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a/n: Thanks to everyone that has reviewed, Mikomi-Kiyoko, phaz, BCZ, Chaotic Rei, and Black-Dranzer-1119. One of my reviewers brought up an interesting question, here it is: ...and that dream...is it a preignition? To answer that person, I would have to say, READ AND YOU'LL FIND OUT!!! ; ) Jokes! Always, Happy Readings!


Sora's POV:

Beep. BEEP! Beep. BEEP!

I slammed my fist down onto my alarm clock and groaned. Today I wasn't my usual morning person self. Today I felt like shit. I rolled over and fell out of bed, cursing slightly I picked myself up. I stretched, cracking my neck a few times as I saw what time the alarm had been set to. 8:30am. Ugh!

I went over to my window and pushed it open again. Leaning my head upon my hand and taking in the cool morning air. That was when I remembered what happened yesterday. Kairi was Riku's girlfriend. And he was her beau. I had been in the Gummie Ship when I finally let myself cry. I was all alone for about a minute, and then Roxas materialized out of nowhere from my body. He came up to me, gave me that wonderful smile of his, and held me. I felt like a whining child at first, but then I realized that I had a reason to blubber. And he understood that. I glanced up at him and saw that his face was dead serious. He was so strong. Both physically and mentally. I could feel his arm muscles as they squeezed me to him. His chest was muscular, and very toned. Plus he was like a friend should be. There for you when you needed comfort, and understanding in these types of situations.

But his hands were what got me to calm down. He ran his fingers through my hair with one hand, and rubbed my back slowly with the other. It was wonderful. Soon I had almost stopped crying, but not quite. And he didn't want to hinder me, so he sat in the driver's seat, pulled me onto his lap, and held me there as he drove home. I don't remember much after that, I fell asleep. But I do remember him carrying me through the entrance hall. He had me up in his arms, my legs dangling with my head resting up against his chest. I saw that he was struggling with walking, and that he was fading slightly. I guess his time was close to up, but I couldn't move. His breathing got harder when he went up the stairs. After that I blacked out again.

I guess the day wasn't all that bad, I mean, as long as Kairi and Riku are happy, then so am I. And as long as I have Roxas as my friend, I'll be okay. I went down the stairs, carefull not to make too much noise, and made waffles for breakfast. They're Roxas' favorite breakfast.

"Hey, Rox? You awake?"

I heard him groan and then reply, Yeah. I'm awake. What's up?

"Look!" I said happily, pointing to the freshly made goodies.

Wow! Waffles! SO-RA! This is awesome! I love waffles!

"I know." I grinned, feeling smug at his reaction.

Thanks. he mumbled bashfully.

"No prob." I said equally as embarassed.

Just then Merlin, Leon, and Yuffie all came tumbling down the stairs. It seemed like each of them were trying to get to me first. It was Merlin who won, by blasting them away with a wind spell.

"So boy! You got the date ready for us?" he asked hopefully.

"We've been dying to know! Please tell us!" Yuffie whinned pouting.

I grinned at them and replied, "Yeah. We decided on today."

Merlin jumped up and clicked his heels together, while Yuffie and Leon grabbed hands and bounced. I could even feel Roxas smiling.

"Yeah, and Namine was wondering if you could do the same for her and Kairi?" I asked trying to be heard.

Merlin stopped in mid click and said sadly, "I'm sorry, but I only figured out the way to get Roxas separated. It's different for each one you know. But don't worry! Her's I will figure out soon enough."

I smiled and asked, "So, what do I do?"

And it began. Merlin lead me off to a secret room behind the refrigerator and laid me down on a table. How long has this been here? I felt my hands shaking as he put in an I.V. and connected it to a fluid drip. Clenching them together, I waited for the wierd cold to creep up my arm. It happened, crawling slowly and overtaking it in a half a minute. Roxas could tell that I was starting to feel restless, and he said softly, Don't worry. It's going to be alright. Next Merlin hooked up this wierd thing to my head that looked like a little bowl not any bigger than my fist. It was strapped onto a leather belt that had a buckle on the side. He fastened this just over my left ear so tightly I could feel my temples pounding slowly. Then, he had me take off my shirt, after which he applied little electrode things all over my chest. And last but not leased, the scary part. He strapped both my arms and both my legs to the table.

What the HELL is that for?! Roxas said panicing. Merlin must have seen the look on my face and answered him.

"No need to fear. It's just a precaution." he said taking ahold of my last arm that needed to be restrained. I pulled slightly, freaking out, and feeling clostrophobic. What was going to happen to me to use the need for straps?! Was I dangerous? Would I...we die?

"I'm going to put you under now Sora, are you ready?" Merlin asked tentitively.

I looked around at Yuffie and Leon who nodded. Glancing around I felt something cold being placed on my hand. I looked down but saw that nothing was there. Looking a little harder I could make out the faint outline of another hand lying gracefully on mine. Roxas...

I nodded back to Merlin and I asked, "Roxas? You ready?"

...let's do it.

I gave the signal to Merlin and about twenty seconds later I felt the sleeping medication seep up my arm. And then my eyes began to grow heavier and heavier, until finally there was only a thin little slit that I could see out of. Roxas said to me equally as tired and far away, It's alright now...go to sleep...I'm here. I passed out. It felt like it was only a second later that I was opening my eyes again. I blinked and saw that I was back up in my room. But it was a little out of focus. Everything drifted in and out of view, teasing me with crude images of my safe bedroom.

I blinked some more and I saw that Riku and Kairi were sitting in my desk chair (Kairi in Riku's lap), and they were fast asleep. How long was I out for? I looked at my clock and saw that it was thursday. One day? That's pretty fast. And then I looked again. It had been two weeks and a day since the procedure. Holy crap.

I looked over at where my couch was and saw that it had been pulled out to reveal the bed that was inside of it. But, I couldn't see anything else. A sheet had been hung to cover up the person inside. I tried to get up, but all I could manage to move was my head. I groaned slightly, and it's funny how such a small sound could wake up an entire town. All of a sudden Kairi, Riku, Merlin, Leon, Yuffie, Donald, and Goofy were all crowded around my bed. And they were all talking at once. Finally, after I answered about a thousand questions, Merlin pushed everyone out and I was left alone.

It was ten at night now, so it was dark. All that is except for the moonlight that had been allowed to appear. The beams passed through the window and fell upon the sheet that was hanging. I tried once again. This time I was able to sit up. I got slightly dizzy, but that went away. I stood up and noticed that I wasn't wearing my clothes that I was wearing before. I was instead wearing just my grey sweats. I walked shakily over to the couch, and stumbled into the wall off to the side of it. I seemed like a toddler, just learning how gravity and feet really did work. I took in deep breaths. Finally, I got enough energy to raise my hand up and draw aside the curtain.

There he was. The moonlight spilling over onto him. His hair in front of his eyes. I was right about his muscular body. He looked like he had worked out quite a bit when he was a Nobody. He had absolutely no flaws. I found myself starring at him, wide eyed, with my mouth hanging open. He wasn't awake yet. He would probably need a little bit longer time to recover though. He didn't seem to look at all like the...projection that he had created before. The image of him I had seen almost seemed to be primative compared to the angel lying on my bed right now. It was probably wierd to say so, but he was gorgeous. Perfection.

A wave of dizzieness came over me before I could get a closer look at him, so I sat down on the edge of the bed. Then I started feeling more tired by the second. The pillows and blanket inviting me to lie upon them in warmpth and happieness. Soon, I was under the covers with him, and drifting into a peacefull sleep.

Roxas' POV:

My eyes didn't seem to want to open. It felt like hundred pound weights were strapped onto them. As a matter of fact, every little part of me felt like it had weight layed upon it. I groaned, feeling a pulsing pain developing in my temples. I tried again to move, but I still wasnt able to do much. I did manage to move my pointer finger up and down slighty, but that took an amazing ammount of energy.

"Ugh..." I moaned feeling dizzy and ready to pass out. I didn't though. I started getting the feeling back, and all of a sudden I realized that there was a pressure over my stomach. What is that? I asked myself trying harder than ever to be able to look. Finally I got them open just a crack, there, I saw (blurrily) strewn across my middle, an arm. My eyes snapped shut and I couldn't get them open again for the life of me. Who was that?

After, oh I would say, twenty minutes I could get them to open at half mast. I could see the arm again, and as I starred at it I realized that it looked familiar. The slightly tanned skin, still slightly pale, but smooth, and oozing perfection. It was such a beautiful limb. It was like a gracefull ballerina's. I had to know who it was! I turned my head slowly, centimeter by centimeter, and recieved the shock of my life. Sora lay peacefully on the bed, his legs intertwining, one arm hooked around my middle, the otherstretching out across the sheets. He had no shirt on, and I could clearly see his chest rising and falling. Ever so slowly.

I felt tears suddenly spring to my eyes, and I felt this wierd sensation. Like I was...happy. I don't know how the tears were a part of it all, but I loved it. My first emotion! I knew that I was going to like this. I closed my eyes voluntarily this time and felt the tears trickling over my skin. Wait, what was that sound?

"Rona...uron niky." It was comming from where Sora had been lying.

I strained to hear what he was saying and finally I heard, "Roxas...are you okay?"

He sounded concerned, so I opened my eyes once more. He was so close. It startled me. Jumping slightly my eyes finally flew open. He moved back the tineyest bit, but he was still close enough for me to feel his breathing against my skin. Our identical eyes gazzed at each other. I couldn't really speak so I nodded my head with the greatest ammount of force that I could muster, clenching my teeth. I only moved about a centimeter in each direction, but he understood. He smiled, leaning down and resting his head on my shoulder. Slinging one arm over my chest and putting the other slip behind my neck. Snuggling up closer to my side, he nuzzled my neck, sighing slightly.

I think I stopped breathing. Was I still alive? Did the operation not work? Did Merlin kill me? No, I can't even describe what happened. I was so overjoyed that he did that, that I just shut down apparently. No. It wasn't a dream. It was real. He was hugging me, in a bed, half naked. I at leased had a loose grey, slightly over sized shirt on. I moved my legs slightly and noticed that I was only wearing boxers. Ah! So I'm half naked too! WTF Merlin!

"I'm glad that you're alright. You had me worried." Sora mumbled, his voice muffled slightly.

I looked over at his head and got a face full of his hair. It smelled so good! Like sweet strawberries mixed with a tiny hint of bannana's. I whispered hoarsely, "I'm...glad...too..."

Sora got up slightly and looked into my eyes again. Smiling he said, "Good. Let's get you something for that throat."

He jumped up off the bed leaving me stunned, and dissapeared out the door, turning on a side lamp as he went out. I listened hard and heard the faint voices of Merlin, Yuffie, Riku, and the rest of the gang.

"Sora! You shouldn't be out of bed!" Kairi said stunned.

"Well, Roxas needed something to drink and I thought that I would go and get it." Sora replied innocently.

Merlin seemed to dissagree. I heard him say a few of his wierd magic words and Sora appeared on the bed next to me once again. Sora was confused, and when he tried to get out of the bed again, he seemed glued to it. Not able to move much more than I could.

"What the-" he said trying again and again to un-stick himself, but it wouldn't work.

"Sora...it's no...use. Merlin obviously...doesn't...want...you out of...bed yet." I mumbled still hoarse. I raised a weak hand and laid it upon his, entwining my fingers in his.

He was surprised at what I had done, and then smiled saying calmly, "I'm glad you're my friend. You're always there to look out for me."

I nodded, smiling with him. He turned his head, starring up at the celing, "But you know, I wish that Merlin wouldn't do that...It's not fair."

I couldn't help it. That was the most childish comment that I had heard from him in a long time. I just had to laugh. He looked over at me scowling.

"What! It is!"

I just laughed harder. Gasping slightly as I drew in a breath. He stopped glarring and joined in, and together we laughed until someone came up to check on us.

"Are you guys alright?" Leon asked concernedly. But when he saw what was going on he grinned. But, almost immediatly after it was wipped off of his face as he took a closer look. He said slowly, "Are you two...holding hands?"

My face immediatly turned scarlet. Our hands flew apart and I felt the cold air enveloping it. I looked away from the both of them and didn't say anything. Neither did Sora. Leon knew that he had embarrased us, so he went over to me and propped me up slightly.

"Here," he said quietly handing me a glass of water, "Merlin asked me to give this to you."

I took it and sipped quietly as he left, closing the door behind himself. When he had gone it was deafeningly quiet. But there was the tinyest chinking sound. My hand was shaking so badly that the water was spilling over slightly. I was still too weak. Sora noticed and took the cup from my hand delicately. Our fingers brushed against each other slightly as he released me from my burden. We both blushed and looked away again, feeling uncomfortable.

What was this new feeling? Not quite happieness, but close. It was like it had been magnified a thousand times and dipped in chocolate to make it that much sweeter. It was nice. And then it started to grow, almost to the point where it hurt. Wait. It did hurt. I clutched at my chest, feeling my heart beat faster and faster, burning flames erupting all over. It was just like before when I had been sitting next to Sora while he slept. But it was pain instead and it felt worse. I hunched slightly as the pain increased, wrapping both my arms around myself. Trying to make it stop. Clenching my teeth I tried not to cry out. I wasn't weak.

"Roxas! Roxas what's wrong!" Sora called out, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm fine! I'll be-Aaahhh!" I screamed out, the tears finally bursting from my eyes. Large drops spilling over to splatter onto my shirt and leave little dark circles everywhere.

He knew I wasn't fine, but he didn't even have to scream for help. Merlin and the others had already sprinted up the stairs, and were bursting in the door. Merlin pushed everyone out of the room and shut the door, locking it as he rushed over to me, with his magic he snapped his fingers and Sora was released. But he didn't go very far when he got up off the bed. As a matter of fact, just as Merlin finnished saying another spell, Sora wrapped his arms around my convulsing body. The spell affected us both, snd I felt my muscles relax, Sora's arms slipping down slightly. I looked at him and saw through half lidded eyes that he was struggling to keep them open as well. And only a second later, I fell back onto my pillow. Sora collapsed onto me and the last thing I saw was his beautiful face before the black overtook me.


a/n: Oh well then! What a development! And only in the third chappie! Review! I want to hear how bad you think this is!!! HA HA HA!!!!