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]

[Yes, he sees that there are words there and he's kind of staring at them in morbid fascination.]

And you don't need to read them right now! Whatever happened to the whole "dating" part of the book?!

[heartismyown]

That was the first part of the book. Going out, spending time together, kissing, stuff like that. This is the other part of the book.

[Well duh, Lea.]

[by_heart]

[Lea just sighs and scrubs his hand over his face. He's halfway tempted to let him just read it. If the tries to tell him not to at this point, he's just going to want to find out why and read it anyway when he's not looking.

Maybe he'll embarrass himself and give up.

He can hope.]

Right.

[heartismyown]

[He looks up at him from the couch again.]

How do you ask someone to do this stuff?

[by_heart]

What, that's not in the book?

[Deflect. DEFLECT.]

[heartismyown]

Nah, it just explains what you do.

[by_heart]

Some book. Riku should ask for a refund.

[At least Roxas hasn't had any commentary on the "what you do" part yet.]

[heartismyown]

[He tilts his head a bit.]

You didn't answer my question again.

[His tone is less than enthusiastic. A little tired.]

[by_heart]

[Damn. Roxas is starting to catch on to that more and more. And has no reference point for "I'm embarrassed and this is making me uncomfortable."]

I know. Go ahead and snap at me about it.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas would, but now he's got some ideas in his head about relationships and thinking back on Lea's reluctance and he doesn't want to talk about these things, maybe it's one of those other dating things, about how the other person doesn't really like you. Huh. He hadn't really considered it before now.]

It's okay. It's a dumb book anyway. I'll give it back to Riku tomorrow.

[by_heart]

Hey, what's that face for? I said snap at me, not look like a kicked puppy.

[The poor kid looks miserable and as usual he has no idea why. Some friend he is, really, always saying the wrong thing, even when he's trying his best not to.]

Listen, it's just...

[He frowns and shakes his head.]

I'm embarrassed, okay?

[heartismyown]

It's okay. Why are you embarrassed? You don't have to tell me. I don't...I don't need to know anymore.

[by_heart]

[Don't need to know anymore? That sounds ominous. Well, if Roxas has learned to catch him out when he's being evasive, he's learned to say what he means sometimes.]

I just never thought it was something we'd have to talk about and now you're kind of springing it on me all at once. I already messed up kissing you the first time. I don't think I'm really ready to mess up this stuff, too. Go a little easy on me, okay? I've...

[He stares fixedly at his fork and fiddles around with it like it's the most interesting thing in the room right now.]

I've never really been in love before, either, you know.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas tilts his head. Lea can kind of thank his selective memory.]

I don't remember it being messed up. I liked kissing you.

[His eyes go wide, oh yeah. He had said that before.]

You didn't? Not even before you were Axel?

[by_heart]

[Lea shakes his head.]

Not even before. I mean, I had crushes on people, yeah, but...[He shrugs.]

[heartismyown]

[He reaches up and tugs on his hand playfully.]

I was worried you didn't really like me for a minute there... I mean, you didn't seem to want to kiss me then and in the book that says you might not like me, but...

I like you the best Lea.

[by_heart]

Hey! Who are you gonna believe, your best friend or some dumb book? Maybe you should give that thing back to Riku before you get any more brilliant ideas.

[Yeah, he likes you the best too, Roxas.]

[heartismyown]

I believe you Lea!

[He has big earnest puppy eyes.]

[by_heart]

[Lea reaches down and ruffles his hair.]

You better, if you know what's good for you. Speaking of, if you give me a kiss, maybe I'll give you the rest of my potato salad.

[heartismyown]

I was gonna kiss you today anyway.

[Roxas grins and sits up so he can reach and he uses an arm around the back of Lea's neck to keep him there and he plants a kiss that's still just as chaste as the others have been.]

[by_heart]

All that studying and that's all I get?

[He kind of wishes he wasn't bracing himself on the arm of the couch with one hand and holding the container with the other. Oh well. He can just tease Roxas instead. Just as good.]

[heartismyown]

Wait, wait, I can do better!

[Roxas sits up because it's serious, of course. Now, what did he learn?]

[by_heart]

Yeah? I dunno...

[Lea rests his forehead against Roxas' and frowns.]

It's just a dumb book, after all...

[heartismyown]

I can!

[Roxas puts his hands on both sides of Lea's head and kisses him again, this time it's deeper, albeit more enthusiastic, holding it for a few moments.]

[by_heart]

[Lea nips lightly at Roxas' lower lip as he pulls away.]

Needs work. You're gonna hafta practice.