Academyx
Chapter Five
Hospital
Demyx never lost his crowd of fans. Although Axel didn't lose any fangirls, Demyx gained some. Although, something was very different from before. Every time a girl would approach him, he would shy away a bit, mumble something inaudible to Zexion, and the girl would either:
A: Become pouty and walk away.
B: Stomp off.
C: Kick him where it hurts.
C has only happened once, and, by luck, Zexion was around to see it. "Demyx, are you ok?" Zexion asked, kneeling down beside his squirming friend.
"Get… ice… pain!" Demyx whimpered.
Zexion rushed to the nurse's station, which was thankfully close-by. He burst through the door and yelled "I need an icepack now!"
The nurse nodded without asking any questions, and put the frozen plastic bag full of ice in Zexion's hands. "Thank you!" Zexion yelled, already halfway out the door.
Demyx still lay in the same place when Zexion returned. Zexion pulled Demyx to sit upright, and he obliged. "Here ya go," Zexion said, placing the icepack on Demyx's lap. "Will you be ok?" Demyx nodded, still panting. "What did you say that made her so angry?"
"I told her what I tell all the others. I'm interested in someone else."
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Zexion walked into his house to see his mom sitting at the table, once again engrossed with paperwork. "Hi honey, how was school?"
Zexion merely nodded and made his way up the stairs. Then he got the feeling. It squirmed, wrenched, wriggled, and then constricted. He collapsed down the steps, trembling at first, then thrashing. "Zexion!" his mother called, but he couldn't hear her. He was already too far into the seizure.
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Zexion blinked, and found himself lying in a hospital bed wearing a hospital gown that barely reached his knees. An IV was hooked to his hand, and he had a monitor hooked up to his chest with little sticky pads. He groaned, and looked up. He wouldn't be surprised if a nurse came rushing in because his heart started beating a hundred miles a minute. Sitting across from him was not his mother, nor Ienzo. Instead, there sat Demyx. His eyes were sleepy, his body sagging a tad, but he had a bigger grin then he's ever seen before. "Feeling better?" he asked, leaning on the edge of the bed.
"Now that you're here…" Zexion thought. "Yeah, lots better."
"Yeah… I wouldn't want anything to happen to my best friend…" Demyx said, shuffling his feet. The two looked at eachother for a few minutes. Just stared as though there was some kind of connection between their eyes that they couldn't tear away from. Zexion wanted to jump from the bed, throw his arms around the blonde, and kiss him til he became senseless, but that wasn't really an option was it?
Demyx broke the stare, and slipped his hand into his pocket. From its depths was drawn a cell phone: navy blue with a charm that looked like a dolphin hanging off the end. "Your mom said to call when you woke up…" He put the phone to his ear, and waited for Zexion's mom to answer. "IS HE AWAKE!?" came the voice on the other side, clear as rain.
"Yes Ms. Ishida. Zexion is awake and doing well," Demyx said. His voice reflected reassurance.
"What would I have done without you?" Zexion's mother said sweetly. Demyx shut his phone, and put it back in his pocket. "Not to be rude, but why are you here?"
Demyx sighed. "I had been babysitting your little brother, when your mom called to tell me that she'd be a little late because you had to go to the hospital. I told her I'd bring your little brother here and stay with you so she could get some rest."
"Wait… What time is it?" Zexion asked, looking around for a clock.
"One in the morning."
"WHAT!" Zexion slammed his head against the end of the bed. "I've been out cold for NINE hours!"
Demyx placed his hands on Zexion's shoulders. "Calm down. You're ok…" Zexion felt Demyx wrap his arms around him, and rock him back and forth. "Shh… It doesn't matter. "You're ok…" Zexion heard a click and turned his head twords the door. He quickly let himself drop from Demyx's arms, but it was too late. His mother was at the door.
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Whoo, this was a humdinger of a chapter to write! No… That is not a cliffhanger, but be patient, it's important.
Once again, we learn another tidbit about Zexion. Hm… you are probably wondering what nightmares, cutting, his dad, and seizures have to do with eachother. I'll start off by telling you a couple things you really need to know about them. First, seizures are a birth thing, but something brought it on that you need to know about. Second, the reason for the nightmares has something to do with another problem, but not in the way you would expect. And third, every one of these events are related. This will be explained in a later chapter.
The beginning of the chapter is also comedic relief. Poor Dem. I can't even imagine the pain you're in… poor some kool aid for Demyx.
And dear God, I have no idea what a seizure feels like! I just guessed from the First Aid training video that I had to watch with the Girl Scouts.
You know what time it is! THANKIN' TIME!!!
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