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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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[ 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.

Good.

[ At least one of them did. She would be worried about her even more than she already is, if it were the opposite. There's a little pause, and Lea's eyes are on the floor. ]

Sorry. About what I said last night.

["prove it"; "good, you should be"; "you'll have to do better than that".]

...thank you. I'm sorry too, not for anything I said, but for making it a fight when it didn't need to be.

[seems like Isa had a reality check overnight, interesting.]

You didn't really say anything worth apologizing for. I get it. Sorta.

[ She gets, at least a little, what Isa was going for and why you would at least want someone you care about to understand something important to you, anyway. Lea recognizes that she could have handled it a lot better, or at least a lot less emotionally. ]

I mean it, though. Sorry doesn't really cover it. I shouldn't have said that, and I didn't mean what I said anyway.

You did a little bit, or you wouldn't have said it.

[but she appreciates it. she finally moves from her spot by the door, crossing to the couch and sitting down within arm's reach of Lea, but not immediately next to her.]

I was upset.

[ She may have said the same thing if she was calm, however. Lea's looking a the floor again. Does the couch smell like burnt fabric or is it just her? ]

[the apartment smells a bit like a fire, yes. so far this is all a bit cathartic, that she managed to finally piss Lea off as much as Lea's ever pissed her off.]

Did you torch something after I left?

I screamed into a pillow so hard it burst into flames.

[ There are some remnants, tucked up beneath the couch and out of view. She doesn't really feel any better. She's happy and less anxious now that Isa's back, but she feels bad about how she reacted, and bad that it happened at all. ]

[catharsis, although Isa also feels bad about how things went. however: ]

I suppose I should be glad you didn't burn the building down. I um. Went berserk.

[if anything was going to make it happen post-recompletion, it makes sense that it would be Lea.]

[ Lea had her mouth open for a defense, because she only burns things a little bit, but it hangs open a little longer in shock. Then she's twisting sideways on the couch, reacting with surprise and concern and talking all at once. ]

You what? Are you okay? Did you get hurt?

I'm fine! Nothing a potion couldn't fix, since it seems like maybe I was trying to attack myself, with no other Hearts around.

[she ripped the shit out of the shirt she'd been wearing, and scratched herself up pretty good, but that was all. now she's turning pink, though, and avoiding looking at Lea.]

It's stupid and really ironic, but I did actually find a Xemnas. He stopped me.

[ Lea looks really upset when Isa says "attack myself", because really, that's her fault. She doesn't have Riku's guilt complex when it comes to her friends, but it's distressing to hear nonetheless. She does, however, go very still at the mention of Xemnas. Weirdly enough though, she relaxes a tiny bit at "he". ]

Oh...

[ Well now that she's embarrassed, fully aware of her own reaction, ]

That's... good, right? Did he snap you out of it?