Axel wasn't exactly eating anything, more like slumping over the table and thinking and talking and all those silly things he normally did with the kids during this hour, but something happened to catch his eye and steal his attention away from the usual. More than the glance the other gave, the appearance surprised him and caused Axel's eyes to widen a bit. It wasn't Sora, not at all, and yet there was something there.
So as the boy stood there, staring, Axel directed his own gaze right back at him, green eyes blazing and filled with curiosity, but above all else awareness.