[KH] Fire and Moonlight: Stop (theme 28)

Fire & Moonlight, a Kingdom Hearts fanwork:  Drabble challenge by Wishing-Fire, written by Raberba girl
28. Stop

Summary:  They hand out driving permits way too early.

A/N:  AU.  Axel is 15, Saïx is his dad.

"Slow down."

"Chill, I'm only ten miles over."

"Allow me to define the term 'speed limit' for you."

"Dad!  There's a cushion, hello?"

"Not in this economy when half the city's revenue is coming from traffic tickets, now slow DOWN."

"*siiiiigh*"

"Axel....  Axel--!"

"What?"

"Do you not see the squirrel?"

"Oh, come on, it'll be across before I get to--"

"They STOP in the middle of the ROAD and then go BACK, now slow down!"

Sure enough, the squirrel stopped right in the center of the street, paused for a good four seconds, then suddenly whirled and scampered back the way it had come.

"Gah, that was the dumbest squirrel I've ever seen in my life."

"All squirrels are like that, you need to always keep that in mind when you ARGH THAT WAS A STOP SIGN, a stop sign, Axel, where you're supposed to stop!"

"I know!  I would've seen it if the stupid squirrel and you screaming in my ear hadn't DISTRACTED me!"

"Keep your eyes on the road!"

"I am!"

"YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME RIGHT THIS SECOND!"

"STOP SCREAMING IN MY EAR!"

"Pull over."

"What?"

A flash of violent golden eyes.

"Okay, okay, o-kay, fine, geez! *pout*"

They sat there on the side of the road for a while in silence.  "We're going home," Saïx finally said.

"Dad--"

"I cannot take this anymore, we're going home, now get out."

"...."

"...."

"...Can I at least drive home?"

"...*SIGH*"

"Can I turn on the radio now?"

"NO."

Axel cautiously pulled back onto the road again.  When his father said nothing, he picked up speed a bit, cruised comfortably alongside the other drivers, approached a line of cars sitting at a red light--

Saïx was suddenly writhing and wincing in the passenger seat like he was being tortured.  "Axel!"

"What now?!" he exclaimed in exasperation.

"The brake, too fast, you're coming up on him too fast, brake now!"

"I am!"

"Then brake harder!"

Axel vengefully slammed his foot on the pedal, sending them both shooting forward against their seat belts.  In the next instant, there was a sickening thud of metal on metal as the driver behind them was caught off guard by Axel's excessive deceleration.

Silence.

More silence.

Saïx buried his face in his hands.

"...Can I still keep my permit if I buy you ice cream?"

Author's Notes:  I have the most wonderful, loving dad in the world.  Nevertheless, I wouldn't blame him for wanting to throw me and all my siblings off a moving bus every time one of us went through driver's ed. XD

Useless trivia!  In Japanese, Axel's name and the abbreviated word for "accelerator" are spelled the same way ("akuseru").

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