Akuroku: Misfortune pt5

Roxas lie on his side, feeling the pain of his throat ripping at him. This wasn’t supposed to happen. All of this was wrong. Roxas sighed as he turned over on his back.
He was suppose to go home, make dinner, put Namine to sleep, and maybe take a few beatings here or there and then go to bed and act like nothing happened the next day. But everything went off track. His dad ended up beating him more than expected ending him up in a hospital.
‘This wasn’t supposed to happen!’
Roxas got up out of the bed and slowly made his way over to the table. There lied his clothes all folded neatly and precise. Roxas smirked at Sora’s OCD. (obsessive compulsive disorder)
Roxas took off his hospital clothes and quickly changed. He sat down in the small chair that the hospital placed in the corner and put his shoes on, feeling the pain of his bruises effect him finally.
Tip #1, avoid all bending at all costs.
Roxas started to make random lists in his head, trying to remember it, and he knew if his brain didn’t remember then his bruises will surely remind him.
At the last moment Roxas knew that he couldn’t stay here, he needed to escape. Sure he wanted to see Axel, he wanted to tell Axel to come with him, but the thought of Axel getting hurt was too much.

“Roxas! Sora called his mom and she’ll be here in-“ Axel stopped talking when he walked into the room and found Roxas to be gone. Axel panicked.
He ran out of the room and went to the counter, “Has Roxas checked out?”
The nurse looked down at her clipboard and said, “No, he hasn’t checked out yet. Is there a problem?” she asked with slight curiosity.
Axel didn’t have time to talk to a nurse right now. He sped out of the checkout area and ran out to the waiting room. “Is he here!?” Axel asked with haste.
“Who?” Riku asked.
“Roxas, he’s gone, he’s not in his room!”
“What?!” Sora and Riku yelled at the same time.
Axel pushed aside Riku and ran outside. “Roxas?!” he screamed.

Roxas ran and ran until he could feel that his legs were going to bleed and that his lungs were going to explode. He looked up to the street sign and found him a block away from his destination. He knew this wasn’t what Axel needed right now, more worries, but Roxas needed to get out. He needed to leave everything he was behind, even the things he loved. Images of Namine, Sora, Riku, passed through his head then Axel. His sweet emerald eyes, his gentle lips that made Roxas want to melt in his arms.
Roxas shook his head and focused on his main goal.
Roxas reached his destination in about ten minutes due to his injury’s. He wished that Axel didn’t see anything, that Axel never knew but people can’t turn back time. It-It was impossible.
KNOCK KNOCK
Roxas knocked as hard as he could on the wooden door. He could hear footsteps approach the door as he waited.
“Yea-yea, let me just see who it is.”
Roxas smirked at the man’s voice who was on the other side of the door, he sounded the same.
The door swung up and it showed a man who was fairly tall, taller then Roxas, and had blondish brown hair. His hair was fashioned in a strange way that made everyone turn to look if you passed him on the street.
As Roxas looked up to him he found that it looked like he just got out of bed.
“Roxas? What are you doing here?”
“I-I need your help Demyx.”
Demyx let his eyes wander and trace the bruises that covered Roxas.
“Sure, sure, what is it you need?”
Demyx let Roxas in and showed him the way to the living room. Roxas could hear the shower going on as they passed by the bathroom.
“Roxas, what happened to you? You look like you got in a fight?”
Roxas and Demyx sat down on his soft couch and Roxas fidgeted for a moment.
“He did it again didn’t he?” Demyx asked with an edge to his voice.
All Roxas could do was shake his head ‘yes’. He didn’t want to get into details he just wanted some place to stay while he got everything together.
“I need a place to stay for a while.” Roxas told him as he stared down at his shoes.
“Yeah, sure, there’s an empty room on the 3 floor. To the left.” Demyx said as he placed his hand on Roxas.
“You can stay here as long as you like. You know I always have your back.” Demyx said with his goofy grin. Roxas smiled back at demyx and wondered how someone could look so serious and deadly but the next moment he could look like he was the most adorable person in the world.
“Demyx, you forgot your lollipop.” someone asked from the other side of the bathroom door.
Demyx immediately blushed.
Roxas took the hint that Demyx didn’t want anyone to hear that so he got up and started to climb the many stairs. With each step it pulled at his stitches and he could feel every single move his skin made to fit his body. ‘Shit’ he repeatedly said in his mind.
Once he made it to his new room he sighed and collapsed on the bed, he was glad that Demyx would always let him stay here. This place was huge and held up to 13 people. It was more like a mansion than anything else. The house was out in the middle of the forest and could not be found unless you were a member. Of course he was a member and that’s how he knew of this place. He was actually the last member they ever accepted into the organization. He looked down at his arm and saw the tattoo he received once he became a member. Every single person had a tattoo if they were a member and they received special passes to places where only VIP’s could go.
The organization was pretty small and only had 13 members, he hadn’t really know all of them too well but he knew that they were all nice because they never complained about his popping up when he needed to run away. The organization was strange though it was more like a gang. They robbed, vandalized, anything, of course Roxas had never really taken part in any of that but he felt that he would have to if he was going to stay in this house.
Roxas found himself falling asleep and let his mind shut down, letting the thoughts stop, the breathing even. . .

“Ah! Xigabar!” Roxas awoke to Demyx screaming in his girly voice at Xigabar who looked just as strange as Demyx.
Roxas rolled out of bed and made his way down the stairs to the kitchen where he smelled food, a lot of food. He stumbled past Luxord who sat at the end of the long table and sat down at a chair that was placed next to him on the right. Roxas sat down and immediately grabbed some food that lied in front of him. He stuffed his mouth with good, yummy food before he looked up from his plate and found that Luxord looked angry.
Roxas followed luxords' angry gaze at Xigabar as Xigabar messed around with Demyx, snuggling Demyx and having his grasp tightly around Demyx. Demyx just smiled like a smile child that was enjoying his time but he seemed to not be flirty with Xigabar but merely just being himself.
Of course Roxas should have remembered right away that everyone in this organization seemed helplessly in love with Demyx. They all loved his smile, the way he acted like a little kid and the way his fascination of everything drew him into anything new.
Roxas remembered his first time here and how he witnessed Demyx start to cry because he couldn’t get a cookie from the top shelf of the cabinet. Demyx reached and reached but his height was a challenge. Demyx broke down and cried, looking like a small child. Roxas thought ‘How childish!’ but found that Demyx’s childish behavior is what drew everyone out of their rooms and towards Demyx. They all tried to sooth him down and make sure he would stop crying. Lexaeus, of course the tallest of them all, reached up and grabbed the cookie box for Demyx. Roxas was amazed at how much they cared for this person, it seemed that they would do anything.

“Will you guys give it a rest already!” Larxene stomped through the door and made her way to the table sitting across from Roxas.
“But Larxene we’re just having fun!”
Roxas sighed and wondered how he could have forgotten someone like Larxene. She was blonde, rude, arrogant, hateful, and didn’t like Demyx like everyone else did. She treated him like a friend at times when she needed his help with something and at other times she just ignored him. With Demyx’s attitude though she found him hard to ignore because he was everywhere and was talked about everywhere.
“Yea, fun. . .” Xigabar said in a cocky tone.
Luxord grabbed the box of cereal and threw it right at Xigabar. Luxord smirked when he got a perfect shot and before Xigabar could do anything Luxord was on his feet.
“You little!” Xigabar jumped towards Luxord ready to attack but Demyx started to whimper.
Xigabar and Luxord stopped what they were doing and just stared.
“Stop it!” Demyx tried to be assertive but he was just too cute to ever be.
Roxas watched as out of nowhere appeared Lexaues. His big tall structure made him very intimidating and deadly scary. He cracked his knuckles as if ready to punch anyone that would hurt Demyx anymore than they already did.
Xigabar and Luxord gulped as they saw that Lexaues was dead serious.
“Stop!” Demyx demanded again.
Luxord and Xigabar let go of each other and turned to walk into the kitchen, they knew that Lexaues would want the mess cleaned up so they decided to go and grab the broom and dust pan.
Demyx smiled as he saw them walk away and cooperate with each other. He felt as if he could triumph anything at that moment. Demyx then turned to walk away but ran into Lexaues.
“Oh, Lex it’s only you!” Demyx smiled his baby smile and made Lexaues blush.
“Did you see me stop them!? I was so powerful!” Demyx smiled as Lex shook his head yes.
“I did, you dealt with it very well.” He commented Demyx.
Demyx blushed and smiled. Lexaues bent down and kissed Demyx on the lips, tasting Demyx’s sweet lips that tasted of cherry.
“Geez you’re such a man-whore.” Larxane said with a menacing look on her face.
Demyx turned to her and then to Lexaues.
“What’s a ‘man-whore’?” Demyx asked in curiosity.
Lexaues shot an evil glance at Larxane before he looked back down to the sweet Demyx.
“It’s nothing.” He told the small one.
“Okay, whatever you say Lex!” Demyx smiled and then reached up to Lex, pleading with his eyes saying that he wanted a piggy back ride.
Lexaues knew he couldn’t resist Demyx and let into his wants. Demyx jumped onto Lexaues back as he bent down. Demyx wrapped his arms around Lexaues neck and giggled as Lexaues left the room with Demyx.
“Where did Demyx go?” Xigabar asked as he and Luxord re-entered the room.
“He left with the human giant.” Larxane said.
Xigabar dropped the dust pan and his mouth opened wide, “He always gets him! This is so no fair!!!” Xigabar complained as he seemed to be throwing a tantrum.
Luxord shrugged and walked over to the mess that still lied on the floor.
“You should have known I would act this way and then Lex would come in.”
Xigabar fumed from his ears and was about to yell at Luxord but found that it wouldn’t help anything. Xigabar grabbed the dust pan with anger and started to help Luxord.


To Be Continued ~