-Lexaeus Wants To Be ALONE-

Alex walked into the large room known as 'The Hall of Empty Melodies' carrying another pile of toys. It was the following day, and the tiny Organization XIII members shrieked in delight as they gathered around him, nearly knocking him down.

"Toys!" Marluxia screamed, and the others began to cheer. Smiling to see their excitement, Alex dropped the toys on the floor. They each grabbed something. Xemnas, noticing a heart shaped pillow, picked it up and squeezed it. He ran off, content, followed by Saix, who had found a truck to play with. Axel picked a blue ball and tossed to Marluxia, who threw to Larxene. Xaldin and Luxord joined in with Axel, Marluxia, and Larxene. Vexen picked another ball, a red one, and began to examine it, as well as bounce it up and down. Xigbar grabbed a couple action figures and pretended that they were fighting. Of course, the one with the guns defeated the one with the sword. Lexaeus, along with Zexion, each chose a picture book to 'read'. Xarvis bounced Demyx and Roxas up and down on his knees. They giggled with delight.

"Are you having fun?" Xarvis laughed.

"Uh-huh!" Demyx managed to say. He was quickly losing his ability to speak.

"Wan' pway wif Atsew! Pwease? Pwease? Pwetty Pwease?!" Roxas begged him.

"Alright," the man decided, then called, "Axel!" Axel stopped and turned toward him, as the ball, thrown by Luxord, hit him in the head, knocking him down.

"Oh- sorry!" Luxord apologized. The little red head stood up and tossed the ball back to him, then ran over to their babysitter.

"Yes?" he replied.

"Roxas wants to play with you," Xarvis explained, placing the tiny blond on the floor.

"Oh, yay!" Axel exclaimed, "Come on, Roxas!"

"Atsew!" Roxas cried, crawling after him to play.

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Bored with playing with that red ball, Vexen ran over to Lexaeus and Zexion.

"Watcha doin'?" he asked.

"Reading," Zexion replied.

"But you can't read anymore, right?" he said.

"Um, this a picture book," the blue haired boy explained, showing him.

"Oh. Can I have one to? I'd like to see that one..."

"Urgh! I'm trying to read! Can't you stop talking?!" Lexaeus interrupted them.

"Let's go over there..." Zexion said with a sigh to Vexen, who nodded in agreement. They definitely did not want to upset Lexaeus, who returned to his book with a grunt. Xaldin, who wasn't having any luck with someone throwing the ball to him, walked over to find something to do.

"Hello. What are you doing?" he asked, peering at the book that Lexaeus was holding.

"I'm trying to read," Lexaeus replied, annoyed.

"Oh. Do you mind if I sit here and look at a book, too?" Xaldin inquired, hopefully.

"Yes," he answered through gritted teeth.

"Erm... Alright. I'll just go over there, with Zexion and Vexen, then," Xaldin decided, and hurried over to the others. Luxord ran over, panting from running back and forth, from trying to catch the blue ball.

"Want... to play... with us... Lexaeus?" he panted.

"No..."

"Why not?"

"Because I'm reading!" Lexaeus loudly replied.

"I was just asking!" Luxord exclaimed, running off. Lexaeus gripped the next page of his book and quickly turned it. He glanced around, and, seeing no one, returned to 'reading' it.

"Hey, Lexaeus!" a voice said behind him, "Wanna play with me?" He winced and jerked himself around to see Xigbar, who held up his action figures.

"You can play with the dude hear with the sword, see?" he offered, showing him the toy.

"Leave. Me. Alone!" Lexaeus yelled, running off.

"What?" Xigbar called, "Fine! You can play as the one with the guns!"

"Augh! Just leave me alone!" Lexaeus called back, beginning to cry in frustration. Alex, who had been watching Larxene and Marluxia toss the blue ball back and forth, heard him. Concerned, he hurried over to see what was wrong.

"What happened?" he asked Xigbar, who was standing nearby.

"I don't know! I just asked him if he wanted to play with me and he got really mad!" Xigbar replied.

"Did you do anything that would have upset him?" Alex asked, crossing his arms.

"As if!" he laughed, "I was even gonna let him play with my favorite action figure!"

"Hmm..." Alex said thoughtfully, "Well, I'm going to see what's wrong."

"Hey, good luck with that!" Xigbar called after him. He knew how grumpy Lexaeus could sometimes be.

"Xigbar!" someone called, "Will you play with me?" He turned around to see Xaldin, whose blue eyes were enormous.

"Well, I-" he tried to respond but was knocked down by a ball that slammed into his head.

"Hey!" he cried.

"Xigbar! Bet ya can't hit us!" Marluxia called. Larxene laughed and waved her arms. Xigbar laughed and grabbed the ball.

"Bet I can!" he called back. Xaldin watched as he ran off.

"Why doesn't anyone want play with me?" he sighed, with a sniff, and began searching for at least someone to play with...