"Namine,"
The child did not look up at her keeper. She felt that, if she did, she'd most likely be scolded for not drawing fast enough. Or, maybe for being too attached. Or, maybe for too many tears. She waited for the man to continue.
"Why?"
Shock came to her periwinkle eyes. Why? Why, she didn't have the choice! But she certainly wasn't going to say that.
"Axel…"
Number VIII pushed his self off the wall so he was standing upright, jade green eyes turned fully on the young Nobody. "You could stop, you realize that, yes? You cannot be forced. What's the worse they could do to you?"
Kill me.
As if he read her mind, the man waved her off. "You're not worth killing to them."
"They'd…never let me leave…"
Running a hand through his crimson spikes, he let out a chortle; "You really believe they'll keep you here forever? Listen, Namine, sometimes the right thing involves breaking the rules. Listening to your 'Heart' if you will. Got it memorized?"
She'd never thought of it like that.
Finally, the girl looked up to watch Axel envelope himself within the confines of a Dark Corridor. And before he could leave fully, he smirk-smiled, and said,
"In the midst of the most painful faces, Angels show up in the strangest of place."
Angels?
She looked down to her sketchbook, to gaze upon a fresh picture of Sora, looking proud with his Keyblade on his shoulder. She felt a very small smile fall onto her lips.
I always knew…he was an Angel… But I never knew there could be two…
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Aww…cute drabble! I got the inspiration for this one from one of my current favorite songs, 'Looking For Angels' by Skillet. I love the last line…and I though it'd fit nicely to Namine's and Axel's relationship. After all, in a way, Axel sorta is like an Angel…