It was something he had contracted when his silent chest still beat with life and vigor as a somebody. Some killer disease from far away with a lackluster method of treatment and absolutely no cure. It roved his body unhindered, eating him alive from the inside out wracking his body with severe, blinding pain and choking him slowly as he graced his lovers with tender touches and kisses. His condition by now had progressed to the later stages of the disease, it manifested itself inside him even as a nobody for it mutated the genetic code of his being. Though he had no heart he still carried the mangled DNA inside his empty shell. It was only a matter of time before he faded into the eternal night.
Demyx threaded his fingers through flaming red spikes and repressed the urge to burst into uncontrollable sobs. Even now as they made love Axel suffered, his body tense and rigid with horrendous pain, eyes vacant and dazed as if stoned. He shook violently as they moved together, the redhead trying to please his beloved one last time though it caused him unbearable grief. Though he fought not to show it Demyx knew. The rattling in his chest as he panted in the other's ear screamed volumes.
"Demyx... I love you babe." A shriek broke free as Demyx finally succumbed to wild sobbing preluding his climax, blood running cold as Axel's warmth disappeared to the chill of death. Axel wiped away the tears and nestled his heard against the other's chest, leaving behind a shower of weak little kisses. Choking coughs racked him as he followed his love, thin wisps of dark smoke curling around him. This was the way he wanted to fade. This 'sweet death' in the arms of his beloved Nocturne. His sole regret was this constituted Demyx witnessing his demise. Leaning Axel was sick had nearly destroyed the fragile blonde. He couldn't fathom what scar this would leave behind.
"AXIE!" Demyx shook his fading lover, hot, feat tears rolling in waterfalls down his face. Anything liquid throughout the castle ebbed and swirled as their master screamed and cried. Axel was his world, his life, his heart. His everything in a world of nothing. Now he was dying. Fading away. Right in front of him, right before his eyes. His flurry of dancing flames had been snuffed out in the prime of his life, every trace of warmth and security suddenly completely absent in the world. He falling, farther and farther as Axel faded faster, plunging deeper into absolute zero.
"Please, don't go. I need you Axie! I love you please!" Axel stared deep into oceanic depths, a tiny smile playing on his face. Demyx had such beautiful eyes... Gravity released his body, pain ceased to exist as weightlessness drifted him deeper into endless darkness. He brushed his fingers limply over Demyx's cheek before his hand dropped to his side and his last words faded into the air.
"I love you too baby. Be strong and look after Roxie for me? ...I'm...I'm sorry."
The scream that ripped free endlessly echoes even now through the vaccuums of nothingness and oblivion.
All that lies in me
All that dies in me
How can I live without you?