When I woke up that next morning, Axel was already gone. I forgot that he still had work, but waking up to his absence only made me feel like shit.

"He left a note." Sora pointed to the coffee table once I worked up the energy to sit up. I read the note, where Axel told me that he loved me, missed me, and would come by after his shift.

Riku had already left for work as well, so Sora and I waited for Rude to come by, pick us up, and take us to see Reno at the hospital. When Rude arrived at Riku's apartment, he looked exhausted. His eyes had dark circles underneath, he hadn't shaved his beard in days, and his body looked like it had gone without food and sleep for far too long.

"Thank you, for taking us." I said after we all silently got in the car.

"No problem." Rude remained short.

"How's Reno doing?" Sora asked the inevitable question.

"Not good, although he's not as bad as he was when he first woke up." Rude said, so I had to ask a follow up question.

"What do you mean?"

"He was crying and screaming, cussing out anyone within hearing range, begging for death. He uh, he didn't take the news well."

"I don't blame him. I was a mess last night." I sighed.

"We appreciate your sympathy. Right now, he needs encouragement, even if you have to lie. Whatever you do, don't mention the baby." Rude said and Sora and I nodded.

"We won't." Sora promised.

"Good, cause the last doctor who did took a vase to the chest."

"What?" I asked in shock.

"The doctor on staff told Reno that if he took pills we could try again for another baby, since we lost our first, so Reno threw the vase with roses that I bought at him." Rude explained.

"Damn." Sora gulped.

"Yeah, so we removed all the vases within arms reach." Rude shook his head.

When we made it to the hospital, we took the elevator to Reno's floor and into his room.

"Reno." I smiled as we made eye contact.

"Hey Roxy." Reno opened his arms so I hugged him. "Hello Sora."

"Hi Reno." Sora hugged Reno next.

"How are you feeling?" I asked cautiously.

"I'm ready to get out of here." Reno joked with a faint smile.

"Good, I can't wait to have you home." Rude sat down in a chair by Reno's side.

"Really? Even though I'm broken?" Reno asked, eyes watering. Rude sighed.

"Reno, you know I love you." Rude sounded tired, as if he had had this conversation many times before.

"Even though I killed our baby? Even though I'm half a man?" Reno started sobbing, so Rude stood up to hold him.

"Reno," Rude sighed loudly, trying to comfort his love.

"Don't touch me!" Reno shouted, covering his face with his hands.

"Reno!" Rude tried to get Reno to look at him.

"I killed it Rude! I killed our baby!" Reno shouted in anger as I watched with a hurtful fear. The anguish in Reno's voice was terrifying, because I knew it was hurting him even more. There he was, calling himself a murderer, when we all knew that it was just an unfortunate accident.

"Shh, no mami, it's ok," Rude tried to remain calm.

"I want to die Rude. I deserve to die next." Reno tugged at his hair in sorrow as Sora's frightened pants became audible.

"Reno, you need to relax." Rude tried to rub Reno's arms, but the redhead started fighting back, pushing Rude away.

"Just kill me next!" Reno started hitting Rude as I watched with wide eyes, feeling like a witness to all of the chaos around me.

"Nurse!" Rude called for a nurse, who ushered us all out of the room while they gave Reno more medication.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." Rude apologized dryly as we all went into a private waiting room.

"It's not your fault, or Reno's. He's going through a lot." I said, knowing there was nothing else to say.

"We understand." Sora added, still clearly shaken up.

It wasn't long until Axel met us there, and since we all weren't allowed back in at once, Axel went first to warm up his brother.

"He's tired." Axel came out and told us in the waiting room after he spent five minutes with Reno.

"Maybe you should take them home." Rude suggested, and Axel nodded.

"I took my motorcycle, so I'll take Sora home first, since I know you have to be there to cook dinner for Riku." Axel said as Sora hugged Rude and me goodbye.

"I'll wait here with Rude." I stated the obvious to fill the emptiness as Axel left with Sora.

"He's like a different person." Rude said after five minutes of pure silence.

"I'm sure the medication and the trauma of losing a baby will do that." I said, as if I had a clue.

"I miss his humor, his smile, his jokes." Rude looked down at his shoes as he clasped his hands together.

"I do too." I admitted shyly.

"He thinks I'm mad at him; he thinks that I blame him for what happened to the baby, but I don't. Yeah, I want a family with him, but as long as he's alive, I don't care what it takes. I, I don't feel sad about the baby, cause the doctor said it was either the baby or Reno. I just want my old Reno." Rude looked away, and I felt such a pain in my heart for the couple. It wasn't fair. They were such a great couple, and a true inspiration for myself and Axel. Sora and Riku always had this surreal relationship that would bother me with jealousy if I wasn't so happy for my twin. With Rude and Reno, they aren't perfect, but they're such a great balance that I know they're meant to be with each other, and that they really love each other. To see them struggling like this, it just wasn't fair.

"With time, I'm sure Reno will understand." I tried to help, but Rude only shook his head.

"It's like he loved that baby more than me." Rude cleared his cracking throat and for the first time in my life, I became aware that even Rude was capable of sobbing. The day Reno was admitted into the hospital, he shed a single, soft, silent tear. But as we sat there, I couldn't help but feel so much pain for him.

"Rude, Reno loves you." I said quietly.

"I could have killed him. That baby, it could have killed him. It's really my fault for getting him pregnant." Rude lowered his head as his shoulders bounced lightly.

"That's nothing that either of you had control over." I tried to reassure him as I rubbed his back slowly.

Rude is always so serious and tough and intimidating, that it doesn't even seem possible for him to cry, but as he jittered anxiously in the chair, I realized that he was hurting every bit as much as Reno, but for a different loss.

"I don't want to try again. Not after this," Rude sniffled, and I felt so awkward as I reached across and held him.

"I understand," I said, not knowing what else I could say. I tried to wrap my arms around his broad shoulders, which wasn't very comfortable given our size difference. After just another minute, I let him go, but continued to rub his shoulder.

"I don't ever want to see him hurting like this. It's too much," Rude lifted up his glasses, gulped loudly, and ran his sleeve against his eyes.

"I'm so sorry," I offered my condolences for like the hundredth time in the past two days.

"I just wish he would realize that I'm not mad at him." Reno cleared his throat again, returning to his virile appearance as he let his glasses cover his exhausted eyes.

"I'm sure he'll be in a better position to understand after he heals a bit more." I tried to sound comforting.

"He doesn't understand anything. He's not Reno." Rude shook his head.

"I miss him too," was all I could say. I couldn't lie and say 'things would be back to normal in no time', or ever, but I didn't want to add to Rude's apparent depression.

"I just want him to know that I love him. And maybe, it'd be great to hear it back." Rude sighed, and I realize just how badly he was hurting. It wasn't like Rude to come off as being needy or demanding. It made sense that Reno was while he was pregnant, and he had a more clingy side to him even before that, but Rude always seemed like the 'take it or leave it' kind. To hear him begging for affection only showed just how broken he was by all of this too.

"I know that Reno loves you. A lot." I said all that I could.

"I want him back." Rude put his face in his hands as I rubbed his arm. We sat quietly as Rude remained still, hunched over as I tried not to cry either.

"He's asleep." A doctor came out and informed us a few minute later.

"Is he in pain?" Rude quickly asked, but the doctor shook his head.

"No, we just gave him medication to calm him down. His body is going through a lot of changes, and needs to re-adjust. It shouldn't be much longer until his hormones are back to normal." The doctor smiled as Rude sighed.

"Thank god."

When Axel came back, he picked me up and gave me a ride back to Sora's place.

"Thanks." I said once I got off the motorcycle.

"Rox, look, whatever happens, we'll continue to be the family that Reno needs, ok?" Axel said as he stayed on his motorcycle. I nodded solemnly. Axel sighed and sped off, no hug, no kiss, no nothing. I dragged my body into Riku's apartment before I fell on my bed, too tired to give a shit about anything or anyone.

I spent the next few days at work, therapy, and sleeping at Riku's place. I lost all energy and desire to do anything else, and with Axel busily working when I didn't, we had hardly even texted each other.

I found it strange how one twist in Reno's life would affect us all. I guess it goes to show how we really were like one giant family.

I remained stoic, ignoring the true pain in my heart, but I wasn't acting like it never happened either. I was in some sort of limbo, where my body literally ached with a hurt for the couple, yet I didn't allow myself to continue mourning like I knew my mind needed.

It had been four days since Reno was admitted into the hospital, and since he was showing extreme concerns for intense depression, he was required to stay in, or at least that's what Rude told Axel. I hadn't healed in the slightest, and I wasn't even the one who was truly hurting in comparison to Rude and Reno, but I knew that neither of those two had healed either.

Rude was still going to work, so he wasn't able to spend a lot of time at the hospital, but according to him, Reno wasn't in any condition to have visitors yet. After his shift, Rude still went to the hospital like the supportive boyfriend that he is, even though he could only stay in the waiting room. I didn't realize how troubling it was just to hear that Rude would go all the way to the hospital and sit in the waiting room alone for a couple hours, before he was told that the hours for family visitors were over. It was so sweet and kind of him to go, but it actually made me sad just thinking about his dedication and love, but it wasn't doing anything to help the true damage that was hindering his relationship with Reno.

There were some times when Rude would stop by Riku's apartment to fill us in with any new updates, but those were rare, since Reno didn't seem to be making much progress.

"He's been in there for four days now," Riku frowned when Rude told us that the doctors didn't want to release him just yet.

"He's no longer asking for the doctors to kill him, but he's still calling himself a murderer for the accidental death of the baby, so the doctors are afraid that if they release him now, he'll try to kill himself." Rude sighed, his head hanging low. I truly couldn't imagine just how much stress Rude was experiencing, having to see the love of his life struggling with something so severe.

"I didn't realize how dangerous the process could be." Sora gulped shyly on the couch.

"It's not the process. It's Reno," Rude continued to look at his shoes.

"He wanted a baby so badly," I whispered.

"I'm beginning to think that he's not capable of handling all of these emotions. I'm worried for him." Rude's voice remained stoic, but we could all sense his concern.

"We'll do anything that we can to help." Sora nodded quickly.

"Thanks, I have to go to work." Rude stood up, taking on a double shift to help pay for the hospital bills.

"Me too," I stood up next, working and extra shift as well, for the same reasons. I wasn't telling either of them, but I knew that paying for hospital bills would take up a lot of the money that the couple was trying to save for the baby. I decided that, since the wedding was going to remain simple and small, I could work some extra shifts to help out the couple that I saw as my true parents. Overall, I knew that I wasn't going to be able to give much, but I figured any little bit could help.

"I'll give you a ride," Rude offered, so I thanked him.

"I'll see you later Sora," I waved goodbye.

Rude and I were silent as we got in the car, and for most of the ride.

"Thanks Rude, I appreciate the ride." I unbuckled my seatbelt.

"No problem kid. Take care." Rude said as I got out.

I took a deep breath, and started my shift, feeling like I had nothing better to do with my time anyway.

I was half-way done with my extra shift when someone I hadn't seen in a long time showed up for lunch at the restaurant I work at.

"Table for one?" I asked just before I realized who it was.

"Roxas? You work here?" The slate haired man asked and I gulped.

"Yeah. How, how are you doing?" I asked nervously, not sure what to say. The last time I saw Zexion, I asked to stay at his house so we could have sex while I was fighting with Axel, but he shut the door in my face. We hadn't talked at all since then.

"I'm doing alright. Yourself?" Zexion asked and I shrugged.

"Great." I faked a smile to seem professional at work.

"When's your next break?" Zexion asked, and Olette had the worst timing, because I was about to lie and say that I had just taken one, but the innocent brunette ran to my side and told me that I could take a break right then and there. I'm sure she thought that Zexion was a friend, but I couldn't say no to Zexion's face, so I joined Zexion at a small booth.

"So," I didn't know what we could possibly talk about, since Zexion and I rarely ever talked, even when we were talking. We had a very complex relationship in that, we both mutually used each other for sex, and we never went out in public together. Zexion was the toy I used when I wanted to have sex and switch from bottom to top or top to bottom in one night. He's very smart, but has low self esteem, which reflects in his 'emo' styled hair and shy voice.

"So," Zexion echoed and I coughed, praying that Hayner would beg me to help him with something so I'd have an excuse to leave.

"Well," I was about to make a dash for the bathroom when Zexion cut me off.

"Look, Roxas, I, I feel bad that I shut the door in your face the last time you came to see me." Zexion frowned, but I only shrugged. To be honest, I wondered that, if I had gone with Zexion the night of my big fight with Axel, then things could be very different now. I probably wouldn't have woken up from the stupor that I lived in while I was cheating on Axel.

"It's fine, everything happens for a reason, it was for the best." I tried to be honest without being rude.

"No, it wasn't right of me to leave you in the cold when you were my warmth when I needed it," Zexion gave me a small smile, so I gulped. I didn't like where this was going.

"It's alright." I tried to look uncaring.

"Roxas, stay with me tonight please," Zexion sounded like he was almost begging, and I felt my throat tense up in nerves.

"I, Zexion," I was just about to tell him that I was engaged when he took my right hand, since my left hand was in my lap. Of course, just my luck, that my ring was on my left hand, not in his view.

"Roxas, I want to make it up to you, please?" Zexion squeezed my hand with a smile and I blinked my wide eyes.

"Uh," I didn't know how to break it to him, but I didn't have to. I heard snickering behind me and I sighed loudly.

"Here I thought you had changed, but as if!" Xigbar mocked and before I could turn around to look at him, I heard a shutter sound.

"Xigbar!" I shouted in defense as the one eyed creep took a picture of Zexion holding my hand on his phone.

"Sent, to Demyx, and to Axel."

"Axel? You're still with him?" Zexion asked me, so I raised my left hand onto the table.

"I'm engaged to him." I admitted.

"Oh, so, do you still want to come over?" Zexion winced, but I could only shake my head.

"I don't cheat on my fiancé, and now he probably thinks that I do, no thanks to you!" I stood up and shoved Xigbar.

"You're just saying that cause I'm here." Xigbar pushed me back.

"Where the hell is Demyx?" I wondered, hoping that the blonde would save me.

"He's with your fiancé, or should I say former fiancé now?" Xigbar smirked as I growled, ready to punch his teeth out.

"Everything ok here?" Hayner came to my side and asked.

"I need to go," I gave Hayner a look that pretty much only a close friend like him could understand.

"I'll finish your shift. Keep in touch," Hayner slapped my arm goodbye and I brushed past him, Zexion, and Xigbar as I bolted to the locker room in the back to change out of my uniform.

I scurried back to Axel's house, thankful that it wasn't too far from the restaurant, and as I made my way up the driveway, I saw Xigbar's car.

"Shit," I muttered to myself, knowing that I had a lot of explaining and defending ahead of me.

I opened the front door and walked into the living room, where I saw Axel standing with his helmet in hand, as if he was ready to leave.

"Oh look who showed up," Demyx glared at me, but my fiery gaze was fixed on Xigbar's ugly yellow eyes.

"You dick! I wasn't doing anything," I got ready to march up to the freak and punch his lights out when Axel grabbed my wrist.

"Were you or were you not on a date with, whoever the fuck this is?" Axel asked impatiently as he held up his phone to my face, and I was quick to shake my head.

"No! Axe, I swear! He didn't even know I worked there, and then he asked if we could talk," I started to explain.

"And you're holding his hand, why?" Axel gripped my wrist even tighter as I let out a small cry.

"He took my hand and I was just about to tell him that I'm engaged when Xigbar showed up." I looked up into Axel's eyes with as much honesty as I could.

Axel sighed and looked to Demyx, who shrugged.

"Maybe you got it all wrong Xiggy,"

"I'm telling you, the emo kid was asking for his fuck buddy back," Xigbar lifted his hands up, trying to look innocent.

"I said no! I told him I was engaged and then I left." I didn't know who I was trying to convince more, Xigbar, or Axel.

"Rox, just, please, be honest with me. If you cheated on me, I just, I want to know." Axel looked down at me with hurt in his eyes, and I shook my head.

"I didn't Axe, I promise."

"He looks honest," Demyx defended me.

"Maybe he hasn't cheated yet, but that doesn't mean that he won't. After all, look at his history." Xigbar of course just had to make things worse.

"Would you butt out?" I shouted angrily.

"Hey! If what Xigbar's saying isn't true then it shouldn't matter! But now it just looks like you're trying to get him to shut up cause he's right." Axel let go of me and crossed his arms suspiciously across his chest.

"No!" I shook my head like a desperate little kid in fear of getting in trouble. "No, Axe, I just hate hearing him say such lies. They're lies Axe," I was already getting teary eyed.

"Think about it, you said you were making him wait till you two were married to have sex. Given his past of being a whore, then it wouldn't surprise me if he were going elsewhere to get some." Xigbar shrugged, and as those words made their way into my ears, I snarled with hatred.

"Shut up!" I made a dash for him and socked him in his one eye.

"Xiggy!" Demyx shrieked as the taller man fell to the floor.

"Roxas cut it out!" Axel snatched me before I had a chance to kick Xigbar in the balls.

"I hate you!" I screamed as I flailed in Axel's arms.

"That is enough!" Axel shouted and dropped me on the ground, letting my back break my fall before my head smacked the ground.

I felt all of their eyes on me before I curled up into the pathetic ball that I used as a shield for their condescending glances. Xigbar was panting, Axel was sighing, and Demyx was gulping before I started crying into my own arms, huddling up like the waste of breath that I was. I wanted to hate them, at least Xigbar and Demyx, but in the end, it was my poor decisions in my past that made them question.

"I told you Axel, he needs a leash." Xigbar stood up loudly as I continued to hide into myself.

"Hey, that is my fiancé that you're talking about. I don't care how many times he cheated on me in the past; he's not a whore and not a pet." Axel barked, and for the first time since I walked into the house, I felt like he believed me. I looked up at him with leaking eyes and a runny nose, and when Axel nodded at me, I squirmed to my feet.

"I swear on my life Axe, I didn't cheat on you," I walked into his open arms as he gave me a small hug.

"Xigbar, I think you should apologize." Demyx whispered. He was always the calmest of us all, so he's usually the first to make peace.

Xigbar sighed before he turned to Axel and me. "I'm sorry."

"Do you think we can get some privacy?" Axel asked and the couple nodded before they left.

"You believe me, don't you?" I asked after the front door shut behind Demyx and Axel sat on the couch.

"I don't know Rox, I just, I don't want to keep playing this doubting game." Axel sighed loudly as I joined his side.

"I'm sorry," I felt so guilty. They say you don't know what you have until it's gone, but I would do anything to be able to erase all the times I so freely cheated on someone as wonderful as Axel.

"I want to believe you, I, I think I do, but," Axel still sounded so unsure. "It's just hard, considering all that we've been through as a couple." Axel looked down into his lap.

"I'm trying," I reminded him.

"I know you are. That still doesn't heal all of the shit you put me through though. It's not like you cheated on me once, or with one guy even. You cheated on me so fucking much I constantly worried about who you were having sex with when you weren't getting it from me." Axel put his head in his hands.

"I'm so sorry Axel," I rested my head on his shoulder.

"I do love you Rox. I just, I wish I had always been enough for you. And it hurts so damn bad to think that I'm not."

"You are!" I tried to reassure him.

"Well I wasn't when you cheated on me, which was for a good portion of our relationship." Axel shook his head.

"I," I opened my mouth, but I had nothing else to say. Apologizing could only get me so far at this point.

"Whatever," Axel stood up and when he grabbed his helmet, I couldn't help but sob. I cried to myself as Axel went to his bedroom, got his leather jacket, and then returned to the living room.

"I'm sorry." I said just before Axel exited the living room and I heard the front door shut quietly.

Usually I would have called Reno at a time like that, but given his circumstances, the only person I really could call, was the only other individual who seemed to know so much about perfect relationships.

"Roxy, you ok?"

"Sora, I need help," I sniffled to be better heard.

"Roxas, what's wrong?" Sora asked and I sighed.

"Axel thinks I cheated on him again, but I didn't! Now I'm being reminded of all of the times I cheated on him and it hurts. It hurts, because, because I realize that I don't deserve Axel. I feel so bad for everything I put him through, and I honestly couldn't be angry if Axel called it all off. I've already hurt him so much in my past, and no matter how many times I apologize, it wont make up for all of the trust I've destroyed. I can't keep doing this Sora. I can't. I took advantage of him, I took him for granted, and yet I expect to still love me. It isn't right and now its hurting," I tugged at my chest, pulling on my shirt as I sniffled again.

"Oh Roxy, you really do love him, and I'm sure he knows it. What you just said is proof that you care about him more than anything."

"I do Sora, I do care about him, so much that it hurts to think of all the shit I've put him through. I keep telling him that I love him enough to prove it to him, but instead I should love him enough to release him from the pain I'm causing him. Just thinking about it makes me want to hurt myself." I started squeezing one of my biceps.

"Rox, it's ok, no one is perfect. Everything that you're telling me, you need to tell Axel. He can't read minds." Sora reminded me.

"But Sora, I'm so tired of apologizing to him. I'd do it as many times as is necessary to prove how serious I am, but he's probably sick of hearing me say it. Think about it Sora, I used to cheat on him on a daily basis. I'd sleep at his house and spend my days doing whatever with whoever while he worked, and I didn't even bother to hide it. Xigbar's right Sora; I'm a whore."

"Roxas," Sora tried to encourage me, but nothing he could say would take the truth away.

"I'm dirty Sora. I'm used and I'm giving Axel the shitty leftovers when he deserves everything, and more. He deserves absolute perfection for putting up with me, and instead all I can offer him is heartache and doubt. I can't keep hurting him, because its killing me." I felt my lower lip quiver as I shared my realization."

"So what are you going to do?" Sora took a more laid back approach as he let me walk him through my thoughts.

"I'm going to talk with him." I got unexplainably calm as horrible thoughts entered my mind.

"Roxas, what are you thinking?" Sora probably used his twin senses to detect my secret.

"I just, I need to talk to him." I sighed, wishing he'd stop asking so I wouldn't have to share.

"Roxas, don't do anything stupid." Sora warned me.

"Sora you don't understand. You and Riku have the most perfect relationship ever." I grumbled.

"No, we don't. We fight and occasionally we hurt each other's feelings, just like every other couple out there. But we do love each other, and that's what matters. We stay together and we work things out, no matter what." Sora said, as if he could read my mind.

"But what if staying together is what's causing the problems?" I bit my finger as I asked.

"Roxas, listen to me. You are not going to break up with Axel. You love him way too much to let him go."

"It's because I love him that I have to. I can't keep putting him through this." I felt my heart drop as I said the words that I knew to be true.

"Roxas, please, just, take a nap, calm down. Think things over, and when you and Axel are ready, just talk about it. There is an alternative to giving up." Sora sounded so sure of himself, so I agreed.

"Alright, thanks Sora."

"Of course Roxy. I love you, no matter what." Sora cheered me up, even if just slightly.

"Love you too Sor," I hung up and sighed as I walked to Axel's bedroom and got cozy on his bed.

I closed my eyes and let a few last tears fall down my face before I fell asleep, haunted by my nightmare of watching Axel leave my life by my call. It was an awful dream, and it ended with the sound of a door creaking.

My eyes slowly opened themselves to see something red on the nightstand just inches in front of my face, and then I felt something on the bed behind me.

"M?" I stirred, still sleepy as I tried to roll over, but was too tired to actually do so.

"Shh," Axel put a hand on my shoulder as I rested on my side. He spooned me from behind and kissed my cheek as I tried to wake myself up fully.

"Axel?" my throat was dry as I lazily rolled over. Axel pulled me into his arms and held me close, resting his lips on the top of my head.

"I love you," Axel whispered, and hearing his words shocked me enough to wake me up.

"You're not mad at me?" I pulled back to ask.

"No. I love you Roxas," Axel kissed my lips, but I couldn't shake off all of the regret that dwelled inside me.

"Axel look, we need to talk." I sat up slowly.

"About?" Axel sat up next to me.

"I just, I know I've hurt you more than I could ever repair, so maybe, maybe it'd be best if," I couldn't help but pause. If I continued, I could end up saying something that would forever change my life.

"If your next words are about to be a break up, then you need to shut up." Axel stared me in the eye, so I gulped.

"Huh?" I asked, not sure what was going on.

"I love you, and you're not getting rid of me. I wont let you end this relationship over the idea that you don't deserve me." Axel grabbed my hand and I couldn't help but smile, even though it was short lived.

"But Axe, I feel so horrible for everything that I,"

"I heard you on the phone with Sora," Axel interrupted.

"You what?"

"I was going to leave, but then I heard you on the phone so I shut the door and waited in the hallway. I heard everything that you said, and I, I realized that you wouldn't be saying those things if you didn't truly and wholly love me. You really do care about my well being, enough to risk your happiness for mine. That right there is as self-less as love gets. I love you Roxas." Axel kissed my cheek, but I moved so that my lips were on his. We made out softly, our hands gently flowing through hair and down necks before we broke for air.

"I love you Axel." I smiled before I pecked his lips.

"I love you too, my beautiful bride." Axel laid back down, so I joined his side. As I went on my back, I saw a dozen red roses on the nightstand by my side, which explains the red that I saw when I first woke up.

"Thank you," I took the bouquet in my hand and smelled them .

"Sorry if they got squished; I had to ride with them in my backpack." Axel winced. I gave my fiancé a hug before I put the flowers back.

"I should start dinner," I stood up, but Axel beat me to the door.

"I'm taking you out tonight, so get ready." Axel put his hands on my hips.

"Axe, you don't have to,"

"But I want to. So go ahead, get some shoes on, and let me know where you want to eat." Axel kissed my temple.

"Thank you. For everything." I gave him an extra big hug before I rushed off to get ready, and after a wonderful date at our favorite Chinese restaurant, Axel dropped me off at Sora's and Riku's.

"Aww, he's so romantic!" Sora squealed after I told him about my date with Axel.

"He's so perfect." I smiled happily while Riku shook his head with a grin.

"Alright, well I'm off to bed."

"Night." I gave Riku a hug, even though I rarely do, but I was in a good mood.

"Goodnight Roxas." Riku chuckled as he patted my back.

"I'll see you tomorrow Roxas!" Sora gave me a giant hug and a goodnight kiss to my cheek.

"Night Sora." I hugged my twin back, laid on the couch, and turned the TV on to Axel's favorite news channel and fell asleep to it, knowing that in his bed, Axel was doing the same thing. I don't know why, but it helped to watch the news at night, because I liked knowing that we were doing the same thing, even if we were miles apart.


Author's Note : Ah, so I'm living in Japan now! It's crazy! Super expensive, and hot, but I'm looking forward to new experiences. Anyway, I'm taking some pretty intense classes, so hopefully it won't slow my writing down, which would be awful because I've already been slacking .

To Keyblade Master13: Yes, it seems like life is super busy for the characters, which is fitting lol. Aww, thanks! I hope you enjoyed this chapter just as much!

Legend of Zeldaa2: Lol, the list of poor people is increasing in this story…..so sad! Yes, it seems like they are all connected on a deeper level than first anticipated. Lol, well I hope the suspense is a good one ^_^

To Cirxe145: Ooh, you're already getting ahead of the story with that line of thought ;) Congrats!

To otwamewliart: lol, hmm, well you did say 'please', so we'll see lol Yes, it appears to be a very complicated process. I never want to be pregnant .

To ZeltaFrost: Lol, already with the predictions eh? Hmm, well I can't say anything that will give the story away, so you'll just have to wait, sorry! Haha, well this chapter had some happy moments, and you know my writing enough by now to know that more is to come! Quinton Flynn was awesome! He's super nice and cool, even though I probably scared him with my fangirl-ness lol. I couldn't date anyone that wouldn't let me keep my KH merch, or my posters of Jrock guys. That's just too controlling for me. Thanks! I appreciate the support.

To Memwwms: Aww, well please come back to life! I promise things will get better ^_^

To Xiola-Nobody: I sorry! Oh wow, I'm so sorry to hear that. I didn't mean to bring up sad memories, but I hope that your sister has a safe beautiful baby ^_^ Thank you!

Well, I don't have much time right now, so I'm going to post this quickly and work on other stories while I can! Hope to hear from you all in reviews ^_^ Thanks for reading.

~Heart Sarabellum