A/N: helluuuu my fellow readers! :D ok so this fanfic will most likely completed by the end of today/tomorrow (hopefully) because it's a comic that my lovely girlfriend wrote during her sophomore year and I loved it and asked her permission for me to turn it into a fanfic :3 so here we go! (Btw Vix I didn't know what the title was so I just gave it this XD)

My name is Vexen. I am known also as number four in our organization, and by my professional name "The Chilly Academic"...how unfortunately true it is. If there is anything you need to know about me it is that I care for no one and vice versa. There are only two known exceptions to this fact and one of those exceptions has been in traumatized-like state.

"He any better yet?" Xigbar asked, after I...'kindly' asked him to shut up due to him being too close to Zexion's room.

Sighing with defeat I said, "No I don't think so...he hasn't come out of this trance yet, and it's been seven days...seventy two more hours without sleep and he'll..."

"Aw chill out Vexen. The kids always been a fighter," Xigbar interjected. His cheerful attitude was nauseating but what he said was true.

"Yes...he is," I replied.

"Remember the time that everyone got the flu? He was the only one who wasn't hurling."

"Xigbar, this is slightly worse then the flu."
"Yeah, yeah. You're just overprotective."

I turned my attention to Zexion and wrapped my arm gently around his waist, "Come on Zexion. Sit up, please." What Xigbar said was also true. I was overprotective of Zexion. Even when we were apprentices, Zexion was the son I always wanted.

"Can you hear me, Zexion?" I asked, a glimmer of hope filling me up, "...Ienzo?"

There was no response from the boy and I was beginning to think that he would never break free of this trance. I lightly touched his forehead with mine and speaking softly I said, "...If you can hear me...I want you to know that I won't ever leave you alone again. I won't let that happen to you...I promise, I'll get you through this and when you wake up we'll have lots of fun...like before."

Still there was no answer from the boy. A sense of defeat washed over me and all I could do was plea for him to answer, but nothing came from him. Nothing and as two days passed by I was almost one hundred percent sure that he was going to die.

I began to plea again and as I did, Xemnas had entered the room, demanding that I would stop and explaining how this crazed obsession was damaging to my health. All I did for a retort was glare at him.

"Fine. Do not listen to me. It's not going to make a difference though. You've lost both of them," he said. THEM. Ienzo the son I've always wanted and Relane, my little sister, the last family that I had, but now she's far away, hidden from the other members for her own safety and now that I no longer possess a heart, I cannot see her. But if I am truly heartless, why does it hurt to think of her? And Ienzo, so quiet yet intelligent and inquisitive...will Zexion be anything like him?

I have to know.

"Vexen you need sleep-" Xigbar said.

"I'll sleep when ZEXION does," I interjected.

"What about food?" Xemnas asked.

"As previously state, I shall eat when ZEXION does," I replied.

All heads turned to Xaldin and Lexeaus when they entered the room, Xaldin slamming the door behind him.

"Hey what's going on? You called us out of a mission," Xaldin stated.

"Zexion hasn't woken up yet," Xemnas replied.

"WHAT THE HELL! You said missions would only be cancelled for EMERGENCIES!" Xaldin shouted.

Glaring at him I angrily growled out, "This IS an emergency."

"Not in MY book! Now if you'll excuse us we-" Joy engulfed me as I watched Lexeaus punch that annoying, dread-haired, moron into unconsciousness. It was probably the happiest I've ever felt.

After punching number three, Lexeaus made his way over to me and Zexion. Worry glimmered in his eyes and I knew exactly what he wanted.

"Vex-"

"He's all yours now," I interrupted. Many do not know this but Lexeaus has a connection with Zexion. He is the only one I trust with him and our last chance to awaken number six, "Lexeaus...please..."

Knowing what I meant, he lowered himself to the small boy in my arms and in a gentle whisper he said, "Zexion, it's me Lexeaus remember? I use to be Aleus. It's time to awaken."

The boy's head perked up, eyes wide in shock and not one word escaped his lips except for one thing. The name of who Lexeaus use to be. The name that Ienzo very well.

"Aleus!" he shouted. That when I realized where I went wrong. Ienzo wouldn't recognize people through their faces, but their vocal recognition and in my case both my body and voice aged. I never had a fighting chance at restoring Zexion. Lexeaus was lucky to have the opportunity.

"I-I thought you were- I thought that- that I'd never see you again!" Zexion stated between sobs, hugging Lexeaus with all the strength he had, which wasn't much. Number five pet him gently, holding him and close and reassuring him that everything was alright now.

"Well I see I'm not needed. So I'll just be going, call if you need me good bye," I said in a rushed voice. I needed to get out of there. I absolutely didn't want Zexion to see me like this. He was use to the young Even and I looked...like a forty year old.

"Wait what? Just like that? He's finally up! I thought you'd want to see him Vexen-" Lexeaus began.

"Wait, Vexen, this man. He took care of me?" Zexion said, looking at Lexeaus with his usual face of realization.

"Yes," Lexeaus replied.

The young boy's face twisted into his famous thinking face, his eyes staring at something that wasn't visibly there and his fingers covering his mouth, "Our names were anagrammed...Vexen..." he suddenly gasped. I ran for it. I knew he figured it out. He wasn't stupid or oblivious...maybe a bit naïve but that was all, "EVEN!"

I didn't look back nor stop running. I couldn't let him see me like this. I turned the corner, but I didn't find an escape, only the boy whom I took care of.

"Why are you running Even!" he shouted, grabbing my arm and looking at me with a disapproving look, "didn't you miss me Even?"

Of all the questions Ienzo has ever asked, that was the only stupid one. He looked at me sadly. Oh god those puppy dog eyes.

"I...I was scared when the darkness came. I thought I'd never see you again. So...thank you for staying with me...and keeping me safe...Vexen, thank you for coming back." I just stood there staring at him in disbelief, until finally I pulled him into a hug, smiling at his words and feeling a bit...emotional? I wouldn't know.

"You're a good kid, Zexion," I said.

"I'm a good FRIEND Vexen," he said.

"I assume you like talking then?" As Ienzo he barely spoke. I was amazed that he was talking so much now.

"Yes, this is fun. This is a fun time," he replied. We both gave a small laugh. Finally I was at ease. Zexion was awake and I didn't have to hide from him. Maybe...things wouldn't be so bad...