paixaorpg | Hiding away

Entry tags:

axel,
xion

Hiding away

Character(s): Axel and Xion
Content: After her friends are threatened because of her, Xion tries to regroup her thoughts
Setting: Xion's room
Time: After this log
Warnings: Xion is the saddest panda. ;-;

Xion was sitting up against the headboard of her bed, knees pulled to her chest with her arms wrapped around them. She didn't know what to do. Axel and Roxas... Saix would hurt them, if she did something wrong. She hadn't been sure about that before, but Saix wouldn't hold back.

But at the same time, what about everyone else? So many people had been pulled from their homes, their friends, and they were being experimented on. She didn't want that, either. There were some bad people, sure, but most of them... they were nice. She liked them. And she didn't want them to suffer either. What if the Doctor's call to arms just hurt them more?

She sighed dejectedly, resting her face on her knees. "What do I do...?"

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Axel, loitering about in his room himself, had been mulling over the recent events. He wasn't particularly fond of having to go out on missions, especially of the icky sort... but thanks to their low numbers it wasn't exactly something that could be avoided.

Unless you were Demyx.

In an attempt to get his mind off things, he was walking the halls of the base, and stopped short at Xion's room. Maybe she was here... He knocked on the door once, and then poked his head into the room. "I thought I heard you get back," he grinned, letting himself in.

Xion looked up from her knees, heart sinking as she saw Axel. Still, she managed to force a small smile. "Hi, Axel." She wasn't really in a position to be more open than that, keeping her head up but still clutching her legs.

He made a face at that less than excited greeting. Of course, not that there was much to be cheery about these days... but he'd hoped at least spending some time with one of his pals would have served to lighten the pseudo-mood around the place.

Axel closed the door behind him, and perched his hands on his hips. "Woah, that happy to see me, eh?"

"Sorry..." It took a bit of (emotional?) effort, but Xion let go of her legs and shifted so they were hanging off the side of her bed as she attempted another smile; it didn't fail quite as badly as the first, but it was still far from convincing. "How are you?"

Far from convincing indeed... If not even his off-hand humour could get a better response than that, something was definitely up... Since the whole revelation of the replica thing, Axel, admittedly, tried not to act awkwardly around Xion... which had also led to a bit of neglect on his part.

He could almost swear a twinge of guilt rose up from somewhere...

His response to her question was a shrug. He wasn't so great -- but it definitely seemed like she was worse off. "You know how it is..." he shook his head from side to side, trying to shake off the heavy feeling in the air between them. Then paused for a moment, to consider...

"Say, how about we get out of here for a little while?"

There was a pause as Xion had a brief moment of panic and tried to think this over. She still didn't know what Saix wanted from her- her plan to just stay here until he gave her back her journal was only a guess. But she didn't want to just say 'no,' and since it was Axel maybe...

After a few moments, she nodded. "Ok. Um... where?"

Beckoning with a hand for her to come over, he opened a corridor of darkness behind them. Getting out of HQ was probably the best option right now, maybe for the both of them. "Just come with me. I could use a little fresh air myself..."

He stepped through first, as the exit led them atop the of central station, near the clock. A bit of a nostalgic hang out, if you asked him... nodding in approval, he turned to make sure that Xion had followed.

Xion quietly followed him (unaware of the Berserker Nobody trailing behind them and keeping very well hidden), and smiled when she saw where they were. This... was definitely nice. She moved to sit on the edge, looking over at Axel and waiting for him to sit too.

Unfortunately, Axel hadn't noticed their little tail, either. He let his guard down a little each time he spent time with Xion, (and of course, Roxas too) -- something that was sure to catch up with him... But in this moment, all he knew was that something was obviously bothering XIV -- and he had a bit of a hunch as to what it could be.

He moved towards the ledge also, and plopped down on the ground beside her, and brought up a knee to lean his arm on. "Not too bad, huh?"

"It's nice up here." It felt like it had been forever, since they'd hung out like this. So much had been going on...

She tried not to focus on that, even if her mind would come back around to it soon enough. Instead, she looked over at Axel and smiled, more sincerely than before, before looking out over Paixao.

"Ah! But... it's not complete without... " and he dug into his sleeve, reaching in to produce... "Tada!" two ice cream bars. He handed one over to Xion with a satisfied look. "I thought this would make it seem a little more official."

That got a bigger smile out of her as she thanked him and took it, taking a little bite before looking over the city. Sadly, even the presence of one of her best friends and favorite treats could only take her mind off of trouble for so long. After her second bite, she stayed at the ice cream and then towards were Roxas would be. Then, she looked over Paixao, spotting the apartment area Timon and Vyers lived in...

She shook her head slightly, stubbornly taking another bite before looking at Axel. "So, um..." She never was great at small talk.

"So are you gonna tell me what's up with that long face?"

Axel chomped down on his own bar, only flashing Xion a quick look from the corner of his eye as he continued to face forward. Not that she didn't have good reason -- but why she 'felt' it in the first place was the problem.

They were Nobodies. They didn't feel anything. ... Right?

That shut Xion down pretty quickly, the smile fading as she glanced away. She didn't want to get him in any trouble. "It's nothing," she lied, quietly and very unconvincingly. She stared at her bar, not really seeing it as it started to melt. What could she tell him?

"Yeah, it sure seems like nothing," Axel didn't believe a minute of it. "So what is it? More trouble with the keyblade?" it was his first guess -- but there was a number of things, he was sure, that would cause this sort of change in her.

"No, everything's fine." Really, if she'd been using it as much, it would probably be better than normal because Roxas wasn't using his. Though that was a situation she was trying very hard to avoid.

Another bite, and a pause -- as he continued to look forward. "Forgive me if I don't find you too convincing." He smirked. "You'll have to try a little harder than that."

She attempted a little smile at him, though was still neglecting her ice cream. "There's nothing wrong with my Keyblade. Promise." As for other areas...

It wasn't like she didn't want to tell him. She trusted Axel, after all, and he was her friend. But Xion was more than a little wary about Saix finding out... she didn't think Axel would tell him, but Saix had a habit of finding out things she tried to keep secret.

"So it's something else then, huh?" He took another bite of his ice cream as he thought about it for a moment. He was never great at these sorts of things... For all his cluelessness -- Roxas really was better at talking about this stuff. The redhead chuckled to himself -- an empty, almost sad sort of laugh. "This really isn't the same without him."

At the mention of Roxas, that just made Xion a little sadder. "Yea..." she said, finally remembering her ice cream and taking a bit. She didn't know what to do about that. He was still hurting, she knew he was. But would getting his memories back help at all? Roxas was still struggling over that idea, and she didn't know how to help him.

He continued to try and watch Xion from the corner of his eye, seeing of the mention of their missing friend stirred any sort of reaction. All things considered, it shouldn't -- they were Nobodies. Well -- he was, at least. "Have you seen him around?" Axel certainly wasn't clueless. He knew that she was a little better informed than she ever had let on...

Xion shook her head. "Not recently." She hadn't wanted to pressure him on a decision, so she'd been keeping her distance. Unfortunately for Axel, while she still looked more down than a Nobody should, it wasn't as bad as it was when she was allowed to brood.

"Hmm," he considered it for a moment, taking another bite of the ice cream, that was now nearing its end. For some reason... it didn't seem to taste as good as it usually did. But that was stupid, wasn't it? It was still the same flavour from the same place...

"Well. Maybe we should fix that."

Xion looked up at him, clearly confused. "What do you mean?" she asked. A part of her sort of figured that he meant to go get Roxas, but... she hoped he didn't mean now. She was pushing her luck by leaving at all, and if Saix came looking she didn't want him to find Roxas too.

"You know," he said it so nonchalantly, "finally get this show on the road. I mean -- do you even remember how long it's been since he's been ignoring us?" All right, so 'ignoring' was maybe a colourful choice of words, when 'forgot about us entirely' would have worked just as well.

"I say we finally set the gears in motion... help him get his memories back." There was something he couldn't explain creeping into his words -- conviction? All he knew was... he was getting pretty tired of the same old waiting game.

There was a part of that that worried Xion. Namely... well, the very issue she was already worried off, that Roxas still didn't know what he wanted. She just wanted everyone to be happy. But she wanted Roxas back too, so they could all hang together. So, after a moment's consideration she nodded.

"Yea," she said, with a tentative smile, "...not right now, though, right?"

Because really, she was in enough trouble and didn't want Roxas dragged into that.

That was enough for him to arch an eyebrow at. "Why not? You don't have some... other plans, do you?" he was sure that she wasn't getting any missions of the sort that they were currently handing out... so more than likely, it had to do with what was causing her to act this way in the first place...

"Um..." Xion averted her eyes, not sure what to do now. "Not... plans, exactly..." That wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the truth, and it still revealed more than she wanted. Maybe she should keep her mouth shut. Axel was smart, if she she said anything he'd probably figure it out.

He probably would have -- which is why he kept pressing for more... but Xion seemed to be keeping whatever it was under tight lock and key. It seemed as though the more time that passed between them these days -- things were only getting more complicated. Was this the cost of making friends within the Organization?

Axel sighed, then bit off the last bit of sweet-saltyness from the popsicle stick. "Well, all right. If you say so. Whatever it is you have to do... you let me know when you're ready." He pushed himself up to a standing position, and looked down at her. "I'll be waiting."

Xion kept her head bowed as she finished the last bite of her ice cream. She too stood when she was done, only then looking up at her friend. If Axel was any good at reading her expression (since it was fairly obvious), he could tell how absolutely miserable she was.

He didn't get long to look at it, though, because quite suddenly the girl had her arms around his waist, wrapping him in a hug.

It was hard to look her in the eye like this -- it stirred something within him. Something he didn't understand -- something that shouldn't even be there. And just as soon as he made the eye contact -- he looked quickly away to break it. Clearing his throat, he began to turn away to leave -- just as a small pair of arms wrapped around him.

"H-hey I -- " he certainly hadn't been expecting this! What the hell had prompted her to...?! Axel struggled slightly at first, in his awkwardness -- not knowing exactly what to do. How long had it been since someone had hugged him? His first reaction was to somehow worm his way out of it, but... it didn't exactly -- feel that bad...

His arms were free-floating, flailing slightly -- then... eventually came to rest on her shoulders.

Xion bite her lip as she hugged him, closing her eyes and fighting tears. She just wanted everyone to be ok, and safe, and happy... why was that so hard?

After probably long than it should have been, Xion let go and took a few steps back. She hoped that had been ok, but... friends hugged, right?

As she pulled away, Axel stiffened again, and quickly ran a hand through his hair, "So, yeah... what I said... you know..." he cleared his throat nervously, looking everywhere but at her. "Whenever you're ready. Just come to my room, or... whatever." He swallowed down that mysterious lump in his throat. "We'll get him back..."

Xion nodded, absently tugging on one of her sleeves. "Ok," she said, taking a deep breath before looking back up at him. "...Thanks, Axel."

Axel turned to leave with that, circling around the clock tower -- then stopped, with his back still turned. "You don't have to thank me," he paused, "because -- we're friends."

He didn't wait for an answer to what he had said -- only continued forward into a corridor of darkness, disappearing from the scene.

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Hiding away

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so i just thought... shall we make this their final 'LETS GET ROXAS' log before the memory regain??

sure!

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it's... it's TOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111 AHHHHHH

DEATH BY ADORABLE

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