Demyx sat on the edge of the bed after pulling the water from his clothes and Axel's bandages. "You're such a pain, man..." He sighed. "It's not fair...now the Superior is gonna expect me to do more difficult missions...but i don't think i could do that again..." He stood up and opened the door just a crack and peered out into the hall. "Demyx! get your butt out here!" Luxord shouted. "You really don't expect us to clean up this hallway, do you? Our leather coats don't really mix well with water!"

"N-No! I'm sorry!" Demyx looked back to Axel to make sure he was still asleep before he slipped out into the hallway. "I was just making sure Axel wasn't gonna hurt himself again...I'll clean this up now. Come over here." Luxord took a few steps toward him and Demyx pulled the water from his clothes and his messed up hair. He did the same for the remaining members in the . "Where did the Superior and Saïx go?"

Xigbar patted his back. "Xemnas stormed off, he was pretty pissed, man. And you know Saïx, he followed his master like a little puppy dog." He chuckled and splashed down the hallway, leaving Demyx standing, slouched severely, hoping he wasn't to be punished.

"Don't worry too much about it, mate. You're probably not going to be turned into a dusk for this. It's only water, right?" Demyx squeaked. Having his fears voiced only made him more afraid.

"I sure hope not..." Demyx whined as he leaned up against the wall.

"By the way, that was really lucky of you, pulling that wave out of nowhere. even injured, Axel is someone you don't want to mess with. Just hope that Lady Luck doesn't decide to leave you tonight with the Superior in such a foul mood." Luxord turned to leave but Demyx grabbed his shoulder.

"Please don't leave me alone with him!" He pointed to Axel's door and added, "He scares me..." He gave Luxord his best puppy dog look.

Sighing, Luxord nodded. "You may need a bit of help if he wakes up. But really now, you should clean up this water before Xemnas comes back."

"Oh, right..." Demyx looked up and down the hall. "It's not that much." He stepped into a puddle and it just seemed to vanish. Just looking at the water on the floor made it all dissipate. "There. Could you keep an eye on Mr. grumpy pants in there? i need to clean up the glass I dropped before." He nodded toward Axel's door again and headed down the hall. Luxord stepped into the small, bleak bedroom. The red-head was laying down as he'd been in the hall, bandaged up and bleeding in nothing but his boxers on top of the blanket. Luxord leaned up against the door way with a chuckle. "Hopefully this one stays asleep. He wouldn't want another wave in his face." He waited for Demyx, soon becoming bored. He started shuffling a deck of cards he summoned and started playing solitare on the floor. After winning two games in a row, Axel started to roll over in his bed. Luxord quickly stood up, but Axel was still asleep. Must've been having a bad dream, or was just in pain because he started groaning in his sleep. Demyx walked in and with a sympathetic look toward Axel, he placed a glass of water on the lamp table next to the bed. "Has he been like this for a while?"

"Not too long, maybe a few minutes." Luxord gathered up his game of solitare and asked, "Would you like to play a hand? Just to pass the time."

Demyx eyed him suspiciously. "No bets? 'Cause i haven't forgotten last time!"

Luxord chuckled. "No, no turning you into a card this time." Demyx sat down on the floor and was delt a hand.

After what seemed like an hour (one can never really tell the time in a castle that's always brightly lit) of lost hands, Demyx looked out the window in the pale room. The familiar heart shaped moon shone brightly, as it did day and night. He quietly muttered, "I'm kinda tired..." He turned back to Luxord. "You can go now if you want, I'll be okay."

"Are you sure?" When Demyx nodded, he gathered up his cards and stood. "Don't let him sneak away while you sleep now."

"Don't worry, I'm a really light sleeper. Later." Luxord left, waving. Demyx scooted over, leaning against the side of the bed. He sighed, "Well, at least it's better than going out on a mission..." He summoned his Citar and started strumming softly. He plucked them at random, making a sweet melody that quickly put him to sleep.

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A few hours of sleep and Demyx woke suddenly. Some how he'd ended up on the bed, nearly hanging off, holding onto Axel. He's really warm...He snuggled closer, careful of the other man's injuries, and quickly fell back asleep, only to be woken up again. Someone was calling his name. "Wha...?" Demyx asked, without really caring, still sleepy.

"Demyx!"

He sat up slowly. "Yeah?" He asked, rubbing his eyes.

"What are you dong? You didn't report back for your new mission!"

He was suddenly alert. "Oh! S-Saïx! Uh-Um, what're you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Umm...I asked you first?" The blue haired man glared down at him. "Um, I needed to make sure that Axel didn't try to leave." He looked over toward Axel. With a slightly more confident tone, he added, "My mission was to find him and make sure he's safe. My mission isn't over because if he gets up and tries to leave, he's gonna hurt himself."

Saïx stared at him for a long while and Demyx shifted uncomfortably. "Very well then." He turned to leave, but stopped. "Why were you in his bed?"

Demyx looked at the floor, his Citar was laying shoved against the bed. "I'unno...I fell asleep on the floor and somehow ended up on the bed. Usually it's the other way around..." He laughed nervously and watched Saïx, waiting for a mean comment. He just continued out the door and Demyx sighed. "Man, he scares me..." He quickly thanked Lady Luck, hung his legs over the bed and pulled his boots off. "Can't believe he just let me stay here." He stood up and shrugged off his coat, laying it neatly along the foot of the bed. He pulled the blanket out from under Axel and threw it over him then snuggled under himself. "Man, he's so warm..." He quickly fell asleep again.

~*~*~

"Huh!" Demyx jolted awake, mumbled something, then settled down again. He was half laying on Axel, snuggled close for the warmth he gave. Again he was awoken, this time he looked up at Axel. He seemed to be asleep. "If you're trying to get up, don't. I'm a light sleeper and you'll never be able to leave...without me waking up..." He drifted off again. "Ah! Seriously...Stop it..."

"I get it, I was just getting comfortable that time." Axel shifted under the blond.

"Oh..." He sat up. "Wait." He picked up the glass he'd brought in earlier. "Drink this first. It's got a potion mixed with other stuff that'll help you get better." Axel struggled to sit up and barely managed to drink the potion. "You feel any better than before?"

"Maybe...No...I don't..." He layed down with a grunt of pain.

"Oh...Well, at least you're not trying to leave." He pulled his boots back on and his coat as well. "Stay here, I need to get new bandages. I need to change them. If you try to leave, I swear I'll hurt you again! Got it?"

Axel laughed quietly. "Yeah, I got it." Demyx turned to leave, quickly turned to look at Axel, then ran. "Feh, not like I can move very well..." He waited quietly for Demyx to return, staring up at the ceiling. When he did come back, he carried another tub of warm water and a large roll of gauze wrap. "Good! You're still here!" He smiled brilliantly. "I was kinda worried that you'd try to leave again."

"Why do you keep saying things like that?"

"Hmn? Like what?"

"You insist on saything things that Sombodies would say. You act like you have a heart, like you can feel. I mean, we all do it, but with you, it kinda seems real."

Demyx smiled softly, putting his things down. He sat down on the edge of the bed. "Well, it's a bit hard to explain...It's just sometimes...sometimes I can feel that skip in my pulse. You know what I mean. You've felt it, Lea..." Axel sat up, looking away from Demyx. "I'm sure you remember what it was like. We all do." He took Axel's had and pressed it against his chest. There was a slow, steady beat. "We have hearts, how else would our blood circulate? They just don't react like a Somebody's would." He was quiet for a long while. "Sometimes...my body has physical reactions to the feelings I don't feel. Like when I run into a really big Heartless, sometimes my pulse gets faster, and I start to sweat. I don't know if it's because I want to be able to feel, but it happens. It makes it a lot easier to pretend, you know?" He let go of Axel's hand and stood. "And...another thing, you kind of remind me of someone I knew back when I was a Somebody. The way you act, your attitude...so when I'm around you, I'm always thinking about my friend from back then...and I remember how happy I'd be and I can almost feel it...You kinda make me feel like i still have a heart." He smiled again with a little laugh. "I know it sounds stupid, but that's the way it is." He gazed out the window, eyes locked on the heart shaped moon that could supposedly give them all hearts one day.

"Yeah...it's weird...But I think I know what you mean...Sometimes i can almost feel something...I didn't know if anyone else was like that. I didn't want to say something and then be the only one, you know?"

Demyx sat back down on the edge of the bed with a smile. "Let me change your bandages now."

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Ugh! finally this is done...Nothing to say really except that i couldn't resist calling Axel Lea! i was playing Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days today, and Saïx called Axel by his Sombody's name. I just thought it was really funny ^^;

And I know it kind of like, just cuts off there, but it was just a dream. that's where it ended ^^;