Demyx opened the door to the library very quietly and slipped in.
He looked around to see if anyone was in the library, but no one was in sight.
'Where is he? He should be here by now?'
He started sneaking through the library but couldn't find anyone.
When he heard quiet sobs he was confused.
There was no one in the library, he was sure. He had inspected every inch, but there was no one.
Deciding that he couldn't trust his eyes, he followed his ears to the very back and walked until he hit something with his foot.
He heard a small gasp.
"Zexion?"
He heard someone stand up and start to slide past him.
On a guess, he reached out and grasped something.
He knew he had someone's wrist when he tried to pull it back.
"Zexion?" he asked again.
He tightened his grip on the wrist until he knew the person couldn't get away.
"Please let me go," the person begged. "I don't want to be around anyone right now."
"Why are you hiding from me?"
"I'm not hiding from you, I'm hiding from everyone. I just want to be alone. Please."
"Don't run away. Tell me what's wrong."
"Demyx, don't make me."
"Please Zexion. Tell me what's upset you?"
He heard a deep breath and smiled thinking that he was going to shut down his illusion.
A book on the shelf flew off and smacked him in the shoulder.
Surprised, Demyx let go off the small wrist and Zexion opened a portal and left.
He sighed and walked to the basement labs.
Vexen would know why Zexion was crying.
He knocked on the door and waited.
"Come in."
He walked into the lab and saw Vexen busily scurrying around the room.
"Can I help you with something, Nine?"
"Do you know why Zexion was crying in the library?"
Vexen dropped the beaker he was inspected as he spun around.
"Zexion was crying?" Vexen demanded as he stared at Demyx with wide eyes.
"Yeah. He was hidden by an illusion but I could still hear him and touch him.
Vexen appeared deep in thought.
"He must have been too distracted to cast his illusion properly."
He was quiet for a little while and Demyx waited patiently.
"I wonder if HE did something," he muttered almost to himself.
"Who?"
Vexen came back to himself.
"No one!" he snapped. "Just go away and leave him alone!"
Demyx was taken aback by Vexen's sudden mood change and took a step towards the door.
When Vexen continued to glare at him he turned around and walked out of the lab.
"What did you do?" he demanded. "Did you do that to Zexion?"
The man didn't answer.
"You bastard! You promised you wouldn't do anything to hurt him!"
A hand slammed into him into a wall and held him by the throat.
Vexen started gasping as he stared into those cool eyes.
"You won't tell anyone about this," he hissed before Vexen passed out.
Zexion appeared in his room and laid down on his bed, still sobbing.
'Why? Why did he have to do that?' he moaned in his head.
Flashbacks kept playing before his eyes.
He was being backed into the wall and trapped there.
He stared up at the other man with wide, terrified eyes.
'Wh-what are you doing?' he stuttered.
'Shut up,' the man ordered and slapped him.
He froze and the man pinned his hands above his head.
'Please stop.'
The man ignored him.
'I don't want this!'
'I said shut up!' the man said as he hit him again.
Zexion touched his face where the man had hit him and felt a bruise.
Tears clouded his eyes again.
Someone knocked on his door and he cast an illusion over himself.
He watched the door open slowly and he tensed.
When Demyx's head peered around the door, he relaxed slightly.
"Zexion? Are you here?"
Zexion stayed still and let his illusion hide him.
Demyx sighed and sat down next to him on the bed.
Zexion didn't dare move a muscle as he stared at Demyx.
"Zexy, why do you push me away? I just want to help you. What happened to you? Who hurt you? You think you can hide so well, but you don't realize how much slips through and I notice. Why don't you trust anyone?"
Zexion accidentally let his hand touch Demyx.
"Zexion?" Demyx asked in confusion.
Demyx reached out to Zexion who shrank back.
"Zexion? Please let me see you."
Zexion didn't want to, but he felt like he could trust Demyx.
He closed his eyes and slowly dissolved his illusion.
Demyx gasped as he saw the state Zexion was in.
His clothes were tattered and his body was covered in bruises and blood.
"Zexion…what happened?"
Zexion looked away from him.
"I messed up my mission and the Heartless outnumbered me. That's all."
"Heartless don't have hands, Zexion," he said as he gently touched the mark on his face. "Someone obviously hit you." Zexion's eyes lowered to the ground. "Who was it?"
Zexion stayed quiet.
"Please Zexion!" Demyx begged. "I just want to help!"
"It was Lexaeus," someone said from the door.
They turned to see Vexen.
Zexion paled and tried to run away.
Seeing him trying to escape, Vexen covered his arm in ice to keep him in place.
"I told you to stay away from him. You know he's mentally unstable and that you're not very strong. What happened?"
Zexion looked ashamed and more than a little scared.
"He caught me alone. I wasn't expecting him and couldn't do anything to stop him."
"What did he do?" Demyx asked.
"Did he rape you?"
Zexion stiffened at the word.
"I thought so. He hinted at it when we were talking earlier."
Zexion's head shot up to look at Vexen.
"You talked to him? What happened?"
Vexen pulled the edge of his coat back to reveal the imprint of large hands around his throat.
"Vexen!" Zexion yelled with more tears in his eye.
"It's okay. I only passed out. I'm going to talk to Superior about him. He hurt two of the highest members, one higher than him."
Demyx put an arm around Zexion's shoulders.
"It's okay Zexy. He'll be punished and he won't touch you or Vexen again."
Zexion nodded slowly but didn't feel completely at ease.
AN: I know that Lex isn't a bad person, but who else would fit?
This is before Demyx and Zexion were a pair. I've been writing backwards lately...hmm...
Anyway! This will be continued! ^_^
See ya then!
