Marluxia sighed softly and knocked on the door, listening as the sobbing quieted down down a little. "GO AWAY!" the schemer shouted, obviously not in the mood to see anyone. Marluxia swallowed and said loudly:

"Zex, calm down. It's just me..."

There was a soft thud and a muffled curse 'Must've fallen off the bed...' Marluxia thought briefly as he heard a few more curses. About a minute later, the door slowly opened to reveal Zexion, his blue eyes red and rimmed with tears. It was evident that he had been crying.

"Marluxia..."

Marluxia nodded as Zexion looked up at him.

"Care to come in?"

"If you want me to..." Marluxia said glancing down.

Zexion sighed lightly. "Of course I want you to come in. As long as your not Vexen..."

"Why would I want to be be him? He threatened to hurt you."

"Who knows." Zexion answered with a faint smile that faded immediately after, "He called me a freak." He said, looking down and moving out of the way to let Marluxia in.

"That isn't right. You aren't a freak." Marluxia said.

Zexion shut the door and locked it, ten sat on his bed. "Yes, I am..." he answered slowly.

Marluxia sat on the bed next to him. "You are not...You're just different from the others."

Zexion shrugged and stood up. "I suppose that's true..."

Marluxia nodded. "Exactly. Besides, Vexen is probably just jealous...Or he would be if he had feelings or emotions..."

Zexion nodded in agreement "True."

A/N: I apologize for the short chapter, hopefully the next one will be longer.