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Axel growled loudly as he heard Hayner through the door. "Riku, don't you ******** dare!" he shouted, beating on the door now, attempting to ram it in with his shoulder. "Riku, you know I've always ******** been here for you! Why would you throw your life away again? Why didn't you come to me for help if you were this bad, Riku? You don't need drugs!" he screamed, stepping back and kicking at the door now. A few of the tennants had poked their heads out of the doors, wanting to know what was going on, but Axel didn't care. "Open the door so I can help you instead of throwing your life away with these people! They've never been there for you unless you were there to buy, and you know it! As soon as they have your money, they'll leave you! Please, Riku, I want to help you! We can make it through this like we did last time! Just let me help!" he pleaded, beating on the door with his fist again.

Zexion got tears in his eyes listening to Axel shout. "Just rest, okay?" he told Demyx quietly before standing himself and running over to Riku's door. "Riku, please! We want to help you! I'm sorry for yelling at you, but please don't let your situation get even worse than it is! You don't want what's going to come along with this. The band is going to break up, Riku, and force Demyx back to how he was--force Axel back to where he was. Force me back to how I was, and you'll already be wasting away. Please, Riku. You hold us all together! Please don't do this. You don't need this, you need friends. We'll help you through anything. Please remember that!" he cried, joining Axel in beating on the door. "Riku, please, let us help you! Bad things happen, but we'll get through it! If you'll just let us pull you back up!" he begged.

Axel's hope soared as he heard Riku coming to the door, then his anger boiled up inside of him as soon as he heard the struggle. "Hayner, you piece of s**t!" he screamed, beating on the door once more. As soon as he heard the deadbolt slide back, he shoved Zexion aside quickly before ramming down the door, clearly breaking the lock. He immediately grabbed ahold of Hayner's collar, yanking him off of the floor and slammed him into the wall. "You little ******** s**t. You can never just leave him the ******** alone, can you? You always have to ******** everything up," he snarled at him and decked him in the face one good time before shoving him towards the door. "Get the ******** out of here, all of you. And I swear to God, if I see you anywhere ******** near him, you won't get off with just a broken ******** nose, do you hear me?" he threatened, bowing up at Hayner, who was still as small as he had been in high school, while Axel was much taller, much more built, and much more threatening. Especially towering over Hayner who was on the floor.

Zexion had slipped away to grab Demyx and lug him into the apartment so he wasn't left out in the hallway. He brought him over to the couch and set him down on it so he could rest once more.

As soon as Hayner and his friends left, Axel gave a great sigh to calm himself down. Then he closed the door quietly and walked over to Riku, bending down to him. "Come on, Riku, up," he told him softly, pulling him up off of the floor. He walked him over to teh couch and sat down with him, immediately pulling him into his arms and chest, holding his friend in his arms. "It's okay, Riku... It's okay, we'll get through it again, just like last time. Me and Dem will come stay with you to make sure you don't do it again. I promise. I won't leave you," he assured him softly, running his fingers gently through his hair. "Better yet, you can come stay with us. We'll pay for the damage to the building and cancel the lease for this apartment, and you can come stay at my place with us for a few weeks or so. That way they can't find you, we'll be there, and you won't be in the same building with Sora so you can have some breathing room for a while. You'll be taken care of, Riku. I swear. You'll be strong again."

"Ahh, it's okay, Riku. I'm a little peeved that you didn't come to me first, what with our history, but you don't new someone yelling at you right now. You need support, and I'm full of all kinds of support, " he told him, hugging him tighter.

He released him as he sat up and nodded to his words. "Okay, let's go, then," he said, standing up. "Let's stop by the office real quick so you can let her know that Zexion's gonna handle cancelling the lease and get that over with. Then we'll be on our way," he told him, watching Zexion Stan and throw Riku's bag over his shoulder. Then they hauled both Riku and Demyx out as quickly as possible.

They made it there, Riku informed Darlene that Zexion was handling the cancellation, and then Axel got Riku and Demyx to his car, Demyx in front so Riku couldn't mess with any buttons or anything if he got too far gone. Axel put the child lock on the back doors and locked the windows. "Onward to safety, then," he told them with a soft smile, pulling out of the complex.

"Okay, first of all, I'd like to apologize because I didn't listen to you. Axel broke the door down, but we are more than willing to pay for repairs. We just had to get him out of there. I really am sorry. He was about to destroy his life, and we just couldn't wait for police," he apologized to Darlene. "Second of all, I need to pay the cancellation fee for that lease he just bought today, like he said. He's gonna staying with Axel, because he needs a friend to watch him right now. And I obviously don't have the patience for it that he needs," he said, running a hand through his hair. "The original apartment he still has is fine, though. We're keeping that one."

Axel let out a deep sigh as he heard Riku losing it. "Ecstacy, definitly. Probably laced with LSD, knowing them, but I'm hoping not. I'm really, really hoping it's not laced with cocaine, because that's what he was addicted to before. It won't be as bad getting him back after this, but if it's cocaine...we're in for a wild ride," he told him, slumping his shoulders. He felt defeated, not being able to be there for his friend. Riku truly was his oldest friend, and it hurt knowing he thought he couldn't come to him--no matter what Zexion had told him. "It's a surprise, Buddy," he called back to Riku, answering his question. "You'll have to wait to find out where we're going, because it's a surprise."

"Thank you, Darlene. I'm really sorry," he told her once more before removing himself from the office. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair again. Then he slowly made his way back up to Riku's apartment. He entered it and slowly shut the door, slowly looking up at the couch where the two twins laid. Well, there they were when he left them, and were not not. Instead, a blanket sprawled across the floor and the coffee table knocked aside, a few things that were on top of it laying on the floor. Zexion immediately went into panic-mode. Had that lunatic found them? How stupid was he to leave them up there alone, the door unlocked? He bolted for the back of the apartment, looking for them, and about passed out when he saw Sora hunched over the toilet, Roxas consoling him as he dry-heaved. The poor kid was shaking and sobbing, but his eyes were wide open. Like he had seen something terrible. "Hey, what happened?" he asked softly, willing his heart rate to slow down and walking gently over to them, kneeling on Sora's other side and rubbing his back.

"We'll be there soon enough, Riku. Don't you worry. I'll take care of you," Axel told him, growing quieter at the end of his statement. "Why don't you try to take a little nap so you'll have plenty of energy when we get there?" he suggested to his silver-haired friend. He needed a break from this emotional stress, or he'd start up his own bad habit again--binge drinking.

Zexion gave a sigh when Roxas asked about Riku. "Rox, Riku leased a new apartment this morning and left you two this one..," he told him softly. "He...he called up some of this old...friends...and tried to do drugs. We intervened, and stopped him from willingly doing them, but one of the people he invited over shoved something down his throat before we could get to him. He's gonna be staying with Axel and Demyx for a while to get away from all of this. I've never seen him so broken, Roxas..," he told him.

Sora sniffled and wiped his mouth, flushing the toilet as he shakily stood from the floor. He washed his mouth out with the sink and dried his face with a towel. "I'm...gonna go lay down in R-Riku's bed. Try to sleep..," he told them quietly, wrapping his arms around himself as he shuffled out of the bathroom and down the hall. He slowly entered the room and closed the door quietly before curling up in Riku's bed, huddling down into the blankets. Softly he sobbed, closing his eyes as he tried to fall asleep.

Zexion sighed softly and nodded to Roxas. "You're right, Roxas. He needs to suck it up for Sora right now. I'll text Axel and see if he can convince him. That's more likely to happen if it's Axel and not me," he told him softly. He walked over to Roxas and kissed the top of his head before turning and walking into the livingroom where he left his phone. He plopped down on the couch and left the towel to sit on his head as he texted Axel a brief message. "They meet the other victim today." He knew Axel would understand the meaning behind it, so he dropped the phone into his lap and sighed, relaxing back against the couch, towel falling over his face as he closed his eyes for a moment. He knew Roxas had to be there for Sora, so he didn't complain that they didn't get a lot of alone time since everything happened. He did miss him, though.

Axel groggily entered the kitchen, running a hand through his hair as he noticed Demyx trying to talk to Riku. He had received Zexion's text, and he was right. Though he didn't mention it in the message, Axel knew that Zexion wanted to convince Riku to be with Sora.

He walked over to Demyx and kissed his much healthier than before boyfriend on the cheek. He then plopped down in the seat beside him and leaned over to Riku. He knew Riku felt ashamed, whether everyone elae blamed him or not. "Hey," he told Demyx, sorrow filling his voice. "So...Roxas and Sora get to meet the other victim today," he said, looking over at Riku Briefly . "It's gonna be hard on them both, I think. Especially Sora, since it happened not so long ago. Zexion's going to be there with them when they meet him." He paused and fully turned to Riku. "Riku...I think Sora would really like it if you would be there with him. And I think you'd like to be there with him, too. I think it would help both of you right now."

Zexion pulled the towel off of his face and looked up at Roxas. "I know, Roxas," he told him, giving him a small smile. "Your brother comes first, so don't worry about it, okay? I mean...I'd like to still technically be considered your boyfriend through all this, because I'm not going to pressure you into anything. If anything it just makes me cherish the time we do get together, like right now." He rolled his head to the side, looking at Roxas as he sat beside him. "So, if you don't mind, I wouldn't mind a little bit of cuddle-time before Sora wakes up. If you're comfortable with it," he told him in an understanding voice, resting his arm across the back of the couch, inviting Roxas to cuddle up to him. "I've tried not to kiss you or hug on you with Sora around, and I'm sorry if I have. I know how torn up he is right now, and I'm trying to be respectful of it."

Axel frowned slightly at Riku's reply. He leaned over to him and gently grabbed him by the shoulders. "Riku," he said softly. "I know you're a mess right now, and you know I do whatever I can to keep you going. Right now, you need to be with him, or you both will be torturing yourselves. I have a bad feeling that if you two keep going down this road, Sora's going to close himself off just like you are, and then there will be absolutely no hope for either of you. You've got to get out of this funk, and I'm going to help you all that I can. However, there are some things I just can't do for you, and Sora will be able to. You need each other. It's been over a week, and from Zexion's told me, he's not doing too good. He barely eats, barely speaks, and lays in your bed all day. He asks about you constantly, and he needs you there just as much as you need him. I know you're ashamed, and I understand why. You invited them over, and you shouldn't have. But, Riku, you weren't in your right mind, and we all understand that. I think if you and Sora just saw each other for one day, that you can get over this bump in the road and start to get better, and so can he. Isolating yourself isn't going to help either one of you, and you know it; you're just scared to face him, but you have no reason to be. We're all here for you, whether you think we should be or not. And we're not leaving you. We've already forgiven you, you just need to forgive yourself, and wallowing in your own pity isn't going to get you anywhere," he told him softly, rubbing his shoulders gently then pulled back. "So I want you to get up off of your fine a**, take a shower, get dressed, and I'll drive you to the station when it's time to go. You have plenty of time, I think," he told him encouragingly, trying to get him to stop looking into himself and start looking ahead.