DISCLAIMER: I don't own KH or KH2 (the best freaking game I've played in a long time k.)

lean on ME
a chapter ficlet by
disposable O V E N

When I first woke up, I expected to find myself lying on my roof, where I had fallen asleep the night before.

If I had fallen asleep there, how was I awake in bed?

No way.

NO WAY.

It wasn't a dream, Yuffie. It wasn't a dream.

I kept trying to tell that to myself, but the situation got more and more doubtful with every thought.

...DAMMIT IT WAS A DREAM.

I do recall that I didn't get that fuzzy feeling in my body when Sora and I kissed, or even came in contact at all with eachother.

I blinked.

So it was a dream.

Of course. As soon as I got home around six PM, I was crying from the argument with Sora. I headed up to bed after about five minutes.

Damnitum infinity!

Of course, I must admit, that had to be the best dream of my life.

-!-

As I headed outside, I noticed something was missing. There was no car in Sora's driveway, no lights were on in the house. No shadows shifting around in any of the rooms. The house was empty.

I walked across the street, stopping in front of his driveway. A neighbor was taking out the Tuesday morning six AM trash next door. Once he was done with said task, he picked up a broom and started sweeping his driveway.

What is the POINT of sweeping a driveway? More leaves and dirt and crime and little kids' footprints are going to filth it up again. Just a thought.

As soon as I turned around and started walking down the sidewalk, the old dude spoke, in his raspy little voice.

"The boy is in the hospital, sweet."

Ew. Did he just call me sweet!

WAIT. WHOA.

HOSPITAL?

I stopped dead in my tracks. An eyebrow raised, I turned toward the old man.

He stopped sweeping.

"You didn't know? The young'n has some sort of disease. His family wouldn't tell me what, though. Rather, I didn't want to ask. Felt it would make me nosy."

The man continued his sweeping.

I gulped.

"Th-thanks."

-!-

Roxas was waiting on the corner of the street, his back to me. I stopped a few steps away from the street sign, looking around curiously. I tapped the blonde on the shoulder.

"Hey, Yuffs." He said with that gentle tone of his. I smiled, then looked around again.

"Uh. Why are you here?"

"Figured that uh. You needed someone to talk to."

"Oh." I said, blankly.

Roxas looked over at me, biting his lip.

"I heard he was in the hospital."

How?

I dismissed the thought.

"Yeah. I guess he has some sort of disease or something."

I nodded.

Suddenly, a thought came to me.

What if it wasn't just a disease?

What if it could kill him?

"What was the disease or whatever? Do you know?"

Roxas looked down. "L-ke-m."

...What?

"Sorr-?"

"Leukemia."

My heart plummeted toward the ground.

I almost threw myself on the nearest bench, Roxas following behind me.

I held my hands out in front of me, staring at their palms. A solitary drop of water dropped onto my left hand, and i didn't think of it. It must have been raining.

It turns out, I was crying.

Second time in two days, Yuffs. Nice job.

Roxas' lips parted, and he gulped, slowly slipping his arm around me. I buried my head in his chest, sobbing my heart out.

My friend didn't say anything, he just rested his chin on top of my head, stroking my hair. I could tell he was crying too, by his rapid and uneven breathing.

It stayed like this for about twenty minutes. All sound had evaporated into thin air, I couldn't even feel the hard bench beneath me.

All that existed was two teenagers, on a cold Tuesday morning, crying their hearts out about something they couldn't fix with even the biggest remedy.

"R-oxas. Thanks for being here."

"A-anytime, Yuffs. Anytime."

Many thoughts whisked throughout my mind.

How long does Sora have to live?

Until he dies.

I'm a failure. I can't fix this. No matter what.

You're not a failure

You're just living life.

Conscience, why are you always so right?

-!-

A/N: The secret is out.

There is what some people would consider Yuxas/Roxuffie/whatev.

I don't know whether to leave it there (as the end of the story altogether), and let people assume 'things', or to continue. tell me your thoughts on this chapter. x3333

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