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I'm fine. Why?

[why you lying]

i'm coming to find you, dummy

[worry about yourself]

I'll be fine. Go rest. I'll be back eventually.

[You're all he's got left from their home worlds he doesn't want to rest. He's not about to go talk to Saix.]

i don't want to

[All that blighting you got and you still insist on coming to get him?]

Can you even get out of bed?

[Sora can't.......handle this anymore. He can't handle being stuck in one room, he can't handle being told to rest, he can't handle all this heartbreak.]

fine

[That'll be the last reply Sora gives because he's chucking his phone at the wall and getting up and leaving to not rest.]

Edited 2016-10-05 02:29 (UTC)

[Roxas just looks at the text and pockets his phone.

A nagging feeling is telling him that this was probably not a "I give up" kind of text... He just grumbles and gets up to see if he can track a certain idiot down before he gets himself hurt. Akihabara had a shrine somewhere in this mess of a town he can use or stop Sora at, right?]

[Sora doesn't tell anyone at the temple he's leaving. He just does. The teleport makes his ears ring and his hands shake.

The cement feels cold his bare feet and it's cold out but he doesn't care.

He's never even been to Akihabara before. He looks around the small old shrine before he starts for the stairs.]

[Don't worry, Roxas is pretty much right around the corner. When he sees Sora, he wants to yell at him.

Seeing as Sora wasn't even properly dressed makes that anger fade enough that worry takes over... Dammit. Really?]

Sora!

[He won't even let the other make it to the stairs as he bounds down and stops. He stares before letting out a sigh, turning around to kneel on the ground.] Get on my back. No more walking.

[He wouldn't have cared if Roxas had yelled at him. He just feels a small ache of relief when he sees Roxas.

But when Roxas tells him to get on his back he shakes his head and grips Roxas' arm to pull him up.]

I'm fine! I can walk on my own.

[He's has no idea what he's doing or what he wants but being told to rest is not one of those things.]

[Okay, now the anger is coming back as he looks straight at Sora.]

Yeah, I can see that!

[After he snaps he's tempted to just pick Sora up and carry him back home. Though, in the long run that might not either of them any good. He did come here to escape the depressing sight of two missing temples... He lets out an annoyed sigh and takes his hoodie off, shoving it at Sora.]

At least put this on.

[He takes the hoodie when it's shoved at him and he looks down and stares at it. The world goes muted for a second as he feels his throat catch.

He then just leans forward and bumps his forehead against Roxas' chest and stands there, shaking.]

[That reaction throws Roxas off. He's hesitant to wrap his arms around Sora, but he does so eventually.]

Sora?

[What is going on with you right now?]

[He knows Roxas probably doesn't want to hear it, that Roxas has his own things to worry about but Sora doesn't know how else to process that Riku's gone. He's desperately upset about the others too but it's Riku that really hurts. He misses Riku and Kairi, Donald and Goofy, so much right now he can barely stand it. He's just so grateful that Roxas is here.

He slowly moves to hug Roxas weakly, still hiding his face.]

They might come back someday, right. You said that.

[Sora would be right. He doesn't want to hear something like that. It leaves him with a bitter taste in his mouth. Yes, he knows Riku is Sora's best friend, but this Riku didn't even remember him. No, Roxas has to chide himself. Even though the situations are vastly different, they both lost their best friends within days of each other.]

They might. Just have hope.

[It sounds hollow. He doesn't want Axel to come back. He doesn't think he can learn to like another one. He doesn't want his old friends coming back as the same but different. No, he's sick of it. Please, it has to stop. It would break his heart.]

[Sora isn't used to losing people like this. It's all very hard for him to accept still. It's something so new for him to process that even if Roxas' words are hollow he still likes hearing it. They might come back, he might be able to see them again someday. He doesn't even care if they might be different. Just being with them again would make him happy.

Tears well up in his eyes for the countless time in the last few days but he breaks away from Roxas and rubs them away. He's so tired of crying too.]

I'll hold onto that. [He says quietly. He'll keep his thoughts about Riku to himself too. He has Roxas and that's all he needs right now. He pulls the hoodie on finally.]

[Even if it'll be frustrating to Sora, Roxas is going to want to take care of him as much as the other will let him. He's not worried about himself. He's done this way too many times to let himself be crushed by this loss. It's not that he doesn't miss his friends, but Roxas is just going to move on as fast as he can. It's going to happen again. Over and over.

Roxas' face is unreadable as he watches Sora.]

Can I carry you now? You don't have shoes on. [Before Sora can say anything in protest-] I'm not going home. I can take you back, or you can come with me.

[Sora looks down at his feet and wiggles his toes. Yeah. He did that. He threw fit and he knows it. He wonders briefly how cracked his phone is gonna be when he finds it.]

Fine, but I'm not going back. I'm going wherever you're going.

[Don't even try to leave him behind somewhere right now he will fight it until the sun comes up.]

[Why did Roxas even bother asking that question if he knew Sora would answer this way? He can't help but crack a small smile as he moves to kneel down with his back to Sora.]

Come on. We're getting you some shoes first.

[And then go someplace warm for a while. He doesn't want to find out if a god can get sick or not.]

[This is starting to be a theme of Roxas helping or carrying him around. He fusses for a moment longer before he carefully gets on Roxas' back, wrapping his arms around his neck gently.]

Just get some socks I'll walk around in socks.

[That makes no sense, but it's not like they're going mountain climbing or anything. Sora thinks he'll be fine with just some socks.]

No, we're getting you shoes. You'll slip and fall with socks.

[Stop being a little kid. Roxas stands and shifts Sora around so they were both more comfortable. He has to remember where he passed a store that sold clothing last as he treks up the stairs.]

Are you hungry? We can go find a place to eat after. If not, there's cafes everywhere here. You can get tea or something.

[Food actually sounds amazing right now. Mega amazing. He sighs softly, already feeling a little better.]

You're too good to me, you know that. [He mutters. He just wants to be around Roxas and would be content with sitting anywhere with him, but Roxas is thoughtful.] Can we get some hot soup?

[He still thinks it's waste to buy a brand new pair of shoes for him when it's his fault he threw himself out here. But he's too emotionally drained to fight it.]

[That's because Roxas is used to taking care of the other Sora, he's just doting on this one more than the other.

He keeps himself focused on finding a store, stopping in front of one before he answers.] Yeah. I know a place that has some... I'm gonna have to take you in here with me.

[He doesn't want to add more discomfort with ill fitting shoes. He enters the store with Sora on his back and heads for the right department. Thankfully there was a chair he could deposit the other into.]

Do you want just plain shoes or colors?

[It's a good thing humans don't notice them very much. Must be strange to see two people coming in like this, someone with no shoes on being piggy backed around. Still, Sora blushes because it feels kind of strange to be in public like this.]

He glances around when Roxas asks and then says without skipping a beat he points,] Those red converse runners over there.

[If he's gonna get a brand new pair of shoes might as well be ones he likes, right? He thought about getting yellow ones, but he likes red better.] You should get a new pair too!

[Looking over, Roxas notices the shoes right away. They're perfectly Sora. He walks over and grabs them, handing them to Sora as he blinks.]

Huh? I should? [He looks down at his own shoes... it might help to get new ones. He's had these since he's found them back in Koriko. But they're comfortable...] .... yeah, I think I should.

[Easiest thing to do is just to get a pair of black sneakers. At least he picks ones that have red and white markings on them with red shoelaces. Some color is better than none.]

I'll get these.