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Prompt: Alphabetical sentence drabbles.
Pairings: Sokai, Akuroku, some Namiku (because Gray-Rain Skies inadvertently requested it .).
Warnings: Some AU, some canon.
Rating: K+/T
animosity: Sora hates Xemnas for abusing the hearts he has no choice but to release; Roxas hates Xemnas for forcing Axel to make a choice he knows tore at his lover's heartstrings.
beautiful: As horribly cheesy as it is, Axel cannot help but admit that Roxas looks utterly beautiful under the light of the heart-shaped moon.
carry: Roxas always protests that he can do everything on his own; he doesn't understand that Axel will always want to carry his burdens just because he loves him.
denied: Leon regularly denies that he's related to Sora and Cloud regularly denies he's related to Roxas, but the two cousins regularly claim to be brothers so it all evens out.
ethereal: She's something else entirely, something more than this world, and Sora is always afraid that one day she'll realize she's so much more than him and slip through his fingers.
faith: She waits by the beach every day, even when she can't remember his name, even when she's not sure if he exists, just because she knows he made a promise and that he's coming back.
guarded: He always closes himself off, to try and protect himself from feeling; Namine always wakes up afraid that this is the day he'll close off from her.
haunted: Watching Roxas fight is like watching a living ghost of Sora, and Riku has never felt more haunted than he does in this moment.
imaginary: If Nobodies are nothing more than figments of reality, Axel reflects, it shouldn't hurt so badly when Roxas leaves.
jolt: The first time he sees her, it's like a bolt of electricity has passed through his skin; she's blonde-haired innocence in a white dress, and he finds himself drawn to her despite the darkness surrounding him.
kiss: It's nothing more than a mockery of a kiss, because Axel needs Roxas and Kairi needs Sora and they figure that maybe drowning their pain for just a moment will let them forget.
living: The hardest part about going into battle is surviving, especially when your friends don't.
macabre: Sora loves graveyards in spite of himself; he reads the epitaphs and wonders what people will have to say about him once he's dead and gone.
nocturnal: The nightmares keep him awake at night, and the Keyblade Wielder never sleeps anymore.
oblivion: All he wants is an oblivion of memories, for the redhead's voice and touch and presence to leave him so that he can somehow manage to live now that he's gone.
perilous: It's dangerous, it's stupid, but it's the only thing keeping Riku grounded, and somehow he thinks Namine feels the same way.
quarrel: After he and DiZ get into fights over what to do about Roxas, it's Namine that sits with him and listens attentively, and he owes her so much for it.
reminisce: She sits on the beach and thinks about three innocent children, dreaming of rafts and paoupus and races and other worlds, and wonders when that innocence began to wither away.
sobs: When Roxas leaves, Axel strides into his room and breaks into a flurry of fire, screaming in an agony that's almost physical as he destroys his few possessions; when he finally burns himself out, he collapses to the floor and begins to cry.
territory: Riku has always been a possessive person, and when Namine starts to go see Roxas in the fake Twilight Town he finds himself filled with a righteous burning fury; when he confronts her about it, she just laughs, and tells him that Roxas is about as straight as a circle.
umbrella: The first time he sees her she's walking down the street under a bright orange umbrella that clashes horribly with rose-red hair; he laughs, and she turns to smile at him, and he falls in love.
vindicated: Somehow, Kairi's love and absolute trust wash away all of the horrible things he's done in the name of the light.
wishing: Kairi goes with Axel—not because she couldn't fight back, but because she is sick and tired of waiting and wishing for Sora and Riku to come home.
xylophone: Axel knew that Demyx played just about every instrument, but he still blinked openmouthed for a good five minutes straight when he began to play his xylophone.
yellow: If Kairi was a color, Sora decides, she'd be yellow; beautiful and vibrant, with more empathy than you can imagine and some unknown quality that draws you in more than you knew was possible.
zephyr: The wind is blowing across the ocean, and Riku, Kairi, and Sora have finally gone to sea in a sailing ship, vanishing forever into the sunset.
-fin-
AN: So I did this by listing out the first word I thought of for every letter in the alphabet. It was actually spectacularly fun; I highly recommend it as an anti-boredom tool.
Also, if any of these drabbles confused you (you weren't sure who the characters were, or you didn't get the references, or whatever), let me know, and I'll be happy to explain to you.
This chapter's for everyone who was nice enough to review (The FoxGirlKitsune, Gray-Rain Skies, A Spot of Bother, and Arami Heartilly (--hugs--)), and especially to A Spot of Bother, for taking time to read not just one, but all three fics of a random reviewer… and then add said author to their author alerts and two of said stories to their favorites list. –dies—THANK YOU:)
--Naeryx--