Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Rewards and Punishments ❯ life isn't so bad after all ( Chapter 2 )

Well here's chapter 2. It was killing me so I don't care if u like it or not, I want to finish it.

 

Disclaimer: still don't own anything, but if I did I would be the happiest girl right now.

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Rewards and Punishment

By: Kiki

Chapter 2

 

Axel stood on the sidewalk he remembered earlier; maybe that whole incident with him getting hit by a car was a daydream. He looked around for a clock; he needed to check the time. Not finding one he saw a person standing at the curb, he walk over to ask the time, but the person didn't talk. `How rude' he thought, he lifted his hand to tap the persons shoulder, but it fell right through. “What the hell?” He waved his hand through the person; it was like the person wasn't real. Axel went to look at the persons face and jumped when he saw it was himself. “How can that be me? I'm right here” he looked at his hands they were fading away. He started to panic, “What's going on?” a car turned around the corner; he realized what was going on. He must have died after that car hit him, the whole scene played exactly as he saw it before; him fighting to stay awake, then he passed out. His vision of the scene was becoming black, `No I have to see the man, I know him.' His vision became black. `No' he sat down on black nothingness, brought his knees to his chest, and placed his head on his knees. `I saw his eyes but the face is not coming to my head, why? I know him.”

 

`This black place must be where people go when they die.' He thought. He didn't want to be dead; if he wanted to be dead he would have jumped from the ledge of the apartment building. He wanted to go home, restart his life, and apologize for everything. He started to cry.

 

“Axel.”

 

He lifted his head, looking around for the voice again. He knew that voice, he may not have herd it in a long time but he knew it.

 

“Axel, wake up Axel.”

 

“Wake up? I'm not sleeping, I can't wake up” he shouted and looking around, still nothing but black. He closed his eyes tightly, and opened them. When he opened them he was in a bed at a hospital, he let out the breath he didn't realize he was holding in. He tried to sit up but as soon as he moved it was like he was hit by another car because he hurt. His head had the worst headache he had ever had in his life, his left side of his body felt like it wasn't there anymore. He put his head back down on the pillow, and moaned in pain. Axel moved his right hand on the bed till it found something softer then the sheets that were on the bed. He picked up his head off the pillow and looked down, there was someone there but he couldn't tell who, it was too dark.

 

He reached his hand to touch the person's head, which caused the person to wake up. They mumbled and yawned; when he realized that Axel was awake he sat up strait. “Axel I'm so sorry I didn't mean to hit you, I wasn't drunk or anything like that you just fell before I could stop.” The man kept apologizing, but sadly Axel still couldn't see his face in the dark, he didn't know who was sorry.

 

“Not trying to sound mean but I can't see who you are, can you turn on a light or something?” Axel said tiredly. The man got up and found a small light on the nightstand and turned it on. When then light turned on Axel quickly shut his eyes, apparently he has been use to the dark from sleeping his vision was blurry. When Axel's eyes adjusted to the light he saw the man was turned around so Axel saw his back, he had hair just past his shoulders in a pinkish-brown color. As if embarrassed to look at Axel he turned slowly, afraid he was going to get a yelling at, similar to a kid getting yelled at by a parent.

 

“Marluxia?!?!” He stared at him for a while. “I haven't seen you in …. “He faded off.

 

“Yeah, it's been a while hasn't it?” Feeling awkward he just stood there quietly.

 

“Soooo….. Why were you out driving at that late anyways?” Axel asked.

 

“I had to finish some paper work, and it took a while to do. But I should be the one asking you the same question. Why weren't you home?” Marluxia sat down in the chair next to Axel's bed again a waited for an answer. When he looked at Axel he saw that he was ignoring his face.

 

“Well….” He began, “I … don't really …. Have a home to go to.” He said this with a feeling that hurt to admit he didn't have a home. Almost like a knife was in his chest.

 

“Sorry I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable saying that, but can I ask what happened to you that you became homeless?” Marluxia looked at Axel; he was silent, the knife now twisting. “You don't have to answer, I wasn't expecting you too.”

 

“No, I should really stop hiding from my past, its killing me somewhat to keep it inside.” Axel rested his head back on the pillow; he turned his head to the side and looked at the window realizing his backpack was there. “Hand me my backpack and ill show you, then ill tell you the rest” Marluxia stood and grabbed Axel's backpack for him and places it on Axel's right side. “Unzip this part.” He pointed to the bigger section and Marluxia unzipped it. Axel reached in and undid a Velcro pocket to pull out the black cosmetic bag; handing it to Marluxia. “Open it but don't take what's inside out from that bag, I don't want to get into trouble.”

 

Marluxia was curies to what was in the bag and he unzipped the bag cautiously, just incase there was something that would pop out. When unzipped he looked inside, Axel closed his eyes and spoke. “Instead of buying a place to stay I bought those, because I couldn't stop. I've tried to stop but I can't, it use to be a lot worse but I've gotten better.” Marluxia was shocked; he never expected in his entire life that Axel would be one of the people on drugs. “Why didn't you talk to anyone?” he asked.

 

“To tell you the truth, I don't know. You didn't know but my life got pretty bad, to the point I tried to kill myself… twice.” Marluxia couldn't find the words to say anything; he just looked at Axel and let him continue with his story. “I couldn't kill myself, I don't know why; I guess you could say I didn't have it in me. So instead of killing myself, I did the next thing I could think of, cutting myself as punishment.” Axel had tears falling down his face now, this confession was the hardest thing he had ever done. He picked his right arm off the bed and moved it towards the light. Marluxia could now see all the scares that Axel had on his arm; they seemed to go in almost every direction from his wrist to his shoulder. “There is more but you can't see them, they are on my other arm, and on my sides near my hips.” He pulled back his arm that was in the light and placed it back on the bed next to his side. “I don't like this life, I want to go home, I want to be happy without having to force it out” he said letting it all just come out.

 

Marluxia thought for a second to rethink all of what Axel just said. “Why don't you just go back home.” Axel shook his head, “I can't, I'm too ashamed.” Marluxia than can up with an idea, not knowing if it will work or not he gave it a shot anyways. “Well if you want, I have an extra bed room at my place; you welcome to stay there if you want.”

 

“You really mean it, I wont be a bother to you will I?” Axel was surprised, he never thought that some one would want to help him, but then again he never tried. Marluxia looked at him and nodded his head, “you never once bothered me, were best friends right?”

 

Axel forgot that they promised to be best friends forever, sounds corny but it's true. They use to be the troublemakers of their school, if one got in trouble the other was guilty also. If you described their personality you would think that they were brothers, besides the fact that Marluxia had pinkish-brown hair and liked flowers and Axel's hair was black but he dyed it a bright red and he was a pyro.

 

“Thanks, that makes me feel a lot better.” After he said this, his left arm started to hurt, and he winced. `The pain killers must be wearing off' he said to himself. Marluxia noticed and he started to feel bad again, “I'm really sorry about that, I just feel so horrible about this whole event.” Marluxia slightly tilted his head down sadly.

 

“Don't feel so bad, this is going to sound kind of mean, but if you didn't hit me then we never probably would have seen each other for a long time. And who knows, maybe hitting me was what caused me to confess and really want to change my life.” Axel smiled, hoping to get Marluxia to feel better. Marluxia saw the smile and felt a little better because Axel was half right.

 

Marluxia looked at his watch, he then stood and stretched. “Well, I have to go; I haven't been to work in two days. I'll come see you tomorrow.” When Marluxia said this, Axel had to think for a few minutes. He grabbed Marluxia's wrist just before it was out of reach. “Waite, how long was I out for.”

 

“You were out for two days, but it's almost midnight. You should get some rest I'll be back at 3 p.m. tomorrow. ” Marluxia said while gathering his coat. Axel nodded his head and relaxed it agents his pillow, he put his right arm across his face and sighed. Marluxia was heading out when Axel asked, “On your way out, if you see a nurse could you ask them to come in here. I need some more pain killers or ill never get to sleep.” Marluxia stopped at the door and looked at him. “Yeah sure.” Then he left.

 

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There, happy….. Because I sure am. Well now spring breaks over so chapter 3 might not be done soon. If it is, then holy crap. Well tell me if you like, ill get a start on chapter 3.