Wish

by RaeFoxOni

Disclaimer: I don't own the Kingdom Hearts franchise, or the song that inspired this fic. So nyeah! XD

"I would upon a star, but that star, it doesn't shine." – Blink 182's Story of a Lonely Guy

I sit on the ledge of the station tower, watching the sunset. I used to come up here with my two best friends, Axel and Xion. I remember it all now. But I'm still stuck in this limbo inside my Somebody. He's a good guy, really, as far as Somebodies go. I get to visit Twilight Town in the recesses of his memory. It's especially easy the days he spends on the beach with his friends.

It's still pretty lonely.

I remember sitting on this very ledge when I existed as a Nobody. I used to wish for a heart, even if Axel couldn't tell me why it was so important. Of course, looking back now I figure I always had one. Maybe not a whole heart, just a piece from Sora that I had stolen when he created me.
I also figure that's why seeing Axel die through Sora's eyes made me want to die too.

There was nothing I could do, though. So now, as the stars begin to twinkle far off in the sky, my wish now is that I could only see them again. Even for just a moment. Even if it would be a figment from Sora's memory, like everything else I see now.

Do stars even shine for a Nobody? What about me, a special case?

If Axel were here, he'd call me a-

"Special Spacecase, haha…"

My head snaps down from stargazing. The yellow lights reflect beautifully from those forest green eyes that I've missed so much. I jump up quickly and tackle him.

"Are you real? You feel solid…" I ask.

"Roxas, we were never real to begin with." I squeeze my eyes shut; I don't want to hear that. "All the more reason for this, right here, to happen." I release him slightly.

"Huh?" I ask blankly. Axel grins.

"We existed. That defied logic in and of itself. You wished so strongly that the loophole in nature let me through, I guess." He pauses. "But I think I'm only allowed back here, in your Somebody's subconscious."

"But what about Xion?"

"She was never even a Nobody, Roxas. When you eliminated her, she merely ceased to be. She didn't – couldn't – return to nothingness like I did. I'm sorry, Roxas." My chest hurts where I imagine the piece of Sora's heart would be.

"It's okay, Axel. It's just…I have you right now." I hesitate. "Can you stay?" I ask tentatively, afraid. "I've been so lonely, Axel…"

"I'm not going anywhere, even if I'm not supposed to stay." I grin.

"I've got that memorized." He just laughs, and we sit, side-by-side, and watch the moon rise, hopefully for the first time until forever.

Sora's face, smushed deeply into a stack of homework, breaks into a cheesy grin as his snores continue.

A/n: So it can be taken as a pairing or just good friendship (which would be a first for me XD) I'm not sure yet how KH:3D is going to play out, so this doesn't involve any of whatever is to come from the series. I'd consider it post KH2, even Re:Coded since that doesn't change Axel's and Roxas' current fate.

Anywho, hoped you liked :)