She stood in silence for a moment before speaking up, "I thought everything was destroyed...thanks to that...thing..." Her expression then darkens before responding to him, "Okay... let's go then..."
"Would you prefer to take the stairs this time?" He chuckles directing her attention to the door.
"no. ..." she mumbled.
He smiles, scoops her up and takes a running jump off of the roof. The ground starts racing towards them. As graceful as a cat, he lands barely making a noise. She's in his arms, still astounded by this feat, and can't help but crack a smile.
He begins bounding from rooftop to rooftop, they reach her partially rubble home in no time at all.
At this point she doesn't know what to say, her emotions flooding back at the sight of her home.
He puts her down gently, and stays standing strong where he is, watching. Almost studying her.
She takes a step forward, and slowly approaches her home. She brushes her hand along some of the rubble. As she does this, he follows her, staying close by just in case something happens to her... He feels he must watch... For some reason beyond his control.
"I doubt I'll find anything here in tact" she sighed while looking around.
"Hey, did you find anything?" He said, hoping for a clue in his case but fully knowing how unlikely that would be. He kicked around some debris looking for the silver charm he had found earlier that went missing.
"Can you... help me find some stuff... maybe?" She turned to look at him with pleading eyes.
He shrugs and asks "What are you looking for?"
"Well... you know... clothes and what not... like you said..." she twiddled her fingers.
He reaches down and somehow manages to pull out a tiny pair of lacey underwear. Clueless he says, "Like this?"
Her face immediately turns red. Of course that's the first thing he'd find. She quickly goes to snatch it from him.
He plasters a grin on his face, proud, like he found the one thing she couldn't live without... Still absolutely clueless.
"God... ugh... maybe just...leave it to me...?" she fumbled and stuffed the underwear away before scrambling to find something else in the rubble.
"Hey, what's this thing..." she turned to reveal a silver charm in her hand.
"Gimme that!" He snatches it out of her hand before she can even flinch and stuffs it into his pocket. "That belongs to..." He pauses mumbles, " ... Someone..."
She froze. "Um...okay then... " She then turned around and continued searching. "Ugh! How come the only god damn thing we've found was one PANTY?!"
He tosses aside more debris and stumbles on a dresser only partially broken, he pitches it beside her and it smashes it, spilling out any remaining contents at her feet. "Anything in there you need?"
She raised a brow at his unnecessary violence, but then responds. "Hmm... yes this is good. At least I'll have clothes… But I need a bag..." she looked around and rummaged for a bag or backpack.
While she searches, he continued to survey the area and keep a watchful eye on her. She then grabbed a bag from under some debris, and stuffed as much clothing as she could in there. Anything else of importance she stuffed in as well.
"All set?" He asked, as he looked out the massive gap in the roof and walls around them.
Suddenly she ran into him and hugged him. Her face to his chest, he felt it dampen a little.
He wrapped his arms around her, awkward at first, but soon both of them fell into the comfort of an embrace.
She was crying, but he could only tell by the wetness of his shirt, her sniffles, and the quick rise and fall of her shoulders.
He continued to hold her close until she felt the need to pull away.
She started to pull away feeling embarrassed, wiping her face. "Let's go…" she said softly, pretending like nothing was wrong.
Before she pulled away too quickly, he held her a little and said, "Sure... Let's go..." There was something else he wanted to say, but he couldn't find the words.
"Well, what are you waiting for...? Lead the way..."
She couldn't look at him.
She hated how attracted she was to him and how he gave her butterflies… how he smelt...
Her thoughts pestered her in this moment.
He could only smile faintly and asked, "You know this area, right? Is there a place to get Sea Salt Ice cream?" He wasn't sure how, but he felt like this might lead him to Roxas, something tugged at him internally. It was a long shot, but he was desperate.
"Sea salt ice cream? I've never heard of that flavor... I feel like that's something you'd have to make from recipe... Where did you come from...? If we go back to where you came from, you could probably find some..." she scratched her head. What a strange foreign flavor.
He laughed, "Pretty much another world." Giving her a look full of mischief and secrets.
"Why don't we go there?" She asked. She was very curious about the thought of another world existing outside her own, and the thought excited her.
"Easier said than done." He stated, "To be honest, I think I may be trapped here for now." His look shifted from mischief to a 1000 mile gaze that seemed pierce through countless dimensions.
Roxas just might be the key. He couldn't help but crack a slight grin at that moment, like he was overly proud of his little quip.
"Well.. I don't know how you expect to find your ice-cream then..." she crossed her arms. "What's the next closest flavor...? Do you like any other kind of ice-cream?" Her eyes sparkled, she was just thinking about her darling mint chocolate chip.
"It's alright I guess, don't worry about it" he said, mind still troubled by what his next move is going to be.
She was a bit disheartened upon hearing what he had to say. Guess I'm not getting my favorite ice cream today…
"Well okay then, let's do something... we shouldn't be loafing around all day..." she sighed.
"Fine... Whatever, I'm not getting any luck with clues now anyway... Where's the nearest ice-cream place?" His defeated sigh was heavy, but he followed it up with a light smile. "Lead the way..." He motioned with his hand
Her face lit up with excitement. We are getting ice-cream!
"Yes! This way!" She grabbed his hand hurriedly and tugged him along to the nearest ice cream store.