A/N: Just a little shit I decided to put after 'Remember the Heat'. Like a sequel of sorts! 'Freezing Rain'. Eheh. I'm SOOO clever. Really. Enjoy!! Not as much Axel/Riku as before because this is when Riku decides he needs to swallow in the darkness, and Roxas is gone and Axel is deciding slowly he wants to find Roxas. But he's first concerned with Riku, who's acting strange. Eheh. Yeah. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts (II) Characters and Places belong to Square Enix.

He could not get over the fact that he was actually gone.

He slammed his fist onto the wall, eyes shut tight as he gritted his teeth together angrily. How could he just up and leave like that? Betraying the Organization so easily! Sure, he had betrayed the Organization, but then he came back to it! They gave him full pardon.

He turned, pressing his back against the dark brick, sliding down to the sidewalk as the rain poured down, making his hair fall down limply behind him; strands falling into his eyes. He looked up at the crying sky, wondering if it was sharing his grief with him, when he heard footsteps. He turned his head to see a silver haired boy standing there, looking at the sky as he walked; blindfold covering his eyes causing him to loose sight. How could he walk so smoothly…?

Wait. He recognized that silver hair anywhere! He stood up, slipping on the slippery ground for a moment before he ran to the boy, stopping in front of him. The boy stopped accordingly, frowning a little as he stood there. Who was in front of him? Everything was a daze…He couldn't think straight. How could he loose? The blonde was just his best friend's other half! It made no sense!

"Riku!" Axel said, placing his hands on his shoulders, smiling widely; something he thought he wasn't going to do that night. "What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be going after Roxas?" He asked this last part sarcastically; almost spitting it out. Riku winced, and Axel blinked, grip on the boy's shoulders loosening.

"I already found him," he muttered, turning his head to the right as if he were avoiding eye contact.

"…And?"

"He defeated me." Riku yanked out of Axel's grasp, scowling as he turned away. "Axel…Just leave me alone."

"I can't do that," the red head said then, grabbing his wrist. "Roxas left me, and he beat you; we're both feeling a pain in our chests."

"How can you feel pain when you're NOTHING?" Riku hissed, and Axel guessed his eyes had narrowed angrily. The red head blanched, looking away, and letting go of his wrist. Riku let his arm fall limply to his side, looking at the ground; slightly turned away from the pyromaniac.

"…You have to stop saying hurtful things." Axel whispered softly. "I may not have a heart…But I'm not nothing. I'm just Nobody." He smiled a little, bitterly though. "I still feel things…Like all other Nobodies…Even people you say are nobodies feel." Riku's scowl faltered, and his turned his head in Axel's direction; the blindfold hiding those green eyes Axel had grown fond of when he first gazed into them.

My eyes cannot lie…

"Your pride is hurt…And you're confused because Sora's other half defeated you." Axel mumbled then, and Riku stepped back in surprise, facing him more than before.

"You said you didn't know Sora."

"I lied," Axel said, grinning. "I met him when he was in the castle that Marluxia was in charge of." He then smiled a little sadly. "Sora's gotten stronger, Riku; he isn't the same weakling from before. And his heart is one of the strongest hearts I've ever seen; that's why Roxas is so much more powerful than you. The one he came from was strong…Both in will and heart."

"…So does that mean I'm weak?"

"No…Just easily guided." Axel said truthfully, watching as the silver haired boy winced. He then sighed, reaching out and grasping his hand quietly. "But that's fine, too; it's just you."

"I need to be strong for Sora's sake," Riku muttered, pulling his hand out of Axel's grasp. "And so I can't be guided by anyone…It's time I accept what I really am." He then turned, walking away, leaving Axel alone. Axel watched him quietly, the rain pouring down relentlessly.

"…What are you, though?"