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....

Comments

[by_heart]

Get it memorized by Christmas and I'll buy you an extra present.

[That ought to put the puppy eyes away.]

[heartismyown]

Ummm okay! [Roxas brightens.]

I can do that! Then Santa will come right? Do I have to give him anything? Wait, Sora met him right, does he know what Santa likes? When is Santa coming? Do I have to wait long?

[by_heart]

[Lea throws his hands up in the air. Those two and Santa, really, it's ridiculous.]

Santa comes in two weeks, you don't give him anything, and I thought we talked about all these questions! Class dismissed! Professor Lea's office hours are over!

[He shoos Roxas down the hallway and back into the living room.]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas sighs a little, walking obediently towards the living room.]

But Axel, who am I supposed to ask my questions ?

[by_heart]

Professor Axel doesn't work here anymore. His heart wasn't in it. [Lea shrugs and shakes his head.] You gotta start trying to find things out for yourself. No one's hiding anything from you anymore. If there's something you need to know, it's out there. Trust me on this one. Go out there and find out what you need to know, then you can come back here and tell me all about it instead of getting me to tell you.

[heartismyown]

If you tell me though, it saves me a lot of time.

[Roxas could go bother Lea's neighbours. That seems like a good alternative.]

[by_heart]

Oh, so that's how it is! You're just lazy!

[Lea takes up his usual spot on the couch again.]

No way I'm going to encourage that! Go do your own homework.

[heartismyown]

Fine, I will. I'm going out to learn more about Santa.

[Roxas crosses his arms and makes to leave again.]

[by_heart]

Have fun! Don't steal anything!

[Well, if Roxas isn't going to sit, he's going to take up the whole couch again. So there.]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas sticks his tongue out at him and heads out. Well if Lea won't tell him anything, then he has to find out some things, anything he can think of so he starts walking around town. Mostly people don't answer questions and they give him strange looks and Roxas isn't entirely sure how to talk to people with hearts. It's a little awkward, but he presses on, no matter how late it gets.]

[by_heart]

[Lea's beginning to wonder if Roxas is ever coming back. After all, it's late. And cold.

He's not to the point of fretting. It's not really something he does. However, he does look out the window occasionally to see if he can see him coming. After a while, he finds himself fighting to stay awake.

What on earth is taking so long?]

[heartismyown]

[It is cold, and Roxas has a bad habit of wandering around in clothes that are not entirely appropriate for the weather. He's gone for awhile longer, but he does eventually come back to Lea's house.

He's not sure he learned all that much, but he did learn people were going around singing and that was interesting. He followed them for awhile, until someone told him to stop, and he had hot chocolate with marshmallows. He still doesn't know much about Santa, but maybe tomorrow he'll find out more. Or he can call on Sora.

It's late so when he comes in, he's as quiet as he can be.]

[by_heart]

[He tried to go to bed, figuring Roxas would just let himself in and they could talk in the morning, but that was a joke. He hasn't been able to sleep at all, so he's still awake when he hears the door open and shut. He drags himself out of bed and makes his way down the hall to see what's kept Roxas out so long.

Luckily, Roxas doesn't look like he's caught hypothermia or anything, but he still doesn't look all that cheerful.]

Hey. I was beginning to wonder about you. You've gotta be freezing.

[heartismyown]

A little, but it's not too bad. It's dark, I thought you might be sleeping.

[Roxas locks the door and steps closer to Lea. He brings a chill with him, but it's not too bad. It'll dissipate in the house after he gets bundled up in bed.]

[by_heart]

Tried that. Didn't work. C'mere.

[Lea wraps his arm around Roxas' shoulders and pulls him close to his side, like he had before in the hallway, and guides him away from the door.]

Thaw out a bit, geez. You really need to get a coat.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas smiles up at him and leans in contently.]

Why? I'll get warm again in a few minutes. I had hot chocolate too, it had little marshmallows in it. It was really sweet. I don't know if I like it better than ice cream though, I think that's still my favourite.

[by_heart]

Do you ever slow down? You're not gonna sleep at all tonight are you?

[Maybe he should ship him off to Sora for the holidays. Then they could run around with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads or whatever and he could get some work done.]

At least keep it quiet. Some of us need our rest around here.

[heartismyown]

Okay Axel, I can be quiet.

[Roxas nods solemnly and walks as quietly as he can to his room.]

[by_heart]

[Lea makes a face. Maybe he really will write his name on his forehead in the morning.]

Right. 'night, kiddo.

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]

[He gets up and goes around to poke him in the head.]

What's wrong with you Lea?

[by_heart]

[He swats weakly at Roxas' hand.]

Overworked myself.

[Damn it. There it is.]

And Yen Sid put some weird spell on me.