"Demyx, seeing as you were the one who brought him in, you'll be looking over him for the time being, am I understood?" Demyx looked over uneasily at his boss, Nobody of Xehanort, Xemnas, and he looked just as badass as his name and voice sounded. Demyx not wanting to be erased from existence immediately, said
"Yes sir!" Xemnas chuckled and that sent Demyx into a battle in his head, wondering if he had managed to displease their leader in any way possible. Xemnas noticed this and got Demyx to settle down by saying
"Just call me Xemnas, Demyx, got it?" Demyx, noticeably more calm chuckled nervously and said
"Yes si-Xemnas" The way he said his (attractive) superiors name was as if he was trying it out for the first time, he saw Xemnas smile something genuine, it was confusing to the subordinate but before he could ask about it Xemnas left Arthur to Demyx's care and left to perform other duties.
"W-w-wha? Where am I?" Demyx looked shocked
"I'm Demyx, are you okay?" Demyx nodded, Arthur looked around, noticing the white room and remembering nothing, he nodded.
"Yeah, I think, but everything feels weird, where am I?" The boy asked again Demyx said
"You're in the Castle That Never Was, It's complicated but I'm supposed to be looking after you while you're here". Not too many words were spoken after that, and because he was benched for his babysitting duties, he kinda became a maid for the next few days, not that he minded of course.
Over the next few weeks Demyx bonded with Arthur, and it wasn't out of the guilt for… All of this. He felt a genuine connection to the boy, he even had specific displays of affection he'd taught Arthur, like ruffling his hair, and constantly encouraging him whenever he did a good job at his training, and playfully scolding him when he failed or gave up out of frustration. Arthur reciprocated the gestures with ones of his own. Arthur would high five Demyx whenever he did a good job, playfully shove his hand in Demyx's face whenever Demyx jokingly scolded him, and seemed to really value his company, as did Demyx.
Demyx was ordered to take the boy, now called "Thraxur" to collect more hearts, as they had need for some more, ever since their XIII had left them, this killed the good mood they all had before, and no one spoke anything other than nods. In that pause Thraxur asked "who's the XIII? Can I meet them?" Demyx uncharacteristically glared at him and ordered him to shut up, something that worried Thraxur, as Demyx was nothing but kind to him when he woke up, but as soon as they were in Twilight Town Demyx explained frantically.
"I'm sorry for acting like that… It's just that Roxas was our XIII, he left so suddenly and we've been very sore about that-"
"It doesn't matter! I'm here instead of him, lousy jerk! I'll be so good you guys won't even remember him!" Demyx couldn't help but smile, he looked at Art-Thraxur and nodded
"I know you will".
Thraxur was in Olympus, in the underworld, scouting the area, as Demyx was benched and couldn't do his job, the job relegated to (what everyone said was) his little brother, Thraxur.
He stood around with the Olympus Stone he stole from the Realm Of The Gods, prepared to leave, but Sora managed to catch him just before he did "hey! Who're you, and why do you have the Olympus Stone?". Thraxur turned around and said
"I just need to… Borrow it? I'm sure you can play with your shoe strings until I get back". The way he articulated his voice was with fake sincerity. Sora said
"You can't have that, now give it back!" Thraxur shook his head
"Sorry boy, but that can't be done… Unless you'd like to verse me for it?" Sora summoned his keybade and declared
"Bring it on!".
Thraxur summoned his weapon and the two dueled, Thraxur specialized in offense, so he took every chance to beat down the opponent, but he could never pin him down, him and his friends managed to counter him at every move, Sora and Thraxur locked blades many times, but Sora was just nimble enough to get a hit in afterwards. He had taken on many heartless as per his mission, but this boy outlasted and outsmarted all of them terribly easy. Eventually it was difficult for Thraxur to even stand. Though he tried to save face
"You're not bad, Sora, not terribly bad indeed, fine then, guess you earned it, have fun now". Thraxur tossed the Stone to Sora and summoned a portal, and just before he walked through it, he heard the boy yell
"Hey! How do you know my name?" But he waved him off and said
"Maybe I'll tell you, maybe I won't". And without a second's hesitation he entered the portal and dissolved it behind him. He reappeared in his designated seat, and he was greeted by Xemnas, who was expecting him.
"So, I take it you lost?" He nodded
"I couldn't anticipate his level of skill, I was outnumbered as well". Xemnas nodded and said
"Duly noted, I shall prepare for any future encounters, you are dismissed for the day". Thraxur nodded and left for Demyx's room, where he found the teen tuning his Sitar.
"How goes it Key Boy?" Demyx had been thinking up nicknames for it, and he approved of that one. Thraxur just chuckled and said
"I failed, but I'm still alive, so I suppose it's pretty damn good" Demyx smiled, he loved the happy atmosphere Thraxur provided for him, even after acknowledging he had failed his mission.
"Maybe we'll get him together, we're unstoppable!" Thraxur couldn't help but laugh and say
"I don't need my precious baby boy getting hurt, how about you let the more experienced fighters deal with this?" Demyx cracked a smile at Thraxurs smirk
"Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm the one that trained you in the first place-"
"You're wrong" Thraxur said with a smile and turned his head. This resulted in an argument which ended by Demyx pinning Thraxur to the ground and forcing him to admit to the both of them that Demyx was superior to him in every way possible.
Just admit it and I'll let you go"
"Never!" Thraxur yelled while squirming around under the way larger boy. Demyx got an idea.
"Admit I'm better or else I'll spank you!" Thraxur could feel himself get red in the face as he stuttered out in embarrassment of the image in his head
"Y-y-you wouldn't dare!" Demyx smirked at his embarrassment and wordlessly hauled Thraxur over his shoulder and sat down at the end of the bed in his room. Took the boy and put him over his knees and lifted his hand in the air. He dramatically gasped and said
"Oooone!" But before his hand could connect with the younger boys butt, Thraxur yelled out
"Fine!" Demyx stopped and Thraxur sighed in relief as he believed it to be the end of that, but then he heard Demyx ask
"'Fine' what? My dear friend?" Thraxur glared at his Teen friend, but said
"Y-you're better than me… Jerk" He thought Demyx hadn't heard that but was wrong and received a slap on his bottom for that, making him squeak in surprise and roll off the older, currently giggle filled, male. He felt his face blush at his friend touching that part of his body, it made him feel really small, like a kid, he was okay with that, but everything had its own downsides.
"Gee Thraxur, if I didn't know any better I'd say you liked that". Demyx said in reply to his friends facial expression. Thraxur huffed and crossed his arms and said
"I know you certainly did, creep". Demyx playfully raised his hand like he'd do it again to make a point and Thraxur instinctively jumped and this sent Demyx into another fit of laughter, soon though, both boys were laughing at this point. Soon Demyx hauled the smaller boy back on the bed and picked up his Sitar and asked
"What do you think about my Sitar?" Thraxur giggled and asked
"Your poor excuse of a weapon? I dunno, I never heard you play it, what's it sound like?" Demyx lit up like a lightning bolt and asked
"Wanna hear a song?!" Thraxur, not used to the sound of yelling in his right ear jumped, and Demyx apologized, but Thraxur nodded and said
"Definitely!".
There were no words, no interruptions, it was only the Sitar, but it sounded as good as any song there ever was. Thraxur found himself leaning on Demyx, and Demyx turned slightly so the boy fell onto his chest and suddenly it became Demyx Serenading Thraxur, rather than just playing a song for him. Once the song was over, Thraxur was sound asleep, curled up in Demyx's chest, and Demyx just placed his Sitar on the stand next to the bed, and laid back and let Thraxur naturally curl up to him, as they both fell asleep, unaware Xemnas had heard the whole ordeal.
When Demyx woke up he noticed that there was someone burrowing into his chest, he looked down to see Thraxur as the culprit, he must have seen Demyx move around because he stopped and looked up, with a red face at seeing Demyx smirk
"Seems like you rather enjoyed my musical abilities, might I interest you again sometime?" Thraxur smiled and said
"I'll think about it". Demyx was about to retort when they heard a clearing of the throat and a deep voice say
"Ah, there you are I was worried you'd abandoned us, dear Thraxur, and Demyx, what a pleasant surprise". Thraxur was out of the bed in record timing and standing at attention at the sight of his superior, flustered face, Demyx was already formal with the leader, so he did not do the same. "Thraxur, if you would step out into the hallway?" Thraxur nodded, nervous he'd be yelled at for his actions, and thinking of ways to curse Demyx from the Oblivion he'd surely be sent to. When they were out of the hallway, Xemnas instructed Thraxur to walk with him, and Thraxur obliged immediately, when they were away from Demyx Xemnas spoke.
"I see that over the weeks you've been here, you've forged a relationship with Demyx, am I correct?" Xemnas placed a palm onto Thraxur's shoulder, which quickly sent him into a series of shakes, he wasn't sure if Xemnas was angry, but his calm demeanor seemed to imply it was being repressed, the stoic nature of the man only made him more fearful, or, whatever his emulated concept of emotions were rushing through him.
"M-master Xemnas, I promise it wasn't like that!" Xemnas hushed the younger boy and said
"I'm not displeased or disgusted, just astonished you'd choose an immature boy". Though it was minor, Thraxur felt anger at his only friend being called immature, but quickly deduced it was just factual, rather than derogatory or an insult. Xemnas proceeded onwards "I assumed you'd choose a man instead". Thraxur's breath got caught in his throat as Xemnas placed a delicate hand under the small boy's chin and lifted it up, so now the superior and the subordinate were making eye contact, Thraxur wasn't sure what he felt, but it seemed to be the combination of discomfort and love. Xemnas saw it as well and slowly leaned down and in, pressing his lips against Thraxur's own. The kiss was soft and sweet, and Thraxur was in shock when he felt two pairs of hands pull him closer, and even more shock when he felt himself wrap his arms around Xemnas, when they separated, Thraxur was a stuttering, jumbling mess, not because of the embarrassment, not entirely anyways, but because his brain was overheating, and so was his heart, he didn't know what to think, he just made out with his superior, he had to wonder whether these were repressed feelings Xemnas saw clearly though him. He realized he still had his arms resting on the crouched man's shoulders, he immediately retracted and stuttered out "M-m-master! I am t-truly sorry!" Xemnas dismissed his concerns and said "do not apologize, that experience was… Amicable, you may go back to your previous mission of collecting hearts". Xemnas left before the boy could even respond.