THIS CHAPTER IS A BIT SHOTTY! The next one will be way better. SORRY GUYS!

Also, I'd like to dedicate this chapter to .Deep.Within.Darkness.

Chapter IV: Trust

Marluxia and Lilly now spoke often, at the very least, whenever her mother was out. They would take short walks, on which they would chat about mundane things, or she would listen to him vent his frustrations which were cause by the other eleven people he apparently lived with. Most commonly he would rant about a boy named Axel who Lilly was disgusted to hear made fun of Marluxia and his hobbies quite frequently.

Though Lilly thought they were being pretty careful, a certain change in Lilly herself did not go unnoticed by her mother. Her daughter seemed… well, happier.

"That Demyx, I'll kill him…" Marluxia muttered darkly as he stepped out of his darkness portal and into Lilly's room.

The girl laughed lightly; she always thought he looked kind of funny when he was upset. "What's wrong, Mar-kun?"

"It's nothing, Demyx is just an idiot."

Demyx, Xaldin, Xemnas, Zexion, Vexen, he never said much about anyone but Axel. Whenever Lilly asked anything related to his home, he would evade the question. All the information she got out of him was volunteered. Because of this, all she really knew about the others was their names and some odd personality quirks.

He scowled, making her giggle a bit more loudly. "So…what have you been doing while I was away?"

Lilly shrugged, "Not a lot, I had to go to the city because Doctor Simmons wanted to run some new tests."

He sat down next to her on the bed, resting his hand over hers, and sighed. He was quiet for a long while, and she let him be without complaint, just being in his presence made her content. She admired the face she had already memorized, not noticing the minutes ticking away because for her, when she was with him, time was nonexistent.

"Lilly…" he started slowly.

"Hmm?"

"If something…bad happened here, to this place, and I asked you to come away with me. Would you trust me enough to leave this behind if I said you had to?"

Lilly stared at him for a long while, eyes wide with no smile on her lips. They'd never spoken of anything with true depth, and this… this question, had hit her with shocking force. "I………" she considered it heavily, "I…Yes." There really seemed to be no question, she trusted him to no end. Trusted him with her life; he'd given her no reason not to.

"Then you have to."

"What?!"

He put his hands on her shoulders, making sure they faced fully. "You have to leave with me if you want to live. This world does not have much time."

His voice sounded urgent and worried, but his eyes held close to nothing. Was he faking worry?

Lilly narrowed her eyes some, "What are you talking about? Nothings going to happen."

"Lilly, you have to listen to me. You said you'd trust me."

"Well... Yeah, but I didn't think…" She shook her head as if to clear it, but Marluxia cut her off before she could speak.

"So what, you lied?" he demanded, his features growing angry, yet his eyes stayed the same. "So you don't trust me?"

This was all too confusing, all too overwhelming. It was offal, he'd just…. Sprung this on her. "You don't understand, I can't just-"

"No, I think I understand perfectly." He pushed her away roughly, and stood, opening one of his black portals. "Goodbye."