[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.))

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[coolerthansora]

Roxas lets out a frustrated breath. "I know he's super nice. So what... What would I even say to him? I think he's great, but I hate that I had to be him. I hate that everyone thinks he's worth more than me, and I don't even think they're wrong."

[imaginarytides]

The emotions flashing across her face are mixed, cycling through sympathy and chagrin with each word. when she made her decision it was the last thing she could do to protect him, the only thing right from the start if she's honest. To see how torn up he is over his Other nearly breaks her heart.

This is not what she'd wanted to leave him with. At all.

"...Not everyone."

[coolerthansora]

"...everyone but a friend I couldn't even remember."

He still doesn't remember her. Not from before. She disappeared for him and he couldn't even do that much in return?

"We really got screwed over."

[imaginarytides]

"That's still not your fault."

It seems like barely a second passes before she's giving him what is probably the most awkward hug ever with that armful of stuff between them. She can't really find it in her to care, though.

"...I know."

[coolerthansora]

He gives a start at the hug, however awkward, and something from that armful tumbles to the floor.

"Xion..."

It actually does make him feel a little better, and though he can't exactly hug back without dropping everything, he leans forward to bump his head softly against hers.

[imaginarytides]

The headbump coaxes a little smile out of her.

"Everything will be okay, though." she says, and she doesn't mind saying it because for once it doesn't feel like it's a lie to. No matter what happened before, here they've got the time they need to work through everything.

[coolerthansora]

"...maybe." Normally he'd be a little more optimistic about it, but a maybe is the best he can do right now. A few minutes ago it felt pretty unlikely that anything would be okay.

[imaginarytides]

"I guess... I just had more time to work through everything. But that's time you've got now too."

Pulling away and picking up whatever dropped on the floor, she looks at him, small smile still in place.

"If you're going to keep his stuff, let's at least try and take good care of it."

[coolerthansora]

"...yeah." He considers for a moment, fidgets, and then offers, "I- might give it back later."

After Sora's had time to miss it and this has accomplished something.

[imaginarytides]

She still is under the impression it won't accomplish anything; chances of him even getting really upset over it are slim. Still, she'll step off the issue for now since he seems to have some inclination of returning it.

"A long as you do give it back."

[coolerthansora]

And she's probably right, but he's quite obviously not thinking clearly right now, and he wants to think Sora will be upset. At least a little bit.

He gives a non-committal nod, and heads for the stairs.