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Larxene still found it hard to believe him. They weren’t on the best of terms - she found him to be annoying and stupid. But . . . it was a bit refreshing to hear he cared somewhat.
“ Fine. Deal. Let it down. “
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“Well, no, mainly I figured the company would.” Demyx turned back, putting his hands up in defence. “Wah? Pranks!?
No!! I’m being serious, this is just… how I feel.” Putting a hand to his chest.
“You wanna see my hair down or what?”
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“ We had a little fling - but he’s back with the good guys so —- “ She shrugged again at that. The past too far away now, she could hardly recall the memories.
“ Xigbar got cookies in exchange for lightening the workload sometimes. “
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“Nicer?” Blinking a few times, his face almost seemed serious for a second before relaxing, “news to me.
Ah, I guess Lexaeus is the easiest to cook for, he wasn’t picky.”
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“ Maybe because we went rogue or something ? “ The woman simply shrugged — feeling weird about finally coming clean. She’d been alone on her hunt for a while.
“ Everyone else isn’t like us. They can actually go back to their old lives. Us on the other hand . . . “
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“Or they might just not believe you… the only one who seems to even know we have something connect to ‘that time’ is Xemnas…
And I suppose, in turn, Xehanort.” Marluxia nodded, “I guess we just need to keep working hard to manifest them again.
Maybe our hearts are still not—
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“ You think going on a date with /you/ would cheer me up ? “ She pressed, still baffled by such a strange confession. Honestly - she thought he was still joking with her.
“ This one of your pranks or something ? “
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“Ah!” His eyes widened before smiling sheepishly, “uh oh, busted!
Yeaaaah, maybe I do have a little one, don’t ask me why seeming all you do is verbally abuse me.
Guess, I just wanted to see if I could help… cheer you up.” He turned to the side, looking down then up to the—
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“ No . . . But I did have friends before I become a Nobody. “ She mused. “ Actually — I think I was nicer back then “ The woman laughed curtly before turning her gaze back to him.
“ I used to cook for Lexaeus. “
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“ I don’t trust any of them. “ She admitted readily, crossing her arms over her chest. “ Can’t be telling some idiots I’m looking on how to get back to full power - they might stop me. “
She paused for a moment. “ So you too . . . it might be a problem with us. “
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His eyes widened ever so slightly, “so that’s what you’ve been up to. I heard word you were looking for something but wouldn’t tell anyone what.”
Marluxia, no, Lauriam, gave a small smile, “I guess it all makes sense now. I haven’t been able to summon mine, either.”
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“ No no - hold up. “ She held up a hand to stop him, brows knitting together in bewilderment.
“ What do you mean shoot your shot ? You have a crush on me or something ? “
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“Yeah, I know, but I just wanna try my shot, you know?” Scratching the back of his head.
“You’ve eased up ever since you got a heart again, I guess I just…
Ah, well if you don’t want to then it’s okay. But I can still show you my hair.”
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The blonde knew some of them would be painful for him - especially since they never found /her/.
“ . . . then I’m sorry “ She muttered, a bit embarrassed to be apologizing. “ I’ve been gone, looking for a way to get back my keyblade. “
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“If that’s how it felt then it was not my intention to do so… I guess after everything that happened I have been a little on edge.
Especially since I’m started to remember key memories… but they’re still hazy.”
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“ Yeah, see ? That’s the attitude that doesn’t get you homemade cookies. “ She pointed at him, smirking to make her point.
“ I’m nice to people that I actually like ~ “
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His confession had the woman visibly uncomfortable - usually not good with emotions or even expressing it.
“ You kept brushing me off so I figured you didn’t want to be friends anymore. “ She mused. “I remembered . . . everything. “
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“ Why would I make /you/ anything ? “ The blonde scoffed. “ I don’t cook for anyone. Wait - I did a couple times. But those guys were actually cool. “
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“You can cook?” He looked surprised, “how come you never made ME anything?” He complained.
The answer should have been obvious, considering Larxene hates everyone but herself—.
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It was strange, she didn’t really talk about her pastimes - or let other people see her indulge in it either.
“ Eating. Cooking. I make Moogle Pies sometimes. “ The woman shrugged. “ Sparing. “
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Now he was curious, “really? Like what?” Demyx usually read manga or watched anime, those were his other pastimes. But he was interested in what Larxene liked other than reading.
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Larxene gave him a pointed look - an expression screaming that she definitely didn’t believe him. Simply, she wrung some water out from her coat.
“ I don’t think you’d look hot with that face ~ “
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