Roxas looked away from Axel, "Nothing, Axel." He lied, with slight annoyance lingering in his tone that Axel was bringing it up again. Axel growled, Roxas was still denying everything.

"Stop fucking lying!" He accidently shouted, causing Roxas to swiftly rush up in front of him, his hand smacking against his mouth tightly.

Roxas glanced at Sora hoping he wouldn't wake up by the sudden shout from his best friend. He saw that Sora merely stirred and mumbled soft little words before going back to snoring lightly.

Breathing out in relief, Roxas glared at Axel while still keeping a hold on his mouth. "Shut up, Axel! Are you trying to wake up Sora?!" He hissed lowly as he got closer to Axel.

"Mmhhorry," Axel muffled out an apology as he was trying, but failing to pry off Roxas' hand from his mouth. Axel did the only thing he could think off, he licked his hand.

Roxas stiffed, tensing as he felt wet saliva flicking on his palm. The blonde's face went pale and quickly backed away, "Gross!" He said disgusted, rubbing his palm on his jeans to get off the excessive saliva and Axel's germs off of him.

"Why did you do that!?" Roxas grimaced as he narrowed his eyes at Axel. Hoping his best friend could understand the situation he was in, Roxas was this close to punching him.

"First off, your hand was on my mouth! I don't know where that has been? Second of all, you didn't answer my question?! What's wrong with Sora?" Axel was being playful at the beginning, but that all changed when he start being serious when repeating the same question. "Don't you trust me? I'm your best friend."

Roxas' eyes downcast, he didn't really know if he could say it without having a breakdown. Just thinking about it made his heart ache. "Axel, believe me you don't want to know."

Axel growled, frustrated that Roxas was still being stubborn. "Why are you being so selfish! Sora is like a little brother to me and I care for him. Don't you think I have the right to know?"

Taking a deep breath Roxas decided that Axel wasn't going to let this go so he decided that its better to tell him. "Sora has six months to live, maybe even less." Roxas spoke hoarsely, his mouth suddenly becoming dry. His eyes remained looking on the floor, he couldn't bare to look at Axel's horrified expression that he knew he was wearing.

Six months to live, six months to live, six months to live. Those words kept echoing in Axel's mind over and over again. He gaped, but that change as he chuckled. "You had me going Roxas. This had to be a fuck up joke right?" Axel questioned, laughing.

Slowly the laughter died down as Axel saw that Roxas wasn't laughing along with him, or even looking at him. His blonde spikes covering his forehead, and eyes that trying so hard to fight the tears, but he couldn't.

"Right?.." Axel desperately asked, waiting anxiously for Roxas to respond.

Roxas looked up meeting Axel's gaze, that's when Axel realized that Roxas was crying. Salty tears falling along his cheeks and his eyes turning red, his hands clenching into fists. He was dead serious.

Axel only seen Roxas cried once and that was because it was his birthday. Sora had gotten him an expensive gift, a ring, that he saved money and worked for months. Roxas was shocked that Sora went to the trouble of getting him something, he always tried to give everything for Sora, but that time it was Sora who gave Roxas what he wanted. The sight truly astonish Axel when the blonde cried tears of joy for the first time.

But, now... it wasn't tears of joy, it was pure sadness.

"...No! No!" Axel shook his head, trying so hard to hold his tears that were threatening to fall. "How and when did it happened?!" He questioned, despair coursing through his tone.

Shakily sighing, Roxas answered, "Sora got sick around two years ago when he was thirteen. At that time I assumed it was a infection but after weeks passed I knew it was something else. Sora got worse, I begged Larxene to take him to the hospital but she refused!" He hissed in anger. "Saying that they were expensive and that Sora would get better sooner or later. Since I was fifthteen at the time I couldn't admit him to the hospital so there was nothing I could do."

Axel closed his eyes, hearing everything from Roxas. Slowly, trying to take everything in.

"Many months passed by and everything went downhill from there. One day, Sora suddenly fainted and was rushed to the hospital, that's when they found the disease that was slowly destroying Sora. Wilson's disease, its a horrible illness that creates extra copper that doesn't leave your body. Too much of it can harm your organs and even be fatal." Roxas explained melancholy.

"I heard of that disease. There's a cure so Sora has to get save, right?" Axel didn't want to think that Sora was going to leave this world, he just couldn't.

"There is a cure, but only if you quickly make it to the hospital in time so the doctors can catch it... But, Sora was too late... " Roxas whispered. "The only thing the doctors did was give him treatment to subdue the illness temporary. Then yesterday the results came in. Sora only has few months to live." He finished, his eyelids suddenly getting heavy as he fought tears.

"There has to be a mistake. Sora can't die. He just can't!..." He exclaimed, swaying his hand across Roxas. Axel was beyond furious, finding out that Sora was going to die, and the fact that Roxas not once told him anything. What kind of best friend was he? To hide this important information for two years.

Roxas cold heartily chuckled as he continued to sob. "There's no mistake. The results were confirmed yesterday! Don't you get it, my brother is dying and I'm going to helplessly watch him die!"

So it was true. Axel merely stood there, frozen, trying to process everything. Something wet fell from Axel's eye as he reached to touch his face. He didn't even realized he started crying as he touched his tears, running down his cheeks. Raw emotion over came him, no longer fighting back the tears that streamed down his face.

"Why him?! Why not me? I wish I was the one to get the disease, not Sora!"Roxas continued, trying to wipe away his tears that kept forming from his eyes.

Axel gasped. "Roxas don't say. You don't really mean it." Why would Roxas even say such a thing? It pained Axel to hear him say that.

"Why!? Sora deserves to live, he's a happy energetic person that brings smiles to everyone. People love Sora and they need him, hell even Riku needs him... But me, I'm not needed. No would miss me." Roxas was crestfallen.

"That's not true! I would..." Axel replied, honestly.

Sadly smiling, Roxas sniffled as he rubbed his arm against his nose. "I know you would. Thanks for being my best friend."

In the inside, Axel's heart cracked when he heard the word best friend. He wanted to be more, wanted Roxas to come to him for comfort and Axel wanted to make him happy. Maybe he could say it right now and admit his true feelings. Axel wanted Roxas to know that he's not alone, that he's there for him.

"Roxas, I-" Roxas interrupted him.

"Axel don't tell anyone about this. Sora begged me not to, especially to Riku. And..." Roxas takes a deep breath. "Can you promise me two things," Roxas asked.

Axel nodded, "Sure anything." Roxas didn't need to ask, he would do anything for him.

"Promise me that you're going to help me bring happiness to Sora, so he can go peacefully and happily when... he passes." Roxas didn't want to say die because it sounded harsh.

"Of course, I'll make sure Sora has the time of his life." He promised.

"And lastly, promise me that no matter what happens... I just want you to know that Sora and I were grateful to have someone like you. So don't be sad when he's gone, instead smile because that's want Sora would have wanted. Promise me that you'll smile near the end and even when everything is over." Roxas just wanted to make Sora happy and be with him, so he knows Axel would happily do his best to help out.

Axel blinked by the request, not quite understanding what Roxas meant when he said 'Sora and I.' He shrugged thinking it was a grammar mistake, and didn't have the heart to correct Roxas, especially since he's being dead serious right now.

"I promise I'll have the biggest and goofiest smile on for Sora." Axel declared, putting his finger in his mouth like a fish hook. Forcing a weird smiled that quirked upwards when he moved his finger.

Roxas smiled, no longer shedding tears as they dried up. He was happy to have Axel as his best friend.

Author's Note... Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! This story is giving me a writer's block... I was tempted to have Axel confess his love for Roxas, but decided against it because that would have been a weak move for Axel, cause Roxas was sad. Besides I have a better idea, and it involves Sora helping him and guess who overhears the conversation. Yeah things get slight dramatic later on!

Let me know what you think! And if any ideas please share or make suggestions! I sometimes take them into considerations!

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