[002 || Written]

[darknessinside]

[The handwriting is a little sloppy, as if this was jotted down in a hurry.]

Hey Spades--

Found some stragglers. I'm bringing them back to the ship.


[Private to Sora:]

Heads up...one of them is Roxas.

Comments

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[heartismyown]

Wow...

[Roxas is sufficiently in awe, Axel didn't say all that much about the beach and he didn't really welcome any follow up questions.]

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[darknessinside]

Yeah... It was...pretty great.

[And yet he'd wanted nothing more than to leave. Riku sighs.]

Anyway, you'll see. We'll find a good beach to go to here.

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[heartismyown]

Really? Okay. I hope so. There's water here, it's already pretty amazing. We didn't have anything like this in Twilight Town.

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[darknessinside]

...I know.

[Glances at Roxas.]

The Organization never sent you anywhere that had an ocean?

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[heartismyown]

[Roxas has to think about this. These memories are part of the clump of memories that just got shoved back into his head and it takes a minute for him to sort through them. He's quiet almost too long for such a simple question, but finally he nods.]

I remember getting a seashell before, but I don't know what I did with it. There must have been an ocean there, but I wasn't allowed to go to the beach. Supposed to go to work and go back to the castle.

[He exhales and smiles a bit.] But me and Axel didn't always do that. A lot of times we go up to the clock tower and eat sea salt ice cream and watch the sun set! Because we're best friends.

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[darknessinside]

Yeah, I know you guys were close. Are close. He kept trying to go into Twilight Town and get you back.

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[heartismyown]

I didn't remember him.

[The single words hurt him straight to the core. How he could have forgotten Axel, he didn't know.]

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[darknessinside]

You do now. That's what matters.

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[heartismyown]

[Roxas tilts his head, looking at Riku curiously.]

Do you think so? You think he'll forgive me for forgetting him? I didn't mean to! I just...couldn't remember anything.

[Doesn't he sound frustrated too.]

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[darknessinside]

[Looks faintly amused, though being amused at Roxas' frustration probably isn't cool, so he tries to wipe the expression from his face.]

I don't think not forgiving you was ever an option. He doesn't seem mad at you now, right? He probably knows it wasn't your fault.

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[heartismyown]

Maybe. I hope so. I don't like it when I forget things.

[It is really frustrating.]

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[darknessinside]

Trust me. I know how the best friend thing works. If Sora could forgive me, Lea can definitely forgive you.