A/N:Hey friends! Here is the last installment of Cinderoxas! A little prologue treat for all my loyal fans. Thanks for all the reviews, I love them and they make me so happy! So here we go, a little "what happened after" for you guys, from the perspective of our favorite red-headed Captain~ (so this takes place bout maybe 10 minutes after The Ball Game Part III)
Axel's Epilogue
"Where have you been dude? Everyone's ready to-" but Demyx's words fall short as they notice the blonde boy standing by my side, whose hand is currently trying to strangle mine. "DID YOU-DID HE-HOW'D IT-"
"Success?" Xavier asks, pushing a bumbling Demyx away. Not able to help my grin, I give a thumbs-up. Everyone goes wild and I am embarrassed for my friends.
"Sorry. I thought they'd be calm about it," I whisper to my boyfriend. Boyfriend. I can say that now. Roxas is my boyfriend.
"Go Roxas!" cheers Demyx, finally finding his words again.
"Please don't chant my name. I've had enough of that today to last me a lifetime," he groans, using his free hand to cover his no doubt red-as-a-hydrant face. So cute.
"A Roxas-Hoorah then?" Jake grins, pointing at everyone who shares in his excitement. I release Roxas' hand, knowing I can't stop them.
"What?" he questions, looking down at our released hands. He almost makes me feel bad for letting go. It just…feels so right to be connected with him. But the others are already picking him up before I have a chance to change my mind. "WHAT, WHAT IS HAPPENING?"
"Hip-hip!"
"HOORAH!"
Roxas seems lost and beyond embarrassed being held up in a circle of my soccer buddies.
"Who are we hoorah-ing now?" I turn to see the owner of the familiar voice, and of course it's my sisters along with some other members of the cheer squad. Olette included, which makes me happy. I was stunned when I saw her come out and cheer with the rest of them, but glad that she was back doing what she once loved.
"It's Roxas, for being the man," Jake cheers, my best bro who had been cheering for me since day one.
"You should probably let him down, he looks ready to hurl," Olette giggles, having had her own hoorah during half-time. They gingerly place Roxas back down who holds his head to get his bearings. I laugh and walk back over, hugging him from behind.
"So we're all still down for ditching the after party?" I say, resting my chin on his head. I can hear him sputtering, but he makes no moves to push me away, so I remain where I am.
"Hell yeah!" Xion cheers.
"That after party was going to be hella whack, let's go to Willy's!" Kairi cheers as well, tossing her pom-poms in the air.
"Yeah, me and Teddy are hungry!" Xion exclaims, hooking her arm through his. I don't miss the blush that crawls over his face. Or the fact that he doesn't yell at her for calling him Teddy. "I mean, we did work the most today." This makes everyone erupt into argument as I'm sure she wanted. Xion, ever the chaotic neutral.
"You okay with Willy's?" I ask quietly to Roxas after turning him around in my arms.
He nods cutely, looking up into my eyes brightly. He never used to do that, but now he's always making eye-contact. I love it, I love his eyes, I love him.
"That was the first place we ever hung out together," he says. The smile he shows me is so angelic and pure, I wonder how he ended up with me.
"You're right," I laugh, returning his smile.
"Okay, if you guys are done being gross over there can we get a move on?" Xion calls.
"Yeah, cartwheels make you hungry!" Kairi adds in, unhelpful.
Figures the two who pushed us to be together and "shipped" us were now the ones teasing our relationship. But I guess that's just what sisters do.
"Alright everyone, lets ride!" I grab Roxas' hand back, and we all walk together to the south parking lot, where we all made sure to park to steer clear of all traffic. Roxas' friends meet us over here, so everyone who was invited is currently present.
I see Kai trying to get into my car and put an immediate stop to it. "Oh no you don't."
"What? I'm getting in the back so Roxy can ride shotgun," she says.
"No one else is riding in my car tonight." I extenuate my point by pulling Roxas closer to my side. They hoot and holler, but I was one hundred percent serious about that. As soon as I get Roxas in the car I go around to my side and lock the doors.
"Hey dorko! Seriously?" Xion complains.
"See you at Willy's," I cheer, easily pulling out of the spot.
Roxas turns back in his seat to look at the crowd of our friends. "Will they be okay?"
"Yeah. There's enough space between everyone's cars for everybody to fit without mine." Once I get to the stop sign on the more deserted side of the school, I lean over towards Roxas. His blush returns with a vengeance and he squeezes his eyes shut, making me chuckle. "Seatbelt silly." I take silent joy in his pout and heated face as I put his seatbelt on for him. Once secured, I give him a peck on those cute pouty lips before returning to my seat.
"Flirt," he mumbles turning to the window. I lower it for him so he can get some air. Hanging my arm out my window, I take the turn off the school and start the short drive over to Willy's. We ride in a comfortable silence the whole way. I didn't want to spoil the calm mood we had going, but there are things I want to tell him before the rest of our party arrives. I pull into the nearly empty lot at the waffle house and turn the car off. Roxas, who had been looking at his phone, turns to me. "Apparently Kairi and Xion rode together in Ted's car with Hayner and Olette too. Sounds like a big car."
"Yeah, he drives a Lincoln MKT."
"I don't know what that means." That makes me laugh. Roxas doesn't seem the jock type, so I figured. "I don't know much about soccer either, but I plan to learn all the rules and such."
"Why?" I ask, honestly. He blinks at me, confused as to why I'd ask.
"Because…I want to know everything about you, and the things you love. And I know you love soccer. Wouldn't be the captain otherwise." My heart swells at this. I'd never been in a relationship where my partner earnestly cared for me so dearly. "Also it would be kind of embarrassing if I continued to go to your games without really understanding anything besides what a goal is."
I burst into laughter. "Well, at the very least, study it with me. I'll teach ya."
He glances down at his folded hands, wringing them a bit before looking at me. "I-It's a date then."
Was he planning on killing me with his cuteness? Everything inside was instructing me to pull him from the passenger seat into the driver's with me, but we'd only just started dating no more than an hour ago. Easy Axel.
Just as I'm reigning in my desires a bunch of horns honk outside and headlights flash in my car. I look in the rearview mirror and see the others have arrived.
"Well. Guess we should greet them," Roxas says. Unbuckling his seatbelt.
"Yeah," I respond, unbuckling mine.
"You ready?" He doesn't move.
"Yeah." Neither do I.
"You sure?" His ocean blue eyes lock onto my own venomous green.
"Yeah…" I whisper. I crook my index finger down the front of his shirt to pull him closer.
"They're probably waiting," he breathes. I can feel his heart-rate quicken.
"Yeah." I stare into those ridiculously gorgeous eyes until they drift shut, bringing a smirk to my face. "Is it okay if I…?"
"It's always okay Axel," he replies immediately. I can taste the summer air on my tongue, and am ready again to drown in the sweet taste of all that is Roxas.
"Dorko!" She's right in my window, damn her. "We understand you're thirsty, but we're thirsty too. For lemonade and waffles! Now get a move on!"
My sisters were going to pay for that. "You guys are going to pay for that," I threaten out loud as well. Roxas has already retreated and exited the vehicle. "Look, you've scared him off. How is he supposed to like me when you two are tormenting me to all heck?"
"Puh-lease, we helped you two get together," Kairi laughs.
"Yeah, where would you be without us?" Xion adds.
"In my car. Kissing Roxas," I grumble at the nuisances, making them laugh further. Oh they are so going to pay.
"Hey, Xi is the one who keeps interrupting you," Kairi defends.
"Nuh-uh! You have as big a part in the torture of our dear older brother as me!"
"What?!"
"You guys," I stop them before they go at it in the parking lot. We'd be here all night. "Weren't you starving? Let's get inside."
We go to join the crowd and Roxas is chatting with Jake and Pence. There was a time when I was worried about Jake being a little too close to my Bell. But when I asked him how he felt about Roxas, he just laughed and said he supported me full-heartedly, which didn't exactly answer my question, but was good enough to know he was on my side.
Sneaking behind him, I grab Roxas' hand before placing a peck atop his head. "Ready to eat?"
His blush has only gotten stronger through the night. I think he's trying to set a record that I fully plan to help him beat.
"Axel, don't make the guy blush his face off," Jake jokes. "It's too pretty to lose."
"Yeah, especially now that we can see it!" Laughs Hayner, earning a punch from Roxas with his free hand.
"I'm just…not used to PDA," he says to the group.
"Well its only downhill from here," Xav warns with a smile, "cause there's no turning off public displays of Axel." That makes my sisters crack up, crying "so true" to themselves.
"Hey Teds," I call, taking Roxas with me over to where he stood. I wrap my free arm around Ted's shoulders. "My best goalie, won't you sit next to me?"
"Sure man," he agrees. Such a good boy Ted is. "Any particular reason why?"
"I've got some funny stories I think you'll enjoy. Especially this one about a fake poker night-"
"YOU WOULDN'T," Xion interrupts, eyes wide and cheeks redder than Roxas' were at the moment.
"Oh I've got all night honey." I add a wink to let her know I'm serious. She tries to chase me but I've already picked up Roxas and am jogging to the entrance of the restaurant.
"A-Axel! Put me down!" he cries, yet clings to me.
"I promise to put you down when we get inside, can I have you in my arms till then?" I ask innocently. He moves his head so we're nose to nose but still warm, safe, and where he belongs; in my arms.
"No fair, how can I say no?" he giggles. Once in Willy's, I place him back on his feet but he stays snuggled into my side. Our fingers lace into each other's naturally, and we follow our rowdy friends towards a table.
"When do you have to be home?" I ask him quietly. Hopefully late, so we can take a drive together, see the road, the stars. Or just drive to a clearing where I could memorize every inch of his face and see just how deep the ocean was in his eyes.
"Well, my parents found out that I skipped classes today, so technically I'm grounded," he groans, squeezing my hand. "But they said I could go to the game, as long as I got home by curfew."
I chuckle a bit, glad to all heaven that he was here at all today. I was worried he wouldn't come to the game at all when I didn't see him in English this morning. But I guess Roxas is stronger than I thought. And I couldn't wait to find out more. "What time?" I question.
"Midnight."
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