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[Now he feels kind of bad for yelling at Riku. He's just frustrated, okay.]

... sora will fix it right? he'll fix it all.

[ he doesn't want to put it all on sora. it shouldn't just be up to sora. ]

We'll all help.

You mean you.

There's nothing I can do that Sora can't.

No, I mean all of us.
Lea, Kairi... the King, too.

And I don't think that's true.

[If this were face to face, it would be obvious in his voice that Roxas has doubts. Riku can probably guess, though.]

All of us? But I'm just......

[It has to be him.]

We can't do what Sora can, but we can help him.
He's not going to be alone in this.

[Roxas still doesn't know how he can help. He shared what he could with Sora. But during the test, Sora didn't ask for his help and didn't need it.

Being a Nobody is complicated.]

I know. I'll be with him.

I guess that means... we'll all be together.

Yeah, finally.
I know you guys'll be happy.

... What about you?

What about me?

[ gee, he never really thought about himself, like usual. he sure doesn't understand why roxas is posing the question to him. ]

Your happiness. You said 'you', not 'we'.

Doesn't really matter, does it?

[Roxas and Riku aren't exactly friends, but he knows how much Sora cares and-- well, talking like that? It kind of irks him.]

Of COURSE it matters!! don't say stupid things like that

youcare about how happy your friends are and they care about your happiness too
that's what FRIENDS DO
If you're unhappy then you should let them HELP YOU.

Why would how I feel matter when we're talking about you being able to reunite with everyone else?
It wouldn't.

If we're all going to be together then it matters.

Unless you're not planning on being with everyone else.

[ ... ]

I said I'd help.
Sora, Lea, even Kairi--they've all got reasons to be happy with you two. All I did was cause trouble, probably for both of you.
I'm not planning on staying around if I have the choice. It's not right.

[Wow, Roxas hasn't been this furious at Riku in a while and that's saying something.]

It's not right? What is that supposed to mean? What's not right is you making decisions for other people.

What you said to me just now. Could you say that to Sora's face? Is that really what you want? To just help and then leave forever?

When I lost my best friend it hurt more than anything. That's why I was so...

Just don't. You can't do that to Sora. He needs you and Kairi needs you. You have every right to be there with everyone even if I'm there too.

I don't CARE about the past. I don't CARE what you did. It doesn't matter anymore.

This is a decision for me, not for you!
I'm not leaving forever. I'm not leaving at all.
You might not care about the past, but I do.

[He lets out a deep breath. He really doesn't know how to respond to that. He gets the feeling Riku is being incredibly sincere-- and won't budge on his decisions.]

fine

[And this is the part where he just stops texting. He has a lot to think about.]

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