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Sometimes, Being Your Friend Hurts -- Traverse Town 2nd District [Open/COMPLETE]

Feb 12, 2006 18:14

Traverse Town had changed a lot since he was fourteen. It had lost much of its innocence. The whole world seems to be geared towards fighting the war and defending the people who appeared everyday. It was supposed to only be a way-station, a place for people to learn about the different worlds and then travel to them, but more and more of the ( Read more... )

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crimson_apathy February 15 2006, 11:32:14 UTC

As much as emotions were useless to a Nobody, Lea had to admit that having someone genuinely interested with what he had to say was a refreshing change. Maybe that was the reason why he didn't dwell too much with the real experiments with Zack, because the possible cut of communication between them was just something he couldn't stand.

Kefka was a researcher, so it was a sin not to share ideas. And Riku only wanted to know about things if they were beneficial to him. Other than that, the only audible thing he'd be able to hear was the long string of curses that followed him around.

With Sora though...

"You'd think I'd be the type of person who only saw love as only an instinct to help with procreation and the like. But the truth is that it's the exact opposite." He frowned.

"Love is a privilege for only those who've earned it, and yet I've seen people mistaken it for something completely physical. Love's backbone isn't supported by hugs or kisses. Nor does it rely on the basis of sex to emphasize its purpose. That isn't Love's ( ... )

noster_nostri February 15 2006, 18:29:02 UTC

Sora had to think about this. He usually didn't analyze matters of the heart. He felt what he felt and touched what he touched. In fact, he was almost a little "touchy-feely". He had no qualms embracing Donald and Goofy and even found comfort in their willingness to hug him back. There were times when their interaction was almost comical. He never had thought about the reasons why one person might want to touch another. Why did Al and Jasmine hug each other after long periods of time apart? And why did Belle touch Adam when he felt gloomy? Why did he have urges to touch people to make them feel better ( ... )

noster_nostri February 15 2006, 18:29:16 UTC

"I think..." Sora began after giving the topic considerable thought, "I think that it's because people sometimes feel alone. Despite all the connections they have made, they still feel separated from everyone else. It's not that they don't trust the other person, because they do! It's just that no one person feels completely connected all the time. Their thoughts and feelings are still mostly their own. Even me," he grinned at the admittance like a kid who had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. "My head is my own and my perception is my own. I know that my heart is connected to others, that my friendships are strong ones, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to touch others, to feel them. We all have feelings, but we also have bodies, and we need some kind of... of... reality to ground us. It's possible to love someone and never touch them, but it's a real bonus to be able to find out that they are really real and be able to have your fingers sense their warmth. I'm not talking about, about, well, you know..." he coughed ( ... )

crimson_apathy February 16 2006, 00:02:27 UTC

What Sora thought may’ve been too much, Lea felt like it wasn’t enough. And it was always like that with him. Wants and needs were limitless, and while he absorbed all of it like some kind of shameless glutton, his belly always had the space to eat up a little more. He drank up all of the brunet’s words, maneuvering himself so that his feet were flat on the ground, elbows resting on his knees while his head was propped up in his palms. Those cat-like green eyes stared up intently at Sora’s body language, giving the other the impression that Lea had given him his undivided attention ( ... )

noster_nostri February 16 2006, 02:27:07 UTC

Sora was dazzled by Lea's show of magical aptitude. He was used to spells and talents, and he had even seen it used artistically before. That didn't mean that he wasn't delighted each time someone did something like that. It was like watching a firework show every year but never letting them get old.

When the heat of the fire heart brushed him and shuddered slightly and hugged his arms. He hadn't realized how cold it was in Traverse Town until just then, and that realization reminded him of the gripping cold that had almost paralyzed him.

"Only content?" he asked, smiling and rubbing his bare arms to cause friction. "Anyway I can make you satisfied?"

crimson_apathy February 16 2006, 04:24:35 UTC

Yet unlike spells, who looked nothing but superficial in his mind, Lea's own element was naturally in tuned with his entire body; fused practically as one being that surged into his veins. The flames that he conjured up at will were just as intimate as if Lea had sliced himself all over and used his very own warming blood to fight with ( ... )

noster_nostri February 16 2006, 04:42:04 UTC

The increasing heat around them made Sora a little more comfortable. He never complained about the weather, but he was a boy who had grown up on a tropical island and therefore he was a little fonder of being warm. He didn't have to be warm all the time, and he traveled in space a lot (space was cold, despite all the environment controls in the gummi ship), but he still loved it when his body was comfortable. He sometimes missed the days when he could sleep on warm sands under a hot sun ( ... )

crimson_apathy February 16 2006, 04:54:27 UTC

At first Lea wasn't paying attention to Sora's body language as he went about his business, his fingers opening as if commanding the small balls of heat to grow and practically fuse with one another. But from the corner of a green eye he watched the latter's body shudder when he gasped, earning the Nobody's eyebrow to rise in curiosity.

But he didn't pull back from the brunet, very much comfortable from his spot overlooking the latter's shoulder.

"Is there something wrong, Sora?" His head tilted away from Sora's shoulder, giving his breath more access to invade the teenager's side, murmuring his innocent question without deducing once that it was these actions that were coaxing that specific reaction.

And why would it seem odd? Sora looked like the type of person who didn't seem bothered by personal space.

noster_nostri February 16 2006, 05:02:45 UTC

Sora made a very small sound that was almost a moan and tried to move his head so that his ear was away from Lea's mouth, but this only made him press into the cloaked man. This surprised him only because he hadn't been paying enough attention to figure out on his own it was going to happen. So he pulled back again, back into the position that had caused this whole mess.

It didn't bother him that Lea was so close, he was a tactile person after all, it just made his whole body feel... something.

"Uh..." Sora began, feeling embarrassed, yet again. "My ears," he had to clear his throat. "Are kind of sensitive. So having you close to them kind of makes me feel weird."

crimson_apathy February 16 2006, 05:15:46 UTC

"Oh?" He emphasized the sound heavily, causing a rush of warm air with probably around ten times the force of how he was conversing before to spread all over the side of Sora's face and neck. Yet right afterwards, the redhead finally pulled back, lightly brushing away a flame that was, quite literally, nestled in his spiked tresses.

"I'm sorry if I'm making you feel uncomfortable. I honestly didn't know you were sensitive..." Lea confessed, tilting his head and gave a small smile.

noster_nostri February 16 2006, 05:21:57 UTC

Sora gasped again and when Lea pulled away he touched his ear and rubbed carefully, getting rid of the tingling wake of sensation. He coughed and shifted uncomfortably (perhaps the only sign he was going to give about how this was really affecting him).

He shook his head and grinned. "It's okay! I, uh, didn't realize how sensitive they were until just now too. To be honest no one has ever just breathed on my ear like that before." Sure he had been told secrets and stuff in that near childish way, but it have never been anything close to that.

Sora decided it was much better to change the subject. "So how did you learn to do all this stuff with fire? How long did it take? I can cast fire spells, but nothing like this!" His own magic skills seemed clumsy in comparison.

crimson_apathy February 16 2006, 05:35:52 UTC

Lea caught the leftovers of Sora's reaction with a careful eye, his hand cupping itself over his mouth for only a second to hide the growing chuckle and save the poor brunet any further embarrassment. It was sort of funny with how careful he was trying to make himself appear ( ... )

noster_nostri February 16 2006, 05:42:59 UTC

Sora nodded at that. Summoning the Keyblade had become a second nature to him. When he had first gotten the Keyblade he had been very confused by it, but now fighting with it, summoning it, casting magic with it, and locking Keyholes was just as natural to him as breathing.

"Donald once told me that some people just have so much element in them that it comes out as magical ability." The mage had explained different schools of magic to him a long time ago while, and Sora had remembered at least half of them. "Maybe you are one of those? You have so much fire that you can actually control it and use it." He looked around at the flames around them. "I wish I could do this though. It must be nice to create your own heater whenever you need it!" He sounded more than just a little impressed.

crimson_apathy February 16 2006, 05:54:14 UTC

It was a logical conclusion, yes, but Lea often found his element as something else. He had to wonder if he had gained it out of something as seemingly innocent as what Sora said, or gotten it from some kind of treachery he committed before he lost what he valued and strived for the most.

Either way, it was gushing through his vessels like the fire in itself was the source for him even being alive in the first place.

He did laugh, however, at Sora's own conclusion, relaxing back and waved a few more flames that blocked off any portion of the Keyblade Master in his vision.

"You become more sensitive to the other elements that coincide or conflict against your own. Sometimes I can feel frozen while just strolling in the night."

noster_nostri February 16 2006, 05:59:04 UTC

Sora frowned slightly. "That's got to be tough. Sometimes I just feel too cold because no place is as warm as home." He thought about the Islands and the way that even the nights seemed so warm and comfortable. It was like being wrapped up in a blanket.

He sort of felt that way now, with Lea's flames surrounding him. It made him feel warm inside as well.

He grinned embarrassingly. "I guess that sounds kind of funny, doesn't it? I've been to deserts and other tropical places but none of them feel the same way that home does."

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