Symphonic Flames
Chapter 7 – Unstable Connection & Stirring Suspicions
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own any of the Kingdom Hearts Characters that you see pop up in my writing OR Kingdom HEARTS in itself. I only own the story!
He stood there watching her walk away. It was much different from her fading away in the middle of his dreams. It had a much heavier impact than her fading away because sometimes a fade out could be a fade back in. A walk away with a 'no look back' could be a permanent walk away and nothing could be done. 4 hours and 55 minutes left, approximately. Yet, he had the faint idea that he'd be called back and very soon.
- Reach out to her you idiot! -
His inner self was always there to somehow kick him into motion.
- There's no time for this she loves me, she loves me not crap. You're gonna lose her soon and who knows what beating Namine's taking for you! Do something worthwhile! –
Ugh! How right was this voice? Too right for his own good at that. He was now propelled into action, his legs moving, arms pumping, and blood rushing through his being. His heart was like thunder in his ears. Axel did NOT come all this way for nothing. He could hear his breath coming out heavily but it didn't matter. It didn't matter that he got side stitches from the running either. He didn't care. Just being in her presence was enough. He wanted to at least get to say goodbye before he was forced to return.
Symphony continued to walk home. Home wasn't far from work. Yet today after those recent events, homes' path seemed to stretch out on her. She wanted the comfort of her pillow, her comforter and maybe either a slurpie or a box of Kleenex. How could she let him go like that?
-Really? Is that what you do when you've been dying to see him, feel him, breathe him and hear him? You run? That's the dumbest –
She broke her thoughts with the loudest "SHUT UP ALREADY!" No more degrading. She was too nervous and could you blame her? All Symphony had done was make money, want a normal life and close her shop only to turn and be face to face with a dream guy…HER dream guy. Ignorant right, isn't it? And the fact that they say dreams actually can and do come true don't help her situation either.
But maybe she wasn't READY to see him at all? She could barely understand the bond they had or why they were so close. It was only 2 weeks' worth of dreams with silence. Actually it was silence with the exception of that voice; that…scary, deep, ridiculous voice. Mysterious, that's for sure. With all of the things, weird and unusual things she'd seen and heard on this island, this had been by far the most spazztastic thing she'd been involved in.
The point was that she wasn't even sure that she was ready. She could barely understand, let alone decode the messages her heart bothered to send her brain. She couldn't grasp what was going on, why it was going on and for all she knew, it could have been her finally going out of her mind. She wanted to make sure that she not only had a solid understanding but that she wanted to actually be around him, for real. The bad thing about it was that she'd never know that because she needed to actually HANG around him. She'd definitely never know now though, she left him behind and surely he'd gone away.
One thing she learned was that, no one would wait forever. Sure some would wait longer than others but no one would be willing enough to stand in the same spot forever until their dreams and hopes came true for the one they liked or loved returning. Sadly.
Never did she notice or mind the rapid approach of the footsteps. Never would she believe that they were from…
"Namine, where's Axel? He's been really quiet and that's a bit...unusual?" asked Roxas later on that day.
Namine had taken to running around, ducking and dodging, rolling and covering and even locking and blocking doors whenever Axel was asked about. Though she got the occasional stares of, 'Something is up and I'd prefer if you told me now' she still made up endless excuses. Though, she had to make sure that they all lined up somehow with each other otherwise, she'd have 13 people approaching her questioning her and beginning to put some sort of puzzle together.
The day went accordingly:
"Hey Nami" said Demyx.
"Hey." She replied.
"Have you seen Axel 'round? Wanted to talk to him 'bout some things." He said.
"Errr….welllll…he's not feeling too good. A bit under the weather and suffering from a bit of insomnia but I got him to fall asleep." She said, wincing seeing as she hated to lie. Demyx was such a good, soft heart guy. Lying to him just broke her heart but selling Axel out wasn't exactly an option.
NEXT:
"Namine, where's Axel? He's been really quiet and that's a bit…unusual…even for him," asked Roxas later on.
"Oh...well if you didn't hear it from Demy…errr…ugh...Axel's not too wonderful. Under the weather, that he is," she said, conjuring her memory forcefully. Please, it'd help if you passed it around," she thought.
It'd make it easier if it was passed around. That way, she wouldn't have to play 21 questions with everyone.
"Well can I see him please?" Roxas asked, his expressionless face now becoming fixed with concern.
"NO!" yelled Namine accidentally. Jumpy nerves would be the kind of things to do that to you.
Roxas stumbled back. Her voice smacked him twice.
"Whoa…." He muttered. "Sorry?"
"Sorry! I mean…well he's denying people. He's embarrassed about…being sick? Iunno…he's got issues," said Namine, rolling her eyes.
-You owe me big time Axel…BIG TIME!- This is what her thought yelled menacingly in her head.
Roxas shrugged and the look in his eyes threatened to defy the request or if not, threatened to return sooner rather than later.
-Phew!-
And this continued all throughout the day. The worried smiles gradually became heavy with suspicion. Whispers circulated but she fought them off to the best of her ability.
-Hurry up you pain in the Ax! I can't do this forever you know!- She thought to herself.
Forever seemed like the biggest, yet common issue amongst them all. Time always threatened them somehow, someway.
