Title: In the Dark
Disclaimer: I'm only borrowing them. Square-Enix and Disney own my soul right now.
Summary: Does it ever get easier to feel without a heart?
When the screech of the wind echoes a little too loudly in the hallways, and the dark sky is overcast, they meet on their balcony.
Naminé arrives first, the wind whipping her hair about in a golden whirlwind. She listens and counts the seconds until she hears the telltale sound of a portal opening.
The hood of his coat is always up and if she squints, she can see wisps of Roxas' pale hair from within the shadows.
There's always a whisper of doubt in his mind, something screaming "it's not right, you're nobody and therefore you can't feel so don't even try". He buries his face in the curve of her neck, drowning himself and the voice in his head.
She pulls away after a while, leaving him feeling emptier inside. "But you were never whole to start with, you don't have a heart" the voice screams at him.
"Does it ever get any easier for you?"
She asks quietly, as if she's afraid of the answer.
Her tiny hand is on his coat but there's no warmth in her cool hands. He remembers that she's always shrugged ruefully and then murmured something about cool hands and no heart.
Roxas brushes at her cheek with a gloved hand and hesitates. He mouths the words before vanishing into the darkness, whispering in her ear so quietly that he's not sure she can hear above the wind.
Maybe it's best that she doesn't know. Because, he thinks to himself, he doesn't really know the answer himself.
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