Fire & Moonlight, a Kingdom Hearts fanwork: Drabble challenge by Wishing-Fire, written by Raberba girl
21. Empty
Summary: People have different ways of seeing the world.
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Axel came marching into the Grey Area that evening with a glass of water in his hands, trailed, as usual, by the Organization's two youngest members. "Here, I'll show you," he was saying over his shoulder. He stopped in front of Saïx and thrust the glass of water at him. "Saïx," he asked grandly, "is this glass half-full, or half-empty?"
Saïx looked at the glass. Then he looked at the curious Keybearers. "It's half-full," he said defiantly.
Axel looked taken aback. "What?"
"Are you kidding?" Demyx yelled from across the room. "That thing's practically empty!" He pointed his finger, and the glass's contents suddenly bubbled with increasing volume until Axel had water slopping over his hands. "There," Demyx said in satisfaction.
There was a long pause. "I don't get it," Roxas said.
"Yeah," Xion added, "I thought you said Saïx was gonna be the half-empty one, and Demyx was gonna be the half-full one."
"Argh!" Axel threw his hands up in the air, tossing the glass as he did so. "I give up. Consider this particular life lesson a fail." He stalked off in a huff.
Saïx, now dripping wet as the empty glass rolled to a stop by his foot, repressed a sigh and summoned his claymore.
"Axel," Roxas called, "you'd better check your panel arrangement, it looks like you're about to have a boss battle..."
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Author's Notes: Yay, super-short and therefore free of stress.
Complete: 21/101. Next: "Planet"