So, Endings Matter Most, an awesome writer for the fact she has written many characters in many pairings in many dynamics, wrote a story called Burning Cookies. I loved this story simply for the reason, as I've always considered, Roxas and Axel's love has no gender. Yes, I'm one of the rare people that likes both heterosexual and homosexual pairings. I've even read some Yuri stories that I simply loved! Her reviews supported me through completing Leveling up Pains. So I said in a review to her that I would write anything for her.

So, of course, the mistress of all love, gives me the task of Axel/Kairi. This was a bit tricky, since my favorite stories are Sora/Kairi with Roxas inside Sora mourning for Axel, nor am I actually that big of a fan and I've never really liked Axel and Kairi as a couple. But she told me to do whatever I thought up, so this is what I thought up. Hope she loves it!

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Kairi turned on the oven and prepared to fry the chicken breast. Of course, it was not much of frying; just cooking it in some vegetable oil with a light breading on it. She already made some noodles, rice, and a few hot-dogs in case the chicken did not go over well. Once the meal was finished, she covered everything, not hungry herself at the moment, and smiled to see the little puppy they recently bought.

The bus would be here soon. Kairi already finished the dishes, the vacuuming, and the washing machine was running. She had a moment to sit down. She smiled, satisfied with her work, and headed to the living room. She sat down on the couch and relaxed, letting out a breath. She could understand the appeal of a career, but this life was good, too.

Now that she rested…her mind started to wander and the panic in her stomach started to grow.

The puppy came up and started to paw at her. She opened one eye. The little dog batted people like a cat and even pounced like on. She smiled and felt giddiness. She knelt down and glanced at the puppy. The puppy laid down, but his tail wagged. She laid down and the puppy pounced all over here, licking her face and mouthing her hands and wrist. His little teeth hurt slightly, but a brief pain. She giggled and laid down, letting the little beast crawl all over here.

Someone cleared their throat and she looked up surprised at the sound.

Two identical sets of sky-blue eyes stared down at her, the little girl's hands covering her face while the boy looked with a bit of shock confusion. The only different colored eyes, a bright-green set, watched with amusement. "Caught you." Axel replied, smirking.

Kairi huffed lightly, "Oh, you caught me playing. Oh, how terrible of me." Her false anger was lost as the puppy jumped off her and ran straight for the little ones. The little girl giggled while the boy knelt down and looked ready to join in with the wrestling, calling cheerfully the dog's name.

Kairi stood up and dusted herself off, just in case any dog-hair got on her clothing.

"Hey babe," Axel leaned down and kissed the top of her head.

Normal, such a gesture would never bug her. In fact, he greeted her with those two words and touched her like that all the time. But just how close he was made her feel…anxious today. And scared. She slightly tensed and flinched. Axel noticed, and looked down with concern. "Are you alright?"

She put on a smile and nodded, "Fine. I made dinner! Kids, go wash up!" She walked back to the kitchen, smile not reaching her eyes. She knew Axel was watching at her, but he did not ask about the problem. Thought, the problem was not something she wanted to explain to Axel…yet.

The kids took their seat, Axel grabbed the drinks, and Kairi started to make the plates (as predicted, the little girl chose the hot dogs). They sat down and begin eating. Kairi did not put in any conversation or asked questions. She merely listened as the children spoke about their day and Axel teased the little girl with threats of butter noodles she thought looked like worms.

"Mommy?" The little boy called.

She turned to look up at him, figuring he needed something, "Yah, hon?"

"Mommy, why are you crying?" He asked innocently

The whole table froze. Kairi blinked, not realizing her eyes were slightly blurry. She put down her fork and rubbed the side of her cheek. She felt wetness. She did not realize she was weeping.

Kairi turned to look at all of them. To the little boy, looking at her with a confused frown, not sure how to react. His hair was an orange-red color, which curled in odd ways around his head. His cerulean eyes narrowed slightly. To the little girl, her own cerulean eyes looking on the verge spring tears just seeing Kairi cry. Her strawberry hair spiked up and out, giving her almost a boyish looks, but she was tiny and wore little skirts and dresses, so there was not mistaking her gender. Then to Axel, looking apprehensive. He had been out all day, just to give her some time to herself and leave him sometime to mourn. But he did not know.

No one would ever question about them being a family. But they (the parents) knew, and today it hurt.

Kairi opened her mouth, but it was not possible to explain this to five year olds. So she closed it, wiped her hands, pushed out from the table, and walked out. When she made it to the living-room, she heard Axel get up. Kairi did not mean to run away, but everything…she could not deal with it. She closed the door in a rush behind her, not out of anger, but fear. Anger was a red and warm emotion. She felt simply cold.

Axel did not come in. He walked up to the door, but did not enter the room. "Kairi?"

Hearing her name, she started letting it out.

Axel stood outside the doorway, but then one of the kids called, and he went back to them. Kairi wanted to stop crying, but she could not stop. This…this life. This family…

A house that was their's. A husband that treated her nice, who cherished here and loved her. She returned it all back. Two beautiful children. This was what she wanted for her life.

But (deep down) this wasn't. This really wasn't.

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Originally, I was going to make this one big long shout, but I've decided to space it out. This is just a small piece of something that will probably be…five chapters, maybe? Almost done with the second chapter. This is to give Ending Matters Most a taste of what I have planned and decide if she likes it.