Do they complicate you?

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Who: Sora, Riku and their mini petting zoo.
When: Backdated to after this madness
Where: Ordo 6
Status: Closed
Style: Whichever you want, Kieran. <3

[After what happened at the beach, Riku had gone off on his own to cool off and try and sort out some of the emotions that raged within him that he didn't let Sora or Roxas see. To be honest, he was mad at both Roxas and himself for having that conversation at a party Sora wanted to go well. It wasn't fair to their mutual friend at all.

Maybe that's why afterward, he was home and waiting for Sora to come back. After all... he had a lot of explaining to do.]

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Poor Dumbo.

"...I figured as much." Riku glanced away at the pleading, trying to think before letting his emotions got the better of him again. There was only so much he could do, but at the same time... Roxas had to be willing enough to listen.

"It's a lot more complicated than that, Sora. If we try, it'll probably end up in another fight." For some reason, he chuckled. "His temper's a lot shorter than yours."

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"It's not like I don't know that." Trust him he remembered what that fight had been like. Roxas was strong and oddly enough a lot of things that Sora wasn't. They were almost like day and night sometimes.

"Still...if you could just talk about this and..." Then something Roxas had said came into Sora's mind. He looked back up at Riku, almost worried to hear what the answer would be. "Riku, you don't think Roxas is...expendable do you?"

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One of the many reasons he had to cheat... but Sora may not know about that one just yet. Riku crossed his arms and frowned, thinking back on those days maybe a little more than he should.

"I don't." Yet he kept his face unreadable, because it felt like part of the puzzle was missing... now that he thought back on it. "Roxas doesn't know this, but when Ansem had him isolated in the digital Twilight Town, I was collecting clues and trying to convince him to give Roxas more freedom. Even if it was for just a short amount of time."

Riku felt like he owed him that much, considering his fate.

"If anyone thought Nobodies were expendable, it was Ansem the Wise before I knocked some sense into him." After all, for the longest time... Riku sighed. "No one deserves what he did to Roxas and wanted me to do to Naminé."

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"Then why can't you tell him that?" Relief flooded Sora to hear that. He trusted Riku perfectly so he never once doubted his words. "Maybe if you told him that you two could at least be in the same place together!"

It was a desperate bid, but it was something Sora wanted. Riku was his best friend, and Roxas was practically his other half his brother if only by words alone. He didn't want them hating each other. What good would that do either of them?

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Riku was briefly taken aback, but he stopped himself when he saw the look in Sora's eyes. "...It isn't a problem of not being able to tell him." If that were the case, things would be so much easier. "It's if he even wants to listen to someone who helped to cause what happened to him in the long run."

And that hurt the most. Hell, he knew Sora had a point in there somewhere. Unfortunately he and Roxas were ticking time bombs whenever left in the same room together.

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"He's not unreasonable, Riku!" Sora snapped a little, but he couldn't help it. Yeah both boys had a shorter fuse than Sora did so maybe his judgement on it wasn't the best, but he still thought they could actually talk things out instead of beating each other over the head with their keyblades.

"If you just tried to tell him the truth..." But would Roxas actually listen? Sora may have trusted Riku completely but there was no saying that Roxas did. Actually it was probably the exact opposite.

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The older of the two quirked an eyebrow. Sora. Sora, no. Do not lose your temper with him right now. That is a bad thing when he's tried to remain calm all day-

"I'm not opposed to trying, Sora." Riku snapped back, a little defensive. "I'm just saying that things may not turn out all that great since he doesn't trust me. And really, I can't blame him for hating my guts." Because he was an ass when they first met. Even when- Oh, okay. What was with the sudden slight headache?

Eh, it was probably nothing.

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Sora scowled a bit though it came off as more of a pout. He looked away not wanting to give Riku the satisfaction of seeing the look on his face though it might have been too late.

"I care about you both." Sora continued to keep his face turned away. "I just want everyone to get along."

It seemed a dying wish. At least if the two boys tried to talk to one another even if it started one sided maybe it would get somewhere. "Roxas thinks you just see him as a Nobody..." He can't help but remember what Estelle had said about that either. She had seemed so shocked to hear that anyone could call someone that regardless of how complex the situation was. "He's more than that, and..." Sora didn't know what to say anymore.

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"...he developed his own sense of self." Riku decided to finish the sentence for him, uncrossing his arms. "It's almost unique, for someone like him."

At least, as far as he's witnessed. After all, most of the Organization had been pretty big on the whole 'we are nothing' spiel. Not to mention seemed to love the Dark when he spoke with a few members in Castle Oblivion. Roxas and Naminé seemed to be the exceptions to the general rule compared to the others he'd met during all of his own journey.

"...I'll try talking to him, but not yet. If my guess is right, he needs a little space when it comes to me right now." The last thing he was going to do was get himself killed.

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Sora nodded. He felt Axel was the same, but that wasn't really a conversation for now anyway.

"Thanks, Riku." Sora knew he could trust Riku to do just that, and he wasn't looking to get Riku killed either. One death in the group was more than enough.