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"Roxas?" Axel came around the corner to see what was taking the teen so long to come back to the room. He was worried that he might have messed up big time, going in for a kiss. They barely even knew each other. Not only that, Ventus was about to get squished between them. The kid probably would've woken up and start crying the moment he saw his uncle kissing his crush. The red head really didn't want to bring drama into the child's life.

"Wh-what do you mean there's been an accident?" Roxas almost choked on his words. He could feel tears forming as he waited for the reply.

Axel stepped up behind his friend, curious to who he was talking to. He peeked over the blond's spiky hair to see the two men at the door. He instantly froze when he realized that the men were in uniforms. And not just any, they were cops. One had black, spiky hair and light blue eyes. He was about the same height as Axel but a little more built. The guy next to him had a lot more muscle a was slightly shorter. He had a short black beard and mustache with a military hair cut. He also had a mechanical hand in place of one he probably lost.

"Like we said kid, there's been an accident." The muscular of the two spoke.

"Barret go easy on him." The other spoke to his partner before speaking to Roxas again. "Cloud and Tifa are actually good friends of ours. Roxas you remember me right?"

Roxas shook his head. "I-if your friends then why did you ask if this is where they lived? Are you going to tell me wh-what happened?

"We lost contact..." He sighed bowing his head and shaking it.

"They're in the hospital right now." Barret answered bluntly but there was a bit of worry in his tone.

Roxas couldn't speak anymore. The tears fell freely from his eyes and he would have fell to his knees if Axel didn't catch him. The blond looked at the two men outside the door shaking his head like he didn't believe them. It was more like he didn't want to believe that they were in the hospital.

Axel turned him around and held his to his chest trying his best to comfort him while everyone stayed silent, waiting for Roxas to calm down a bit before speaking again. Axel rubbed small circles on the teen's back and petted his head, shushing him. When it looked like Roxas wasn't going to calm down for a while, Axel decided to lead him to the kitchen table, gesturing his head for the two men to come inside and follow him.

Axel kept Roxas' face against his chest not really caring that it was getting soaked up. He waited for Barret and his companion to enter the room before he asked what Roxas couldn't. "What exactly happened? Are they alright?"

"From what we gathered, they were on their way home from the movie theater or Wonderland's Madd Buffet." The raven haired male paused looking at the trembling blond's back. "They were hit when a truck ran the signal..." He had to stop himself right there as he choked on his words.

"I'll finish Zack. They both got hurt pretty badly. I hate to say it but the car is totaled and that they are both probably in the ER right now. Kid you need to stay strong for them. And for the little one they have. Got a daughter myself, and when her mother went-"

"Barret that's enough!" Zack snapped at him. He could tell that Roxas scared from the way he was looking like a statue. "Roxas, don't worry. You know how tough they both are. They'll pull through." Zack put a hand on the boy's shoulder, causing him to look up at him with red puffy eyes. Zack smiled at him reassuringly before letting his hand drop.

"Thanks for letting us know. Um We'll go see them as soon as we can." Axel said as he led Zack and Barret back outside. He felt really bad for Roxas and it hurt him to know that he was hurting and the fact that Cloud and Tifa, two people he just met but really liked from the first meeting, were now in the ER. He wanted to be strong for Roxas and for Ventus for when he finds out.

He went back into the kitchen where he left Roxas sitting on one of the chairs. He was curled into a ball, burying his face in his arms and legs. The red head held him again while taking his phone out to call Kairi and ask for the car or for a ride.

"...Hello?" Sora answered her phone sleepily.

"Hey Sora, did I wake you?" He tried to sound like he was bored and wanted to mess with you.

"Yes and no." He yawned. "Whats up? Something happen to make you call so late?"

"Oh no, nothing really. But hey can I ask you a favor?"

"If it's to see if you can drown Hayner in the pool again then no."

"Good thing it's not that then." He bit his lip nervously when Roxas looked up at him with eyes glazed over.

"...What is it then?"

"Yeah, so um can you come pick me, Roxas, and Ventus up and take us to the hospital."

"Axel what the hell happened!" Sora screamed into the phone thinking something bad happened to one of them. "Kairi get up, we have to take Axel and his friends to the hospital. I don't know what happened just hurry up! Axel we're on our way!"

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"Shit my ear." Axel held the phone away at arm's length from his ear. When Sora yells in the phone, it's as if he is right next to you, yelling right in the ear.

"Axel?" Roxas sniffled and rubbed his eyes.

"Don't worry Roxas, they'll be fine. I'm here for you and Ventus, alright so just let it out."

He nodded getting up from the chair to bury his face against Axel's already damped shirt. He let his tears flow, not holding anything back. He sobbed loudly, getting all his fear and worry out right there. His cries eventually woke Ventus up from his sleep.

The younger blond walked into the kitchen rubbing his sleepy eyes, wondering what was going on and who was crying. He stood a few feet away, watching as his uncle cried against his crush, looking like he was in a lot of pain. The tiny child frowned not liking it at all. He walked over and hugged his uncle's around his hips. "Uncle Wasis, why are you crying?" He looked up at him with sad blue eyes.

Roxas let go of Axel and bent down to hug his nephew. He sniffled trying to stop his crying. He didn't want Ven to see him like, not ever. He would have answered but he didn't trust his voice at the moment so instead Axel answered for him.

"Um, hey Ventus?"

"Yes?"

"How would you like to go for a ride with Roxas and me?"

"Where?"

"Uh, to the hospital."

"No I don't want a shot! Wasis don't let Assel take me!" He panicked and clinged to his uncle.

His little out burst made Roxas chuckle. He sniffled again, pulling back some to look at his nephew in the eye. "Ven...relax. No one is..getting a shot."

"You promise?" He pouted with pleading eyes.

"Promise."

There was a bang on the front door and the door bell was ringing repeatedly. Axel groaned knowing that it was his sister and Sora. "Looks like our ride is here." He said as he strolled out of the kitchen to get the door.

"Axel! Are you alright?! Is Roxas and Ventus Alright!? Who needs to go to the hospital?!"

"Kairi calm down. We're all fine." He put his hands up defensively.

"Then why did you call us at one in the morning to take you to the hospital?!" Sora stormed in walking right into the kitchen where Roxas stood, holding Ventus his arms, wide eyed at the flustered brunette.

"Sora you can't just walk into people's homes with out being invited in." Kairi nagged at him following him in.

"Says the girl who just did the same." Axel shut the door and went back to be by the,no doubt, fearful blond. "Roxas, Ventus, this is my sister Kairi and her husband and my best friend, Sora. Sora, Kairi, this is Roxas and his nephew Ventus."

"For a second there I thought he was your son." Sora's looked away awkwardly. "It's nice to finally meet you both."

"Same here, Axel talks about you all the time." Kairi dragged the words out as if she were tired of hearing her brother talk.

"Don't listen to her Roxas." Axel glared at his sister. "She's just trying to embarrass me."

"Um..okay." Roxas didn't what to say to the two strangers in his house but he never forgot his manners. "It's nice to meet you both too."

"Wasis, are Kawee and Soowa, Assel's friends?" Ventus looked excited.

Sora snorted. "Yeah Assel is our friend."

"Watch it Soowa." Axel turned his glare to the brunette who only laughed more.

"Axel what do we need to go to the hospital for?" Kairi changed the subject back to why they where there.

"R-right. Well you see..."

After Axel explained what happened Sora and Kairi looked worried and sorry to hear it. They all left the house and piled into the car. Ventus still had no clue what was going on so he was being chatty like he was when he first met Axel. The young blond really like both Kairi and Sora. To him, kairi was another Aqua. Just older and with dark red hair instead of light blue. As for Sora, well he was like an older version of his uncle. He really liked him a lot that he changed his nickname to big brother Soowa. Sora happily accepted the child as a younger brother.

Ventus looked at his uncle, telling him he was really happy that he could make friends again. Roxas smiled at him and ruffled his hair. He was excited to met Riku too, a boy that was Sora and Kairi's best friend. He even gave him the nickname of Weaku. Everyone, including Roxas, laughed at the name. Sora really couldn't wait for the child to meet Riku after that point. He woke Riku up and told him to met them at the hospital for that and also so they could give Axel the car later.

"Roxas" Axel put his hand on Roxas' trembling shoulder. "If you want I can ask for you?"

"N-no, I'll do it." He smiled at his, dare he say, friend and walked up to the front desk to ask where is brother and sister were. He came back to the group with a half smile.

"Well?" Sora asked him while Ven was on his back sleeping.

"Well Tifa's out but she's...she's in a comma. They said we could see her in room vii on floor xiii. As for cloud.."

"Roxas, is he?" Kairi stopped herself from asking the question that was now on everyone's mind.

"No, he's not. He's still in the ER..." He frowned looking at the ground.

"Lets go see Tifa then." Axel took his hand and led everyone to the elevator.

"Guys?"

"Yeah?"

"Yes?"

"Yeah Roxas?"

"Thanks, for taking me here and trying your best to help cheer me up. I really appreciate it."

"That's what friends are for Roxas." Sora replied.

"Friends?" Roxas looked up at him confused. 'When did that happen?'

"Yes, unless of course you don't want to be. We would understand Roxas." Kairi responded hopefully.

'Do I even really want friends? I'm not really sure, what with what happened with Hayner- No I can't let him get in my way anymore. Just because he treated me badly doesn't mean these guys will. Axel has been nothing but kind to me no matter how much I tried to push him away. And even though I just met Sora and Kairi, they seem like nice people and I think I can allow myself to be friends with them. Ven seems to like them and they are Axel's friends and his family. So I guess..' "Yes. I'd really like that." He smiled at them.

Axel smiled down at him. He couldn't express how happy he was that Roxas could trust him now. Even if the situation was bad, he was really happy. He wouldn't let anything bad happen to him and he was sure as hell, that neither would his sister or Sora.

They walked out of the elevator and went to look for room vii. Sora stopped to pull his phone out. He told Riku to meet them there. "Roxas, my friend Riku is pretty good guy to. In Fact, works here. He'll probably be pissed at me for making him come here on his day off but hey," Sora grinned. "I know he's worried. So if he starts to look like he'll beat me don't worry okay?"

Roxas couldn't help the smile forming on his face. "He sounds nice."

"Think you can be friends with him too Roxas?" Axel whispered to him.

Roxas nodded to him. He would let himself be friends with anyone as long as Axel trusted them. If anything happened he would blame himself for trusting Axel. He would then cut all ties with everyone like he did to his old friends. Or maybe he just wouldn't talk to Axel. It wouldn't be fair to the ones that didn't hurt him.

Axel suddenly took Ven off of Sora's back and pulled Roxas against the wall, by his hand, with Kairi following. Roxas only saw a flash of sliver and heard and 'oh crap' from Sora before seeing the brunette being knocked to the ground.

"Rikuuu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Please don't hurt me." Sora whined under the weight of his friend.

"Sora, you wake me up at 1:30 in the morning and tell me to come to the hospital on my day off, hang up on me when I ask was going on, making me really concerned and afraid that something might have happened to you, Kairi or Axel; that I rush over here, almost getting a speeding ticket, to find you all fine. What makes you think I'm going to hurt you?" He hissed while glaring at his best friend.

Roxas shivered at the obvious venom in the Silver haired man's voice. 'This must be what Sora meant. So this is Riku then?'

"Riku," Riku looked at Kairi, sighing as he got off of Sora and helped him up. "Riku this is Roxas and Ventus. They're the reason we're here now. We were hoping you'd give us a ride back home in bit so I can give Axel the car. That way he can take Roxas and Ventus home when they are ready."

Riku pinched his nose and rubbed it. "You couldn't have told me this over the phone?"

"Nope. I thought it would be more fun to make you worry." Sora beamed earning another glare from Riku.

"Sorry Riku." Kairi giggled.

"It's fine I guess." He looked over to Roxas and stuck his hand out. "I'm Riku. Sorry if my little stunt back there frighten you at all." He smiled at him as he introduced himself.

Roxas took his hand and shook it. "It's alright. Sora warned me something like that might happen. I'm Roxas by the way."

"I take the little guy in Axel's arms is Ventus?"

He nodded. And as if just by his name being mentioned Ventus woke up again. He yawned and looked straight at the silver haired man in front of him. He looked at Sora and pointed his tiny finger at Riku. "Is this Weaku?"

"Weaku?" Riku looked at everyone with a 'did he just call me Weaku' look.

Everyone tired to hold in their giggles as Roxas explained that Ven liked to give anyone older than thirteen nicknames. Riku nodded and asked what everyone else's nick names were. He smirk when he heard Sora, Kairi, and Roxas' but laughed when he heard Axel's.

"Well enough of this, why are you guys here?"

"To see my brother and sister."

"Oh man I'm sorry."

"It's..fine."

"Roxas room vii is right there, do you want to go in alone or...?" Axel looked at him feeling him tense up.

"If you guys don't mind."

"We'll keep Ven company. Go see her." Axel still had his hand in his hand, he gave a light squeeze before letting go and watched as Roxas enter the room.

Tifa was laying on a bed with machines all around her. She had a mask on her face to help her breath. There was a neck brace around her neck and a small band aid on her right cheek. Her right arm and left leg were wrapped up in casts. Her face had some buries and Roxas could only imagine what was underneath her blanket.

He nearly broke down again, seeing her like that. He could feel new tears forming the closer he got to her bedside. He took her good hand and gently rubbed it with his thumb. Taking a deep breath he spoke. "H-hey Tifa. I'm not sure if you can hear me or not b-but..." He exhaled trying to compose himself. "Tifa, please wake up soon. You and Cloud are really all Ven h-..all Ven and I have. Until you do wake up... I promise that I'll take care of Ventus. I won't drop out of school because I know you and Cloud would kill me if I did. I'll do my best to make sure Ven is happy while you rest. I-I'm going to bring him in now so please don't kill me when he cries..."

Roxas opened the door wiping his eyes, saying that they could come in if they wanted too; but only Axel went in holding Ventus on his hip. The other's didn't think they should go in since they didn't know her and they didn't want to intrude.

"M-mommy? Uncle Wasis, whats wrong with mommy?" Ven was already crying when asked the second question.

"She's just sleeping Ven, Don't worry, mommy just needs a long rest from work and the band aids will help with her rest." Roxas took his nephew from Axel's hold.

"Really?" He sniffled looking at both the teens then at his mother.

"Roxas is right Ventus. She just going to stay here until she is well rested. Then she will go home and make you those yummy pancakes again." Axel made him smile.

Ventus reached out and kissed his mother's cheek. "Get lots of rest mommy. I won't be happy if you don't come home soon." He sniffled.

"Roxas?" Roxas looked toward the door and saw Riku standing there. "Your brother just came down the hall. He's in the next room if you want to see him."

"Is daddy resting too?"

"Well, why don't we go see?"

"Kay"

So what do you think? I really hope this chapter makes up for the last one.
to my guest reviewers:

Nalah, I don't know why writers make cliff hangers but for me, it's because I just really wanted to post something quick to make up for making everyone wait but at the same time I was tired to I ended it like that.

ReliveTheGreat, XD I hope this chapter answered your question to the crap the happened lol.

To all my readers:

I want to take everyone who is reading this story and for nice and patient for me to get better. I'm not fully better yet (I take forever to get over being sick) but I just wanted to give you this long chapter as my gift to you for making you wait more than a day for an update XD. Thank you all. :D hope you enjoyed.