It was weird… Saix couldn't help but smile amused as he was eating what remained of the blue sea-salt ice-cream.
He could only imagine what Lea must have felt when he just showed up like that… He seemed pretty angry. Fair enough, Saix had stolen his ice-cream…
What a childish interaction, and if Saix had told the truth… How weird would that have looked. I.. Just wanted to see you Lea.
I readied myself… If I am not willing to put my life on the line tomorrow.. There will be no point. There is no guarantee for the same miracle to happen twice.
He knew it had been foolish to go see Lea, there was no real point to doing it, and if he was figured out it could ruin everything he had worked for. Slowly Saix took another bite of the ice-cream.. How long had it been since he last had one of these?
It seemed like an eternity ago.
Then slowly, a smaller figure approached.. Xion. "You… You went to see him. Didn't you?" she asked. "That ice-cream."
Suddenly Saix felt like a child whom had been caught being naughty… A weird sort of guilt as he realized he… he was eating her ice-cream. He actually had to start fighting his urge to apologies and go buy her another one…. It was just ice-cream! To think you could be this upset about an ordinary ice-cream.
"How… How was he?" Xion asked in a begging voice, Saix had a distinct feeling her eyes hidden under the hood would be very begging to. Even teary. "Is he… okay?" she asked.
"You will see soon enough. All you need to do is play your part." Saix stated taking another bit… and felt the childish guilt overwhelming him.
"Do I have to fight him?" Xion asked. "The last time… It hurt him so much. Why." she wrapped her arms around her body. "why do I always have to fight my friends?" she asked. "Why do I always have to hurt them? I don't want to hurt them!"
Saix quieted as he heard the sobs under the hood.
"You cannot act like that." Saix stated in a cold voice. "If you wish to save Axel, Xehanort must not know you care. You must act like the faceless puppet you are and fight! You cannot stop fighting until the final moment."
Xion swallowed as she wrapped her arms around herself. "Okay… I'll get it. And Axel… Really doesn't remember me?"
… He remembers you enough to buy you an ice-cream. Saix glanced aside… Lea, had bought ice-creams for Roxas and Xion… Not for Isa and not for Janan, he put the last bit of ice-cream into his mouth as he sucked the stick clean and pulled it out.
Just then Xion gasped.
"What?" Saix asked in a frown.
"Winner!" Xion exclaimed. "The stick says winner!" she shouted.
Saix glanced at it and true enough, the word winner was written on the stick.
"Axel told me about those!" Xion exclaimed. "But I've never seen one. He said that… If you find one of those, it'll get you something special! We never figured out what it was, still though." she cheered.
Saix glanced at the stick in his hand then he shrugged as he handed it to Xion.
"huh?" Xion asked.
"Be a nice puppet and throw it in the trash for me." Saix asked in a dismissive voice. "It would be foolish to hold unto it."
Xion looked confused but took the stick as Saix turned around crossing his arms as he had his back to Xion.
"O… okay." Xion hesitated. "Erhm…. Saix."
"Ready yourself for tomorrow!" Saix cut her off in a cold nearly angry voice. "And don't bother me!" he stated as he walked away… Walked a bit quicker than intended, he was nearly fleeing.
Xion blinked as she looked after Saix then held the winner stick in her hands. "Act like an enemy… to protect?" she asked clutching the stick. "Saix… what are you?" she asked and she looked up. "I'm so confused… Axel. I wish you were here, you can always explain what I don't understand." she closed her eyes pressing the stick towards her chest. "I… I'm scared to see you." she admitted. "And yet… I look forward to it… I want to see you and I'm scared." she sniffed. "Axel."