When she didn’t say anything, Axel started to worry. I said the wrong thing didn’t I, damnit. Why do girls have to be so difficult? He risked looking over at her, and saw blood start to break through the skin of her lower lip. He didn’t know what to say, he didn’t know what to do. He didn’t remember anything, how to act around other people, how to comfort other people. He did the only thing he knew how to do with Kairi, and took her in his arms again. Letting her lean against him and use his body for support. “I’m sorry,” He whispered into her hair and sighed, disappointed in himself. “Can I ask you a question, Kairi?”
Kairi tensed up when she felt his touch. Unable to suppress it anymore she let out a sound similar to a whimper and felt tears running down her cheeks. She turned into Axel’s chest and tried to block out everything she was thinking. This was bad. Did tonight even matter? Kairi’s brain— her thought process wasn’t sure if how guys were, other than Sora and Riku and they were sort of the odd ones out. Axel’s voice brought her to attention and she nodded as he asked her.
He cleared his throat and held her closer, feeling guilt radiate through his chest. His eyes drifted away from her, not strong enough to keep watching him tear her down. The smile he had been driving out of the girl had disappeared and it made him feel like crap. He hated himself, and all he wanted to do was run. To leave. To keep away from her, not for himself but for her, to save her from the hurt he was no doubt going to inflict. Or that he already had inflicted. Something told him that he was the type that hurt his own friends, that ruined their own lives parallel to his own. The person he didn’t know, but unfortunately the person that he was, was really starting to sound like a huge dick. “Have you ever forgotten something important? Not something like misplacing your keys. But something really really important.”