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[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[It appears the dressing room is up to no good again. In one of the main rooms is a Kairi, passed out inside a large clear bottle. It's fairly obvious she doesn't look too well, but strangely, not for lack of oxygen. Oh- and as a touch of courtesy, there's a nice blue bow around the bottle neck. ♥]

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[f-iery.livejournal.com]

[Well what a coincidence, today is Roxas's unbirthday! He'll just run over there and open up his gift, then.

And by open, I mean melt through. That hand touching the side is looking preeeeetty hot.]

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[But you have 363 more unbirthdays. Don't expect a present on every one of them.

Well keep your hot away from her, and we'll be all set. she's not going anywhere, that's certain.]

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

[Don't worry, he's making sure the heat doesn't travel across the glass. And soon enough he has a hole created that's big enough to step through, and he does, kneeling down beside her.]

Kairi?

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[She can feel the heat in the air though, and wakes a bit from that and his voice. She's still bleary-eyed from the looks of it.]

Mm... Roxas?

[A pause.]

It's this nightmare again, isn't it?

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

[He looks confused as he looks down at her.]

What nightmare?

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

The one where you burn me up. I don't like that one. Go away.

[She turns away, trying to go back to sleep.]

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

[He sighs and just sits down beside her.]

You know I would never do that.

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

You would. You all would. Leave me alone.

[Again, she tries to go back to sleep- somewhat unsuccessfully.]

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

Just like before when you killed me? No one tried to kill you or hurt you at all. Kairi, I try really hard to make you understand that everyone wants you around, but you do nothing but push everyone away.

[His voice raises a bit, though he's not shouting. Roxas just looks more frustrated than anything else at the moment.]

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[She shrinks in on herself a little at the tone of voice.]

That doesn't matter any more. After what I did, you should be trying to kill me like everyone else.

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

[He sees that and frowns, reminding himself to stay calm.]

I already told you, I'm not going to kill you. And I'm not going to bitch at you because I know you know how stupid what you did was.

[Roxas rests a hand on her shoulder.]

I'm sure he understands, because I do. And he always understands. It's not like you killed him. He's already healed and everything.

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[The hand on her shoulder makes her flinch, but not pull away. At the mention of him not being dead and all, she actually turns to look at him with a very confused face.]

...He's alive?

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

Yeah. There were enough people around that they were able to help him.

[Roxas just looks at her seriously, that hand gripping her shoulder lightly.]

... Come back. I'll take you to him, you can apologize, and then you'll realize that we can get past this.

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[She's fighting the urge to shrink away again when he suggests that, shaking her head.]

No, no- I can't. As much as I hate myself, I don't... I don't want to die.

[And she's pretty sure that'll happen if she gets near any of Kai's friends.]

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

[At that point, he takes her face in his hands and forces her to look at him.]

Kairi, listen to me. I'm not going to let anyone kill you. I'll be right there by your side, and no one is going to lay a finger on you, okay?

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[She closes her eyes, shaking just a little.]

You shouldn't involve yourself like this. You're going to get hurt.

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

I won't. No one is after me. Look, they aren't the bad guys here. They just think you are. Once we prove that you aren't, they'll let it go. They'll listen to Kai. And Kai knows!

[He pulls her into a hug then, whether she wants to or not.]

Please. Trust me.

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[The trembling gets worse, but she's certainly not objecting to the hug.]

You can't prove I'm not the bad guy. I am. It wasn't a misunderstanding, I knew what I was doing. I m-messed up.

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

No, you're not. Everyone makes mistakes... You were in the moment, going off instincts... he would have forced you to hurt him even if you didn't want to. He's a sadistic bastard and that's what he does. I knew it and Kai and Axel know best of all. They'll get it.

[He holds her tight as if that alone could keep her safe.]

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[Something clicks in her when the last words hit. She's been trying for so long to push people away and he's just plain tired. Tired of running and hiding and being on the losing side. Since she's been here nothing has gone right, but if that's going to change then the first step needs to be fixing this.

So she'll just try to get a grip again, leaning against him for a minute until she can calm down.]

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

[And he's there for her, petting her hair and just holding her close while she calms down.]

It'll all be okay, I promise.

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[His words do a good job to calm her down, and in time she pulls away, staring downward.]

I'd like to start over.

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

Alright, then.

[He pulls away completely, scooting back a bit, and instead offering his hand out.]

Hi, I'm Roxas.

[He gives her a derpy grin.]

[frostedwaters.livejournal.com]

[She manages to smile just a little, slowly reaching out to shake his hand.]

It's nice to meet you.

[f-iery.livejournal.com]

You too... now, I need to introduce you to a couple of friends of mine.

[He holds that hand as he stands, pulling her up too.]