Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Burn ❯ Chapter 9 Axel ( Chapter 9 )

Burn

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Chapter 9 Axel

Well, my test results came back clean. The good news is that I don't have any sort of brain tumor or brain damage or anything. That's the good news. The bad news is that they still don't know what the hell is wrong with me—why I had the seizure in the first place. He's run more diagnostics but hasn't found anything yet. Which sucks. But besides that, things have been going relatively smoothly. Physical therapy was going well. It hurt like hell, but Marluxia said that I was making great progress. He even hinted that I might be able to start walking soon, something I both looked forward to and dreaded.

Yes that's pretty much a contradiction. Let me explain. It's good that I'll be able to start walking soon. Now I don't have to depend on other people as much. Such as Zexion. But the bad thing about walking is that once I'm able to get around on my own, they're going to move me up to the Psych Ward. Meaning I have to say goodbye to Roxas. And I don't want to. The kid has really grown on me. We haven't had much interaction, but I still feel really close to him. I can't explain it.

One day, I decided (and this was a totally random decision) to go over and talk to him. Just talk. Make the most out of my time around him so I could treasure it when we were apart. Boy that sounded lame. Oh well. I don't care. It was before visiting hours had begun so I know we wouldn't be interrupted for a while. I got out of bed and dragged myself across the room. I hung off the edge of his bed like I did before. I hadn't been this close to him since he had woken up. His blue eyes were incredibly intense. The color I mean. The color was incredibly intense. I smiled.

“Hi Roxas,” I said.

“Ax…el,” Roxas whispered. I stared at him surprised. “That's your name, right?”

“Yeah.” I nodded. “You remembered.”

“Of course.” Roxas shrugged slightly. “How could I forget an odd name like Axel?”

The words were harsh, but I could detect a bit of playfulness underneath it. Was he…flirting with me? Holy crap!! I could have been taking this the wrong way but it really seemed like he was. Normally, I'm not cautious, but I didn't want to lose Roxas so I played it safe. We sort of flirted for a long time.

“Why?” I murmured, shaking my head.

“Why what?” Roxas asked curiously.

Why am I so attracted to you? I wanted to say, but I bit my tongue. As imagined, it hurt quite a bit.

“Why don't you talk more often?” I asked instead.

Roxas looked slightly pained. “I…I don't know.”

“Roxas, you have a visitor,” Roxas's day nurse said, coming in. Her name is Allison or something. Roxas nodded.

I groaned softly; it was time for me to drag myself across the room. I started the long process.

“Axel,” Roxas unexpectedly said. I turned. “Why do you do that? Why bother dragging yourself all the way across the room just to talk to me?”

“Well Roxie, it's not very fun to talk to you all the way across the room. I'd rather talk to you face to face. If that's okay with you,” I answered truthfully.

“Yes.” Roxas nodded.

“Roxas?” a voice asked from the door. I looked over my shoulder and saw Roxas's twin standing there, a shocked look on his face. Sora walked forward. “Roxas why?” Roxas looked at his twin, confused. There was a hurt expression on Sora's face. As he walked forward I could see that he was angry. “You'll talk to him, but not to me? You won't talk to your own twin brother but you'll talk to some stranger?” Roxas was silent. “Why Roxas? Why can't you tell me anything anymore?

“You don't understand!” Roxas suddenly choked out. “You don't understand how I'm feeling. None of you do!!”
“What do you mean?”

“You're perfect Sora! You don't know what it's like to be me. You have no idea of what mom and dad do to me!”
“Yes I do,” Sora said quietly. “I'm not as stupid as you think. I know full well what they do to you.”

Roxas looked surprised. “All this time…you've known? And you haven't done anything?”
“What would you have me do?! What is there to do?” Roxas was silent. “Yeah, that's what I thought. There was nothing I could do. I just had to sit and watch. Do you know how sick it made me to just sit back and watch as mom and dad made your life a living hell? I wanted to say something to someone but I knew they might hurt you even more if they knew I had told someone.”

Roxas was silent for a while.

“Get out,” he suddenly hissed.

“Huh?” Sora asked.

“Get out. I don't…I don't want to talk to you right now. Just leave. Please.”

“Okay.” Sora looked really hurt, but he did what Roxas asked him.

I just stared as he left. After he was gone, I turned back to Roxas. He was sniffling softly. I quickly made up my mind to drag myself back over to the bed to see if I could do anything. Gritting my teeth, I dragged myself back to Roxas's side of the room. He watched me. Finally, I made it and heaved myself up so I was being supported by my arms. For the longest time, the two of us were silent, just staring at each other. He looked so sad. It made me feel bad. He was lost and confused. I could read it in his eyes.

“Can you hold me?” he asked.

“What?” I asked, confused.

“Can you hold me?” he repeated, blushing. “I…I…I'm afraid.”
“Of what?” I asked.

“I don't know what's going to happen. I don't understand anything that's going on. I don't even know why I jumped. I'm just so…lost.”

I nodded. I realized that no matter how tough and feisty he might act, underneath, he was just a scared kid. Just a frightened kid. A feeling of protectiveness rose up inside me and I heaved myself up onto the bed. Roxas sat up and scooted over so I could lie down next to him. I wrapped my arms around him and he rested his head on my shoulder.

“I don't understand,” he said, turning to look at me.

“What?” I asked.

“Why I feel comfortable around you. It's like I know you, but I've never met you before in my life.”

“I know,” I replied. “I feel the same way. We don't have to figure this out right now, okay? Right now, I just want to hold you, okay?”

Roxas nodded. He leaned back against my shoulder, trembling. I wrapped my arms tighter around him and stared at the wall. There was no other place I wanted to be at this moment.

To be continued…

A/N: Finally, we've got some interaction between Roxas and Axel! I hope they weren't terribly out of character. I'm sorry for the shortness of this chapter. I didn't really know what else to say. The next chapter should hopefully be a bit longer. Reviews help me to update faster!!