perplexme | Fifty-Third Keychain

[Roxas is not stupid. Let's just make that clear. He's a bit of a derp, yes, but he's not stupid and he's been keeping track of the days. Valentine's Day is very soon, and he knows that that usually means the Malnosso do everything they can to mess with them on the holiday.

That being said, he's preparing himself for a weekend (or a whole week, really) locked inside KH house. In his hands he's got a stack of red origami paper, a stack of white origami paper, and a box of cookies. Food's important, after all.

As he starts walking home though, he starts letting his mind wander. A holiday dedicated to love. Xaldin explained love once. Axel explained love once, too. Roxas liked Axel's better, even if all of it was pretty unclear back then. Years later it's still kind of unclear though, especially given what he's seen with people around Luceti. It's due to that line of thought that he finally pauses in the middle of the town square, juggling with the things in his arms to open his journal and address the public.]

What kind of love stories are common where you guys are from? Are they real stories, or are they kind of like fairy tales?

...and if you can't think of love stories, maybe just talk about what you think love is.

[He's going to close the journal as he continues on his way back to the house. Don't worry, he'll open it again to talk to people when he gets back to his bedroom. Once there, he's going to be spending some time working on using his origami paper to fold a bunch of these. Once he's got a handful folded up though, he's going around the house and taping them wherever he sees fit. Could be the wall of the kitchen, could be the bathroom door, could be Kairi's bed, wherever! Housemates are free to catch him in the act of either making or hanging the hearts. And maybe steal one of his cookies.]

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Yeah? Okay, what about ideas of what love is? Do you know about that?

...I have a better idea now than what I did before.

Tell me about it? I'm curious what you have to say, Teito.

I guess love is just really vague. It's different between people you care about. Like how I know I was loved by Dad and the Father is entirely different from my friends and Mikage.

It's just that everyone keeps saying it's just something you know. I think it bothers me that there isn't a way to really pin it down. I guess I love both of my best friends, but Axel's always told me that loving your friends and loving other people is different so...I don't know.

...wait, why's Mikage in his own category?

I think it's something you just have to experience. It's something to be felt.

A-and he just is!

And if you can't ever feel? [It's a good question. And no, no he doesn't believe that :|]

No real reason?

Everyone feels, don't they? Even when you lock your emotions away, they're still there.

...There's a reason. I just don't know if I could explain that.

No, not everyone. Some people just are born without emotions or feelings.

...could you try, maybe? I mean you don't have to, but it'd be helpful if you did.

I've never met someone that wasn't born with feelings.

If I explained why it's different? Maybe I should ask what sort of love you're wanting to know about.

You're talking to one.

I think I get platonic love and family love. Axel sort of explained that well enough, but everything else is kind of fuzzy.

Wait. What?

The other kind of love confuses me, that's all. [Yes he's aware that's probably not what the other boy was referring to but...stalling.]

[ sees what you're doing there. ] It's okay if you don't want to answer.

The other kind is just... I don't think there's a good way to explain it. At least not in a way that's easily understood. I know with me it's the one person I don't want to let go. They're the person I feel the most comfortable around.

[Bah. He'll just pause and think on this for a moment.] It's just really hard to explain, but I can try if you want.

But that sounds just like a best friend. That's the difference I'm not seeing.

It's one you just experience.

Everyone experiences it no matter what then? Axel and Xaldin said we couldn't.

I don't know about your case, Roxas.

...never mind. It's getting too complicated, isn't it? Sorry.

It's a complicated subject to start with.

I've been known to ask a lot of the complicated questions about life. It happens when you don't know the basics. Thanks for trying.

I don't really know them myself, to be honest.

...which parts are you missing? Just curious.

A lot of my memories are sort of sealed. I've been gaining them back slowly, at home. But otherwise? I wasn't really raised to do anything but um... Kill. Basically.

[...give him a second to process that.] I think you might have mentioned the first part once, but the second half is news to me. So you're an assassin. Does that bother you?

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