Forgive me so much for the delay. I believe I will have more time to finish this soon. I hope you enjoy this. Next up is the Christmas special!

"Demy…Babe, we got to get going. Xemnas is going to have a fit." Axel's soft voice called to a sleeping Demyx. He groaned, stretching from his uncomfortable position on the floor. They had packed everything in the ship and sold anything else they could. Today they were finally leaving their home, Demyx's "therapy" done with.

"Now?" Demyx whined, half awake.

Axel lightly kissed his husband's lips, "Yes, we have to go now…"

"Mmnnnhhh." Demyx said, sitting up, then cursing his doing so. His back was now sore. He winced and began to rub at his back.

"Are you okay?" Axel asked, moving to be on his knees behind his lover. He began to massage him, hearing him groan and almost go limp in his arms.

"Mmmm…I'm better now." Demyx replied in a voice that matched his reaction to Axel's massage.

Axel smiled and kissed the base of his lover's neck. "I'm glad. Now we got to get goin'."

Demyx whimpered a little, looking down. He gathered the blanket and pillow into his lap. Axel leaned over and tipped his chin up with his index finger, "Look, I don't want to go either, but we have to. When we get Kingdom Hearts, we'll be off the hook and free to do whatever."

Demyx's lips quirked up a bit, trying to show his happiness. Axel smiled back. He wrapped his arms around his Demyx and they went through a portal that led to the ship.

"How soon will they be here?" Xigbar asked, glaring down at his watch.

"Soon enough. They have been gone for a while." Marluxia responded, tightening his hold on Xigbar's arm.

"I still don't know why you dragged me here with you. I haven't even met either of them." Larxene complained, "Why should I stay to greet them?"

"Oh shut up. I told you they're nice."

"Demyx is at least." Xigbar muttered. Marluxia elbowed him in reply.

"I don't get why you two are so grumpy." The scythe wielder complained. Suddenly they saw a gummi ship dock. They walked over to the ship as it's occupants walked out.

"Demyx! Feeling better?" Marluxia let go of Xigbar's arm to run to the blonde as he exited the ship.

"F-Fine." Demyx muttered as he accepted Marluxia's enthusiastic hug. He smiled, "Thanks for getting a welcoming party for us."

Axel rolled his eyes at Marluxia. He knew Demyx and he were good friends, but the flora obsessed man still annoyed him at times. His eyes settled on a sly, deadly looking blonde woman who stood next to Xigbar. "Hey, Marly, whose the girl?"

"Oh, that's Larxene. She's a new addition to our party." Marluxia smiled.

Demyx saw the woman and cringed to hide behind Marluxia, "Is she-?"

"She won't kill you. She's actually pretty sweet…when she feels like it."

"Shove it, flower-boy." Larxene called. She turned, creating a portal. "Glad your back." She said before disappearing.

"…Well, isn't she charming?" Axel said, making a note of not to get in her way.

"Uh, she's having a bad day today." Marluxia nervously laughed. Suddenly his eyes lit up, "Oh Demyx, do I have something to tell you?"

"Hmm?" Demyx said, looking strangely at the pink-haired man, wondering what would make him perk up so much.

"Well, I…" Marluxia leaned next to Demyx's ear to whisper, "He probably doesn't want you two to know, but Xigbar and I are an item now." Marluxia pulled away, his face tinged with a blush, waiting to see Demyx's response.

"Aww, that's sweet, Mar." He replied. He glanced up at his husband. Axel looked down at him and nodded, knowing what he was going to ask. Demyx turned to Marluxia, "Me and Axel have…well, a surprise too, I guess." Demyx's face had already lit up as bright as a fresh tomato.

"Oooh, what is it." Marluxia asked. Xigbar was walking over finally, wondering what the group was whispering about.

Demyx moved his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. He simply lifted his hand to show his wedding band. Axel did the same, not seeing anything wrong with Marluxia knowing.

Marluxia gaped, "You…two…Oh My Gods!! Xiggy! Look what-" Axel blanched as the one-eyed man looked at him due to Marluxia's scream. He disappeared instantly into a portal.

"What was-" Xigbar began.

"Ax?" Demyx looked back at the two, "Uh, thanks. Gotta go." He disappeared too.

"…What was that about?" Xigbar asked Marluxia.

"They got married." Marluxia responded with the tone that any woman would hold knowing that her best friend got married.

"They what?!?!"

Demyx appeared in Axel's room, where he knew he would be. He heard him behind the door of his bathroom muttering something and breathing rapidly and awkwardly, near hyperventilation. He raced to the door and wrenched it open to see his beloved sitting against the wall. His knees were drawn up to his chest and he was rocking back and forth. The Flurry was muttering "No…they can't know…" over and over. Tears were starting to show in his eyes.

"Love." Demyx said as he knelt near his husband and wrapped his arms around him, trying to steady him. He was calmly shushing him and telling him it was going to be okay.

"Demy…they can't-"

"No, don't say it. I'm here now. I won't let them hurt my love." Demyx said. Axel looked up at him, wiping at his eyes. He could see the strength in his face and tone of voice. No wonder Demyx was so strong.

The two heard a knocking on Axel's door. They glanced at each other before Demyx released Axel so he could go to the door.

When eight opened it, he was shocked to see Xigbar standing before him.

"Marluxia told me." he said before Axel could say anything.

Axel was frozen, not knowing what to say nor do.

"And I thought…" Xigbar was staring at his feet with his hands in his coat pockets, "I thought you should know…well…" then he mumbled something that Axel couldn't make out.

"What'd you say?" Axel asked after finally able to form words.

"I said, I'm seeing Marluxia. There. It's happened. You know." Xigbar turned to leave, but Axel grabbed onto his shoulder. He could feel the man tense as he did so.

"I'm…I'm happy for you." Axel said.

Xigbar turned his head to look at the redhead. He didn't respond, but he didn't leave either.

"Marluxia seems like a perfect match for you." He smiled.

Xigbar could feel a smile pull at his lips. He reached up with a gloved hand and held onto Axel's that was still on his shoulder, "I'm sorry, for all we did to you."

Axel nodded, "That's just what I've wanted to hear for years."

"…You know, they're all okay now."

"I bet they would be, now that you're with him." Axel replied with a short laugh.

Xigbar laughed also. He turned to face Axel, letting go of his hand, "So…back to square one with us?" He held his hand out to shake with him.

Axel's smile widened, "Yeah." He shook hands with him.

"You two should stop or I'm going to puke from how sweet this is." Demyx said from the doorway of Axel's bathroom.

"Demyx. You just ruined this perfect moment." Axel laughed, letting go of Xigbar's hand.

"Yeah, and it was going so well too." The one-eyed man snickered.

Axel turned back to Xigbar, "Well, since we're back to square one, you should come on in and we can finally get to know each other, stranger."

"That sounds great." Xigbar replied, entering a room he had only seen the entry of.

They were there for hours. Xigbar was actually a pretty fun guy. Axel was glad that his husband got along with him. It was a clash of personalities, but they seemed to enjoy each other nonetheless. They were all sitting around Axel's room talking.

"So, what made you guys go all the way?" Xigbar asked, swishing around his beer that Axel had broken out of his mini fridge. They were all drinking one.

"Well, how can you pass up being with your soul mate?" Demyx giggled.

Axel blushed despite himself. He coughed before speaking, "We just…realized we couldn't be without each other."

"I don't know how the Sup will feel about this." Xigbar said, taking a swig of his beer.

"What he doesn't know won't hurt him, or us, will it?" Axel responded.

A knock interrupted the group. Demyx got up to answer it. It was Marluxia.

"There's my Xig. Hey-" He said, once he noticed all the men with a beer in hand, "Why didn't anyone invite me?"

"It's unanimous, we all hate you, Marly." Xigbar grinned in a childlike way.

Marluxia faked a shocked and upset face. He pouted, "Well, I'll just leave then, Meanie!"

"No, no, no. C'mere, darling." Xigbar said, holding out his arm as an invitation for Marluxia to come sit on his lap. The pink-haired man smiled and took the offer in a heartbeat. Demyx shut the door after him and took his seat next to his husband.

"Aww, look at you two." Demyx smiled. Axel and he watched as Marluxia cuddled up to Xigbar and placed a kiss on his cheek, causing the rougher looking man to smile at him.

"Why don't we do stuff like that?" Axel joked with Demyx.

"Because we're married now, we're supposed to hate each other and just want sex from the other." He tried to say seriously, failing by laughing.

"Oh you two are just so adorable." Marluxia smiled at them.

"Okay, that's it, I think I'm going to become diabetic if I stay much longer." Xigbar said as he finished his beer and tossed it into a nearby trashcan. He effortlessly grabbed Marluxia and carried him as he stood up. "I'm in the mood to spend some time with this guy. See you two around." And with that, they disappeared into a portal.

"Well, I'm glad that's settled." Axel said with a massive sigh.

"Yeah, now we can flame as much as we want." Demyx laughed.

Axel laughed with him. He stared at his lover, noticing the light blush across his cheeks from the alcohol hitting his system. He was so beautiful. Axel downed the small bit of his beer he had left and then kissed Demyx.

"That was random." Demyx laughed as soon as they parted.

"Want to mess around a bit?" Axel whispered into Demyx's ear.

"If you want to." Demyx said, hiccupping after.

Axel let him finish his beer before kissing him again. He was glad they had chose to sit on his bed. All he had to do was make Demyx fall onto his side with him and he could have as much fun as he wanted. He did this as he continued to kiss the blonde. He let his hands tangle in his husband's messy hair. He was already getting a boner just from hearing his lover moan a bit from this. Gods he loved Demyx.

The blonde giggled as he felt his lover start to kiss his neck, softly and lovingly. His cock was getting hard just by his simple actions. And he's wearing those tight pants too…Gods, you can see his cock already hard…Mmmmm, just to think of what that'd feel like…Demyx mentally mused. His imagination was too good at times. Axel chose the right moment to nip his neck, making him moan and press against him.

"You're really willing tonight." Axel laughed as he pulled away from Demyx's neck.

"You're torturous tonight, love." Demyx moaned, squirming against Axel, letting him feel his hardened dick against his thigh.

"Mmmh. You're so…" Axel whispered as he rubbed his cheek against Demyx's.

Demyx smiled, "I'm so what?"

"…you." Axel said, bringing his hand to Demyx's back, bringing him closer. With his other hand he lightly brushed Demyx's side, letting his hand rest on his hip. He was surprised this action elicited a short moan from the nocturne. "Hmm, receptive aren't we?"

Demyx couldn't help that every little touch from Axel made him think of all the possibilities they had or what Axel could do to him and oh, so many other things.

"What if I did this?" Axel leaned forward; eyes closed, and lightly blew across Demyx's slightly parted lips. Nine shuddered, gasping. "Interesting…and this?" Eight then lightly licked his index finger and placed it against Demyx's. He kissed his finger, then took the tip of it into his mouth, sucking lightly on it. Axel's mouth gaped a bit, his pants were so constricting. He laughed as Demyx continued to suck on his finger. Demyx paused and looked up at him, wondering what he was laughing at.

"Is it just me," He brought his hips to meet his lovers, "or do your pants feel tight too?"

Demyx released Axel's finger, "Unbearable." He replied, his voice cracking at the feel of Axel's straining cock against his swollen groin.

"Well, let me help you and you can help me." Axel whispered. He let his hands lightly graze Demyx's body as he turned to unzip Demyx's pants. Demyx did the same to Axel, both of them were finding it harder and harder to stay quiet. Their moans started soft, but were slowly escalating as their hardened members were freed.

"I thought we were just going to mess around." Demyx said, smiling as he let his hands splay out on either side of Axel's manhood.

"We will…" Axel replied, "Heh, I've always wanted to see what this did to you." He moved his hips so that his cock rubbed against Demyx's. The blonde let out a loud scream of pleasure. Axel laughed, "Why haven't I ever done that?"

And they went on like this for an hour.

Demyx was lying next to Axel. They hadn't had sex, per say, but whatever they had done…was amazing. Axel was taking a quick nap, being exhausted from their antics. Demyx however was still awake, tired, but awake.

He was staring up at the ceiling of the room, remembering when he spent his first night in the castle in this same room, under this same ceiling, wondering what was going on. He looked over at Axel's sleeping face and smiled. Whatever's happened, I'm thankful to have him with me. He thought. A tear fell from his eye at the thought. Look at yourself, you're such a romantic. He thought to himself as he wiped at his eyes.

A light knock came from Axel's door. Demyx quickly grabbed the nearest organization coat he could see and put it on. Sadly, it was Axel's so it bagged about his ankles and the sleeves were too long, but he went to the door anyway, not caring if whoever it was noticed. Demyx opened the door to see that it was Xigbar.

"Hey, kid. I was sent to invite you to come to the rec room. We're welcoming you guys back. Marly told me to say it was a party, but there's only gonna be a few people there. Sup's got everyone out on missions. Things seem to be getting complicated." Xigbar laughed, "But Xemy's also the kind to get worked up for nothing, you know."

"Yeah. Well, thanks for getting some of the guys together. Axel's asleep right now, but I'll wake him up."

"Ooh," Xigbar joked, smiling, "Were you two…?" he winked.

Demyx blushed, but laughed, "N-no, we just…spent some t-time together."

"Ahh, I'll leave you two alone then. Come as soon as you can." Xigbar said with a slight wave and a smile before he disappeared into a portal. Demyx closed the door, Xigbar was a really nice guy once you got to know him.

Demyx padded over to where Axel was asleep. He had started to snore quietly, which made Demyx not want to wake him up.

"Love, time to get up." He said. Axel still didn't move. He reached out and lightly shook his shoulder, "Axel…wake-y wake-y."

"Mmnh. Five more minutes." Axel groaned, turning some.

"But love…I'm wearing nothing but your coat and I'm wanting you bad." Demyx cooed. It was half true. He always wanted Axel but he was still wearing his pants.

Axel's eyes shot open and he turned to face Demyx. Demyx grinned as he slowly began to pull the front zipper down on Axel's coat. "It's so warm…and it's so smooth against my skin." Demyx continued. He thought he saw Axel drool a little at this sight, but stopped and leaned down to give him a peck on the cheek. "Really, love, you have to get up cause they're holding a party for us."

Axel took this moment to wrap his arms around Demyx and knock him over so he was laying on top of him. He kissed him hard, pulling away after a moment and saying, "That has to be the best way I've ever woken up…even if we didn't screw like rabbits after." He laughed tiredly.

"As much as I want to stay here, we should go. Don't want to skip out on a party meant for us." Demyx said, getting up and taking off Axel's coat to give to him.

Once they were dressed and ready, the two walked to the rec room to meet everyone.

"Why do I have the feeling they're gonna yell 'surprise' or something?" Axel said as he let his hand rest on the handle of the door in front of them.

"I don't live in your head, so I don't know." Demyx giggled. "Really though, it isn't quite a surprise if Xigbar came and told us it was being held."

"Yeah, but this is also Marluxia." And with that, he opened the door.

A chorus of 'surprise' came to the ears of eight and nine as they entered. They walked in smiling at everyone there and closing the door behind them. Marluxia was busying himself over the giant cake he had made, taking a moment to slap Xigbar's hand away as he tried to get a bite of the frosting. Xaldin, Zexion, Vexen, and Lexaeus were all there, smiling at them as they entered (well, except Zexion and Lexaeus, but they never smiled).

"I made a cake for you two. I hope this will suffice for a wedding party." Marluxia said as he ran over and hugged the both of them. Neither would tell on Xigbar who they had seen snag a bit of the frosting.

"Is everyone else on a mission?" Demyx whispered to Marluxia as Axel walked over to talk to the others.

"Yeah, Xemnas is doubling up on security. He says that he's going to start stationing us individually on different worlds. I wouldn't take any stock in it though, he always gets worked up over the slightest thing."

"So, it's like a 'boy-who-cried-wolf' sort of thing you think?" Demyx asked.

Marluxia nodded, "Enough about work, it's time for you to show off that beautiful ring of yours! Great job on choosing it, Axel!" Marluxia called to the redhead who turned to nod and smile at him.

"Oh, I didn't show you the inscription!" Demyx smiled, taking off his ring to do so.

The party went on for hours, everyone relaxing and a bottle of wine coming into the mix later on. Axel and Demyx discovered that Lexaeus and Zexion were in the complicated beginnings of a relationship. Vexen had asked Demyx a few follow-up questions to see if the therapy had really worked and they came to the conclusion that Demyx should be okay from there on out. Xaldin informed Axel on the technical information about Kingdom Hearts and Xemnas's theories and thoughts about what had happened and what is to come. Demyx and Axel informed the group of all the things that had occurred during Demyx's therapeutic vacation. All were interested and asked many questions, one of them being quite embarrassing (Xigbar asked how many times they had had sex, this not only caused the two to blush and stammer, Vexen and Xaldin grimaced at each other and complained that they didn't want to know such things). But as the wine bottle emptied, the tensions and inhibitions of the group lowered.

"It's getting late, I should head back to the lab before too long." Vexen said, setting his wine glass down and standing up.

"See you later, doc." Axel said, waving as he took another sip of his wine. By now they had been debating getting another bottle out.

"I think I should leave too. Xemnas's got me leaving early tomorrow for Beast's Castle." Xaldin said, sliding from his chair to leave also.

"Have fun with that, three." Xigbar called from his seat on the sofa. Marluxia had half fallen asleep with his head resting on the one-eyed man's lap who was lazily stroking his hair.

"As much as we loved to stay, we should probably leave too." Lexaeus said, finishing his glass.

"Congratulations." Zexion said as he stood, Demyx thanking him. He created a portal that they left together in.

"And then there were four." Axel chimed, causing Demyx and Marluxia to giggle a little.

"So what do we do now?" Xigbar asked.

"There was a moment of silence as the group pondered their predicament. Then Demyx spoke up, "Let's dance."

Marluxia sat up and smiled widely, "I'm awake now."

"And just what are we going to dance to, blondie?" Xigbar asked.

Demyx nodded toward a corner of the room where a water clone of himself appeared ready with a water-version of his sitar. "Just tell it what genre and it'll play it."

"Really…Hmm, what do you want to dance to, Marly?" Xigbar asked his lover.

"How about a nice, slow waltz?" Marluxia said, and as soon as the words fell from his lips, the clone began to play a soft waltz. And before anyone could do anything to stop him, Demyx stood up regally and strode across the room to stand in front of Marluxia. He bowed gentlemanly and held out his hand. "May I have this dance?"

Marluxia blushed, "Why yes, kind sir." And he took hold of Demyx's hand as he guided him out to a more open area of the room. Demyx held Marluxia in the most perfect waltzing stance anyone there had ever seen. Marluxia was still blushing as he followed Demyx's lead into the dance.

Axel, a little taken aback by this, simply watched along with Xigbar as their partners had decided to dance together. The redhead did glance at Xigbar, though, seeing that he was right in his assumption that neither of them were quite drunk enough to dance with the other. It would just be…awkward.

Their waltz was beautiful. Xigbar couldn't believe he hadn't known his lover could dance so well.

"You've had to of taken lessons." Demyx mentioned as they danced.

The scythe-wielder giggled, "Actually I haven't. I'm learning from you though."

Soon the song ended and the four decided to dance with their partners, enjoying a few romantic slow songs together with them.