Musebox

[heartismyown]

 I need to practice with Roxas! Please drop me a line.


Roxas finished smashing the computer, the one that ruined his life. He swung around angrily and stalked off into an unknown room where he found Sora, fast asleep.

DiZ appeared before him. His eyes narrowed, his hand clenched tightly around the keyblade as he swung it back and forth wildly, attempting to attack him. He was familiar. He was the one who did this to him. It was all about that Sora!

"My heart is my own!" Roxas cried, spinning around. Everything has gone white.

When Roxas awakened, he found himself face to face with....

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[rikuheyriku]

Sora! He found himself face-to-face with himself... sort of.

"Hey, you okay??" The brunette looked incredibly concerned; and, hovering over the Nobody, there was also a hint of confusion.

When the other teenager's eyes open, Sora leaned back to give him space. That guy seemed... familiar, but there was no putting his finger on it; and, at the moment, Sora was more worried about if he was alright.

[heartismyown]

Roxas blinked a few times, putting his hand up to his head. One minute he'd been yelling at DiZ and the next...it all went black for him.

His eyes widened and he sat up suddenly. "Sora?!" He was face to face with that person. The person he was meant to be.

"I...how did you wake up?" He patted his chest and pinched his arm. "I'm still here!"

[rikuheyriku]

Forget the hint of confusion. Have a very confused expression, now. The fifteen-year-old could only... stare for a moment. He knew Sora's name, but...

"Uh..."

...Nope, he had nothing. Sora was actually confused before the guy suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The brunette had no idea where he was, actually.

After Axel disappeared, the darkness had come up from out of nowhere; and, after pretty much swallowing Sora up... Nothing. He had woken up in a strange place he'd never seen, before. His friends were gone, and he was left confused.

Sora had been completely alone, until the poor stranger showed up; so, actually, he was kind of glad to see the guy. Of course, he should first... maybe make sure he's not crazy, or something.

"...What?" He had such a way with words, sometimes.

[heartismyown]

"But you can't be-" Roxas looked around, was he even were he had been a minute ago?

Regardless of his reservations, Sora was part of him and he frowned. "Are you alright? I don't know how this happened. You were asleep and I was supposed to..."

Roxas sighed and hung his head. "You needed me to wake up...but you're awake." He still felt the same, Namine had implied he'd feel different.

MISTLETOE MEME

[heartismyown]

[One time, he'd been on a mission where they had these plants hanging everywhere and he didn't recall asking Axel about them. So when he sees the strange plant hanging out in this wintery wonderland once again, he can't help but take it and bring it back to where Lea is.

Since he's reawakened he's had a bit of time to adjust to what the world is like on the outside of Sora's consciousness, at least, he's managed to unscramble his memories mostly. Having nowhere to go for the time being, he's been hanging out at Lea's house. So when he's back from outside, cheeks red from the cold, he calls his name.]

Lea! Lea! I found something! I need you to tell me what it is!

[by_heart]

[It seems like Lea never has a moment of rest these days. Though everything has been quiet lately, they still don't know how safe things truly are, so his time has been filled with reconnaissance, working towards his Mark of Mastery and, well, Roxas duty.

That part takes up a lot of time.

Especially because things like this keep happening.]

Whoa, hey, slow down, Roxas! What's got you all worked up?

[heartismyown]

[Away from the Organization, and being his own person, Roxas only got more and more curious about things around him. He might not have a heart, in fact, he didn't know, but all the same he wanted to know everything about this new place.]

I found it, it was hanging on a wall. I've seen it before, but only when it's winter time.

[Roxas holds out his hands with a little piece of mistletoe within them.]

[by_heart]

[Lea most certainly has a heart and one of these days, Roxas is going to give him a heart attack. Possibly today. Of all the things to steal (Sora has a tendency of opening every box he sees and pocketing the contents, so there's the prime suspect for where THAT bit of delinquent behavior came from.), he had to go and bring home mistletoe.

Lea rubs his hand over his face, as if hoping that when he removes it, all of this will disappear and he's not going to figure out how to explain this. Except when he peeks through his fingers, Roxas is still looking at him with that eager puppy look of his.

Great.]

Okay, first thing: stealing is bad. Second...that's called mistletoe. People put it up as a decoration around this time of year.

[And he hopes Roxas will let him leave it at that. He doesn't think it will happen, but a guy can hope.]

INTIMACY MEME

[heartismyown]

[This afternoon Roxas is lying around on Lea's couch with a book on his stomach. It's a textbook, because he's trying to learn more things. A lot of it seems really familiar but Sora must have gone to school. It's like a refresher that's kickstarting his brain as he learns about the basics of grade school science. He's doing this when Lea comes home.]

[by_heart]

[Lea's pretty sure Sora and Riku didn't go through all this crap when they were learning to be Keyblade Masters. Of course, they kind of got to learn as they went, but he doesn't really have that luxury. He's not sure what sort of hex Yen Sid hit him with, but it wasn't fair and he's not happy about it.

When he finally gets back to the house, he's completely worn out and it shows. Usually, he'd just throw himself on the couch, but there's not enough space at the moment because someone is in the way.]

Move it or I'm gonna fall on you.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas looks up from the book and he blinks.]

Okay Lea...

[He sits up and moves down to the end of the couch.]

[by_heart]

[Faced with a suitable amount of space, Lea just drops face first onto the couch. There's not exactly enough room for his arms or his legs, considering how much space they take up, but he's past caring.]

Ugh.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas has been out all day while Lea was training because he's been studying hard, trying to get more general knowledge at least, and often he does that with Sora when Sora's not at school. He comes back in the late afternoon before dinner, putting his bookbag on the floor.]

Lea! I'm home!

[by_heart]

Hey, kiddo! Been busy?

[Lea currently has the refrigerator open for the purposes of staring futilely into it and trying to figure out why he tries to cook.]

[heartismyown]

Yeah, I studied a lot!

[He grins and comes into the kitchen marching up to Lea. He tugs on his arm.]

[by_heart]

Hm? What?

[He's still looking at the carton of eggs and wondering if he can find something else to make with them so they don't have to have omelets for the millionth time. He needs a cookbook.]

[heartismyown]

[After kissing Lea, which he wound up telling Sora happened, and Sora told Riku and Riku brought him a book, when he comes home, he finishes his homework and drapes himself lazily across the couch like someone he knows.

When Lea comes home, he's got his nose buried in this book.]

[by_heart]

You're taking up my couch, bookworm.

[As usual, Lea tosses everything he brought back from the tower with him here and there around the room. Books will eventually be added to the piles of book in his bedroom, various assorted items and potions and such he's collected will make it to the proper shelves and drawers one day, and food he's picked up on the way home should probably go in the fridge for later or he could just eat it out of the container and stare at Roxas for a while. That sounds like a better idea.]

[heartismyown]

[He grins at him.]

Hi Lea!

[He makes no move to get up though, he's reading a very interesting book after all, wouldn't want to get distracted.]

[by_heart]

[When Lea had stopped by Sora's to bum food off Sora's mom today on the way home, Sora had actually been there for once. He'd attempted to tease him and make some smart remarks, but for some reason, Sora could barely look him in the eye, let alone talk to him. Obviously something was up, but he wasn't going to push him on it. That's what Roxas is for.

When he gets home, he has a grocery bag full of peppers he has no idea how to cook with and a container of some sort of leftover casserole. At least dinner is taken care of. He stows everything away in the fridge and sets off to find Roxas. He's not in the living room or the kitchen, so Lea sticks his head in Roxas' room.]

Hey, you. What've you been telling your friends, huh?

[heartismyown]

[Roxas isn't up to anything interesting, he's doing his homework.]

Hm? About what?

[He looks up from the bed.]

[by_heart]

[Lea leans on the door frame and frowns at him.]

I picked up some stuff from Sora's and the guy wouldn't even look at me.

[heartismyown]

[It's not long before Lea's birthday, just a few days, and Roxas has invited Sora out to help him because he wants to bake a cake. It's different because they don't normally cook too much but when Lea comes home he can probably hear voices in the kitchen.]

I'm telling you, it's not done yet. The book says it takes longer.

[Even better than the voices, will be the surprise waiting for him in the kitchen.]

[by_heart]

[If by "surprise," you mean "mess." Lea stops just short of walking in the kitchen and stares, thinking that maybe if he turns around and walks away, it'll all be some sort of bad dream and he'll wake up to find that his kitchen isn't a riot of cake batter and who knows what else.]

What.

[heartismyown]

[Really, it depends on how Lea wants to think of it.]

Oh hey Lea!

[Roxas looks up, flour dusts out of his hair. Sora smiles sheepishly, wiping batter off his cheek. The kitchen might be a huge mess.]