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Listening to Jesse McCartney's Beautiful Soul..

Thinking of Roxas learning guitar and serenading Axel as a surprise gift to him.

#akuroku #roxas #kh roxas #axel #kh axel #akrk #kingdom hearts #reading a bunch of akuroku fics lately full of akuroku feels

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To me, to say to someone 'You make me feel like I have a heart' is the most sweetest way to say 'I love you' and no one can convince me otherwise.

#akuroku #roxas #kh roxas #axel #kh axel #kingdom hearts #akrk

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Axel, Roxas and Xion

OR

The Grunge, The Emo and The Goth.

I LOVE MY UNDERGROUND TRIO SO MUCH ❤️❤️❤️

#kh roxas #kh axel #kh xion #axel #roxas #xion #akuroku #kingdom hearts #sea salt trio

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oops i fell into the VaniKai hole. don't send help.

#vanikai #kh vanitas #kh kairi #kingdom hearts

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It's extremely important to me that Sora keeps referring to Lea and Roxas as 'Roxel' for the enjoyment of Riku who just goes along with it.

#akuroku #sora: hey have you seen roxel's latest kingstagram? #riku: who the hell's roxel?? #they will always be soriku though #roxel #lol #kh sora #kh riku #kh axel #kh roxas #kingdom hearts

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Roxas and Ventus are 'enemies-to-sworn-brothers' coded. I just know it.

They are like two cats meeting for the first time: staring at each other from afar, studying each other's every movement, wary, slowly getting to communicate in their own weird ways, getting close, closer and then BAMM! Before you know it, they're sleeping comfortably on each other, wrestle, text weird shitty memes to annoy each other, draw (roxas) stuff on the other's (ventus) face while he sleeps (which is more often than not because he came back as a narcoleptic or something), train together to create some sick combo moves.

Like I said. Cats.

#roxas #ventus #kh roxas #kh ventus #kingdom hearts #roxas and ventus #ventus still refuses to eat sea-salt ice cream or he pukes #roxas pukes if he eats more of that gross strawberry flavored double crunch #in the end they discover they're far more different than they thought #i love them #need to see more of them interact #they're gonna be such brothers #when i think of them i think of the ASL trio

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To all the akuroku shippers (and to my own amusement lol), I made a small summary of all the times Axel and Roxas met and spent time together throughout the KH 358/2 Days game because i feel like the movie version didn't do justice to them. It's a very small outline and i'm already planning to do a more detailed breakdown in the future to showcase how their relationship has changed through that one year. Hope you enjoy it!!

Also, I want to dedicate this to all the akuroku fans out there who have written beautiful fics about these two. I know there's an akrk discord where you meet and discuss about them. I made this for you, for reference if you want as a thanks for all your wonderful works!!! (I would tag you all but i'm a bit shy, so you know who you are!)

n.b. the days marked with a ! indicate an important milestone in their relationship.

PART 1 - here.

!DAY 255 - THE LONGEST DAY Axel meets Xion in C.O. and asks her to leave and forget everything. Axel meets Roxas for ice cream. (This is where the famous ‘why the sun sets red’ scene happens). Roxas wonders about Xion. Axel lies and tells him she is on an important mission. Roxas feels Axel is not being entirely honest and he too seems like is not himself. Xion finds the truth about herself. 

!DAY 256 - NEWS Org.XIII has a meeting discussing Xion who has left. Xemnas forbids anyone to go look for her. Roxas is disheartened. After his mission he is alone eating ice cream. Roxas wishes Axel would be there with him. Axel stands hidden in silence on the clocktower, observing Roxas. 

!DAY 257 - HOLLOW Roxas sits alone on the clocktower. He’s sad. Wonders where his friends are. Roxas seems sure Axel is avoiding him. 

DAY 276 - DISORDER After a long time, Axel joins Roxas on the clocktower. Axel resolves they will go look for Xion the next day. Axel is worried about Xion too.

DAY 277 Brief meeting in the morning. Roxas looks for Xion. 

DAY 278 Brief meeting in the morning. Roxas looks for Xion. 

!DAY 296 - CONFESSIONS Brief meeting in the morning. Later, Roxas and Axel sit on the clocktower. Roxas wants to look for Xion in C.O. Axel confesses that’s where Xion comes from. 

!DAY 297 - CONTACT Axel and Roxas go to C.O. Roxas collapses. He wakes up next to Axel in Twilight Town. They briefly see Xion but she runs away. Roxas questions her actions. Axel seems reluctant. 

!DAY 298 - FRACTURE Roxas witnesses Saix ordering Axel to bring Xion back with force, considering her a traitor. Axel promises he won’t hurt her. Roxas has been ordered to find the impostor (Riku). During his mission he finds Xion and begs her to come back, which she refuses. After trying to grab her, she summons her keyblade. Axel, who was secretly witnessing the scene, charges towards Xion and they have a fight which Roxas tries to stop. Axel knocks Xion unconscious and brings her back to the castle. Roxas catches up to him asking for an explanation and accusing him of not keeping his promise not to hurt her. Axel remains indifferent. Roxas is cross with Axel.

!DAY 299 - SORA Roxas learns from Xemnas about Sora. When he’s greeted by Axel, he ignores him. Axel keeps ignoring his guilt towards Roxas and the lies he’s telling him, convincing himself that that’s what being a nobody means. Yet, he feels something is not right. ‘Roxas doesn't trust me after the whole Xion incident, but I can't tell him the truth yet. So I keep lying. It's no big deal when you're a Nobody. There's no guilt, no feeling at all. So why does it still sting, just a little, when I lie to him? All my dealings with Roxas give me this bizarre illusion of humanity.’

!DAY 300 - SHUTDOWN Axel and Xion join Roxas for ice cream. None of them speak a word.

!DAY 301 - VACANT PLACE Roxas eats ice cream alone. He starts feeling tired. Axel doesn’t know how to talk to Roxas. 

!DAY 321 - WANING POWER Roxas and Xion have ice cream together. Roxas complains about the way Axel treated Xion and he’s mad at him as far as calling him ‘jerk’, which takes Xion aback. She (very sweetly) explains to him that if it wasn’t for Axel she wouldn’t be here with him now. Roxas is still cross. (The little dialogue they have is actually very sweet and emphasizes my HC that Xion is very aware of the feelings Axel and Roxas have for each other.) Roxas: I can't believe that jerk would actually attack you. Xion: So he's a jerk now? (Roxas says nothing) Xion: Roxas, I wouldn't be sitting here with you if Axel hadn't done that. (Roxas still says nothing) Xion: He's your best friend. Roxas: So are you. Later, Xion meets with Axel. She is worried about Roxas, and Axel tells her (very rudely) it’s because she is absorbing his powers. Once again, Axel states that they are best friends and can’t take decisions on her behalf. 

DAY 322 Roxas has ice cream on his own and wishes he can meet with his friends again like before. 

DAY 324 Roxas has ice cream alone. 

!DAY 352 - SUNSET Brief meeting in the morning. Axel is worried about Roxas. During his mission, Roxas fights a powerful nobody. Just before the final attack Axel appears and stops the fight revealing the mission to be a setup: Xion and Roxas were actually fighting each other. Later they eat ice cream together. They enjoy their time together and Roxas proposes the three of them to run off so they can always be together. Roxas promises to never forget these memories. ‘Me and Xion and Axel had ice cream. The sunset was beautiful.I don't have to write anything else down, because I'll never forget this day.’

!DAY 353 - RESOLVE After his mission, Roxas is back at the castle. He learns that Xion has disappeared again and Axel let her go without stopping her. Finally, Axel tells Roxas the truth about Xion and how he would trade her to save Roxas’ life. Roxas is very upset. He thinks he can’t trust Axel anymore. (I cannot NOT include their dialogue because it is extremely powerful and emotional). Roxas: What happened out there? Axel: Look, nothing. Roxas: Xion's gone! How is that nothing? Axel: It's just like Xigbar said. I couldn't stop her from going. Roxas: Don't give me that! Why not? Axel (crossing his arms): Roxas... Xion is like a mirror that reflects you. Roxas: What? Axel: The Organization made her to duplicate your powers. She's a puppet Roxas: Have you gone nuts? Xion's a person, not a puppet. Axel: She's smoke and mirrors, Roxas. And when I looked in the mirror... It wasn't you I saw. Roxas: I don't know what you're talking about, but Xion is Xion. You can't expect her to be me. Axel: That's not what I mean, Roxas. It was only a matter of time before somebody had to break the mirror. Roxas: You mean destroy her. (Axel looks away) Roxas: Answer me! Axel: Roxas, if somebody doesn't, you'll... You won't be you anymore. Roxas: I'll always be me! Your best friend--just like Xion! Axel (shaking his head): Roxas, you're...you're not seeing the bigger picture. Any of it. Roxas: Ugh, forget this. (Roxas starts to leave) Axel: Roxas! (He runs away) Axel: Why can't you understand…

!DAY 354 - TRUTH Org.XIII has a meeting. Xemnas orders Axel to capture Xion once again. Roxas is against it. He is angry at Axel for keeping the truth from him for so long. Roxas wonders if he is a puppet too. 

!DAY 355 - UNSAID, UNHEARD Roxas meets Axel and the two have a bad confrontation. (Again, I’ll let their dialogue do the talking. This is the best piece of writing of the entire game. I call this ‘The Break-up’). Roxas: Axel. Axel: Hey, Roxas. (They stand silent for a moment) Roxas: You find Xion? Axel: Like it's gonna be that easy. Roxas: I know… (Axel says nothing) Roxas: Have you been keeping the truth about her from me this whole time? Axel: ...Not the whole time. Roxas: When did you find out? Axel: Oh, I dunno. Somewhere along the way. Roxas: Didn't get it memorized, huh? Axel... Who am I, really? (Axel says nothing) Roxas: I'm special, like Xion. I know that. (Axel remains silent) Roxas: But the Organization wanted me out of the picture. Axel: Yeah... They did. Roxas: Is it because Xion copied by Keyblade and they didn't need me anymore? (Axel continues to say nothing) Roxas: And you feel the same way. Axel: No, you've got that part wrong. You'll always be my best friend. Roxas: Best friends are honest with each other! Who am I, Axel? (Axel looks away) Roxas: Xemnas said me and Xion are connected to Sora. Who is that? Tell me! Am I a puppet like Xion? Axel: No… Roxas: What, then? Axel: You really think the truth is going to make you feel better? It won't. Roxas: What makes you so sure? I have a right to know who I am! How did I get here? Why am I special? Where did I learn to use the Keyblade? I deserve those answers! Axel: Roxas… Roxas (sighing): Are you gonna tell me or not? Axel... Who am I? Axel: You've just gotta trust me, Roxas. (He turns around) Roxas: I don't. Axel: Hey, c'mon… Roxas: If I can't get answers here, I'll get them somewhere else. Somebody knows where I came from. That'll be the person I trust.

Roxas leaves. Outside of the Castle, they meet one more time. Axel: Your mind's made up? (He stops) Roxas: Why did the Keyblade choose me? I have to know. Axel: You can't turn on the Organization! You get on their bad side, and they'll destroy you! Roxas: No one would miss me. (He walks away) Axel: That's not true... I would.

DAY 356 - PLACE TO BELONG Axel meets Xion and they fight. Axel brings Xion back and then he collapses from fatigue. 

!DAY 357 - TEARS Roxas and Xion fight. Xion disappears into the light. Axel finds an envelope. Inside, there’s a ‘WINNER’ stick. 

-END.

#akuroku #akrk #roxas #axel #kh roxas #kh axel #xion #kh xion #kingdom hearts #kh 358/2 days #kingdom hearts 358/2 days

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To all the akuroku shippers (and to my own amusement lol), I made a small summary of all the times Axel and Roxas met and spent time together throughout the KH 358/2 Days game because i feel like the movie version didn't do justice to them. It's a very small outline and i'm already planning to do a more detailed breakdown in the future to showcase how their relationship has changed through that one year. Hope you enjoy it!!

Also, I want to dedicate this to all the akuroku fans out there who have written beautiful fics about these two. I know there's an akrk discord where you meet and discuss about them. I made this for you, for reference if you want as a thanks for all your wonderful works!!! (I would tag you all but i'm a bit shy, so you know who you are!)

n.b. the days marked with a ! indicate an important milestone in their relationship.

DAY 1 First meeting and ice cream (off screen).

!DAY 8 - THE ICING ON THE CAKE First mission together in Twilight Town and ice cream.

!DAY 14 - FRIENDS Second mission together in Twilight Town and ice cream. Axel declares them to be friends.

DAY 15-17 Ice cream (cutscene only).

(presumably they meet every day)

!DAY 22 - LEFT BEHIND Third mission together in Twilight Town and ice cream. Axel announces he's leaving for C.O. Roxas finds the 'WINNER' stick.

DAY 26 - TERMINATED Roxas is informed that Axel might be among those perished at castle oblivion. He is sure he will never see Axel again because when a nobody is gone, nothing is left behind. Roxas collapses and goes to sleep.

DAY 50 Roxas wakes up.

!DAY 51 - MISSING Roxas grieves. For the next 20 days he feels ‘chocked up’ with a ‘weird lump in [his] throat that won’t go away’.

!DAY 71 - REUNION Axel comes back. They have ice cream together. Roxas looks relieved. ‘The choked-up sensation has gone away.’

!DAY 72 - CHANGE Mission together in Agrabah and later ice cream. Roxas notices Axel is more outgoing than he was before. Axel admits something has changed. 

DAY 73 - THE PROMISE They meet in the morning before Roxas goes on a mission. Xion is missing. Axel promises Roxas to find out what happened. Roxas has ice cream alone. 

DAY 74 - TRIO Mission together in Twilight Town to find Xion. Later, all three of them have ice cream together for the first time. 

!DAY 75 - INSEPARABLE They meet in the morning before Roxas and Xion go on a mission. Later they have ice cream together. The three of them have a conversation on the meaning of being ‘inseparable’. Axel says that’s what best friends are even if they are not together all the time. At Roxas’ question to what being ‘best friends’ means, Axel can’t answer ‘cause he admits he doesn’t have one. 

DAY 76 They meet only in the morning. Axel seems distant.

(Roxas and Xion spend a lot of time together. The three of them won’t have ice cream together.)

DAY 94 - HEARTS Scene at the ALTAR OF NAUGHT. After a mission, Roxas and Xion join Axel for ice cream. Axel insists on the importance of unlocking Kingdom Hearts so they can finally have a heart. 

DAY 95 - NOBODIES Brief meeting in the morning. After their mission, Roxas and Xion meet Axel for ice cream. They talk about what makes each of them unique. Axel mentions memories of his past and Roxas wonders why he hasn’t got any memories of his own. 

!DAY 96 Meeting in the morning. After their mission, Roxas and Xion meet Axel for ice cream. Roxas hopes they can stay together like this forever. Axel says, as long as they remember each other, no matter what happens, they’ll never be apart. 

DAY 97 The three of them have ice cream (cutscene only).

DAY 99 The three of them have ice cream. Xion thanks Axel for his help. Axel gets embarrassed. 

DAY 100 Brief morning meeting. The three of them have ice cream (cutscene only).

DAY 117 - SECRETS Saix orders Axel to go back to C.O. Later, Axel and Xion have ice cream together. Xion says she is starting to ‘remember’ things. Axel feigns ignorance. 

!DAY 118 - LAZY DAY Org.XIII’s day-off. Roxas spends his day in Twilight Town. Later he joins Axel and Xion for ice cream. Axel announces he’ll be away for some time on a secret mission. 

(Axel leaves again)

DAY 119 After a mission in Beast’s Castle, Roxas wonders what it means to care about something you want to protect. He and Xion have ice cream together. 

!DAY 149 Axel comes back and meets up with Roxas at the clock tower. Roxas thinks about giving Axel the ‘WINNER’ stick.

!DAY 150 - FEAR Brief meeting in the morning. After his mission Roxas joins Axel for ice cream. They talk about things they can't bear to lose. Roxas says he fears of losing what he has with Axel and Xion and his memories of them. Axel says his fear is not real, ‘cause they’re nobodies so can’t have feelings, only thoughts. Roxas seems unsure of Axel’s words. ‘Maybe you just remember what it's like to feel scared, and think you're feeling it now.‘ 

DAY 151 - DISTRESS Brief meeting in the morning. Roxas has ice cream with Xion and she is distressed. Xion leaves and Axel arrives. Axel seems distant again. 

DAY 152 - THE WRONG BUTTONS Axel joins Roxas for ice cream. Roxas is worried about Xion. Axel tries to cheer him up. 

DAY 153 Roxas has ice cream alone. He feels sad and worried. 

DAY 154 Axel joins Roxas for ice cream. Roxas is still sad. Axel seems distant. 

!DAY 171 - LOVE Brief meeting in the morning before mission. During his mission in Beast’s Castle Roxas learns about ‘love’ and its power to protect what’s important to someone. After the mission he joins Axel for ice cream. He asks Axel about the meaning of love. (This dialogue it’s too important for their development to not put it here in its entirety so here you go. I call this the 'canon proof' to their love.) Axel: What's up? Did something happen? Roxas (shaking his head): Nah, it's just... This is gonna sound stupid. Do you know what love is? Axel: 'Scuse me? Roxas: I found out about love on today's mission--that it's something powerful. Axel: That's true. It is. But I'll never get to experience it. Roxas: Nobodies can't love? Axel: You need a heart, man. Roxas: Right… Axel: Love is what happens if there's something really special between two people. Roxas: You mean, like, if they're best friends? Axel: Well, you can care about your friends, I guess, but that's not what I'm talking about. Roxas: So then...love is like a step above friends? Axel: Yes... Well, no. There aren't "steps." Roxas: I don't get it. Axel: What does it matter? We'll never know the difference. Roxas: If I had a heart, you think I could love somebody? Axel: Once Kingdom Hearts is complete, you'll be able to do all kinds of things. Roxas: That's good.

DAY 172 Axel joins Roxas for ice cream. Roxas found out earlier that Xion has fallen into deep sleep and he’s worried. Axel is genuinely amazed at how Roxas can appear so human even if he’s a nobody. He tries to cheer him up and promises he will speak to Saix about it. Later he and Saix have a heated discussion about Saix’s behavior of late.

!DAY 173 - LIES Axel meets Roxas in the morning. For the first time he lies to him, hiding the fact that Saix won’t change his attitude towards Xion. Axel secretly apologizes for lying to Roxas. Later they have ice cream together (cutscene only).

DAY 174 Roxas has a mission in Neverland and he flies for the first time. When he comes back he’s joined by Axel for ice cream

DAY 176 Roxas and Axel have ice cream (cutscene only).

!DAY 193 - MEMORIES Xion wakes up. The three of them go on a mission in Twilight Town but Xion collapses again. They go back to the castle and Axel reprimands Saix for being rude to Xion. For the first time Axel finally admits to Roxas and Xion that they are his best friends and they are inseparable (callback to DAY 75).

DAY 194 Brief meeting in the morning. After his mission, Roxas meets with Xion for ice cream. Axel finds the truth about Xion.

!DAY 195 Roxas and Axel go on a mission together in Neverland. Roxas teaches Axel to believe in himself so he can fly. Axel decides to believe in Roxas instead and he flies. They fly together. Later they have ice cream together and are joined by Xion. Axel seems to ignore Xion. 

DAY 197 Roxas has ice cream alone (cutscene only).

DAY 224 Brief meeting in the morning. Later the three of them have ice cream together. Xion doesn’t feel well. Axel proposes that the three of them go to the beach soon. Axel has trouble interacting with Xion. 

DAY 225 Brief meeting in the morning. After his mission Roxas finds Xion on the clocktower but she leaves soon and Axel walks in. Roxas suspects Axel knows something about Xion and why she’s acting weird. 

DAY 227 Mission with Axel in Neverland.

-END OF PART 1.

PART 2 - here.

#akuroku #akrk #axel #roxas #kh axel #kh roxas #kh xion #xion #kingdom hearts 358/2 days #kingdom hearts #kh 358/2 days

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Some nights Riku still has nightmares and he wakes up shaking and anxious. Sora tries his best to cuddle him and make him feel safe but he thinks it's not enough. So one day Sora asks Riku to teach him how to become a dream eater so he can drop into Riku's dreams too so they can keep each other safe even when they sleep ❤️🩵

#soriku #sora #riku #kh riku #kh sora #kingdom hearts #dream eaters #kh22

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"You're not weak, Ven. You're kind." "I can't lose you too." "I'm sorry, Ventus. I know it wasn't your fault. I just needed someone to blame. Darkness is so...abstract. My anger needed a simple, tangible target. Selfish of me, I know. But some emotions are too much to bear. Tell me. Is darkness really gone? Or has it become a part of you, just like you said? If it has, then I—" -Lauriam to Ventus KHUx

#ventus x lauriam #ventus #lauriam #kh ventus #kh lauriam #kingdom hearts #union cross #kingdom hearts union x #kingdom hearts union cross #marluxia #khux

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To all the DRAGON BALL and AKIRA TORIYAMA fans out there, my deepest condolences.

As someone who is still struggling with the loss of Takahashi-sensei, I feel you.

We all know sooner or later these things happen. But when they're taken from us earlier than it should be, it's double the pain.

I wish you all to keep what he created and the joy he has given you, very close to your heart. As long as their memories still live on, they'll never be gone truly.

Rest in peace, Toriyama-sensei. You will forever be engraved among gods, in heaven and on earth.

❤️

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Lauriam carrying Ventus around? Yes please

But seriously how many times is Ven gonna just sleep through the plot

#them them them #lauriam #ventus #kingdom hearts #union cross #yes op this is a ship #the pain of shipping rare pairs

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The way I was sold on them immediately at the fastest speed...

Lauriam princess-carrying Ven is sooo precious.

I need them to meet again 😭

#ventus #kh ventus #kh lauriam #lauriam #marluxia #khux #kingdom hearts #union cross #ventus x lauriam

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...following up on this ,

i love the idea of roxas and axel being the 'veterans' (excluding xehanort and eraqus) when it comes to gay stuff so post-canon roxas basically becomes the go-to guy on bottoming help for his brothers friends.

You're gonna have riku asking him which moisturizing cream is best to apply after a rough butt sex session. Or you have sora texting him for tips. Or ventus actually calling him to ask him which position is best for a first time (*clears throat* ..with lauriam )

Poor roxas. But he just answers each and every question. And he's also quite proud of his brothers.

#akuroku #soriku #roxas #kh roxas #kh riku #kh sora #kh ventus #kh lauriam #lauriam #sora #riku #akrk #kingdom hearts

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And here it is! My Kingdom Hearts Union χ [cross] character infographics VERSION 2.0! Contains 3 brand new slides & updated information! It's everything you need to know about this game's cast summarized across 15 slides!

NOTE that everything in Italics is only SPECULATIVE but NOT confirmed!

The old version was originally posted on my Twitter account back in April of 2022.

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This right here is their 'falling-in-love' moment in full disney style.

The entire episode is basically axel and roxas going on a first date. They even had a combo fight in the sky. I mean, how romantic is that??

If it was any other disney movie with that sweet song in the background you know you would have come to the same conclusions.

#akuroku #axel #roxas #kh axel #kh roxas #kh 358/2 days #kingdom hearts 358/2 days #akrk

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This drawing kills me everytime.. Namine drawing akuroku fanart is ~chef's kiss~ She is the ultimate shipper.

#akuroku #akrk