I can't believe he would do that to me...
After everything we've been through...
All the years we've spent together...
All the time and effort I'd put into us and he throws me

He remembered walking into their home, they had spent so much time doing it up together, painting, decorating, picking things out...
They'd made love on the floor their first night there, in the middle of all of their stuff.
The excitement had made it electric and they fell asleep on their mattress on the floor...
When he proposed it was an easy yes and he'd promised he would love him forever...
He'd started saving to buy a place together immediately.
Started working longer and longer hours to save for their deposit...
After all they'd need their own place eventually.

However when he arrived home one night, noise from their bedroom surprised him.
But trust and comfort led him forward.
The possibility of his fiance cheating didn't even enter his mind and he walked straight into their bedroom.
His fiance Xigbar was fucking someone in their bed.
A range of emotions went through him in less than ten seconds...
Anger, fear, hurt, rage, shock...
His body must have cut it off, because a strange sense of calm overcame him and he casally asked them.
"Having fun?"
Xigbar turned in fright as did the person he was in bed with...
"Shall I pop the kettle on?"

Demyx walked back into their living room and started boiling the kettle.
The man Xigbar was sleeping with pulled on his boxers, he looked fearful as he heard the kettle whistle.
He shook his head at Xigbar clearly put off by Demyx's calmness.
"I'm out..."

The blonde man was leaning on the counter with a cup of tea as Xigbar's bit on the side emerged and moved towards the door with his head down.
He raised his cup of tea to the man leaving his home.
"Bye now!"

Xigbar knew he was in for it.
He pulled on his boxer shorts and went out to the kitchen to Demyx.
"Look... I can explain..."
Demyx raised his eyebrows sarcastically staring at him.
"Really?"
He sat at their kitchen table.
"Ok then..."
He motioned for Xigbar to sit down.
This should be good...
Xigbar paused trying to think quickly.
"Uh..."
He laughed humourlessly, Demyx folded his arms sarcastically.
"That's what I thought... Now you have one hour to get your shit and get out of here."
"W-What...? Just like that? But what about all the years..."
"Perhaps you should have thought about that before getting balls deep in... Whatever... One hour."
He poured the rest of his tea down the sink, grabbed his coat and bag and moved towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
Demyx turned towards his soon to be ex fiance.
"Out. I'll be back in an hour and I expect you to be gone."
Xigbar looked incredulous.
"You can't mean that surely...? You can't do that..."
Demyx smiled sweetly.
"Well... My name is on the lease and I pay the majority of the rent... So..."
He cocked his head to one side and turned towards the door.
"One hour... I'm not kidding."
He approached Demyx from behind and grabbed his arm.
"Don't do this... Don't destroy us..."
He pulled his hand free.
"You destroyed us when you decided to bring someone else home... And judging by how comfortable he seemed in my bed I don't think it was his first time here..."
He caught Xigbar's eye and he couldn't meet his gaze.
"That's what I thought..."
He removed his engagement ring and placed it on the small wooden side table by the door.
"Demyx, don't do that come on... Be reasonable."
The blonde man looked back through a crack in the door.
"One hour..."
Then closed it shut on his ex forever.

Demyx went to the elevator and hit the button, he could hear the doors close from somewhere lower in the building.
His hands were starting to shake with shock and he could feel tears stinging at the corners of his eyes, he tapped the button twice more willing it to come faster.
Finally the door dinged at his floor and the doors opened.
He walked into the lift and as the doors shut his former life out, tears began rolling down his cheeks.

Axel ran down the stairs of his house to deal with whoever was assaulting his front door.
"Okay, okay! I'm coming! Calm down! Jeez..."
He answered the door angrily at first but quickly calmed down when he saw who was behind it.
"Demyx? What happened?"
He ushered his sobbing friend into the living room and sat him down on the couch.
"Breathe Demyx... Deep breaths..."
The redhead slowly rubbed his back.
"You're okay... I'm here..."
He slowly started catching his breath again.
"There we go... Do you want anything? A drink, something to eat?"
Demyx was breathless from sobbing.
"W-water..."
Axel nodded.
"Ok, you stay there, I'll be right back."
He fetched the bottle of water from the fridge, filled a tall tumbler glass with ice, poured the water in, put some lemon and lime slices in the glass with it, put a twisty straw in and popped a cocktail umberella on the side for good measure.
He placed this in front of Demyx who immediately laughed despite his red eyes.
"Is this water or vodka?"
Axel shrugged.
"Water, it's all in the presentation!"
Demyx took a sip and cleared his throat and Axel sat down in the armchair across from him.
"Are you okay?"
The blonde nodded slowly then shook his head tears running down his face again.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
He paused, shrugged then dropped his head into his hands sobbing.
Axel twigged something different about his hands...
His engagement ring is missing...
"I don't mean to alarm you but are you aware your engagement ring is gone?"
Demyx looked up and nodded.
"What's going on?"
"Xigbar cheated on me..."
Axel was wide eyed for a split second.
"I see..."
He stood up and grabbed the baseball bat from behind his chair and Demyx took it off him.
"I appreciate the sentiment... Believe me I do... But the last thing I need right now is my best friend behind bars over him..."
The redhead nodded and sat down, then shot back up.
"But what if I jump him in a lane, no baseball bat... I'll just rough him up real..."
Demyx shook his head.
"As much as he probably deserves it... I just need you here with me right now... He's currently packing his stuff up as we speak, I told him I'd be back in an hour... But I don't really want to go back tonight..."
Axel nodded.
"That's fine, so you'll stay here. We'll have a few drinks, order in some food... Laugh at his workout pics on his instagram. It'll be great!"
The blonde wiped his eyes and smiled gratefully.
"That sounds good actually."
Axel walked out to the kitchen and pulled every spirit he could find out from his cupboards then rubbed his hands together excitedly.
"Hey Demyx? Do you like cocktails?"
The blonde cocked his head.
"Yeah, I have the occasional one, now and then. Do you need a hand?"
"No no! This is gonna be a surprise!"
Demyx heard bottles clinking, ice shaking and noises of approval coming from the kitchen.
"Nearly ready!"
Axel applied the finishing touches, orange on the side of the glass, an umberella comeplete with a cherry on the stick, a straw and edible glitter, which he stirred into the cocktail to make it sparkle.
He popped the two drinks on a tray and poured out two shots of tequila, complete with salt and lemon slices on the side and carried it into the living room.
"I call it the Memory Eraser!"
Demyx sipped it.
"Hmmm... Tastes like a Blue Lagoon..."
Axel rolled his eyes.
"I was kidding..."

Demyx blinked his eyes open slowly the next morning.
"Ugh..."
He blocked his eyes from the light.
"Fuck... Why is it so bright in here?"
He opened and closed his mouth several times parched and found a glass on the bedside table with a note on it saying 'for sober Demyx'.
Guess I had the good sense to leave myself water...
He took a sip and nearly puked mentally cursing his drink self for leaving a full glass of undiluted VODKA next to his bed.
He cautiously stood up in an attempt not to make his head feel any worse and walked down to the bathroom, he slumped into the bath and turned the shower on sitting down under it's pleasant warmth.
Axel knocked on the door.
"Demyx? You ok?"
"No... I'm fucking dying..."
"Same... I'm gonna go make us some breakfast ok?"
"Kay..."

Axel slumped off towards the kitchen in a haze, nearly vomiting at the sight of empty bottles of spirits and wine.
Gross... How much did we drink?
He started piling bottles off the counter into a black plastic bag.
They're gonna think I have a problem at the recycling plant...
He lifted the bag of bottles out into his front garden and closed the door.
I'll swing by later on...
He put the rest of the bottles away trying not to look at them and avoiding the smell like the plague.
When all the bottles were put away, he wiped down all of the counter tops, his kitchen table, the coffee table in the living room and collected the glasses from the kitchen, the living room and the bedrooms.
Jesus we put away a lot last night...
He emptied the bins, put the glasses in the dishwasher and washed his hands.
There... Now it's livable again.
He pulled a skillet out from one of his cupboards and turned on the gas, sleepily he cracked eggs onto the pan and retrieved some bacon from the fridge adding it on with the eggs.

Demyx could smell breakfast cooking from his bedroom where he was getting dressed.
I'm starving...
He picked up his phone and absent mindedly unlocked it.
What's this...?
His stomach dropped as he nervously checked his email.
Axel called Demyx making him almost drop his phone.
"Grubs up!"
The blonde made his way to the kitchen and sat himself down Axel placed a plate in front of him.
"Thanks..."
He started to eat.
"Do you remember much of last night?"
Axel shook his head.
"I know we didn't leave the house... We ordered a lot of food. That's about all I can remember... But I have no missed calls or angry messages from anyone so I assume we didn't get up to anything too bad..."
Demyx held his phone out for Axel to see.
"Do you remember us booking me a trip to Paris?"
Axel took Demyx's phone and laughed checking over the details.
"That's awesome!"
The blonde was less sure.
"This trip will cost me most of the money I saved for me and..."
His face became sad.
The redhead grabbed him by the shoulders.
"That's all the more reason to go! You've always wanted to see Paris! Drunk Demyx did you a solid, don't let his bravery go to waste by cancelling it!"
Demyx rested his face in his hands.
"I don't know... It's a lot of money..."
Axel shrugged.
"Look, you have a day or two to think about it before it's final, sleep on it tonight and if you still feel like it's a bad idea tomorrow then cancel it..."
Demyx nodded munching on a mouthful of toast and egg.
"I'll think about it..."