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One of the most popular topics for the three of them is complaining about work, as is natural for three co-workers.  At one point this devolves into a contest of who can do the best impression of their more annoying co-workers. Unsurprisingly, Xion wins. Roxas does manage to get Demyx’s speech patterns down pretty well, though, and Axel produces something close to Xigbar’s drawl. 

 

After Xion and Roxas’s success with sharing Keyblades, Axel gets curious about whether either of them could handle his chakrams. This does not go well, partly because his weapons are sized for him, and both Xion and Roxas are significantly shorter than he is, and used to weapons with blades that only go forward. It ends in Axel scolding them repeatedly, “No, no, you don’t stab things with them, you gotta–uuugh, look, let me demonstrate again.”

 

Once, Axel comes back from two missions in a row, goes to meet the others for ice cream immediately, and falls asleep before he can even start eating. He wakes up to find Roxas halfway through his ice cream and beaming at him while Xion has his head on her lap and is tugging at his hair. He sits up, to a chorus of giggles, and realizes they’ve done his hair. He pulls the ponytail out before anyone can find a camera, moaning about how he probably looked like Xigbar. Roxas had taken photos while he was still asleep, and took one with him when he left the Organization.

 

The three of them are fast on their way to becoming a local tall tale among the kids in Twilight Town–”If you look up at the Clock Tower at the right time, you can sometimes see mysterious cloaked figures there.” The person who own the ice cream stall knows exactly who they are and isn’t about to ruin the kids’ harmless spooky story by telling them that it’s just three other kids who like ice cream and apparently also heights.

 

In Roxas’s first days with the Organization, he’s minimally verbal and has trouble with fine motor coordination. When his powers start being channeled to Xion, that starts happening again, only this time it’s accompanied by fatigue. It starts small–dropping ice cream, giving shorter answers to questions, looking confused and drowsy when he hasn’t done much to get that way, and scares the heck out of Axel, who starts avoiding Saïx when he can because he knows he’ll get a mission if he talks to the guy. He doesn’t want to be away more than necessary when he’s not sure he can trust Roxas not to fall off the tower by accident.

 

Both Roxas and Xion talk to each other when they’re “asleep,” but their approaches are different. Roxas pretends she’s awake, and holds a one-sided conversation, imagining responses for her to keep it going.  Xion gives summaries of what’s happening while he’s sleeping, making sure to focus on the things that she thinks would interest him most. 

 

Axel doesn’t visit as much when they’re sleeping; he knows there are eyes on him and that appearing too attached could have consequences for all three of them. When he does come, he doesn’t talk–he’ll adjust Xion’s sheets or ruffle Roxas’s hair, but his mouth stays shut. He has a lot he wants to say, but he doesn’t want to say it in a place where it might be heard by someone else.