The walk back to the hotel was longer than the Great Wall of China. Axel went through a wave of emotions from guilt to anger, but all of that simmered beneath the surface and faded when Roxas began to chatter on as if nothing had happened. When they stopped at a bench in the shade, he couldn't help but snort at the goofball the blond was with a bit of sugar in his system, "And then a dinosaur comes out of nowhere and attacks the city! Raaawr!" He brought his arms up to his sides to make tiny tyrannosaurus rex arms before tackling the other.
The redhead couldn't help but laugh as his boyfriend peeked up at him from beneath a mess of honey golden spikes, "Well what should I the simple human pedestrian do about it?" He asked pushing the hair away to press a kiss to Roxas' nose.
"Kiss me." He cooed, "Because dinosaurs love kisses."
Axel laughed, "Oh do they? I didn't know. I guess they'll have to fix all those history books. Look out Smithsonian Museum! Axel Brennant here with a brand new discovery." Pressing his lips to the blond's in a soft simple kiss, he consciously made sure no one was staring. He personally wasn't the biggest on PDA, but Roxas seemed to like small stuff like this, so he tolerated it. Pulling away, he pecked the smaller teens cheek, "Have I defeated you, dinosaur?"
Making something similar to a screech, the boy crumbled in Axel's lap, "Yes, yes you have." He sat back up with the world's largest smile plastered across his face.
"God, you're such a goof." Axel laughed, tucking sunshine strips behind perfect little ears, "You're never getting sugar again."
"I didn't have sugar this morning!" Roxas proclaimed, distracted by a bird. "I had pancakes and juice!"
"Okay, you had pancakes, but that doesn't mean that you had to have a gallon of syrup on them. I'm pretty sure that you're going to have type two diabetes when you're older."
The blond turned and made a face at him, "Pffft, yeah right." This kid was precious. So precious. How was he so lucky to have ended up with him? He was beautiful and silly and kind, ugh. He was giving himself a cavity from how sweet it all was.
"Alright, upsi-daisies. Let's get this show on the road." Axel stood and helped the younger teen to his feet. Following at his heels like a puppy, Roxas trotted behind him.
When they entered the lobby, the redhead spotted his mother crossing the room in her high heels, "Hey, babe." She gave her son's forehead a kiss as she hurriedly put her phone back in her purse, "I'm going to head over to the art museum while you guys are at your competition, okay? If you want me there, just text me and let me know, but I got the general vibe yesterday that you guys would probably prefer to just hang out by yourselves."
"Well don't say it like that. You make it sound like we don't want you." Axel laughed, "That's fine though, Mom. We'll be safe and responsible and all that jazz. Xion's practically a baby sitter in her own right. 'Don't jump off of that! Don't run! You'll slip! Chew with your mouth closed!'" He snickered.
Sighing, his mother simply shook her head a smile tugging at her lips, "Alright, bye, sweetheart."
"Bye mom!" Once she was gone, he took Roxas' hand again.
"Is it just me or was your mom awfully dressed up?" The blonde asked, looking behind them to watch the woman walk away, "Because she was wearing a lot of makeup and a dress. Plus heels."
"I dunno. My mom is kind of private and lets me do what I want most of the time. If she wants to dress up, it's probably for her own reason, and she'll tell me if she wants to." Axel hummed, "Kind of like how I'll tell her about us when I want, but she kind of already knows."
Roxas' brows shot straight up, "She does?"
The redhead chuckled, "Well yeah, of course she does. It's pretty obvious, Rox."
"I guess it is." He mumbled, "You have lipstick on your forehead." A small hand reached up and wiped the pink smudge away, "That's better."
Axel voice went sing-song, "Thank you, so what now, Rox? Want me to take you to Paris? Tokyo? Our empty hotel room?" Roxas opened his mouth, "Kidding, Xion is in there. How could you forget about her? How rude!" He teased.
Roxas puffed up his cheeks and sulked like a small child, "I was about to say, I'd like to head to the competition, so Xion can be on time for her match. We only have an hour and a half until it starts."
"Oh. Good point."
Once back up in their room, Xion beamed and clambered off the bed to meet them at the door, "Hey you guys! What's up? How was breakfast?" She wished that they had told her that they were going out, but she assumed they must have gotten asked out while she was still in The Database. Still a bit rude. /Anger/ /
"It was good." Roxas gave her a hug which surprised the AI, "Ready to leave? Today is your big day!"
Smiling, she nodded quickly, "I took protocol this morning and checked for any errors. I'm set to go!" Taking Axel's hand, the blond took back burner for a minute and followed behind the two as they started for the lobby.
"Hey Xion, did my mom seem oddly dressed up this morning?" The redhead questioned curiously as he pressed the button for the elevator.
"Well she was going on a date, so I would assume not. Isn't it normal to dress up on a date? You and Roxas do it. He's always 8% more attractive when the two of you are going on a date, and you're 12% which is relative to the amount of time you spend in the bathroom fixing your hair." She shrugged.
Axel's jaw dropped, "Oh whoa."
"I know." Roxas mumbled, "Only 8%?"
"No, you dolt! My mom has a boyfriend! Or at least a date." The fact surprised him, but it made since considering how long ago his dad had passed away.
"Well she's probably lonely Axel. I mean if you think about it, she probably hasn't gotten laid in-" The blond was stopped mid-sentence by a shard of glass sharp glare.
Axel grumbled, "I just want her to be happy. If she's going out, that's good. I know she has her Bunco group and everything, so if she's doing the do and happy with who she's doing it with, then I don't care." Maturity was important, especially in situations like this.
Xion nodded, "Yeah, she has a user on Date-me-dine-me. You didn't know?" She was plugged into the wi-fi most of the time, so she was well aware of the browser history, much to Axel's chagrin.
"Clearly not." He huffed, "Oh well, it's not like I can do anything about it." When the elevator arrived, they stepped inside, "So I know that the first round is similar to a Jeopardy style thing. They don't want encyclopedia brains in there, so it's an easy round for you to pass, because I corrected your filter and you'll get one out of eight wrong. Don't worry about getting things wrong. It's human."
"Sadly." Roxas grumbled, "I wish I got a perfect on every test. That would be awesome."
"Oh hush your silly butt." Axel rolled his eyes, "Your grades are fine. Fucking honor roll and all that."
The blond's voice rose a bit, "You could be too if you applied yourself!"
"You sound like my mother! Yack yack yack!" The redhead laughed and Xion did too.
"It's true!" She giggled, "His mom is always asking him why his grades aren't better even though he's fairly smart."
"Oh well thanks for the 'fairly' bit." Axel chortled, turning to see Roxas' grumpy face, "Oooh, don't be like that. I think you're splendid." He kissed the blond's cheek, "I like you. I like you a lot. Don't sulk." Nuzzling the other a bit, he pulled away before the door opened, "Alright!" He exclaimed as they stepped out into the fairly busy lobby, "Let's do this!" High fiving Xion and Roxas, the group set off for the competition.
Roxas couldn't help but laugh at the excitement, "Team Xion for the win!"
I promised Friday and it's still sorta kind of Friday for me at least ^-^' Review! Layla for Beta~