Rixa's New Hairstyle
Rixa was still recovering from the wounds inflicted by Saix and Axel refused to let her out of his sights until she was better.She spent a lot of time just walking around the castle, roaming through her thoughts as Axel followed her.It almost looked like a mother hen making sure nothing happened to her baby chick, which made Roxas and Xion laugh to themselves whenever they passed by.
"Axel, I'm okay.", Rixa said, "Please let me go out."
"You are not okay.You're still bleeding from your wounds and going outside will only make it worse.", he replied with his arms crossed, "You're not going anywhere."
She sighed and kept walking, wishing she could leave.She never liked being locked in one place, something that felt so familiar to her.Maybe this had happened before?She didn't know the answer.She stared at the floor as she continued to walk, trying to plan an escape.But she remembered that the castle wasn't easy to penetrate, either from the outside or the inside.She cursed herself for forgetting that and abandoned any ideas of escape.She stopped, making Axel bump into her, her hair buffeting his face.He ran his hand through it, feeling the softness of it.She turned to face him, anger in her eyes.
"I hate this!I hate not being able to do anything!", she yelled," I hate being locked up like a caged animal!"
She summoned her sword and slashed at Axel, accidentally cutting her hair instead.Axel opened his eyes in shock, watching the threads of the hair he had been holding fall to the floor.Rixa kept slashing in frustration, hacking at her air uncontrollably until Axel grabbed her hand and tried to calm her.She began to cry, putting her face into his chest, most of her hair lying on the floor.He pressed her close to him, staring at the hairs.
Rixa, it's okay..., he thought.
He picked her up and took her to her room, laying her down on the bed as he removed any hairs that she had cut that hadn't fallen off her head.He grabbed a pair of scissors and tried to even it out as best he could.Rixa whimpered as he did so, looking out the window instead of into his face.When he finished, he gave her a mirror so she could look at herself.
"I did what I could.I'm no hairstylist...", he said, "But I think you look better this way."
"I kind of like it.", she whispered, holding up the mirror, "Axel, I'm sorry I threw a tantrum..."
"Rixa, no one likes being locked up.I know it hurts you, but I want you to recover.", he said, sitting down next to her, "If you were to go on a mission, the wounds might open and you could get even more injured."
Rixa laid her head down on his shoulder, feeling comforted by his words.Axel meant a lot to her and she was so close to him.Roxas and Xion were friends to her, but with Axel, their relationship went deeper than friendship.Maybe they had actually been siblings when they were human.
"And I brought you this.", he said, handing her a sea-salt popsicle, "I knew I had to bring you one since you couldn't join us."
He watched as she took bites slowly, enjoying the taste.She offered him the side she hadn't touched and he licked it.They shared it until they were done with it.
