It took me four hours of staring at the ceiling before I was able to fall asleep, and I only woke up because I had to go to swim practice.

"Demyx, you ok?" My coach, Xemnas, asked.

"Yeah." I lied, trying to focus on where I was and what I was doing.

"Looks like someone took the half fish out of the water." Xigbar folded his arms and I rolled my eyes.

"Give it a rest Xig." I shoved him and he shoved back.

"As if! Don't punish Marly and me for your lack of focus."

"I am focused." I said, as if I were trying to prove it to myself.

"Don't expect us to believe that blatant bullshit."

I turned to see Marly put his long hair back into a messy ponytail.

"Alright you three, save it for the water." Coach Xemnas put his whistle to his lips, blew, and the three of us dove into the water, always starting practice with a race. I got first, followed by Marly, then Xiggy. After an exhausting practice, I showered in the locker room and walked home. That was my life for two weeks, trying to keep myself busy, earning more meaningless trophies and medals that once meant the world to me, but now that I couldn't show Zexion, I didn't care.

The worst part was when I was on my way home after a swim meet one day and as I was carrying my first place trophy up my walkway to my front door, I saw Zexion's mom leaving her house. She stared me down but I have her one of my confident and friendly smiles, hoping to get one back. She just sighed, got into her car, and drove away. I went into my backyard and decided to skinny dip since no one was home. Right when I was down to my boxers, something caught my attention through the corner of my eye. I looked to the side and up to see Zexion in a second story window of his house, waving and smiling. I waved wildly and hugged myself as if I was hugging him; I blew kisses, and then I slowly took off my boxers, loving the way he blushed and held his hands together in anticipation.

I began touching myself and he ran away, which made me think that maybe I was making our separation harder for him. I sighed and was about to dive in the water when I heard a noise in his yard.

"Dem!" He called and I saw the top of his head over the tall fence that divided our yards.

"Zexy!" I ran up to the fence, my chin and everything above towering over the fence, and put my hands over his as he struggled to stay up. I looked over and saw that he was clinging to the fence to reach the top.

"Get something to stand on; I want to kiss you." I said and he let go to allow his feet to touch the ground and ran inside to come back out with a chair.

"I'm coming over." He stood on the chair, swung one leg over the fence, and hopped over as I caught him.

I smashed our bodies together in a tight embrace and attacked his face with my kisses. He cupped my face and kissed me back just as aggressively and desperately. Once our lips made direct contact, we each held each other's face and made out passionately. When we broke the kiss because he needed air, although I could have held it longer, he squeezed my biceps angrily.

"I cant take this anymore. I miss you." I put my hands on the small of his back.

"I miss you too; a lot. But we'll get through this." I didn't feel like my words were right, but I knew that they had to be for me to survive.

"She wants to move."

"Where? When?"

"I have no idea, but I've seen a bunch of adds and flyers for houses in Twilight Town. My dad comes home in about a week; I think that's how long I have left." Zexion said and I nodded with a sigh.

"Then we have to make it last." I said, removing Zexion's shirt before taking off my own. He smiled as he removed his pants and his underwear and I quickly did the same, skipping right to the good stuff as I had him kneel on the concrete, his head by his knees as I squished his ass between my fingers. He mewled softly as I spanked him and massaged him, alternating between gentle and rough before I started licking him forcefully. I let my tongue dive as far inside him as he could and i loved how he pushed his ass higher in the air, closer to my mouth, silently begging for more. I twisted his balls with one of my hands, loving how he squirmed his thighs around and whimpered as I tugged on them. I rubbed a finger all over around his entrance, teasing him as he demanded that I stick it inside, and of course I obeyed with a smile. He exhaled loudly as I poked it around, then I pulled it out to lick him up some more. I spat on his hole, loving the sound it made and the sounds it made Zexion make. He then went on all fours, tugging at his own cock as I did mine, each of us preparing for me to enter him. I squatted over him, practically sitting on his ass even as I was inside it. I started slow and gentle, admiring the petite hums of gratification Zexion made. Then, I sped up, going all the way till my balls slapped against his ass, getting turned on even more by the moans and whimpers he made. I put my hands behind my own ass to guide more quickly inside him and he turned his head to watch.

"Demy, my cock." He pleaded and I took it in my hand, stroking it rhythmically.

"Is this better?" I asked, spanking him a few times and he moaned.

"Yeah, oh fuck yeah. I fucking love you." He said and I smiled.

"I fucking love you too babe." I slammed hard into him and he arched his back, his fingers clawing into the cement.

"Got to come!" he warned as he shot his liquid into my hand. I played with his slit and felt his entire body shiver.

"Almost," I said, speeding up. "My turn. Zexy is sexy!" I yelled as I came into him, his body still shaking, even as I could hear him slightly laughing through his panting. I pulled out and helped him lay on his back as I laid at his side.

"Zexy is sexy?" He asked with a smile as we held each other on the cold tile.

"It's true." I smiled and he chuckled.

"I don't want this moment to end."

"Me either."

"Please don't make me go." He sniffled into my shoulder and immediately I started crying as well.

"I don't want you to go." I hated feeling this way.

"I love you." He squeezed my shoulders so tightly, I could feel his nails digging into my flesh.

"I love you too." I blinked my tears away, trying to be strong for him.

After just a few minutes of our silent crying and holding, he went back to his side over the fence, slowly disappearing from my view.

I was up all night figuring out my options to try to make this work.

I ran out of time. Four days later, I saw his mom and even his dad, who I hadn't seen in a while, moving big boxed out of their house and into a car. I froze right there by my car, unsure what to think or do.

"Hello there." His dad waved after he put a heavy looking box in the trunk of his car.

"Hello." I responded.

"Demyx, right?" I hadn't seen him since high school, and even then we never talked much.

"Yeah."

"Zexion's been worrying us lately." He said when his wife joined our fresh conversation.

"What's wrong?" His parents have never been involved in his life, other than trying to control it from a distance; but if they were concerned, then I should be too.

"He hasn't spoken for four days; he hasn't eaten in nearly three; he even stopped doing his homework."

I was shocked at his mom's words. For Zexion not to talk or eat much isn't too noticeable, but for him to not keep up with his studies….that's bad.

"Do you think he'll snap out of it?" I asked, wishing I could just talk to him.

"We don't know. We don't think so. I'm really worried that this will affect his schooling and his health." His dad said, putting an arm around his wife's shoulder as she nodded.

"Knowing Zexion, he just wants someone to show that they care enough about him to take care of him." I shrugged.

"You really think so?" His dad asked and I nodded.

"Yeah. He's not looking for attention, just recognition."

"How can you be so sure?" his mom asked as if she disagreed.

"It's just how he is. He likes his privacy, but he hates being treated like he's invisible."

"Sounds like you know him better than I do." His dad frowned.

"I grew up with him; everyday, he was my best friend." I said, not wanting to guilt him, but Zexion would always show that he hated the absence of his parents in his life.

"Look, as much as I don't necessarily agree with the idea, I think it would be best if you stayed in his life." His mom admitted and a smile grew on my face.

"Really?"

"Zexion needs supervision and care that we can't provide because of our careers; from what I heard before he muted himself, you were the one that took care of him." His mom said.

I shrugged with a modest smile. "I do what I can to make sure he's happy."

"He said that you cook him his favorite foods when he's hungry; you helped him get better when he got sick; he even said that you once beat up someone who used to bully him." His mom folded her arms and I rubbed the back of my neck nervously.

"The guy was being a jerk and I didn't like how he treated Zexion."

"You really are the one who he needs right now." His dad said and I smiled.

"He's the one I need."

His mom nodded. "We want you to look after him while we're gone in Twilight Town for the month."

"Wait; you mean, you guys aren't moving?" The good news was becoming too much.

"Not permanently. I'm just joining my husband on call for the hospital there while they're understaffed."

"Will you be willing or able to look after him for us?" His dad asked as if he didn't even know me.

"Of course!" I smiled.

His mom, for the first time that I know of, smiled. "We want you to surprise him to see if that breaks his current state."

My smile grew. "I can't wait."

"Good, he's in his room." His dad smiled and I joined them inside and up the stairs, down the hall, and into Zexion's room.

"Zexion?" His mom whispered as I saw the boy I love sit in a corner facing the wall.

"Zexion, you have a visitor." His dad said, but still Zexion didn't move. He sat in a little ball, staring into a corner as if he had been there for days.

His dad nodded at me and I took a step forward. "Zexion?" No sooner had I called his name then he turned, sprang up, and ran to me.

"I guess he really is his medicine." His dad laughed and when I was squeezing Zexion's guts out, I smiled at his mom, who smiled back at me.

"Demy?" Zexion called my name through tears.

"Shh, Demy's going to take care of you, ok?" I feared that I was going to suffocate him, but by the way he squeezed back, I knew he loved it.

Author's Note: OMG so that's then end! Yes, THE END! Ah! Ok, so I'm going to post the sequel to Butterflies NEXT! It is called Fire Works. IF YOU HAVENT READ BUTTERFLIES, please do ^_^ and before that is LMBYPopsicle. That is like, my fav work so far, so I recommend reading it if you are looking for another fic. It's an akuroku Zemyx!

To Casper: I understand your frustration, and I hope the end made you happy enough lol. Sorry I didn't kill her off :P

To 18plusforme: haha yes, of course they have to end up together, or else I probably wouldn't have written it . I NEED to write a chapter a day! I have so much fanfiction, I need to post it all lol!

To boxthissideup: Haha yea, when you put Demyx's mom up against Zexion's, Demyx's mom is much nicer lol. Hahaha I'm actually working on my first tradegy, but knowing me, I'll end up extending it so that way it has a happy ending lol. It's an akuroku, and I cant wait to post it. Funny enough, the title is (will be) Cant Ever Work. I LOVE YOUR CANADIAN STEREOTYPE lol. I seriously feel like I'm Canadian deep down inside. I go for Canada in all the winter Olympic sports haha. And yes, I sang the Canadian national anthem when they won the gold for hockey .

ANNOUNCEMENT: Look out for FIRE WORKS (yes, 2 words lol) which I will start posting tomorrow! It is the story after butterflies, so make sure to catch up and/or review if you have to lol! Cant wait to read you reviews!

Love, Sarabellum