[Day 152]

[coolerthansora]

Who: Roxas and you~
Where: Sora's room --> Yutopil Apartments
When: Daytime
Style: I'll match
Status: Open!

Roxas was a jealous person. Most of the time he chose to keep quiet about it or even ignore it because it wasn't supposed to matter anymore, not here. He had every opportunity here to get what he wanted.

But today he couldn't ignore it. It kept eating at him until he did something he'd been avoiding since he'd first figured out why he hadn't seen the guy around: he went to see Sora.

The idea of being around his Other while he was asleep had made him uneasy before. Not now. He stood over Sora's bed and looked down at him and felt that surge of envy. Roxas had been made to give up everything he had, everything he was, for this guy. And however nice he was, Sora had no idea what that was like. To have to give up existing because you were the inferior person. Not even that, you were the unworthy half of a person.

He could never make Sora feel that either. He couldn't even shout at him for it, with him just passed out like this. Roxas looked around the room. Sora wasn't someone who strongly valued material possessions, but that was all Roxas had in his power to take away from him. So that was what he did, grabbing whatever he could--that dumb short-sleeved hoodie, a toy sword, what looked like a seashell collection, anything.

He'd arrived by portal, but he didn't leave that way. He walked back out of the house and towards his apartment with a defiance in his step. Go ahead, ask him why he's stealing his Other's belongings.

((This is a sanctioned theft, and he'll be giving it all back later anyway. Probably.))

Comments

[coolerthansora]

"...well, anyway, it's not your problem," Roxas said, hefting his stolen goods and turning to go on.

[blitz_acing]

"So? That doesn't mean I'm not interested." Tidus was going to make this as difficult as he could for Roxas. He kept following him.

[coolerthansora]

"What's that supposed to mean? I'm not some kind of entertainment."

[blitz_acing]

"I didn't say you were! But whatever it is, you seem pretty upset about it...so it's important. Do you feel like less important than him?"

[coolerthansora]

"Sora's going to save the worlds. That's important."

[blitz_acing]

"So what? You're not Sora."

[coolerthansora]

"That's exactly the point! I'm not Sora, so I can't do any of that."

[blitz_acing]

"You don't have to do what he does. I bet he can't do things you can."

[coolerthansora]

"Nothing that counts for anything." Portals, some fighting techniques... but Sora was learning those from him, without even knowing it.

[blitz_acing]

"Then find something that counts to you." He looked down, then back at Roxas. "You don't have to live in someone's shadow. In fact, you shouldn't."

[coolerthansora]

"But I am his shadow. I can't just forget what I am."

[blitz_acing]

"No, you're more than that. You're a person, with your own thoughts and feelings. Just because it started out one way or something doesn't mean that's all there is to you. You're Roxas, and that's what your friends--your real friends--are going to see."

[coolerthansora]

And that was why his best friend had given his life for Sora, right?

Roxas kept that to himself and walked on in silence, picking up the pace in hopes that Tidus might give up following him.

[blitz_acing]

Tidus sighed softly, looking down. He knew from personal experience that there was nothing he could say that would change Roxas' mind. It was up to him to figure it out on his own. Instead of following him, he spoke quietly. "It's not going to make you feel any better... You should talk to him, instead of going at him behind his back."

There was nothing else to say, so he walked in the opposite direction.