Househunters

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Who:) and Roxas (coolerthansora)
When: Some time later in the afternoon
Where: Axel and Roxas' apartment
Style: Prose, but I'll follow whatever's cool with you, bro
Status: Closed

After taking a day for himself to just... sort out his thoughts related to quite a few things, Axel heads back home late one evening and immediately crashes in his bedroom, barely moving until he finally stirs later on in the afternoon the following day. It's clear he was exhausted especially after all those nights not following a proper sleeping schedule, but now he feels... a little better rested, all things considered.

Deciding that he'd rather not wear his coat today, Axel opts for a simple tank top and a pair of jeans then walks out into the living room where he spots all three of the baby chocobos sitting on the couch together. Well... he supposes they're not really babies anymore since they're more or less the size of watermelons now. They can't burrow in his hair and they can't all fit in the bathtub with Roxas in there with them and when they try to play around on the floor they usually end up bumping into things and knocking them over on accident.

... Hm. Maybe it's about time he discussed something with Roxas.

Thinking it, he walks over to the couch to pat each chocobo on the head before he makes his way over to Roxas' room. He hasn't seen Roxas in a little over a day now, so he really should show his face.

"Yo, Roxas. You in there?"

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[coolerthansora]

"Yeah, that would've been awkward." Ven wasn't around long, but even in that short time it'd been weird having to correct people when they got the name wrong.

Roxas gives a start as the chocobos take off and Axel after them. "Ah, jeez!" He runs after so he doesn't get left behind. He didn't think the chicks would get this excited over houses, but... well, they're young, they get excited about a lot of things.

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Axel chases after the chicks before at one point Sunset runs in front of Popcorn and ends up tripping, causing the two of them to go tumbling to the ground. MOTHERLY INSTINCTS AHOY.

As soon as he reaches them, Axel crouches down to untangle them and check that they're not hurt. Isa, meanwhile skids to a stop just ahead so he can waddle back over and see what all the ruckus is about. "Geez, you guys need to take it easy or you're gonna get yourselves in some real trouble."

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Roxas catches them up and leans down, hands on his knees, to check the two birds. They look like they're doing just fine, their feathers just a little ruffled.

"You guys gotta learn how not to be such klutzes. You're gonna have a lot of room to run around and not bump into each other."

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Axel settles the chicks back upright so they can waddle over to Isa and keep moving forward, albeit more carefully and slowly than before, then as he stands up Axel snickers to himself.

"They take after you in that aspect."

[coolerthansora]

"What?" Roxas straightens. "I'm not a klutz."

Sure, sometimes if he's startled he might knock into things or fall over, but most of the time he has really good balance! ...doesn't he?

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"Yeah, yeah, sure," says Axel just as narrowly misses bumping into a lamp post on the side of the street. Uh. He meant to do that. Straightening up, Axel pretends as if nothing happened at all then follows after the chocobos once again. Hmm... there sure are bigger houses here.

"Think we should just work out way down the row and see which one we like best?"

[coolerthansora]

Roxas wasn't looking directly at him, so he misses exactly what it was Axel almost did, but that didn't look like nothing, mister. He peers suspiciously at his friend, but doesn't say anything about it.

"Yeah, sure. They already seem to like the neighborhood." They may have to slow the chocobos down so they can actually have a good look around.

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Nodding, he glances over to his immediate left at the first unoccupied house then with a nudge of his head he starts to head toward the front door.

"C'mon, you guys! Quit fooling around and get over here," he calls out to the chicks who promptly waddle over, following obediently at Axel and Roxas' heels. They really are their kids, aren't they. Anyway, once he's at the door Axel goes ahead and pushes it open, later holding it so Roxas and the chocobos can step in first. "Ladies first."

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Roxas stays put on the front step, fixing his friend with a Look. "I hope you're talking to Popcorn."

Already heading inside with the other two chicks, Popcorn gives a chirp on hearing her name. Well, the one they think is a lady went first, so Roxas guesses he can follow now.

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Oh, that's right, huh. They've kind of been sticking to the idea of Popcorn being a girl. It's hard to tell with birds, chocobos in particular since they're just so... puffy and squirmy. But either way, it doesn't matter.

"Maybe, maybe not." As soon as they're all inside Axel places his hands on his hips and starts glancing around. Hm. There's quite a bit of open space in here, certainly more than their apartment, that's for damn sure. "Wow. We don't even have a lot of stuff to fill up all this space, now that I think about it."

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The chocobos spread out into the open space, exploring it in their own way--pecking at the carpet and flapping up to look out the windows.

"I thought we were gonna fill it with pillows," Roxas says, following the birds into what he thinks is meant to be the living room. There is a lot of space.

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Axel laughs as he walks through the living room, following the chocobos as they curiously wander about. "We can reserve one room for pillows. Where are we gonna find all the pillows to fill up almost an entire house, anyway?"

[coolerthansora]

"I guess that would be a lot." Roxas wanders across to the other side of the house, where the kitchen and dining area are. It's a much more spacious kitchen than in their apartment, like maybe two people could actually work in it at the same time and not keep bumping into each other.

"So it might be a little empty at first. I'm sure we can figure out other stuff to put in. Like bookcases?" Maybe they could actually own some books instead of borrowing from the library and leaving them lying around.

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This kitchen just radiates "happy couple in the morning," doesn't it?

Also there's a bigger fridge set in, so that's always a plus. Axel follows after Roxas with Isa at his heels, the chick curiously peering around his leg as he snoops out his surroundings. Isa's always been the calmer of the three and the least likely to get himself into trouble, which makes Axel quite amused considering his namesake.

"Bookcases, huh." As he thinks it, Axel crosses his arms then cups his chin. Hm. He's not one for interior decorating, but he does like the idea of having a decent place to put all his magazines. The clean ones, anyway. "Yeah, I like the sound of that. Oh, and you know what else? A bigger TV! Imagine how our games would look on that, right?"

[coolerthansora]

And maybe something a little more romantic in the evening. If they were into doing romantic things.

Roxas laughs at how excited Axel sounds about having a bigger TV. "Yeah. It'd be pretty neat for movie night, too."

Around the corner come some chirps and the sound of wings flapping. It sounds like Sunset and Popcorn have discovered the stairs up to the second floor.

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Look, big TVs are like giant windows filled with opportunity... and high definition video games. As he thinks it, Axel runs a hand over the surface of one of the kitchen counters. He's actually liking this place so far and he doubts many of the houses on this same row are going to be much different.

The sound of the chocobos' wings flapping distract him, however, and he soon walks over to follow them up the stairs.

"You know, if this place has a giant bathtub, then I'd be sold."

[coolerthansora]

"A giant bathtub?" Roxas wonders, initially baffled. As he follows Axel up the stairs, he realizes, "I guess ours must be pretty cramped for you."

What with your freakishly long limbs and all.

...he really should not have pictured that. As nice an image as naked Axel is, it invariably makes him blush.

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It's a good thing that thought bubble curse isn't happening anymore, ey, Roxas?

Axel reaches the top of the stairs just before the chocobos do and while they each go running off together to scope out the rooms he waits for Roxas to reach him before doing any further exploring. This is gonna be their house, after all, so they should really be checking it out together, right?

"Man, you know how tall I am. At this rate, I might just have to take baths in a pool."

[coolerthansora]

Yes, that's a very good thing, although don't mind him if he doesn't look directly at you just now, bestie.

"Or maybe you'll just have to stick to showers." They should really get off the topic of bathing, but the first room Roxas manages to poke his head into is... the bathroom. Which does look really spacious in both the shower and the bathtub department. Does a shower really need to be so big just for one person?