Disclaim: I don't own KHII. Trust me.

A/N: The fifth ghost of the Thirteen, The Torn Prince, Lexaeus. Now, I wasn't really able to get a good view of his personality in Chain of Memories, but from what I've studied I think it's safe to assume he's...quiet. And in this implied oneshot dedicated to him...he still is. XDDD ok, well down to business.

Enjoi,
-Ethe

.:Set It Off:.

Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. 4:52 PM.

Some would suspect I was a ticking time bomb, easily angered and can become something of a Hulk. Years of hard work and high school body building probably makes them think that. Just because I was bigger than most of them, they thought it was fun to mock me just because they knew I wouldn't do anything about it. I've never lost my temper or actually set off on anyone.

There was only one person who understood and wasn't afraid. Elizabeth She knew I kept my patience well. She was the only one who would sit next to me in high school, and wouldn't just ask to copy homework. I fell in love with her. We've been married for 4 years next July.

I thought about her often. Ever since I got a job in the delivery industry, I barely have any time to spend at home. I'm, to put it simply, a delivery boy. Work for the public Transit Library, taking brand new books to the very...few people who special order on authors like Stephan King and Vexen Manalow. I just got done with delivering one of the new Manalow books to the Happy House on Versa Street on the south side of town. Some inmate there's a huge fan. I never questioned though.

At first, I thought it would be a drag to use my own car to make the deliveries, but it's really an advantage. I can go home whenever I want without worrying about a gigantic truck or something with a label on it sticking out of the driveway. People would stare. Even more then they usually do at me. I stepped out from the car and shut the door and trudged up to the door, opening and closing it behind me. "Liz?" I called out, my voice almost echoing through the house. I watched as her head poked from the kitchen, "Hi!" "Hi..." I grabbed her, gently meshing our lips together. Chaste. No tongue, only simplicity. I let her go and heard her giggle, and edge her way back into the kitchen. I sat down at the dining room table, and flipped through our mail as she went on doing dishes.

"My brother got married, yanno." "Tidus?" "One and only." "Hmm..." I paused. Tidus and Liz looked a lot alike. They both had blonde hair, but Tidus had a darker shade of blue in his eyes, and Liz's were more violet. "To that Yuna girl..." "She seemed nice." She jaggedly put down a clean dish, nearly hitting the counter with it. "Oh yeah, I know. A doll, too. But..." She tsked, "He just..." "You think he'll drag her down." "Kind of..."

"Okay. I don't know Tidus as well as you do, but if he sets his head to something, I'm sure he'll do anything to get there." "Persistent little thing, idn't he?" I nodded in agreement. "They uh...wanted to come and stay with us for a while though, you know, just until they get a house. You don't mind, do you?" "Not at all." "Oh good!" She squeaked, seemingly done with the dishes and drying off the counter.

"We pick them up at the airport Monday, ok?"

Monday, Nov. 13, 2006. 8:49 PM.

We were on our way back to our house from the airport with the two newly weds in the back seat, seemingly high on life and laughing. Liz laughed at their comedic stories and I just kept my eyes on the road. I smiled at how happy they were. It was a good day, they had every right to be happy. I sighed, almost completely droning out their laughter and watching the red light in front of me, the cars rushing from right to left on the street. I yawned, taking notice that the light had turned green, signaling it was my turn to go. I pressed on the gas, and sighed one last time, nearly ending my left turn before all the laughter had completely halted, turned robustly into screams, the car suddenly toppling over itself.

I went completely blank for a few seconds...and when I finally came to my senses, the entire car was upside down, and I had a tremendous migraine. I winced when a sudden light hit my eyes with muffled screams behind it. I looked at it for a second, and it started coming closer to me. It was a man...holding a flashlight right in my face. I ignored that, and waited while he got my seatbelt undone and I fell to the sharp ground I groaned, and felt his arms grab me and pull me out of the car through the window. I grabbed my aching head, and opened my eyes to see about a four-car pile up in front of me. Somehow, we were on the left side of the road. Three other cars must've slammed into us...

I looked up at the officer who pulled me out, "Where are the others?" He glanced down at me, pointed over to his left, and dove back into the pile up to possibly find more people. I ignored them, and looked where the officer had pointed, three bodies all lined on the asphalt. I unsteadily rose to my feet, feeling the dull ache in my head pound against my skull in full force. I winced, grinding passed the pain enough to unsteadily walk toward the three still bodies. I stood at their lined feet, looking down on Yuna, Tidus, and my wife, all of their forms covered in fresh blood. Yuna and Liz lay peacefully on the ground, but Tidus looked like something had broken his neck.

And then I couldn't feel anything. I wasn't sad. I wasn't angry. I wasn't going mad. I just...kind of imploded...

I sat on the nearby curb separating the two lanes, and glanced over at a man sitting next to me, wrapped in a blanket, with a female officer sitting next to him with her hand on his shoulder. He was shivering, probably from becoming lethargic with the weather reverting to Winter time. He looked up at me after a moment, down at the three bodies, and back up to me.

"...I'm s-sorry..."

-End-

A/N: Cookies for those who can name the band who wrote the chapter title's song!

I tried not to make too much lovey dovey stuff for Lex here because well...it typed a little awkward, yanno? so yeah. and the "Idn't he?" Was not a typo, it's actually something I say...a lot. XD

And yes, Tidus and Yuna...sadly...died. Nothing against Tidus, and I haven't even beaten FFX, but I didn't like Yuna from the start. She was coolio...until you could fight with her. I mean, I may be just talking out of my ass here, but really...she was a little...weak. Cool Aeons...but she sucked. and she never actually turned and RAN when I told her to, so therefore, I kept dying. so I said FUCK THAT and sold the game. Now I'm happy. Eh-heh...unexpected ramble session...

R+R?