Title: Breathtaking
Theme: Heart Song
Summary: She doesn't sing often, but he wishes she would.


She doesn't usually sing.

She doesn't even like her voice that much when she's simply speaking. It's too soft and timid; Larxene likes to tell her that she sounds squeaky. She imagines that the assault on her voice would've been much more vicious had Axel not been there to control the Savage Nymph.

So she sounds like a toddler when she speaks, and that's why she rarely does. Except for when he visits her; it's then that she can't seem to keep her mouth shut. The words pour out of her mouth before she can ever fully comprehend what she's saying.

But sometimes when she's by herself, she sings. Nothing in particular, just words that pop into her head. She hums a lot, but never whistles. She generally sings herself love songs. They're always about one boy, but she'd never admit it.

Not even if they locked her in a room with a rabid Larxene.

Well, okay, maybe, but there would have to be ridiculous amounts of torture involved.

He hears her by accident one time. He's only walking by the room when he hears the muffled sound, but he never tells her that he heard. She'd never sing again, and he knows it. But nevertheless, he sticks his ear to the door and listens to her, completely entranced by the timid sound of her voice.

Namine's singing isn't perfect, and Roxas knows that he's heard better music in Atlantica, but he likes her singing the best.


It's short, but I really like it. Besides, I couldn't resist adding the teeny bit of Larxel. They're too cute.