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[aight fam. this has been a good day so far; nice weather, probably some hanging out with friends for lunch, that sort of thing. so hopefully these two are nice and chill and madly in love with each other in preparation for a scheduled conflict (probably). they've established the fact that they need to discuss some unpleasant topics and clear the air about some things, and now's as good a time as any.

it's evening now, there's cheesy pasta on the kitchen table, and we're gonna sit down and talk about headcanons. put your butt in a chair, Lea.]

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[Apricot will drink her coffee if she's not careful, but a sniff is also good. Lea's going to be lucky if Isa ever sucks anything again. B( ]

Not a huge amount. I probably have more insight from the games for a lot of things, but not everything went exactly that way for you all.

Right, the games.

[ Apricot can have a little sip when she's done. As a treat. Lea's annoyed again, because the games are a thing, so Axel already knows stuff about her, and that makes her think about his enhanced senses, which is also fuel for annoyance. But really, she just wants an excuse to be mad because Isa is gone and not telling her where she is right this second. ]

Well, whatever. I can't exactly go looking for her in this labyrinth, now can I?

[that gets a warning look. he's still a dweeb, but in the last few years he's also turned into an actual adult who doesn't put up with shit, likely because he's almost the age his older self was when he appeared in the dressing room. he pulls out his phone so he can text Isa and see if she responds to someone who hasn't pissed her off lately.]

I'll see what I can do, but if she's not interested in being around people yet I'm not going to go against that.

[ Leave me alone, I'm emotionally stunted. ): She doesn't really... perk up at that, but she does turn a little to watch Axel, without directly looking at his phone to see whatever he's saying. This is better than nothing, and hopefully Isa will respond! ]

Wouldn't ask you to. See, you're not half as bad as Riku says you are.

[ Some light teasing to keep the mood good. ]

You're full of shit, Riku loves me, even when I annoy her.

[they're both extremely lucky Isa has her phone on her at all right now, for reasons that will be explained later. in any case, Axel texted something like "lea's here and worried about you", and after only a minute or so his phone buzzes with a response.]

I think it might be especially when you annoy her, knowing her type. Explains the crush on your head thing.

[ If nothing will make her feel better, absolutely dragging Riku will. She had turned back to Apricot for more scritches around the neck, but her head whips back at the notif. ]

Yeah but we don't talk about that, even though everyone knows it's true. Isa says to go home, she'll be there in a little while.

[he's texting back just to ask for himself if she's okay, and gets another immediate response in the form of the "this is fine" image. Isa relates strongly to this meme.]

[ Is it the burning house part? It's the burning house part, isn't it. Lea looks nonplussed. She blinks, then scrunches her face a little. ]

What, really? Is she planning to kick my ass?

[ Why couldn't she have texted Lea herself then?? ]

[Axel shrugs, because he has no idea how girls work. and Isa didn't text Lea because she literally just woke up to Axel's message, and responded to it before checking the missed messages. also uh, she didn't have her phone for part of the night.]

Probably at least a little bit, but that's how love works. In my experience, anyway.

That come with ladies who can and have gone berserk on your ass in the past? And I mean that literally.

[ She doesn't actually think Isa could or would though, she's just saying. The threat of an ass-kicking from Isa is not to be taken lightly. She's gonna down most of the rest of her latte while she thinks. She wanted to find Isa, and know she's okay, and now she's a little upset that she answered Axel but not her. But also, how do they fix this? Something tells her Isa won't be fine with forgetting about it like Lea normally might do. Nothing Is Too Terrible with her friends and all that. ]

[Lea needs to stop being upset before she has all the facts, okay. there's a perfectly good explanation for everything.]

Listen, I don't know if you've ever seen Kai actually get angry about something. I've been on the receiving end of it enough that I've almost learned my lesson. But it doesn't change the fact that I'd move the earth and stars for him.

[in general, he deserves most of the loving ass-kickings he's been subject to in his life. Lea probably does too.]

[ She absolutely deserved most of them. His line of thought seems to make sense with her, and she nods a little in understanding, rolling her head from side to side like she's weighing it. Yeah, sounds about right. But also: ]

Nah, I don't think I've ever seen it the way you're talking about. His royal rages usually came in the heat of battle for me. But I do like how we've all collectively agreed to forget about the whole—

[ She wiggles the free fingers in her coffee hand. ]

Kidnapping thing.

[ The amount of burn threats she had to dish out to this kid. Seriously. She downs the rest of her coffee and sits up straight. Prepping for her funeral, it seems. Lea's not actively ignoring the rest of Axel's statement, either. It's just too... sappy for her to address directly. ]

Eh, you had your reasons, and it was so long ago for him.

[he stretches a little where he's sitting and then picks up his mug and gets to his feet, holding out his other hand to help Lea up.]

The fact that he could easily kick your ass now helps a lot, too.

This is less impressive when it's the case back home too.

[ Y'know, without the years of DR experience. But she takes Axel's hand and hauls herself up. It's still weird for her that he's taller. ]

Thanks for the help. I'll let you know when I come back to life.

[not by that much, surely. he pats her shoulder consolingly, both for regular Kai being able to kick her ass and for whatever's going to happen with Isa.]

You'll be fine. If she was still that pissed, I don't think she would've responded at all.

Yeah, I've been on her silent treatment end before. This is... different.

[ It really was a lot worse than she's letting on to Axel. Lea is a little worried she's going to go back and there won't be an easy resolution for this. What if they fight again? ]

[what if? there's no way to know until she gets there. Axel makes a shooing motion at her.]

You'll be fine. You both made it out the other side of the Organization in one piece, and if none of that managed to completely kill the friendship, I doubt this will either. Scram.

[even if it IS worse, Lea's still putting her cart before the horse. she has no idea what revelations or emotional breakthroughs or whatever Isa might've had during the night.]

[ Lea gives him a little bit of a look, because even if it wasn't killed it was still pretty bad, for a pretty long time. And Isa, at least, can hold a grudge. But it's true, Lea should have more faith in her. She gives Axel a little salute and spins on her heels to head in the direction of their apartment. ]

Fine, fine, I'm gone. Go back to bed or whatever.

[what he'll probably do at this ridiculous hour is make a nice breakfast for Kai and their Riku, and then nap later. back into the house he goes with the fat bun.

when Lea arrives, Isa won't be there yet, but will be along momentarily.]

[ This is fine indeed. She's just going to sit on the couch and wait, consumed with anxiety. Maybe she'll play on her phone a little. ]

[here she is. she's actually feeling okayish now, and any discomfort Lea's been suffering is her own fault. <3 Isa seems about as well-rested as she ever is, especially compared to Lea right now, but is, notably, wearing an unfamiliar t-shirt that is much too big on her. like, it would probably be fairly loose on Axel, even.

she's not saying anything yet, and she's not going to fold her arms like she really wants to, but her expression is steely and closed-off, and one of the first things to leave Lea's mouth had better be approaching an apology, or Isa's turning right around and leaving again.]

[ Lea scrambles to sit up straight when she hears the door start to open, crossing her arms and then uncrossing them to press into the cushion, then stuffing them in her pockets and ultimately crossing them again. She doesn't look like she's recently cried anymore (although she kind of looks like she might start at the drop of a hat), but she does look like she hasn't had any sleep. She stares at Isa for a minute. The shirt isn't really even on her radar.

She inhales deeply, clearly getting prepared for a long speech, but— ]

— hey.

[ Don't cry don't cry don't cry. ]

[good, Lea deserves to have suffered at least a little bit. Isa's eyes narrow a bit, but then she takes a deep breath and lets it out as a sigh, and her face relaxes again.]

You look tired.

I had a latte.

[ It did not help, and now she's jittery on top of exhausted. At least she's still composed, at least outwardly. ]

You sleep?

Yes.

[she's not going to volunteer information until Lea asks, because she's well aware that she kind of made last night all about her, and that that was part of the problem. she's not going to do the same here, but also she's not the only one who fucked up.