Axel shook his head at Xion. Usually seeing people cry made Axel a little uncomfortable, but somehow this was different. Lifting his hand from beneath hers he ruffled her head.
"You were always something, kiddo," he said fondly. "All we did was show you what ice cream was."
He sort of balked at her words then, his eyes widening a bit. Love? It hadn't been so very long ago, all things considered, that Roxas had asked him about that very subject, seated atop the clock tower in Twilight Town. What was it he'd said? That Nobodies couldn't love because they lacked that one vital component?
'Once Kingdom Hearts is complete, you'll be able to do all kinds of things.'
Maybe Kingdom Hearts hadn't been such an important prerequisite after all. Hearts or no hearts, whatever they had here was pretty damn special.
Axel nodded.
"I promise too," he said firmly, knowing as well as Roxas did that it was a dangerous sort of promise, given the lack of higher control they had over their presence here. Well, the Powers That Be be damned; he had found his way here after death, he had found his second chance to make things up to the people most important to him... He'd already beaten the odds, so this was a promise he could find the strength to make, uncertainties notwithstanding. "I already promised I'd always be there, didn't I?" he said with a wry grin, lifting his other hand to plop it on top of Roxas' head. "Make sure you commit it to memory this time."
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"You were always something, kiddo," he said fondly. "All we did was show you what ice cream was."
He sort of balked at her words then, his eyes widening a bit. Love? It hadn't been so very long ago, all things considered, that Roxas had asked him about that very subject, seated atop the clock tower in Twilight Town. What was it he'd said? That Nobodies couldn't love because they lacked that one vital component?
'Once Kingdom Hearts is complete, you'll be able to do all kinds of things.'
Maybe Kingdom Hearts hadn't been such an important prerequisite after all. Hearts or no hearts, whatever they had here was pretty damn special.
Axel nodded.
"I promise too," he said firmly, knowing as well as Roxas did that it was a dangerous sort of promise, given the lack of higher control they had over their presence here. Well, the Powers That Be be damned; he had found his way here after death, he had found his second chance to make things up to the people most important to him... He'd already beaten the odds, so this was a promise he could find the strength to make, uncertainties notwithstanding. "I already promised I'd always be there, didn't I?" he said with a wry grin, lifting his other hand to plop it on top of Roxas' head. "Make sure you commit it to memory this time."