Lea started to be indignant when she supposed he might be scared--he wasn't scared! He had this dream all the time, it wasn't scary anymore, it was just... No, that wasn't true. Somehow it never got any less terrifying to watch his world fall apart, to watch his best friend get swallowed up in darkness.
He stared at her hand a moment, then managed a bare hint of a smile. He really was lucky to have the friends he had here. He never expected to come to care about any of them the way he had... somehow he had just expected to keep living in the vacuum his life had been for so long, where emotions were nothing but a liability and Roxas and Xion were the only ones worth risking it for. In the end, he was so glad that had changed.
"I can live with that," he said, taking her hand and then linking their elbows. He didn't know why Sheena was here, but he wasn't really complaining.
It wasn't far to the castle. He knew the path with his eyes closed. As they walked, the little shadow creatures flitted around them, like rabbits or squirrels, darting in and out and away from them even as they curiously watched with their narrow red eyes. Reaching the stone stairs that led up away from the street to the castle gates, Lea hesitated, tightening his arm where it was linked through Sheena's.
"Wait," he said, frowning. He could hear his pulse thrumming in his ears. He knew he shouldn't have been afraid... this was the same dream he always had, he already knew everything that was going to happen. Why did it still frighten him? Shouldn't he have been over this by now? He took a slow, deep breath and held it a moment before exhaling. "So far everything's been the same," he said, "except... you're here." He glanced at her sidelong. "I dunno if your being here is actually going to change anything, so... I'll tell you that when we get to the top of the stairs, there's gonna be a boy. He'll be unconscious, and nothing we do will wake him. And then the castle will start to fall." He furrowed his brow. "So, ah..." He scratched the back of his head nervously. "Just. Watch yourself, I guess. Don't get hit? I don't know if you can get hurt here, but I don't wanna be the cause of anything else."
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He stared at her hand a moment, then managed a bare hint of a smile. He really was lucky to have the friends he had here. He never expected to come to care about any of them the way he had... somehow he had just expected to keep living in the vacuum his life had been for so long, where emotions were nothing but a liability and Roxas and Xion were the only ones worth risking it for. In the end, he was so glad that had changed.
"I can live with that," he said, taking her hand and then linking their elbows. He didn't know why Sheena was here, but he wasn't really complaining.
It wasn't far to the castle. He knew the path with his eyes closed. As they walked, the little shadow creatures flitted around them, like rabbits or squirrels, darting in and out and away from them even as they curiously watched with their narrow red eyes. Reaching the stone stairs that led up away from the street to the castle gates, Lea hesitated, tightening his arm where it was linked through Sheena's.
"Wait," he said, frowning. He could hear his pulse thrumming in his ears. He knew he shouldn't have been afraid... this was the same dream he always had, he already knew everything that was going to happen. Why did it still frighten him? Shouldn't he have been over this by now? He took a slow, deep breath and held it a moment before exhaling. "So far everything's been the same," he said, "except... you're here." He glanced at her sidelong. "I dunno if your being here is actually going to change anything, so... I'll tell you that when we get to the top of the stairs, there's gonna be a boy. He'll be unconscious, and nothing we do will wake him. And then the castle will start to fall." He furrowed his brow. "So, ah..." He scratched the back of his head nervously. "Just. Watch yourself, I guess. Don't get hit? I don't know if you can get hurt here, but I don't wanna be the cause of anything else."