A/N: Here's the next chapter. Hope you creatures enjoy it.
Warnings: none, that i can think of.
Chapter two
I woke up in the morning to loud, rapid knocking on my door.
"Hey Demyx! Ya in there? Demyx!? Hey! Answer me!"
A pause in the questions only for a brief moment.
"Demyx, if you don't answer me right now, I'm busting down this door!"
No answer came from me.
"Alright then!"
Then I heard a crashing sound and I saw Axel burst in.
" Demyx!? What the fuck happened!? Who did this to you? Are you gonna answer me?" The surprised but gentle voice asked me.
I didn't want to say anything, so I whimpered.
"Demyx, it's okay. Just tell me what happened. You can tell me what happened."
I saw him come closer to me and bend down so that he was eye-level with me.
Damn, I thought. Now I have to tell him something.
But when I tried to say anything about last night, nothing would come out.
Then, I remembered that my voice was still gone.
But I still tried to make something come out.
After a few minutes I got a few words out.
"It's all my fault."
I think it was the shortest sentence I had ever said.
Axel just stood there, looking stunned for a minute before he responded.
"What's your fault Demyx? I want to know. But if you don't feel like telling me right now, that's fine too. I'm here whenever you want to talk about it. Okay?"
His gentle voice was going to be the death of me.
I tried saying that I didn't ever want to talk about it but only one thing would come out.
"It's all my fault", was playing out of my mouth like a broken record.
It wouldn't stop.
"Nothing's your fault. Nothing is your fault and you don't have to say anything. You really don't have to. Here, let's get you cleaned up." Axel said with a gentle smile.
With that he helped me get untangled from the sheets, lifted me off the bed, carried me to the bathroom when my legs failed me, and then he stood outside to wait for me finish.
When I got in the bathroom, I looked at myself in the wall-length mirror.
I came to one conclusion immediately.
I looked like shit.
A nasty bruise was forming on the left side of my face.
It looked like my assailant had branded the imprint of his hand on my face.
There were also two violet colored bruises forming on both of my wrists.
I guess I found my reason why I couldn't push him off of me.
A band of disfigured, dirty yellow bruises stretched across the middle of my stomach.
I avoided looking at my legs.
I didn't want to bring back unwanted memories.
After that, I took a few minutes to clean up.
I wanted to get rid of anything that would remind me of last night.
Then I got out, wrapped a towel around my waist, and opened the door.
Axel was standing there holding a glass of water.
"I thought that you would be thirsty, if you didn't drink the shower." Axel said with a joking smile.
I took it and drank, letting a small chuckle slip past my gated façade and which prompted a response from Axel.
"I think Hell just froze over. The Hulk just smiled and Betty isn't anywhere in sight. Never thought I'd see the day." Axel gave a weak chuckle.
I flashed a faint smile in response and headed off to my room to change.
Axel followed and waited outside my door.
When I got in my room, images of last night flashed through my head, so I dressed quickly and followed Axel to the dining room.
When I got out there, everyone gave me scrutinizing looks.
I guess they all knew, of course, about what happened.
They were probably all in on it.
I sat down and waited for Axel to get back with something to eat.
I waited for one of them to say some kind of insult like always but what I heard surprised me.
"Hey Demyx, can I talk to you in private for a minute?"
"Huh?" was my intelligent response.
"Please? For a minute?" was the same pleading voice.
"Okay. Only for a minute."
I stepped into the hallway and turned to face Larxene.
"What do you want, Larxene?" I asked skeptically.
"Demyx, I just want to know how you're doing. I know that everyone has been needlessly mean and cruel since it happened. I just wanted to make sure you're okay." Larxene said comforting.
"I'm fine, Larx. I don't need anyone's fake sympathy because I'm not some stupid, numb puppy that can't do anything but whine and howl. If you want to give me any kind of sympathy, save it for a codpiece#. I don't need anyone else ruining my life by stabbing, ripping and burning my heart. So if that's all you wanted to tell me, then I'm going to eat. See you later." I said lacing my voice with malice.
I turned to leave when she grabbed my wrist and twisted it around.
"Let go of me, you fucking man-whore!" I screamed at her.
Than I realized what I said and instantly regretted it.
"Who's a man-whore, Demyx? Do you want to tell me something?" Axel had suddenly materialized in the doorway.
"No", I said, "I'm going back to bed. I'll see you when I get up." I said turning to leave again.
"No, you're not. You are going to come with me and Larxene and you're going to tell us what happened, al'right?" Axel said with authority.
I guess I had no choice so I followed Axel and Larxene to the library, the only place that we would be left completely alone.
Funny, seeing as it was our place once.
A/N: Next chapter to be up soon. R&R, please!!! All buttons, big and small, need love.
