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kh_drabbleYet another! Not completely happy with this one, but oh well, sometimes life gives you lemons, and sometimes life gives you fic you can’t fix no matter how hard you try. -drinks powerthirst-
Title: Across the River
Rating: G
Characters: Axel/Kairi
Summary: She had something of a temper. He liked that about her – and making it rise. [for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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“Don’t they ever wonder where you are?” Kairi sits on the gnarled bole of her favorite tree, braiding a crown of leaves. Axel prefers to stand, arms crossed, and look out at the horizon.
“Why should they? It’s not like I’m breaking a rule.”
“Isn’t there someplace you should be?”
He chuckles. “You want me to leave?”
“No,” she tells him, placing the crown aside and hopping down. “It just seems like they’re the sort of people who would want to know where you disappear to.”
Axel shrugs. Even though she stands face to face with him, his eyes stay on the burnt orange sea. “They don’t miss me.” Finally he looks at her, wearing a mask of amusement. “Why? Do you?”
Kairi sighs. “Sure, I wonder where you are. You get to see other worlds, right? Who wouldn’t wonder about that?”
His eyebrows rise in a mirthy frown. “You sound like you want to come with me.”
She doesn’t blink. “Maybe I do.”
Smirking, he leans off the soft bark and puts gloved fingers to her cheek. “You’re not ready for another world. You can barely handle this one.”
Affronted, she smacks his hand away. “I am! And if you won’t take me, I’ll find a way there myself!” Dry leaves crackle beneath her heavy footfalls as she stalks past him.
“Suit yourself,” he calls to her, already summoning a whorl of darkness, “but Charon charges.”
Title: Across the River
Rating: G
Characters: Axel/Kairi
Summary: She had something of a temper. He liked that about her – and making it rise. [for
syvia at kh_request!]“Don’t they ever wonder where you are?” Kairi sits on the gnarled bole of her favorite tree, braiding a crown of leaves. Axel prefers to stand, arms crossed, and look out at the horizon.
“Why should they? It’s not like I’m breaking a rule.”
“Isn’t there someplace you should be?”
He chuckles. “You want me to leave?”
“No,” she tells him, placing the crown aside and hopping down. “It just seems like they’re the sort of people who would want to know where you disappear to.”
Axel shrugs. Even though she stands face to face with him, his eyes stay on the burnt orange sea. “They don’t miss me.” Finally he looks at her, wearing a mask of amusement. “Why? Do you?”
Kairi sighs. “Sure, I wonder where you are. You get to see other worlds, right? Who wouldn’t wonder about that?”
His eyebrows rise in a mirthy frown. “You sound like you want to come with me.”
She doesn’t blink. “Maybe I do.”
Smirking, he leans off the soft bark and puts gloved fingers to her cheek. “You’re not ready for another world. You can barely handle this one.”
Affronted, she smacks his hand away. “I am! And if you won’t take me, I’ll find a way there myself!” Dry leaves crackle beneath her heavy footfalls as she stalks past him.
“Suit yourself,” he calls to her, already summoning a whorl of darkness, “but Charon charges.”
