Title: White Lies
Pairing: AkuRoku, but you may have to squint.
Rating: G
Word count: 233
Inspiration: Upon a replay of KH2, I realized that only one character actually gives us any info on Axel and Roxas's relationship, and I'm not sure how reliable of a source she is...
"This is… me? And Axel's here too."
She doesn't like lying. Never has. She supposes it's because she comes from someone pure, someone who never became a Heartless. She doesn't imagine Kairi lies very often but, then again, she isn't Kairi.
She doesn't like lying. She did quite enough of it while she was trapped in Castle Oblivion. When she saw exactly what manipulating someone's memories can do to them, how much it can break them. She didn't have a choice then, though.
She doesn't like lying. But she knows what it's like to wake up trembling in the night, cold and knowing that you aren't whole, wondering what you're missing and how you can ever find it again. And she knows what he's missing and exactly where he can find it.
She doesn't like lying. But she thinks that having someone there in the bed with you when you wake in terror, someone to press their lips to your temple, run their hands down your back, and whisper sweet nothings in your ear until you're soothed back to sleep might make you feel whole enough not to mind so much.
She doesn't like lying. But she has a mistake to make up for, a debt to pay. And she's not sure what Roxas would really choose, given the truth.
"You are best friends."
She doesn't like lying.
But sometimes you have to.