"Hey! Hey you! Come back!"

Look straight ahead and pretend you didn't hear him. Just ignore him. Ignore.

"You! Could you hold on for a sec?!"

Just keep walking, don't look back. Don't look back. And don't speed up or he'll know you're trying to get away and then he'll come running.

"Hey dude with the silver hair! Yeah you!"

Look down, don't look up. People are starting to stare because now they know you're the one he's calling. Keep the same speed and look down.

"Wait! Please! Just hold on for a bit okay?!"

Time to start speeding up, but only a little so he doesn't notice. Only a little…

"Just stop! What's wrong with you?! Hey! I'm talking to you!"

Don't take faster steps, just take bigger steps. That way he won't see that you're rushing. That's right, make the distance between your steps longer and it won't look like you're running.

"Can you hear me?! Why won't you stop?! C'mon man slow down!"

Crap, he's noticed your increase in pace now. Okay don't panic, but look up and start hurrying. Don't look down, if you look down at this speed you'll crash and he'll catch up.

"STOP!!! Slow down! Hey I just want to talk!"

Suppress the urge to laugh at his last statement and… Oh! Wait, time to speed up again! He's starting to pick up his pace.

"Will you stop for just one second?! I'll only take a minute of your time!"

He's really running now. That means you can run too now. That's right, it's finally time to run! So run! Fast he's coming!

"Hey what's wrong?! Look I won't do anything!"

You're running as fast as you can, which usually wouldn't be enough to evade him but it is in this case. You suppose it's because he's getting slowed down by all the people that have decided to help you and are stopping him.

"No! You don't get it! He's my friend! I just wanna talk! Hey! Slow down!"

His statements become confusing because now he's yelling at you and the crowd and it's hard to tell what's addressed to who. But oh well… It doesn't matter what he's saying anyways, as long as he doesn't catch up to you.

"Let me through please! Thank you!"

You're not sure, but it seems like he's talking to the other people. That can't be good.

"Wait up!"

Uh-oh… He's coming back. Shit. You hear the clopping of sneakers on tiled flooring and you know he's running to catch up. This of course means that you in turn have to run.

"Stop please! Hold up!"

He's catching up now without all those people who used to be nice when they were helping you but now they're not.

"Can you hear me?! I said stop!"

You're breaking out in a sweat now. That's not good. It means you're panicking. Panicking is never good. That's what Kairi said when she told you "you have to keep calm". Deep breaths. Calm down and take deep breaths.

"Wait for me!"

But it's hard to take deep breaths when you're running like this. Oh well, try anyways.

"Could you just wait for one second!"

You're lungs are burning, that means you must be slowing down too.

"Hey!"

It looks like he's really going to get you…

"Thanks for waiting, sorry if I freaked you out! But you know you didn't have to run like that. I'm not going to hurt you. What's your name?"

You decide to not listen to what he's saying and take in his appearance. He's breathing heavily but you assume that he's not always like that and that it must be from all the running… Suddenly you feel a bit guilty about making him chase after you like that.

"So anyways I was just wondering…"

His hair is pretty weird and the shade of red is so very unusual. But there's something about it that's nice… It's different, you decide.

"There's this awesome new restaurant that just opened up see and I was thinking…"

Next you observe his clothes. Their pretty standard. A brown t-shirt with light patterns all over. Tracing the patterns with your eyes makes you dizzy so you move on to his pants.

"And I know we don't really know each other very well but still I think…"

He's also wearing two belts. One is either a very dark shade of green or maybe it's gray… And the other is black and silver. His pants are brown… The same color as Sora's hair… But a different shade.

"Alright! It's settled!"

You blink and suddenly you realize that he's been talking this whole time you've been listening… You quickly go through everything you did happen to hear him say and what he's saying now… It's not that hard to draw the line.

"Let's go!"

Somewhere through all his babbling your stupid mouth must have betrayed you (again) by agreeing to go out with him.

"Hurry up! It's getting late thanks to all your running! I want to eat! Don't you?"

Suddenly you realize where you've seen his shade of red before. It's the exact same shade of red as Ariel's from that Disney movie… Was it called the Little Mermaid? You only remember that stupid movie because Kairi used to be so obsessed with it and she even dressed up as Ariel for Halloween once. You remember thinking that it wasn't a very good costume because it didn't actually have fins. But you didn't tell Kairi that.

"Do you like Chinese food? You do right?"

After a while you start paying more attention to his voice and you begin to realize just how expressive he is. Like Sora. Only different. More dramatic and less… skippy.

"Is that your natural hair color?"

Then you notice that you've been talking to him this whole time. Damn your traitorous mouth to hell. You decide that you better say something of your own free will before your mouth gets too out of control.

"Why do you ask so many questions?" you ask curiously, it seems like a fair question. He blinks at you and you blink back. Suddenly a laugh escapes his lips. You frown. It wasn't supposed to be funny.

"I guess I'm just curious," he says, "How old are you?"

You're a little surprised he hasn't asked you yet but you figure he must be pretty scatter brained, "I'm… sixteen."

"Really?" he raises his eyebrows, "I'm twenty."

He's a lot older than you, and quite suddenly you realize for the first time that this man is a stranger. And what did mother say about strangers?

"Never talk to them or interact with them in any way, they'll try to take advantage of you in your state."

Right. You gird yourself to tell this red-headed maniac to go away but then you look at him again… And you notice the way he's smiling and gesturing so animatedly…

"And then I told him that he could go to hell cause he was just being an ass…"

And he's so honest to you. He doesn't treat you differently like everyone else. And there's something that tells you that even if he did know he wouldn't care. Not like everyone else.

"I don't know… What do you think? Maybe I shouldn't have yelled back…"

And he's trying so hard to maintain a conversation. Most people just ask you how you're doing and other non-important stuff. Though his topics aren't exactly important at least they're real, and not just some excuse to break the silence.

"By the way I like your pants where'd you get them?"

He's not a stranger, you tell yourself firmly. After all, you know a surprisingly large amount of stuff about him (well he has been rambling almost non-stop). So that means it's okay for you to hang out with him.

"Where are we going?" you ask quietly, afraid you might hurt his feelings because you weren't paying attention.

He grins, "Too busy checking me out to hear?"

You blush and he laughs before ruffling your hair.

"This new Chinese place," he answers, though you're still a little too caught up in the fact that he actually ruffled your hair. No one's ever done that. They're all worried you'll get upset.

"Okay," you say, and the way his smile increases ten fold makes you want to laugh.

This isn't so bad…

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"Hey! Hey you! Come back!"

Look straight ahead and pretend you didn't hear him. Just ignore him. Ignore.

"You! Could you hold on for a sec?!"

Just keep walking, don't look back. Don't look back. And don't speed up or he'll know you're trying to get away and then he'll come running.

"Hey dude with the silver hair! Yeah you!"

Huh?

Roxas looked up in time to see Axel flagging down a boy taller that Roxas (but shorter than Axel). After an incident that resembled a high-speed chase and a brief struggle, Roxas watched his long time best friend and ex-lover flirt shamelessly with the other boy. Other. Boy.

Even if Roxas had been the one to break up with Axel months ago he still had feelings for the red head. The whole break up thing had been… complicated. In all honesty though, Roxas had been hoping (no longing) for some making up and out.

Eyeing the other two now Roxas had to admit… This "other boy" was clearly trouble. Because as much as Roxas hated to admit it… He was pretty damn hot.

But then again, he was also totally oblivious to Axel's flirting. Or maybe he's trying to play hard to get? Wondered Roxas. Though he doubted it upon seeing the silver haired boy's curiously blank face. Either this guys was shy about public displays of emotion, extremely clueless in the romantic department, or just plain stupid, thought Roxas firmly.

Roxas's hopes however were torn to pieces, burnt to ashes and shoved up Goofy's ass when Axel grabbed the "other boy" by the wrist and began pulling him along. The silver haired one's feet stumbled at first but after a while his legs began to follow through and soon he was hurrying to keep up with Axel's lengthy strides.

Roxas watched this display in grim defeat.

"I'm not going down without a fight boy!"

Author's Note: (Bangs head on table) That sucked worse than eggs! Oh God why did I write this! One whole afternoon! Wasted! Why?! Oh well… It's been posted. Feel free to tell me how bad this was… Or feel free to tell me I'm wrong about it! Either way…

Gah! I don't even know where this idea cam from… Aish! Well too late now!

Please review whether you loved it or not! Either way will make me a very happy writer!

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