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[ And of course Roxas' biggest concern is not causing a fight with Axel again since...well, last time it was his own fault for being stubborn and not believing him about Twilight Town. So he looks a little guarded, mostly unsure. ]

...Sorry.

What for? Can't blame you for what you can't remember.

[besides which, he really, really can't stand to see that look on Roxas' face. Not when he's seen (and been the cause of) it too many times before.

He ruffles Roxas' hair affectionately.]

It'll be fine.

Ah-- [ He's a bit surprised, but more than relieved as he squints one eye shut and looks up. He'll wind up having to fix his hair after but his expression? Is just relieved and happy. ]

[what his hair doesn't immediately bounce back into place? Lies.

That's what he wants, and he can't quite stop the warmth that spreads through him when he sees that expression on Roxas' face.]

C'mere-

[So he drags him closer and gives him a noogie.]

[ Gosh Axel, such a best friend!! Roxas manages a small sound before he winds up laughing and tugging at Axel's arm, trying to break free ]

Ugh, Axel...! Leggo already!

[Well duhhhh. He laughs, eventually relents with the noogie-ing but keeps one arm slung around Roxas, almost still not quite believing.

[ Blondie is just all smiles here--he's too happy to have this dork back♥ He'll just look up and grin, still holdong onto that arm ]

You jerk, hehe.

Hey, who're you callin' a jerk? Careful or you'll get it again.

[and Lea is also just as happy to have Roxas back, almost ridiculously so. Doesn't have any immediate plans to let go of him for a few minutes at least, either.]

You think I couldn't take you?? [ He probably can't, actually, but he looks like he's having fun anyway ]

Oh yeah, that'll be the day.

[knows that Roxas could hand his ass to him if he really wanted at his full power, but something tells him this Roxas probably isn't close to that in this state.

SMIRKS.]

Hey, I totally could! Arthur's been training me you know!

Arthur, huh? Training you on what?

Sword fighting! He's really good in his world. I think he's a prince? I usually go once or twice a week.

[arches an eyebrow. Roxas has always been rather intuitive with the keyblade, but if he can't use it here, there's probably no harm in trying to keep up with his skills. Sort of.]

Well I guess someone's gotta keep you out of trouble.

Hey! I can look after myself you know. I've been here for almost four months now!

[that makes him stop.]

Four months? How-

[-is that even possible? Okay, so the letter thing said that they were stuck, but still.]

Oh...right, sorry. [ He'll wriggle his way out of Axel's hold so he can stand and address him properly ]

I dunno why, but people from all sorts of times and places come here. A lot of the people from ours are from a time where I'm, um... [ Gone? Inside Sora? ] Not in Twilight Town anymore.

[lets him go, resting one hand on his hip as he listens. So, that explains...quite a bit, actually. Still, he needs to figure out exactly what Roxas knows and remembers just in case he can spare him some things that he doesn't need to know...at least not yet.]

...so you know what happens?

I'm a Nobody, right? I had to go back eventually... [ He's got a sad, almost guilty sort of smile on his face when he says it though. Sora was honest with him about the whole ordeal--but he also told him he was his own person no matter what, and that had meant a lot. ]

[his hand comes up halfway, stops, and he curls it into a fist before dropping it back to his side. Roxas had to go back for Sora's memories, to wake up Sora, not necessarily because he couldn't exist on his own or that he didn't have a heart. Roxas did have his own heart, and Lea still believes he could be separated from Sora without harm to either of them. It's just actually doing it is the tricky bit.]

...you could have your own heart.

...Sora and Riku said the same thing. But Namine... [ Is still pretty convinced Nobodies don't have Hearts. Roxas' confidence on the subject continues to flip-flop. ]

I wanted to decide for myself that I could really feel. Do you think it's possible for Nobodies, without going back...?

[thinks back to waking up in the lab not all that long ago with the other first several members of the Organization, discovering they'd all become human again. A moment passes and he realizes he's touching his own face where those marks had been. Marks of sin, he'd always thought. Now washed away...]

Yeah. I do.

[actually, he's pretty sure Roxas had his own heart all along.]

[ There are no words to express the amount of relief Roxas feels when Axel says that. He doesn't remember a lot, but he knows he looked up to Axel and trusted him and they'd been friends--and that had carried over after their rocky start in Asgard. Hearing Access' (???'s) approval is one thing, but hearing Axel's, a fellow Nobody (so be believes) is another entirely.

He just winds up looking a mix of surprised and thrilled and hesitant all at once, rubbing under his nose with one finger. ]

[watches Roxas carefully for a few moments, and he can only wonder exactly what he might be thinking. He should probably try getting Roxas to understand again - he's not actually Axel anymore, not a "nobody" anymore because he's regained his heart. Or, perhaps, it's a new one - he hasn't really figured out which, yet. Still, he's pretty sure that with Roxas' strong connection to Sora that Roxas has pretty much always had one, or at least has the capacity to obtain his own. Roxas will find out eventually that he's actually Lea, now, not Axel, but he's still hesitating a little until he can puzzle out a few more things.

After waiting a few moments, he leans down a bit, not quite touching him.]

You okay?

Y, yeah...sorry. It's been a weird few weeks since you left. [ And the last thing he wants to do now is worry Axel, emotions or not. He's not sure what happened to change his opinion of Nobodies, but it means a lot. A lot. He's not about to question it at the moment. ]

;u;!!!

Roxas bb don't be sad ;;

;; axcllll

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aowehgaoij notifs!!! >|

it's okay!!! I am off to work now until like 12am PST ;u;b

OH oaijfo I live on the East coast so I will be in bed before you get back! ;;

I hope you slept well *^*

coouullld have been better, but you too! oawejfoj back from work finally orz

sdfklgs just as I went to work ;u; OUR TIMING

I hope you slept well ^