Axel was internally in panic. Roxas and him sat down almost a half an hour ago and neither of them had said a word. The blond boy merely glared at him the whole time. And yet despite the tension he was grateful, as grateful a Nobody could be. It gave him time to comb through the truths and lies that fill him mind.
"So are you going to speak or are we going to continue having our little eye contest."
Roxas huffed and looked away. The boy was curled up his chair with his arms crossed. "Why?" Roxas said softly
Finally, something. "Why what, Roxas."
Roxas was training his eyes on the ground. "Why did you save me?"
Axel raised his eyebrow. 'Is that was bothering him.'
"What you mean, we're friends Rox. I wasn't about to let you take on Riku on your own."
Roxas still didn't look at him but he was talking, and that was progress. "How... how do you know Riku? Who even is the guy? And why does wear our cloak?!"
"Woah, woah, one question at a time Roxas. You're getting me confused." He tried to lighten up the mood.
"Who. Is. Riku?"
Axel sighed, "Riku is... he's a keyblade wielder, just like you." Axel didn't miss as Roxas's eyes widened in surprise. Now he had the boy's attention. "He's from Destiny Island, you know, the beach world. Riku is one of Sora's best friends as far as know."
"Sora? Just who is he? Why is everything about Sora! She mentioned him, Riku mentioned him! Who the hell is Sora!" There was hurt and confusion in Roxas's blue eyes.
"Lea."
Roxas blinked in confusion. "What?"
"Lea, you once asked about who I was when I was a Somebody. My name was Lea, L-E-A. Got it memorized?"
Roxas frowned, but the anger in his face was gone. So Axel counted it as a win.
"I don't get it, why go from Lea to Axel?" Roxas said curiously.
Then Axel had an idea "Well... here, hand me a pen and paper, it's easier to explain that way."
Roxas nodded and did as Axel told him.
Axel grinned as he began to write. "See, if you spell my name, it's spelled A-x-e-l. That's my Nobody name. Now my Somebody name, that's spelled L-E-A, Lea. Lets take Saix for example. S-a-ï-x. His Somebody name was Isa, I-s-a. Got the pattern memorized yet?"
Roxas looked careful at the mess Axel had written down.
"Lea.. if you add an X then it's Axel. Same Saix's name."
Axel nodded then he wrote down Roxas's name and handed the pen over to the boy.
Roxas gulped as he took the pen, slowly he scribbled out the 'x' and rearranged the letters.
R-o-x-a-s
S-o-r-a
He stared at the paper, he couldn't tell whether he should be mad or surprised.
"I'm Sora's Nobody..."
Axel nodded, he decided to just let Roxas progress everything. He remembered when he first met the boy, even the Dusks had more personality than him.
But now the boy had grown so much in the course of a year, he had truly become his own person.
'He maybe the Nobody of Sora, but Roxas is nothing like him. He's his own person.' Axel thought to himself.
"So everything you said was true? About her being a... a puppet?"
"I'm sorry Rox, I'm really am."
"When did you find out, about her?"
Axel sighed, it was one of those questions. When did he find out, the days they all spent together were nothing but a haze.
"Hmm, hard to tell now. I think it was right before she left the Organization."
Roxas sighed, how could have he been so blind?
"Hey Axel?"
Axel looked at him.
"What's her name?"
Axel opened his mouth before immediately. What was her name? "No."
The atmosphere was tense. Roxas tried to wrap his head around everything.
She was a puppet
He was the nobody of Sora
Just is Sora? Why is Sora so important? He didn't know, it seemed more he knew the more questions he had. 'Why did you have to leave.' He reached out the paper that held her image.
"AXEL!"
Axel jumped at Roxas's panicked screaming. "What! I'm right here, you don't have to yell."
Roxas thrusted the paper at Axel. "Look!"
Sure enough Axel looked at the paper he felt himself become sick. The figure he had drawn was distorted, only their cloak was recognizable. Her name was gone, her face was gone.
They had do something, and fast.