~The next morning~

Roxas woke slowly, blinking several times to get used to how bright the room was.

He sat up and looked around, confused for a moment, before he remembered where he was and why.

His gaze shifted to Dark and he gasped softly.

Darks eyes were open!

"Dark?" Roxas said softly, one of Dark's ears swiveled towards the sound of his voice as his eyes slowly turned to look at him, but these weren't the beautiful eyes that Roxas remembered.

These eyes were dull, haunted, lifeless.

"Dark? Are you ok? It's me Roxas" he said, trying to get at response out of him.

Dark remained still and irresponsive.

"Dark? please, answer me." he begged, pressing a hand to Dark's pale lips

For several seconds he heard nothing.

'...R-Roxas?'

Roxas let out a soft sigh of relief as he heard Dark's voice in his head, though it was faint

"Yeah, it's me Dark" he said softly

'W-what's going on?' Dark asked softly 'Where a-am I?'

Roxas looked shocked

"You...you mean you don't remember?"

'I r-remember passing out in the park a-after...' Dark trailed off, his voice was shaky and he sounded terrified. 'Roxas please tell me, where am I. What happened?'

Roxas felt his heart clench at how scared Dark was.

"You're at the hospital, I found you in the park and me and my brother brought you here" Roxas said, glad that Dark wasn't freaking out like Sora had predicted, but then again...Sora seemed to be right...a lot.

'T-then that means...' Dark's eyes, which had gained back a bit of light instantly dulled back to a muddy reddish brown, and suddenly filled with tears. 'I-it wasn't a nightmare...'

Dark trailed off into sobs, his shoulders shaking harshly

Roxas instantly understood and he stood, sitting on the edge of Dark's bed and, as gently as possible, pulled the distraught boy into his lap.

Dark let off a soft whimper of pain at the motion but curled up in Roxas' lap, burying his face in Roxas' chest as he sobbed.

"It's ok, you're safe here. I've got you, it's ok" Roxas murmured to the crying teen, rubbing his back gently.

It took Roxas several minute to calm the other to the point where he had stopped crying, but Dark wouldn't let Roxas move.

He wrapped his thin, shaky arms around Roxas' shoulders and wouldn't let go, keeping his mouth pressed firmly to Roxas' neck.

'Please don't leave' Dark whimpered in his mind, as Roxas shifted under him 'Please...I-if you leave, t-they'll find me again'

Roxas hugged Dark close, being careful not to hurt him and buried his face in the silver hair of the other.

"Never" he murmured into Dark's ear. "I already made that mistake once, it won't happen again. I'm just trying to make it more comfortable for you, I don't want to hurt you Dark"

Dark pulled his face away from Roxas' neck to smile slightly at him, his eyes regaining a bit of their original light, but the smile was quickly replaced by a frown as his stomach growled softly.

"Hungry?" Roxas teased with a soft chuckle, pressing his hand to Dark's mouth so he could reply.

'U-um...yeah I am, I haven't e-eaten for a long time so...' Dark trailed off as his stomach gave a louder growl, a blush slowly spreading its way across the bridge of his nose as he looked away, embarrassed.

"It's ok, I'll call Sora to get you something, is that ok?" Roxas suggested.

'I-I guess so' Dark murmured softly in Roxas' mind.

"Ok" Roxas petted Dark's head gently as he spoke, making sure to not touch the injured ear.

Dark let off a soft purr, leaning into the gentle touch, his eyes sliding slightly shut

Roxas smiled and pulled his hand away from Dark's mouth, still petting the silver hair with the other, and pulled out his cell, texting his brother that Dark was awake and he needed something to eat.

One-With-Darkness: theres chapter 3 for you guys!

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