A/N: So...yes, I've noticed I have a cliffhanger fettish. Dx In my mind, it's a way of assuring my insecure little mind that you guys will actually come back. :3 And I have some things to say. I was reading an AWESOME story. In the author's note in one chapter, the author promised that she would finish the story because she hates people who discontinue their stories...and then seven chapters later she discontinued it. -_-' I don't like to complain but THOSE PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK. lol Just know that even if takes me a long time to update, I might just have some things going on, or lack of inspiration to work off of. I WILL finish this story. I promise. I have no idea WHEN, but... This is how I like to look at it: It will be finished when it's done. When's it gonna be done? Why, when it's finished, of course. :) Anyways, I have to some thank you's to give out! Thank you, G Runz With Skizzers for the idea! I used it! (Only I didn't make him go into an actual coma...I don't have enough medical knowledge to know what would trigger a coma and/or what would be severe enough for the paramedics to put him in one. xD I made the doctor's drug him for surgery and then he would just be sleeping. :3 That's believable, right...? lol) *hands out award* Thank you, TheEmoCosplayer81 for keeping me in your prayers. :) It's nice to able to talk to someone about it. :D *hands out award* And thank you, FalseTruthsCore for also supporting me and being patient with me. :) *hands out award* You guys rock! (Even the reviewer who threatened-sorry, PROMISED to rupture my appendix if I didn't update soon AND the reviwer who threatened to stab me with a tissue. :3 You guys rock, too. xD) And thank you, Carol, for threatening to stab me with a wet french fry, strangle me with a dull spoon, and shoot me with a used Kleenex if I didn't get another chapter up soon...love you, too. *hands out award* Enjoy chapter sixteen!

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Roxas: My tummy hurts. :'#
KHFreakOZoid: lol
Roxas: How is that funny?
Zexion: You see why she owns nothing? She tortures us...and makes us watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas" when we go to bed.
KHFreakOZoid: I DO own that, though! :D
Zexion: *glares*
KHFreakOZoid: ... Okay...maybe I own a COPY of it...

ROXAS'S POV

*flashback*

My absolute favorite show was on; House M.D. But if you'd asked me what was happening, I wouldn't have been able to tell you. I couldn't concentrate for a couple of reasons.

One, my heart was broken. I was sitting on the couch with my (now ex) boyfriend. I was no longer permitted to lean on him. No longer permitted to hold his hand and fall asleep on his shoulder. No longer permitted to take his attention away from the TV and kiss him all night...

And two, there was an absolutely terrible pain in my stomach. I'd had a pretty bad stomachache all day, but I'd tried to ignore it. But it hadn't gone away. In fact, throughout the day it had just gotten worse. All day I'd felt like I was going to throw up and even as I laid on the couch, I couldn't feel comfortable. I didn't want to leave because Axel would think I just wanted to leave him. But after a while, I just couldn't take it anymore...I had to get out of there.

I reached into my pocket and took out my cell phone, texting Sora and asking him to come pick me up. Ten minutes later, I got a reply telling me to come outside.

I took a couple of deep breaths and tried to mask the pain on my face as I painfully got up from the couch. I tried not to groan and double over in pain and I tried my best to stand up straight. I merely told Axel that I had a stomachache then tried my best to walk steadily out the door. He gave me an understanding look and gave me a warm goodbye. And I hated him for it.

Was he not hurt at all? I felt terrible...not just stomach, but my heart. There he was, sitting next to the guy who'd practically cheated on him and he was just smiling at me like he was okay with just being friends. Like he wasn't hurt at all. Like...he didn't love me anymore.

I winced at the thought and felt my eyes start to sting on the way home. Sora asked me why I'd asked to leave to early. I just told him I wasn't feeling well.

*end flashback*

Everything after that was kind of a haze...kind of like it was now. I remember feeling my stomach pain get worse and worse...and then I heard the sirens. I vaguely remembered thinking, 'I wonder where the ambulance is going?' Then I realized I was on the floor and the sirens had reached the driveway. And then somehow I'd ended up here, in the bright white room with beeping machines around me, the pain in my stomach not given one bit of relief. It got worse, actually. They must have given me more drugs after that, because everything else was just blank.

Eventually I'd regained enough consciousness to comprehend my surroundings. My vision was blurry and the pain in my stomach was mostly gone; dulled, at least. Thank God.

"Please, can I go in to see him?"

My heart sped up at the sound of the vocie I knew very well and it was made known by the heart monitor I was conected to. I heard rushing footsteps come over to my side and stop for a minute. He must've been checking the heart monitor.

"Hmm...odd. His heart rate quickened for some reason...," the doctor with the annoying voice said. It almost made me wish I hadn't regained consciousness. (1) I heard him sigh. "Alright, but make it quick. Visiting hours are almost over." I heard the sound of retreating footsteps and I waited to hear a new pair of feet replace them.

When the doctor left, he closed the door behind him. Still no one approached me. I almost wondered if he'd left with the doctor, deciding not to see me after all. My heart fell a little at the thought. I wanted to sit up and look around the room but I didn't have the strength for that yet.

After a moment, however, I heard the sound of reluctant footstep approaching the side of my bed. My visitor put a hand on my cheek, cupping my face and I struggled to keep my heartrate even. Right now he thought I was asleep and I'd like to keep it that way.

My visitor sighed. "Roxas...," I took his hand away and I pouted internally, unable to grab his hand back. I heard him walk away and then walk back. He always did pace when he had something on his mind. Axel, I'm alright. You don't have to worry so much... I wanted to tell him.

"How could I be so stupid..."

I was a little confused at this. You? What did you...?

Axel sighed heavily and sat on the side of my bed. He was silent so I assumed he was studying my supposedly sleeping face. "I'm so sorry, Roxas...for everything," he said, pain lacing his voice.

I sighed internally. You're not the one who kissed a girl behind your boyfriend's back... I felt my eyes start to sting and I worked on not letting any tears give me away. I felt his warm hand on my cheek again and I wished more than anything that I could reach up and hold it there. I started to feel his breath on my face and I couldn't help it when my heart started racing again. He didn't seem to notice. I waited for his lips to touch mine. I was slightly disappointed when they touched my forehead instead. Oh well, it was better than nothing. Maybe he did still care. Maybe he...

Maybe he still loved me.

I heard him sigh heavily again as he traced his fingers down to my chin, and then back up again. He paused at my lips and traced the shape with his fingers. His touched felt amazing. So familiar, so warm...it made me feel at home. "Roxas...I l-"

"Oh, hi, Axel," I heard a female voice cut Axel off and I swear I'd never wanted to scream so badly in my life.

"...Hi, Xion." I couldn't see him, but I doubted that Axel was actually looking at her.

"Sorry to barge in; I'll leave you two alone."

"No, that's okay. I was just leaving anyway." My heart dropped as the warmth of his skin left my lips and the weight of his body left my bed. No! Axel, please...don't go... Don't leave me...!

I heard the door shut and I knew the only person in the room with me was Xion. That was it. She had ruined my relationship too many times... I tried to give back into the drug and fall asleep again as she babbled to me about little nothings. Eventually I was able to fall back asleep again. I was hoping I'd be able to never wake up. At least in my dreams I still had Axel. I was disapointed when Sora woke me in the morning.

(1) Vexen is the doctor. *shivers*