Forever in Dreams, !not for challenge 189!

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Title: Forever in Dreams
Author: breathless_dawn
Word Count: 367
Rating: PG-13 for the teensiest bit of language
Pairing: Axel/Kairi, Sora/Kairi implied
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts belongs to Disney and Square Enix, not me. Sadly.
A/N: I have an affinity for this pairing for some reason. Opposites attract, yes? Anyway...A short drabble written in the KHII universe somewhere between Axel's death and Kairi's escape from her cell. Inspired by my own dream (which is irony on a stick) and a bit fluffy, but what can I say? Also, Forever in Dreams is a working title. Feel free to give me any suggestions you might have for a better one.

 

She is walking around the island, when she sees his silhouette against the sunrise sky.

 

“Axel?” she asks when she reaches him, “What are you doing here?”

 

He looks up at her, and she thinks his eyes are even greener than usual. “I would think that would be obvious.” When she still looks confused, he adds, “You’re dreaming, princess.”

 

She remembers her cell in the white castle and sighs. “Oh…” When she sinks down next to him, he offers her an ice cream, which she accepts and begins to eat slowly.

 

“Your goody two shoes is coming for you, you know,” Axel says, glancing at her.

 

“Mmm,” she murmurs in agreement. She knows Sora will find her eventually. “You coming with him?” she asks playfully. “You’re a pretty lousy villain, so why not try for hero?”

 

He laughs. “I’d love to, princess, but I can’t.”

 

“Why not?”

 

“I’m dead,” he says bluntly.

 

Her eyes widen. “What? How?”

 

“Saved your boy’s ass from a bunch of Nobodies,” he says shaking his head. “Man, I’ve gone soft.”

 

“So…if you’re dead, am I just thinking of you, or do you have some kind of other worldly power that allows you to enter people’s dreams?”

 

He shrugs. “Dunno. I was able to communicate with Roxas’ conscious, but he was a Nobody, and Nobodies seem to defy all kinds of laws. Maybe it’s a bit of both.”

 

Her ice cream is beginning to melt all over her fingers, which Axel points out to her, but she ignores. She stares at him with a small frown and says, “I didn’t get to say goodbye.”

 

Axel looks surprised when her eyes fill with tears. “Geez, don’t get all sappy on me,” he says as she furiously rubs her eyes. He waits until she composes herself before he speaks again. “Look, Kairi, I’m sorry I kidnapped you.”

 

“Well, I’m not,” she mumbles, averting her gaze.

 

He chuckles and takes her chin between his fingers and kisses her fully on the mouth. “You’re an absolute riot, princess. Tell Sora he’s lucky to have you.”

 

When she wakes up, she can still feel the burn of his lips on hers, and her fingers sticky with ice cream.

 

Comments

[iki-teru.livejournal.com]

aaww. that was absolutely amazing. I love the way you wrote both of them!

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your wonderful comment! I'm so happy you liked it :)

[greedchan.livejournal.com]

Aaw.
"Well, I'm not."
That was cute. xD :3 I liked this one. I feel like I don't see much Axel and Kairi.
And,
“You’re a pretty lousy villain, so why not try for hero?”
made me want to write some Axel myself. xD

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think Axel and Kairi are just too cute to ignore XD

made me want to write some Axel myself

Oh, please do :) I never get tired of that man lol.

[greedchan.livejournal.com]

xD Really?

Oh, please do :)

I just did. xD Hold on one second, I'll post it.

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

O.O

That was crazy fast! But I'm excited :D *bounces*

[greedchan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I write really quickly. xDD Which usually tends to make me one of the first to post every week. Hold on one seeeec~ *had to post it to her journal first* Which is a complicated and lengthy procedure. xD

[frostfromfire.livejournal.com]

Wow, love it. You somehow made me like Axel/Kairi. I love Axel's flippant words, the way he calls her "princess"... The tone is so wonderfully melancholy. I love the timelessness of him being in her dreams forever.

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed this :D

I think Axel and Kairi are such interesting characters, and writing them is just too much fun. They really start to grow on you :)

[frostfromfire.livejournal.com]

I probably should have explained myself better. I'm not terribly good at doing that sometimes. :P I adore Kairi and Axel. I've never written from Axel's PoV, but I should really try it some time... I meant that you made me like the pairing Axel/Kairi, which is saying a lot about how well this is written because I usually only like canon pairings. That being said, I'm not a big fan of SoKai, so I'm actually really starting to like this pairing. :) Thanks for the inspiration!

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, it's good either way then :D Glad to give you a new pairing and some inspiration.

And thanks again for your lovely comments. They keep me inspired to write more :D

[darklight90.livejournal.com]

So adorable :D

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

Thank you!