vatheon | [Day 1]

Who: Roxas and whoever!
Where: Plaza
When: Late evening
Style: However
Status: Open!

The setting didn't seem unfamiliar at first: he was in some kind of alley and the sky was dark. He was sure he'd just been in a place like that. Maybe that was why, at first, he didn't realize the crucial change.

But he had trouble remembering what he'd been doing, moments ago. Why was he wet? His coat was sopping and heavy and--

And Sora didn't wear a black coat.

Roxas froze, forgetting to wonder about the circumstances for the moment, and stared down at his black-gloved hands. Sora wasn't with him; many of the memories were there, but Sora's presence, that person he'd felt himself slipping back into, was gone. He was Roxas again. Just Roxas.

If he didn't know any better, he'd say he felt a sudden surge of joy at that realization. Of course it wasn't real. Still, a tiny smile spread across his face as he stepped out into the plaza, baffled, slightly suspicious, but still glad.

"What the heck is this place...?"

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She noticed the change in expression, and frowned along with him. There was confusion, plenty of it. What about her friends made him so--oh. Maybe it was being close to Sora while they were apart that spooked him? For that, she couldn't say she could blame him at all.

Would Naminé be the same? There'd be no blaming her, either.

"It's fine..." She wasn't about to leave it at that, though.

"We'll just find you somewhere you can stay inside and be safe for now. There's apartment buildings and houses all over, so it's entirely up to you."

Right. Not about to let her disappointment show, she'd play tour guide and get him to safety, and maybe try and broach this subject with him later. Once he'd settled. She had a lot to think about in the meantime anyway.

He was a little relieved that she didn't pry. As much as Riku and what he had done angered him, he knew Kairi believed in him. For her sake, he didn't really want to badmouth one of her best friends. Even if the guy deserved it.

"As- long as it's someplace else, I don't really care."

Unless it was one of her boys (or an emergency) Kairi never took it upon herself to poke her nose into others' business. If Roxas chose to tell her, he'd do so on his own and without any prompting from her. Still...

It was going to trouble her for awhile. What could've happened?

"Don't worry, it will be. On one condition, though." She smiled a bit.

"That I get to visit."

Roxas blinked at her.

"I thought I just needed someplace to crash for a little while."

It wasn't that he had any objections to her visiting. He just hadn't figured that wherever he wound up staying would be any place worth visiting. His room at the Castle certainly hadn't been.

Kairi blinked, and shrugged her shoulders.

"You're not staying with me and my friends, so that's why I asked."

Because either way, it seemed very plain that he had no wish to stay with them. And since she considered Roxas someone she'd like to become friends with, she did want to visit him.

"I guess it's fine," Roxas said. "I just don't see why you'd wanna hang out there."

He definitely had a lot to learn about having a place of his own.

"Great!" Was her reply, along with a happy smile. She wasn't hard to please.

Kairi tilted her head at his addendum, and then her grin brightened.

"To spend time with you. Though technically we can do that anywhere."

He sure did. But that was okay. A good development in someone's life was always welcome.

And she'd help him out however she could.

"Right, well... you're doing that now," he pointed out awkwardly. He wasn't sure what to make of having that smile turned on him, when he wasn't Sora. It just didn't spark the same feelings--which was good, he was a different person, but it was also slightly disorienting. He felt like something was missing and she just didn't notice.

Kairi raised an eyebrow, and then laughed a bit.

"I used to have sleepovers with Sora and Riku when we were little. Or they'd come over and we'd watch a movie or something. We didn't just hang out at the beach, y'know."

Though she could see how he might be under that impression with how much time the three of them had used to spend there.

"Friends do that; visit each other's places, aside from spending time with each other outside."

Granted, the last few times she'd been to Selphie's had involved helping the younger girl do her homework, but the point was still there.

"If you don't want me to, I won't. Anyway, c'mon. Let's just find you somewhere to stay for now."

Since to her it did translate very clearly that he was awkward, she was determined not to push the topic of friendship anymore. If he wanted it, she was more than open to it. But she'd let him get it started, instead of continuing to jump on the topic of visiting and hanging out now.

She was just eager to get to know Roxas as Roxas, not a part of Sora.

Just as himself.

"I don't remember that so much," Roxas admitted. Most of his memories of those three together really were at the island. Probably because it was such a special place to them, it stood out more clearly.

At her suggestion, he nodded--not exactly eagerly, but it was some small relief to be off the awkward topic of being friends with Kairi. Not that he didn't want to be friends, he'd just always thought of her as Sora's friend. And how did you start a friendship with someone who wasn't remotely a stranger?

He could worry about that later.

"Lead on."

[Day 1]

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