Chapter 5: Insomnia

The town itself came alive once it became late out. I told my parents I was going out with Axel to hang out and would be back when I come back, that didn't fly with them so my mom told me to be back before ten or as my dad said "You're a freakin corpse." Message received. It was like something out of the movies, Axel and myself were walking down the sidewalk that connected into the main part of town and the lights were on everywhere with the glow of houses and shops getting ready to close down. All was quite, yet it was so relaxing. The girls were out of course as well, and we had to stop every once and a while to talk to them .i.e. Axel would notice a cute girl and wink at them and they would giggle and talk amungst themselves until Axel came over to them to talk and eventually get one of their numbers. They would smile and try to talk to me but I would brush them off. I was later scolded for this act because according to him I was not being a good wingman...whatever that means.

We decided on a little mom and pop store to get a bite to eat. It was nice because the place rarely was busy so what ended up happening most of the time was that it was just myself and whoever was with me there. The waiter came by our table to order our drinks and as I was putting my menu down, I was startled because Axel's face was right up and close to my menu.

"Ah! Crap man!"

He smiled "Sorry Roxas did I scare you?"

"Like hell you did!" He just continued to laugh "then I'm doing my job. So tell me about this Kairi girl a little bit more."

Why can't we just enjoy our food and not talk about my personal life? Is that too much to ask. "What do you want to know because my knowledge is limited due to us only talking for a couple of hours."

"Well do you think you like her?"

I didn't say anything at first because I really didn't know what to say, she was cute and we had some things in common but that was about it. "Shes cute, I mean I'm attracted to her but I don't know man. I got enough on my plate to deal with to be worrying about girls."

"Yeah I hear that man, my old man is constantly on my back because my grades aren't where they should be. Plus Larxene can be a handfull sometimes if you know what I mean." He winked at me. Unfortunately yes Axel I do.

The rest of the night was pretty chill, after we were done eating we just wondered around the main part of the town. We agreed on getting some sea salt ice cream and sit on the clock tower. The clock tower was a main attraction of the town, it was tall and huge, plus you could sneak in at the top and sit on the ledge that was right below the clock itself and look out to see the entire town. It was so peaceful, just to be able to literally be on top of the world and look down on the town in its entirety.

"You ever think we'll be together like this Roxas? Like be able to do this whenever we want..." His question caught me off guard, it wasn't like Axel to be all serious.

What's gotten into him?

"I don't know man, I mean I know that things will eventually change and all of us will move away or something...so we better make the time we have with our friends the most." It was getting pretty dark out and we both realized it was already 9:00 and Axel said he had some homework that was due tomorrow to get started on so we called it a night.

The weekend was slowly coming to and end and I had school the next day so I decided to also head home and call Kairi finally. I walked past my parents and ignored their questioning and made my way straight up the stairs. My phone started to vibrate, Holy crap! If thats Kairi I'm ganna lose it...creepy timing. That thought process went away rather quickly once I saw that it was just a text from Pence. I really didn't want to talk to him right now so I just checked the 'X' to read it later. It was quite in my room...too quite...and if I wanted to talk to Kairi I didn't want my parents to be able to listen in on our conversation. So I searched on youtube for the filthiest dubstep mixes and blasted them through my subwoofers. Within seconds I could feel my floor start to shake along with my dresser...perfect. It was just loud enough to drown out any voices but not too loud that I couldn't hear Kairi and vise versa. I scrolled through my contact list until I came across her name and hit send.

"ring...ring...Hello?"

"Hey Kairi, it's Roxas."

"Hey Roxas! What's up?"

"Oh nothing just chillin, though I'd give you a call."

"You do know its almost like ten o'clock right? Haha"

"Yeah I know, I wanted to call you before but I was too nervous so I just texted you."

"You? Nervous? You don't seem like the type to get nervous over a silly girl Roxas."

"You're not just a silly girl to me Kairi...I kinda like you..."

There was no response on the other end.

Nice going! You moved waaay to fast!

"Really?...because I kinda like you too Roxas."

My jaw about hit the ground if it weren't for the huge grin forming on my face.

"Wait you like me too?" I couldn't help but chuckle which she apparently heard.

"What's so funny?"

"It's just that you're such a cool girl, not to mention really pretty. Plus we like a lot of the same things and get along so well. I mean you're you and I'm...just me."

"Oh come on Roxas! I'm not all that, but thank you. And your too hard on yourself."

This is going a lot better than I had thought it would.

"Trust me Kai, I'm a pretty basic guy. You should go out with someone like Hayner, he's super popular and better at sports than me."

"But he's not you Roxas, which is who I'm attracted to. You're much more down to earth and polite than him. And you're a good listener too."

"Thanks Kairi, it means a lot to mean to hear you say that. So I was wondering...there's this bonfire party this Friday at Pence's house, wait first off do you know him?"

"Short, kinda cubby kid? Always has a headband on and is hanging around Hayner and that other girl...Olette I think her name is? Yeah I know him, well not know him know him but I know OF him...listen to me. I'm rambling on like an idiot."

"Haha nah your fine, its kinda cute. But yeah him, anyway he's having a bonfire over at his house this Friday night and I was uh wondering if you wanted to go with me...?"

"You-your asking me out on a date? With you? This Friday?"

Isn't that what I just said?

"Yes that is exactly what I'm asking you Kairi. A date this Friday with me. I mean there will be other people there but you know what I mean."

"O-oh-uh well sure! I mean yeah I'd love to go with y!-I mean...yes...I would like to go with you to a bonfire. Just yes, the answer's yes."

BOOYAH!

"Okay well I guess we can meet up at the cafe around eight-ish and then just walk over to his house because it's only like five minutes away. Sound like a plan?"

"Yes! It's a date! I uh-I gotta go Roxas...girly stuff I have to take care off. You know how us girls take forever to fix our hair and such. So I will talk to you soon then if I don't before the bonfire."

Fix her hair? It's almost ten and she has to 'fix her hair and other girly things'?

"Okayy? Well talk to you soon then. Night Kai."

"Goodnight Roxas!" Followed by a click.

"It was a good night..." I said to myself as I turned off the stereo and closed my eyes in bed to try and get some sleep. I had school in exactly seven hours and I couldn't stop thinking about her...or is it her?...or is it HER...looks like I won't be getting much sleep tonight after all.

Okay so I know this one is really really short and I appologize...my writers block is being a you know what recently. It took me about three hours just to write this chapter and yet is only seems like filler. Again I'm sorry :(. I promise that the next chapter will be long and interesting! ^_^