[Private]
[ he listens, hating more and more the cold communicator between them. he wants to -- pull her close and hug her tightly. and he can't help the sick little bubble of hatred that forms in his chest for Axel. bastard, bastard, bastard. but he chokes it down, and tells her urgently ]
You aren't doing anything wrong! Xion, you worry people because they care about you. You apologize because you're sorry. You want to make things up to him because you care about him. You didn't get him in trouble with Sentience. [ I did. ] No one is very good at leaving people they care about alone. And no one would handle being walked away from very well!
And you're in love. Of course you want to kiss him. We want to kiss the people we love. And you're -- you're so young. And being in love is so new to you. He can't expect you not to want as much of it as you can get!