The next morning was the strangest one I had ever experienced. When I woke up Axel was asleep which was unusual in itself. I kissed his cheek but he remained asleep. I pondered what to do and decided to get out of bed. The floor was cold underneath my feet. I quickly got dressed to get myself warmed up. The wardrobe in the room had mirrored doors. When I was dressed I went to give myself one look over just to check I looked presentable enough for this poor counsellors eyes. As I did I saw how ragged my face looked. I had huge bags under my eyes. Maybe I did need more sleep…

At that moment I felt warm hands around my waste and smiled as I saw Axel's face in the mirror. I stared into his green eyes in the reflection and he stared back into my sapphire ones smiling as he did so.

"Come back to bed…I miss you" He smiled.

I smiled back and replied "You only just woke up!" Laughing as I did so.

"Trust me. I've been awake a while. I've been watching. Making sure we'll be together forever." He smiled.

I became confused.

'Watching me? That's slightly creeping me out' I thought to myself.

"I want to make sure you're not thinking of leaving me…ever." His face became serious.

I became scared but tried not to show it.

'Axel's acting really strange. I don't like it. Why is he acting this way?" I thought.

"I can hear your thoughts Roxy!" He informed in a harsh tone. I became stunned.

'What did he just say?' I questioned if I had heard him right.

"I said I can hear your thoughts. So I know I'm scaring you with this stuff. That's good though because if you're scared you wont leave me. We can be happy together forever." He smiled.

"If you keep acting this way Axe then we definitely wont be together forever." I sighed.

"So you'll leave me? I'm sorry Rox but I cant let that happen. Without you I can not exist in this world! Not without you!" He screamed.

"Don't you think that's a bit dramat-" I would have finished but I was cut off by a sharp pain in my back.

I watched in the mirror as Axel held up a bloodied knife to show.

Backstabbed.

I began falling to the floor and just as I hit it I rose with a start and a scream.

"AH!" I screamed.

Feeling no pain in my back I reached to it. There was no mark. I looked around the room. It was morning. I looked next to me and Axel was not there I could hear him in the shower singing. I walked up to the mirror and saw I looked absolutely fine. I looked in my drawers at the clothes I had been wearing. They were neither ripped nor blood stained.

'A dream!' I realised and I sighed with relief.

I began to get dressed in different clothes than the ones that I had been wearing in my dream. It wasn't long before I had that meeting with the counsellor so I knew that when Axel was done we had to leave. I hated not having a shower in the morning it always made me feel like I was completely filthy.

I simply waited. On the edge on the bed I sat waiting for Axel. I could think of nothing else except for what the counsellor might say to me. What if I was crazy? What if there was something wrong with me? It wouldn't surprise me after the morning I've had. I guess that's just something I have to be prepared for. My main fear was…what if Axel leaves me? That was something that emotionally I could never prepare myself for. After returning to the world from my deep thoughts Axel walked in.

"Oh finally up then are we?" He smiled.

I gave a small smile back.

"Don't worry Rox everything will be fine" He reassured.

Again, I couldn't do much except give a small smile.

Axel already had his boxers on and so got dressed from there. He dried and styled his hair to the way he liked it. It always made me smile when his hair was flat but I think today I couldn't even smile at that. When he was done he simply turned to me and smiled. I smiled back at his beautiful face. I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have him.

At that moment he leaped on top of my and pinned me down to he bed by my shoulders. I simply smiled at his playful manner. He began kissing me roughly but I liked it. He bit my lip and then shifted his mouth to my neck. He began sucking on it like a lollipop. I couldn't help but let out a pleasure filled gasp. I felt him smile against my neck. He pulled away and kissed my lips gently before getting off of me and the bed to stand up. I pouted. I didn't want him to stop but I knew we had places to be. I went to give myself one look over in the mirrored doors of the wardrobe to see that he had left me with a love bite. I examined it carefully and tried to cover it up subtly. When I was happy we made our way to the car and to the counselling service.

When we arrived it was extremely boring I had to sign in and was given a chart to fill in asking me loads of different questions. Apparently this was just to give them an idea of my emotional state. Personally I think it was just to give them a conversation starter. Regardless, I filled the chart in anyway. Then I handed it back to the reception desk. They took away the clipboard and the pen and then they gave back the form and told me to take it in with me. I continued to sit in a chair beside Axel for another 15 minutes. Then finally a tall skinny man came through to the seating area. He looked at the paperwork he was holding and he scouted the room as everybody stared at him.

"Uhh…Roxas?" He asked whilst still scouting the room. I stood up and Axel stood up too.

"If you'd like to follow me" He smiled.

Me and Axel both followed him into a small secluded room. It had 4 white walls and I felt more like I was in a mental asylum.

"So, Roxas I have to tell you about your boundaries. Any hints you may be a harm to yourself or others, terrorism, drug trafficking, prostitution, money laundering or any other criminal activity I may have to breach confidentiality to take these issues to a different source. Understood?" He asked. I simply nodded.

"Good. I should also tell you that this is a psychological assessment today to see if you do need counselling or whether you may need any other services. For example if you were an alcoholic then there isn't a lot we can do for you here but we would get you the help you need. Many organisations are in this building and there is a mental health unit within as well. Any questions?" He asked. I simply shook my head.

After all that explaining and too many questions for my brain to handle it seemed he had come to a conclusion after a 2 hour session. He had been scribbling down notes on most things I had said and this worried me slightly. The counsellor sighed. This worried me even more.

"I think you have a problem Roxas, a psychological problem." He informed.

I was stunned and slightly in shock but I wanted to know more.

"Whoa! Whoa! Ignore him he doesn't know what he's talking about!" I heard Axel outburst. I turned to face him and had a sympathetic look on my face. I didn't want him to have to deal with me after all this.

"Calm down Roxas it's okay. I assure you Roxas I know exactly what I'm talking about but don't worry we can get you the help you need." He smiled reassuringly.

I became confused as to why he had addressed me instead of Axel when informing me that he did in fact know what he was doing.

"I'm not questioning you. That was Axel who said that not me?" I informed.

"Who's Axel?" He asked.

I became more confused. Maybe this guy really didn't know what he was talking about. I gestured to Axel sitting next to me.

"He's sitting right there!" I shouted annoyed at the ignorance of this counsellor.

"See Roxas, I don't see Axel. Only you do. I believe that you see Axel because you don't want to be lonely…Yes?" He asked.

My world began to crumble at what he was suggesting. I felt my stomach fall to the floor. It was impossible. The things me and Axel had shared. I refused to believe what he was saying. He was trying to tear us apart.

"No…No Axel is real! Why are you messing with my head!" I asked. Why did everyone want to tear us apart?

"I'm not messing with you're head Roxas…It's you…Well Axel. See I can see that wound on your arm was self inflicted. I can also see the scar on your neck from when you have harmed yourself. It looks like burn to me. In fact fairly recent. I am also sorry to say that you were never in foster care Roxas. You went missing long ago." He showed me a newspaper article and then he began to make a phonecall. The headline read 'Local boy goes missing after clock tower meeting with school' then I saw my picture. I looked to be about 5 years old. I read some of the article and saw words like 'fell?' 'suicide?' 'run away?' 'kidnapped?'. I saw him hang up the phone. I shook my head in disbelief.

"But I remember everything…" I whispered.

'Was my entire life a lie?' I wondered. False memories in the place of real ones? What had really happened to me? Did I have parents? Were they looking for me all of these years? A voice brought me out of my deep thoughts.

"Come on Rox lets go with these nice men. They'll help you" Axel smiled. I smiled back and nodded.

I turned to see 2 men in white jackets. I was scared at first but then I saw Axel walking beside me. He took my hand.

"It'll be fine Rox. I promise. Seifer is gone now. It's just me and you. Forever." He smiled holding my hand as I walked away with the 2 bulky men.

"Forever." I smiled.