"Is there anything else I can get you sir?" his server asked after awhile.

Roxas sighed in relief when he seen Axel. But he made sure to keep it off his face. "Can I help you?" he asked innocently.

Relief appeared on Axel's face when he saw Roxas. " ah there you are. Why hadn't you come back?" He asked.
" No thank you" Sora said softly, having finished his meal, he wanted to leave, and either go to his room, or see Riku.

Roxas was silent for a second. "... I got lost.." he muttered, dropping his gaze to the ground.

The server nodded and picked up the empty plates and brought them back to the kitchen.

" Well come one let's head back to the house, kay?" Axel asked him.

After Sora was sure it was ok to go, he left, and headed towards his room.

Roxas nodded. "yeah. Alright." he said, following him.

Riku caught up with him before he could get there. "You enjoy your dinner?" he asked.

" The food was fine, but it was rather lonely" Sora responded. Though he was very glad to see Riku, so he was smiling. " How was yours?" He asked.

" Alright, your not hurt or anything like that right?" Axel asked as he led the way.

"Mine was fine. I was thinking about sneaking off to join you though." Riku said, shrugging lightly.

Roxas thought for a second before shaking his head. "No. I'm fine... You don't have to worry about me though."

" Why don't I have to worry about you?" Axel asked.

" Ah, well it would have been nice, but there was this server around the whole time, and wouldn't him being there gotten you in trouble?" He asked.

"Because your supposed to be worried about Sora and I'm not him." Roxas said, shrugging lightly.

Riku shook his head. "No. He's a nice enough guy. And if you asked him not to tell, he wouldn't."

" But your pretending to be him, and maybe I have reasons to worry about chu" Axel said.

" Oh really is that true?"He asked.

"And what would those reasons be?" Roxas asked, raising an eyebrow lightly.

Riku nodded. "yeah. Of course. I wouldn't lie to you."

" Oh, nothing for you to worry your pretty little head about, now come on, let's get back, I'm sure your starving by this point." Axel said.

" Well then that's good to know" Sora said.

Roxas crossed his arms and pouted lightly for a second. He figured he could just pester Axel about it later. "Yeah. I am pretty hungry." he admitted.

Riku was silent for a second. "Anything in particular you want to do? You're allowed to do basically anything, you know."

" Alright, then let's go Roxy" He said with a wide grin. He then began to lead the way back to Sora's house.

" Nothing I can think of, I was just planning on going to Rox-my room, and laying down for a bit" He said. He almost said Roxas's room, but caught his self before, anyone who might be near by them heard him say that.

Roxas frowned lightly when he was called Roxy, but followed after Axel anyway instead of putting up an argument. There would be time for that later, after he's eaten.

Riku nodded. "Yeah. That might be a good idea. You did have a tiring day." he said, glancing down the hallway to make sure noone was around to hear Sora's near mistake.

Axel opened the door to the house. " Alright here we are, you go sit down, and I'll bring you your dinner" He said, before heading into the kitchen.

" Yeah, it has been" He said. Though he of course didn't want that to mean Riku was going to go off somewhere. He really didn't understand why he felt so attach to Riku, but for some reason he was.

Roxas raised an eyebrow lightly, but took a seat at the table anyway. He wasn't expecting Axel to serve him, but he found it to be nice. "What're we having?" he asked, making sure his voice was loud enough to be heard.

Riku nodded thoughtfully. "Well.. Do you want to go off and spend some time alone?" he asked. "Or do you think we could hang some more and get to know each other a little better?" He was hoping it was the second choice, but he wasn't going to force him to hang out with him if he didn't want too.

" Stew" Axel called. He returned a few moments later, with two bowls of stew. He set down one in front of Roxas, and one at another spot. He then went and got drinks and spoons, and returned.



" I want to spend time with you" Sora said a bit to fast. He then blushed bright red. " Um..well that is...if..you..um, don't mind" He mumbled.

"Smells good." Roxas commented when his bowl was set in front of him. He waited patiently for a spoon and took a small bite once he got one. "Taste good too."

Riku smiled and laughed lightly. "Alright. I don't mind spending time with you." he said. He found Sora's blush to be very cute... Not that he'd ever admit it to anybody though.

Axel beamed," Glad to hear that, now eat up Roxy" He said. Before digging into his own meal.

Sora laughed nervously. " Alright, what should we do then?" He asked.

Roxas frowned for a second before starting on his meal. "Could you stop calling me Roxy? It sounds like a girls name." he said.

Riku thought for a second. "Well.. Would you like to go horseback riding?" he asked.

Axel pouted," I like calling you Roxy" He said. He didn't think of it as a girl's name, it was just a name he wanted to called Roxas. Plus if he went around calling him Roxas, people would figure it out sooner or later, that the prince was running free. " Not to mention, everyone knows your name, so calling you Roxy, keeps them from realizing who you are" He mumbled.



" Um, sure. I've never done that before." He said quietly.

Roxas was silent for a few seconds before sighing lightly. "Yeah... I guess that makes sense." he said. He never really thought about it like that. Of course everyone would know his name. Why didn't he realize it until now?

Riku smiled lightly. "Don't worry. I'll help you so you don't have to worry."

Sora beamed brightly," Alright, then let's go" He said.

" Yeah, I can gather you don't like it, but it feels weird calling you Sora, and calling you by your full name is just to risky" Axel said.

"I know... I guess I could just deal with it for now." Roxas said, sighing in defeat. He knew if he heard it enough times, he would grow used to it and it wouldn't bother him anymore.

Riku smiled. "Great. Let's go." he said, turning and leading Sora down the hallway towards the castle stable.