Title: Carousel
Author: Riake
Pairing: Axel/Kairi
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Theme: #15 - perfect blue
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters. This is for entertainment purposes only.
Author Notes: ...nothing, really. Warning for language and non explicit sex.
It goes on and on and on, a carousel with bright lights and spinning horses that gleam mockingly at the children who sit upon peeling painted seats.
She clings as best as she can, riding out the fights and the way he's so damn annoying, because her only goal is Sora (damn it, Sora, this is all your stupid fault).
It's an endless chain of name calling and banter and stolen kisses when she can't think of anything else to do in order to shut him up, and he smirks against her skin in such a lovely way that she does it again the next day.
None of it matters. He doesn't care - can't care - and she only wants Sora to come back to her.
He laughs when she tells him that, and says that he knows, and she suddenly finds herself teary-eyed for no good reason except for that she's lost her purpose, even when she whispers it to herself every night. She doesn't know what she wants anymore, and she can't deal with any of it, so she pushes it away, denies it and lets Axel fuck her because she's good at denial and she wonders whether it's better to deny him or Sora and where she fits in all of this.
She clings to the painted horse, staring sightlessly at the sky stretching above her in a perfect, endless blue that suddenly seems disgustingly, horrifyingly fake.