[ He's a busy boy, than Roxas. He's volunteered himself for several different training groups, and has been making a point of getting to know his new unit as much as possible. He comes back to the hotel a little while before dinner, wanting to sit down in the lobby for a little bit an relax before heading out to find something to eat and maybe going for a run on one of the beaches.
He's obviously not going to ignore her, even if he doesn't immediately realize she's waiting for him. ]
[ Oh. He's silent for a moment, brow pinched at her. Which is really all the answer she needs. He knows exactly what happens to her, and he remembers crying over her body as she faded away. It had a strange quality to it for him, as it was just one of many memories that had been taken away, then restored, feeling like it came from someone else's lifetime but knowing it was his. It feels very far away but the hurt lingers. He focuses on it and it only grows bolder. ]
That's not what's going to happen.
[ That is his decision. He's not going to allow those things to happen. ]
What's not what's going to happen? I know ... I know that there's a choice I must have made, but ... I still don't know what the result of that choice was. Roxas, please, you have to tell me the truth!
[ Her voice is pleading, and she takes a step closer to him. It's true: from Riku, she figured out that she must have chosen to leave the Organization, and return to Sora. But what had happened to her? What had happened ... to Roxas? ]
[ He frowns at her now. The feeling is very strange to him, like someone twisting a stick into an open wound. Why does he have to inflict that knowledge on her, when all he wants to do is keep her safe. Telling her and watching the knowledge flash over her face will be like watching her die all over again, he just knows it. He can imagine it, the briefly wide eyes and then the sorrowful acceptance.
But he knows she won't leave it alone. He would want to know too, whether he had made the right choice or the wrong choice. Not that anyone's response would ever answer that question for him. He asks it every day.
His defensiveness makes his words a bit harsh, but there's no question that the harshness is pain. Spilling out the words while clutching something broken inside himself. ]
You sacrificed yourself for everyone else, and I had to watch you fade away. And no one even cared because everyone forgot about you. I did too, until I saw you here and it...
[ What is the word. These are fresh feelings he's never articulated before but he feels compelled to try even if it's inelegant. ]
Sucks. It totally sucks.
[ There's nothing that makes him cry quite like her. ]
[ She actually takes a step back again when he asks her why. The question knocks her completely off balance. Not just because it's not what she expected to hear, but because of the emotion behind it. The harshness. It's like ... he's scared.
The outcome he tells her is very strange to hear, like someone else is listening to it and she's just taking it in from afar. It doesn't sound like her life, it doesn't sound real, and yet ... and yet, she knows instantly in her heart that it's the truth. ]
Roxas...
[ Don't cry, says a piece of her memories that don't belong to her.
But she can't watch his tears and not react, even if she hasn't the least idea of what to do. So instead she acts on instinct, closing the distance between them and taking both of his hands in her own. She presses them together and curls her fingers around them, bringing them up right to the level of her heart. ]
I'm sorry. I'm sorry ... that I had to leave you like that. Even though it hasn't happened for me yet ... I know it had to be that way. There wasn't any other choice. If I didn't decide to go ... something awful would have happened to you. [ She tries a smile, little and sad though it is. ] You're my best friend. I'd do anything for you. And besides ... Sora needed me, too. So, please ... don't cry.
[ He holds her hands tightly, his head hanging forward because no one ever really wants to be watched while crying. Not even when they're best friends, strung together over time and space by love and suffering. ]
Sora told me he was sorry, about what happened. He wouldn't make us disappear. So I'm going to figure it out.
[ He looks up at her, his eyes wide with determination and dreaming, cheeks wet. ]
I'm going to make sure that we don't have to disappear.
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He's obviously not going to ignore her, even if he doesn't immediately realize she's waiting for him. ]
Xion!
[ An easy greeting of friendship. ]
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I was looking for you... there's been something I've been wanting to ask you.
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What's wrong?
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I found out that you lied to me, Roxas. You're from my future ... aren't you?
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That's not what's going to happen.
[ That is his decision. He's not going to allow those things to happen. ]
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[ Her voice is pleading, and she takes a step closer to him. It's true: from Riku, she figured out that she must have chosen to leave the Organization, and return to Sora. But what had happened to her? What had happened ... to Roxas? ]
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[ He frowns at her now. The feeling is very strange to him, like someone twisting a stick into an open wound. Why does he have to inflict that knowledge on her, when all he wants to do is keep her safe. Telling her and watching the knowledge flash over her face will be like watching her die all over again, he just knows it. He can imagine it, the briefly wide eyes and then the sorrowful acceptance.
But he knows she won't leave it alone. He would want to know too, whether he had made the right choice or the wrong choice. Not that anyone's response would ever answer that question for him. He asks it every day.
His defensiveness makes his words a bit harsh, but there's no question that the harshness is pain. Spilling out the words while clutching something broken inside himself. ]
You sacrificed yourself for everyone else, and I had to watch you fade away. And no one even cared because everyone forgot about you. I did too, until I saw you here and it...
[ What is the word. These are fresh feelings he's never articulated before but he feels compelled to try even if it's inelegant. ]
Sucks. It totally sucks.
[ There's nothing that makes him cry quite like her. ]
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The outcome he tells her is very strange to hear, like someone else is listening to it and she's just taking it in from afar. It doesn't sound like her life, it doesn't sound real, and yet ... and yet, she knows instantly in her heart that it's the truth. ]
Roxas...
[ Don't cry, says a piece of her memories that don't belong to her.
But she can't watch his tears and not react, even if she hasn't the least idea of what to do. So instead she acts on instinct, closing the distance between them and taking both of his hands in her own. She presses them together and curls her fingers around them, bringing them up right to the level of her heart. ]
I'm sorry. I'm sorry ... that I had to leave you like that. Even though it hasn't happened for me yet ... I know it had to be that way. There wasn't any other choice. If I didn't decide to go ... something awful would have happened to you. [ She tries a smile, little and sad though it is. ] You're my best friend. I'd do anything for you. And besides ... Sora needed me, too. So, please ... don't cry.
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Sora told me he was sorry, about what happened. He wouldn't make us disappear. So I'm going to figure it out.
[ He looks up at her, his eyes wide with determination and dreaming, cheeks wet. ]
I'm going to make sure that we don't have to disappear.