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Haha right? There was one time I almost posted four days in a row, but on the forth day my little sisters snatched up the laptop before I could. Those three days of updates were awesome though :)

When I was writing this, all I could think about was the week I spent with my oldest brother in the hospital about two months ago. He got into a motorcycle wreck on April first and it was my mom's birthday. When I was discribing Roxas's hospital room I was actually discribing the one my brother stayed in lol.

Haha I am. I guess a lot of people interpret it that way, but the way I look at it is different I guess. I prefer men, I've only ever liked one female in that way, and she's one of my best friends. She's bi, and we dated for like a day XD. But like I said, I prefer guys, but love is love to me so I have no problem with loving a female.

The jokes will continue in the future. Believe me, someone's gonna bring up homosexuality or something and I'm gonn get called a pandasexual again.

My ten year old sister is homophobic (it's ironic, because she loves the crap out of Ellen Degenres) so when I told my mom my sexuality she was all like "can I tell your sister?! She'll probably stop talking to you after this!" Lol.

Lol male or female, I couldn't pick my clothes for the life of me. I'm too indecisive.

Oh, you're fine sweetheart, I don't mind the spam :)

Roxas looked curiously at his fidgeting mother, but nodded none the less.

"Xigbar, Axel, could you give us a moment?" Roxas's mother asked. Roxas gripped Axel's hand tightly. He wasn't going to let him leave. Whatever she had to say, she could tell to Axel too. Besides, he was just going to tell him immediately after anyways.

"Axel stays." Roxas said. The three of them all looked at Roxas in slight surprise, though Xigbar's soon changed to one of disappointment. Roxas felt kind of bad about it, but Xigbar wasn't his boyfriend anymore. Axel was. And though Xigbar knew about a couple things Axel didn't, that didn't change that Axel was the one he shared important things with now.

His mother looked quite wary of the idea of Axel staying, but she said nothing of it. So with that said, Xigbar got out of his seat and left the hospital room. His mother took the seat Xigbar had been previously sitting in and Axel carefully sat on the edge of the bed by Roxas, seeing as he didn't want to release Axel's hand.

"What did you need to talk about?" Roxas asked. His mother took a deep breath and tightly clasped her hands together.

"I told Dr. Ansem about your father. He's going to call the police an they will go take care of him." She said. Axel smiled widely at Roxas.

"That's great news!" He said, and Roxas couldn't help but smile slightly at his boyfriend.

"That's not... All I need to tell you though sweetie." She paused to take a deep breath then looked up at Roxas and Axel. They were both looking at her with wide curious eyes as they waited for her to continue.

"Roxas, you used to have a brother. His name was Ventus. You were completely identical, the only way we had been able to tell you two apart was by the differences in how you both acted. He wasn't very active, in all the time he'd been alive he maybe cried once. But you were so easily irritable, it was hard to please you sometimes. Your father would say Ventus was a useless child because he did nothing, he wouldn't even play. But you were happiest so long as he was with you. One night, your father had gone out for a drive. I'd been working all day so I hadn't seen either of you boys. But when I got home you were screaming just non stop and I-I couldn't find Ventus. Your father was leaving the moment I walked through the door, so I couldn't ask him about it till he got home. For all I knew he could have come back in the house and taken him along. I guess I just wasn't really thinking." She said. Her voice was cracking by this point and she dropped her face in her hands. Roxas's eyes were as wide as they could possibly get and his grip on Axel's hand had tightened so much that Axel's fingers were turning red.

"What happened?" Roxas asked when his mother didn't continue.

"Your father... He killed Ventus. Then he went and made it look like a car accident. He came home later that night after I'd put you to bed, not a scratch on him. But Ventus was still missing. I asked him where he was, and I don't know why he told me. He could have just lied and told me he got into an accident with Ventus in the car and he died. But he told me he killed him. Said we didn't need such a useless child. I told him he was sick. That I was wanted a divorce and then I went to call the cops. But he stopped me. He said if I called the cops he would kill me and then killed you. I didn't want to lose you too Roxas. You deserved to live your life, just liked Ventus did. I just wish I could have kept Ventus safer." She broke down crying at this point, and Roxas wished he could go over and hug her, but he couldn't in his condition.

"So that's why... You wouldn't call the cops on him all these years? You were protecting me?" Roxas asked as tears welled in his eyes. His mother nodded slightly as she continued to cry.

"I... I never thought you would stand up to your father like that. I'm still kind of unsure of what even happened yesterday. I only heard you yell then when ai came in you had your father on the floor and you were hitting him. Then, next thing I knew was you were on the floor and your father was..." She trailed off, choking up at the memory. Axel placed his free hand on her shoulder and smiled slightly.

"It's okay, Kate. We know." Axel said. She looked up at the red head and gave him a teary smile.

"Thank you, Axel. Roxas, Dr. Ansem told me I should prepare you, because there will be police coming in to talk to you. I'm so sorry things went this far baby. I never thought you'd end up in the hospital, if I'd known I would have done something about this all. But I thank God you're still alive." She said, reaching over and gently placing her hand over Roxas's broken one.

"It's okay mom. I started it." Roxas said, keeping his eyes on the white blanket laid over his lap.

"I know sweetie. I'm actually kind of proud of you." She said, grinning. Roxas looked up at her with wide eyes then slowly started to laugh, making Axel laugh and his mother chuckle.

"Well baby, I need to go talk to Dr. Ansem again then pop down to the car and grab the things I brought you. I'll let Xigbar know he can come back in and I'll be back soon." Kate explained as she stood from her seat. "I love you sweetie."

"Love you too mom."

She left the room after that and moments later, Xigbar walked back into the room.

"Hey tiger, everything alright?" Xigbar asked as he sat down. Axel looked over to Roxas, brows slightly worried and eyes holding a curious gleam.

"Yeah. My dad's gonna get arrested." Roxas said with a small smile.

"Are you staying with him again?" A familiar voice whispered. Roxas couldn't remember exactly when he'd fallen asleep, but he knew it was a little after the nurse had come and given him his medication. So when he woke up it was already dark out and the only lights in his room was the dim light over the sink and the soft glow of the TV.

"Of course I am! I'm not going to leave his side till he's okay." That was Axel. He knew that for sure.

"What about school?" The voice asked. He knew it, he just couldn't place it with how hazed he was from sleep.

"Fuck school! Roxas is more important to me than school work."

"Axel, you've already been held back a year." Wait what? Axel was held back a year? Why hadn't he told him?

"Do you really want to shoot for another?"

"It's not like I'm going to be out for three months. The doctor says Roxas will be in here for a week at the most. Then I'll return to school."

"Axel I don't think-"

"Reno," Roxas felt like a moron now for not guessing that. It seemed so obvious now! "I'm staying with him and that's final. If your really so worried about it then just bring over my work after school or something. But I'm not leaving. Not even mom can make me."

There was a small silence then a soft sigh.

"Fine. But mom's not going to be too happy when she hears about this." Reno said. Roxas could just imagine him running a hand through his hair.

"Whatever. Mom doesn't even know about half the shit we do. She's too fucking busy with work to care about us." Axel scoffed. Another sigh, then;

"I know Ax. But she does it for us. Things have been tough since dad died."

"I don't care anymore, Reno. If this is all your here to talk about then just go home." Axel said, his voice irate.

"Fine. I'll see you later, Ax. Take care of yourself."

"Yeah. You too Reno"

After that Roxas heard the door click shut. Axel then sighed and walked over to the chair he'd been sitting in most of the day.

"You were held back a year?" Roxas asked suddenly. Axel jumped in the chair and looked over to Roxas with wide eyes.

"Fuck Roxy, you scared the shit out of me." Axel said. Roxas frowned slightly.

"Sorry." It was silent for a moment before Axel spoke again.

"Yeah, I was. It was the year my dad died. I was pretty out of it after his death, I couldn't concentrate in school so I ended up failing and having to repeat that year." Axel explained.

"So your sixteen?" Roxas inquired

"I will be on August first."

Roxas nodded slightly in understanding as the room went silent. Roxas couldn't understand why Axel hadn't told him. He'd just automatically assumed Axel was his age. Though, there was probably still quite a bit the two didn't know about each other. This seemed like an important factor though. It didn't really change their relationship, after all Xigbar was two years older than him, but it would've been nice to know.

"You know, you're still wearing those fucking wristbands." Axel said with a light chuckle. Roxas glanced at his wrists then flicked his eyes back to the TV.

"Yeah. They're really important to me." Roxas said, faking a small smile. In the back of his brain a little voice was screaming at him to just tell Axel about the cutting and that he would help him. But that voice was more or less ignored as the rest of his brain said he didn't need to because his reason for cutting was gone and he wouldn't do that stuff anymore.

"Your mom says you freaked out when the doctors tried to take them off. You were thrashing around so much, they just had to leave you alone." Axel said, moving so he was slouching in his chair like he had been earlier that day. Roxas could have sworn his heart stopped in his chest. Did Axel know? Or did he at least suspect that Roxas was hiding something? If he did Roxas was screwed. There was no lying to him about it after that. "Are they really that important?"

"Yeah, I guess they are." Roxas said nervously.

Roxas laid in bed two days later, half aware of what he was watching and what was going on. The cops had come by the day before and got Roxas's testimony about what had happened with his father and had been going on over the years. They also spoke to Axel a bit about what he knew of the situation. All lights in the room were off and the shades were closed, making the room pretty dark, but not so dark that you couldn't see. Axel had left about ten minutes ago to go get something to eat out of the cafeteria. He kept complaining that the food they gave to the patients sucked. Roxas agreed, but with the pain medications and all that's been going on lately, Roxas had found he wasn't very hungry. Axel said was still going to get him something to eat anyways. It didn't matter too much he supposed. If he got hungry later then he could eat it.

So, when Roxas heard the door open, he expected Axel to come walking through it. Not his bouncy, happy-go-lucky cousin and his two best friends.

Sora was immediately by Roxas's bed side with wide worried eyes while Kairi stood at the end of his bed with a smile and Riku stood by the wall, leaning against it and looking as though he really didn't want to be there. Roxas couldn't really blame him. He didn't want to be there either. He hated hospitals. Anything medical just freaked him out.

"Oh my God, Roxas! You look like you got hit by a truck! Are you feeling okay? Is anyone taking care of you? Like your mom or something?" Sora said quickly as he looked over the blonde. Roxas was giving him an utterly baffled look, but just as he was about to say something to Sora, Riku but in.

"Sora, calm down and take a step back. You're crowding him." Riku said. Sora looked at Riku questioningly for a moment before it seemed to click and he stepped back, smiling sheepishly.

"Sorry Rox. Are you feeling alright?"

"It's okay. I'm doing as well as I can be." Roxas said, smiling slightly at the brunette.

"So, who's been taking care of you?" Kairi asked curiously as she sat in the chair behind Sora.

"Axel's been taking care of me."

"Oh that's so sweet of him." Kairi said, sighing dreamily.

"That explains why he hasn't been in school." Riku said quietly, but loud enough for them to hear.

"Axel hasn't been in school?" Sora asked, confusion clear on his face as he looked at Riku.

"Wow, you're as sharp as a tack there, Sora." Riku said sarcastically with a roll of the eyes. Sora pouted and crossed his arms over his chest as he plopped down into Axel's chair. Yes, Roxas had decided to dub that Axel's chair since he was always sitting there. He only got up for Roxas's mother when the other chair was taken. When that was the case though, he'd just sit on the bed beside Roxas.

"Shut up, Riku! I just don't pay attention to that kind of stuff." Sora said.

"Can you say ADHD?" Kairi teased with a small giggle. Riku smiled at that and Roxas let out a small chuckle.

"Aw come on, you too, Kairi!" Sora whinnied.

"What did Kairi do?" Axel asked as he entered the room. Roxas's head snapped over at the sound of his voice and a smile spread across his face. He held three containers in one hand and a rather large drink in the other.

"Hey Ax. What did ya get me?" Roxas asked. Axel looked at Roxas then the containers, then back to Roxas.

"A burger and fries. And I got you a surprise for dessert." Axel grinned then started to place everything on the small table they pushed into the corner whenever Roxas was done eating.

"So, what did Kairi do again?" Axel asked once more.

"She was just teasing Sora about being ADHD." Riku explained.

"Oh. Demyx has ADHD. He's pretty laid back about it though. He even makes fun of himself sometimes for it." Axel smiled and sat on Roxas's bed. "So, how you feeling babe?"

"Like I'm high." Roxas said with a giggle. Axel chuckled and kissed him on the forehead.

"Are you hungry yet?" Axel asked. Roxas bit his lip as he thought it over for a moment then slowly shook his head.

"I'm good for now." Axel nodded in understanding then turned back to Sora and Kairi.

"So, what are you guys doing here?" Axel asked. Sora scoffed at the question.

"He's my cousin Axel! Don't I have a right to visit him?" Sora said exasperatedly.

"Yes. But the nurses aren't supposed to let anyone in without asking Roxas." Axel said, staring deadpanned at Sora. The brunette's face dropped at this and he let out a quiet "oh" as he went back to pouting in Axel's chair. Roxas chuckled and smiled at Sora.

"It's okay. You didn't know, So." He said. Sora looked up in surprise and laughed.

"Thanks Rox. I think those meds are getting to you though." He grinned. Roxas looked curiously at him.

"What do you mean?"

"You're way more smiley than normal. I don't think I've ever seen you this cheerful."

Was he really? He hadn't even noticed. Though he doubted the medication had too much to do it. He figured, it was probably more about his father's arrest.

"I don't think I've ever seen you this pouty. You're like a kicked puppy." Roxas said with a small chuckle.

"Oh my god..." Kairi started with wide eyes. "Sora and Roxas have switched places!"

Everyone turned to look at her in confusion. It was silent for a small time, then Riku suddenly snorted and placed his hand over his mouth as he quietly laughed.

"What do you mean Kairi?" Sora asked, still confused about what she was saying.

"Well, you're normally the cheerful one Sora, and Roxas is the pouty one." Kairi said, though, she was interrupted by Roxas before she could continue.

"I'm not pouty!" He said incredulously.

"Roxy is just an aggressive person." Axel said, smiling at the blonde, who smiled back in thanks then grinned triumphantly at Kairi.

"I wouldn't call him Roxy, Axel. He hits." Sora said, suddenly not caring about Kairi's explanation anymore. Axel raised a brow to the brunette.

"Roxy's only hit me... Maybe twice? And that was just playful." Axel said.

"What?! Roxas always hit me whenever I called him Roxy! That's not fair, I'm calling you Roxy now!" Sora complained. Roxas sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose in hopes of preventing the headache he seemed to get when he spent too much time around Sora.

"Sora, get over here so I can slap you." Roxas said irritably.

Things continued on like this for a good hour and a half before a nurse came in and kicked the three visitors out for being too loud. Roxas didn't mind too much, and Sora promised to come back and visit the next day. Axel and Roxas's food was pretty much cold by the time they finally did get around to eating it, but they didn't mind it so much. Luckily though, the ice cream Axel had gotten for Roxas as a surprise hadn't melted yet, the ice in the container keeping it cold. Now, Roxas was laying in his bed, the back tilted up so he was in a sitting position. Axel had pulled his chair up some so that he could sit right next to the blonde and hold his injured hand. It was dark out by now, and the room was illuminated in the sickly florescent above the sink. They were watching Law and Order, though Roxas figured Axel was the only one really paying attention to it.

"Oh good, you're still awake." A familiar voice said from the entrance. Roxas and Axel both looked over curiously to see Reno standing there with a grin and Demyx standing behind him smiling happily.

"Yo kiddo." Reno said with a small salute. Roxas glanced over to Axel. He didn't seem very excited about the company as he slid farther down into his chair and glared slightly at the TV. All Roxas could figure was Axel was probably still upset about what happened the other night when he'd come for a visit.

"Hi Roxas! How you feeling?" Demyx said as he stepped out from behind Reno to go to Roxas's bed side.

"Hi Reno, Demyx. I'm doing pretty okay. What about you?" Roxas said with a small smile. Demyx sighed dramatically and plopped down in, what Roxas was now dubbing, the guest seat.

"Terrible! Larxene won't leave me alone!" Demyx complained. "I'm glad to see you're doing alright though. So what happened? The teachers just told us you had an accident and that you'd be out of school for a while."

Roxas looked down at Axel's hand that gently grasped his. He trusted Reno and Demyx with the information, it was just kind of difficult to say. Most kids didn't have to tell their best friends that their father beat the shit out of them.

"My dad actually happened." Roxas said quietly. When Roxas looked up at Demyx, he could swear his eyes were going to pop out of his head with how wide they were. Axel gave his hand a gentle, encouraging squeeze, and with a deep breath, Roxas continued. He told them what had happened two days before and what had been going on over the years.

"He'd never taken it this far though. I don't think my mom ever expected him to." Roxas said. He couldn't meet anyone but Axel's gaze at this point, who just smiled and had a loving gleam in his eyes.

"God, why didn't you ever do anything about it?" Demyx asked. He'd been wide eyed and jaw dropped through Roxas's story and Reno had stood against the wall with his brows furrowed and a frown placed firmly on his lips.

"My mom told me not to. I love my mom, so I'm not going to do something against her wishes." Roxas said. Axel decided this would be a good point to change the conversation, not wanting Roxas to have to talk about it anymore. And Roxas was more than thankful for this.

"So Dem, what's Larxene been doing?" Axel asked, looking curiously at the blonde.

"She just won't leave me alone! Every time I turn around it's like she's there. I've been hanging out with Luxord as much as possible though, and, for some reason, she stays away from him. But we really only get to hang out at lunch. But I did meet someone new! She kind of reminds me of Roxas sometimes with how she acts, but she's not as easily irritated." Demyx said, slowly starting to smile as he continued to speak.

"Really? What's her name?" Roxas asked curiously.

"Xion if I remember correctly. She has really short black hair and blue eyes like yours and she might just be a couple inches shorter than you." Roxas's head dropped at that. He knew he was short, this was made clear every time he stood next to Axel. The red head was pretty close to six feet tall, where as Roxas was only like 5'3". Roxas never really got too upset about his height, it was just kind of depressing at times. His mother had a hunch he wasn't going to grow much more though, and that just made it worse.

"She's really cool though, and she's our age, but she'll stand up to Larxene." Demyx said with a smile.

"Well, it's good to hear your not totally alone." Roxas said with a small smile.

After this, the rest of the week seemed to pass by in a slow mind numbing manner, even when people came to visit. So when Roxas was finally told he would be going home, Axel and himself were more than ecstatic. Axel knew that he would still be barely leaving Roxas's side, but at least they'd have more to do than just sit around and watch TV. They couldn't count how many times they sat there, unable to find something to watch on the TV, and just watched something completely stupid, like the shopping channel.

"I'm so excited that you're coming home sweetie! And Axel, you wanted to spend the night for a while right?" Kate asked as they sat in the car, heading for Roxas's house. Since Roxas's father had been taken off to jail, Roxas and Axel had both noticed that there was a lot more life in the woman. Not only in her personality, but in her appearance as well. Her hair had more color to it, still not like Roxas's, but it was better than before. She had color in her cheeks again, and her eyes sparkled with a light Roxas had never seen in them before. Her hair was actually done in a proper style, rather than the messy pony tail Roxas was used to, and she was actually wearing a dress. Roxas hadn't seen his mother wear a dress since he was a child. It was a beautiful yellow, sleeveless dress with a low cut and it hung just above her knees. She actually put on make up today, not a lot, just white eye shadow and black liner on her water line.

"If it's alright with you, Kate." Axel said with a soft smile.

"Of course it is sweetheart! You're always welcome. And you don't have to call me Kate. You can call me mom if you want." She said, smiling happily. Axel chuckled at the woman's enthusiasm and nodded.

"Alright, thank you."

"Mom, you look beautiful today." Roxas said with a bright smile. She glanced down at her outfit with a light blush then smiled a bit sheepishly at Roxas.

"Oh thank you sweetie. I kind of just wanted to look nice for you today, since you were coming home and all." She said. Roxas just smiled and tried to enjoy the rest of the car ride. It was kind of hard since he could feel every little bump they hit and it caused his whole body to ache.

"We're almost home babe, don't worry." Axel said, smiling reassuringly and squeezing his free hand.

Roxas didn't know what he'd do without Axel. He'd been fantastic over the week Roxas had spent in the hospital. He helped him with practically everything, even trying to help him learn how to use his left hand for everything. So far, he only had eating down. That one wasn't really difficult though. Writing was going to be a far more difficult task. There were times when Roxas would ask him why he was doing it all and Axel would just call him stubborn and brush it off.

As they pulled into the driveway of their home, his mother tried to park as carefully as possible, but that didn't change the small dip on the right side of the drive or how much the bump killed his ribs when they hit. His face scrunched up in pain and he tightly gripped Axel's hand in his.

"You okay?" Axel asked, looking worriedly at Roxas. Roxas slowly nodded, even though it wasn't very convincing since his face was still contorted in pain.

"I'm so sorry sweetie." His mother said, turning in her seat to look at Roxas.

"It's okay mom. I'm fine." Roxas said, waving her off and opening the car door.

"Honey, wait a sec!" His mother said quickly. Roxas stopped and looked curiously at his mother.

"Yeah?"

"I just wanted to let you know, Sora decided that since you had to spend your birthday in the hospital he was going to throw you a surprise party. I didn't really think a surprise party would be a great idea, but he insisted, and you know how Sora is. So, he's inside right now with your friends." Kate explained. Roxas sighed.

Leave it to Sora to plan a surprise party. Especially for someone who doesn't even like parties for that matter.

Roxas slowly climbed out of the car, Axel right behind him. Axel helped him make his way over to the house and up the stairs. Since it took so long for him to make his way up, his mother was already right there, ready to unlock the door. When they finally made it into the house, Roxas immediately headed for the stairs, dragging Axel with him.

"I'm going up to my room." Roxas called back to his mother. Axel covered his mouth with his hand as he tried to stifle a laugh.

"Roxas!" She hissed quietly, looking sternly at her son. Roxas sighed and his shoulders slumped. Ever so slowly, he trudged his way into the living room, only to have his ear drums nearly burst as several people jumped up from their hiding spots and yelled out "surprise". Roxas stared at everyone with the most deadpan look they'd ever seen, then slowly turned his head to look at his mother.

"Can I go to my room now?" He practically whinnied. The look she gave him told him the answer to that question. He sighed and looked back to the party. Everyone seemed to have deflated at this point.

"You told him?!" Sora asked, looking like a kicked puppy.

"She didn't. I'm just not easily surprised, so shut the fuck up, Sora." Roxas said, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Roxas!" Kate scolded.

"Sorry. Please shut the fuck up, Sora." Roxas corrected. He knew he was pissing off his mother, but he'd later feel guilty for not being able to give a damn at the moment.

"Roxas!" She said again, looking more irritated. God help him, for there was a great chance he might bash his skull into the wall and end up back in the hospital.

"Okay, I'm sorry." Roxas conceded, not wanting to further irritate his mother and feel like a tit for it later. "Can I go to my room now?"

"No. You're going to stay down here for a bit and humor your cousin, because he was sweet enough to put this whole thing together for you. Now go sit." His mother said. Roxas sighed, once again, and slowly made his way over to the couch, cringing as he slowly sat down.

The party passed by agonizingly slow. There wasn't a whole lot of people there, it was Sora, Riku and Kairi, then Vanitas was there, along with Reno, Demyx, Luxord and the girl Demyx had told Roxas about when he came for a visit, Xion. Then, his aunt and uncle were there, mostly to take care of Vanitas. Though they did a terrible job of it, seeing as the only one the boy listened to was Roxas. He'd eventually been introduced to Xion, and they hit it off great, and he'd also spoken to Luxord some more, finally understanding through the conversation as to why Axel had lost all his money to the man every time they hung out for too long. Roxas couldn't understand why Riku and Kairi had come to the party, seeing as they mostly just stood across the room talking to each other. It was quite obvious that the only people they really knew were Sora and Roxas. Sora was busy socializing with everyone else though, and as for Roxas, most of his time was being spent with Axel. After sometime, Sora finally decided it was time for presents and cake. They sadly didn't make it to cake though as Roxas's pain medication was wearing off and he nearly fell over in absolute pain. His mother had gone about kicking everyone out while Axel hurried to get Roxas's medication for him. After the meds had kicked in about a half hour later, Axel had lead the blonde upstairs to have him lay down. That was what brought us around to now, two hours after the blonde had laid down.

Axel sauntered into Roxas's room, clad in just his black pajama bottoms, one hand was placed on his hip and the other was buried in the back of his hair as he looked confusedly around the room. Roxas slowly raised a brow to this. What the hell was he doing?

"You okay, Ax?" Roxas asked after a moment of watching the older boy.

"Yeah, I just can't find my lotion." Axel muttered as he walked over to his bag and started to rummage through it. Roxas furrowed his brows in confusion and struggled for a moment to sit up.

"Why do you need lotion?" Roxas asked, making a face at the pain in his chest.

"Uh... No reason, just for the usual purposes a person uses lotion." Axel said. It didn't really sound like he was nervous. More like he was irritated.

"So you put lotion on your hands?" That didn't really sound right. Axel's hands weren't very soft. Not that he was complaining, but still, his hands wouldn't be that rough if he used lotion.

"Yes. No. I don't know right now, Roxas. Have you seen a round blue bottle. It says 'Stiltskin's Moogle Cream' on it and it has a picture of a Moogle." Axel said. Roxas scratched the back of his head in thought then slowly shook his head.

"No. I think Sora left some of his here once, but it smells like paopu fruit." Axel's nose scrunched and he shook his head.

"Thanks, but no thanks. I'd rather not smell like fruit." Axel said, sighing as he stood up and ran a hand through his hair.

"I can't blame you." Roxas said with a light chuckle.

"I'll just go ask your mom if she has any." And with that, Axel left the room, leaving behind a confused Roxas.

Why did Axel need lotion so bad? Couldn't he go without for like a night or two?

Moments later, Axel walked back into the room, seeming a bit calmer now.

"Did she have any?" Roxas asked.

"Yeah. I'm gonna have to go buy more tomorrow though." Axel said as he went about putting his things back in his bag. "Anyways, did you have fun at your party?"

Roxas groaned and slapped his free hand to his face. "God no. That was terrible." Axel chuckled and slowly made his way over to the bed.

"I'm sorry. If I'd known I would've stopped Sora." Axel said, sitting on the edge and stroking a hand through his blonde locks.

"Don't apologize, it's not your fault. It just fucking hurt, you know?" Roxas said.

"Why didn't you say something then?" Axel asked, his voice incredulous. Roxas shrugged slightly and slowly laid back down.

"Cause I could handle it then. It wasn't till my meds wore off that it got really bad." Axel sighed and shook his head.

"Your stubbornness is going to be the death of you kid."

"Sorry."

They were silent for a bit after that, Axel continuing to run his fingers through Roxas's hair (making it stick up more than usual) and Roxas fiddling with the brace on his hand and wrist. He knew he should probably leave it alone, especially since he had a bad habit of opening and closing the straps, but he really couldn't help it at this point. It was kind of like a nervous habit.

"I'm sorry I couldn't give you your present yet." Axel said suddenly, breaking the silence. Roxas immediately burst into loud laughter, but quickly regretted it as pain shot through his chest.

"Shit!" He hissed, taking a few deep breaths as he tried to will away the pain.

"Are you alright?" Axel asked worriedly. Roxas slowly nodded.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. Laughing just hurts." Roxas paused for a moment, allowing the pain to pass before speaking again. "I don't need you to give me a present, Axel. All I need is you."

Axel snorted at this.

"That's so cheesy, Roxy." He said amusedly. Roxas chuckled and nodded slightly.

"Yeah, I guess it is. But it's true. I mean, after all you've done this week, I really don't need a gift. This," Roxas grabbed Axel's hand and smiled. "is enough."

Axel smiled and moved to kiss Roxas on the forehead. "I love you, Roxas. But your still getting a present."

"Screw you man." Roxas said with a light chuckle.

"I wouldn't mind screwing you." Axel grinned cheekily. "But I don't want to hurt you even more."

Roxas chuckled and shook his head. "Shut up and get in bed."

Axel laughed and got up, turning off the light then slowly making his way back over to the bed, climbing in with the blonde. Roxas cringed as he adjusted himself in the bed as the doctor had told him to. Laying on his side with the fractured ribs and his wrist sitting atop Axel's chest so it would stay elevated.

As he slowly started to relax into the warm body of his red haired boyfriend everything started to sink in. He'd been attacked... By his own father. So violently that he ended up in the hospital. He was broken right now, and in so much pain that he couldn't even go to school. He had a concussion, a broken wrist, two fractured ribs and bruising inside and out of his body. If it weren't for his mother, it might have been worse.

Roxas's eyes were starting to burn with fresh tears and a lump formed in his throat. He tried to hold it back, will away the tears, but it didn't work. With a quiet, choked sob Roxas broke down into tears, startling Axel.

"Roxas, what's the matter?" Axel asked worriedly.

"It's too much." Roxas sobbed, digging his nails into Axel's arm and burying his face in Axel's chest. As the words slowly sunk in Axel wrapped his arms around Roxas, stroking his back and shushing him in hopes of calming him down.

"It's okay baby, it's okay. Everything will be fine. I'm here, I'm not gonna leave. Calm down baby, it's alright." Axel said. Roxas was calming down some by that point, but only enough to talk.

"I'm sorry." He choked out, wiping at his eyes. Axel chuckled lightly.

"What are you sorry for?"

"For just suddenly breaking down on you." Axel laughed a bit more and kissed the blonde's head.

"Don't apologize for that. After everything you've been through, it's perfectly natural for you to cry, Roxas. Hell, I'm surprised you held out this long." Axel said, smiling slightly at Roxas, even though he couldn't see him. The two were silent for a while longer, Roxas trying to calm down as Axel continued to rub his back.

"Axel?" Roxas started, breaking the silence.

"Yeah Rox?"

"Thank you... For everything, Axel." Roxas said, moving up so he could kiss his boyfriend. "I love you."

Axel smiled and kissed the blonde again. "I love you too Roxas."

Roxas curled into the red head, relaxing once more into the warmth. His position was still painful, but it didn't stop him from falling asleep quickly to the soft beating of Axel's heart. Axel, though he was tired, wasn't as lucky as Roxas as he stayed up a while longer, his thoughts consumed by the blonde. It scared him. Seeing Roxas just break down like that. Over the time he'd known Roxas he couldn't exactly recall the boy crying. He'd been so strong, no matter what he went through, he didn't break. Zack had been the same. Though Axel had never seen him cry. He probably would've had a break down as well if he saw Zack cry. After all, if someone like Zack could break like that, what hope would he have?

There, there is your long chapter! See? I made up for it lol. I just wanna say real quick, I'm not picking on people with ADHD. That comment was seriously something my friends and I would say. We just tease each other like that, it's how we get along. I really hope you all enjoyed this chapter. It took kind of long in my opinion :( but I don't know. I'm so used to posting a new chapter within a couple days that when it takes longer it just feels like forever! But anyways, much love to you all! Goodnight, good morning, good afternoon and good evening! See you all next time!