closed rp: Roxas and Al

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Roxas had decided, shortly after entering, that the library was Too Big. The second left turn he'd taken had gotten him lost, and the third right one had only made it worse. He had resigned himself to his fate as Roxas, lost-in-the-library-man, and decided his only way to get out would be to stand where he was and wait for someone to find him.

Or yell. But, it was a library. He didn't think anyone would appreciate him yelling in a place where silence was demanded.

His situation was abruptly sorted out when he collided with someone and sent books flying.

Great. Now he was Roxas, stereotypical-book-knocker-overer.

"I'm sorry," he said, smiling sheepishly, bending to pick up the books.

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"It's alright," Alphonse replied, smiling cheerfully, "I was just carrying too many books. It was my fault."

He bent to help the older boy pick up the books. "What kind of book were you looking for?," Al asked, making small talk as he picked up books.

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Roxas smiled, then opened his mouth to answer before he realized he didn't have one.

"Uh. I don't remember. I've been sort of lost for a little awhile. This library is huge!"

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"Oh, then I'll show you the way out," Al said helpfully.

Al furrowed his brow and looked at the stack of books before him. "Maybe I should leave them here. I really don't need any of them, and I bet my brother even has copies of a few."

He set the books back on the shelf and then grabbed Roxas' hand. "Here, follow me!"

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"Er, thanks." Roxas said, trailing along behind him. "My name is Roxas. I just got sorted the other day. Into Gryffindor." Roxas was sure they were going the wrong way, but he chose not to say anything. He was, after all, the one who had gotten lost.

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"I'm Alphonse Elric," he answered, smiling back at Roxas. "I live in Ravenclaw with my brother and his wife."

Al was sure he was going the right way, though, this section did look a tad unfamiliar... He continued on his path.

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Roxas was trying to watch where they were going in hopes of someday being able to visit the library without becoming hopelessly lost, but he gave up when all the books blurred together.

"Have you been here a very long time?" He asked.

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"Since last fall." Al looked around him. "...I think I'm lost now too. Dammit."

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Roxas laughed. "I'm sorry, I didn't know getting lost was contagious." He looked around, trying to find some sort of landmark that might help before finally pointing to a corner. "There's some desks over there, does that help?"

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"There's desk everywhere, though," he said grimly.

"Well, shoot." He sat down with a bump against the one of the book shelves and looked up at Roxas through hazel eyes.

"Do you remember which way you came in?"

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Roxas looked around, peering as best he could over and around stacks and shelves of books. Nothing looked familiar.

"Nope," he said. "I don't think I could find my way out if my life depended on it now. What do you think we should do?"

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Al pursed his lips. "Let's try following the right side of the wall. It should lead out eventually!"

He got to his feet and smiled brightly at Roxas. "Alright?"

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"Why didn't I think of that?" Roxas wondered aloud, slightly embarrassed. He nodded then, and followed Al as they wandered along the wall.

"So, um, how old is your brother?" Roxas asked, feeling more than a little stupid. He was usually okay at making conversation. Maybe he was getting sick or something.

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"Twenty. And so is his wife," Al added, knowing what Roxas would ask next.

The longer they walked along the wall, the more lost Al became. They'd find a way out eventually though, he thought.

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"Oh, who is she?," Al asked.

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If it was possible, Roxas' blush brightened. "U-um. Well, we met through a job, sort of. Axel. Is their name. And, um. Well, I wasn't really ready to see him here, so when we met up again it was a little awkward, and then our other friend Demyx walked in on us while we were...." Roxas trailed off, realizing what he had just said.

"Um. Um. Heh."

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Al blushed along with Roxas. "...Oh."

It took a moment but something clicked. "...Him?" Apparently Al had nothing to worry about when it came to Roxas making assumptions about him.

But if he... And he'd been on top of Al... Al blushed even harder.

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If there had been a hole, Roxas would have crawled into it and died. At least Axel wasn't here to comment, though. That probably would have had him running in the other direction screaming.

"Y-yeah. We were, um, really good friends, before." Roxas stammered, as if that were some sort of explaination. Then he realized how uncomfortable Al seemed.

"Look, um, I don't.... I mean, I'm not gonna..." He didn't even know what he was trying to say. "You're, um, safe. I won't do anything."

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"No, no! It's fine, really! It's not like I'd mind if you did something to me... um... dammit." Al went red from his toes to the tips of his ears.

Al admonished himself silently. You idiot! You just said you wouldn't mind if he did things to you in the middle of the library!

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With all the blood rushing to his head, Roxas was starting to feel light headed. Now he was really glad Axel hadn't been here to hear that.

"I-I think I know what you mean," He managed. And finally, here was that stupid turn. "I think we're almost there." He looked at Al out of the corner of his eye.

"I hope things aren't weird between us now. You're nice, and I don't have many friends here."

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"N-no, I don't think things are weird... You're the only other person I've met like, um, me," Al stuttered

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It took Roxas a minute to find out what Al meant by 'like him,' but when he did, he smiled a small smile.

"We should get along well, then." He paused. "Is there anyone you like?"

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"I.. um, yeah," he replied, thinking of Larsa's long eyelashes and grey eyes. "I haven't seen him in awhile though..."

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"I hadn't seen Axel in a long time, either." Roxas said, trying not to feel depressed about the way the couch had ended. "But don't worry, I'm sure you'll see him again." Roxas patted him on the shoulder, and gave him a reassuring smile.

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"Well, are you two... together now?," he asked.

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Roxas frowned. "Not... exactly. We had sort of a misunderstanding, and I haven't seen him in awhile. I think he's been avoiding me. It was sort of embarrassing." Roxas wasn't exactly sure how much Al would be willing to hear, so he finished with, "He was worried about ruining things, but I tried to calm him down. We got sort of carried away, and then our friend walked in. Things went downhill from there."