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[anobscureflaw.livejournal.com]

Challenge: [072] Desperation
Title: Petals
Word Count: 252
Characters: Axel, Roxas
Notes: One-sided. Pre KHII, slight spoiler.



He needs an answer, needs it like air, like food, like water.

Uncertainty doesn’t suit him. He needs an answer.

Just tell me, Roxas.

The blonde diverts his eyes and changes the subject.

Axel wants to grab his face, force their eyes to meet, but he doesn’t.
He wants to scream at him, ask him why he can’t answer the question, but he doesn’t.
More than all, Axel wants to ask himself why it bothers him so much.
But he doesn’t.

- - -

He’s decided that he’s not going to let it be unanswered any longer than it already has.

Just answer the question, Roxas. Do you love me?

The blonde looks around yet again, not meeting Axel’s eyes. His gaze settles on a vase of flowers, and he picks one out of the bunch. He studies it for a moment, then hands it to Axel.

The answer, he says, and walks away.

- - -

Axel is in his room. He wonders how the answer to his question is in a flower.

He stares it it. It’s a beautiful flower, a daisy. Perfectly formed petals and a perfectly green stem.

He loves me, he loves me not.

He isn’t sure where the words come from, but he realizes what Roxas meant.

Axel counts them instead of picking them off one by one.

Eight white petals.

Suddenly the flower isn’t so beautiful.

- - -

A crushed flower sits on the floor of his room when he goes to sleep.

The next day, Roxas is gone.

Axel burns the flower.

Comments

[nimoe.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. Just absolute. Clear, lyrical, but... also concise. Just so beautiful. Sweet with the trace of bitterness that doesn't permeate through the words. This is... It's just... Wow.

[anobscureflaw.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm really proud that i "wowed" someone^^;

[starswing.livejournal.com]

..... that's such an ingenious way to break someone's heart (or lack thereof o.o). And so simple, but so full of poignancy and... SO MUCH LOVE FOR YOU.

[anobscureflaw.livejournal.com]

If I had to break someone's heart that's what i'd do >.<
Thank you very much!

[starswing.livejournal.com]

.... I'd probably have to ask them to wait and count the petals and double-count just to make sure. XD;;

[anobscureflaw.livejournal.com]

Haha, that'd totally suck if you counted the petals wrong and they thought you loved them. You'd have a hard time getting rid of them after that^^;

"Oh wait, I meant to say that I don't love you. Sorry bout that"

[jynx.livejournal.com]

....'m assuming that roxas knows the meaning of flowers? because, damn, that flower totally fits them. ^^

"Innocence; Loyal love; I'll never tell; Purity; Gentleness; Romance"

[anobscureflaw.livejournal.com]

that wasn't in my mind when I wrote it, but it really does fit now that I think about it!

[jynx.livejournal.com]

^^ and it fits that Axel's an idiot and doesn't know. ^^ *squee*

[gysecune.livejournal.com]

Wow. This left me a little stunned, it was so lovely.

[anobscureflaw.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I appreciate it^^;