Hello.

Notes: Based on COM story line, just more Larxene centered.

Contrary to how I usually write, each chapter will not be too long. Well, hopefully. XP

So give it a chance and please read!! Thank you!

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It was unbelievable really. He was acting as if he had a heart; as if he was listening to it, following his own greedy desires by a false pulse. She could almost hear it, the clear and thumping rhythm. It was distracting her from her readings. Marluxia's voice was easy to ignore, but not what she was hearing now, and although she knew he didn't have a heart, she could have sworn he did because the ambition in his tone sounded just too real to be true.

Gently, she placed the red ribbon between the pages she was reading from and tossed the book on the small table in front of her. It was one of Ansem's studies, on matters of the heart, a book most interesting to her because even though she understood the words written on the pages, she couldn't understand the feelings. Only vague memories of her past helped guide her.

In fact, it was those memories that compelled her to decide to listen to Marluxia. He caught a glimpse of the book cover and smirked. Larxene was always reading something, this time it was different.

"What happened to that other book, Mark de sa…mething?" He asked.

"It's Marquis de Sade, and I finished reading it, naturally." Larxene replied smiling.

"Anyways, are you going to or not?"

Larxene watched him stare down at her, waiting impatiently for a reply. What was she supposed to say? She was only pretending to listen, giving a small nod or a barely audible murmur every time his tone of voice sounded like he was asking her something. It didn't matter though; she knew what he was asking of her. She knew him.

"Treason is capital crime, you know." She said smiling.

"We're not going against the Organization really; we're merely improving it…" Marluxia went on, waving his hands to emphasize his point.

"Why should I?" Larxene quipped, checking her fingernails. "Unless there's something in it for me."

"Of course there is. I've already told you what your reward would be for aiding my movement."

"Xemnas promises the same thing." Larxene stood up; the words she spoke were attacking his proposal.

Marluxia's gesticulation grew more towards Larxene as he tried to convince the woman. "He doesn't care about you, or any of us! Once he gets his heart, he won't bother with ours-"

"You don't care about me, or the others! You can't. Once you get your heart, how do I know you won't bother with us?" Larxene exclaimed, raising her hands to her hips.

"I used to. I used to care about you."

She froze. He said something unexpected and she wasn't prepared to counter his statement. So she stood there, resting on her memories that had flooded into her vision. She remembered when she had a heart, sort of.

"Larxene?"

It was unlike her to stop and smell the roses. Maybe he said something to upset her, which wouldn't have been such a bad thing; she was annoying at times. He readied himself for any attack she might have planned, moving his arms just slightly to not give off the notion that he was scared or worried. His eyes focused on her expression, which she never bothers to hide.

Larxene lifted up her face and smiled sweetly at him, once again taking a seat on the red velvet couch. She picked up her book and opened it to her bookmarked page. Once done, she looked up at him. "You promise?"

"Of course." He replied.

"You swear on your heart?" She added.

He chuckled at her word games and turned around to face the door. Walking a few steps, he stopped in his tracks and grinned.

"Sure."

Marluxia disappeared and she gazed at the last spot he stood on. It didn't change or anything, and it wasn't marked from his disappearance, but she watched it intently because that's where he made his promise, and she was going to imprint it into her memories, every detail, down to which tile he stood on.

Really, it was unbelievable. She believed him.

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Yay!! It's short!!

BECAUSE each chapter is pretty short, this story is already completed and fully written. So expect updates weekly.