[KH] FireAndMoonlight: Someone Like You (theme 15)

Fire & Moonlight, a Kingdom Hearts fanwork:  Drabble challenge by Wishing-Fire, written by Raberba girl
15. Someone Like You

Summary:  Axel returns from Castle Oblivion.

"Why didn't you report in?"

Axel turned away from his bedroom window.  "You just interrupted my angsty moon-gazing, jerk."

"My heart bleeds for you," Saïx deadpanned.  "Or it would, if I still had one, but I don't.  Looks like you're out of luck."

"The ones out of luck are the rest of the C.O. team," Axel mused.  "Toast, all of them."

"Yes, I know."

"Of course you know," Axel said darkly.  "You set us all up to get killed, didn't you."

"Had to find some way of getting rid of everyone in my way, didn't I?"

"Oh, so I'm in your way now, is that it?" Axel growled.

"Trust me, if you were truly in my way, you would never have made it out of that castle alive."

Axel shook his head.  "Man, only someone like you could send his best friend off to a hero-infested slaughterhouse and act like you're doing him a favor...."

"Just keep in mind that anyone else who tried half the things with me that you can get away with would get their heads ripped off," Saïx grumbled.

"Oh, like that really makes us even," Axel pouted.

"I would say so, yes."

"Good grief, Saïx, I'm not that annoying, am I?!"

"Hmmm, must I answer that...?"

"Oh, forget it.  Thanks for making sure I came back from C.O.  You happy now?"

"If I had a heart--"

"Blah, blah, blah."

"--then, yes, I would be quite pleased that you returned safely."

"...Oh.  Well.  I guess that's cool, then."

"Remember why we seek to build Kingdom Hearts," Saïx said softly.

"Or we could just hang around Roxas and Xion long enough, I'm starting to think that might eventually do the trick," Axel muttered under his breath.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing.  Whoo, Kingdom Hearts for the win."

"Now, about that report...."

Author's Notes:  I had writer's block on this one for the longest time.  Finally I decided to write something just so I could get closer to all the other themes I've already drafted, so I ended up simply re-writing this scene from 358/2 Days.

Complete:  15/101