"I don't understand why he didn't do something," Roxas said, his words clipped and full of frustration. Not directed at Sora, exactly—well, okay, sort of, but it wasn't like he blamed Sora.
But Sora was the Keyblade Master. There was a reason he was supposed to be worth Roxas and Xion giving up their very existences, wasn't there? Because he was suppose to save people, wasn't he? So why couldn't he save Axel?!
He swiped at his eyes with the back of one hand when he realized tears were starting to gather in them. "Did you both just forget to bring a Cure spell?"
There was no good reason to be angry at Axel when he was the one who died, but he couldn't keep the emotion from spilling over into his words. It was still better than continuing to sit still, curling in on himself as a sick feeling uncurled inside him. And it was easier to be angry than to give in to what he really felt.
Guilt.
Axel and Sora got along well, he knew. Sora had the same effect on him that he seemed to have on everyone. People just liked him, wanted to be around him, were better people when they were. But Axel didn't like Sora enough to die for him, he was pretty sure. But in this future that he'd never experienced and hoped he never would, Roxas knew he was with Sora. And Axel would definitely die for his sake. He knew that was true because he'd have done the same for his best friends, if they hadn't both beaten him to it.
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But Sora was the Keyblade Master. There was a reason he was supposed to be worth Roxas and Xion giving up their very existences, wasn't there? Because he was suppose to save people, wasn't he? So why couldn't he save Axel?!
He swiped at his eyes with the back of one hand when he realized tears were starting to gather in them. "Did you both just forget to bring a Cure spell?"
There was no good reason to be angry at Axel when he was the one who died, but he couldn't keep the emotion from spilling over into his words. It was still better than continuing to sit still, curling in on himself as a sick feeling uncurled inside him. And it was easier to be angry than to give in to what he really felt.
Guilt.
Axel and Sora got along well, he knew. Sora had the same effect on him that he seemed to have on everyone. People just liked him, wanted to be around him, were better people when they were. But Axel didn't like Sora enough to die for him, he was pretty sure. But in this future that he'd never experienced and hoped he never would, Roxas knew he was with Sora. And Axel would definitely die for his sake. He knew that was true because he'd have done the same for his best friends, if they hadn't both beaten him to it.