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Revised version of This drabble, which was written in the duration of that song.
Title:All We Know is Distance
Characters: Olette, Roxas, Hayner, Pence
Word count: 394
Rating: G
The sky in Twilight Town is a constant myriad of colors. It's pretty when you're new to the town, but after living there your whole life it becomes just part of the backdrop to your memories. Olette passes the ice-cream out, a smile lighting her face the entire time. This is her favorite part of the day, when they wrap things up at the clock tower. She can't help the stream of laughter bubbling out of her anymore than she can resist kicking her feet against the bricks of the tower.
Hayner and Pence chat idly about the upcoming Struggle tournament, who they think will enter, who actually has a shot and who should call it quits while they're ahead. Olette leans forward, trying to look at the spot just past Hayner, a question already half formed on her lips. She remembers, seconds too late, that it's just the three of them.
It's always been just the three of them. This fact sits like a stone in the base of her heart. Olette knows, in the deepest part of herself, that there should be someone else there. If she squints hard enough she thinks she can almost see him, a boy their age with ruffled blond hair.
The ice-cream slips out of her hand before she realizes what's happened, she watches, mesmerized, as it falls end over end before splatting to the ground which suddenly seems so dangerously far away.
They don't go back to the clock tower for ice-cream after that. Olette knows it's her fault, for being clumsy. They're all scared that it might be one of them next time instead of just silly ice-cream.
Their treat doesn't taste quite right when they eat it in their little clubhouse under the train tracks. She thinks it's too dark and dusty down there. The change of location doesn't stop Hayner and Pence's silly discussions though. She wonders if they miss being so high up like she does, having nothing but air beneath her feet, the shadow in her heart that says they were four, not three.
Eventually, they stop eating the ice-cream too. It's a gradual thing, the boys never say anything about it so she pretends not to mind too. Still, it leaves an empty kind of ache inside, as if she's abandoning a best friend.
They were only ever three.
Title:All We Know is Distance
Characters: Olette, Roxas, Hayner, Pence
Word count: 394
Rating: G
The sky in Twilight Town is a constant myriad of colors. It's pretty when you're new to the town, but after living there your whole life it becomes just part of the backdrop to your memories. Olette passes the ice-cream out, a smile lighting her face the entire time. This is her favorite part of the day, when they wrap things up at the clock tower. She can't help the stream of laughter bubbling out of her anymore than she can resist kicking her feet against the bricks of the tower.
Hayner and Pence chat idly about the upcoming Struggle tournament, who they think will enter, who actually has a shot and who should call it quits while they're ahead. Olette leans forward, trying to look at the spot just past Hayner, a question already half formed on her lips. She remembers, seconds too late, that it's just the three of them.
It's always been just the three of them. This fact sits like a stone in the base of her heart. Olette knows, in the deepest part of herself, that there should be someone else there. If she squints hard enough she thinks she can almost see him, a boy their age with ruffled blond hair.
The ice-cream slips out of her hand before she realizes what's happened, she watches, mesmerized, as it falls end over end before splatting to the ground which suddenly seems so dangerously far away.
They don't go back to the clock tower for ice-cream after that. Olette knows it's her fault, for being clumsy. They're all scared that it might be one of them next time instead of just silly ice-cream.
Their treat doesn't taste quite right when they eat it in their little clubhouse under the train tracks. She thinks it's too dark and dusty down there. The change of location doesn't stop Hayner and Pence's silly discussions though. She wonders if they miss being so high up like she does, having nothing but air beneath her feet, the shadow in her heart that says they were four, not three.
Eventually, they stop eating the ice-cream too. It's a gradual thing, the boys never say anything about it so she pretends not to mind too. Still, it leaves an empty kind of ache inside, as if she's abandoning a best friend.
They were only ever three.