ic contact;

[coexistent]

"I'm not around, so... leave a message, I guess."

Comments

[coexistent]

Terra did?

[roxas scrunches his nose... why would he do that? though it's probably not important now—terra is gone, and there's been no trace of him since then.]

I don't think you should push yourself too hard. If you're not used to it... it's not going to help, right? I don't want you to get hurt.

[immobileyes]

I know... but I don't want you to have to keep protecting me. You've already been hurt doing that...

... So just a short break, okay?

[coexistent]

I'm okay... I know how to fight.

[and to make sure she's safe? it's a good reason to keep fighting.]

I don't think most people learn and get used to this stuff that quick, anyway.

[immobileyes]

Really...? You and Ruby seem like you've never had any trouble with it...

[coexistent]

I dunno about Ruby but... I don't think it's really the same for me anyway. I've always been able to do this and I had to do it every single day, but...

[they're things he inherited from sora, aren't they? things his body remembered.]

[immobileyes]

That... doesn't sound like you had a lot of time to do anything else.

[coexistent]

I didn't, really. In all my time with the Organization, I only ever had one day off.

[immobileyes]

O-one?? [ did her voice just squeak, it did. ]

That's terrible!! Seto worked all the time and even he had two days off every week!

[ Roxas?? Your Organization? Sucks???? ]

[coexistent]

I didn't even know it was weird until Axel told me what summer vacation was. Even then... I couldn't imagine having a whole month with nothing to do.

[so to him, it was just normal. he knows now that it isn't, but back then? it seemed crazy to him.]

[immobileyes]

It's even harder when you have years with nothing to do... but I think a month might be okay.

[coexistent]

Years... it's kind of hard to imagine. Back then, I didn't even know what to do with just day.

[immobileyes]

That's different now though, right? I mean, that you'd have things you'd want to do.

[coexistent]

Yeah... there's a lot I want to try to do now, if I can.

[immobileyes]

I think you could! What do you really want to do first?

[coexistent]

I... really want to go to the beach.

[immobileyes]

Have you talked to Hiro about it? I know he wanted to go, too.

[ WILL THIS BEACH TRIP EVER HAPPEN, THEY'RE TRYING. ]

[coexistent]

Yeah... I think it's just that things keep happening, so we can never get to figuring everything out.

[immobileyes]

Mm, I know... maybe after the next weird thing happens, we can try to go then?

[ Because it's gonna happen. ]

[coexistent]

Yeah... that sounds like a good idea, as long as it's not too weird.

[since everyone trying to recoup from trauma doesn't exactly make for a good trip, probably.]

[immobileyes]

It better not be. We haven't had a chance to have fun with everyone in a long time.

[coexistent]

I know... I think the last time we did anything fun was that school festival thing, and we didn't even all hang out then, either.

[immobileyes]

Right... so I think it'd be fun to have another... [ what had they called it... ] ... friend-date? Even if I don't know what it's going to be like.

[coexistent]

Yeah! I dunno what it'll be like either, but if it's all of us together... it's gotta be fun, right?

[immobileyes]

Yeah... I hope so. Going to the beach was something you wanted to do with your best friends, right?

[coexistent]

Yeah... we said we'd do it the next time we had a day off.

[but that day never came.]