http://sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] kingdomdressing2008-06-11 01:34 pm
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Awkward turtle.

[sitting at the edge of the pool, pants rolled up and his feet in the water, is swishing them around]

[first time he's been out of the attic, in the daytime, since the costume party - has been hiding from a certain Axel for a few days]

[sings quietly to himself] Loo loo loo, I've got some apples~ [glances around anxiously]

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[hey, look who's walking by with an apple. Needs energy after bothering Lightning Bug in the library, yes. Glances casually into the doorway and -

Demyx. Oh...fuck. Unfortunately, the memories of what happened that night are flooding into his mind right now. He hesitates, and then decides to go in and sit down next to the other. Facing the other way, keeping his boots comfortably dry.
]

Hey.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[stares at the apple in his hand, not eating it yet. Not even tossing it up and down.]

Good enough. You?

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[by the way he's keeping his eyes on it, he's apparently really interested in how the apple skin changes color from white at the top to a deep red near the bottom.]

Not much. I haven't been doing anyon - anything.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[and the silence drags on as Axel think about the situation. And then cue the "what the hell, screw it" moment:]

Look, Dem...it was...

...we were both drunk, y'know?

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[he's staring at it so intently, why doesn't the apple just go up in flames right now.]

No, it's not you. I...I shouldn't have kissed you in the first place.

[silence.]

Shouldn't even be getting into stuff like this at all.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[doesn't want to explain it. It was hard enough explaining it to Roxas in the first place - and he wasn't even the Roxas he knew. Way to go, Axel. Not thinking about the fucking consequences again.]

...

This place made me sign my own death warrant.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[his free hand tightens on the edge of the pool. Frustration. Not at Demyx, but at how unchangeable his fate is. It's not something he can lie and manipulate away. And though Axel has known about it for a while, it doesn't make it any easier when he encounters a situation like this.]

It means, Demyx, that because I'm here and not getting Roxas from Twilight Town like I'm supposed to, I don't have long to live.

[finally looks at Demyx, his eyes devoid of anything, everything.]

I'm a Nobody replica. Everyone from Saix down to Larxene are in my universe. Kinda like Emblem Heartless, except we die if we don't fulfill a given order in a certain time period.

[silence. Axel looks down again.]

They gave me a year to get Roxas back.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Pretty much. It's like a machine, with a fail-safe in case anything goes wrong.

[A laugh. Without amusement, full of bitter cynicism.]

Can't have their precious experiments running away now.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[and have an surprised, completely bewildered look. That's...Roxas reacted in a completely different way...how can he just...?

Still...isn't that what he had been trying to do from the time he got here?
]

Should have expected something like that from you, Dem.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[snickers. Demyx should really specify; it makes it quite easy for Axel to say things like this:]

Sure, sure. Doesn't change the fact I was still on top though.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, is Demmy jealous because he can't hold his liquor?

[toss Demyx the apple over his shoulder] Here, have a consolation prize.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Y'know, by accepting that, you just admitted that you L-O-S-T.

[identity profile] a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ASKLASCKJDFS

[this is the one and only time you get to see Axel flail. Comes up sputtering and oh, he's glaring at Demyx. But only for a second. Who knew you could still portal when you're in the water?
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