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It was Tuesday morning. The second day into our torture that Xemnas put us under. See, he was fed up with the Organization bickering and fighting between themselves so he sentenced us all to be handcuffed to the other for a week. So far, it's not gone very well.
Xaldin has, so far, almost stabbed Luxord five times. Each attempt has, of course, failed because each time he tries Luxord just turns him into a gigantic card.
Marluxia is griping every ten seconds about how Xigbar is ruining his chances at gardening properly by hanging upside down on the ceiling which, in turn requires Marluxia to raise an arm.
Roxas and Vexen..well, we'll just not go there. The flamingo beak still isn't gone...
Lexaeus and Demyx are doing fine. Apparently, those two got along quite well. Lucky them..
Xemnas and Saix are.....we'll not go there either.
Lastly, there's Axel and I. This is sure to be the worst week in my life..
He keeps pestering me! Shoving me into walls, burning my stuff to ashes, suddenly jerking at the handcuffs and leaving marks that actually have bled, not letting me do anything I want, constantly moving, and he's always toying with something!
I reached up with my free hand to touch my hair in my face. It was greasy and I didn't like the feel. That's when I remembered. My eyes widened and I stood up from my seat beside Axel's bed. He was sleeping, but not anymore. The sudden jerk aroused him from his sleep and he glared at me. Not a morning person, I suppose.
"What the hell are you doing, Zexion?!" I glared back at him, summoning some willpower. He's not ruling me today. I'm tired of it.
"We're going to see the Superior. Now." I summoned a portal and stepped through it quickly, dragging an angry reluctant Axel along with me.
I stared at what was before me. Xemnas was playing with Saix!
Before you go thinking some dirty little thoughts, it's not what you think. He's only playing scrabble. Though, the words on the board are exactly what you would be thinking. I'll leave you to your thoughts on the matter.
Xemnas looked up at the two of us, "Can I help you, Six...Eight?"
"Yeah, you can, actually." I said quietly. "Excuse my intrusion and my language, but, what the hell are we going to do about the fucking showers?" I could feel Axel's lecherous grin on my back as Xemnas stared at me with wide eyes.
"Hm..I hadn't really thought of that..." I glared at the scrabble board. He had thought about it! Saix's hair was wet, as was his.
"Oh, please! You have too! Your hair is wet! Although, just because you didn't mind sharing a shower with him," I said, gesturing to Saix, "doesn't mean I'm getting anywhere near a shower with...it...attached to my wrist." Axel laughed, apparently finding my frustration amusing. He couldn't take anything seriously, could he?
"Well..." Xemnas started, looking at me with exasperation,"I don't know what to tell you. You are staying handcuffed to Axel for the remainder of the week, and nothing you say or do will make that cha- Don't give me that look, Zexion," he warned me harshly. I hastily changed my expression, not wanting to make him angry.
"I know you're very unhappy with this, but you will have to learn some cooperation. That was the whole point of this arrangement," Xemnas finished.
"How the hell do you expect me to learn cooperation, when all this fucking bastard over here does is take advantage of me, and take control of EVERYTHING!!!" I was shouting by the time I had finished my sentence. Xemnas looked rather taken aback.
"Zexion...please calm down. I'm sure Axel's not that bad," Xemnas started. At this, I burst out laughing. Of course Xemnas would be on his side. It would make my non-existence too easy if anything would work right for me. I sighed.
"Xemnas, please, Axel is the spawn of Satan! The epitome of evil! The definition of malevolence! The most troublesome, vile, unpleasant, bad-tempered-"
"Zexion, I get it. You don't like him, but you're staying handcuffed to him, and if you could please refrain from troubling me so much for the rest of the week, then that would be greatly appreciated," he said looking at me with an expression of annoyance on his face. I knew it was a losing battle now.
"Uggh!!!" I opened a portal and Axel and I walked through it, Axel smirking the whole way. I still don't get why he thought my aggravation was so funny. We were halfway into my room, when Axel realized where we were.
"Hey, who said we were coming in here? I never gave you permission to-" Axel started, but stopped when we were actually in my room. "Zexion...you have so many books...what do you do with them all?"
"What do most people do with books, Axel? They read them. That might be a new concept to someone as dim-witted as y- OUCH! LET GO OF ME!" I screamed, since he had grabbed my arm and was not only squeezing it, but was heating his hand up so my arm was getting burned. Great. He'd found another way to torture me.
"Who's dim-witted?" Axel asked sneering. Was he expecting me to answer him? I sure as hell was NOT going to.
"I said who's dim-witted?" he said again, this time twisting my arm behind my back. I hate him. Couldn't something good happen to me once? Just once? Is that really asking for too much?
"Me. I'm dim-witted. Happy?" I said. I hated Axel with such a passion. I hope he dies. Preferably soon.
"Oh, yes, I'm very happy. Thank you," he said smiling. He let go of me, and the blood in my arm started to flow again. I looked down at my arm, and saw a red burn mark in the shape of Axel's hand.
"Well, we still haven't decided how we're going to take showers..." I said. I was still angry at Axel, but I needed to talk to him.
"I don't really care. It doesn't matter to me," he said.
"Well, I need to wash my hair...If I washed it in the sink do you think you could refrain from hurting me for a few minutes?" I asked. Of course, I figured it was impossible for him to actually be nice, no matter how small the amount of time, but I asked him anyways.
"Uh... yea sure," he agreed.
Ten minutes later, after Axel had successfully washed his hair, I bent my head over into the sink, and turned the water on. It was just warm enough, but after a few seconds, it got unbearably hot. I jerked my head up suddenly, hitting it on the faucet in the process, and saw Axel with his hand on faucet heating the water up.
He laughed a little then moved his hand off the faucet. I dipped my head back under the water and finished washing my hair without trouble. I leaned back and turned the water off, my hair still dripping.
"Here, I'll dry your hair for you," Axel said, reaching over to my head. I tried to pull away, but he pulled me back and heated his hands up, actually drying my hair. Wait... was he being nice? Wow. I'm impressed. Suddenly my head got REALLY hot, and I looked in the mirror to see my hair on fire.
"AXEL!!! WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!" I screamed at him. I rushed to turn the water back on, and put the fire on my head out. After my head had been under the running water, and had cooled off a bit, I leaned back and glared at him, but he just laughed.
I looked up into the mirror to take in my reflection. There wasn't really any real damage. Just some burnt ends. Nothing a little trim wouldn't cure. Stupid Axel..Does he have to be so compulsive? Why is he so mean? Wait, no, why does he look like he's enjoying all this?
Then it all clicked.
Axel was a sadist. Gah! Why didn't I think of this before? If I just stopped showing my violent reactions, he'd surely stop. Or, make everything even more spiteful. God, I hate him. Even though, I don't have a heart to hate him with. I certainly feel like I do when I'm around him.
I resolved that instant to stop overreacting to every little thing Axel did. Maybe he'd stop. Maybe not.
"You done admiring yourself, Shorty?" I winced at the nickname. I was sensitive about my height. If only a little.
I forced myself to stay calm when he jerked on the chain. "Yes, I'm done. But, we're going to my room. Got it memorized?" I said, stealing his catchphrase.
He scoffed, "What makes you think we're going to your room? I'm in charge here, Zexion." I scowled.
"No, you're not. In fact, I don't see why I was scared of you in the first place. You have no right to act over me." He looked appalled. Apparently, no one had ever stood up to him before. Serves him right... I conjured up a portal and made to go into it, but Axel pulled me back.
He growled at me. Yes, growled. "You can't make me do anything." Did Xemnas forbid us to use our powers on our chain partner? No? Good.
I used my powers to enter his mind. I ignored all the memories and his thoughts, only focusing on his pain sensors in his brain. I sent pressure to them, making Axel cry out in invisible pain. I smirked when he fell to the floor onto his knees. He cried out in pain again as I ran my finger very softly over his jawline, making him look up at me. The feather light touch must have felt like a thousand bees stinging him simultaneously.
"I'm sorry, Axel. But, you have no say in the matter anymore."
The roles have been switched.
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