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Zexion felt like he was at a loss as Riku turned his back on him. His words hurt, and he knew Riku was broken right now, but that didn't make it any better. "God, you're such an a**!" he ground out suddenly between his teeth. "We've all tried to help you, Riku, you know that? And I get it--you're not an open person. But god-damnit, if you would just open up a little to us--your ******** friends--every once in a while, maybe you wouldn't feel like such a pile of s**t, you think? And you're right: we just met Roxas and Sora. But god damnit if they're not our friends, too. We assured them they were part of our family, and that doesn't make them above or below any of us who have been together longer, so what a d**k thing to say. We're all important, Riku, and we all have ******** problems, not just you. I know it's hard to ******** believe. But go! Go live in your little emotional closed-off world and cool the ******** off, because damnit if you aren't going to regret your decision as much as Sora regrets his," he spat at him, furious with the whole situation, mostly with how bratty Riku was being about everything. Zexion was usually the calm and collected one of them all, so it was very, very rare for him to blow up like this. "When you decide to be a ******** human being and a friend again, then you can 'check up with me'. Until then, I don't want to see you. Because I don't know who you ******** are anymore," he sneered, scrubbing a tear off of his face with his palm. He then entered the apartment and had to restrain from slamming the door as hard as he wanted. It did close a bit loudly, stirring Sora who then went right back to sleep.

Zexion rushed out to the balcony, feeling himself on the verge of exploding. He closed the doors in a hurry and gripped onto the balcony, trying to hold himself together as tears poured down his cheeks. Slowly, he sunk to the floor, hugging his knees tightly as he sobbed. "********!" he screamed, throwing his head back before curling into himself again. He was pretty sure he just lost all of them a friend, and now the band was going to fall apart. It was already falling apart. Some manager he was. Great friend, too. Riku needed help just like the rest of them, he just refused to let any of them help--and he was being such a brat about it. Sora and Riku really were a match made in heaven--they both made rash decisions they would soon regret.

Axel jumped a little from his seat at the table when Demyx's voice broke through his thoughts. "What?" he croaked then cleared his voice, trying to focus his eyes on the screen Demyx thrusted into his face. As soon as he read the words, he cursed, letting Demyx's words sink in. "Riku swore he wouldn't talk to him again, damnit," he growled, finding Hayner's number he kept in his phone in case of something like this. As soon as the blond picked up, Axel growled into the phone, "Hayner, I swear to ******** god. I don't care what Riku says, don't you ******** go over there. You leave him alone, because I will keep the threat I made to you back then, do you hear me? He doesn't need drugs right now. Now where did Riku tell you to go?" he said in a menaching voice, stomping into the livingroom and slipping his shoes on, grabbing his keys and his wallet. "Come on, Dem. Don't worry about being properly dressed, just get your shoes on," he told him, eyes kind of cold considering the situation. "Hayner, I know you know who this is. Tell me. Where. To ********. Go," he gritted out between his teeth and locked the apartment before helping Demyx down the stairs as quickly as he could.

Axel felt anger boil inside of him as Hayner hung up. He opened the door for Demyx when he reached his car and shoved himself down into his seat, starting it up and calling Zexion simultaneously.

Zexion had been staring up at the sky blankly for about five minutes when his phone rang. "Yeah?" he answered softly, voice bland. Axel cursed on the other line. "Zexion, where's Riku?" he asked urgently, waking Zexion up from his lack of brain function slightly. "Uhh...I would guess at his new apartment. He said it's in the building...he moved out and gave his to Sora and Roxas. Why, what's wrong?" Axel cursed again and sped out of the apartment complex. "Zexion, you'll need to go find out which apartment that is, because Hayner's on his way over there, I'm guessing with friends, because Riku called out to him for drugs. Zexion, he can't go back to that place. He can't."

Zexion jumped into action, scrambling to his feet. "Yeah, just come to the complex. And stay on the phone. I'll get it from Darlene in the office," he told him, hauling a** out of the apartment and down to the front office. "Darlene!" he practically shouted as he entered the small office area. "Darlene, it's an emergency. Riku just came down and leased a new apartment. I need to know which one it is, like, now. Please, he's about to do something really stupid and unsafe, and I have to stop him," he told her urgently, pleading with her to give him the information. Meanwhile, Axel drove as fast as he could towards the apartment complex, rying to get there as fast as possible. Zexion may be able to get to Riku fast enough, but Axel wanted to deal with Hayner. The blond may have gotten bolder, but Axel had gotten bulkier and taller, not to mention the willpower behind protecting his friend.

Zexion breathed a sigh of relief when Riku answered. "Oh, thank god," he whispered, then went to talk, but Riku started up instead. As soon as he finished, Zexion started up. "No, Riku, I don't think you're worthless. I don't," he told him, exasperation in his voice. "I was being unfair and hypocritical when I said all of that, and I'm sorry. Like I said, we're all family, no matter how long we've been together. I just...usually I can fix the problems that come up with us all, but lately everything's just so ******** up, and I'm worried about everyone that I got frustrated. I'm sorry I yelled. Your problems are just as important as Sora's and Roxas's and mine and everything. I've just been so focused on Sora and his attack and Roxas with his medication and panic attacks and Demyx with Larxene's attack that I feel overloaded, and just...exploded at you. I want us to be fine again, but it's not going to be that way any time soon. But, Riku, resorting to drugs again isn't going to help. It's just going to make your and everyone's situations worse, so please... please, know that no matter how pissed off I get at you, that I am your friend, and I'll eventually actually listen to you when you obviously need help. I may not be a good manager, like, at all, but I can try to be a friend. Please. Which apartment are you at now? I'll come up and listen and apologize face-to-face," he pleaded, looking up along the buildings.

Axel took a deep breath when Demyx spoke to him. "I know, Dem. I'm just pissed that he went to Hayner before even calling us. He knows that I'm here for him. I've always been here for him, whether we were fighting or not. I've always been here to listen to any problems he had, and instead he went to Hayner. I'm not going to blow up at him. I hadn't planned on it. I just want to know what's going on with him, so don't worry. We'll start pulling everything back together again soon enough," he told him, reaching over and sliding his hand in Demyx's as he drove with the other one. "I promise we'll come out of all of this okay eventually."

Zexion felt tears pool into his eyes as well when Riku began telling him he didn't want their help. "Riku, please. I can bring you some vodka or something, just--" Suddenly, there was another voice in his ear. He was about to begin pleading with this woman when she hung up on him. He stared at his phone for a second before finally hanging it up and sliding it in his pocket. When Demyx ran up to him, he turned to him slowly. "No...Looks like it's time to do it the old-fashioned way," he told him, looking up at Axel as he walked up to them. The redhead frowned deeply. "I'll start beating on doors. You go see if you can get it out of your friend again. Come on, Dem. You start on the lower floors, and I'll start up top," he told him and gave him a swift kiss on the cheek. "Call me if you find him, alright?" He gave him a small smile then started up the stairs, knocking on the doors.

Zexion nodded to Axel's instructions and went back inside. "Darlene, please..," he said quietly, leaning on her desk. "My friends are going around knocking on every door. He's in a bad place right now, but he doesn't need police barging in. We can't even tell them where to go because we don't know which one he's in. Please, Darlene. I was just on the phone with him, but someone who's there took it from him before I could talk to him. Please," he begged her. "You know I'm an honest person. I wouldn't do anything bad with the information. I'm just trying to help a friend."

"Thank you, Darlene. Thank you so much!" he called to her before rushing out of the office and straight to the stairs. He wasn't going to wait for the damn elevator. Once he reached the third floor, he just about tripped over Demyx. "s**t! Dem, are you okay?" he asked frantically, kneeling down beside him. That was when Axel came running down the stairs from above and almost barreled into them both. He hadn't even slid his phone back in his pocket. "Dem, Baby, you gonna hold up?" he asked, kissing the top of his head. He looked at Zexion, figuring that if he was up here he knew the room. "310," he told him, gesturing behind him. Axel nodded. "Baby, you stay here with Zexion. I'll take care of this," he told him, running his fingers through his hair lightly before standing and rushing over tot he door. He checked the number then tried the door knob, scowling when it was locked. Well, at least they were smart, he guessed. So he knocked calmly on the door, scowling up at the eye-hole built into it.