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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[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?

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[snort]

This isn't just about me hating him. He'll keep trying to kill me if you keep this up, you know.
But it's not like you love me either, right?

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

[his voice drops]

I love you both.

And he won't. He's not... Saix right now.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[She's thrown off for a moment. "I love you"- sure she'd suspected that for a while, before he ran off to Saïx again anyway, but it's so weird hearing it.]

I still don't trust him.

[there's an unspoken "I don't get how you can" in there somewhere.]

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

[he doesn't need to hear it because he knows it's there]

Because I know him, 'Xene...

But I do love you. And I've missed you and Akane.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[sigh]

What he did was probably to get to you, you know.

[Why else would he have made Axel watch?]

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

I'm well aware that it was to hurt me.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

Then can't you take the hint?

[hmph.]

I bet he's just acting different because he's up to something.

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

It's not an act. It's another side of his personality.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

You just have an excuse for everything, don't you?

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

I suppose I do.

[sighs]

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[another long pause]

I need time to think.

[selfishprick.livejournal.com]

Can we be civil long enough so I can spend time with our daughter?