AN: Well, let me first start out by saying I'M SORRY!!!!! -Hides under rock- I know everyone wanted Demyx out of the picture and for Axel to finally love Roxas and only Roxas. But I'm w-e-e-e-e-a-a-k. I needed to stretch the love triangle as far as I possibly could. And in this one, I think it's actually pretty well done. But Demyx is kind of an ass in this one. Kinda gotta feel sorry for Xaldin here. Reviewers!

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Love you all so much! But I can't hug you all at once because my arms are sadly not noodles. Okay, I'm gonna point out a few things. Don't worry, none of the characters in this story are going to die except for Sora and he's already dead so it doesn't matter. Least of all Axel, one of the main characters. And, for the record, people who didn't understand: Axel didn't just get super-drunk, he had alcohol poisoning. That can leave you comatose for a varied amount of time.

On an unrelated note, I watched the greatest movie a few nights ago. It was called Cruel Intentions. I'm not gonna go into it, search for it on wikipedia if you want to know what it's about. But I watched it twice and I'm still not bored of it. It's quite possibly the greatest movie ever. Uh...let's see what else? Oh yeah. The spatula makes a comeback!! XD It's really early in the chapter, but it's hilarious. Okay, I'm done rambling.

Disclaimer: -Looks sneakily from side to side- Yes, I finally have it! Kingdom Hearts is mine!! -Looks closer- Aw damn, it's fake. Some day...some day...


It was a little depressing, walking around the apartment when it was so empty. That's why Roxas spent all his time with Namine. She took pity on him and brought him home to eat more often than not. After all, he didn't have any money.

He really enjoyed hanging out with Namine. She was a sweet person. That was one of the reasons he'd had a crush on her before.

"Well," he said, glancing at the clock. It was almost 11:00. "I think I should probably get out of here. Gotta sleep. School tomorrow, you know." He sighed. In truth, he really didn't want to go back there. In his mind, he begged for Namine to ask him to sleep over. But, like always, she just nodded and walked him to the door.

"Bye, Roxas," she said, smiling softly. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" He nodded and stepped out into the night. It was autumn, so it was fairly cold. He pulled his jacket closer around him to hold in the body warmth. It had been nearly three weeks since Axel had stumbled in and still he hadn't woken up. The blonde didn't understand. Had Axel really been that bad off? And what had possessed him to drink that much anyway?

Everyone had been so worried about the redhead. All of his coworkers had visited him in the hospital. Everyone who knew Roxas told him that Axel was a fighter and would be out of there in no time. Did no time include days that felt like an eternity?

Demyx had called about a week ago, and Roxas had had no choice but to inform him of what had happened. Demyx had been silent for a long time, then he had mumbled something unintelligible and hung up. The blonde hadn't heard from him since.

Roxas finally reached the apartment. With nearly numb hands, he pulled out the key and stuck it hurriedly into the lock. He rushed in and shut the door, reveling in the warmth. It was a few minutes before he realized the light in the living room was on.

The blonde frowned. Who could be here, and at this late hour? After grabbing a spatula to protect himself in case it was burglars, he pushed the swinging door open inch by inch. He caught sight of a mop of blonde hair. The person was laying on the couch. Raising the spatula high above his head, he rushed in.

The person let out a yell and fell to the ground. "Roxas, it's me!"

Roxas froze. Taking a close look at the intruder, he found it to be none other than Demyx.

"Demyx? How did you get inside?" More important, what the hell was he doing here?

The taller blonde rubbed his head. "I still have a key to the apartment. Axel gave me one a long time ago." He grinned up at the still-standing teenager. "Took you long enough to get home ya know."

Roxas blinked. "Just how long have you been here?"

"Since about…noon today."

The younger blonde groaned. "You've been here that long?" He turned back into the kitchen, simply for the purpose of getting away from Demyx.

"Yeah. Is something wrong?" Demyx followed him, unfortunately.

Roxas opened the fridge and pretended to peer inside. However, he was painfully aware of the eyes on his back. When he couldn't take it anymore, he glanced back to find the older blonde sitting at the kitchen table.

"How long are you planning on staying here?" Roxas growled, finally closing the fridge and sitting down opposite.

"Until Axel gets better," Demyx said cheerily.

The younger blonde was silent a moment. He leaned forward and spoke in a low voice, "I have to be nice to you when Axel is around, but he's not. He's in a coma. And the only thing you being here will do is annoy me. You're not welcome here. Go home."

Despite the harsh words, Demyx stood firm. "I love him, Roxas, and I'm staying here until he wakes up so I can make sure he's okay."

"You just…" Roxas gripped his hair in frustration. "You ruin everything. Why do you cling to him so much? It's pretty obvious he doesn't want you or maybe he would have gone with you."

"The only reason he didn't come," Demyx scowled, "Is because of you. If you had never come into the picture, we could be living together and happy."

"Then maybe you should have made your move before he decided to save my life," the younger blonde said in a low voice, glaring at the older.

Demyx opened his mouth to retaliate, but, after a moment, closed it. "You're right, I should have done something earlier. But...have you ever been in love? It's not as easy as just saying it."

"Maybe it's not. And maybe you had your reasons. But the fact of the matter is that you left here. And he did love you. You broke him, Demyx."

"I know…" The older blonde cleared his throat. "But…I've come back to make it right again. Maybe we can just pick up where we left off and…"

"Well, maybe he doesn't want you anymore!" Roxas snapped, standing up. Demyx blinked at him.

"Roxas? What are you…?"

Suddenly, the phone started ringing. Almost angrily, the younger blonde picked it up. "Hello?"

He was silent for a few minutes. Gradually, the look on his face changed from anger to astonishment. Then of astonishment to joy. "O-okay, thank you. I'll be right there."

He hung up. "Axel is waking up!" He said in answer to Demyx's questioning look. "Come on, we need to get over to the hospital!"

They took Demyx's rental car and were at the hospital in about five minutes. Roxas jumped out first and raced towards the door like a kid at a toy shop.

When Demyx finally caught up with him, the younger blonde was talking to Axel's doctor.

"…he needs to rest, I can't have you going in there and disturbing him. Please, come back tomorrow…"

"Fuck you! You can't just keep me from seeing him! I have been waiting 3 weeks for him to wake up; I'm not going to wait another second!" Roxas tried to push past the doctor, but he gripped him tightly by the arm.

"I'm sorry," he said calmly, "But you can't go in."

"What's going on here?" Demyx said.

"Oh! Hello, sir, do you know this child?"

"Yes…what's the trouble?"

"I told him to come back tomorrow. Mr. Nageshi is simply not ready for any visitors right now."

"Oh? Did he say he wasn't ready for visitors?"

The doctor looked away sheepishly. "No, but it's late and he's tired…"

"Did he say he was tired?"

"…No…"

Demyx fixed the doctor with a cold stare. "If you were just going to keep us from seeing him, why did you call us tonight?"

"Well, we didn't know you would come right now…"

"And why not? Do you doubt that we care for him enough to come make sure he's okay the second we know he's awake?"

"No, not at all…"

"Then maybe you should let two such devoted friends see with their own eyes that he's okay."

"I can't, he's not ready…"

"I think that's for him to decide, isn't it?"

The doctor paused, conflicted, before sighing in resignation. "You have twenty minutes."

The older blonde grinned and tugged Roxas out of the doctor's grasp, pulling him along into Axel's room.

When they went inside, at first it looked like nothing had changed. The machines were still the same, and Axel had his eyes closed like he did before. Except this time, when Roxas sat on the bed, they fluttered open.

"Hey, Roxas," he said, smiling slightly. He caught sight of Demyx behind him and his eyes widened.

"Hi, Axel," Demyx said, waving sheepishly.

Roxas looked between them as they just stared at each other and decided to break the tension. "I knew you would wake up soon," the young blonde said, his voice forcing the redhead to look his way, "I visited you every day."

"Oh, yeah?" Axel smiled again.

"Yeah." Roxas leaned down and kissed the redhead on the lips, laying his hand on Axel's slightly cool one.

When Roxas pulled away, Axel glanced toward Demyx, who had a shocked look on his face. "Hey Roxas, I'm kinda thirsty. You mind going to get me some water?"

Roxas glanced toward Demyx as well and nodded. "You bet." He jumped off the bed. "I'll be right back."

As he went out the door, Demyx took his previous place on the bed. "So, how long has this been going on?" He said in a low voice.

"A little while now," Axel said, "I would have told you, but I didn't wanna rub it in your face or anything."

Demyx winced at the edge to the redhead's voice. "I…I'm sorry about that."

There was silence for a moment, but then Demyx said, "So, what happened? To get you in here, I mean."

Axel shrugged minutely. "Alcohol poisoning. I was depressed and went to a bar. Makes for a bad combination."

Demyx fiddled with the hem of his shirt. "Is it because…?"

"Yeah…"

"I never wanted to hurt you," Demyx mumbled, "I just wanted you to see that I had moved on."

"Well, I saw it," Axel sighed, "Maybe not in the way you planned, but I saw. And…now you see that I've moved on too."

"I don't buy that."

"Huh?" The redhead stared at the older blonde incredulously. "What do you mean?"

"You still love me. I know it." Demyx leaned closer. "And more importantly, you know it."

Axel frowned. "Whether that's true or not, the fact of the matter is that you made your choice. Now I'm making mine."

"What, you mean Roxas?" Demyx practically spat his name out. "What do you see in him? If you ditched him we could be together."

"What about your boyfriend?" Axel said coldly.

"Xaldin means nothing to me!" Demyx leaned closer so that his lips were brushing Axel's. "Not like you do…" And then he was kissing the redhead, and as much as Axel dearly wanted to push him away, to tell him to leave, he just couldn't make himself do it. Instead, he wrapped his arms around the blonde's neck and moaned as he swept the inside of his mouth with his velvety tongue. He'd be lying if he said he hadn't missed this.

Just when they started getting lost in the kiss, a fairly loud sob brought them back to reality. Roxas was standing in the doorway, his blue eyes sparkling with unshed tears. Before either of the two could say anything, the young blonde turned on his heel and ran out.