gone shopping [that AU]

[haveacuraga]

Who: Roxas and Aerith
What: A quick pit stop for supplies and first aid winds up leading Roxas to help Aerith out on fetching said supplies. Possible suspicion of his origins ensues!
Where: Hollow Bastion – Merlin's house and around town.
When: Sometime after visiting Beast's Castle, sometime before visiting the next world.

[starting some two years ago, Aerith had been named the official healer for the Keyblade Wielder and his friends– whenever there happened to be an injury on the battlefield too grievous for a curative spell, she would be the one to take over.]

[though, to be honest, she wasn't exactly expecting for Sora to show up again with another wielder she'd never met tagging along. regardless, upon their arrival Sora and the others dispersed to various areas and patrols, leaving the... oddly familiar boy by himself in the middle of Merlin's house.]

[which is why she'd chosen to invite him to come along with her to the market. it's not every day she gets to meet a new friend of Sora's, not after they'd all returned home.]

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[binarysky]

[There's another silence, longer this time before he manages to choke out more words.]

Please don't tell him.

[haveacuraga]

[Aerith takes a step closer, lowering herself slightly so they are at eye level, and placing a comforting hand on Roxas' shoulder. he looks terrified. she doesn't want him to be terrified, not around her.]

I promise you I won't breathe a word, Roxas. [another slight smile.]

But you should tell him yourself at some point, don't you think?

[binarysky]

[He relaxes ever so slightly at the gentle touch, only to tense up again at her suggestion.]

No. [He shakes his head vehemently.] I can't. He'd hate me.

[haveacuraga]

How are you so sure about that, exactly?

[binarysky]

[He gives her a Look. You know the kind, Aerith. Skeptical and a little patronizing.]

I've been lying to him this whole time, for starters.

[haveacuraga]

So he'd hate you more than he would if he found out on his own?

[binarysky]

It doesn't matter. However he found out, he'd do what needs to be done.

[He lowers his eyes, more rattled than he sounds by the idea of Sora coming to take him out.]

The hero of the Keyblade isn't supposed to make friends with people like me.

[haveacuraga]

I'm... not sure I follow. [since when has Sora cared what manner of person he makes friends with?]

[oathkeeping]

[He scoffs, more at the entire situation than at Aerith herself.]

He's supposed to fight Nobodies.