Heart Like Yours
Side A
Days of Our Lives
Ah…Chapter two…What fun…Axel's brief meeting with Demyx in the last chapter was just not enough…:D
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Chapter II - Roommate
Axel lay in bed, deciding he didn't want to wake up for the whole next week. His delivery of the new Nobody earned him a week's off from work.
Though even if he was supposed to work he wouldn't, it was nice to not work without having to avoid getting caught once in awhile.
knock knock
Axel opened his eyes to the sound of the knocking.
knock knock knockity knock
::What the hell…it even has a rhythm to it this time…::
Axel pulled the sheets over his head and covered his ears with his pillow.
::I'll just ignore it…It'll go away…It'll go away…::
knock knock knockityknockityknockityknockknock
::It'll go away…It'll go…away…It'll…go---::
silence
::There!!! It went away!!!::
KNOCK
"THAT'S IT!!!!!!"
A very annoyed Axel jumped out of his bed and opened the door, this time not to find Marluxia, but to find himself looking down at---
"You're…the kid who…made my head almost explode."
"Hello!" greeted number 9 happily.
"Yeah, yeah, hi. Now tell me what you're doing here."
"I'm going to be your roommate!"
Axel leaned against the door frame and smirked.
"Oh are you now? And did the oh-so-holy owner of this room give consent?"
Number 9 paused to think awhile, tilting his head to the side.
::He isn't very bright, is he…::
After a moment's thought, said blonde frowned and looked up at the taller Nobody.
"No?"
"Good. Now shoo."
"But, but Xemnas said I could!" He pouted and gestured with his hands.
"What---Xemnas said what???"
"He said due to budget they couldn't afford to build a new room. Well, not soon anyway, and so I had to move in with someone, and he said since you have a big room and are on one week holiday, you're perfect!! You can teach me stuff I need to learn---"
Axel's eye twitched, realizing his one week off was just part of Xemnas' plan to make him do extra work.
Stuck with this new kid.
For an unknown period of time.
It could be a loooooong time till Xemnas collected enough munny to pay for rent.
It could be…an…eternity.
Throughout the castle, an estranged scream could be heard ringing out.
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"Okay. Now here are the rules. You DO NOT sleep on my bed. You DO NOT disturb me. You DO NOT touch my stuff. You DO NOT wake me from my sleep. You DO NOT dirty the place. Especially the carpet. Got that memorized?"
Axel was standing in the middle of the room with his hands on his hips, and the new Nobody was nodding at every word he said.
"Now go take a bath. You smell salty." ::Like the sea…:: "Oh, and kid. The name's Axel, don't wear it out now."
"Oh! And mine, Xemnas gave me a name too!!! I'm Demyx!"
He bubbled off into what he thought was the bathroom, which was actually the wardrobe. He closed the door and re-opened it, hoping the bathroom would magically appear. And he totally ignored the other door to his right, which actually WAS the bathroom.
::Yep, he's definitely not bright…not bright at all…::
Shaking his head, he walked over the blonde, placing a hand on the back of his back and propelling him to the right door.
"This, Demyx, is the bathroom door."
"Oh."
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An hour passed and Demyx still had yet to emerge from the confines of the bathroom.
Axel decided to put down his magazine and check on the new kid. He walked over to the black painted door and tapped on it once.
"Hey, you're taking an awfully long time in there you know."
When there was no answer, the pyro decided something was wrong and went into the bathroom, only to find a still fully-clothed Demyx standing in the middle of it.
"Aaah!" Screamed the blonde upon hearing the door open.
"What now…"
"You scared me."
::So he's a coward too…::
"Right. What ever. Why aren't you taking a bath?"
Demyx looked around on the ground sheepishly…
"Um…what's a bath?"
Axel could feel his eye twitch again. ::He doesn't know what a bath is!???::
"Okay…" Sighing, Axel began filling the tub, at the same time explaining what a bath was.
"Oooooh…why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I thought maybe normal people would know…But wait, you're not very normal, are you?"
"I don't remember taking baths before…"
Axel turned from his task to look at the blonde, who was tapping his temple with a finger. ::Wonder what he was in his past life…::
"Take your clothes off and get in the tub."
Demyx did as he was told and jumped in, splashing Axel with a good handful of water.
"Hey!! Watch it!!!"
"Oops, sorry." Giggled the blonde, and Axel sighed again.
"Now you see this here? It's a---DON'T EAT THE SOAP!!!"
"Bleh…I thought it was food…"
Grabbing the soap from him, Axel used it to scrub the boy. He lathered that unruly blonde hair and noticed the water bubbling.
And before he knew it…
SPLASH!!!
He was completely soaking wet from being totally drenched by a wall of water which formed out of no where.
"What the he---"
He stopped in mid-sentence as he saw water rising from the tub to form small vague shapes of humans. He looked at the water forms, then at Demyx. He was lifting a hand, and with it a water form rose out of the water.
::He's a…water user?::
That meant…the chances of him getting wet unwillingly was…
Yet again, a strained scream rang out through the castle.
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Demyx sat at the table as Axel had told him to. The redhead seemed to be awfully pissed at having been soaked. He found that weird. He wouldn't mind getting wet any time or any where.
He used this time alone to observe the room. It was darkly coloured, making great use of black and crimson. However, it wasn't exactly dark. There was a fireplace in the room, warming and lighting the room up.
There were a few magazines lying around, but otherwise the room was rather neat and clean. Especially the carpet. Which was black. It was soft and silky, and felt nice beneath his feet.
He walked around the room, just to wriggle his toes in the carpet, wearing just one of Axel's shirts, which was far too big for him.
The bathroom door opened, and Axel stepped out to see the blonde walking in circles.
::If he were a dog…he'd probably enjoy chasing his tail…::
"Hey kid. Time for bed. I'm tired."
The redhead proceeded to place a comforter down on the floor by the bed to act as a mattress, but Demyx lay down before he could, snuggling the carpet beneath him.
Axel raised an eyebrow. "Don't need a mattress?"
"I like your carpet."
"Blanket?"
"It's warm."
"Suit yourself then…" ::You sure are a strange kid…::
"Goodnight Axel."
"Whatever."
End Chapter II
Ah…yet another chapter done…I think I got writer's block for the next chapter…Coz it's not gonna be all fun and games…sigh...