Genre: Hurt/Comfort/Friendship

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Disney and Square Enix do.

Bittersweet Dreamer

Roxas sat up with a jolt, it was almost as if he was awakened by a bolt of electricity. He rubbed his arms, trying to will away the Goosebumps that were now adorning his bare arms. The young key bearer was more worried about his dream though and he realized that it was raining out side again. He portaled into Axel's room as the light drizzle became a copious downpour. The younger Nobody then crawled into the bed next to his friend as a crash of thunder was heard.

The Flurry of the Dancing Flames awoke to the sound of an injured puppy. Well, he had thought it was an injured puppy until he saw that it was just Roxas. The boy was crying and huddled against him like Axel was the last source of sanity in a madness-consumed world. There was flash of lightning illuminated the room; Roxas just whimpered again. So the kid was afraid of storms? This was a new one, even for him.

Axel chuckled, "Rox, you okay? You aren't looking too good." Roxas just shook his head, "I… don't like this… And… I had a bad dream." Axel just looked shocked. Roxas fought countless heartless everyday and never once had shown any fear but when a bad dream shows up, he turns into a scared little kid? "It must have been one doozy for you to be acting like this." Roxas nodded, childishly. Axel sighed, "You wanna talk about it then, shorty?" Roxas thought back to his dream.

-Flashback-

A boy with brown spiky hair was running up a flight of stairs. His blue eyes looked around the room, terrified for what he might find. And then his eyes rested on her limp form. "Kairi…" He ran over, and picked her up, terrified that she was dead. There was no heartbeat. But… a little voice inside him was saying, 'Her heart is inside you.' Without an ounce of hesitation, the boy cut out his own heart and was transformed into a heartless.

-End of Flashback-

Axel looked a bit shocked, "Well… That was one heck of a nightmare." Roxas nodded, "Can I stay in here tonight?" He looked up at him, hopefully. Axel sighed, "Sure, just don't hog the covers." The two boys then laid back down, "Night, Ax." "Night, Roxas." A few seconds later, the pyro heard, "Sora." He looked over at the blonde next to him, "What?" Roxas sound sleepy, he lazily said, "His name was Sora."

A/N: When I first wrote this, Riku and Sora's fight in Kingdom Hearts 1 was going to be the dream, but then it turned into this.