Kingdom Hearts Seven Minutes in Heaven Xaldin

       “So, I think we're running out of people here. Not a bad thing, since it is getting pretty late and Marluxia needs his beauty sleep.” Axel laughed. “Anyway, enough with my lame jokes.” He grabbed your hand and pulled you up to where the items were stashed. “You laughed at my joke, so you can go next.” He dropped the black trash bag in front of you and gestured for you to begin.

“There aren't many items left in here. Guess the game is about over.” You picked one of the few items that were left in the bag and lifted it up so you could see it. It was a small shard of stained glass. The edges had been dulled to prevent someone getting hurt. “This is an odd choice of item. And I'm not really sure who would have chosen it.”

“What's odd about it?” Xaldin didn't move from his seat, he only glared at you from across the room. “Who are you to say what's odd anyway” His glare grew more and more intense the longer you waited to answer his question.

“Xaldin, buddy, you're going to scare her.” Axel placed a hand on Xaldin's shoulder and tried gently pushing him from his seat. It didn't work. “If you scare her away, you wont have a turn. And you don't want that now do you?”

For a long time Xaldin said nothing at all. “Maybe.” He crossed his arms and sunk deeper into his chair, showing his defiance.

“Really man? You're going to leave a pretty girl just standing there? That's pretty cold, even for you.” Axel gave him a pat on the shoulder then began making his way up to you. “I guess I'll just take your seven minutes then. Someone's got to do it.” He grinned at you, knowing his little taunt should be enough to get Xaldin off of his butt.”

“No, I don't need you to do things for me.” Xaldin quickly stood up, walking over to you and pushing Axel out of the way. “Come on, let's get this over with.” Taking your hand in his, Xaldin pulled you into the closet and shut the door. After seating yourself on the floor you realized Xaldin was staring at you intently. You shifted nervously under the intense scrutiny of his glare. “Do you know how long we have to be in here?”

It took you a second to find your voice. “Seven minutes. Y-you know, you didn't have to come in, Axel said he'd take your turn.”

“I don't need him to take my turn for me. I'm fully capable of sitting here for seven minutes.” Xaldin leaned back against the wall, but never took his eyes off of you. It was like he was analyzing you. Whatever he was doing was making you extremely nervous.

You couldn't take it any longer, his stares were driving you crazy. “Would you please stop staring at me like that? It's weird and uncomfortable. And not at all polite.”

A low, quiet laugh escaped Xaldin. “Polite? I don't remember anything about being polite in the rules.” He grinned. “Maybe you should just quit early. Seeing as you obviously can't handle being in the same room with me.”

“No way. I can handle this. It would just be a lot easier to handle if you weren't being so weird and rude.” You crossed your arms and gave a determined look. You knew he was only trying to locate your weakness, and you weren't going to let him find it.

“Now I'm weird and rude am I? Fine, we'll just see how long you last then.” Xaldin glared at you even after the closet door was opened.

“So, I guess I'm interrupting your staring contest then?” Neither you, nor Xaldin answered Axel. “Okay, I'll just go tell everyone the game is on hold until one of you starts bleeding from your eyeballs.” He turned and walked away from the closet. “Hey guy's, go get a drink or something, Xaldin's still busy romancing his girl.” Xaldin turned to glare at Axel, completely losing his focus on you. Axel winked, glad his plan had worked. “Gotcha, now get out of there.”