"Yeah, ya' know I love this shit, but what the hell's in it?" Vexen was obviously drinking too much, but everyone else was too drunk to notice.
"But the real question is, what happens to us when we die?"
Xigbar questioned solemnly as he took another drink. He was the type to become depressed when under the influence and he asked things that connected in no way to the current conversations. The others ignored him, but Larxene couldn't help but feel a small after effect from his words. She tried to dismiss what he'd said, but fear consumed her as she realized how high the chances were that one of them could be eliminated. Of course that would never be her. She was stronger than that, and as long as there was Axel, she wouldn't allow herself to leave his side…
" I declare this meeting of the Organization dismissed!" shouted a drunken Xemnas. This stupid drinking party was a pathetic excuse for a meeting. Only Demyx decided to leave the room because he was feeling sick. Larxene sighed and sat down in the corner. She didn't have anything better to do. Where was Axel anyways? She glanced around and then felt lonely and lost. He was probably smart enough to have found a way out of coming. That had to be it.
Around the corner she saw someone coming through the door. She ran toward the figure and saw looked up into the face of a pained Axel. He seemed to turn away, but he smiled for her, even there was an obvious sadness in his eyes.
"What were you doing out? We…I needed you…"
"Looking…"
"For…?"
"Roxas."
She remembered the smallest member of the Organization and felt an unnecessary jealously. He was after all, Axel's best friend. Of course he'd rather be out searching for him than spending time with her.
"Did you find out anything more?" She touched his hand as they walked back to his room.
"No, but I swore I felt his presence, like his aura if that makes any sense.
"Could it be him? His other half?" She asked looking up at him.
"It has to be. But how do I get Roxas back…"
He opened the door to his own room, and Larxene hesitated. Did he want to be alone? The way he looked at her showed so much longing. Whether or not it was for her or the absence of a close friend, she couldn't help but feel her body drawn into his arms.
They stood silently, wrapped up in one another with a looming spell of unease closing in around them.
Axel shifted stroking her hair.
"I don't know what I'd do if I were ever to lose you Larxene."
His eyes were filled with unmistakable sadness. This was so unlike him, but at the same time it was beautiful. There was emotion. There was more than the sheer physical pain of a wound, but the scar it left on the heart.
"Me either Axel. But who knows how long any of us will last…"
The pessimistic words creped out of her lips and she realized she was mirroring the negative attitude of Xigbar. Their future was bright. She could feel it and if she believed it with all her strength, there was no way things could go wrong.
"Stay with me?" Axel said playfully suddenly changing the mood.
Larxene saw he looked a great deal relaxed, and even a little bit frisky. It caused her to laugh and she made her way across the room. Axel's bed was covered with red silk sheets. Wherever he got his taste from was beyond her, but it sure looked comfortable. She tossed her shoes aside along with the rest of her clothes, just leaving on her shirt as he crawled in with her wearing the same thing he had in the morning.
"I'm glad you're not sleeping on the floor. This feels so nice."
Larxene cuddled up against his chest and brushed her lips against his shoulder. She left her eyes half open watching him fall asleep. When she was sure he was finally sleeping she closed her own eyes.
Her breath quickened when she felt his hands wrapped around her back and around her breasts covered only by the thin layer of her black shirt. The sudden stimulation made her toss her head sideways and clenched her teeth. She heard a humored Axel stifling wicked laugh.
"You know just how to get to me, don't you…Ax…el…" She teased him; by letting her hands wander down his back.
He took her hand in his and pulled it up to his face and held it there. Kissing her deeply with the anxiousness and passion, they fell asleep with one another protected in each other's arms.
He didn't know that night was the last time he'd feel so close and safe. Larxene's existence was coming to it's end.
