I can't get it right since I met you;

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[Larxene's beginning to wonder if booting Axel out was such a great idea. Only because taking care of Akane by herself is a pain in the ass, of course. Why should she miss him? She has no heart, and if he'll go back to Saïx after what he tried to do, well...

Between that, and a Marluxia of all people threatening her daughter's life, and Saïx somehow managing to be even creepier than usual, she's in a bad mood; as much of one as she can manage without a heart, anyway. And she can't even go break something while she's dragging a baby around. (As per Ri's advice, she did find a sling, and Akane seems to be a little happier this way than in a stroller. It looks ridiculous in Larxene's opinion, and probably gives people entirely the wrong idea re: having maternal instincts, but whatever keeps her quiet.)

Now she's wandering the DR, looking for something interesting to take her mind off things. She'd heard rumors of a replica of the Hollow Bastion castle around here. How does that even work?]

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[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

[wandering, wandering. r'uh r'oh. he spots Larxene - really, she's hard to miss - and he freezes. but Akane's with her, and oh god, has he missed her. Larxene too, but he's too proud to say it]

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[glances at Axel, then starts to walk faster, making a very obvious effort to ignore him.]

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

Damn it, 'Xene, wait!

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[stops, her back turned to him, and speaks softly to Akane]

I bet you'd like to see the castle~

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

P-please, 'Xene. We need to talk.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[Coming from anyone else, that plea would be funny.]

Not really.

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

Bullshit.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

I have nothing to say.

[Real convincing.]

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

You don't want me to come back? You're fine with me coming to see Akane twice a day and not even talking to you?

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[a telltale pause.]

You have your Juliet.

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

But not my daughter or her mother.

Why can I only have one but not the others?!

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[finally turns to face him.]

Why do you think?

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

It's not that you love me. I know you hate him, but can't I be happy?

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

[an hour later, he comes back into Akane's room, carrying the baby outside the sling in his arms]

She's hungry.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

Already?

[beckons him over]

Give her here, then.

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

Babies eat every few hours at this age.

[carries their daughter to her, holding her out]

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[takes her from him; she doesn't bother asking him to look away or anything. He's seen her chest before.]

So... what we were talking about earlier.

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

[sits on the bed, but turns away anyway]

Yes?

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

I can't deal with him after that.

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

I'm not asking you to deal with him.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[hmph]

Axel, don't you get it yet? He tried to kill me. And Akane. And I sure as hell didn't do anything to provoke it besides be with you.

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

I've got it. And I hate that it happened, but christ, what do you want me to do about it? I'm in love with both of you, and I can no sooner leave him in the dust than I can leave you and Akane. It kills me that I'm not here to see her every moment.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[shifts Akane's position in her arms a bit]

Okay, you win~ Keep trying to balance the both of us. Just remember whose fault it'll be when he tries again- when he succeeds.

I wonder~ Does the room revive babies too?

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

[let's just say she's lucky as sin that she's holding Akane right now]

How fucking dare you.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[sweetly]

How dare me?