You've got a piece of me (Closed)

[afterthemoon]

Who: Lea and Isa (with a cameo by Xion later)
When: Early April, same as the intro log
Where: Around the Great Hall, probably.
What: Old friends reunite
Other: Isa's general intro will be in the intro post.

[To say that Isa wasn't thrilled to be brought somewhere against his will, and enrolled into a school he wanted nothing to do with was probably the understatement of the century.

However when he sees an all too familiar head of spiky red hair pass by in the crowd, whatever reservations Isa had were momentarily forgotten.

He turns to try and catch up with him.]

Lea? Hey Lea, wait!

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[hotheadwarmheart]

Even if she did ask, it was unlikely that Lea would be able to provide much more information on that particular subject anyway, so it was just as well.

When she still seemed down about it though, he smiled gently and pushed her hood back so he could lightly ruffle her hair. "Hey...", he said. "It's gonna be alright. Maybe not right away, but eventually, we'll figure out how to work things out. Got it memorized?"

[nobodys_puppet]

She looked up at him and nodded a bit. He was here. She... she would figure out how to protect him, somehow. Even from Saïx. This time it was her turn to figure things out and keep him safe.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea smiled a bit. "That's the spirit," he said. "Not much we can't solve, if only because we're too darn stubborn to quit until we do."

"For now though, what say we get some lunch?", he said. "And I'll buy the ice cream tonight. I owe you that much for the unpleasant surprise, at least."

[nobodys_puppet]

Stubborn? Her? Could... she be stubborn? Did she even know how? Lunch sounded good, though. Except... "His showing up here today isn't your fault," she said softly. But she would let him treat.

[hotheadwarmheart]

She could and she did it by just being herself. Of course the things she tended to be stubborn about tended to cause more problems than they fixed, but they could work on that.

"Yeah, I know," Lea said. "But a lot of the stuff you blame yourself for isn't your fault either, and that doesn't stop you. So let me have this one, OK? Besides, I like treating you occasionally."

[nobodys_puppet]

Her lips actually twitched the smallest bit towards a smile at that. She gave him a light push with her shoulder. "That's different," she said softly, but there was a hint of teasing hidden there.

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Oh, and how exactly is it different?", Lea said, also a bit teasing. "Because you're you and I'm me? Sorry, if we're gonna allow for self-blame, it's gotta be a two-way street."

"Anyway...", he stood up carefully, then offered Xion a hand up. "Let's get to lunch while there's still some left."

Love that icon

[nobodys_puppet]

"Because you really couldn't control his showing up, that is why," she said, taking the hand offered.

IKR? Also, looks like this thread might be wrapping up.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea helped Xion to her feet. "Again, no different from you blaming yourself for things you can't control," he said. "But since I have a feeling we could go round and round with this and not get anywhere, maybe we can both agree to try and blame ourselves for things a little less, hmm?"

Yep. Just in time for a ton more with Roxas... >.>

[nobodys_puppet]

"Well, we can try," she said, still shaken but trying to sound like she wasn't.

Lol yup. X3 And one more from Xion should wrap it up nicely. :3

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Good," Lea said, giving Xion's hair another ruffle. "Now, before we get distracted again, lunch. C'mon." Lea started off in the direction of the cafeteria, though he kept a hand on Xion's shoulder, trusting that she would follow along and hoping that the contact would be reassuring.

Ty for the thread.

[nobodys_puppet]

She nodded and leaned into the touch, going with him. Though once they got in sight of other people, the hood went back up again.