Feather inspection revealed that not only Riku but main protagonist himself has undoubtedly learned the art of the eyeliner, our theory is that boys were taught by none other than The Flurry of Dancing Flames himself (aka Axel (aka Lea)). The ending of KH:DDD serves as a proof, since it has shown that subject not only came back to life but joined the gang, and even shown his ability to summon keyblade which automaticly makes him the part of the fam:/
-Hollow Bastion fell when they were just kids, that means Axel lost his heart when he was just a kid and was probably just lost in the darkness for years until he became a nobody
-He does all the dirty work so that Saix could get to the top of the Organization
-He and Saix drifted apart while in the Organization, getting into multiple arguments (a lot of these involving Xion)
-Axel lost Ven, even though they met once they still became friends and the fact that Lea never knew what happened to him.
-Axel found Roxas, whom he probably thought was Ven when they first met no doubt.
-And then Axel lost Roxas, one of the only people he actually cared about in the Organization (besides Saix)
-Axel lost Xion, someone he knew was just a replica yet he cared for her dearly and did so much to try and help and protect her
-Immediately after losing Roxas, Axel has to go find Xion even though she refuses to come back again and he’s just so upset with everything that it results to Axel breaking down in front her and ending in a fight.
-Axel’s last “memory” of Xion is of them fighting. Axel passed out after their fight and didn’t wake up until after Xion was gone, so he lost all his memory of her already. Their last moments together were in pain.
-The Organization tasked Axel to destroy Roxas. They were forcing him to go and kill his best friend.
-He tried so hard to get Roxas to remember him, and Roxas didn’t until it was too late and he had to return to Sora.
-Axel was on the run from the Organization all through KH2, he had nowhere to go.
-Even after Roxas was gone, Axel still searched for him tirelessly, even resorting to kidnapping Kairi just to get Sora to come to him to have a chance of seeing Roxas.
-Axel comes back TWICE to try and free Kairi, getting severely injured each time.
-He was basically killed by his friend (Saix)
-After Axel is stabbed by Saix, he wanders through the dark portals, pushing himself to keep going because the only thing he wants is to see Roxas again.
-Axel knew that he was going to fade, so he put his entire “existence” into his attack to save Sora and the others
-When Lea wakes up in Hollow Bastion, the first thing he’s thinking about is Roxas; even after he faded he was in a dream with Roxas and had to finally say goodbye, crying none the less
-Lea lost Isa. He was searching for Isa throughout KH3D and only to find that he had been taken by Xehanort and now a vessel.
TL;DR Throughout Kingdom Hearts Axel/Lea has been in constant pain and losing those he cares about.
“Why are you doing this?“ “Because we’re friends, why else?“ “… We are?“ “What?! Sure we are! Pft, so mean! Now you have to pay for the ice cream next time!“ “What?“ “Naaah, just joking, really, don’t take everything so serious. Come on, let’s get-” “I will.“ “Huh?“ “I will buy ice cream next time. Then I’ll show you my favourite.“ “You have a favourite ice cream?“ “Just what do you take me for? An alien?“ “Naaaa~ahaha. So, which one?“ “…Sea Salt.“ “Eww, sounds gross. Maybe you are an alien after all.“ “Oh, shut up.“ “…“ “Why are you grinning all of a sudden?“ “Nothing~ Come on, Isa, let’s get moving!“
I actually spent all my free time of the last two days on this @_@“ (so much for my resolution to do small and simple drawings.) Urgh, I’m sorry for my handwriting.
Page 1: Saix: Axel. Axel: …
Axel: What? Spit it out already.
Saix: Will you … eat some sea salt ice cream with me? Axel: … (processing, please wait.)
Saix: Nevermind. Just forget it.
Page 2: Axel: Oi, wait! You can’t just walk away like that! That’s not fair! Saix: …
Saix: Then tell me. Will you? Axel: …
Axel: Not as long you’re acting like that, that much’s for sure. So, no more running, okay? Saix: You mean …
Axel: Of course I will! After all we’re still friends, right?
Page 3: Saix: … right.
Axel: Wait, was that a SMILE just now?! Saix: Oh, shut up.
I guess Saix was trying to ask this question for days, if not weeks and that’s what happened, when he finally managed. Axel, who had actually almost given up on his friend was obviously rather surprised by it. (who wouldn’t?) He probably expected him to order him around or to say something mean about his (new) friends and well, when that question came he just decided to give Saix another chance. Because maybe, just maybe, their friendship was not completely lost after all.