Major spoilers for the ending of 358/2 Days, so I hope everyone knows what happens! This is personally my favourite song, partly because this scene makes me cry everytime I watch it.

I do not own the characters, but I own those lyrics.

Roxas blinked, staggering in confusion as shatters of blackness fell around him. The haze in front of his eyes cleared, and he saw a girl slumping to her knees a few metres away from him. She looked...familiar? He opened his mouth to say something, but she swayed and toppled sideways. He only just managed to leap forward and grab her before she hit the ground, cradling her in his arms.

The girl smiled at him, and, naturally, began to sing.

Xion: Roxas's don't look so worried

This is how it was meant to be

Roxas, don't look so worried

Now I can be free

Roxas: Who are you?

My eyes know your face

My hands know your weight

But who are you?

Xion: It's okay

It won't matter in a minute

I wish you could remember me

But hings didn't work out that way

I wish you could remember me

God, I wish that I could stay!

You and Axel were best friends to me

If nothing else, know that

You didn't cause the end of me

It was my choice to go back

At least I got to exist for a while

And I'm glad I got to meet you

So please, don't be sad for me, just smile

It's one of the things I love about you

Yes

Roxas, I love you

Never forget

That's the truth

The girl reached up and touched the side of his face with fingers as light as the touch of a butterfly, but suddenly her eyes closed, her hand slipping from his cheek. A burst of white-hot recognition seared through him, and Roxas caught her hand in midair, leaning over her with desperation.

Roxas: No!

Xion!

I remember now!

Xion!

You'll pull through somehow

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Xion!

No, Xion, you can't die

No, this must be a lie

Oh God, why am I crying

I thought only real people could do that

Xion, don't leave me alone!

I don't want to eat ice cream on my own

What can I do to atone

I'm going to get you back!

Her body slowly dissolved in his hands into sparkling shards, soaring up into the air away from him. He stared after them in disbelief, then looked down to see a shell lying on the ground where she had been, a shell just like the ones she had always brought him. He picked it up, and her face flashed into his mind, impossibly beautiful. He couldn't believe this was happening, and he lurched to his feet.

Roxas: Your face is growing fuzzy in my mind

No, I can't just leave you behind

So many things that I regret

I can't let myself ever forget

You can't die

There's so many things I haven't told you

You can't die

That couldn't have been the last chance I had to hold you

Xion, Xion

Xion, Xion

I think I love you too

Never forget

That's the truth

Roxas shook his head, his hand tightening around the shell. He wouldn't let this be the end of her, not Xion. He turned and ran away from the clock tower. He was going to bring her back.