paixaorpg | I'm so afraid to fall and surrender (Active / Closed-ish)

Character(s): Naminé and anyone in the apartment, including Xion if she wants, or anyone who would have reason to comfort Naminé
Content: Naminé gets a terrible scare in the form of a blonde Org member's appearance
Setting: The apartment living room
Time: Right after this
Warnings: Angst?

This was probably the worst day of Naminé's stay in Paixao so far and that included the night Roxas had woken up with a nightmare he couldn't remember. She'd been sitting on the floor by the couch, sifting through the posts in her journal to see what was going on. Normally, she didn't actually respond, even though she was mildly confident of her locking and encrypting abilities. However, there was one post she decided to reply to, but that was only after a good long time had passed staring at another post.

This one was far less friendly. In fact, it was one of two she would have preferred never to hear from again.

The result was a small yelp and a loud THUD as Naminé leaped up and the journal was flung across the room. Larxene and Marluxia... the two Nobodies Naminé dreaded out of all of them. Others were far more deadly than these two, but they were the ones she knew the best. And she knew what they would try to do if they found out she was here.

Taking a seat on the edge of the couch, Naminé tried to get her breathing back to normal. She'd just have to be extra careful.

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It take a little bit for Xion to put the pieces together. She hadn't known Larxene herself, what with the only other girl in the Organization having been shipped off before Xion could speak. Still, maybe she should have put it together sooner. Namine had been in Castle Oblivion, and was terrified of the Organization because of it. Zexion, Vexen, Leaxeus, Marluxia, Larxene, and Axel.

Wouldn't it make sense that she'd be scared of those people? (Though hopefully not Axel- he was different.)

Still, even after that she hadn't been too worried until she found out that Larxene might try to come to the apartment where her friends (yes, Namine was included in that now too) were staying with Vyers, Timon, and Simba. Roxas coming across any Organization member (again, except maybe Axel- though after being dragged back herself, she wasn't so sure) was not good, but Namine seemed just as scared too.

So, Xion hurried over to the apartment. Only... 'hurrying' involved her using a dark corridor, which made a rather distinctive noise as it opened in the apartment, which had probably not been the best idea ever, but it didn't matter now because it was too late, and the hooded girl walked over to Namine's side. "Namine... are you alright?" she asked.

Scared was one word for it. Naminé wasn't happy to begin with, but the sound of the dark corridor opening had her squeaking again and she leaped up again. However, she wasn't able to go far before a figure stepped out of the corridor. Once she realized it was Xion, she breathed a sigh of relief and shook her head at the other Nobody.

"I-I... I don't know," she admitted softly, looking down at the floor. "If Larxene is here, it's only a matter of time before she finds me."

And what about Roxas? What would happen then?

"I'm a danger to everyone here... if she finds me, she'll find Roxas..."

Xion was not what one would call good with people. She was fairly shy and hid away and tended to solve problems with violence, and out of her little group of friends, she was usually the one who needed the encouragement. So when she stepped closer, she really had no idea what she was doing.

A hug would be appropriate right now. Xion just didn't know what that was. Sora and Kairi had hugged sometimes, but the memories were always foggy and they were different anyway. Weren't they?

"It'll be fine," she quietly, feeling like she should do something else, reach out, maybe-- only she didn't know if that was something you were supposed to do. "She won't find you or Roxas." She'd make sure of that. Somehow.

The nice thing was, neither was Naminé, nor did she really have any idea what was supposed to happen in times like this. Sure, she'd tried with Roxas, but that hadn't really gone over very well and she wasn't as well-versed in helping anyway. It wasn't like anyone had ever been there for her. All she had to go on were memories of Kairi and what Sora had once said to her. He'd been the nicest to her so far.

But that wasn't relevant at the moment. Naminé shook her head. "How? Maybe..." Her voice fell. "Maybe I shouldn't be here." No one would miss her, right? "I should hide." Like normal. Out of sight, out of mind.

Xion didn't think leaving would solve anything. As far as she could tell, Namine didn't really have much fighting experience. And, ok, Timon didn't either and she didn't know about Vyers (and Simba at least had some large teeth) but there was... safety in numbers, right? Or something like that.

"Where would you go?" she asked, face betraying absolutely no expression, as she was hooded, "If you're so sure she's going to come after you, then no where is better than another. Besides... at least you have friends here."

"I don't know," Naminé admitted softly. Her first thought was Sora, but she couldn't risk putting him in danger, either, could she? The word "friends" snapped her head back up, though, and she looked at Xion with a mixture of confusion and curiosity. "Friends? I... I guess so."

"I'll..." The words died in her throat. What could she do? Namine was her friend, and she had to help her... but turning on the Organization... well, she'd done it once before, so that wasn't the issue here. The only one she worried about was Axel. He wasn't exactly happy with her anyway.

But what about Namine?

"I'll help you," she finally said, quietly, and not entirely sure how she'd do it, "I promise."

Naminé blinked her big blue eyes at Xion, taking in what the other girl was saying. Would she really? Would she help someone like Naminé? But the witch had to trust her, right? It was Xion; she'd done what she had to once before, even though she'd gone against the Organization.

But Naminé didn't want to put Xion into that kind of danger. "Xion... I don't... you shouldn't have to. I'll just... stay out of sight for a while."

Xion sighed. Well, if she had her mind made up, there probably wasn't much Xion could do about it- not like she wouldn't try- but she could still help her that way.

She simply nodded, quiet for a moment. "I'll try to figure things out, alright? Maybe... they won't come after you." That was a long shot, from what little she knew, but she could still hope.

"Okay." Naminé tried to smile in response, appreciating what Xion was trying to do for her, but it died halfway. They could both hope. "If... if they do... keep Roxas safe for me. Please."

It was the only thing she'd ask for and it wasn't even something for herself. She just didn't want the Organization to find him before his memories returned.

That much Xion had already promised, to herself as much as anyone, so she nodded in agreement. "I will."

Even then, she wasn't planning on just letting Namine be taken away, especially if Namine didn't want to. Sometimes it was necessary, but... Namine didn't have anyone waiting for her, except here. What would happen to her if the Organization got her?

Who did know? Naminé sure didn't, though she had an idea of what it would be like. It was an idea she didn't want to think about. Nor did she want to discover if she was right or not. She much preferred being here, away from them.

"Thank you, Xion." Naminé let her head tilt downwards again and she gave a resigned sigh. "I'll try to leave something if I do... if they find me... just so, so you'll know."

And so no one would get into trouble by trying to find her.

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