Rabbits vs. Phoenix
Chapter Ten
Disclaimer: Not mine.
I apologize for the long wait for this chapter. I went on some trips and had no time at all to write at all. Here you finally have chapter ten =)
To Icy Destruction, or rather, now she's called Oxitraciv: Thanks a lot =) Well you'll just have to see what happens =)
To The Lexicon of Zexion: Thanks a lot, I will =)
To nee-chan25: I'm very glad you like it, so here's the next one =)
To Kate 882: to your review from chapter:
2 Glad you like it an Zexion as well. He'll show up soon again I think. Not in this one, sorry…
4 No he wouldn't. As if our little spunky Roxy would like to be called Axels'. =D
7 So you think it fits him as well? That's great =) Since a lot of you people recognized Leon, I can't be too bad at describing…. =P
9 I'm so glad you liked it so much that you read it right through. Sorry you had to wait so long for the update =)
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He felt hot, so hot. It felt like he was burning from the inside out. All devouring flames deep inside him and all around him. Nowhere to escape to. What was happening to him? Where was he? Why couldn't he stop burning? Was he dying?
He groaned and rolled on his back. Suddenly something cool was placed on his head – he still had a head right? And he still knew where it was- what a relief. After all this heat, he felt as if nothing except the heat existed anymore. The coolness brought a short relieve but soon the fire was burning again.
He groaned, but didn't want to wake up, the fire was too much for him to handle.
He heard some murmurs from around him but everything was fading into darkness again and he couldn't stand the heat and the fire anymore, even the cool object on his head was warm already. What was the point in trying to escape or find out who was around him when he had to wake up for that? When he had to endure the heat for that? Soon everything went into nothingness and he blacked out again.
Axel was worried, really worried. I shouldn't be this worried, hell normally I shouldn't even care about Roxas!
He had carried Roxas home just now, with the help of Riku and the other midget.
After the boy had collapsed, he had carried him to the infirmary, but the nurse was nowhere to be seen. Since he didn't know where Roxas lived or his phone number, he searched for Roxas phone. But he just had bad luck. Roxas' phone was off and secured by a PIN-Code.
He thought about what to do now. The first thing he chose to do was placing a cold and wet towel on Roxas forehead. The boy groaned, but didn't wake up.
The nurse was still not there, so he texted Riku.
Hey Ri,
Come to the infirmary, Roxy is ill. And call your little boy-toy and tell him to come here. Gotta get him home somehow.
Ax
After a few moments an answer came and Axel had to grin.
I'll call him. And he's not my boy-toy, yet ^_- cya in a few. (1)
Oh, it was just pathetic to see his best friend smitten by a little hyperactive guy like Sora. But, was his situation so different from Riku's?
Axel didn't like that he had to rely on Sora. Still, he was fucking worried about his little one. There! His again! Why did he want Roxas to be his so much? It's not like he was in love with him, he was straight and loved to screw around with women. No way in hell was he gay.
Just then his process of thought was interrupted when Riku came and told him:
"Sora will be here soon. How's Roxas?"
He walked over to the bed with the sick Roxas on it without waiting for Axels answer. Then Axel remembered, Roxas was still without his glasses. Before he could react, Riku had already seen Roxas and drew in a sharp breath
"That's…"
He turned around sharply to Axel, but Axel could only shrug his shoulders.
"I just noticed it myself when I caught him while collapsing and he lost his glasses. I was already suspecting it a bit, but I never really believed it. But there's nothing we can do about it right now. Believe me; I was pretty shocked as well. Let's wait for your soon-to-be boy-toy and get Roxy home. "
Riku glared at Axel but chose to wisely ignore him.
They waited for almost half an hour before Sora finally showed up. As expected, Sora was worried sick about Roxas. He stormed into the room and after laying his eyes on the sick boy he was right next to him.
"What happened?"
He asked, unusually short and to the point. Axel answered him truthfully
"He looked sick the whole day already and when I talked to him in the hallway he suddenly collapsed. I caught him and brought him here. But since I neither know where he lives nor what his phone number is I had Riku call you. But Sora…"
Axel began asking carefully.
"… Is it true that Roxas is … uhm Saxor, your gangs' boss?"
Sora froze and turned around slowly.
"Yeah he is. So what? Are you going to attack him while he's sick? There's no way I'll let you do that!"
Axel and Riku looked at each other for a long moment before Riku finally answered him.
"You know, we aren't as heartless as you make us to be. Also, we're in school here. As if we could cause an uproar without being suspended. We promise, we won't harm him while he's sick, okay? So could you call his home now? We don't want to stand here for the whole day."
Sora glared at them distrustfully, but he complied. He called Roxas' home and had luck, Cloud was home already. He explained what happened, or what Cloud needed to know. After finishing, he told Axel and Riku:
"Cloud told us to bring Roxas home, he's going to buy some medicine in the meantime and prepare something to eat for him. Axel, can you carry Roxas?"
Sora didn't like to ask Axel for help, but he couldn't carry Roxas home by himself so he had no choice. He just hoped that Rox wouldn't kill him for showing Axel where he lived.
He was still feeling hot, but his throat was dry and he could stand the heat, it wasn't as bad as before. He resurfaced from the comfortable darkness of his mind and slowly opened his eyes.
The light was dimly lit, and he was able to recognize his room. He tried to sit up, but gave up with a groan.
Suddenly, something next to him rustled and a sleepy Sora came into his view.
Sora saw Roxas' open eyes and immediately woke up.
"Rox! You're awake! Do you know how worried I was about you? Are you feeling ok? Do you need some more medicine?"
"Whoa Sora, calm down."
Roxas rasped, surprised how hoarse his voice sounded.
"I'm feeling better, I think… Could you get me some water?"
"Of course, sure, wait a moment, I'll be right back!"
Soon after, Sora came back, a glass and a bottle of water in his hands.
"Here, drink. You know, you couldn't have chosen a worse moment for collapsing. Do you still remember what happened?"
Roxas thought back. He had felt dizzy the whole day, then he confronted Axel in an empty hallway… damn, he collapsed before Axel, that meant he probably knew about him now.
"Damn. Please Sora, please tell me Axel doesn't know, please tell me he just left me lying in the hallway and some other student found me."
"Uhm… I could tell you that but then I would be lying… Actually Axel was the one who had Riku call me to help you, since he didn't know where you live. And, sorry Rox, I'm really sorry, but Axel knows where you live now, he carried you home. You should probably thank him."
Roxas was getting paler and paler. This was the end, Axel knew, soon everyone would know, and then? What about his promise to his mom? He was getting dizzy once again.
Sora wordlessly handed him some medicine and he swallowed it. He felt better soon after.
"What time is it?"
"Its 9pm, you slept the whole day. Axel went home after he brought you back, but he said he would come to check up on you. Cloud said it was okay, there was nothing I could do without telling him why Axel shouldn't come. But Riku said they wouldn't do anything to you when you're ill so don't worry too much."
Sora tried preparing Roxas for Axel's on-coming visit. He knew Roxas would probably kill him and Axel as soon as he was well again. But he saw how Axel looked at Rox; he wasn't as dumb or superficial as other people thought he was. He guessed that Axel was in denial about liking Roxas and Rox was probably still undecided or clueless about everything.
Roxas instead was mulling over what to do if Axel really came.
Can't I just pretend to be asleep? I don't really want to see that annoying and sexy bastard this soon. Wait a moment… Sexy? Did I really just think that? No way! He's not sexy, not at all! Well, maybe his eyes and hair are just a tiny bit sexy… And maybe his body had a great built, but still! He was Axel! There was no way he was sexy! Oh god, save me! I think that Axel is sexy, there must be something wrong with me. But he is sexy, just like Riku, but that one is totally head over heels in love with Sora.
Suddenly someone knocked gently on the door and opened it. Cloud looked inside and as soon as he saw that Roxas was okay, relieve flooded his face.
"Thank god Roxas, you're awake. If you didn't wake up soon I was going to get you to the hospital. And I know how much you hate that. After everything that happened. Oh and by the way, your friend Axel is here. Don't forget to thank him for carrying you home. He came back especially for you, so be nice."
With that, Cloud closed the door and went downstairs. Sora and Roxas looked at each other.
"Sora…"
Just then it knocked on the door again.
If looks could kill.
(1) He means: See you soon.
Here it is. Sorry that there's not so much happening in it, it will get better soon =) (I hope) Exactly 20,000 words now.
Love Ghazalia