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[coexistent]

How can I do that!?

[he snaps back, almost immediately. sure, he doesn't know her, and it's not like he would put all his trust in her over anything but... she didn't do anything wrong.]

It's my fault that this happened, so how can I just leave you here like this?

1/2

[immobileyes]

It's not your fault! [ Aww snap, the snap volley is on. Except she lowered her hand, oops. ] You were just fighting to stop that lady and I accidentally got hit by that thing and I almost hit you with the cart anyway, and that would've been my fault, but you're okay, so--!

[immobileyes]

[ SO LET'S GRAB THIS STRANGER'S SHOULDERS AND KISS HIM YEP except she'll immediately let go once this has happened, jump back, stumble, and bonk the back of her head against a wall.

Just let her bury her face in her hands now.

TALE AS OLD AS... TIME...???????!!!!! ]

[coexistent]

[what.

...well, he was going to reply to her outburst of a response, but the near immediate follow-up leaves roxas completely stunned. he doesn't know what a kiss really is, or when it would be used—to him, this is new and unfamiliar in a way that he can't even comprehend.

there's a sensation in his chest that follows, and he feels his face getting warm. but.. why? it's times like these that remembering what he was as a whole person would be, you know, useful. because now he's just standing there, completely baffled by what just happened... and mary's reaction to it too, of course.]

Uh...?

[immobileyes]

I--! [ It's more of a hiccup than a word, as Mary slowly lowers her hands, utterly mortified. Oh. Oh, no. She just kissed him and she's read enough to know that you should really only kiss your true love like that, and she just went and-- and--! ]

I'm sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

[ Yes, she sure is fleeing down that corridor. ]

[coexistent]

[that's definitely not part of the plan. not that there was really ever a plan to begin with, of course, but this is far from anything roxas could have imagined happening.]

H-hey, wait! Where are you going!? [what is going on here? what just happened!? there are so many questions, so naturally, roxas is going to chase after her.]

[immobileyes]

[ If only there were portals of darkness at her disposal... as it stands, Mary runs right past the only turn and smack into a dead end. Miserably, she turns, hands held out defensively. ]

I said I was sorry...

[coexistent]

[well, at least the dead end does stop him from having to really chase her down. roxas has enough sense to keep a bit of distance between them, but it's close enough to have this conversation without yelling.]

Why, though? Why are you apologizing, and why did you run away?

[immobileyes]

... [ Hold on, she actually has to catch her breath. ] Because... I kissed you.

[ Roxas, do you not know that kisses are sacred things usually done between two good-looking men people who love and cherish each other-- ]

[coexistent]

[if it were possible for his expression to be nothing but a giant question mark right now, it would probably be his exact expression.]

That's... a reason to run away? [he pauses, thinking. is there something that important about kisses? what's the big deal? so many questions.]

You got hit by the needle, didn't you? Because... then it's probably like me. You couldn't help it. [logically speaking. though he really still has no idea why this is so upsetting to her.]

[immobileyes]

W-well, yeah, but... [ Roxas... ] It's okay to hug people, but kissing... i-it's important. You're only supposed to kiss somebody you love!

[ And Roxas, she's sure you're very nice, but she's known you for all of maybe fifteen minutes. ]

[coexistent]

Somebody you love...

[mary, why did you have to say that? he scrunches his nose a little, considering those words. he can remember the things xaldin said about love that he didn't get. he can remember asking axel about love.

right. no wonder he didn't get it; just like axel said, he needs a heart to love. so how could he understand what the significance of a kiss is? his expression sinks a little because he feels bad. of course something like that would upset a person with a heart, right?]

Sorry. [he says, after a moment. even if they'd known each other for more than fifteen minutes, it's not like she'd ever love a person who didn't have a heart, or whatever it is his situation is, because sometimes lately, even roxas doesn't know what his deal it.] It's my fault this happened.

[immobileyes]

[ Mary can distinctly remember telling him it wasn't his fault, because Roxas hadn't personally jabbed her in the hand with a kiss-inducing needle, and she's already apologized about thirty times, and truth be told, she's frazzled and tired because emotions are exhausting.

She may never forgive herself for kissing him, but that's a different story entirely, and so she just releases a soft little sigh and shakes her head. ]

We should stop apologizing.

[ She's grown, a bit. Maybe. ]

[coexistent]

[dealing with emotions is exhausting, especially when you don't necessarily understand the ones you're experiencing—or the ones people around you are experiencing. ]

Yeah... I guess you're right. We're not really getting anywhere this way, huh?

[immobileyes]

[ Another shake of the head, but Mary manages a small smile this time. ]

Right. And we've been apologizing all this time and I still don't know who you are.

[ We're doing this a bit oddly. ]

[coexistent]

Oh... yeah.

[he's really just not used to introducing himself. but considering he's already done it more than once today, there's really no point in withholding his name.]

I'm Roxas.

[immobileyes]

I'm Mary.

[ THERE, that wasn't so hard! It just took them all of fifteen minutes and some awkward hugs and kisses, but all is well now. ]

[coexistent]

It's nice to meet you then, Mary.

[he smiles a little, a friendly enough gesture after... well, everything that just happened.]

[immobileyes]

Mm, you too! It's hard to be friends without introductions.

[ Or without them finding you in a forest and throwing a hoodie on top of you and introducing you to mp3 players. ]

[coexistent]

Friends? So... this makes us friends now?

[it's more curious than skeptical—he doesn't exactly have a lot of friends. axel called the shots back then, and it was different with xion.]

[immobileyes]

... I-if you want to be? You've been really nice to me, and you don't seem bad...

[coexistent]

[he nods a little. she doesn't seem like a bad person to him. and it's not like having another friend is bad; it doesn't change who his best friends are, even if he's never had both at the same time.]

I didn't realize it was that easy. Sure, we can be friends. [it's not like he'll be putting all of his trust in her—probably not even much at all just yet, but having someone on his side would be a good thing when he expected to be alone entirely.]

[immobileyes]

It's harder, I think, when you haven't already been hugged...

[ Well, yes. They skipped a few steps there. ]

[coexistent]

I guess. I don't really know much about that stuff, though.

[at least he's honest.]

[immobileyes]

...? You don't... know about hugs?