Only For You
Ch 7
Don't Leave
"Come on now baby. Stop brooding."
Roxas sat on the hospital bed with his arms crossed across his chest and a scowl on his face.
"I'm tired of this place Axel." the blonde whined. "I don't want to sit around and do nothing."
The redhead sighed. "Roxas baby, the doctor said it was best if you stayed here to be monitored. He doesn't want to cause you unnecessary stress."
"I know, but I still don't like it. I still have a month and a half to go."
"But it will all be worth it."
"I guess."
"You guess?"
"I know."
"Better. Now open wide."
The blonde opened his mouth as Axel fed him a slice of apple. He munched on the piece of fruit and that was enough to make the redhead content.
It was ten at night and Roxas slowly and quietly got out of bed with much difficulty, trying not to wake up Axel who was currently sleeping on the couch in the room. The blonde waddled into the bathroom and relieved himself. He placed his hands on his hips as they gave a soft crack. His body had started changing during his sixth month. The process was going unusually slow. By Cloud's seventh month he already had grew hips and had the necessary system to give birth. Sora was ready at seven and a half months. He on the other hand was eight and a half months along and had barely grown hips. The system needed to give birth was barely finishing developing, only missing a few parts before he was ready, the doctor had told him. Suddenly sharp pain rippled through his abdomen. Roxas grabbed his stomach and clutched at the sink's rim.
"Gah! Cloud and Sora said it would hurt a little towards the end of my body's change but not like this." Another sharp pain hit his stomach followed by another more painful one that sent him to the floor with a cry.
"Shit!"
The white hospital pants drenched themselves in blood. He let out a whimper as another contraction hit him hard.
"Axel! Axel!"
The redhead awoke with a jolt at the sound of his name. He looked towards the bed and saw no Roxas. His head turned and saw the light coming from the bathroom.
'Roxas.'
He stood up and knocked over a chair as he ran towards the bathroom. Axel kicked open the door and froze. Roxas lay in a pool of blood clutching his belly as each contraction caused him to wither in pain.
"A-A-Axel..." the blonde panted with an outstretched hand. The redhead snapped out of his shock, grabbed the hand and picked up the blonde. He ran out into the hospital's hall and began yelling for help.
"Someone help! There's something wrong!"
A group of nurses hurried over and called a stretcher. They removed Roxas, who had curled himself close to the redhead, from the arms holding him. Axel watched as his blood covered boyfriend was rolled away and Dr. Wise was called. He looked down at himself and saw he was covered in Roxas' blood too. He made a quick call to Riku and ran to where his blonde was being taken.
There was screaming, blood, and a blur of people giving orders and coming in and out of the room. Roxas squeezed his eyes shut.
'Axel, where are you?'
Said man had just bumped into Dr. Wise who grabbed him by the hand, dragged him with him and questioned him along the way.
"What are you doing here? You're suppose to be with Roxas."
They pushed passed the door and the doctor went straight to Roxas, asking him questions. The doctor gave a few nods to the answers and went to the foot of the bed. He swiftly removed the soiled pants and draped a sheet over the blonde's spread legs and began checking the boy down there. Roxas let out a whimper as a gloved fingers were inserted inside him. He tried to clutch the sheets but a hand grabbed his hands first. Roxas looked up to see a very pale, nervous, and worried Axel.
"Axel."
"I'm here babe." He brushed a hand through the sweaty blonde hair.
Roxas let out a cry and squeezed his hand tight around Axel's. The doctor cursed under his breath.
"Nurse! I need you over here!"
"Doc what's wrong?" Axel asked with worry laced in his voice. The doctor ignored him and gave orders.
"Doc!"
The doctor paused then answered.
"His body isn't completely ready to give birth. There are some parts missing and still developing." The man moved back between Roxas' legs and pushed a needle inside him and inserted the needle's tip into a ring of muscles were the liquid was swallowed up. Some nurses moved to the other side of the blonde and connected him to machines.
"He's lost this much blood because the babies are pushing to get out but there's complications with his body and he isn't dilating."
Roxas suddenly let out a loud and painful scream. He closed his legs and his body jerked forward, removing some needles that were inserted into him.
"Hold him down!"
"Doctor what the hell is happening to him?"
Nurses rushed over and tied the blonde down while Dr. Wise forced Roxas' legs open and put them in restraints. All the while the blonde was crying and withering in pain. Axel's hand was squeezed so tight that he was sure it was broken by now and those sharp fingernails were digging into his skin.
"I needed to hurry the process up so I inserted him with some solution that would help."
"And the restraints?"
"To not hurt himself and to allow me to work."
"Why is he in this much pain though?"
"The solution is forcing him open and making room for the babies. It's practically tearing his insides to allow him to give birth."
"What!" Axel let go of Roxas' hand and grabbed the doctor instead and dragged him away from the bed. "You can't do that! You're hurting him! You could kill him!"
"If I didn't you could lose all five of them!"
A nurse came over.
"Dr. he's loosing consciousness."
He nodded and turned to Axel.
"I had the nurses give him a strong pain killer before hand. That's what that needle in his spine is for. There's not much else I can do for the pain. Now I have to get to work."
The redhead walked back over to a panting, sweating and pain filled blonde. He took a shaking hand into his own. Tired sky blue eyes opened slightly. He let out a whimper.
"Axel...Where did you go?"
"I had a talk with the doctor."
"It hurts Axel."
"I know babe, just hang on."
Pain rippled through the blonde again as the two watched Dr. Wise work.
"Alright. He's fully dilated. Roxas when I say push you push, got it?"
The blonde nodded and Axel helped him get in a better position with the restraints still on. As a contraction hit the blonde let out a cry and one word was shouted.
"Push!"
The same process continued for more than an hour until-
"Finally. I see the head. Push."
Roxas did as the doctor said until he shook his head and tears welled up.
"I can't. I can't. I can't."
"Yes you can." Axel pleaded "Don't give up."
The doctor shouted again to push. Roxas scrunched up his face in pain.
"The head is out! One more push Roxas. Now push!"
The cry of a baby rang throughout the room. The blonde's head fell back against the pillows and his chest heaved up and down quickly as he tried to control his harsh breathing. A nurse took the child and the doctor placed himself between the blonde's legs once again.
"Okay Roxas. Three more to go."
Axel kissed his boyfriend's sweaty forehead.
"You're doing wonderful."
"I'm never letting your dick near me ever again." Roxas panted out.
Axel smiled. "You don't mean that."
A contraction hit and the blonde closed his eyes and grunted out.
"Wanna bet?" he squeezed the redhead's broken hand as he was ordered to push.
The man winced and thought, 'Maybe right now isn't the best time to push him.'
"Where's Sora and Cloud?"
"They should be here soon."
"Push!"
"Gah! I need them."
Loud footsteps and shouts could be heard coming outside the hall.
"Speak of the devils." Axel muttered.
Sora and Cloud rushed in and ignored the protests of the nurses.
"Leave them." the doctor ordered.
The brunette and fairer blonde stood on the vacant side of Roxas' bed and tried to comfort him to the best of their abilities.
"Push."
Axel rubbed the belly that still contained three of his children.
"The head is out. One more push."
A nurse was handed the silent baby.
"What's wrong? Why isn't it crying?" Roxas asked with panic.
Cloud brushed back his brother's sweaty hair.
"Calm down and watch."
Suddenly the cry of the second child rang out. Axel and Roxas let out the breaths they had been holding.
The third child was born smoothly and the birth was less painful then the other two. But when it came time for the last child to be born the situation went bad.
Roxas was tired and practically had no strength left. His body wasn't functioning right and his eyes dared to close.
"Come on babe. One more and it's over. You'll be able to hold them in your arms." While Axel encouraged his boyfriend Sora wiped the sweat off his twin's forehead and Cloud held Roxas' other hand. By now Axel had a broken hand, a scratched arm and sprained fingers. His hair had been pulled numerous times out of rage from the blonde. Sora and Cloud only had scratches and sprained fingers and hands to show.
"Alright. We're almost done. Give me a big push when you get a contraction."
A small one hit and Roxas pushed with all of his strength but then unbearable pain rippled from his abdomen to his lower region. He let out a horrible scream. Blood flowed out and stained the bed sheets.
"What the fuck is wrong!" Cid yelled. He had burst through the doors along with Riku and Leon trailing behind him after hearing the painful yell.
"Uncle!" cried out Roxas. The pain clouded his vision. He felt a calloused hand place itself on his cheek and knew it was Cid. He cried as the pain got worse.
"Fuck!" the doctor cursed.
"What's wrong?" Cloud, Sora, Axel, and Cid shouted as Riku and Leon went over and stood by their partners.
"There's another."
"Another? Another what?" Axel shouted as he tried to soothe his yelling and crying boyfriend.
"Another baby."
"We know. He needs to pop one more out!" Riku crudely yelled.
"No, there's two more inside of him."
"That's not possible." Cloud said as he wiped Roxas' tears away.
"You saw four in the scan. Not five." Sora cried out
"I know what I saw! It must have been hiding behind the others. And now they're both trying to come out at the same time."
Another painful yell was emitted from the blonde.
"Can't you perform a C-Section or something?" Leon asked as he rubbed his husband's arms to calm him down..
"I can't. First off he's lost too much blood and second, both babies are already moving down the birth canal."
Sora was near to tears as he watched his twin wither in pain. Riku had to take the brunette away from the bed to calm him down. The twin connection was affecting Sora a lot more then he was letting on.
All of a sudden a monitor beagn beeping wildly and a nurse rushed over.
"Sir, his heart beat is going out of control."
"Leon! Riku! Get them both out of here." Cid ordered. Sora and Cloud were dragged out while the room became hectic as nurses tried to stabilize Roxas. The blonde's breathing was coming out shallow and fast, like he was drowning, gasping for breath. His eyelids were fighting to stay open. Once in awhile an agonizing scream departed from his pale lips.
"Roxas. Roxas. Stay with me. Don't close your eyes."
"Axel. I-I'm so tired."
"It's going to be alright brat. We're here."
Roxas turned to look over at his uncle. Cid took the blonde's free hand into his and gave a small squeeze. Roxas squeezed both Cid's and Axel's hands as another unbearable contraction hit.
Dr. Wise tried to stop the bleeding, but to no avail. An idea suddenly came to him.
"Hold him down!" he ordered. Axel and Cid barely grabbed a hold of the blonde when Roxas' body arched up and his blue eyes widened. His lips parted to let out a scream.
The dodctor's hand shot up inside the blonde. His fingers searched for one of the child's body.
"Found one! Alright when I say push you push Roxas." The doctor gently grabbed a hold of one of the babies body and pulled.
"S-stop!" the blonde cried out as he tried moving his body away from the man.
"Roxas push! Push!"
Terrified sky blue eyes closed shut and pushed, ignoring the searing pain of being ripped apart in his lower region.
"Another push. Come on."
By now Axel's hand wasn't only broken but his arm as well. The redhead kissed the blonde's sweaty forehead and brushed away the sweaty hair of his boyfriend.
"Keep it up. You're doing great." he whispered to Roxas. Cid was rubbing his nephew's stomach and also whispering that everything was going to be fine and he was doing great. Finally a child's cry was heard followed by the doctor's voice.
"I can see the other's head. One more push."
Roxas whimpered as he gave one final push. The fifth and final child made it's way into the world. As it gave it's first cry the machines monitoring Roxas' heart began to beep slowly, beat by beat.
"Docotor, his heart is faltering."
Suddenly the blonde's hands went limp in Cid's and Axel's hands and the monitor flat lined The nurses that rushed around the room went by like a blur to the redhead. He saw the doctor's mouth move, shouting out orders, but not a single sound could be heard. It's as if though nothing but Roxas mattered.
"Roxas...Roxas...Hey...open your eyes." Axel shook the blonde's shoulder's gently. "Come on. This isn't funny Roxas. Stop playing around." Tears began falling freely from his emerald eyes. A pain of strong hands began pulling Axel away from the bed.
"He's gone." Cid's voice rang in his ear.
"No. No. This can't be happening. He isn't gone. Roxas. Roxas." Axel called out to the blonde as Cid tried dragging the struggling man away. The limp hand fell from his hold and a gold band rested on a pale, slender dead finger.
FlashBack
"Hey Axel. Why are you so jumpy today?" chuckled Roxas.
"I-I'm not. I'm not. Who says I'm jumpy? I'm not jumpy."
Roxas laughed at the redhead's antics.
"If you say so." he gave the man one of his beautiful smiles.
Axel calmed down at the sight in front of him. He took a big breath and then let it out. It was now or never. He climbed onto the bed and sat besides the blonde.
"So how are you feeling?"
Roxas chuckled. "I'm fine Axel." he rubbed his stomach as the babies gave a kick. The redhead smiled, got on his knees on the bed and kneeled in front of the teen. He placed his cheek on top of the swollen stomach and chuckled as his kids 'fought' for his attention.
"Oooff! Axel get off. They're gonna bruise me."
"I told you. They love their daddy."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
"Aww, don't get jealous. They love their mommy too."
A pillow landed right in Axel's face.
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
Axel dug his hand into his pant's pocket and brought out a small box.
"Roxas. Close your eyes."
"Wha? Why?"
The redhead gave the blonde a cheeky smirk.
"Come on. Just do it."
The blonde emitted a sigh. "Fine." Sky blue eyes closed. Axel took out whatever was inside the box and placed it in his hand.
"Alright. Now give me your hand."
"Come on Axel. What do you want with my hand." he opened one blue eye.
"Oh no you don't. Close your pretty peepers."
"Axel!" the blonde laughed as pale slender fingers covered his eyes and tapped his nose. He stretched out his hand and the redhead took it in his own.
"Now don't open your eyes till I say so."
The blonde nodded and Axel slipped something onto a slender peachy finger resting between the blonde's middle finger and pinky.
"Alright. You can open them now."
Roxas opened his eyes and looked at the gold band that was encrusted with small rubies that lay on his finger.
"A-Axel?"
Said man chuckled and pressed his face closer to Roxas'. He took the hand that held the ring in his own.
"Roxas-baby. I've had this ring for some time now. Ironically, the day I was going to propose was the day you told me you were pregnant. I didn't know what to do. I was scared that if I proposed you would think that I was just doing it because I had too. It took me almost the whole pregnancy to decide what to do and then on that night that landed you here...I was on my way home ready to give you this surprise." Axel lifted the blonde's hand to show what he meant and Roxas understood. His blue eyes gleamed with tears that had yet to shed.
"Before I loose my nerve...again. Roxas baby, will you marry me?"
Tears silently flowed down peachy cheeks.
"Of course you idiot."
They wrapped themselves in each others arms when Axel called out.
"I know you guys are out there."
The door to the room burst open and everyone fell in. Groans sounded throughout the room and Roxas watched with wide confused eyes and Axel merely shook his head.
"This is the reason I don't tell you anything Riku." Axel stood up and crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"I swear he threatened the information out of me."
"Did not." Sora mumbled. "You're just easily manipulated."
Roxas burst out laughing followed by Axel and the rest minus a flustered Riku.
Congratulations were delivered and a small party was held in the room that day. Axel had slept with Roxas on the small hospital bed with their hands entwined. The golden band glimmered in the moonlight.
End FlashBack
Nurses crowded around Roxas, removing the machines connected to the blonde while Dr. Wise undid the restraints that wrapped around Roxas' bloody legs and lowered them down to the bed. He cleaned some blood off and pulled the sheet down over the teen's lower body.
'This isn't happening. This cannot be happening.'
"Roxas...Roxas...ROXAS!"
The blonde's name rang throughout the small silent room, followed by a low beeping noise.
"Beep...Beep...Beep...Beep...Beep ..."
"Doctor, the patient-"
Dr. Wise held up his hand as he saw Roxas' lips move to form a word. In the silent room the word or rather name that was emitted from the blonde was-
"Axel."
Said man chuckled and walked over to the bed where he took his boyfriend's hand. Sky blue eyes opened tiredly to look up into a tear stained face. He smiled weakly.
"You called out to me. You brought me back."
"You better never do that again." he smiled down at the teen.
"I won't." his blue eyes closed. "Don't leave, kay."
Axel squeezed the smaller hand in reassurance.
"Wasn't planning too."
Nana: Finally! I finished this chapter that has been long overdue.
Roxas: Tell me about it.
Axel: Maybe you should be more dedicated.
Leon: Maybe she's really busy Axel.
Cloud: Have you no sympathy?
Axel: Not really.
Nana: *rolls eyes* Leave him alone guys. Last time all of you almost sent him to the hospital.
Axel: *mumbles* That was abuse.
Riku: Oh suck it up.
Sora: How come all of you are mean to Axel?
Everyone: *stares*
Sora: What?
Nana: You know, the boy has a point. We do mistreat the pyro a lot.
Roxas: I'm the only one who should be allowed to do that.
Axel: True.
Nana: Fine. I hereby declare the "We shall be nice to Axel from now on" Act.
Leon: *grumbles*
Cloud: Don't worry. You can go pick on Reno instead.
Nana: *sweatdrops* Anyway. Sorry for the lateness but don't expect speedy updates anytime soon. Maybe once a month the way things are going. But once college starts...well I have no comment on that.
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Peace&Love
{Nana}