[Thread] Lana finds Zexion

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Who: Lana, Zexion
What: Lana's finds Zexion because she's worried about him
When: Now
Where: His room
Rating: PG


Lana slammed her journal shut so hard that it probably transcribed the sound. She jumped out of her chair and ran to her door. At the last second it occured to her that she'd taken a bath not long before so she looked down to make sure she was wearing something. She was in a towel. Shit. She scuttled to her armoir and pulled out some clothing. She put them on quickly, having to redo the shirt because she'd stuck it on inside out.

She then bolted out her door and ran down the stairs as quickly as she possibly could without killing herself. She arrived at Zexion's door and knocked on it urgently.

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Zexion grimaced, watching his door as the footsteps echoed up the hallway. That was quick. He wasn't sure what the problem could be and had to hope she wasn't tricking him to drag him out to the horses again. When she finally knocked, he closed his journal and stood, walking over to unlock the door.

"So urgent it couldn't be written?" He questioned, holding the door open for her.

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Lana's eyes widened considerably when she saw him and she reached up. She took his face in both of her hands and stared at him for a second before saying, "You're okay..."

Quite abruptly she threw her arms around his neck, burying her face in his hood/collar/thing? and holding on tightly. She hadn't heard from him since before the Menos appeared. She'd come down earlier and his room had been completely obliterated. He hadn't answered her shout out in the journal. She had been so worried that she'd felt sick. She felt almost like crying even but she knew she couldn't do that. She was already showing more ...weakness? emotion? than she wanted to by being so clearly relieved to see him but she really couldn't help THAT.

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Zexion blinked, one eyebrow arching high as Lana pressed her hands to the sides of his face, "What?" His reply was flat, betraying only a little of his surprise as she wrapped her arms around him. That was unexpected. It was almost as if she'd been worried, but he couldn't imagine why.

Turning his head slightly, he tried to catch her expression as she dropped her face into his hood. After a brief few seconds of debating, he lifted one hand and rested it on her back.

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Lana was almost surprised that he kind of hugged her back. This was probably the closest thing she'd gotten to a hug since she'd come to Paradisa. Everyone had so many touching issues. It was ANNOYING. Lana liked touching. She liked to cuddle and damnit she liked hugs!

After a few moments when she was CERTAIN she wasn't going to have any relief tears she stepped back and looked up at him looking frustrated and upset. "I was so worried..what is WRONG with you?!" She thwacked him on the arm. It was somewhere between playful and serious in the way that was supposed to get his attention rather than actually hurt. "I was going out of my MIND!"

She pointed at him, "If you ever make me think you're dead again I'll finish the job MYSELF!"

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Any sympathy Zexion might have had for her reaction vanished the moment she moved back. He dropped his arm, standing there with a rather unimpressed look on his face. Emotions. So troublesome at times. He wasn't one to pursue or shun physical interaction, though. There were definitely times when touch served his purpose better than words alone.

Finally he managed a smirk for the sake of responding, "I'm a callous, hypothetically heartless representative of a Nobody?" He rolled his eyes, brushing off his sleeve as though her strike had stung through the leather, "Nothing happened, Lana."

He shook his head, lifting a finger to press against her pointed digit as he had in the library, "You were that worried, weren't you?"

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Lana just stood there with her finger out, her frustrated expression turning into something between a pout and being hurt. She just knit her brows and nodded slowly at his question, not even really caring that he'd called himself callous. Hah! He could pretend all he wanted but he was a very sweet person. Even if she was the only one that could see it.
And of course she'd been worried. Hadn't he figured out that he was probably her closest friend yet? He was certainly slow, wasn't he? After Kadaj and Loz he'd been probably the first person she'd wanted to hear from.

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Zexion eyed her for a moment then nodded to himself, taking a step back into his room, "Alright then. Good to see you're still okay." He hesitated, glancing at his journal then back to Lana. Tricky. Stepping back through the door, he stopped in front of her and just stood there, "You are okay, correct?"

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Lana finally lowered her finger as he was walking back through the door. "I'm ...well I'm just....." She thought for a second then nodded, "Yeah. I'm alright. I wasn't even in the castle when it happened. I was in the stable."

She put her hands behind her back, "Anyway, I just...wanted to come see you..." She turned as if to go then looked back at him, "Don't do that again, okay? You scared me." she said quite seriously then padded off down the hall on her still bare feet to disappear into the stairwell.

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Zexion nodded slightly but offered nothing more to the brief conversation. He watched her retreat before turning into his room and closing the door behind him. Strange, really. He'd have to reconsider her outburst later.