So two months later and chapter is finally done, huh. Yeah there is a plethora of reasons why it took so long – school, conventions/cosplays, my general laziness, and the fact that my computer broke – but that's all water under the bridge. The chapter is up and I can work on "Piano Man" now.

Usual disclaimers, and whatnot, its all in the first chapter.

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Kairi was the first to speak up, "Zexion, huh? I've never heard that name before. Where are you from anyway?" She leaned on her elbows over the counter and tilted her head to the side in question. Ienzo looked over at her from his position on the chair. Demyx, who'd thrown himself onto the couch next to him, looked mildly interested as well, though he still had a phone in his hand and would occasionally glance down at it.

Probably further than you've been. It's not of importance." Ienzo was aware that that was unlikely, and that they'd probably traveled outside the city before, but he couldn't afford to give anything away that might out him, so for now keeping a tight lip was his best bet.

"Zexy's a runaway, Kai, of course he wouldn't say anything." Ienzo cast a sideways glance to the blonde, Zexy? Is that some sort of nickname? "But we're not gonna rat you out or anything so you can tell us." Demyx grinned at him.

"I'd… rather not, if you don't mind." He stated quietly, then muttered to himself, "It's not a risk I'm willing to take." Using the thin blanket that was soaked clear through the fabric, he wiped some water hat had dripped from his hair off of his face. Kairi had moved from her position behind the counter and was staring at him, and it made him weary.

"You're a runaway? Really? I've never met one before." She grinned, "That's so cool. You know, my brother, axel ran away once,. He never told my why but when he got back…" Kairi continued to talk about her brother, but Ienzo's attention was turned toward the picture window at the front of the coffeehouse, keeping an eye out for any white coats that might have managed to follow him here. The rain was still falling and it didn't seem to want to stop. Ienzo figured that he'd just have to continue on in the rain.

"What are you looking for?" The voice was Demyx; he'd scooted over on the couch so that he was leaning on the armrest closest to Ienzo, attempting to follow his gaze.

"Nothing. Just watching the rain is all." He brushed him ff. His programming was telling him to obey the humans, tell the truth, be obedient, but he'd already made it this far, and he'd made more mistakes in less than twenty-four hours than he had since 'waking up', so ignoring his programming wasn't that big of an issue.

"That's not a 'watching the rain' look, trust me, I know what that look is. You're looking for something, or somebody." They were alone now, Kairi, in the middle of her story, had gotten phone call and left to another room. The shop was quiet, save the pounding rain on the roof – mixed with the thunder and lightning crashing occasionally – and the faint buzzing of the various coffee machines that were still turned on. It wasn't the same silence that had permeated the facility – with its deafening silence that Ienzo had only noticed after the 'incident' – the silence of the coffeehouse was full of noise, and Ienzo liked it. It didn't feel so dead around.

"Maybe I am. As I said, it's none of your concern."

"That's cold dude. I was only curious." Demyx looked hurt, and Ienzo almost apologized, but then he shrugged and pulled his phone back out. The silence continued with the blonde on his phone and the bluenette staring out the window. It lasted like that until Kairi came back out and grabbed a coat off of the coatrack.

"My ride's here, so I'm heading out. Bye Dem. It was nice meeting you Zexion." And the bell chimed as she left. Ienzo didn't see a car outside so he assumed that it was parked around the corner. He watched as Demyx stood up and began turning things off behind the counter. Ienzo stood.

"Do you need any help, Demyx?" His programming tried to kick back in. Demyx nodded though.

"Yeah, can you go check and see that everything is turned off in the back. Kairi might've done it, but I'd like to make sure." Ienzo nodded, and with the thin blanket draped around his shoulders, he walked back to the swinging door that led to the back. Aside from the lights that were turned on, it seemed like Kairi had taken the liberty of turning everything off. He flicked the switch, and the room was plunged headfirst into darkness. Ienzo didn't have much trouble finding the door gain though – night vision equipment installed into his visual receptors – and found Demyx turning off the machine farthest in the back. It was a monster compared to the other machines; giant and hulking.

"It was Dad's favorite machine. May look old but she makes the best coffee this side of the border, or so I've heard anyway. Coffee isn't my forte'." He said and smiled at the machine.

"But you work at a coffeehouse." He commented as Demyx grabbed a mop and started cleaning the floor.

"Yeah. It was an avalible job at the time, and I just like the atmosphere." He swept the mop toward Ienzo's feet, and he had to step out of the way to avoid getting a mop to the shin. "Plus the music is great. Smooth jazz most of the time, but some modern every now and then." He continued sweeping at Ienzo's feet, and he continued to move out of the way in a sort of dance as his partner swept him around the café'. Demyx had a grin on his face as they danced around the floor, and Ienzo skillfully dodged the attack on his feet until he backed into a wall and Demyx was standing in front of him.

Ienzo wasn't sure what to do, so he averted his gaze to look out the window again, and he noticed that the rain had begun to lighten up. "I should go." He slipped out from against the wall and headed toward the door. He shrugged the blanket off of his shoulders and quickly folded it before placing it on a hair. He'd given himself enough recharge time to make it another day at least – if his estimation was correct – and he reasoned that the further away he could get from the facility, the better off he would be.

"Hey, Wait!" Demyx made a grab for his arm but he evaded the gesture. Ienzo fixed him with a hard stare.

"I need to keep moving. You have no idea what my situation is, so please leave me go." Neither of them moved for a good minute. Ienzo was the first to thaw and turned toward he door and back out into the night. Luckily the rain had slowed to a mist, and he could deal with that.

What he wasn't sure he could deal with was seeing Demyx's face again. There was something about the hurt look he gave when Ienzo left that had him wanting to wait up. But he couldn't, he didn't know how far away the white coats were, or when they'd show up to take him away, but he couldn't risk much more time here.

He didn't make it more than a block before he heard running footsteps behind him, and another two seconds found Demyx standing, somewhat winded, next to him with a cot and umbrella in his arms.

"Demyx please- "

"No. Don't say anything. It's late, come back to my place. At least until morning. That way you can get a god nights rest and some food before you go."

"Demyx, I can't. I have to –"

"Please Zexy? Just one night. How much could it hurt?" Demyx was giving him a look akin to a kicked puppy.

Ienzo sighed. "Alight, one night. But demyx, you must know that I'm not good company to keep." Demyx broke into a grin and looped his arm round Ienzo's shoulders.

"Great! It'll be alright, you'll see." He pulled the blue boy with him down another street as he continued to babble about anything and everything. Ienzo sighed, as he nervously glanced around the empty street. One night, he thought, just one night and I'll be on my way again.

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I'm not sure if I like this chapter or not. It's basically a filler chapter but it has some maybe future plot elements weaved in. Yeah, when it comes to this story, I have about 15% of it actually planned out and the rest is just winging it.

Since its summer hopefully I'll be able to update more regularly, but no promises since I'm me and sometimes writer's block is just too much of a pain to deal with.

Remember, review are my motivation. I ned to know what you guys think.

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*special thanks to Bretardedness101 for that lovely review that got me up off my ass and get to BestBuy to fix my computer to get my computer fixed so I could type this chapter *