Here's the last chapter (yes, I reposted, the last version was REALLY icky). Thanks so much for supporting this odd pairing and if you want more with them, check out my Words Are Power. There's a good amount of them in the last half or so.

The small apartment was quiet, an expectant feeling settling around the two men who occupied it. Demyx watched Reno, feeling surprisingly calm. He had posed his request, told the other man exactly what he wanted and now all he could do was wait for the Turk's response.

Reno had not looked at him since before the statement was made. His expression remained unchanged but Demyx knew he was seriously thinking something over. What he was uncertain of was whether it was due to the possibilities that had suddenly been laid out before him or something else entirely.

A good five minutes passed before blue eyes flicked toward him. "Why?"

"Because," Demyx replied, hoping the redhead would not push for more detail. He honestly did not know what he would say.

"That isn't a reason, Demyx." Reno's cigarette had burned down to the filter but he did not make any movement to get rid of it.

Worrying his lower lip, Demyx shrugged in what he hoped was a dismissive gesture. "Well, you don't really want to stay here, now do you?"

"It's not a bad place." Reno glanced away again, turning his face to the kitchen. "I've done alright here, yo. I don't got much reason to leave."

"But you have a good reason to leave," blurted out Demyx. He immediately fell quiet after saying it. He did not know why he felt so… mixed up.

He wanted Reno to come with him to Radiant Garden to be with people he knew again. There might have been some tension at first but Demyx truly believed that in the end, Reno would be accepted despite anything he may have done. He was a wonderful and caring person at heart; he deserved to be happy and Demyx did not think he could ever be so hiding here in Twilight Town.

When he thought about it further, though, he realized that there was a secondary reason he wanted Reno to come with. The other man was important to him, more so than he ever imagined. When he had nothing, no direction and not a thing to hold on to, Reno had come into his life and given him something. The idea of losing the redhead now was painful enough to make him want to stay.

No matter what the outcome, he simply did not want to leave Reno's side.

The Turk took a breath and finally pulled away from the wall. He dropped his cigarette butt into an ashtray then headed over to the sofa. He fell back onto it without theatrics, placing his hands behind his head. "Do I, Dem?"

"Yeah, I want you with me." The words had left Demyx before he really considered them. His eyes widened slightly as the implications of everything that simple statement could mean began flitting through his mind.

Reno turned his head just enough to look at the former Nobody. He kept his expression neutral but he was carefully analyzing what Demyx had just said. It was not so much the words as the emotion that had been in his voice as he said them. There had been an almost pleading… longing tone to it.

Reno was uncertain as to how to react to that. He wanted to simply tell himself that Demyx said it only because he had only had Reno for a companion since returning and was now afraid of losing that friendship. Over the past few days, the Turk had also grown quite accustomed to having the blond around. While he was pretty sure that at least for the first day or so after Demyx left with Cloud, it would be rough, he would deal. Turks were not supposed to become attached.

Beneath that, however, an entirely different idea was slowly forming, one he was extremely uncertain about. While he would be the first to admit he was far from an expert when it came to emotions and feelings and all that, he was not completely out-of-touch with himself. He knew when he felt something even if he did not allow those things to surface.

He liked Demyx. He liked the kid a lot more than he wanted to admit. Somewhere along the way, Demyx had gotten beneath his skin and Reno found that he really did not mind at all. In fact, it felt oddly good. He had only connected with one other this strongly and that had been a more… brotherly bond.

What he felt toward Demyx was very different than what he had experienced with Rude.

Reno turned his gaze up toward the ceiling. "Tell me something, Dem. If I come with you to Radiant Garden and you find your friends, what happens?"

Demyx blinked. "What do you mean?"

"Just that. I told you, Cloud and the rest of them don't much care for me. What happens to me if you find your friends and go off with them?"

"I wouldn't do that," Demyx stated quickly. "All I want is to know what happened to the others. Most of them didn't like me much, either, remember? And while Riku likes me okay and Sora will probably forgive me, the others are going to be suspicious of me. You and me, we're in the same boat, Reno! It's been you and me all this time and it's gonna be the same on Radiant Garden no matter what happens!"

The musician's words had gotten increasingly passionate as he spoke. It upset him that Reno thought he would just drop him if he located any of the other members of the Organization. "What about you, Reno? What if you get there and find the people you used to hang with? Would you just leave me for them?"

Reno was silent, continuing to stare at the ceiling. Demyx was afraid of what he would say when he did finally respond. He had hoped that maybe Reno had come to care for him as he had recently begun realizing he did for Reno. It was strange but whenever he thought about Reno, he got this warm feeling and that had only been getting stronger as the time passed.

Blue eyes blinked once and with a light breath, Reno sat up. He slouched against the sofa back, arms lying limply at his sides. It was another moment before he lifted his head to look Demyx straight on. "No, I wouldn't leave you, Demyx."

And Reno meant that. Even if he located Rude, the only one of the Turks that meant something deep and personal to him, he knew that he could not just walk away from Demyx. He had no idea how the green-eyed man had come to mean so much to him but somehow, in the course of less than a week, Demyx had become very important to him.

He was not used to having attachments.

The pair fell into an awkward yet somehow comfortable period of quiet. Both had touched upon how they felt about not only the situation but their feelings toward the other. Though it remained unspoken, each of them now understood that there was a bond between them and neither one wanted to break it. The only real question that remained was what they wanted to happen next.

"Come here," Reno softly prompted.

Demyx headed to the couch slowly, uncertain about what Reno's reason for calling him over was. A hundred different scenarios played through his head, a total mix of positive and negative. He decided as he sat that regardless of what Reno's decision was, the redhead would always be his dear friend. Even if he remained here in Twilight Town, Demyx would be sure to see him as often as possible.

Reno glanced at him. "You sure you want to face all that potential shit on Radiant Garden?"

"Yeah," Demyx nodded. "And if I have to do it alone, then I will, but…" he bit his lip shyly, "I'd rather not if I don't have to."

Reno studied him for a beat before casually reaching over and moving on of the strands of hair that hung in front of Demyx's face. "It kinda sucks being alone, yo."

The blond snorted. "Yeah, it does but you get used to it."

"I don't want to get used to it again."

Demyx narrowed his eyes slightly. Was Reno saying what he thought he was? It seemed too much to hope for.

"So let's not get used to it again." Reno abruptly sat up and reached into his pocket. He had made his decision and now that he had, he wanted to hurry up and move on. He really did hate sitting idle and when he thought about it that was all he had been doing since coming to Twilight Town. It was way past time to do something and if he had Demyx to do that with… all the better.

Demyx eyed Reno curiously as he dialed a number and waited. He had no idea what the Turk was doing or who he was calling. When Reno winked at him, he felt his heart stir and smiled. Both things increased as he heard Reno speak.

"Yo, Cloud. You and your pretty boy need to get back here and pick us up. Me and Dem are tired of this place."