[score one for roxas one-uping sora. his lips even twitch into a fleeting, almost approving smirk. he always wished sora would be a little faster on the pick-up and lo and behold, his nobody does it at the worst possible time. lady luck really is a cruel mistress.]

Around 2 or 3 hours before I came here. Before you chew my head off for not sharing with the class earlier, there's a reason for it.

[just because yelling is imminent doesn't mean it needs to happen right this instant. yelling can come after storytime's done. riku's gaze shifts from roxas and toward the ground.]

I wasn't sure what to make of this town or getting pulled in or Terra being here or any of it. Xehanort manipulated everything. Anything bad that happened back home somehow had his hand in it and that's not exaggerating. I wanted to be sure this didn't.

[some part of him still worries it could be norty at work, but the guy would've made a move by now or brought sora or something! so far? ceres seems like your run of the mill villain type, no xehanort involved. he pauses, frown deepening. truth means the whole truth. roxas doesn't know what happens to him after that fight and has been dealing with that cliffhanger for too long. might as well give him a spoiler for the ending, right?]

There's also a couple things I wanted to wait on you having a cooler head for before spilling everything.

[riku doesn't know how much will come out right now, but what he does know is that he owes roxas. the reason roxas doesn't have a life isn't because he's a nobody; it's because assholes like him and xehanort used him for their own needs. giving the guy some hope and some truth and maybe some romantic push? least that he can do.]