Roxas On The Ship

[heartismyown]

 Who: Roxas, The Spade Pirates
Where: On the ship
When: After arriving at the island, Roxas is trying to catch his bearings on the ship. (December 12)
What: Time for Roxas to make some new friends
Warnings: Questions. Lots of questions.
Style: Any
Status: Closed to crew

Roxas was confused.

This in itself was not that unusual, however it was different. Everything he worried about just days ago seemed to be less of a problem now that he's found himself in a new, somewhat hostile world. He met Riku and followed him to a ship, and today he was just hanging out, trying to get a feel for the place, and maybe unscramble the mess that was his memories.

In the morning, he can be found sitting on the railing overlooking the sea. Roxas looks content doing so, he had a fascination with the water.

In the afternoon, he can be found in the galley getting a snack, or perhaps down below deck, checking out his room and pacing between it and the steps so he can remember where it is.

In the evening, he can be found on deck on his back, staring at the stars.

Comments

[heartismyown]

Hey, I'm not a little kid!

[by_heart]

[Lea rolls over so that his back is to Roxas and does his best to sound flat and uninterested.]

Wow, really? I guess I totally missed something.

[heartismyown]

Hmph.

[There's a pause, but Roxas doesn't like to be ignored by Lea so he pokes him in the back. Repeatedly.]

Lea. You didn't answer all my questions.

[by_heart]

OW! Hey! Answer store is closed. Stop poking me!

[He reaches back and grabs and Roxas' arm and yanks on it. This isn't exactly how he'd expected things to get back to some sort of normalcy between them, but he'll take it. It's kind of a relief to be able to set all the heartache aside and just mess with the kid for a while.]

[heartismyown]

Wah! [Roxas falls against his back and gives him a bemused look.]

But you always answer my questions.

[by_heart]

Not the one about where babies come from. I draw the line at that one.

[He mimes drawing a line in the air, then throws his arm over his face.]

You wore me out. I'm done. Go on without me. Or watch your stars or something. No more babies.

[heartismyown]

But that's not fair! How am I supposed to know if you don't tell me?

[Roxas glares at him, crossing his arms again.]

Fine, I won't ask about babies anymore. You didn't answer my other questions.

[by_heart]

[Lea raises an eyebrow. This is the most persistent he can remember Roxas being. Well, either that or it's just harder to beat a hasty retreat, either physically or metaphorically. He didn't answer those other questions for a good reason, but he's not sure if even getting up and walking away is going to put Roxas off of them.]

I told you I was done answering questions. We've got plenty of time, Roxas. No need to rush.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas sighs a little bit and drops his hand.]

Okay. [If they even had time, he's just not sure.]

I won't ask anymore questions.

[by_heart]

Ask them tomorrow. You have a whole boat full of people to ask, too. Go make new friends.

[That would be good for him. And, as strange as it sounds, it's a little selfish of Lea to be asking something like that, but he doesn't want to be the only one who remembers Roxas as a person. He may be his best friend, but it's better if he doesn't try to keep him to himself.]

[heartismyown]

A girl told me there's lots of people to be friends with, but I don't remember her name. Do you want to make friends with me too?

[Roxas leans back on his hands, looking up at the sky again.]

[by_heart]

I'm already your best friend, dummy. Or do you mean go with you when you make your friends, because that's a no. You need to do that yourself.

[If Roxas isn't going to pester him anymore, it's probably safe to roll back over and have a look at the sky himself, so that's what he does.]

[heartismyown]

The second one. Why? I don't know how to do it! I mean, I think you made friends with me.

[Roxas tries to remember. He doesn't remember befriending Xion.]

[by_heart]

Just talk to people and get to know them. Ask them your questions, see what they say. It's really not that hard.

[It especially won't be for Roxas, since he shares that quality with Sora that just makes you like him immediately. Lea thinks that he might have been like that himself once, back before he and Isa had gotten that crazy idea in their heads that had started this whole mess for them.]

[heartismyown]

I guess I can do that. I saw a girl today. She seemed nice. This other guy wasn't nice, he pushed me into the ocean. Did you know I can swim?

[by_heart]

[Lea can't help but laugh at that.]

What sort of question did you ask him to get him to toss you in?

[Because he assumes that's what caused it.]

[heartismyown]

Nothing! He said I should be careful not to fall off and I said I wouldn't, because of the clock tower and he pushed me off!

[by_heart]

Well, that was rude.

[He's going to have to figure out who did that.]

Throw him off the boat next time.

[heartismyown]

I guess.

[Roxas scratches his head thoughtfully.]

But then he might not be my friend.

[by_heart]

Can't be friends with everybody. Some people are just jerks.

[He realizes after saying it that he's probably opened himself up for a whole new line of questioning and kind of kicks himself for it.]

Worry about it in the morning. It's too late right now to think about stuff like that.

[heartismyown]

I guess. No one else in the Organization wanted to be my friend.

[He sighs a little and falls back flat again.]

I'm thinking about stars.

[by_heart]

[Lea reaches across the space between them and smacks Roxas' arm.]

Again, your best friend is right here.

[He falls quiet after that, though, and at last it's actually a companionable silence.]