Disclaimer: I do not own the material from Kingdom Hearts, period. This challenge belongs to the wonderful Wishing-Fire.
A/N: Next chapter in! I'm really glad people like this so far. :) I honestly thought this would be ignored because Saïx and Larxene aren't exactly the most liked characters on the FF Net Kingdom Hearts fandom from what I've seen. |D Glad I was wrong. But anyways! I'm really happy to know this is getting some attention; not to mention the pairing itself. :3 Which reminds me… I dunno if I should add the Romance tag. From what I've written so far, Saïx and Larxene are pretty snarky to one another. LOL Oh well, I'll just leave it until I change my mind. OTL
Oh yeah! And these themes are more or less likely to be pre-Days seeing as how Larxene kinda died so early in the game. ;-;
Thanks to everyone who's read, subbed, favorited, and reviewed so far! It means a lot. :)
.: Friendship :.
~ Never friends nor enemies…we just met in the middle ~
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Where could he be? Larxene impatiently thought as she strolled down the empty hallway with a cross of her arms. Marluxia was the one who wanted to speak with her about 'the plans', so why was he missing? Scowling, Larxene continued to walk down the winding corridors of the castle before catching a very rare sight.
Standing on the stairway of Twilight's View were her two favorite (not really) people: Saïx and Axel were engaged in a serious conversation even though Larxene wasn't able to hear a thing. A smirk crossed her face in remembrance. Even as Nobodies, they were still idiots joined to the hip…occasionally.
Axel soon summoned a portal of darkness before disappearing through it; leaving the Luna Diviner by himself. Taking this as an opportune moment, Larxene ascended the stairway with a cat-like walk; Saïx turning his head just slightly, but the blond was well aware she got his full attention.
Her smile was void of warmth. "We just keep running into each other, don't we?"
Saïx kept his back to her. "I know you were listening, Number XII."
There he goes again; using ranks instead of names. Annoyed, but keeping her facade playful, Larxene leaned back against the rail while tapping her foot. "Believe it or not, I couldn't hear a thing."
Golden eyes tried to stare her down, but Larxene wasn't one to back away. In actuality, she never was. Frowning, Saïx commented, "Stubborn as always."
A mocking laugh escaped her lips. Pressing her index finger lightly against her cheek in a cute manner, Larxene smirked. "I'm not the one holding onto a friendship that doesn't even exist anymore."
"Point taken." Saïx gripped the rail and gazed across the spacious hallway. "And you 'care' why?"
"Excuse me?" Larxene narrowed her eyes at the blue-haired berserker. "I don't give a damn if you two are sneaking around together. That's nothing new to me." Because she honestly had no right to talk, but Larxene would never admit that.
"I agree that 'friendship' is nothing but a farce, but where does that put you?" Saïx puzzled on purpose. "You were once a part of our equation until—"
An electrically-charged knife was pressed against Saïx's jugular and Larxene warned viciously, "I suggest you leave that sentence unfinished. You both rubbed me the wrong way—back then and still now."
They entered an intense staring contest and Larxene considered 'accidentally' pushing her knife further into Saïx's neck. However, he voluntarily sliced his skin against her knife when Saïx decidedly moved closer to her; a small rivet of blood painting her blade. She couldn't help but widen her eyes and tried to pull away when the blue-haired man automatically shot his hand up to hold hers in place.
"You son of a—!"
"Even as a Nobody, you're a complicated creature."
"…Let go of my hand."
It took a moment for Saïx to obey, but once he released Larxene's palm, he used two fingers to wipe the blood from his neck before slowly licking it off his glove. Larxene watched with disgust, yet she was fascinated by his actions.
As he walked away, Saïx mentioned, "Back then, Arlene was the one who got between Lea and Isa." He stopped in his tracks for a moment, looking over his shoulder. "So what will you do now, Larxene? Repeat your mishap with Axel?"
He left her soon after; his question still lingering in the air. Glaring at the spot Saïx was standing in moments earlier, Larxene started her search for Marluxia again. "Yeah right. I learned that lesson a long time ago…"