AN: I'm so sorry I didn't get this up sooner! A severe case of writers block appeared and prevented me from finishing this chapter, plus I had to rewrite half of it because I didn't like the way it turned out. Hopefully this will work better, sorry again!

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I glared nervously at the clock. I still had half an hour left before the end of the day.

"What's wrong with you today?" Axel asked, "You've been looking at the clock like you'll die if you don't."

"Nothing," I lied.

I wasn't exactly sure why I wasn't telling Axel about my date with Zexion. I guess it was more of the fact that I knew just because we were going out on one date didn't mean we were all of a sudden a couple or anything. Besides, I had been meaning to tell Axel but I just lost my nerve.

"You're a horrible liar," Axel poked my arm, "What's up?"

"Well…" I sighed, "Zexion asked me out yesterday and we're supposed to meet up after school…"

Axel slapped me on the back, "Congrats Dem! I can't believe you didn't tell me that sooner though!"

"Sorry…" I said meekly, still smiling.

"Don't worry about it!" Axel laughed, "I don't blame you for being so impatient for school to end. Not that I'd blame you anyway…"

I laughed, "I know, I'm just so excited!"

"Well when did this happen?" Axel asked, "You better have some answers."

"Well yesterday…" I started, taking joy in explaining every detail of what happened for the rest of class.

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I can't remember being so anxious to get out of school in my life. Not that I liked school, but you know this was important. I dashed to my locker, spinning the lock and shoving my books into it.

"Calm down Demyx," Axel said, just arriving at his locker as I finished at mine, "Zexion still has to go to his locker too, remember?"

"Oh right," I sighed, "Plus I really don't want to look too eager and freak him out right?"

"I wouldn't worry about looking too eager," Axel laughed, "I think I just saw Zexion bolt out the front door."

"Really?" I smiled, "Talk to you later okay Axel?"

I rushed off not even waiting for Axel's response but I knew he heard me because I could hear a muffled, "Bye!" over the roar of the crowd of anxious people trying to get home as soon as possible.

I slowed my pace as soon as I got to the door and tried to look ever so casual as I walked toward the bike racks. As I got nearer I found Zexion leaning against the bike rack and glancing nervously down at his watch.

I snuck up behind him quietly, "I'm not late am I?"

Zexion must have jumped 3 feet in the air when he heard me and he spun around hitting me lightly, "Don't do that Dem, you totally freaked me out!"

"What did you think the point in me doing that was?" I laughed, "So I take it you're ready to go then?"

"Yeah," Zexion nodded unnecessarily, "Do you want to hang out first? I mean we could eat now but we'd be stuck eating with old people…"

"Yeah that might be a good idea," I laughed, "Not that I have anything against old people or something like that but you know. Where are we going to eat anyways?"

Zexion thought for a minute, "You choose."

"Let me think…" I said, mindlessly walking beside Zexion as I did so, "How about The Plaid Platypus? They have amazing pizza there."

"I've never been there," Zexion said, "But I'll take your word for it."

I smiled, "We can go somewhere else if you want, you know, you were the one who told me to choose a place."

"No that sounds good to me," Zexion said, "I trust you."

"Good to know," I laughed, looking up surprised at the door to Zexion's house, "We're here already then? Wow, it seems like we just left…"

Zexion shrugged, "I don't live very far from school you know."

"I guess so," I hesitated to go in when Zexion opened the door, "Is your dad here? He kind of scares me…."

Zexion laughed silently, "He's not that bad, I think he's at work."

"If you say so…" I muttered, walking through the door.

"This is it I guess," Zexion gestured vaguely around the house.

"What no grand tour?" I said, "That's rude!"

"Well uh, uh, well uh…" Zexion said, turning red, "If you want I could…."

"Kidding!" I laughed and started running up the stairs and bolted into Zexion's room. He was right behind me and tackled me onto the bed, panting and laughing.

"Aggressive much?" I laughed, watching as Zexion moved to sit on the end of his bed.

He just shrugged, "Not usually."

"Well what are we going to do for the next while?" I asked, trying to think of anything I had seen in his room that might be slightly entertaining.

Zexion shrugged again.

"Well what do you normally do for fun when you're home?" I sighed.

Zexion nodded toward a large collection of books, "I read."

"That's so not fun though," I pouted, "Isn't there anything fun to do in your house?"

Zexion thought for a minute, "There's a pool out back."

"Oh my gosh you didn't tell me that!" I squealed, "I love the water! I know you don't but that would be so much fun…."

"Earth to Dem," Zexion waved his hand in front of my face, "You don't have swim trunks here."

"Right," I sighed, "Can't I just borrow some of yours?"

"I don't think they'll fit," Zexion said, reminding me of our size difference.

"Tease," I sighed.

"What?" Zexion asked, clearly confused.

"Telling me you have a pool and then taking away any chance I had of going swimming," I sighed, pouting again.

"Demyx," Zexion sighed, "We're going skating tonight anyways."

I kept pouting, staring at the floor by Zexion's feet.

"Dem," Zexion said, crouching down and looking up at me, "We can go swimming some other time, okay?"

"Okay!" I smiled, giving Zexion a quick hug before lying down on his bed.

Zexion lay down beside me and looked over at me, "So what do you want to do?"

I laughed, "I thought we already decided there was nothing to do in your room."

"Well there might not be…" Zexion muttered, "But who says we have to stay in my room?"

"Zexion," I poked his forehead, "What are you talking about?"

Zexion shrugged, "I don't know, there just has to be something to do."

I thought about it for a minute, racking my brain for something fun to do before we went to eat, "There's supposed to be a band playing in the park. There's no charge, plus whenever there are concerts in the park people just go in and leave whenever they please."

"Sounds good," Zexion nodded, standing up.

"Awesome," I laughed, "Should I just leave my school stuff here?"

Zexion nodded and I followed him downstairs and out the door.

"Can you remember what the bands name was?" Zexion asked as we approached the park.

"Er…." I scrunched my brow in concentration, "Not really. I think it was like… Pink December or something…"

We walked into the park and found 2 seats just as the band walked out.

"Hello we're Colours of September!" the lead singer called out, "Welcome to our show! I am Lucas Gablay and we are going to rock your world!"

"Woo!" I called out, adding to the exciting audience cheers.

Zexion raised an eyebrow at me and I laughed, "Try to get into the spirit of it, Zexy."

He scowled at the nickname.

The band started pounding out a fast song and to my surprise, the lead singer was actually good. Now I'm not usually some music critic or anything but with a name like Lucas Gablay… I'm automatically sceptical.

The hardcore fans of the band were at the front rocking out and occasionally yelling out lyrics sporting their band t-shirts.

"What do you think?" I asked Zexion as they charged into another song.

"Not bad," Zexion shrugged, "Just not really my kind of music I guess."

I laughed, "Well whatever, do you want to take off then? I mean after this song, it's rude to leave during a song…"

"Alright," Zexion said, "Unless you want to stay or something…"

"No I'm fine," I smiled, "By the time we walk over to the Plaid Platypus I'll probably be ready to eat anyways."

The song finished and Zexion and I started making our way out of the park. Luckily we managed to get away unnoticed and started walking toward the Plaid Platypus with me humming the tune of one of the songs the band played.

"How do you remember that?" Zexion asked, looking at me as I followed through until the end.

"I like music," I shrugged, "I guess I just remember that kind of thing."

Zexion nodded but continued to look slightly puzzled as we finished walking the short distance toward the Plaid Platypus. He grabbed the door handle and pulled the door open before holding it open and waving me in first. I smiled softly, little details like that were always so cute.

"So what do you want?" Zexion asked, letting go of the door after walking in.

I pondered for a second before deciding, "How about a pineapple pizza?"

Zexion made a face, "Pineapple? What's wrong with pepperoni or something normal?"

"Nothing, I just like pineapple," I laughed, "You can get pepperoni if you want you know, I'm not going to force you into it or anything."

"No I guess I'll try pineapple," Zexion shrugged, "But if I hate it I'm blaming you."

I laughed as Zexion walked up to the counter to order. I walked to the side of the restaurant and sat at my favorite booth.

Zexion came back a minute later, "What kind of drink do you want?"

"Dr Pepper," I nodded, "I totally forgot about that."

Zexion shrugged and walked back over to the counter, presumably to finish ordering. I glanced at the wall to my left and stared at the picture of the platypus. I wondered vaguely why people always thought if they came to this restaurant there would be pictures of real plaid platypuses. I mean honestly, animals aren't naturally plaid. At least none that I know of….

"Earth to Demyx," Zexion said, waving his hand in front of my face.

"Hmmm?" I looked up, "Oh, sorry. I was just thinking…"

"About what?" Zexion asked.

"Nothing important, don't worry about it," I laughed, "So did you order?"

Zexion nodded, "Yeah, they said it shouldn't be more than 10 minutes…"

"That's pretty quick," I acknowledged.

"I guess you're not the only weirdo who likes pineapple pizza," Zexion laughed.

"Hey!" I smacked him lightly on the arm, "Just wait until you try it, I bet you're going to love it!"

Zexion rolled his eyes but stayed silent, giving me a silent victory. I tapped my fingers on the edge of the table, bobbing my head in time.

"Impatient much?" Zexion asked, raising his visible eyebrow.

"I'm not impatient!" I cried out on instinct before changing my mind, "Well maybe a little bit but it's not my fault."

"Crud," Zexion sighed, "Forgot the drinks on the counter, give me a minute."

He scooted back over to the counter and picked up the two Dr Pepper's left sitting there, the ice slowly melting away. He was on his way back to the table with the drinks when the pizza was ready. He steadily glanced between the table and the pizza now sitting on the counter, trying to figure out if it was possible that he could balance the pizza and the drinks at the same time.

I laughed, leaping to my feet and grabbing the drinks from Zexion. He turned slightly pink in the face but muttered a quick "thank you" before going to get the pizza. I sat back down at the table, placing a drink on either side of it. Zexion returned a minute later, a cheesy pineapple pizza balanced on one hand, and a handful of napkins resting in the other. He placed the pizza delicately down on the table before grabbing a slice.

"Voila," Zexion said, as though I hadn't realized the pizza was there in the first place.

"Looks good," I said, reaching for a big slice of the pizza with the most pineapple on it, "Come on, aren't you going to try it?"

"I will," Zexion said, examining the pizza, looking for some reason not to take a bite.

I shrugged and took a big bite of my piece of pizza. It made me remember why this was my favorite pizza place in town, to say the least. Cooked to perfection, yet the pineapple still managed to be juicy. After swallowing, I looked up at Zexion earnestly.

He gulped and raised the pizza to his lips, taking the smallest bite possible that you would still consider eating.

I scoffed, "You didn't get any of the pineapple."

Zexion looked up and took a huge bite of the pineapple pizza. I watched as he slowly chewed the pizza, swallowing finally before his face broke into a shy smile.

"It is pretty good," he admitted, taking another bite.

Satisfied, I took no time in wolfing down the rest of my piece with, of course, mouthfuls of Dr Pepper every so often. I reached for a second piece and found Zexion doing the same. I smiled again, glad that he liked it after all.

Zexion took a swig of his Dr Pepper before asking, "So why is this place called the Plaid Platypus anyways?"

I placed my piece of pizza down on one of the napkins and grinned, "Now that's a story. See, the original owner of this place was a friend of my grandfathers. He was a pretty cool guy I guess, and nearly every time I visited my grandpa he was over there. He'd always tell me some story or another and I'd seem impressed for a minute before getting distracted and going off to do something else."

"Sounds like you," Zexion laughed softly.

"Anyways, one day my grandpa's friend hadn't even finished one of his stories when I got distracted," I continued, "So he kept trying to call my name. Apparently whatever I was looking at was so interesting that I didn't pay any attention to him calling out my name. Eventually he got frustrated and yelled out 'Look, it's a plaid platypus!' Finally I looked and that's how the name was born."

"Wow," Zexion said, scratching his head, "That's pretty weird."

I shrugged, picking up my neglected slice of pizza, "I guess so."

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2 drink refills later we had finished off the entire and pizza and were sitting relaxing.

"Come on, let's go!" I laughed.

"Go where?" Zexion asked, apparently startled by my sudden energy.

"I don't know," I shrugged, "But you can only sit in a pizza place so long before you feel the need to actually do something."

"Fair enough," Zexion nodded, standing up and brushing the non-existent crumbs off of his lap.

I followed suit, then rushed to the door. I pushed open the door.

There stood Axel, lips locked with a familiar blonde named Roxas.

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AN: Yeah, I've never had pineapple pizza, is it any good? Oh, and sorry for the cliffhanger, but this time I will actually put up the next chapter soon so don't worry, okay? And I know, it ended up kind of weird but hopefully it's good. Thanks for reading, review?