A/N: I am sorry it took so long to update, but remember that I just started my new job and I go to school as well. This leaves me little time to write anymore. Also, This chapter is a little dramatic, but it ends happy so don't get crazy okay! For some reason this title made me think of this. Don't ask....really, don't. This chapter title is for 'demonluvr3261' Anyways, yeah. I hope you like the chapter and hopefully I'll be able to update soon. ~Enjoy

~10~

Burn, Baby, Burn

Roxas looked up at Axel after he had broken off the kiss. He didn't know why, but there was a sudden fear in his eyes that he didn't understand. The next thing he knew Axel unbuckled his seatbelt and threw himself onto the bewildered blonde. That was when Roxas turned his head slightly to the right and noticed the headlights coming directly at them from the driver's side. He knew everything in reality was happening incredibly fast, but for him everything was in slow motion. He saw how the right side (1) of the taxi was pushed in completely, hitting the driver, surely killing him on the spot, and the other vehicle a semi truck because the top of the taxi was also caving in on them pinning the red head and blonde together. In that moment everything just froze as if it was a still shot from a movie of the horrors of being inside the car of an accident. The blonde looked up at Axel now covered in blood. Whose it was? He didn't know but it was most definitely the red head's. There were cuts all over Axel's body and it looked as if his left arm was pinned between the metal from the roof and the metal that caved in on the right side. Their bodies were so close together that it left the blonde no room to move, but he could feel Axel's warm breath on the left side of his neck signaling that he was still alive. They were both alive, but there wasn't a doubt in the blonde's mind that Axel needed serious medical attention. Roxas winced as he tried to move only to come face to face with the tire of the semi truck that had hit them.

"Axel!" Roxas screamed hoping the red head was still conscious, but he didn't get a reply. There were only two reasons the blonde could think of as to the reason why Axel didn't respond. One, something hit a major artery causing a great deal of blood loss on top of the rest of the blood. If this was true, then the red head would be dead in a matter of minutes. Two, the caved in part of the roof had knocked him unconscious and could be either really serious, or close to nothing. He knew there might be other reasons for Axel's unconscious state, but those were the only two that he could come up with at the moment. Trying to wiggle his way free without moving the giant on top of him too much, the blonde managed to unbuckle his own seat belt that he just now realized was digging into his skin. He tried to move again, but stopped when he heard the sounds of an ambulance approach. They must have been close to a hospital for them to arrive so fast or they had been there longer than he thought. He could hear muffled voices, but couldn't make out anything they were saying. A bright light was shined through the broken window of left side of the taxi as shadows of the rescue workers looked in. There were more muffled voices before the left door was ripped off and a person climbed inside the already small space. He could see the man's lips move, but again, nothing but muted words.

Roxas felt himself pulled out of the remains of the taxi and gently set onto a stretcher. He struggled to sit up to see them pull Axel out, but hands kept pushing him down mumbling things he couldn't understand. There were the sounds of another ambulance coming from somewhere as he still struggled against the hands holding him down. He had to know the condition Axel was in and they weren't letting him making him angry. The anger slowly disappeared as black spots formed around his vision meaning they probably sedated him. His head tilted to the side as the last image he saw was Axel on another stretcher with an oxygen mask and medical people all around him. Then, everything went black.

~0~

Roxas bolted straight up and out of breath because of the horrible nightmare he just had. 'It had to be a nightmare!' he told himself still in shock of the overwhelming detail. His blue eyes blinked a few time now trying to focus on what was happening now. Instead of seeing his dorm, he saw blank white walls that could only mean one thing. His nightmare had been real. A sudden pain shot through his arm drawing his attention to it being bandaged from his shoulder down to his wrist. In his other hand was an I.V. probably to help with the pain. He didn't remember being hurt during the accident because all of his attention had been on Axel. The blonde's breath came to a halt as he remembered the image before he blacked out.

"Axel…" Roxas breathed looking around the not so empty hospital room. In the chair next to the bed, Sora was fast asleep and still in the clothes from the night they had gone out on the triple date. The blonde figured it was because it was still that same night and the accident had only occurred a few hours ago. A small smile tugged at the corners of his lips knowing that Sora had probably been there almost the whole time. He had almost forgotten about Axel until Kairi ran through the door followed by angry shouts from doctors and nurses. Their blue eyes met, one holding fear, the other holding some form of relief. Sora yawned and stretched breaking off the stare between Roxas and Kairi. The maroon haired girl looked down allowing her hair to serve as a curtain trying to hide the fact she was crying. The brunette looked at Kairi with a confused expression before looking over to bed to see that his twin had woken up.

"Roxas!" Sora shouted completely forgetting about the crying girl by the door. He embraced his twin in a gentle hug and the blonde could tell he was crying. Roxas gave Sora a small smile to get him to calm down so he could talk to Kairi. If anything, she would know about her brother's condition.

"Kairi…" Roxas whispered almost afraid to ask, but the need to know crushed any fear he had. "Is Axel okay?" He watched as the girl slowly came over to the bed without ever looking up. The blonde knew that it couldn't be good if she was this upset. "Please tell me he's okay." He almost begged wanting this to all be some kind of prank that the red head pulled, but he knew, deep down, it wasn't. Their blue eyes met once more and he could see that she had been crying before she came here. The girl looked away so she could close her eyes and take in a deep breath.

"He's still in critical condition." Kairi spoke softly and slowly. "They said they can't determine the outcome just yet and they are doing their best. Mother is the doctor in charge of this hospital and is in there with the best doctors even though she isn't supposed to really be, but even then…" There were a few cracks in her voice as she tried to fight back more tears. Roxas looked at Kairi before looking down at the white sheets that covered his lap. He knew this had all been his fault because if they didn't leave early this wouldn't have happened. If only he had put up with his siblings for a little longer Axel wouldn't be in the condition he was in. The blonde's gripped at the white sheets fighting back the angry tears directed at himself. He should have known that it was too good to be true and his terrible luck would catch up to him. He looked back at Kairi about to apologize when Reno came storming in followed by the angry shouts of doctors.

"He's going to be okay!" Reno shouted as he strode over to wrap his little sister into a hug. "Don't worry so much Kai. You know Axel is a tough one. It would take more than just an accident to kill him." The older red head gave his little sister a reassuring smile and a kiss on the forehead.

"So he's okay?" Roxas asked at least happy that his boyfriend/dorm mate wasn't knocking on death's door any longer. Reno looked up finally realizing that the blonde was no longer sleeping greeting him with a smile.

"Yeah," Reno grinned as he poked Roxas' nose. "And don't go blaming yourself because there was no way that you could have stopped this from happening. It wasn't like you two were driving drunk or anything. In fact, neither of you were driving." The blonde was about to argue, but the older red head put up his finger demanding silence. "Axel would agree and when he wakes up he'll tell you."

"I agree," Sora piped in, "Everyone is at fault one way or another. I'm sure part of it is my fault for making you feel awkward. Larxene even feels bad and made a cover story for us last night, but everyone is busy today except me. Besides, I couldn't leave last night. You're my twin." Roxas looked at his twin in shock knowing full well that Larxene would normally never try and help them. He also realized that it was probably no longer Friday, but Saturday instead.

"I want to see Axel," Roxas demanded figuring he wasn't going to win the argument that it was his fault.

"You can't yo," Reno frowned, "You need to get better first and no one is allowed to see him just yet." Roxas closed his eyes letting out a soft sigh recognizing that once again he wouldn't be able to win this argument. He really wanted to see Axel and tell him he was sorry for everything despite everyone telling him it wasn't his fault. Dr. Fair walked in wearing her normal clothing instead of a lab coat that doctors are normally seen in. She saw Roxas was up and gave him a bright smile as she walked over to his bed.

"I'm glad you're alright honey," Dr. Fair smiled as she checked the blonde's right arm. "You should be able to leave tomorrow, but I want you to take a day or two off from school. I already arranged it with the school and your family that you'll be staying with us during that time." Roxas just gave the red haired woman a curious look before looking over at Sora.

"Mom and Dad thought it would be a good idea since Dr. Fair is a doctor after all." Sora explained. "That and they say they're too busy to keep an eye on you. You know how our parents are." Roxas nodded in agreement knowing exactly how their parents were.

"Speaking of keeping an eye on children," Dr. Fair grinned looking over at her two children. "You do know that only family is supposed to be allowed in here at this time."

"We are family though!" Kairi argued putting her hands on her hips, "He might as well be our brother-in-law!" The comment made Roxas turn bright red not knowing what to say to such a statement.

"Yeah mom!" Reno agreed with his sister, "He's family yo!" Dr. Fair gave both Kairi and Reno a stern look as she raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, I agree," Dr. Fair said, "but we are not family on paper and rules are rules. Just because you're the children of the head doctor doesn't mean you can do whatever you please."

"Rules were meant to be broken." Sora laughed, "If they want to be in here we don't mind." Roxas couldn't help but laugh at this knowing that Sora always broke the rules in their family. Mrs. Fair smiled and nodded her head in agreement.

"Okay fine," she said finally giving in and turning to her two children. "You can go see Axel in a few hours," she then turned back to Roxas, "And you can go see him tomorrow."

"Why can't I see him today?" Roxas whined because it didn't seem fair.

"You need to rest," Dr. Fair smiled kissing the blonde's forehead. She looked him over still seeing he was upset. "I'll make you a deal." She said sitting down at the foot of his bed, "If you stay in this room for today without trying to go see Axel I will let you stay in his room until you have to go back to school. Do we have a deal?" Roxas frowned at the fact that Dr. Fair seemed to know he was planning on going to Axel's room whether he was allowed to or not. He thought about his options and figured her deal was a good offer. Of course, she did say he had to stay in his room only for today so the moment it turned midnight he could go to Axel's room.

"We have a deal." The blonde smiled agreeing to her contract.

"Good," Dr. Fair smiled, "Now you need to get your rest and anyone," she paused to look over at Kairi and Reno, "who wishes to stay in this room must be quiet. Do I make myself clear?" Kairi, Reno and Sora all nodded not wanting to get her angry. The red haired doctor accepted this as an agreement before leaving Roxas' hospital room.

"How am I supposed to sleep with all of you in here?" Roxas frowned looking at his three visitors.

"She said that you had to rest not sleep," Kairi grinned. "So just lie down and relax."

"We can turn on the TV!" Sora exclaimed happily. Roxas nodded and his twin turned on the television as Spoungbob Squarepants appeared on the screen. No one seemed to disapprove so they all sat there and watched the marathon until Kairi and Reno left to go see their brother. Roxas had listened closely and heard that Axel was in room 44 on the same floor. Sora and Roxas continued to watch the marathon until Sora had to leave around eight because of their parents. Namine and Larxene had tagged along as well and argued they wanted to stay for a least a half an hour. Their parents said that they all needed to go to bed early so they could attend church tomorrow morning. It was funny that Roxas had completely forgotten about church since he started attending his new school, but it didn't bother him. He watched his family leave him in the silent hospital room by himself. Glancing at the clock that read 20:15, he let out a sigh as he continued to watch Spoungbob for another three hours and forty five minutes.

The moment the clock's red numbers changed to read midnight, Roxas slid off the right side of his bed and grabbed his I.V. rack that was on wheels. As silently as possible he cracked open the door so he could make sure the coast was clear. Thankfully the nurse at the desk had her back turned to him and seemed to be listening to her iPod. He opened the door and scanned the area once more before exiting his room. His blue eyes looked at the numbers next to the door reading 38 meaning Axel's room had to be close by. He tip-toed to his right away from the desk the nurse was sitting at continuing to read the numbers next to each door. It was a miracle that he was going in the right direction and Axel's room wasn't close to the nurse's desk. '

The blonde counted as he came to a halt in front of room 44's door. Taking in a deep breath, he gently pushed the door open to see a sleeping Axel on the bed wrapped in a bunch of bandages. The blonde closed the door and walked as quickly as possible over to the red head's bed. He looked Axel over now that he was closer realizing his left arm was in a cast, his right shoulder was bandaged and his forehead also had bandages around it. A tear fell onto the white sheets letting the blonde know he was crying. He closed his eyes wishing this had never happened anad that they were back in their dorm laughing together. Something touched his face wiping away his tears, but he didn't make anything of it. It was probably just his imagination playing tricks on him.

"Why are you crying?" the soft voice of Axel said. Roxas opened his eyes and was now looking into the green eyes he loved. The red head smiled as he continued to wipe the rest of Roxas' tears away with his right hand. The blonde wrapped his hands around Axel's hand happy he was awake.

"I'm sorry." Roxas cried softly feeling new tears run down his cheeks.

"There is nothing to be sorry for." Axel winced as he tried to sit up to give the blonde a hug.

"Don't," Roxas said shaking his head as he placed a gentle hand on the red head's chest to ease him back down. "You're going to hurt yourself even more." Axel let out a frustrated sigh, but lied back down anyways.

"It's not your fault Roxie," Axel smiled trying to keep Roxas from crying more.

"It is though…" Roxas paused lowering his head so his forehead rested gently on his hands wrapped around Axel's. "You got hurt because you protected me. All I have is a few cuts and bruises."

"If I didn't…" Axel started then paused to take in a deep breath, "you would have been killed…" Roxas looked up at and back into Axel's eyes.

"What do you mean?" The blonde asked, "How would you know that?" He just heard a soft chuckle missing some kind of joke.

"I calculated it in my head," the red head admitted causing Roxas to become annoyed.

"Well sorry I'm not some super genius that can calculate the outcome of a car accident in a matter of seconds!" Roxas blurted out in anger that only made Axel laugh. "It's not funny!"

"I'm sorry," Axel chuckled, "You're just so cute when you get angry." Roxas' eyebrows furrowed together in frustration because he knew he couldn't hit Axel without hurting him more.

"You're lucky you're injured or else you would be getting hit right now." Roxas retorted.

"Those words hurt more. They burn, baby, burn." Axel pouted causing Roxas to laugh. By the time they fell asleep, Roxas was curled up next to Axel, both with smiles on their faces. (2)

A/N: 1- Remember they are in Japan so the driver sits on the right side not the left side.

2- Okay, I had to even though it probably would be really hard to do in real life.... XD

I'm sorry if the chapter has mistakes in it I wrote it rather quickly since I have little time. If you catch any errors please point them out and I'll fix them. The next chapter will be for 'Edo-kun's Angel' and for the person that requested the title 'This summer feels like winter' I will probably use that later on when it eventually does get to summer....maybe... if it lasts that long. It might be the epilogue title or something. I have yet to decide. On that note, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Until my next installment. ~Byes.