Hey guys, I'm finally back! Merry Christmas! Anyway, I have decided to wrap this up. There will only be one more chapter after this, and maybe an epilogue. I feel that it's time for this story to end.

Also, since you guys never sent in any suggestions, I made up an illness for Roxie. Hope you like. This chapter will be shorter, but there's a bonus at the end.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Sorry guys.

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Chapter 7

"…most commonly used for treating respiratory capillary diffusion." Axel repeated. There was no way Roxas had it. Axel had only heard of it a few times. It was a condition of the lungs in which the blood diffused through tears in the capillaries surrounding the air sacs in the lungs. Eventually the lungs would fill with blood and the person could die, but they could survive up to 20 years before that happened. The symptoms were sudden dizziness, fainting, nausea, and coughing up blood, along with occasional nosebleeds.

"But the fainting, the nausea, it could be anything. There's no way he's this sick." Axel whispered. But there was no other explanation for the medicine. Roxas was dying. Axel had to talk to him about it. There was no way he would just sit by and let Roxas die. As he read down he found that the simplest treatment was a lung transplant and blood transfusions to make up for the blood loss. Medication could also be taken to expand the capillary walls and limit the amount of blood by making the tears smaller.

It was settled. Tomorrow Axel would find Roxas and talk to him. Everything would work out.

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Roxas wasn't at school the next day, or the day after that. Axel had tried to find him, only to learn from Xion that he still wasn't feeling well. Axel sighed and asked her to wish him well for him. Then he walked home, trying to come up with a plan. He had to find some way to bring it up to Roxas.

Axel growled in frustration. The poor boy was dying and here was Axel going home! He should be going straight to Roxas and asking him about what was going on. So he would.

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"Wow, I actually came." Axel whispered, staring at Roxas' front door. He brought his fist up and knocked twice. There was a shuffling, and Cloud opened the door.

"Hey Axel, Roxas is in the living room, gotta go." he said, running to the car in the driveway. Axel stared for a minute, then went inside.

Sure enough, there was Roxas sitting on the couch in his pajamas watching old movies. He turned to look at Axel and the fiery headed teen wanted to cry. Roxas was deathly pale, except for his lips, which were bright red, and there were dark circles under his eyes that looked darker against his pale skin.

"Axel…what…why….hey." he said. Axel sighed and walked in, sitting next to the clueless blonde.

"Roxas you look awful." he stated simply. Roxas nodded.

"Yeah…I'm sick…just not feeling well, I guess." he lied. Axel shook his head. This was probably the time when he needed to be direct.

"Don't lie to me. I looked up the medicine you take. That third bottle you wouldn't tell me about. I get why you didn't want to tell me what they were for." he said before Roxas could say anything. There was a long silence before Roxas replied.

"So…you know that I'm…sick?" he asked. Axel nodded. When he looked over at Roxas he saw tears forming in the boy's eyes.

"Roxas, it's gonna be okay." he said. Roxas shook his head.

"Don't be stupid. It's not gonna be okay. I'm dying, Axel, and all I can do is sit here and wait for it to happen. They put me on a waiting list for new lungs, but the odds of finding two good lungs for me are slim because my blood type is rare and I'm not a top priority because I can live for a while with my condition. But in the end I'm still going to die." he sobbed, tears pouring from his bright blue eyes. Axel sighed and wrapped his arms around the blonde boy.

"I don't want to die Axel. I want to live. I want to be with you. I love you!" he cried. The words struck Axel like a 2x4 to the face. He sat Roxas up and looked into his eyes.

"What did you say?" he asked. Roxas was still crying.

"I love you…" he said quietly. Axel smiled, and before Roxas knew what was happening, Axel had pulled him in and was giving him the softest, most loving kiss Roxas had ever felt. It lasted a few seconds, and when Axel pulled away, he was smiling softly.

"Well, I love you too." he said, holding the side of Roxas' face so he was looking directly into the soft emerald orbs. "So it's time to stop crying, okay? Everything's going to be fine, at least for now. Because I'm not going anywhere. I'm never going to leave you alone, understand? I'll be here, and I'll love you no matter what." he said. Roxas suddenly found that he was no longer crying, and a smile spread across his face. He threw himself into Axel's arms.

"Thanks Ax." he whispered. Axel smiled at the nickname.

"No problem Rox." he replied.

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Axel spent the next three days at Roxas' side, holding him, kissing him, and just being with him. On the third day Axel started asking simple questions about Roxas and his condition.

"Hey, what is your blood type anyway?" he asked suddenly. Roxas thought for a minute.

"AB negative." he replied. Axel's mouth dropped open.

"I'm AB negative!" he cried. Roxas laughed.

"Something else we have in common. Can I borrow a couple lungs?" Roxas asked jokingly. Axel sighed theatrically.

"Well, as much as I'd love to spare some, these are all I have, and I kind of need them." he said, tapping his chest. Roxas laughed again.

"Cloud is AB negative too. So is Xion. Just the three of us, the others are all different." he said. Axel shook his head.

"What are the odds?" he said. Roxas shrugged.

"Axel, there's something else that's been bothering me." he said suddenly. Axel looked over at him, already knowing what he was going to say.

"It's…it's about what your mom said. About Cloud. I don't think I could handle another death. My parents was one thing, but Cloud's raised us since we were little. I wouldn't be able to go on if he died." he said. Axel nodded.

"I understand. You guys are really close. But don't worry. My mother's the best there is. She'll get him. I'm sure of it." he said. Roxas frowned and rested his head on Axel's shoulder. The older boy put his arm around Roxas, pulling him close.

"Everything's going to work out. I'll make sure you're safe. I promise." he said.

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Quotes from the next Chapter

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"It's him! He's here!"

"Cloud! Where are you!"

"No…please don't die…no…"

"I will kill that son of a bitch."

"ROXAS!"

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