foot impatiently.
Roxas set his phone on his pillow and climbed down from his bunk, bare feet making soft padding sounds on the wooden ladder. Larxene waited silently. When Roxas reached the floor, he turned to Larxene, a strange look in his eye. Larxene's impatience faltered but she stood her ground, a question growing on her face.
The small boy began to step forward, fingering the hem of his over-sized t-shirt before abruptly lifting it over his head and discarding it. Larxene took a step backwards and stuttered, "Umm, Roxas? What the hell are you doing? Roxas?" her voice grew strained with confusion as her eyes, betraying her frantic mind, eyed Roxas' shirtless body. He was skinny, but not bony. She could appreciate, from a girl's perspective, the serious loss that females experienced the day Roxas realized he liked boys. As she backed into the door with a thud, her eyes wandered over his square jaw, thin but muscled arms, narrow but toned torso, and finally she noticed just how low the hem of the sweatpants he wore was riding. It wasn't sexual, she would have told you, merely wondrously appreciative of Roxas' damn good body, which would water the mouths of nearly all the other girls in their dorm; hell, in their school!
From his roommate's perspective, and best friend unless stated otherwise, Larxene was more than a little freaked out. Who was this and what the FUCK had they done to Roxas? "Roxas, 'the fuck are you doing?" she verbalized as he closed the gap between them, leaning against her and pressing a firm hand against the door so she couldn't escape.
Suddenly, she narrowed her eyes in suspicion, "Have you been drinking?"
Roxas hesitated before placing his free arm behind her neck and reaching up to whisper into her ear, "If you're freaked out now, imagine how Axel's going to feel when he's in your shoes."
Larxene guffawed and shoved Roxas off of her, "Jesus, you scared me! But honestly, is that what you've been worrying about all week? Fuck, Roxas, you didn't have to go that far!"
Roxas gave her a flat look, and she sighed, "Point taken, okay? But who said it has to get to that far?"
Roxas was putting his shirt back on as he mumbled, "Doesn't matter, it always gets that far sooner or later."
Larxene frowned, moving to put her bags somewhere more convenient than the middle of the room, "And what, pray tell, do you mean by that?"
Roxas, fully clothed, walked over and started to help her put the new clothes on hangers and into her half of the closet. "Before I'd really accepted that I like boys, and how that's never going to change, I went through a bit of a… phase, I guess." Larxene curiously glanced at him, but Roxas didn't make eye contact as he continued, "I'd been asked out by more girls at my old school than I can count on two hands, all of which I'd politely declined until one day, I decided I can't say I'm gay until I know I've give girls a shot. So I dated a few, and sooner or later I realized that that was all it would ever be. I wasn't attracted to girls… but then one of my best friends, Olette, started to like me. I told her I was gay, and she said that was fine, and we could just hang out as friends. But she'd push. More and more, she'd always say, 'it's okay if you touch me, because we're just friends' or 'kiss me, because you're my friend, and that's what I need right now.'" They'd both stopped putting clothes away, and Larxene was silently watching Roxas, waiting for him to continue.
The small boy had tears in his eyes when he looked up to Larxene, "But when she wanted sex, I told her that it'd gone too far already. She was one of my closest friends and I cared so much about her, but I'd never be able to give her what she wanted. She slapped me and walked away, just like that! I wouldn't put out, so she never talked to me again!" he didn't cry in the sense of tears rolling down his cheeks, but Larxene hugged him anyway. He was hurting, and she hadn't seen it coming; not to mention she felt somewhat responsible for opening up old wounds, so to speak.
After giving him a moment to collect himself, Larxene whispered, "You know what I call a girl who does that?"
Roxas looked up, just tall enough to put his chin on her chest comfortably without straining, "What?" he questioned.
Larxene smirked, "A bitch."
Roxas laughed, punching her softly on the arm, "You're dumb."
Larxene shrugged, "Hey, it always made Axel feel better when girls did that to him."
Roxas' face made it clear that he didn't understand the connection between what had happened with him and Olette, and Axel. Larxene hung a light blue blouse in the closet as she explained, "Everyone, myself included, gives Axel shit for sleeping around. To an extent, I guess consequences that come out of it are his own fault, but I can't help but feel bad for all the shit he has to put up with. I mean, even he draws lines somewhere. He only sleeps with girls if all they want is a one-night-stand and nothing more, but what do you think happens when some fool genuinely thinks she's in love with him?"
Roxas answered quietly, "He turns her down, because she wants more from him than he can possibly offer."
Larxene nodded, "Precisely. When he was still a bit green, he would get so miserable whenever that happened... One time he had to get stitches because a girl threw a rock at him for refusing to sleep with her. I got so mad at him for just standing there and letting it happen, but he'd simply asked me, 'what else could I do, Lar? She's right to be hurt in this situation.'"
Roxas didn't have anything to say to that. He simply grabbed another shirt from a bag and hung it up. "So you're saying Axel won't push, and as long as I don't get emotionally involved, neither will he?"
Larxene chuckled and said, "Roxas, he's already infatuated, and for him that's pretty damn emotionally involved. But because of that, you could very easily satisfy him with a simple, no sex relationship. I'd say go for it, and see what happens. He's not the kind of guy who'd hate you if he found out you were a boy; he might be a bit freaked out at first, but you'd find ways to tease him about it later and it would all work out in the long run. I promise."
She hadn't asked a question, so Roxas hadn't felt the need to give an answer. Instead, they finished unpacking all the clothes and Roxas put on his wig so he could take the bags out to the recycling bins while Larxene got to work on removing tags.
On his way back, Roxas saw Rikku out in the hallway, waving him towards her. "What's up?" he called, and she nearly jumped as she cheered, "Kairi got wine! Bring Larxene and come to my room tonight!"
Roxas smiled, barely, as she disappeared into the room down the hallway from his. Great; because what he needed most at that moment was a terrible hangover for the second weekend in a row.
Larxene later convinced him to go, explaining that wine doesn't usually cause hangovers, and vowing to cut him off so he wouldn't over-drink. They had fun that night, barely managing to get Roxas out of playing strip poker, laughing hysterically when Rikku was dared to do an impression of Kairi, which earned her a bruise on the arm courtesy of the redhead herself, and giggling hysterically when Roxas took a swig for 'I've never kissed a girl' while playing I Never, causing everyone else besides Larxene and Paine to stare in shock, telling her that dares don't count and further demanding to know just when a girl like her had kissed another girl.
Come Sunday no one had to suffer through any more hangovers, even if they were a bit more groggy than usual. Roxas told Larxene that he'd go talk to Axel in person on Monday after school, and Larxene had pointed out that if they ended up planning a date he'd probably end up having to wait all week to actually go on it. So Roxas decided Thursday; Thursday would be the day he'd go to see Axel.
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Roxas paced in front of the gates to Hollow Bastion P.S. 19. It was Axel's school, he'd gotten directions there from Kairi, and he'd waited all week to get this over with. The blond nervously brushed his palms against his skirt, trying to get rid of the clammy feeling to no avail.
Public schools, as it turned out, happened to let out thirty minutes after the academy. So here Roxas was, being eyed carefully by the local passer-byes, waiting as the seconds ticked for that damned bell to ring.
Impatiently, he groaned, stopping and pulling his phone out from his bag to check the time. One minute. One more minute until… BRIIIIIIING. His seemingly endless wait was finally over.
Roxas casually walked to a tree in the sidewalk, conveniently out of the way from the crowd that seeped from the gates of the school, and leaned against it. It was another five minutes before he heard someone say, "Hey Axel, isn't that the girl from the academy you were with at Riku's?"
The small blond looked, but it took him a moment to pick out Axel's face from the crowd. The speaker had been a strange guy with an eye patch and long, black hair. Next to him, and now also looking at Roxas, was a guy so big he could've been the hulk's twin; clearly he was on the opposite end of the genome from Roxas, physically speaking.
Axel looked towards Roxas with surprise. He said something offhandedly to the boys, eyes never leaving Roxas, and the two strangers nodded, briefly glancing at the small blonde before walking in the other direction.
Axel turned behind him before walking, and upon seeing Sora and Riku still there, waiting for Axel to move, he groaned, "Aren't you guys going to take off too?"
The couple looked at each other before grinning at him. Riku chimed, "Wouldn't miss this for the world, pal." The redhead groaned, but walked to the 'girl' by the tree regardless.
Roxas stiffened when Axel drew closer, and walked out from under his shade. Both stopped when they were a comfortable distance from each other, awkwardly shifting their weight and looking at anything but each other.
Axel finally sighed and offered, "So, Namine, what brings you-"
"Go out with me," Roxas cut him off, sharply. There was a moment of silence before Riku and Sora fell to pieces, cracking up at the small girl who was now apparently trying to sink her claws into Axel rather than the other way around. The small boy tilted his head, curiously, wondering what he'd done wrong? In all his experience of asking girls out, he'd come to find that saying it directly was the only way to make sure they knew what you were asking.
"What?" Axel finally questioned, flatly. Roxas looked back to him to see utter confusion twisting his face.
Roxas frowned. Honestly, was this really as hard as they were making it? "Go on a date with me. Jesus, it's not that complicated!" Roxas waved his arms, exasperated, before looking up at him, pleading that he'd just give him a simple answer.
Sora took this opportunity to creep onto the astonished redhead's shoulder, commenting, "She's a keeper, Axel. I can tell," before falling down back into his laughing fit, Riku close behind, wiping tears from the corners of his eyes.
The blond glared, "You two," Sora and Riku looked up, "You're not helping," he deadpanned. They swallowed before mumbling subtle apologies and backing up to watch the scene unfold.
"Yes," answered Axel, finally. Roxas looked up at him, and the redhead was grinning stupidly. "Yes I'll go out with… wait" Axel shook his head. This wasn't how it was supposed to go.
"Wait for what? Saturday. I'll pick you up at seven," and with that, Roxas turned to leave.
Axel frowned, holding up his hands, demonstratively as he continued, "No, really, wait a sec. I've been trying to ask you out for weeks and instead of simply saying yes you come here and ask me out yourself… you're not a dominatrix are you? Because I don't do that…"
Roxas turned and laughed, "Let's just say Larxene put in a good word for you. Now, I asked you out because I wasn't sure your offer still stood, and since I asked you out that means I get to pick the date, right?"
Three boys silently gawked at the blond in front of them. When she said it like that, of course it seemed reasonable! But the sexist in each of them squirmed, "B-But…" Axel scrambled for a legitimate reason to take control of the situation, "Aha! YOU don't have a car! Do you?" he pointed a cocky finger at the girl, proud of himself for practically no reason.
Roxas frowned, "So what? We could meet there if you'd prefer it. I was planning on taking the bus; it saves money." And just like that 'she' had deflated Axel's ego.
The redhead rubbed his temples in frustration, why was this so difficult? "Okay, look; I'm the guy, so shouldn't I be the one picking you up and choosing the date or whatever? Not the other way around? I mean, come on! It's the first date! We only get one of these, and it's my job not to get dumped by you, right?"
Roxas seemed to consider this for a moment before putting his hand out and stating, "Deal." Axel grinned and shook her hand, waving as she set off to go back to her dorm. When he turned to Riku and Sora, they stared at him with shock dripping from their faces. Riku spoke first, "Dude, what just happened?"
Axel chuckled, slapping a friendly hand on Riku's back before answering, "I just got a date with the girl of my dreams, that's what happened!"
Riku frowned, "Umm, Axel?"
Axel had begun to whistle, but paused to reply, "What, Riku?"
Riku smirked maliciously, "How are you going to make date plans when you don't have her number?"
They had been walking, but stopped abruptly as Axel realized the magnitude of his dilemma. After a moment of thought he turned, deciding to chase after Namine and get her number at all costs! But before he could step his phone buzzed in his pocket. The redhead tugged the cell out of his pocket and flipped it open; 1 new message.
He opened the message and it read:
"Axel, this is Namine. You now have my number. Don't come running after me to get it, or I will hurt you. Don't abuse having my number either, because I won't hesitate to block it if I get annoyed. See you Saturday."
Riku and Sora laughed as Axel quickly added the number to his contacts and snapped the phone shut, slipping it back into his pocket. "Shut up," he muttered as they started their walk home.
Later that night, Sora was visiting Riku's house to do homework, and he asked why he never got to pick the dates they went on. Riku had simply replied that Sora was the girl in the relationship, but if he really loved Riku he'd let him keep buying him sea salt ice cream and not worry about it. Sora simply said 'okay' and went back to his homework, cheerily. If only Axel's relationship was that simple.
Hurp derp, there ya go! And now, I'm off to shoot some post-apocalypse monsters in new vegas XD Wish me luck! R&R! Oh, Oh, Gimme predictions on what you think is gonna happen *I've actually had the ENTIRE plot mapped out since I started the revision, so I'm curious to see where you guys think it's going, compared to where I'm 99% sure it will end up* Peace, Love, and House Gnome colds!