Day two~
It was still snowing early that next morning. Axel was doing something really strange when Roxas came downstairs. Roxas stared blankly as he placed weird objects on a large pine tree. Axel poked at his best friend’s cheek, grinning at his dumbfound expression.
Roxas still wasn’t getting the concept of having a tree in his living room. Axel kept poking at him, trying to get a response. Roxas realized the tree was almost as tall as his best friend, maybe a bit taller.
“Why is there a tree in my living room?” He finally spoke. “You’re putting all these strange things on it.”
“Silly Roxas. It’s called a Christmas tree. It’s part of the typical holiday spirit.” He gave Roxas a strange looking star and picked him up. “Put the star on top of the tree.”
“Don’t you dare drop me.” Roxas whined as he placed the tree on the top.
“Now, why would I do that?” He caught Roxas in his arms and grinned. “We need to go get some Christmas presents too.”
“Isn’t there something else we need?” Roxas asked him. “I mean don’t we need Christmas paper?”
“We can get tht when we go shopping, silly.” Axel poked his friend’s cheek. “I think we could get Kairi some presents.”
“What about Demyx?” Roxas had asked. “Should we get something for him too?”
“We can if you want too. We can get gifts for all of our friends. That’s the whole point of Christmas.” He patted Roxas on the head.
“Okay.”
Axel pulled on his coat with white fur covering its edges. Roxas watched him pull on a pair of black snow pants and red gloves and earmuffs. Axel wore matching black boots and a red scarf.
“Are you getting ready?” He poked Roxas’s arm. “We should go now before the Christmas rush starts.”
Roxas pulled on his snow outfit and walked out the door. Axel watched him lock his door and stuff the key into his pocket. Roxas was thinking of the presents get his friends.
“Do you know what I want for Christmas?” Axel asked his best friend. “I wouldn’t mind getting some art supplies.”
“Since when are you an artist?” He nudged Axel’s arm. “I’ve never seen you draw a single picture.”
“That’s because you never asked.” He scowled. “Do you know what you want for Christmas?”
“Not really.” He shrugged. “I didn’t know I was supposed to have something I want for Christmas.”
“Well, of course! How do you expect your friends to get you everything you want?” Axel poked his chest.
“Who would want to get me a present?” Roxas scowled. “I guess if I had to decide, it would be one of those new gameboy things.”
“Oh, you mean a DS?” Axel grinned. “Yeah, it’s a possibility. Is there anything thing else you want?”
“Music, I guess.” Roxas shrugged. “They have these cool new MP3 players that can hold tons of songs.”
“Okay. Is that all?” Axel kept prodding him for ideas. “You gotta have more than that for Christmas.”
“Hm… I wish I knew. I guess a laptop computer.” He shrugged again. “I’m not sure what else I want.”
“Man… you’re going to be expensive this year.” Axel frowned. “You really can’t think of anything better than that?”
“Not really.” Roxas poked his face into a department store window. “Are those supposed to be toys?”
“What do you think they are?” Axel looked through the same window.
“Toys?” Roxas looked up at his best friend. “I want to have one of those model trains though.”
“You mean like something remote control?” He suggested. “That’s another thing you should ask for.”
“Remote… control?” He stared at Axel with a dumbfound look. “What does that mean?”
“Oh Roxas… what will I ever do with you?” Axel chuckled as he placed his hand over his best friend’s head. “You might just have to wait until Christmas.”
“Oh.” Roxas looked down and scowled. “Why do I have to wait until Christmas anyway?”
“Because its tradition.” He told Roxas. “Anyway, I’m thinking of getting Kairi a music box or something.”
“What should I get her?” He asked. “I mean… what do girls even like?” Roxas looked up at Axel.
“I’m assume anything that counts as girly.” He shrugged. “Kairi is the type of girl would be happy with just about anything.”
“That doesn’t tell me very much.” Roxas scowled. “Can’t you do better than that?” He replied.
“Hm… why not get her something for her hair? She says she likes hair ribbons and barrettes.” He told Roxas. “She also likes jewelry… mostly bracelets though.”
“Oh… anything else?” Roxas followed Axel into the store. “I don’t know what any of your friends like.”
“Roxas, they aren’t just my friends.” He poked his best friend’s rosy cheek. “Kairi, Riku and Sora are your friends too.”
“Okay.” He poked around for something to get Kairi. “How about lotion or something like this?”
Axel looked at the melon berry bath set he picked out. Roxas loved the smell it had and thought she would like it.
“Roxas, that’s perfect. I just hope you can wrap it because I’m not.” He snickered as he poked Roxas.
“Gee, thanks a lot…” He frowned. “I’ll just find a box to put it in.” He picked out a large green box.
“What do you think of Christmas paper with snowmen?” Axel asked Roxas.
“It seems fine with me.” Roxas shrugged.
After getting wrapping paper and a few presents, Roxas and Axel got him to wrap them up and place them under the tree. Axel placed his arms around Roxas’s stomach and smiled. Roxas didn’t know why he did this all the time.
“Why do you always seem so affectionate?” Roxas finally asked. “Its kind of annoying and a little embarrassing.”
“That’s… just what best friends do.” Axel told him, hiding the true reason. “Friends care about each other and sometimes snuggle to show that.”
“Oh… whatever.” Roxas shrugged as he buried his face into Axel’s chest. “It feels kind of nice.”
Axel rubbed his back and continued to smile. Roxas was blushing a bit but didn’t have any idea why. Axel could feel Roxas’s heart hammering into his chest.
To be continued…
Not sure how Idid with this... I guess it came out okay. XD