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The phone rang. Once. Twice. I glance at the clock, it's 3:18.
Who the hell calls at 3:18 in the morning? I get out of bed and stumble down into the kitchen. This had better be damn good.
"Hello?"
I sound pretty irritated, even to myself. I'm all ready to yell at whoever is prank calling when the voice on the other end of the phone makes me freeze up.
"Axel? I'm sorry I woke you. It's Roxas...Roxas Strife."
He didn't need to tell me, the memories came flooding in as soon as he said my name.
...
Roxas was on the ground, broken and bleeding. Namine was kneeling over him. I think she was performing CPR.
"WHO DID THIS TO HIM?"
Siefer, who else? I found that son of a bitches knife on my lawn, but there were no prints.
"Rox, we're gonna get you to a hospital. Don't die on me Rox. Don't leave us...I love you."
It was the first time I had said it out loud. I think I cried.
...
He finally woke up after two weeks. I lost count of how many stitches and needles they put in him. I held his hand anyway.
"Morning Rox...How are you feeling?"
Then he got hysterical. He started sobbing and yanked his hand away as if I had electrocuted him.
"YOU! He did this because of YOU! Axel I HATE YOU! No! NO! DONT COME NEAR ME!"
I was too shocked to speak so Namine tried to calm him.
"Rox...I know what he did to you, but you need to say something otherwise the authorities can't do anything. You need to speak up."
"Nothing happened! Nothing happened to anybody!!"
She tried to take his hand but he pushed her away.
"DON'T TOUCH ME BITCH! DONT ANYBODY TOUCH ME!"
I was pissed now.
"Who the hell do you think you are to talk to her like that? She is your friend! I am your friend, your boyfriend and I want to help you!"
"Fuck you Axel."
I left the hospital. He never called, he never showed up in school. I heard he moved to some islands far away. It was like he never exsisted.
...
I met Larxene while she and I were on the same business trip.
She was witty, and sarcastic, and bitchy...and she reminded me of Roxas somehow.
We started dating and I proposed after a couple of years.
I couldn't really remember what he looked like, but I made Roxas a wedding invitation. I don't know what I was thinking.
...
Namine told me his mom died, I don't know how she came across that information. She had some sort of weird cancer...I would've called him. I couldn't reach him. I just gave up eventually.
...
"Ax? You still there?"
"Yeah."
I couldn't believe I was hearing his voice.
"How are you?"
I sighed.
"Rox...It's been five years, and it's late. what do you want?"
"We were friends, weren't we? I wanted to apologize. I just..I just.."
He trailed off.
"Yes Roxas. We were friends. That was a long time ago...Now it was nice to hear your voice again, but I'm tired. Have a good life."
The angelic voice on the other line cried out for me to wait.
"Axel, please just talk to me, I miss you. I miss you and Nam so much...you wouldn't believe...I had a dream about you. That's why I...but it's not important. How are you?"
He sounds so desperate and miserable that I have to talk to him for a little while.
"I'm married now...I'm still living in Twilight Town. I heard your mom died...I'm sorry. Rox...I had a dream about you a week ago...weird huh? Its really good to hear your voice."
"Do you love her?"
I'm about to scold him for asking such a ridiculous question but my throat dries up. I can't find any words but one.
"No....I don't know when I stopped. Maybe I never did."
I never really felt like Larxene and I belonged together.
"Roxas, Roxas why are you crying?"
He can't answer for a minute.
"I need you...to come and see me, face to face. I want to talk...about what happened that night. I want to put that bastard behind bars...is it too late?"
"No Roxy...It's nver too late, but how can I possibly find you?"
"I moved back to Twilight Town a year ago...I'll give my address."
As soon as the phone was back in its cradle I left the house. No coat or anything.
He was waiting for me outside and I ran over without thinking.
"Axel..."
"Roxas...."
And the next thing I know, I've got my arms wrapped around him and I'm holding him like I used to when he cried. He was crying now.
I didn't know what to say to him...so I kissed him.
"I love you."
That was the second time I'd said it, and I still meant it.