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... is it strange to sometimes wish you could go home? Even if there's nothing there for you? [ nothing except death, in her case. this isn't hilariously morbid or anything, no. ]

I'm just not sure when or how things got so ... complicated. Is this just what life is like...?

[ Xion is outside today, somewhere a little more quiet. She's sitting on the railing of the bridge that passes over the river between houses 14 and 35, swinging her legs gently as she holds onto the rail with one hand and the journal with her other. It ... doesn't seem terribly safe, but then again, she's used to much higher places. Feel free to startle her from her contemplation. She could use it. ]

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Just making my rounds. [He smiles in return, but it's hardly forced. In fact, he's trying to keep from being too happy.] What about you?

... I guess I just wanted someplace quiet to think. A lot's happened, lately.

[He nods at that.]

There really has. It's nice to think maybe it's all over for now.

... you know, that's what I kept thinking before. After I came back... but then everything happened with Sanji. Then I thought after that was over... but then the whole village went into chaos. [ her expression tightens almost imperceptibly, but her eyes are downcast. ] I thought it would end after that... but it just got worse and worse.

[ she looks so disheartened. ] I'm starting to worry it might never get better. What would I do if that happened...?

[He folds his arms in front of him on the railing, setting his sights on the drifting water.]

Even if it doesn't... you just don't give up. Even when things are bad here, there's still plenty of good things that happen here.

... that's what everyone said before I died. Don't give up. Keep trying. [ she brushes her hair back behind her ear. ] ... I know there are good things that happen. I'm just tired, Sokka. I wish for once that things actually would be okay. I'd like to rest, even for just a little while.

[He gives her a sullen look, that managing to knock the wind out of wherever he was going with all of that.]

I don't know, Xion. Things have been hard for everyone.

... I know. [ she shuts her eyes momentarily, trying to tamp down the bitterness that's been creeping up on her ever since Riku said that about the Keyblade. ] I'm sorry.

Edited 2010-08-30 01:18 (UTC)

[He looks up at her and decides he can't say anything that will fix this, but he can at least solve things Team Avatar way. With a hug. So he starts to climb on the railing next to her. Once he's on, he leans over for a side hug and...]

Edited 2010-08-30 01:20 (UTC)

[Aaaand starts to lose his balance.]

Gaaah!

[... and splash, he falls in the river below. After some flailing in the water he finally surfaces and starts treading water.]

[ LDJKFAHLSDIHGADJ ] Sokka!

[ oh my god you loser what did you even just do. concerned, Xion leans waaaaaaaaaay out ....

and loses her own balance.

and promptly shrieks and falls in right beside him.

and has her own moment of flailing before she surfaces, trying to cough and laugh at the same time without much success. ]

Not again!

[He's just glad she didn't fall ON him. He sputters about before realizing she's in the water too.]

Xion! Are you okay?

[ she's just laughing. ] I'm fine! I know how to swim.

[ she even briefly dunks her head, resurfacing so that the water pushes her hair out of her face. ]

Now I'm going to have to walk home soaking wet. Thanks, Sokka. [ jeez. that sounds more like the old Xion. ]

[He laughs a bit.]

Sorry! I slipped, that's all. [He starts swimming to shore, a little concerned about the fact he too has to walk home soaked.]

[ she just follows, clambering up onto the bank to just sit for a moment and wring some of the water out of her hair. she's not even going to bother with her dress, it's a lost cause now. ]

Hehe, it's okay. I sorta feel better now anyway. [ laughs again, quietly. ]

[It's kind of a lost cause for him, hair included, so he doesn't bother except to brush a few strands of hair back again.]

Well good! Except for the getting wet part. It would've been nice to avoid that part.

Hehe. I don't mind that much, actually. It helped snap me out of the mood I was in.

[ she wraps her arms loosely around her knees, looking over at him with a quiet smile on her face. ]

I know you were right, before. About not giving up. And I won't. I mean... even if things were difficult while the whole village was going crazy, that's obviously over now. There's really only one thing that's still bad right now, but ... if I can fix that, I think everything might finally start getting better again. [ a beat. ] That is, if the village doesn't blow up again or anything.

[He gives her a friendly nudge.]

Fixing things is good. It really helps. I didn't think it would, but I'm really glad I was able to put things in the past with Sanji. Sure, it probably means he'll go back to calling me 'shithead', but that's not so bad.

[ ... hang on a moment. ]

... were you and Sanji fighting?

Not so much fighting as not talking to one another. It's over now, so... [No need to go into it.]

[ she blinks at him once or twice, slightly bewildered, then decides to let it go. if it's over, then it's not a big deal. ]

Okay. And for me, I guess... I just need to figure out how to fix it. That's the hard part.

[You know, by now, it bears asking.]

What exactly needs fixed anyway?

[ opens her mouth, shuts it, and actually flushes a little, looking away. not sure if want to even bring this up, really. but... ]

... Riku ... before he left, he said something that... um... [ rubs the back of her neck, uncertain and flustered. ] ... we're not dating anymore.

[Well that shocks him. He blinks in surprise.]

... are you serious? Why? What did he say?

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