A/N: I don't own the character or the places. Just the idea of the story.

So first of all I'm sorry for long whiles before updating but the least is that I'll get one review for a chapter that I'd keep on updating. Thanks.

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Nightmares and Storms

Demyx woke up with a startle. He sat up and looked around the dark room while trying to relax. Eventually he sighed realizing that it had only been a darn nightmare. He checked the clock quickly and sighed once again. It wouldn't take long before the storm would hit. "Where to go when you're in need of slight help? ...To a friend's place of course!" Demyx thought for a while and not knowing what else to do, he stood up and created a dark portal and walked through it.

He came out to Axel's room. Sometimes the redhead would be still awake at this time of night but seemingly not this time. Axel was sleeping quite peacefully in his own bed. Demyx smiled a little. He couldn't bother the fire wilder at this time of night. Well, not when the red head was sleeping so innocently and peacefully. Demyx sighed sadly.

Suddenly Axel sat up on his bed and looked almost straight off to Demyx. "Dem? What are you doing here?" Axel asked while slightly yawning. Demyx blushed a little but looked away.

"I... Sorry if I woke you up. Didn't mean to..." Demyx stuttered a little and real fast created a dark portal. "Sorry... I'll just leave you alone... Good night." Demyx whispered and walked through it before Axel could say a word.

Axel cursed for a while. "Demyx should have learned it already. If he's troubled and comes for help but doesn't ask for it, it'll leave me troubled. So... I don't have anything else to do than go and check what's wrong with him..." Axel thought, stood up and created a dark portal into Demyx's room.

Demyx was sitting on his bed looking a little sad. He looked up at the sound of dark portal and was a little surprised to see Axel come through it. "Ax? What are you doing here?" He asked quietly.

"What's bothering you? You look like you've seen a ghost." Axel commented while coming to sit next to the musician... And ignoring the question.

"Nothing's wrong. I just... Dunno... Sorry for waking you up..." Demyx whispered and looked away. He had been willing to talk about the nightmare but now it just seemed too ridiculous to talk about it with Axel.

"Oh, come on! You came to me for help and now you're not gonna ask for it?!? You should have learned it by now, Dem. When you're troubled and don't talk about it, it leaves me troubled." Axel stated. Demyx just nodded and sighed.

"Do you believe all that they say about not having a heart and no feelings?" Demyx asked sadly and looked at Axel.

"I'm not sure about that. Maybe some parts but not all the things. I really don't know the full truth." Axel answered shrugging. Demyx just nodded.

"You think that Nobodies can see dreams?" Demyx asked after a while and glanced at Axel. Axel thought for a while and shrugged.

"Well, I know I've had dreams once in a while. Heh, not to mention about the nightmares too." Axel answered sheepishly after a while. Demyx nodded, though he was slightly smiling by then.

Just right then the storm started. It was one of the few natural storms, which didn't need Larxene's powers over the electricity. And not a second later did the boom of the lighting come. Demyx nearly jumped to the roof and screamed.

Axel was quite startled. Right after his scream Demyx backed straight to the corner of the bed. "Dem? You OK?" Axel asked a little worried. Demyx shook his head and was startled again and screaming when the next boom came.

Axel grinned a little but scooted closer to the Sitarist and carefully hugged him. "Don't worry, the storm's not gonna hurt ya." Axel whispered to the trembling Nocturne. But Demyx was too scared to answer and screamed once again. "Sshh... It's OK. Come on, I wanna show you something." Axel tried to soothe the trembling friend of his.

Demyx didn't protest when Axel carefully pulled him up to his feet, created a dark portal and they walked through it. The two of them came to the attic of the castle and sat down on the floor. Demyx was more than trembling not to mention a little ashamed about his fear. He really didn't want Axel see him like that.

"Just watch." Axel whispered and pointed out to the dark night sky. Demyx wasn't sure what he was supposed to see but did as Axel asked him to. Suddenly he did see a lightning. Demyx blinked few times to really understand what he was watching at. But more than that he was wondering why Axel had started to count. Then the boom of the lightning came and Demyx screamed. "Don't worry! The storm's far away." Axel told him and tried to hug the musician who was nearly crying by now.

"What... What were you counting...?" Demyx asked with a trembling voice. Suddenly the boom of next lighting got him scream again and he clung to Axel while trembling even harder.

Axel tried to soothe him and whispered: "You can count how far the storm actually is by seeing the lightning and counting from it to the sound of it. Right now it's over five miles away from us. Don't know if it even gets this far before ending."

"Really?" Demyx asked quite awed. Axel just nodded when the Nocturne looked at him. Still, this little information didn't take off the fact that the Nocturne screamed again when the next boom came.

Axel sighed sadly and pulled Demyx off of him. "Just watch. Those lightning's are quite cool. Oh, before I forget, check these out." Axel told him and pointed out from the window while ducking into his pocket and taking few pictures out and giving them to Demyx.

Demyx looked at the picture quite awed. They were pictures about different kind of lightning. "Cool, huh?" Axel asked and Demyx just nodded. "Then watch the real show. Maybe you can spot few even cooler lightning." Axel continued grinning. Demyx wondered for a while but did eventually look out of the window.

The more they watched the more comfortable Demyx came. He didn't scream at each and every boom they heard. "Feeling better now?" Axel asked and Demyx nodded. "Good. I think I have one little idea up on my mind. Come on, time to check the kitchen." Axel answered with a sly grin. Demyx just followed him.

It didn't take long before the two of them had a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream. They had already gone back to Demyx's room and were sitting on the bed. "You think you could sleep now?" Axel asked carefully while putting his empty mug to Demyx's bedside table. Demyx just shrugged.

"Okay, something's still troubling you. Come on, tell it out so we can go back to sleep." Axel told him while hugging him. Demyx sighed. He wasn't sure if he could tell it out or not. "Come on, Demy, you're not gonna get to sleep unless you can relax. And seemingly you can't relax unless you tell it out." Axel whispered to Demyx.

"I... I had a nightmare..." Demyx answered a little ashamed while slightly trembling. Axel hugged Demyx slightly tighter and nodded.

"It's OK. Nightmares can be scary. You wanna talk about it or do you want me to stay over and hold you over the night?" Axel told him sympathetically. Demyx just shook his head while starting to cry. "Um... Which you're meaning? That you don't want to talk about it or that you don't want me to stay over the night?" Axel asked a little puzzled.

Demyx wondered for a while. "I... I don't wanna talk about it..." Demyx eventually whispered. Axel nodded and carefully laid them both down on the bed.

"It's OK, Dem. Whatever was in your nightmare, it can't get you. I'll keep you safe." Axel told him while soothing the crying Nocturne. "It was just a bad dream and nothing more. You're safe. And that storm's not gonna get you either." Axel continued carefully.

It didn't take long before the Nocturne had fallen asleep. Axel carefully took the empty mug from Demyx and placed it on the table. After a while of soothing Demyx, Axel fell asleep too.

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