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It feels like home to me

Who: Sora (

heartslight) and Roxas (

pullsheavendown)
What: Axel's apartment gains another resident; Sora brings home a stray, Kairi gets warm and Roxas learns about PDAs.
When: After this
Where: Axel's increasingly crowded apartment in Olympia.
Warning(s): Kingdom Hearts still doesn't make any sense.

[Getting away and out of the snow definitely helps with raising body temperatures, but as Sora leads Kairi through the streets towards the apartment, still holding her hand as though he's afraid of what might happen should he let go, he worries that her fingers are still cold and that she might still be too.

Yup. Definitely going straight for the cocoa once he gets her wrapped up in his comforter on the couch. Maybe he can lend her some clean pj bottoms too to warm up her legs. Ooh, and socks! Can't forget socks.

He nudges her shoulder playfully and smiles at her, still not quite believing what he's seeing after so long. He'll have to get Roxas to pinch him.]

It's not much further now! Hey, are you hungry? I could rustle up something when we get in... maybe some spaghetti or somethi- oh shoot, this isn't the right street.

[He steers her around and back down the road they've come from, and then a few moments later he's opening the door to the small apartment he shares with Roxas and Axel.

Hmm... maybe he should have called ahead to let them know.

Once they're through the door, he still doesn't let Kairi's hand go and squeezes it before he calls out:]

Roxas? Axel? You guys home?

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[He's the only one home right now, but Roxas doesn't feel lonely. It was fine when it was just him and Axel, they don't need lots of company, but it's felt homier since Sora moved in. And it's for sure better than having him all the way in Wyver. (What a pain that had been.)]

Just me!

[He hops to his feet, sticking a finger in his book to mark the page and wanders out from their room to the main area, raising a hand in greeting.]

What's up? Did you want to get some...oh.

[He blinks.]

Kairi?

[ Sora, please. You don't need to worry so much about her and do so many things for her!! She's a big girl and she'll be fine!! No need to cook, just let her raid your fridge, that's all —

But it's a little jarring to see Roxas standing right there, once they get home. Not in a bad way, mind you, but seeing someone who technically shouldn't be standing there is a little shocking. But she's ... glad, that he's there. It warms her heart to know he is.

So she gives him a friendly smile, aware of how strange this must be. ]

Um, hey, Roxas. Sora told me you were here.

[ So at least he doesn't have to scramble to figure out what to say about that.

There's a small bit of shakiness in her voice, but that's due to how cold she is, rather than any outpouring of emotions. She kind of needs like 30 blankets. ]

I shoulda called ahead and let you know, I'm sorry, I got kinda distracted 'cause we were out in the snow in Nadril and I heard someone calling my name and it was Kairi! And oh yeah... I get to finally introduce you guys properly!

[He looks between the two of them and smiles warmly, moving to wrap his right arm Kairi as he presents her to Roxas with his left hand.]

Roxas, this is Kairi. Kairi, this is Roxas.

[If he looks a bit excited to be introducing them, it's because he is. Like a puppy.]

Is it okay if she stays with us for a while? Do you think Axel's gonna mind, should I call him- oh right, you're still cold!

[And his attention's bouncing back and forth between them like a game of pingpong.]

Hey, should I make us some cocoa?

[That's a lot of words coming practically on top of each other, and the surprise would probably keep Roxas from comprehending all of them if he weren't used to Sora being...well, Sora.]

Oh, yeah, of course it is. [...probably? No, definitely. Axel wouldn't mind, even if it's tight, right? Without Riku, she'd be all alone otherwise.] There's still milk in the refrigerator, go ahead.

[He could offer to make it himself, give them a couple more minutes to catch up, but—oh, he's gone. Roxas hesitates for a moment before shrugging and giving Kairi an awkward smile.]

Hey. This is the first time we've met in person, right?

[Being transparent that one time didn't count.]

[ Kairi only laughs softly at Sora's ... Soraness. ]

I'd like that.

[ The hot cocoa, that is. She just had to end up in a freezing area, huh. At least now she's inside and already feeling better. Damn islandness.

But she turns her attention to Roxas, giving him a soft smile. ]

Yeah. It's nice to finally meet you. For real this time.

I still don't really know how 'met' the first time, but I guess it was something to do with...

[He looks over into the kitchen at Sora and chuckles, scratching his head still kind of awkwardly.]

Did he explain everything to you? About who's been here, and me and him kind of...

[He holds his index fingers together, then pulls them apart, making a quiet 'shoof' noise.]

[ She lets out a breathy laugh at his little demonstration. ]

Yup, he told me. [ As much as he could, anyway. No one seems to get how they split apart, but. ]

I don't really understand it, but ... it's a good thing, right? That the two of you ... you know. Can be here.

It's pretty good for me.

[Oof...he knows immediately that he shouldn't have said that. He didn't mean it, not like that. He doesn't blame Sora for what happened to him.]

I mean...it's pretty good. I got kind of used to just being me.

[Even if he'd technically been Sora for 14 times as long.]

[ She doesn't blame him for saying that. But she knows it's not just good for him. So long as Sora's safe, and he seems to be just fine, then there can't be any down sides to this. For the both of them.

And she smiles. ]

It's good for Sora, too. [ And then she leans in a little, glancing over in Sora's direction. ] He's glad you're here. We all are.

[ Straightening her back again. ] So feel free to be you.

[Sora can't stop smiling. He's pretty smiley at the best of times, but knowing that one of the most important people in all of the worlds he's ever been to is sitting on the sofa in the next room getting to know someone else who's become very important to him makes him smile all the more. Sure, he knows that Kairi's always with him, wherever he goes, but really having her with him makes everything feel that little bit brighter.

He's busy in the kitchen stirring cocoa powder into the simmering milk when he's pretty sure hears his name and, given that he's paying more attention to the milk on the stove than his friends' conversation, he calls out through the door towards the living room:]

Hey! Should my ears be burning in here? You guys aren't sharing any embarrassing stories about me-

[Oh shoot, what if they weren't but now he's given them the idea to?]

...right?

[Geez, she's nice. (Well, he knew that already, but it's different to experience in person, compared to secondhand memories.) No wonder Sora likes her so much. He doesn't know what to say to that—whether he should say anything about how much that sentiment means to him—so he smiles, and nods.

It's good timing when Sora comes back, because he's not sure where to go from here.]

Hey, what makes you think I even have embarrassing stories to share [They haven't been here long enough to collect any, have they? But I could think about it and try to come up with one. Or you can go first, Kairi.

[ His smile is enough! She's just glad he's here and safe, really.

And she is so into where the conversation has suddenly gone, and she takes on a bit of a mischievous expression. ]

Oh, I've got plenty. [ They did grow up together, after all. She knows about any time Sora's been afraid, or fallen off something, or gotten splashed by a fish, or whatever else. ]

But I don't want to embarrass him too much. Unless you want me to, Roxas.

[ You did this yourself, Sora. She's got a playful tone to her voice, at least. ]

[He grins, but it's more aimed at Sora than at Kairi. It's kind of an evil grin.]

Oh, go ahead. I'd love to hear them.

[Sora might make a good Other, but Roxas makes a terrible Nobody.]

[Still stuck in the kitchen and utterly horrified, there's a quick yelp of alarm from Sora as he momentarily abandons the stove and dart out to stick his head around the door.]

Don't you dare!

[And then he runs back to the stove because cocoa's very important after all.]

[ Okay, she's laughing at this. She never meant to do any harm, Sora, gosh, calm down!! ]

Okay, okay! Your secrets are safe with me!

[ And then ... whispering to Roxas. ]

I'll tell you some later.

[ Look she's nice but she also likes to mess around. She wouldn't say anything awful anyway. Just silly things. ]

[Oh, he definitely likes her already.]

I'm counting on it.

[He whispers back, but if Sora looks back at them, the wicked grin on his face should tell him exactly what they're talking about still.]

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It feels like home to me

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smashes through the wall of work travel and illness and holiday travel

SIGHS a perfectly good wall, ruined!

that wall was an asshole!

two wrongs don't make a right!!

but three rights make a left

but we don't have three rights

but we do have three LIGHTS right Nomura. RIGHT.

we better

nah everyone sora loves is nort'd

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