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

[heartismyown]

What? I can't carry you! You're too big! I told you not to grow so big!

[Roxas is wide-eyed, but he does get up.]

[by_heart]

I weigh, like, 10 pounds. You could do it.

[He lurches to his feet and teeters a bit, yawning and blinking.]

You just need to get taller, that's all. Then you can carry me around and I won't have to walk places anymore.

[heartismyown]

Well maybe I'll get taller!

[Roxas pulls on his arm and starts walking.]

[by_heart]

Hey, watch it! Pull too hard and I'm just gonna fall over.

[He kind of stumbles along as Roxas pulls him down the hallway.]

Just gonna toss me in and lock the door?

[heartismyown]

I guess so? I mean, why, you want something else?

[by_heart]

Not right now. Not yet. Just wanna sleep.

[He leans on the door frame and ruffles Roxas' hair.]

Don't eat all the ice cream while I'm out.

[heartismyown]

I'll try!

[He grins and pushes Lea towards his bed.]

Go to sleep now.

[by_heart]

Right, right. 'night.

[Lea waves his hand vaguely and flops face down on the bed.]

[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]

I saw something interesting, guess what?

[He tugs again to get Lea to look at him.]

[by_heart]

[Lea looks at him out of the corner of his eye while moving things around, hoping there are leftovers he hasn't forgotten about for too long.]

If it's burping the alphabet again, you're not allowed to go to Sora's anymore.

[heartismyown]

Nope!

[Too bad, it's enough and he leans over and kisses him on the side of the mouth.]

[by_heart]

[It's a miracle that Lea doesn't headbutt Roxas, considering how fast he recoils. His face is about as red as his hair as he rubs at his mouth.]

Roxas!! You don't-- You don't just--

[KISS SOMEONE.]

What did you do today?!

[heartismyown]

I didn't do it! Riku did. He kissed Sora!

[by_heart]

That doesn't mean you should just--

[DAMMIT, RIKU. And he probably didn't explain a damn thing, either.]

Listen, just because Riku and Sora do something...

[No, that isn't going to work, either...]

[heartismyown]

[Of course he didn't. Roxas frowns a bit.]

Are you mad at me?

[Sora seemed to like it, so maybe he did it wrong.]

Did I do it wrong?

[by_heart]

[Lea bangs his head on the refrigerator. Why is this happening?]

I'm not mad at you, just...

[He's not even touching the other part, because that's a minefield right there.]

You don't just do that to someone.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas blinks at him and scratches his head.]

Why not? Riku did it.

[by_heart]

Riku does a lot of things. That doesn't mean you need to.

[And this is the worst time to start sounding like someone's nagging mother.]

Didn't I already tell you about the whole kissing thing? I distinctly remember having that conversation.

[It's not like you forget that kind of conversation...]

[heartismyown]

I don't think so, but maybe?

[Roxas doesn't remember this conversation.]

I'm sorry...I guess. But why can't I kiss you then?

[by_heart]

[Lea sighs. It wasn't even that long ago, just a few weeks.]

You should only kiss people you love. I'm your friend, yeah, but love is different than just being friends.

[heartismyown]

Why is it different? Maybe I love you. How am I supposed to know?