Three days.

He'd been back at the Castle after an absence of a month and he'd yet to be accosted. By anyone.

Roxas kept glancing over his shoulder and jumping at the slightest sounds. He was paranoid and on edge. Annoyed by the whole ordeal, he went to his quarters, half expecting to find Xigbar there, but he didn't.

He realized he should have been relieved, but instead he just felt anxious, he went to sit on his bed and wait. The bed was extremely uncomfortable and really was only there for aesthetic value; so they could pretend they were people. They didn't actually need the rest anyway.

But he sat there, waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop and…The room was white and quiet and cold.

He noted again that he should have felt grateful. Xigbar must have gotten tired of him, and that thought didn't help. That he'd been tossed aside? But he reminded himself harshly that it was a good thing! He was tired of being exploited as if he were Dutch Wife with a keyblade attachment.

Furious, he stormed from his quarters, out into the Proof of Existence. He used the Freeshooter's portal and went looking for him in the mindset of murder. However, Xigbar's domain remained empty, Roxas growled and set about a rampage, but was halted by the laughing voice from above.

"Lookin' for me?"

In a dizzying series of teleportations Roxas was brought to stand on the ceiling, encircled in Xigbar's arms.

"I've come to kill you," Roxas snapped in return, he was embarrassed to have been caught unawares.

"You did?" Xigbar cackled; loosening his arms and letting Roxas feel the freefall before catching him again. "I think you missed me."

"It's only been three days," sneered the boy.

"You've been countin'?"

"S-shut up!" Roxas stammered, wriggling in the Freeshooter's grasp, trying to punch him.

"Why dontcha try shuttin' me up, kid?" the man suggested. Roxas stilled, staring at the cruel grin on his face and the eye-patch and the terrible scar and…!

"My tongue had poison on it," Roxas lied, his face red with embarrassment, trying to recatch his breath after th—that!

"Really?"

"No…"


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