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Challenge: [179] Conflict
Title: To love one's self
Word Count: 293
Note: Repliku~!...cuz im unoriginal like that =w=

Vexen says I'm better than him. I'm superior in every way. I have no fears, no weaknesses...no heart. But neither does he and look how well he turned out. I'm proud to be whatever I am to Vexen, be it his toy or special someone. He says he's proud of me, which makes me happy. So I go and I do what he wants me to because i want him to be proud of me.

But then I meet Riku...the real Riku I guess you could say...the one who came first...the imperfect one. And he has the guts...the gall to say I'm weak and I'm afraid and I'm everything he isn't. But I'm so much more. I'm not afraid of the dark. And I tell him so with a sneer. But he has to be the right one. He tells me I'm just a fake. Just an object that Vexen will grow tired of. He pisses me off...I tell him so and he laughs. He laughs at me~!
So i go after him and he fights back and when I've had enough I leave. He laughs at me as I leave even though I'm the one who won, even though he's the one lying on his back. And he tells me I should just go back to Vexen. Maybe he can make me better. I tell him Vexen cares about me and leave before he can toss in the fact that Vexen is incapable of such feelings.

When I reach the lab where Vexen works, he is unhappy. But I smile up at him and wait for him to praise me like he ususally does. Tell me I am better than Riku and he's proud of me.

He only frowns and pushes past.