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Xion [AU] ([personal profile] whereibelong) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2012-11-18 12:10 am
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There were skies that burst open

Who: Xion and Lea [personal profile] travelsthefarthest
Where: Kitchen area of Lea's apartment, then Xion's apartment so as to avoid waking the bitty
Summary: Xion and Lea have a lot of things to talk about still, things they couldn't talk about while a certain too-young-to-understand someone was awake.
Warnings: Standard Kingdom Hearts is Suffering disclaimer - possible mentions of being speared by Heartless and nearly self-sacrificial tendencies

There'd been several clues that not all was as it seemed. In addition to all the things they hadn't talked about simply because Roxas was too young and knew too little to understand - her not being a Nobody least among them, there was also the factor of the name change Ax- Lea had requested. Xion knew as well as he did that the "because I left the Organization" reasoning was more for Roxas' benefit than either of theirs. It made for a good excuse, but something else was going on here. He hadn't changed his name in all the time they'd been fugitives. Why start now?

Had something happened when they'd found Aqua?

There was also the matter of certain things they just... hadn't been able to discuss with Roxas there. Things that... would really be too much for him right now, having just arrived in Hinoto-Ri, having just found out Ax- Lea was still alive... She didn't want to burden him with all the knowledge of things that were going to happen - of what she was, what might happen... especially with what Riku remembered.

She hadn't found a chance to bring it up though, even though she was thinking about it. They were jammed all together in Lea's room, her and Roxas curled up on the bed and Lea taking a corner of the bedroom - maybe not the smartest of ideas, but... they'd figure something out soon. She could sleep in her room if they really needed to work something out. For now though, they were sleeping, or at least trying to in her's and Lea's case. Roxas had already clearly dropped off a while ago, if his slow, steady breathing was anything to go by.

Lea had gone to do... something out in the kitchen area, and he wasn't back yet. Hm...

Careful not to disturb Roxas, Xion slipped out from under the covers and tiptoed to the door out into the kitchen area, slipping out and shutting it behind her. That done, she turned around, looking for her friend.

"Ax- Lea?" she called out quietly, silently berating herself for the slip-up. This was going to take some getting used to...
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[personal profile] attheclocktower 2012-11-21 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
The flinch was the first bad sign. Axel- Lea... he virtually never reacted like that, unless something was really wrong. The rambling on a related but still not... direct part of the topic wasn't a good sign either - though she did take a moment to smile wistfully. "Yeah... a couple of weeks ago, we were fighting these scorpions together, and... she knows so much," she said quietly, falling silent as he continued.

When he finally got to it, though... it felt like the floor was dropping out from underneath her. Her. He'd... he'd done it to save her.

"It was my fault," her voice was numb.

At the same moment there erupted a kind of frustrated, helpless fear and anger inside of her. Why, why had he done it? She never... she'd never deserved... And sure, things had turned out okay now but... but what if they hadn't? He hadn't known he would come back! He... he could have been gone forever and-

Her vision swam with tears and she looked down at her hands, clenched into fists in her lap.

"Why?" she said, her voice cracking and raising in volume, "Why?"

A part of her knew why, though. She just... she didn't care, because he was her friend and finding out he'd died for her sake just left a sour pit in her stomach.