“One day at a time...”

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⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ [ @sanguinare_ ] Axel would lay upon his and Grace’s bed on his side while in deep thought, still dressed in his daily attire. His many thoughts tired him, weighing down on him. A simple sigh left his lips before he finally began to rest his eyes.

“Hm?” He’d look back towards her in response to the sudden sound of her voice before chucking. “Need to a bell on you.” He joked before turning back around, leaning further against the pillow. “Just... stuff going on, nothing that’d be a big deal to you.”

Axel would slide a hand under the pillow beneath his head before adjusting his position, closing his eyes in an attempt to get some rest. He didn’t see much purpose in telling others about things on his mind, seeing it as a form of weakness and exposing of vulnerability.

Upon feeling the console fall onto his face, the young duelist would suddenly sit up and hold his nose a bit. “Ow!!” He yelled, soon turning up towards her. “The hell was that for...?”

“Huh?” He looked down towards the bridge of his nose before rubbing it with his index and middle finger, noticing only a thin smear of blood on both digits. “Not a lot, it should be fine tomorrow though. Probably just leave a bruise at most.”

“Ah— Geez, okay.” He said, surprised at how eager she was. He’d extend his arm out and display that thin like of blood over his fingertips, barely anything. “You would have had better luck if it was something sharp you dropped. Then again I’d have a whole other problem.”

“Gah—“ He’d react as she slapped his cheek, sighing as she took his hand and cleaned the thin line of blood off it. “Didn’t have to smack me.”

“Look, I... I need to take a nap and clear my head.” He said before laying back on the bed whilst a single droplet of blood rested on the bridge of his nose unbeknownst to him. He’d close his eyes, putting his hands under the pillow beneath the back of his head as he sighed.

“Tch...” He clicked his teeth before tilting his head to the side before beginning to drift off again. His eyes suddenly widened as he felt her lick the bridge of his nose for the remaining bead of blood from his wound. “I’m not a 24/7 snack bar—“ He remarked.

“Crystal...” He said as he looked back at her, clearly not phased as much as he normally would be. Something was off about him to be certain.

“Wonder how the kids are doing.”

“Tch—“ He clicked his teeth before sitting himself up and looking directly into the girls eyes. “I’m not your juice box!” He said, seeming to have definitely grown a more durable spine based on how he was approaching this argument. This was especially visible as he grabbed —

— her shoulders and flipped her onto her back, switching positions with her. “So stop treating me like I am!!” He demanded, showing her a side of himself rarely seen.

He looked to his sides as he felt Grace begin to levitate their bodies up to the ceiling, ramming his back right into it. “Tch—!” He grunted in slight pain, but was unfazed mentally by this. “Add it to the list of things I’ve gotta take!” The teen yelled back at her, an —

—unrivaled rage burning so brightly inside him that one could see it through his nearly pitch black pupils. “You act like I give a damn what you think, but you’re the least of my goddamn concerns!”

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