Day 160 - [Video]

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas appears on the screen, looking unsure of himself for a moment before taking a breath.]

Um... I wanted to apologize to a couple people for last week. I said some stupid things and- it was probably really frustrating.

I've been thinking about having some things of my own, and... I think the last day of summer would be good for a birthday. It still seems weird to just pick, but- I guess I've gotta turn 16 sometime.

[He pauses, looking like he has something else he wants to say, but his cheeks pink a bit and he just turns off the feed.]

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[keepsthefire]

Bad timing... everything kinda piled on top of me at once and, well...

[he rubs the back of his neck a bit, not really wanting to get in to what Yukio did. Enough people were already pissed at him for how he treated his big brother.]

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[coolerthansora]

It does seem like you've had it rough lately.

But- your brother's here now, right? [...yeah, Roxas doesn't realize that contributed to the bad news.]

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[keepsthefire]

Kinda, yeah...

[Even if it did, Rin is still glad he's here. Even if he does have to deal with the fact that Yukio is slowly being corrupted by his own demon genes eventually...]

Yeah, he is. 'bout damn time.

[Tiny attempt at a joke there.]

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[coolerthansora]

Were you glad to see him?

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[keepsthefire]

Yeah! I almost knocked him through the kitchen door I hugged him so hard.

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[coolerthansora]

[Roxas grins a little.]

Well, that's one thing.

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[keepsthefire]

He surprised me! I was workin' the Charity Day alone so I didn't even know he was there until he showed up at the club. Even wound up helpin' me in the kitchen so we could catch up while I worked.

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[coolerthansora]

He cooks, too?

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[keepsthefire]

Eh, not really. He leaves it to me. But that doesn't mean he can't cut an onion or two, yehknow? He just wanted to help since I was so backed up and he'd just gotten there.

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[coolerthansora]

I guess he's not so stiff once you get to know him.

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[keepsthefire]

... you talked to him?

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[coolerthansora]

When he got here. I thought he'd wanna know you were here.

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[keepsthefire]

Oh. Well, thanks for that. Sorry if he was an ass to you.

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[coolerthansora]

He wasn't. He just- didn't decide we were friends right away.

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[keepsthefire]

Tch. Typical Yukio...

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[coolerthansora]

I don't think it's just him...

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[keepsthefire]

[Slow blink]

Whatdya mean?

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[coolerthansora]

I mean- isn't it pretty normal not to be friends with someone right away?

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[keepsthefire]

... I am the wrong person to ask about "normal".

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[coolerthansora]

Well, people seem to go either way, so...

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[keepsthefire]

I didn't have any friends because people were afraid of me. Yukio didn't have any friends because his nose was stuck in a book all day. Not exactly the most normal guys around...

Difference is now I actually do have friends and I'm pretty cool with havin' more. Might not go about it the right way all the time but whatever, people don't seem to care. And Yukio still acts like a damned iceberg to most people he meets right off so... don't expect him to be all buddy buddy with you right off.

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[coolerthansora]

An iceberg...? I didn't think he was that bad.

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[keepsthefire]

Eh... probably wasn't. But I've lived with him, yehknow? I've had to put up with him on his bad days.

[And Yukio has had to put up with Rin's, not that he admits to that part.]</small.

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[coolerthansora]

You must really not get along sometimes.

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[keepsthefire]

Yeah, well... we're pretty different...

[Not that he doesn't love his brother any less. They're twins, after all, and not having him around was like missing something important for months.]

But... he's my brother, yehknow? I ain't gonna ditch him just cause he can be a pain sometimes.