diatu | I wanna know What you're feeling

Who: Lea and Xion, eventually joined by Roxas and possibly Isa
Where: The Ka dorm
When: Backdated to shortly after the end of the body-swap event
What: In which some things come out and progress is hopefully made
Warnings: Angst and feels

Of all the reasons Lea was glad to be back in his own body, the one he currently held in his hand was a relatively minor one, but one that he was sure would prove useful nonetheless. The object in question was a glass bottle containing about six ounces of pale blue translucent liquid and stoppered with a cork. It was a potion he'd purchased off of a fellow student for use in his Forging; it was supposed to help remove impurities from metals and reveal flaws in various types of stones.

While he was stuck in Isa's body and the student he'd been purchasing it from had been stuck in the body of his toad familiar they understandably hadn't been able to make the exchange. But now the potion sat on top of a couple books on his bedside table, and he was eager to go try it out. Just as soon as he'd fed Smoke, his rat.

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Drinks were liquid, weren't they? She had heard him say something about it before, but figured it was something only she didn't know until Roxas asked too. She wanted to answer her friends but something Axel said had stopped her. Her mouth opened, then closed. They trusted her for the same reason she trusted them. But....

She trusted them, Completely. But she couldn't actually say why. Why did someone trust? What even was trust? Now that she was thinking about it, she wasn't sure she knew. Was it the being honest that he mentioned? But it wasn't. Because he wasn't always honest and she trusted him knowing that. So it wasn't about not lying. And it wasn't about telling each other everything, because he never did that. So what... what was trust then? She had known. She could have answered this morning, couldn't she have? Now she wasn't sure.

He chuckled at Lea wrapping his arm around Isa, grinning. It was so strange; seeing Isa so off-kilter by a few friendly gestures. Such a start contrast from Saix.

"But I think you're right. We should probably get out of here." Because this had been heavy stuff, and while it was a bit too late for ice cream, having some time to de-frag would be nice. At Lea's comments, he turned to the redhead and nodded.

"Yeah. Because friends have your best interest at heart... even if they sometimes do stupid things to show it."

Lea smiled at Isa's flustered reaction to the surprise hug. "Aw, c'mon; where's the fun in that?", he said. "Besides, you and I both know you like them, even if you try to be Mr. Line-face all the time."

And he couldn't help but chuckle at Roxas' comment too. "You know I think that about sums us up in a nutshell right there," he said. They all meant well... but they could all be dumb as a box of rocks at various points.

"Before we all head off though," he said, "I think we were going to get a picture with the three of us? That is, if Xion is still willing to put her hood down for it for a minute?" It was a real question, as she still seemed rather zoned out. He was almost tempted to see if Roxas would be willing to stay over that night, just to have someone there with her.

Isa's only reply to Lea is another soft huff, even if he liked them, he still wanted a warning.

...

"I can take the picture for you, if you'd like." It's be a lot easier than them trying to take a selfie.

Someone being with her might not be a bad idea, but she probably wasn't going to notice. Her head was kind of spinning. But she looked up when he mentioned a picture. Mentioned taking her hood down. She hesitated, still worried, still unsure. She wanted to know that Roxas would see her face. She did. But what if they were wrong? She swallowed hard and looked down at her gloves, then looked up at Roxas from under the hood, unsure. Letting him chose. What if he didn't see her? What if Saïx.....?

"I think a picture would be great!" Roxas said, smiling. It had been a while since he'd taken photos, and had definitely done so once he got back to Twilight Town; he's a little miffed that the photos he'd taken before coming to this world were gone. Still, it's like what Lea said, this was a good opportunity to take more photos and make more memories.

He looked to Xion, and, seeing her hesitate, he offered her a smile. "It's alright, Xion." He encouraged. He really hoped she would trust them to lower her hood...

Lea nodded at Siax's suggestion. "Not a bad idea," he said. "Will probably look better that way than if I held it out selfie-style anyway. Providing that Roxas doesn't mind you borrowing his gummiphone for a minute, of course."

And of course providing that Xion was willing to lower her hood. That was actually the much bigger 'if' in the scenario, given that Roxas seemed pretty keen on the photo idea. Lea gave her an encouraging smile of his own, nodding his agreement with Roxas. It was indeed alright.

Isa looks between the three, and waits for a decision to be made.

She took a deep breath then raising shaking hands, gripped the edges of her hood. She trembled all over as she slowly lowered, it, looking down at her lap, rather than at any of them. She was pale and still very overwhelmed as well as afraid, and all of that showed in the now visible face.

"No, I don't mind." Roxas said, before turning to Isa. He carefully took back his Gummiphone and opened the camera function before he handed it over to Isa. "Do you need any help on how it works?"

Glancing back, Roxas's expression was one of surprise as Xion lowered her hood... but it quickly morphed into a smile as he saw a familiar female face looking back at him.

"See? Told you."

Lea smiled too. She wasn't quite looking at any of them, but having the hood down was progress. Good progress, he hoped. "Lookin' good there, Xion," he said. And it eas entirely true. Yes, she might look scared and overwhelmed, but she looked completely like herself, and that would always be a good thing.

"Alright now, let's squeeze in here so Isa can get a good picture," he said, crouching down so that he was between and slightly behind his two shorter friends. "Ready Isa?"

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