Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Burn ❯ Chapter 10 Roxas ( Chapter 10 )

Burn

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Chapter 10 Roxas

When I woke up, I was really warm. Really warm. And I had no idea of why. There was something soft underneath me and it wasn't my bed. I turned my head to the side and blinked. My vision was pretty much obscured by red hair. Vivid red hair. It could only be one person. But what the hell was Axel doing in my bed? He was fast asleep, even snoring softly. His arms were wrapped around me protectively. I was lying somewhat in his lap and my head had previously been resting on his shoulder.

Slowly, the memories came back to me. Sora and I had had a fight. I was really upset so I sent him away. And Axel comforted me. I was scared. I mean, I still am. Sort of. But being held by Axel is comforting. I've never been this close to anyone before. I've always lived in my little “bubble”, as my brother calls it. I hate it when people invade my personal space. With Axel, it's different. I know he's not going to hurt me…or…or judge me. Not like everyone else in this world. For the most part. There are always exceptions. Axel is different somehow. I don't know what it is, but I feel like I've known him my whole life. Maybe we were close in a past life or something. I have no idea.

I felt eyes watching me and looked up. Axel's strange friend, whose hair hides half his face, was watching me. I think his name is Zexion or something like that. I could only see one of his eyes but I could see that it was filled with curiosity.

“What?” I asked.

“Nothing.” Zexion shook his head. “It's nothing important.”

“Come on. You can tell me,” I persisted.

Zexion hesitated, carefully studying me. Finally, he spoke, using a tone soft enough so that he wouldn't wake Axel up, but loud enough that I could hear him. “I'm just really surprised. Axel hasn't let anyone get this close to him since…since we broke up.”

I stared at him. “Wait. You were dating him?”

Zexion nodded. “Does that…bother you?”

“No way! My brother is gay.”

“I know. You just didn't seem like the type of person who would come from a family that…embraces homosexuality.”

“They don't,” I said quietly. “My parents hate that my brother have a boyfriend.”

“You and Axel have a lot in common,” Zexion muttered.

“Why?” I asked.

Zexion looked alarmed. “N…nothing. Forget it.”
“I'm not going to forget it Zexion. Tell me!”

“I can't.” Zexion shook his head. “Axel would kill me. He's going to kill me for revealing this much already.”

“They broke you up, didn't they?” I whispered, the pieces falling into place. “They caused him to burn himself.”

“Yes.” Zexion's voice was barely audible. “I would give anything to stop this from happening to him.”

“You still love him.”
“No.” Zexion's voice turned harsh. “I've gotten over him. We're friends now and that's all we'll ever be anymore. It's over between us.”

“But what if that's what he needs…someone to love him?”

“I can't give that to him anymore.”
“Why not?”
“I just…can't.” He stared enigmatically at me. “But you can Roxas.”
“Me?” I asked, surprised.

“Yes. I've seen how he's acted ever since you came here. It's like he's beginning to heal, like he's starting to forgive himself for what he's done.”

“Oh.”
“It's good.” Zexion's voice was incredibly gentle now. “It's very good Roxas. You can heal him. And maybe…he can heal you.”

Beside me, Axel stirred. I stared down into his face as his eyes opened. He looked around, disoriented. His vivid eyes were slightly dim as he tried to get a better understanding of his surroundings. He yawned widely. His head turned towards me and when he saw me, his mouth snapped shut. He stared at me like I was a ghost or something.

“I'm dreaming,” he finally muttered. “That's the only explanation. I've gotta be dreaming.”

I felt anger boil up inside me. After all we had talked about, he thought he was dreaming? I bear my soul to him and he treats me like the bloody Ghost of Christmas Past?! Stupid bastard.

I reached over and pinched his arm as hard as I could. He gave a loud yelp and pushed himself away from me. The bed wasn't very big to begin with and with two of us in it, there was even less room. So in short: Axel fell off the bed. And he dragged me with him. I fell right on top of him. After a few moments of shocked silence, Axel started laughing. Then I started laughing. I had no idea why it was so funny.

“Can you get off me Roxas?” Axel finally asked. “You're sorta heavy.”

“Oh. Sorry.” I heaved myself up. It was rather difficult since I hadn't been out of bed in ages, but after a few attempts, I managed to at least stand shakily on my own. Thank god I had decided to eat so the doctor could take out my IV. Otherwise, I'd be in agony from falling and messing the damn needle up. I had to use the bed to support myself as I turned and extended my hand to Axel to help him up. He was as shaky as I was when he stood, also using the bed for support. Zexion watched us interestedly as we crawled back into my bed.

“You're going to have to go back to your side of the bed soon,” I murmured. “It's probably almost time to eat.”

Axel pouted. “You have to kill my fun, don't you Roxie?”

“Don't call me that!” I hissed.

“You are no fun.” Axel made a face at me. Zexion came across the room.

“Roxas is right. It's almost time for dinner,” he said.

Axel grumbled something under his breath that was probably obscene. Zexion just ignored him. He was probably used to Axel's potty mouth by now. He held out his hands to offer him help, but Axel brushed it away.

“I wanna see if I can walk across the room by myself,” Axel said.

“Okay.” Zexion nodded.

Axel took a deep breath and turned to me. Before I could stop him, he pressed his lips against mine.

“What…was that?!” I sputtered as Axel pulled away.

“Good luck kiss.” Axel grinned. “You taste good Roxie.” He heaved himself out of bed and unsteadily took a step forward.

I swore under my breath. Axel was so infuriating. So why did he make me feel so hot?

Axel swayed unsteadily and I felt my breath leave me.

“Zex help me!” he cried.

Zexion rushed forward and grabbed him by the arm. I was surprised at how strong Zexion was. He was a small guy, about the same as me. He managed to keep Axel upright…somehow. Axel slowly made his way across the room. I watched Axel's ass the entire time. Don't ask me why. It just stuck out, because he was so damn skinny. There it was. Just staring at me. Well, not literally, but you get the point. Thankfully, Axel didn't have eyes in the back of his head so he had no idea that I was checking out his ass. Same with Zexion. Friend or not, I'm sure he wouldn't like me checking out Axel's ass. Finally, the two of them made it to Axel's bed and Axel collapsed on it, exhausted.

“You okay?” Zexion asked worriedly, gently placing a hand on his shoulder.

“I'm fine,” Axel responded, shrugging off the hand.

That was rude. I thought.

Obviously, it was normal Axel behavior because Zexion was fine with it. Whatever. I didn't have time to think about it; my day nurse Allison came in with dinner. Becky, Axel's day nurse wasn't far behind with Axel's dinner.

“Well Axel, I see you managed to get your butt out of bed. And I do mean that literally,” Becky said, putting Axel's tray on the nightstand by his bed.

“Well, I had a lot of help,” Axel muttered. “As soon as I got out of bed, I almost fell on my ass. Zex had to help me get across the room.”

“Don't be upset Axel. That's wonderful progress. Soon you'll be able to walk on your own.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah.”

I was silent as Allison gave me my dinner and then checked me before leaving. Axel was eating noisily on the other side of the room. I gave him one glance before I started on my own dinner, not wanting it to get cold. Despite what everyone thinks, hospital food isn't that bad. I had just woken up so it was very likely that I wasn't going to be able to sleep well tonight. Well, I had a crazy (and I mean this loosely) redhead to thank for that. Stupid Axel.
To be continued…

A/N: Wow, I wasn't expecting that humor from Roxas. At least I thought it was humorous. Remember: your opinions are valued and reviews help me to update faster.