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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[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.]

[by_heart]

Don't you "oh hey" me! This place is a disaster!

[Seriously, one of them is bad enough. Put the two of them together and this is the sort of thing that happens. He won't even be able to get properly mad about it because then he'll have TWO sets of big blue sad puppy eyes to deal with.]

[heartismyown]

It'll get cleaned up, don't worry about it. You're early aren't you?

[Or maybe he lost track of time, it could have happened.]

[by_heart]

Um, no. Is this the sort of thing that happens while I'm gone?

[He wants to go in there and just clonk their fluffy little heads together, but it's like a bakery exploded in there.]

[heartismyown]

Not usually!

[Roxas gives him a sheepish look.

Sora puts himself between Roxas and Lea, giving him a diplomatic look, before speaking himself.]

Don't be mad okay? I was just helping Roxas. We're almost done, really!

[by_heart]

[Almost done what? That's the real question here.

Lea pokes Sora in the forehead, carefully avoiding a large smear of batter.]

I'm not seeing "almost done." I'm seeing "you better get started cleaning my kitchen or I'm throwing both of you out."

[heartismyown]

[Roxas comes up to Lea and puts his hands on him.]

Okay okay, we'll clean up. Go away for a bit!

[by_heart]

[Lea eyes him skeptically, but grumbles and dutifully retreats to the living room.]

I'm not leavin' the house!

[heartismyown]

Okay!

[Roxas and Sora work on cleaning up and finishing which leads to a bit more bickering and 'diplomatic discussion'. Finally after about an hour, Sora makes his hasty retreat, leaving Roxas to his fate.]

[by_heart]

[Lea rolls off the couch and wanders over to stick his head in the kitchen. Sora sure got out fast, so he's a little worried as to what he'll find.]

You burn the place down yet?

[heartismyown]

I didn't!

[Actually the kitchen is mostly clean, even though Roxas decidedly is not.

The fruit of their labour is a cake on the table, which Roxas is attempting to frost and make it look good.]

[by_heart]

You know, you're supposed to bake the cake, not wear it.

[Lea leans on the table and eyes the cake skeptically. He has a pretty good idea what it's for, but he's sort of afraid of eating it. Who knows what brilliant ideas Sora and Roxas came up with when they were making it.]

[heartismyown]

I did bake it! It's gonna be really good!

[Roxas decides he's finished and shakes some sprinkles over it. There!]

[by_heart]

Uh huh.

[He's going into a sugar coma just looking at it.]

I think you're wearing about half of it, though.

[heartismyown]

No, really, it's okay! I just...need a shower I guess.

[Lea's too clean. Roxas reaches over with the spatula and smears a bit of frosting on his hand. You're welcome Lea.]

[by_heart]

Hey!

[Lea swats at him with his clean hand while licking the frosting off.]

Keep your mess to yourself!

[heartismyown]

[Roxas laughs a little.]

I'm going to shower.

[by_heart]

Not a bad idea.

[Lea follows him down the hall a bit before pausing outside the bathroom and leaning on the wall.]

I'd say you're the only guy I know who needs to shower after baking a cake, but...

[They both know Sora's probably at home doing the same thing.]

[heartismyown]

Not true! Anyway, I think you'll like the cake so don't eat it without me. I wanna see you eat it!

[He grins and disappears into the bathroom because he's covered in batter and flour.]

[by_heart]

[He's afraid of eating that thing, but he'll give in and do it. He always gives in. But first, he might as well try to clean up as much of the kitchen as he can. Roxas and Sora tried, but...well...they tried. He's washing dishes (and bowls and utensils and half the contents of the kitchen, really) by the time Roxas is finished in the shower.]

[heartismyown]

[He comes back to the kitchen all clean, his hair soft and fluffy after he dried it. He grins at Lea.]

Okay, I'm clean now. Let's have cake!

[by_heart]

[Lea can't pass up the chance to ruffle Roxas' hair when it's extra fluffy like that, so he indulges himself.]

You just made that thing because you want to eat it.

[heartismyown]

I made it cause it's your birthday soon and Sora said that's what you do!

[He also wants to eat it, but he'll deny it for now.]