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The Silence – Chapter VIMy own voice terrified me and by the way that both Marluxia and Axel reacted it had shocked them too. I felt Marluxia being ripped off of me and I saw Axel slam him up against the wall, his eyes looked horrifying as he and Marluxia started to hit one another.
Me, on the other hand, though I was fully aware of the scene going on in front of me, my attention was on what I had just done, I had actually heard my voice for the first time. The last time I had spoken was when I was twelve so I hadn't heard what my voice after puberty sounded like. It was deep…a lot deeper than I would have expected it to be.
"Zexion!" a pair of arms were pulling the top of my body off of the ground and I stared back weakly at Axel who smiled a little at me, "you're burnt!" his face change to the look of storm and he glared in the direction that Marluxia was staggering in.
I gripped his shirt as he carefully helped me up, I couldn't help but smile despite the soaring pain in my stomach.
'Axel' I frowned as he moved away from me and bent down in front of me, 'what are you doing?' I clunked my teeth together and Axel laughed when I didn't do anything.
"Get on my back, I'm giving you a ride home," he beamed and I weakly smiled before I clambered onto his back, my hands arms linked around his neck as my entwined hands rested near his chest, his arms linking around my legs strongly and I felt my entire body completely fall into this strange embrace.
"I was right you know," I stared at the side of his face as I watched his soft pink lips pulled up into a kind smile, his green eyes moved to look at me, "you do have a sexy voice," he chuckled and I gulped as he winked.
"Yo, open up!" Axel yelled and I stirred on Axel's shoulder where my head had been lying for the passed fifteen minuets, I had apparently fallen asleep on the way.
The door opened and Vexen's already huge eyes became bigger as he saw from my bleeding lip and bruised eye that I was injured.
"Z-Zexion," he gasped as he quickly ushered Axel inside and led him into the front room where Axel somehow managed to get me into his arms and gently place me onto the sofa.
"What's the matter with him, who are you?" Vexen's voice was understandably panicked and I stared at Axel who just waved his hand to calm Vexen down.
"He was attacked and I'm Axel, Zexion's project partner," Axel explained and I sat up slowly though it didn't exactly help much as pain rocketed through my back anyways.
"Thank you for bringing him home, you can go now," Vexen smiled slightly at Axel and I honestly thought that my heart was going to start hurdling out of my chest as Axel frowned at Vexen standing on his feet.
'No!' I gasped loudly and gripped my hand around his wrist shaking my head and looking to Vexen who stared at me obviously startled by my actions and Axel seemed to be in the same shocked state as he looked down at me with a puzzled expression.
"Looks like I'm wanted here," I saw that he was resisting a triumphant smirk and I felt the need to roll my eyes at him but for some reason…I didn't.
"Just…" Vexen stopped to gather his thoughts, "make sure you do everything for him…for as long as he wants you to stay with him," I smiled up at Vexen and he smiled back at me, finally understanding what I wanted for once and then he silently left the room.
"So you want me here?" Axel sat on the sofa next to me, my fingers still trapping his wrist. Though I had spoken back then I still had no idea how to properly talk, my silent barrier had been broken but yet I hadn't a clue how to use the normal ways of socializing.
I nodded and he sighed heavily at my silent response before he started laughing to himself irritating me, as there was nothing about this situation as far as I was concerned.
"Don't go all quiet on me again," he grinned, free hand coming down on my head and ruffling my hair so gently unlike Marluxia and I blushed as I felt myself nearly pressing my head into his palm, "just one more word?" he urged and I parted my lips slightly trying to force a noise to come out like before but instead ended up passing a noise that sounded like someone dying, "oh well, at least I know what you sound like now…just a little bit," he made a gesture with his fingers as he said 'little bit' as if I didn't understand what he was saying. My eyebrows knitted together as my stomach began to ache again and I let go of Axel so I could wrap my arms around myself, 'damn you stupid Axel' I glared at the boy next to me as this was all his fault, he shouldn't have brought these stupid new emotions to my attention because before I knew I could feel them, I was actually sleeping properly.
"Marluxia didn't do anything," he made another hand gesture that made my heart do acrobats in my chest, "did he?" I shook my head quickly; my breath being almost knocked out of me as Axel gently, yet quickly pulled me into his arms, his hands resting flat on my back.
It was at times like these that I honestly wished I wasn't asthmatic because I started to breathe strangely again, my throat closing a little and Axel let go of me, quickly pulling my inhaler out of my bag for me and placing it in my hands.
I took a few quick puffs and nodded as a thank you to Axel glaring at my inhaler at the same time for ruining my moment, if it wasn't Axel doing it himself, it was someone else. Is it just me or do people have sensors stuck to there head that suddenly alerts them to just ruin a perfect moment? Because I'm starting to believe it.
"Come here," Axel beckoned me with his hands and his arms where stretched out for me to fall into them, I was glad that it seemed he didn't want the moment to end either but pissed off at the fact that he wanted me to move because it hurt to, "I'm glad he didn't do anything…" he made the hand gesture again as he moved right next to me, "because I would have killed him," he whispered in my ear and I had no idea why I found it so … sweet that he had said that but I had already curled into his chest before I gave myself a chance to answer my own question. My hands were pressed up and trapped between my body and his chest, my face buried in his shirt so I could get his scent again and I smiled though I don't understand why seen as though I knew what I was doing was creepy.
"You really like my scent don't you," Axel chuckled and I felt him vibrate against me causing my face to flush even more as I knew that the moron was going to tease me about it for ages to come, "Zexion," his voice changed and I knew that he was being serious because his laughter stopped and his voice had become deeper.
'Axel' my permanent headache, his name rolling through my head like a bloody tidal wave. I licked my lips before I slowly raised my head, nearly moaning as his smile made my stomach sting.
"Um, I…" I watched as he struggled with his words and my eyes widened, I had never wanted someone to hurry up with their words so much before but he never finished his sentence for his lips slowly came down towards mine.
Yup cliff hanger again, I'm getting pretty horrible with them aren't I? But it's fun to see the reactions to them. My beloved Zexion, what am I doing to you? Please review if you enjoyed this ^_^