Axel's POV

I feel asleep without realizing, the next thing I knew Alex was shaking me gently and it was dark out.

"What time is it?" I asked him quietly, looking over my shoulder at him.

"It' six," he responded, eyes drifting the boy at my side. "Did you talk to him?"

"Yeah," I nodded hesitantly, with a concerned look on the red heads face as a reward. "It's alright; I'm not going to let anything happen to him."

He gave me a small smile that said he trusted me, but he was still worried.

"Are you hungry?" I questioned, sliding away from Roxas, and standing from the mattress slowly so it didn't move too much. "I haven't eaten since breakfast, I need food." I rubbed the bridge of my nose as I felt a headache coming on.

We left the bedroom silently, Alex going to the lounge and myself going to the bathroom, then the kitchen.

When I was done with the quick meal, we ate, hurriedly. I didn't want to leave Roxas alone to long incase he woke up or had a nightmare.

Alex said he would wash the dishes when I was done and so I headed straight back to the bedroom where, sure enough, I found Roxas tangled in the sheets and dripping in sweet, in the midst of a nightmare.

Roxas's POV

Dream

I woke to flames and screams, I was confused, but it didn't take long to come to the realization that the house was on fire.

Climbing out of bed, I hastily made my way to Sora's room. He was screaming and with good reason too; he was stuck in the room by a wall of fire, I could barely see him.

My lungs and eyes burnt from the smoke, but I didn't want to leave him, I knew there was nothing I could do to save him, but I didn't want him to die alone, so I stayed and heard as he screamed from the pain of burning alive. I don't know if he knew I was there or not, but I hope he did.

I awoke in the real world, panting and covered in sweat. Axel's arms were around me, holding me tight and stoking my hair. My heart felt as though it would burst out of my chest and the pain felt excruciating.

I looked up at the redhead's concerned face.

"I'm fine," I assured him, pulling away from his loving embrace and rolling over so that my back was to him, I didn't want his concern and I definitely didn't want to see it so intense. "It was just a dream."

"About Sora?" he asked quietly, his arms coming around to spoon me, even though I didn't want them around me, but in a way I did at the same time.

My heart did a little dive at his name. I could not speak so I settled for a nod.

I felt small kisses fluttered against the back of my neck as we laid there in silence.

I began drifting off into a dreamless sleep, as we lay together, lulled by the rise and fall of Axel's chest against my back.

Axel's POV

The Next Morning

I didn't get back to sleep that night, even after Roxas had fallen back asleep, hopefully not to another nightmare. I just couldn't stop thinking about everything, and wondering how I was going to get Roxas help when he insisted on rejecting it. I had kept telling myself he would be okay, that it would get better, but I was wrong...It had become much worse and now it felt hopeless.

It was around nine thirty, when Roxas began to stir and nuzzle his head into my shoulder.

"Hey, you okay?" I whispered near his ear.

"I'm fine," he yawned, rubbing his eyes.

"Are you hungry?" I asked as I began moving away.

"No!" he said quickly, grabbing my arm and snuggling back into my side. "I'm not hungry; can we just lay here for a while?"

"Sure, you didn't have any more nightmares, did you?" I asked. He had had a quiet night with no signs of a nightmare, but I wanted to make sure just in case.

"No," he answered.

"Can we talk about Namine again?" I asked quietly. "I know you don't want to go, but maybe you could go to just one or two sessions and if you don't think it's helping, you don't have to go back."

"Just two sessions," the blonde boy mumbled. "Okay, but just two and it will be my decision if I have a third."

"Of course," I replied, smiling to myself. Sure, it was a nasty trick asking while he was half-asleep, but it had worked.