AN: Well, I wanted to upload this yesterday, but fanfiction crapped out. T_T So hear it is, a day later than I wanted to give it to you. As promised there will be some Zemyx fluff. And hopefully a little bit of comic relief. That was kind of my goal, but I may have failed.
Warning: Some mild adult content.
Here, at the Other Side – Chapter 7
"Hmm…" Ellen murmured. It was 4:00 AM and Nora had just dropped her and Roxas off at their house. They both walked into the living room and found four boys passed out on the couch. Demyx was curled up against Zexion on one side and Sora was sprawled out on top of Riku on the other.
"I vote, just leave them." Roxas whispered. Ellen nodded and grabbed a couple of blankets to cover the sleeping boys. She waited for Roxas to reach the stairs before she turned off the TV and lights.
As soon as Roxas' head hit the pillows he let the tears he'd been holding back fall. He had been so sure that they would find Axel in that house and now his hopes were just ripped out from under him. He just hoped wherever Axel was that he was okay. Normally Roxas cried silently but tonight he couldn't keep his sobs quiet. Axel was still missing, and now no one knew where he was.
When he heard his door open, felt his bed sink, and then felt his mom wrap her arms around him, he realized how loud he'd been crying. For a moment he wanted to push her away and tell her to leave him alone, but he quickly realized that wasn't what he really wanted. He wanted comfort, the comfort only a mother could give. Roxas turned around in his mother's arms and cried into her shoulder, clutching her as hard as if his life depended on it. She rubbed his back and allowed his tears to stain her shirt, giving him as much comfort as possible. Eventually both Roxas and Ellen fell asleep on his bed, exhausted from the day's events.
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Roxas and Ellen were abruptly woken when Sora pounced on top of them closely followed by Demyx. Riku tilted his head down, causing his hair to fall into his face, and Zexion held a hand in front of his mouth, to hide their smiles, as they stood in the doorway watching Sora and Demyx jump on top of Roxas and Ellen. "Fucking hell, Sora!" Roxas groaned.
"Language Roxas!" Ellen scolded as she pushed Sora and Demyx off of her and onto the floor.
"Owwey" Sory whined as he thudded onto the floor. "That wasn't nice mom! Why are you in Roxas' bed, and where's Axel? Is he with Nora?" Demxy eagerly sat up, rubbing his bumped head, awaiting the answer, while Riku and Zexon walked further into the room. Roxas threw himself back into his pillows and hid beneath his blankets at the unintended reminder.
"He wasn't there. I'm sorry boys." Ellen responded sadly.
"But, but Rob said…" Demyx whined.
"Well, he defiantly was there, Rob didn't lie." Roxas said poking his head out of the blanket. "He's just not there anymore. I hate knowing that he was in that awful dungeon for six months. And the blood…" Roxas trailed off.
"The blood?" Ellen asked. Everyone's eyes went back to Roxas.
"There was blood spatter all around the chains Morgan must have used to hold him there."
"Chains?" Demyx asked horrified.
"Blood, chains, mold, dark, wet, filthy, dungeon. It was appalling." Roxas listed.
"Poor Axel." Sora murmured.
"Crap!" Ellen shot out of the bed. "Good bye boys, I'm late for work." They listened as she scurried into her room, made several crashing sounds and ran back down the hallway, ready for work in under five minutes.
"Wow, super mom." Riku tried to lighten the mood.
"No kidding." Zexion said, possibly joking, but nothing in his voice or on his face could confirm it. Only Demyx's giggling, made it known that Zexion, indeed was, continuing Riku's joke.
"Zexion, have you ever tried to smile?" Sora asked as he pulled himself onto Roxas' bed again.
"It's an unnecessary muscle movement." Zexion responded dully. "So what are we doing about Axel now?"
"I have no idea. We're kind of out of options. The one person who knew where he was had no idea he was gone. Seriously, Morgan completely freaked out when she found out."
"Really?" Zexion arched his visible eyebrow, one of the few movements his face ever made. "Did he escape?" Zexion wondered to himself, thought he was speaking out loud and the entire room heard him.
"I hope he escaped." Demyx said and grabbed Zexion's hand to pull him to the floor with him.
"If he escaped, shouldn't he be here by now? Wouldn't he come to us?" Sora asked. "If he wasn't there when you guys were there, that means he left before you."
"What if something happened to him on his way here?" Riku wondered.
"Riku!" Sora scolded and Roxas half whined, half groaned into his pillow before crying again.
"Now look what you did, Riku!" Demyx scolded. "Roxas, I'm gonna make you brownies. They won't fix anything, but when you bite into them it's like you're filling yourself with pure happiness, even if it only lasts for a moment."
"Thank you, Dem." Roxas cried his appreciation.
"Come on Zexy, help me make some brownies." Demyx stood up and dragged Zexion with him to the kitchen, leaving Sora and Riku to comfort Roxas. Once they entered the kitchen they remained quiet as they gathered ingredients and put them together. After they poured the batter into a pan and put it into the oven, Demyx spoke, "Do you think Axel's okay?"
Zexion sighed and walked towards the sink, running his hands under the water. "I don't want to make a hypothesis on that. I don't think it'd be comforting."
"Please Zexy, I want the truth from you." Demyx wrapped his arms around Zexions's waist, with his chest and head lying against Zexions' back.
"Honestly, I believe he escaped. But Sora's right. He should've been here before Roxas and Mrs. Hikari. That leads me to believe something happened to him. I can only hope that it wasn't too bad, and just delayed him a bit."
"I love you." Demyx said nuzzling his head against Zexion's back.
"I love you too Dem, more than anything." Zexion turned his head so he could capture Demyx's lips in his own. He immediately opened his mouth, allowing his and Demyx's tongues to dance. There was something about your lover holding you in his arms that could bring comfort to any situation.
Zexion felt one of Demyx's hands wander under his shirt and up his chest, his other hand travelled into his pants. He let out a low moan as Demyx's hand made it's was lower and tilted his head allowing Demyx to attack his neck. "Dem, ahh…this isn't your house, nngh." Zexion said as Demyx began rubbing his growing arousal.
"Everyone's busy Zexy, and I want some lovin'." Demyx pouted. How could he resist that? Zexion smiled, a real smile, at Demyx before recapturing his lips. Taking this as a 'yes', Demyx pulled down Zexion's pants, and then undid his own. "I love you Zex."
"I love you too Dem…nngh."
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Sora and Riku walked down the stairs, pulled by the smell of baking brownies. They had just walked into the living room when the front door opened and Ellen walked in. "Mom?" Sora asked confused as to why she was home when she said she was going to work.
"I decided to take a day off of work; I missed half the day anyway. Do I smell brownies?" Ellen asked.
"Demyx wants to try to make Roxas feel better." Riku answered.
"He's still not doing well?"
"Not at all. His only hope was sort of crushed yesterday." Came Sora's reply.
"Well, let's see how those brownies are doing." Ellen said as they walked toward the kitchen. Then they all stopped when they heard some very happy moans.
"Nggh…Ahh, Zexyyyy!"
"Ahhnnn, Dem!"
Satisfied that he moans were done, the trio moved into the kitchen doorway. When they looked around the kitchen they saw Demyx holding Zexion against the sink, both of them had their pants around their ankles and they were breathing heavily into their kiss.
"I thought you were making brownies, not babies!" Demyx and Zexion quickly pulled apart, put their pants back into place and turned around at Sora's voice, just as the timer on the oven went off.
Zexion turned back to the sink to wash his hands while Demyx zipped up his pants and raised a finger, "Actually, we did both!" Demyx said cheerfully and full of pride.
"Does my house just scream 'Please have sex here'?!" Ellen yelled as Zexion finished washing his hands and pulled the brownies out. "I'm calling your parents."
"My parent is Demyx's mom. My foster parents kicked me out." Zexion remarked.
"Fine!"
"And could you wait until her shift is over? She'll be mad if she's interrupted for this." Demyx requested.
"No, she's going to be mad no matter what. This is not something to be taken lightly."
"She really isn't bothered by it." Demyx continued and handed Zexion a knife to cut the brownies with.
"What do you mean?" Ellen asked.
"My mom knows that Zexy and I sleep together. I told her after the first time and she's okay with it. Zexy and I even share a room."
"What?!" Ellen repeated in a scandalized tone.
"You see, Mrs. Hikari, some parents realize that their children are going to have sex, and rather than tell them not to do it at all, they make sure their children are prepared and safe. Darla is one of those mothers. She was even quite happy that Demyx had felt comfortable enough to talk to her." Zexion explained emotionlessly as he cut the brownies.
Ellen's face fell. "I'm sorry about kicking Axel out! I'm sorry I got him kidnapped and tortured. I'm sorry my children's friends and boyfriend are mad at me. And most of all I'm sorry I've hurt my son to the point of him hating me again. I'm sorry!" Ellen broke down and fell to her knees.
At some point, Roxas had joined them in the kitchen and he was the first to move forward, kneel in front of his mother, and wrap his arms around her, "I don't hate you mom. I love you."
Next to wrap his arms around her was Sora mumbling 'I love you too' into her hair. Zexion and Demyx soon followed, joining in the group hug. "Though we disagree with your choice of punishment, we don't blame you." Zexion said. After a moment, Riku shrugged and also joined them.
They all sat in the middle of the kitchen floor comforting Ellen, for a few minutes. Then Ellen asked from the middle of the circle, "Demyx, you haven't washed your hands yet have you?" Demyx answered with a wicked smile and a mischievous 'no'. The group quickly broke apart and rubbed imaginary dirt off themselves.
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"I'm going to kill him. When I find him, and I will, I am going to kill that worthless piece of shit!" Morgan confided in her husband as she paced back and forth.
"Give up Morgan, he won." Rob sighed. Morgan slammed her hands onto the table and leaned towards Rob.
"You never gave up. You never let him win." She yelled.
"I'm spending the rest of my life in jail, and didn't fight it. I allowed this to happen. I gave up, he won, end of story."
"God! When did you become such a fucking sally! If you weren't in jail, you'd be helping me."
"That's not true…anymore."
"This is about Nora isn't it?! You started acting like this when you shot that fucking bitch. You're obsessed with that whor-," Morgan was cut off when Rob's fist met her face.
"Look who's talking, you bitch!" Morgan stared at Rob shocked. He'd never struck her before, he'd barely even yelled at her. "You'd rather marry me even though I didn't love you, than loose me to the woman I do love. And don't fucking call her that again!" Rob screamed.
Holding her face, Morgan walked towards the door, "You've changed Rob. You loved me when you proposed to me. I could see it. Ever since then I've been killing myself trying to make you love me again."
"I'm sorry Morgan."
"Yeah, well I'm not. You'll love me again. I'll make sure of it."
AN: I couldn't help it. I had to make Ellen walk in on yet another pairing. Now she's seen them all, Akuroku, Soriku (kind of, sort of), and Zemyx. And there will be more info about Darla's opinions on Demyx and Zexion's sex life in the next chapter. I hope you like her, cuz Darla and Nora are my favorite mom's in this story. Ellen's nice in that overprotective way, but she has her faults. And we don't even have to discuss Morgan.
And I'm sure you all want to kill me, but I assure you, we will find out where Axel is in the third paragraph of the next chapter. We will also hear about his condition, and if you read "He doesn't Look a thing like Jesus." I realize they might, no will, seem similar, but I wrote this one first.
Also, because I know this is the main reason I'll be receiving death threats, Axel and Roxas will be together in chapter 9, promise. And there are hints of it at the end of chapter 8. Keep patient, just a little longer.