vatheon | Why So Cold Vatheon?

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Why So Cold Vatheon?

Characters: Selphie and Anyone
Where: Plaza cafe.
When: Boom. After noticing Izaya is gone/early afternoon.
Style: Any
Status: OPEN

Selphie had been in Vatheon for over a year - she knew the score by now; people came, people went. The number of friends she'd seen come and go was...too much to think about. But everyone so often, Vatheon would whisk away a friend that she couldn't quick forgive the place for stealing from her.

It was slightly cooler, but Selphie sat outside the cafe, a large hot chocolate in front of her. There's a small plate with several empty cake wrappers on, and a larger tray with a pile of various cakes and slices that haven't been touched yet.

The usually cheery, very enigmatic girl is sat alone with her treats. What's up? Go say hello, cheer her up, or just pester her.

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"Of course not! Besides, I don't wanna get fat, right?" She smiled, and helped herself to another cake all the same before pushing the tray towards him.

"Oh, and I'm Selphie! Nice to meet ya!"

Settling down next to her, Roxas took the tray from her to pick out one of the slices. Something with fruit in it.

He paused when she said her name and glanced over at her again. Selphie... That was right, from the islands. She looked older than he remembered, though.

"Oh- um, it's Roxas."

"Roxas..." Selphie repeated the name, trying to think where she had heard it before. She bit her lip, a little frustrated at forgetting, and she drummed her fingers on the table in front of her. "Oh! Aren't you friends with Axel?" Selphie had been very close to the Axel that was there before, and that was how she knew the name, she was sure.

Roxas blinked at her, in the midst of taking a bite. Well, Axel had said he'd been here for months. It shouldn't have been any surprise people knew him. But, for some reason Roxas hadn't expected to be talked about.

Pulling the fork from his mouth, he nodded. "That's right. Best friends."

"That must be it then!" She smiled and peered into her mug, trying to decide if there was enough for one more sip. Selphie picked it up and tipped it back, but only got a tiny drop.

"Not from Axel that's here... I mean, it's the same Axel as the one that was here before... Just this time, he doesn't remember me... Funny, right? From the 'got it memorised' guy?"

"You mean Axel's been here twice?" he wondered. He hadn't mentioned that. Then again, if he didn't remember anything from the first time around, maybe he didn't know.

"Uh huh! Maybe even more than that. He was here for quite a while... and then he left. And now he's back, but..."

Selphie lowered her gaze. That was why she was sat eating all that cake in the first place. The stupid coral had taken away yet another of her friends... And even if he came back, there was no guarantee it would be the same.

"But he doesn't remember. I guess that just happens round here."

Roxas regarded her uncertainly for a few moments. He wasn't good at reading emotions, but he thought she seemed sad, and he thought he could understand why. Axel had been pretty upset to be forgotten, after all, and it was something he still felt guilty about.

"...I'm sure he didn't mean to forget. And if you could be friends once, then you probably could again. If you really want to put up with him, I mean."

"Oh, I know he didn't mean too. This place just...does stuff to people." She smiled brightly at him, and took a bite out of yet another cake. She looked like she was about to speak, but decided to chew and swallow first. And it's a good job, because she started laughing, "Put up with him? Axel's great fun!" And only she had any idea of how much 'putting up with him' she used to do.

Well, there. He had made her laugh. He smiled a little.

"Most of the time," he agreed. "He has his moods." And maybe that was an understatement. For someone with no heart, he could be pretty expressive.

Selphie returned the smile and nodded, "Uh huh, that's definitely true!" She relaxed in her chair and sat back, looking much more at peace than she had before he arrived.

Roxas took another few bites of his cake, looking thoughtful.

"Has that been bugging you?" he asked. Her smile made it hard to tell, but somehow she seemed more at ease now.

"Hmmm?" Selphie chewed thoughtfully and swallowed slowly. "Has what been bugging me?" She blinked, wide eyes, because it was the first time in a while that anyone had asked if there was anything wrong, or anything annoying her.

He guessed he hadn't been very clear about it. "Axel- forgetting, I mean."

Selphie frowned, but only for a split second, before closing her eyes and smiling at Roxas, "I guess so! But it's happened a lot here!" She opened her eyes, wide, looking at him with plain honesty, "But you know what? It happens a lot here. I just have to get used to it. People going away all the time... Maybe never coming back."

Roxas didn't smile back. Instead he frowned. "Is that something you can- get used to?" Even if you could, he didn't think he'd want to. It was supposed to hurt when a friend went away, and if he got used to it, then wouldn't that mean it didn't hurt anymore?

"Well...Not in exactly. But I can. In a way, I guess. Sometimes it hits harder than at other times." She glanced at the empty stack of cake wrappers, knowing too well this was one of those times. "But.. it just happens so often that I guess getting used to it is the easiest thing. You kinda have ta."

Often? He was realizing now that if Axel had gone and come back once before, that that meant he might up and leave this place again. He hoped it wasn't as likely as she made it sound.

"...I hope I don't have to."

"I wouldn't worry about it. Not until it happens. Just now, just try and enjoy yourself as much as you can."

Selphie smiled and pushed the tray of cakes towards him.

He nodded slowly and then gave her a faint smile. "Yeah. I guess you're right." He was here on borrowed time anyway, really.

And if she was going to push more cake on him, well, he had room for a second slice.

"But hey, he's still here. And you're lucky. If he goes home, then you know you'll see him again. Not like those friends who are from totally different worlds."

Roxas couldn't help it; his face fell a bit again at that remark. "No. I'm just- not gonna worry about going home."

Selphie smiled and reached a hand to place on his shoulder, "While you're here, you shouldn't be doing any extra worrying. Your friends are here, and new friends too!"

He gave a slight start at the hand on his shoulder. He was barely used to that from Axel.

New friends? "Y-yeah, I guess so."

Selphie smiled and took her hand away, she didn't want to startle him. "Absolutely! Besides, I've given you cake now, so we're definitely friends!"

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