Versus Undistorted, a Kingdom Hearts fanwork: 100 Song Theme Challenge by Cherished Tenshi, written by Raberba girl
Miracle (prompt 12)

Isa/Xion Day, 14 July 2013

Summary: Just because he doesn't want to do it doesn't mean he can't.

A/N: I still love Bon-Bon's challenge, but there's just no way I can write 100 Zemyx stories. *sweatdrop*

Takes place shortly after Fire & Moonlight: Dearest.

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Isa slept, mostly. Partly because it was so boring being awake - there was usually nothing of interest on TV, and the only one who really visited him was Lea, who was as often as not hanging out with all his new Keyblade-wielding teenage friends.

'So I just need to lose ten years of my life and obtain an exclusive weapon, and I'll have a friend again,' Isa thought resentfully.

It was while he was sulking in bed one time, facing the window, unable to sleep, that he heard someone come in. Not Lea - Lea would have burst in like an obnoxious whirlwind. Whoever it was just edged the door open and crept in with soft footsteps. Too timid to be a nurse.

Isa frowned, turning his head to look, and was dismayed to see the girl everyone called Xion. She looked so very different than the Xion he'd hated in the Organization, dressed now in fashionable clothes, with smooth glossy hair and bright blue eyes. He wasn't used to seeing her as a person.

She came to a halt when he looked at her. "Um...hi, Saïx."

"My name is Isa," he snapped.

"Isa...sorry...um, I brought you something."

They both looked at the flowers filling her arms.

"Don't tell me you brought me flowers."

"Uh...okay, I won't."

He sighed.

"I gave some to Terra and Braig, too. Terra was happy, and Braig pinched my cheeks and talked at me like I'm a baby."

"I see."

"So..." Xion came over and fussed with the flowers on his bedside table. "Um..."

"What."

"May I...may I please put a flower in your hair, Isa?"

"NO."

"Aw...Terra and Braig let me..."

"I don't care."

Xion pouted and flopped to sit on the edge of his bed. "I bet you'd look nice with a flower."

"Wear one yourself," he snapped.

Her expression turned crafty, and unnervingly similar to Lea's. "...But now I'm all comfortable, and I can't reach...can you get a flower for me, Isa? Please?"

"Lazy girl..." He impatiently pulled a flower out of the vase and handed it over. Then he watched her struggling with it for a while before he sighed, plucked the flower back out of her hands, snapped off the excess stem, grasped her chin so as to tilt her head into a more convenient pose, and carefully tucked the blossom into her hair. "Unless you have some hairpins I can use, it won't be very secure, but it should do as long as you're careful."

"Thank you, Isa," she exclaimed, looking both surprised and pleased. She made a sudden movement as if to fling her arms around him, then hesitated - but not before Isa instinctively flinched away, which made her grin and complete the gesture after all.

He stiffened in shock, then tried unsuccessfully to pull out of her arms. "Get off. Get off, Xion, I am not comfortable with this."

"Aw." She released him, but only after planting a kiss on his cheek.

"Ugh..." 'I hate children.'

"Why don't you like being hugged, Isa?"

He didn't know how to answer that. "We are not close, we don't even like each other-"

"Why don't you like me, Isa?" She scooted closer and grasped his hand, displeasing him again. "I always wanted to know," she said softly. "I could never figure out what I did wrong. So I could never fix it, and I could never make you like me."

"Why do you even care about my opinion?" he grumbled.

"Don't you want people to like you, Isa?"

"I don't care what other people think."

"But...don't you even care what Axel thinks?"

"His name is Lea. Not Axel."

She looked sad. He was surprised to find that it felt unpleasant, making this child feel bad. He sighed. "...Fine. I do care about what Lea thinks, and since he is somewhat attached to you, it will displease him if I treat you unkindly. For his sake, I will try not to let my revulsion be visible."

She still gazed at him, looking even more sad.

"What do you want, Xion."

"...Can I please put a flower in your hair?"

"Sacred moon, you're still harping about that?"

She practically crawled over him to reach the flowers, and was almost kneeling in his lap as she slipped one near his face and began twisting long blue strands around the stem. "Kairi taught me how to braid," she said proudly.

"Hn." 'You're doing a terrible job of it.'

"Do you know how to braid, Isa?"

"Why do you think I would?!"

"So I know how to do something you don't?" she said in excitement.

"I do know how to braid."

"Hmmm..."

"You don't believe me?" he snapped.

"Nope," she said, shaking her head. The movement caused the blossom to come tumbling out of her hair. Isa scooped it up, pushed her head back into a convenient position, and set to work.

Xion sat still and patient until he had finished braiding the flower securely into her hair, then she pulled one of the loose strands around in front of her eyes and admired it. "All the strands are the same size," she said in awe, "it's so pretty... You really are good at this, Isa."

"It's nothing to brag about," he sighed, lying back against the pillows.

"Thank you for braiding my hair, Isa."

"Don't thank me."

"Doesn't it look nice, Axel?"

"It's gorgeous, Xi!"

Isa nearly fell out of bed. "How long have you been here?!" he demanded wildly.

"We saw Xion hug you," Roxas said as they came into the room, "but then Axel pulled me behind the door and we just listened for a while."

"It's a miracle," Lea laughed, wrapping one arm around Isa and the other around Xion so he could drag them both into a hug, "Moonwolf and Xi don't hate each other anymore~!"

"Get off," Isa growled, struggling.

"Do you want a flower, too, Axel?" Xion offered. "Isa can braid it for you."

"Urgh...um, sure, Xi." He sighed. "Oh man, Xion, the things I do for you..."

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Author's Notes: Sorry...I know this was a bit OOC even for manga-Xion... ^^;

Complete: 11/100