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On Thin Ice

Demyx and Axel were walking on a snowy path. The spring was coming but some of the rivers and other watery places still had ice on them. Even the ground was snowy from place to place. They were heading towards the town for grocery shop. The town they were heading to was on the other side of small lake and the path went quite close from the lake.

Axel glanced towards the lake. "We could cross over the lake and handle this faster." Axel said and walked to the shore. Demyx looked a little suspicious.

"Not the worth, Ax. The ice won't hold any weight." Demyx replied and was going to head back to the path. Axel kept looking from Demyx to the lake.

"I'm crossing it. I'll show you it'll carry my weight." Axel muttered and started to walk to the ice. Demyx stopped and turned to look at Axel.

"Axel! Don't be a fool! Get off of there!" Demyx shouted and took a short sprint to the shore. "Come on, knock it off!" Demyx yelled but didn't dare to go to the ice. "Ax, come on, come back!" Demyx kept on shouting while pacing on the shore. He was really scared. The ice never managed to hold on to a weight at this time of year. "Shit, this is so not good…" Demyx thought panicking.

Suddenly Axel stopped and looked around. The sound he had heard hadn't been too good. Demyx stared shocked at his friend. "Don't just stand there, Axel! Move!" Demyx screamed. He knew that Axel was melting the ice from below himself. Suddenly Axel screamed and fell through the ice. Demyx stared shocked at the scene before he ran to the ice. "AXEL!" Demyx screamed while heading towards the area where Axel had fallen through.

Demyx lay down to the ice and scooted closer. Axel was fighting for his life on the small round area he had created. "Axel, hold on! I'm coming!" Demyx shouted to him while trying to get to his friend. "Please, don't give up…" Demyx thought and watched horrified how panicked Axel really was.

Finally Demyx got close enough but just then Axel fell under the water. Demyx shrieked, shot his hand through the hole looking for Axel and luckily managed to take a grip on his friend's hood. "Come on, help me here a little…" Demyx told him and tried his best to pull Axel up. Finally he did manage to get Axel out of the hole. The ice didn't start to melt under Axel. "Shit, this is so not good." Demyx thought while he dragged Axel away from the hole. Axel was coughing whole time and shivering. Closer to the shore Demyx pulled Axel up and managed to get him to run.

Axel was shivering real bad and kept on stumbling. Demyx couldn't even feel Axel's body temperature as he normally could. "Don't give up on me, Ax… Hang in there…" Demyx prayed quietly while he carefully tried to keep Axel on move.

The red head was icy cold, shivering and coughing. Demyx was scared. He knew he wouldn't be able to take Axel back to the castle, the walk would be too long. He couldn't go to fetch help either since the ice wouldn't hold his weight. Eventually Axel stumbled and fell to the ground. Demyx shrieked and tried to get Axel to get up. But the red head couldn't move. Demyx looked around frantically to find something of help but nothing.

Even the weather started to go against them. The wind picked up and the temperature dropped a little. "Axel's not gonna make it…" Demyx feared but suddenly something came to his mind. Praying it could work, Demyx started to take the snow away from under them and started to create a small igloo around themselves. "Hang in there, Ax… Don't give up…" Demyx muttered while he tried to keep Axel warm and create the igloo.

Demyx called out some water which nearly immediately turned into ice in the cold. Demyx cringed a little but kept on working with the igloo. He needed to get a place where the cold couldn't come. Once the igloo was ready, Demyx started to look for something he could burn. Eventually he put his coat around Axel and took off the shirt. After fumbling with the matches Demyx finally managed to lit the shirt on fire.

Demyx kept holding Axel and running his hands up and down around the redhead. Demyx refused to let the cold get him even though he was starting to shiver quite badly. "Ax, come on… You can make it…" Demyx whispered and tried as hard as he could to get Axel warmer.

Demyx left Axel only once to fetch some branches and other stuff to keep the fire going. Demyx was quite surprised when he felt Axel's temperature rising little by little. Demyx smiled a little even though he was nearly freezing there.

Demyx coughed few times but didn't stop his trying of warming his friend. He kept on talking and trying to get Axel to respond but nothing. Axel only went little by little more limp than he had been.

When Axel woke up he was little shocked to be in an igloo. He looked around in confusion and noticed the small nearly died fire on the middle of the small area. After that he noticed Demyx lying on the ground. "Demyx?" Axel called and tried to shake his friend but recoiled back nearly immediately. Demyx didn't have a shirt and his skin was nearly icy cold. "Demyx!" Axel shouted and pulled the unconscious Nocturne up from the cold ground.

Suddenly Axel noticed the slightly smaller coat that had slipped off from Axel. Axel took the coat up and carefully put it on Demyx. Axel kept warming the coat and on that way warming Demyx. Axel even started the fire again and got it burning lot brighter than it had been.

It didn't take than few hours before Demyx woke up. "Axel?" He called out worriedly. Axel sighed in relief but kept on running his hands up and down around Demyx. Demyx blinked few times before he sat up and Axel let go of him.

"Are you OK, Dem?" Axel asked worriedly. Demyx looked at Axel and smiled before he hugged the Flurry.

"I was so worried about you!" He nearly screamed. Axel was little taken aback but chuckled and answered to the hug. "How are you feeling, Ax?" Demyx asked once he pulled off with a smile.

"I'm fine. What about you?" Axel replied with a nod. Demyx stretched a little and tried his hands. He smiled and chuckled a little.

"I'm OK. And Axel… Next time I say don't go to a freaking thin ice you don't go there. Got it memorized?" Demyx said and used up on Axel's catchphrase. Axel chuckled a little but nodded.

"No more thin iced areas. Got it." Axel said and looked once again around himself. "So… I didn't know you could create ice too." He commented with a smile. Demyx blushed a little and turned his gaze off.

"I can't…" Demyx replied hesitantly. Axel blinked in surprise and looked at Demyx little confused.

"You can't? Then how…? Oh, and where's your shirt?" He asked. Demyx sighed sadly and looked at Axel.

"Water and cold weather doesn't mix too well, Axel… You fell underwater and I shot after you… My right arm's still a little numb… And the shirt… I… I kinda burned it…" Demyx explained while running his left hand up and down on his right arm and putting his hand into fist and opening it to keep some feeling in the numb arm. Axel stared quite disbelieving at his friend.

"You burned your shirt… Why would you do that?" Axel asked still not understanding the reason behind it.

"I needed something dry to burn to get the igloo warm…" Demyx explained sadly. Axel nodded and hugged Demyx real fast. Demyx sighed slightly happily. Suddenly something came to Axel's mind.

"You're not gonna turn into another Vexen, are you?" Axel joked a little with a slight grin. Demyx laughed and leaned closer to Axel.

"Not gonna and don't wanna." Demyx replied. Axel laughed too and tried to help Demyx to get some feeling into the right hand and arm.

Once they crawled out of the small igloo Demyx had made, it was starting to be quite late in the evening. "Guys won't be too happy to hear that we didn't go to the shop…" Demyx said while looking around in the darkening evening. Axel sighed but nodded.

"I think they'll understand when we explain what happened." Axel said when they started to make their way back to the castle. Demyx nodded and smiled a little.

THE END

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