moonstrualcycle | no running in the halls!

[says you. Isa's about 80% into fight mode, for probably the third time since arriving, and it's disgruntling that Lea isn't reciprocating. at this rate the only thing that's going to get murdered is one of Lea's pillows, when Isa beats it to death out of frustration. Lea also makes some very good points, which doesn't help matters, and leaves her floundering for a response. looks like you've won this fight, Lea, although there's still some weird tension vibrating through your friend here, and she's not making eye contact again, as she says nothing because there's nothing to say.]

[ She still kind of wants to fight, or blow up and really yell at her, but she doesn't do any of that and instead she just deflates a little and then takes a seat on her bed, looking down at her hands. She feels hot and kind of like she wants to provoke Isa to provoke her more, but she knows that's not what they should do. ]

Sorry. But not because I didn't mean it.

[god, it feels like they're teenagers again, fighting over stupid shit. or like right after they became Nobodies, when they were fighting about real shit that never amounted to anything because they had jobs to do. how do you explain to your best friend that for a time you hated her for doing and being what the two of you should have been doing and being together? or that you ended up with the major hots for your boss who you also hated, partially out of stockholm syndrome and partially out of deliberate spite? it can't be done, not right now.

which is why Isa's letting her heart take over, since it's moved on to other emotions by now anyway. clearly the best plan here is to stop digging her nails into her palms, lean down and kiss Lea full on the mouth with Intent, and then flee for the bathroom. did she say almost three weeks of having a heart? more like almost two, closer to one and a half. time is weird when your head's all fucked up. at least the crying jags pretty much stopped on like, day four.]

.........huh?

[ Hold up, her brain is operating in slow motion and it's still stuck in a time thirty seconds ago. What just happened? Did Isa just kiss her? Like for real kiss? That was not a "I kiss my bff all the time!" kiss.

Is that what's going on back home???

Okay, she waits a few more seconds, then slowly stands up herself. She feels stunned, or half-awake. Clearly this has all been some weird DR dream. ]

Isa?

[if it was a dream there wouldn't be a woman locked in Lea's bathroom, trying really hard not to hyperventilate. i mean, presumably; idk what Lea gets up to in her free time, maybe she's into that now. if it makes her feel any better, in addition to that being some of what was going on back home, she probably also impulsively kissed Terra like that one afternoon when the light was all pacha dot jpg, and then wouldn't look at or talk to anyone for at least a day. idk i feel like there was a lot of tentative canoodling going on, people rediscovering human interaction and hearts and emotions.

either way, Isa's not responding, and the door is firmly locked with Isa sitting on the floor leaning against it, if Lea tries to come in.]

[ Probably. It's hard to get control of emotions and all that when you're used to having a heart. Tentative canoodling is a good term for it. It was probably going around.

They've been through this before, probably, some time before they lost their hearts, where there was a locked door and they were on either side of it. She's going to just stop there and then flop down and take a seat in front of it. She doesn't know Isa's right on the other side, and knocks under the doorknob. ]

[all she'll get is a slight shuffling noise that might've been Isa checking to make sure the door was still locked, because fuck knows that isn't a reliable defense these days. christ, out of that entire group (not counting hpo or the talking animals) Isa's the only one without a keyblade. she's probably considering Even as a friend now just for some time away from all those dumb keys. it's moot now of course, but.

she's there, and listening, and there's a small thump as she tips her head back to rest it against the door. there's a good chance she just fucked everything up, she thinks.]

[ She wants to crack some jokes about how it's clearly her fault, being this attractive and all, but it's... She's tired, and heartsore, in a way. She leans forward so that her forehead is pressed against the door in response to the thump. ]

Look, I get it. It's hard, and when things are hard I never make them any easier. Even this... weird cross-world situation. Having a Heart. That's all hard.

[ A sigh. ]

I could just open it, you know.

[i forgot about Nami in that group, whoops; someone she'd never spoken to or seen until everyone was completed again. honestly she wouldn't be surprised if it turned out Nami had a keyblade, look at the people he came from. Isa sighs too. she's exhausted now, and her heart hurts, and all she really wants to do is crawl in bed and use Lea as a pillow for at least ten hours, but she still has doubts about whether that's welcome or not.]

...thank you for not doing that.

[three hours ago there were one-sided tickle fights going on and Isa was being insufferably smug, what on earth happened here. it's like the gif of the guy showing up with pizza but everything's broken and on fire, except they were both here the whole time.]

...yeah.

[ You're welcome, or something. It would be a kind of crummy thing to do, to remove someone's ability to have any privacy at all. Also: Lea and Isa happened here. This is just how it is when they're not 100% good. Disaster. New Hearts and unresolved emotional issues and sexual tension. ]

Well, you can't stop me from talking. Is your Heart overloaded? Mine's beating really fast.

Mine's been overloaded since I woke up in Radiant Garden. A lot of-- hngh.

[where's the button to fastball special Lea into the current timeline so there aren't any more spoilers to worry about? Isa can't talk about much that's been going on, and that sucks a LOT.]

[ Isa's gonna say she wishes Lea was caught up and Lea's just going to disappear. It'll be great. She might hear Lea huff and drop her forehead on the door, again. ]

Is that how we were 'hanging out' back home?

[ Should she be more direct? Time to be more direct. ]

Is that the first time you've kissed me?

[Isa snorts, her head thunking gently against the door again.]

No. It wasn't the first time, I mean. But it hasn't gone further than that.

[yet; sadly. everyone's being really cautious about everything, for obvious reasons, but Isa also has a lot of sexual tension built up. :I ]

[ God, Isa kisses her and it's not even the first time she's kissed her, but it wasn't really her until she goes back home, so they're having their first kiss with each other out of order?

Maybe Lea's first kiss ever, but don't tell.

Don't mind her going silent. Is she radiating heat? Maybe. But it's mostly from her face. She's very aware of her heart suddenly, too. ]

[this is why Lea needs to get out more, get hit with a spell or some cupcakes or something like a normal dressing room resident. /no.]

If it makes you feel better, the first one went about like this too.

[except knowing their luck, someone else probably saw, with a 50% chance of heckling. someone has to do it now that Xigbar's not with them, after all.

[ Well jeez she does get out! Most of the spells she gets hit by are just dumb things, like transformations or horniness. She's done pecks, for jokes, and to harass Riku a little after finding out she had Axel UST, but still.

She might've short-circuited at the knowledge that she's apparently got Isa makeouts in her future, just give her time. ]

You start it or me?

[is it possible to hear someone blushing? Isa's just gonna press her cold hands to her face for a second.]

Nuh-uh, if I tell you you'll be looking for it to happen whenever you go back.

Maybe.

[ Okay, almost definitely, and then it wouldn't happen because she'd just be staring at Isa all the time and there wouldn't be room for something impulsive like that. Or Lea was the one who started it, and she never would because she'd be waiting on Isa. Fuck! She's failed. She can't think about anything else, and now her face is hot and the rest of her is warm all over and she kind of wants to try it again.]

Do you like it?

I don't think it would've happened multiple times if either of us didn't like it.

[spontaneity is the best way for it to happen, anyway. if you go into it planning on doing it you'll just end up so stressed your emotions overload and then no one is happy about it. or your emotions overload anyway and you have to lock yourself in a bathroom, but whatever, it's done now. it sounds a lot like Lea wants to do it again, which accounts for the smug tone in Isa's voice. she's still trying to keep the words neutral enough that it doesn't give away who started it. (it was probably her, let's be real.)]

I know it was your first time there, but did I have the honor of being your first here as well?

[ Oh, she wouldn't know, since smug is just Isa's default. Hmph. Fine then, she sits up and turns around, so that her back is against the bathroom door now too. She can kind of tell Isa's on the same level, and assumes she's doing the same. ]

Two for two. Congratulations.

[ It's sarcastic, but... she doesn't mind. ]

[there's a quiet sound that might be a laugh or might be a sigh, followed by a few moments of nothing. she'll leave it open-ended for it to happen again; she won't push Lea for it at all. Isa knows she made this weird again, but hopefully not too weird.]

...sorry I said those things before. I meant them too, but.

[a huff.]

I didn't need to be cruel about it.

We both were.

[ But so it goes. It happened, she's fine, she'll probably never think about it again in a week or so. That's just how she is. ]

We'll probably fight again. Too much happened back then, I guess.

[meanwhile Isa will get randomly salty about it six months from now. but not really, since they're two basically mature adults who can deal with this shit properly.]

Well. You have permission to dump water on me next time I get like that. I got caught up in remembering where that scar would've come from, and I guess it got to me more than I realized.

You don't need to worry about it, I told you. You were berserk and we were on opposite sides. I get it, though.

[ It's different when there's a permanent visual mark that it happened. Lea still finds herself bothered by it, sometimes. ]

Can't dump water on you if you're locked in the bathroom.

[sounds like they both need to get some of that stuff Kai's made in the past to get rid of scars. there's another huffy noise from in the bathroom, and then Lea'd better use her ears and quit leaning against the door in time, because there's some shuffling and then a click as the door is unlocked and opened. Isa looks contrite, and a little sheepish.]

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