A/N: So it has finally come down to the last chapter! I'm sorry if this was kind of sudden because I never said anything in the previous chapters. But yeah this is coming down to an end, and I thank you for all your support!

My heart skipped when I pushed in the key and found the lock already unbolted. The only person that could possibly have a key is Roxas. Hastily I pushed open the door and went inside, eager to see him. The house was almost completely silent, except for a faint noise. It was upstairs, so I went up.

"Roxas…?" I pushed the door open lightly.

"Y-Yeah?" His back was facing me, and I saw the luggage in front of him. He's not planning to leave, is he?

"Roxas, I didn't mean to…"

"It's okay, Axel." His voice was soft and quivering.

"No, Roxas, really. Don't pack up and leave…" I stepped out.

"No, don't come near me." He glanced sideways over his shoulder and quickly turned back again. My god… His eyes were so red…

"Roxas, I…"

"It doesn't matter anymore." He said, refusing to look at me. "Will you please, just let me go, quietly?"

"No, I was going there, I really was, and then I-" I held his shoulder to turn him around. My heart ached at his tear-stained face.

"I don't want to hear any more." He fought away my grip. "It's… It's over. It's too late." No… "I called the lawyer about it, and he said he'd cancel our engagement." Something burned in the back of my throat.

"Roxas, I'm sorry…"

"No, no. It doesn't matter anymore." He repeated and closed the suitcase. I swallowed hard.

"Really? I don't… get another chance?"

"I tried to give you one, Axel." He wiped at his eyes with the back of his hands profusely. God. "I tried. But you didn't take it."

There was nothing left in me to say. I have thoroughly broken his heart, and I don't know what I could do to fix that. I wanted to reach out to him, but it only brought him more pain. I couldn't bring myself to hurt him anymore.

He took the luggage from the bed and placed it on its wheel. I stood there stranded, wishing somehow that this was all just a dream, just a nightmare. But he sniffed and dug into his pocket, taking his key out.

"This is yours." His voice was coarse, and I barely remembered taking the thing into my palm. "Take care, goodbye."

My throat didn't even work properly as I watched him walking out the door, lonely and detached from me.

-- Two years later --

"Yes, yes, Sora. It's right." I rolled my eyes with a grin on my face, my new cell phone pressed to my face and the cake in my other hand. "I checked it myself, okay? R-I-K-U, right? It looked fabulous and eatable, okay?"

I heard him whine on the other side and laughed. You see, Riku finally paid off all the debts so Sora wanted to hold a surprise party for it. And well, I, the twin brother, was given the honor to get the cake. And Sora was all worrying about how the cake lady might mess up on spelling Riku's name, ha. I glanced at my watch and realized it was about time I start driving to their house or else Riku would be back. "Hey, look, I gotta drive, okay? I'll be there in about twenty minutes."

"Okay, hurry! He's back by five!" He exclaimed before allowing me to hang up. I shoved my cell phone in and dug out my car keys.

"Roxas!"

I whipped my head around to the voice calling my name. A familiar redhead came running from the door of the mall.

"Hey!" A grin stretched across my face, and he smiled back.

"Hi." He said breathily for he ran. "It's uh… long time no see."

"Yeah." I blinked, "How've you been?"

"Oh, great." Axel shrugged. "I got a new job, yeah. Well, that's a while ago… Haven't seen you so… But hey, you look great!"

"Thank you." I smiled politely back, "It's nice to see you, too."

"Yeah…" He nodded and we both stood silent. He eyed the box in my hand. "So what's up? Is it someone's birthday?"

"Oh, no." I brought the cake up to my chest and chuckled. "It's for Riku; Sora wanted to throw a party."

"Hm." He grinned.

"Yeah…" I smiled back again, "Oh, you can come, if you don't mind…"

"Ah, nah. I gotta go somewhere after this." He said, and then as if catching a hint from my face or something, he changed his tone, "But uh… we should go out some time. You know, to catch up."

"Yeah. We should." I nodded understandingly. It was getting more awkward by the moment. "So uh… I need to go now…"

"Oh, of course." He nodded one last time and I smiled honestly before turning back to my car, him leaving.

As I placed the cake onto the shotgun seat and turned the ignition, I paused at the ring on my finger… Well… It was a beautiful engagement ring. Ah, I should really go now.

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