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[heartismyown]

Characters: Axel and Roxas
Setting: Dormitory, 1-02
Format: action / brackets
Summary: Axel and Roxas need to catch up. Roxas' mind is a bit of a mess.
Warnings: Probably none.

[Arriving in the tower has done absolutely nothing for Roxas' state of mind. After meeting Xion and catching a breather for himself, he finds himself in his dorm room alone. 

It's bad enough really, what he had encountered before arriving. He's still reeling from meeting DiZ and getting all of his memories back in a sudden rush. What was he supposed to do with that? His memories were interlaced with the implanted ones and the ones he made with Olette, Pence and Hayner. At least, the ones he had met. 

Part of him was frustrated. He'd seen Sora, he was sure of it, but what was this tower? Did DiZ trick him somehow? Xion's explanations were good, but it's hard to say if any of it was real. He'd thought everything was real before this moment and now...Roxas isn't sure. He doesn't feel complete either, he's sure this isn't what Namine meant.]

[It is like this, lying in his bed lost in thought, that Axel finds him.]

Comments

[poisonousflame]

[For Axel, getting the end of the story while missing the middle really isn't helping him out. Even with the end picture, it's impossible to finish a puzzle with only half the pieces.]

Roxas, what does Sora have to do with you getting a heart?

[From the sound of it, Roxas thinks the two are connected. Joining with Sora....]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas has to think about it, blinking a few times.]

Naminé said that I wasn't ever supposed to exist and for Sora to be whole again, he needs me.

[It's still a little upsetting, and he balls his hands into fists.]

I don't know how she can say that. I got mad at her but she said I'm only half a person and Sora is the other half. I'll be whole.

[poisonousflame]

[So, that's what Naminé was talking to him about. That aspect of this picture, at least, has become a bit clearer.

[With forced nonchalance, he says:]

Well, I dunno about that. Sora's here, and he's just fine. And you're fine, too. Y'know, aside from a few little memory things.

[heartismyown]

[He looks up at Axel. That's right, Sora's already here and awake. How could that happen?]

So, I guess I can exist right?

[poisonousflame]

[As Nobodies, they were never supposed to exist in the first place. But how can he remind Roxas of that, when his best friend is asking him whether or not he can continue to exist?]

Yeah, you can exist.

[heartismyown]

That's what I want. I want to keep existing.

[He nods a bit and grins at Axel.]

We just have to find a way to go home, right?

[poisonousflame]

That's right. [He smiles back.] Don't sweat it too much. Right now, just look at this like some well-deserved time off.