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Riku's face immediately fell at Sora's words. He felt like his heart stopped in his chest and someone just dumped a whole bucket of ice-water on him. "Sora, no... No, I..." But he couldn't finish, thoughts running through his mind a hyper-speed. "No... No, I love you, too, Sora," he let out in a choked voice, tears leaking down his cheeks. "I mean I...I just love you... I..." His eyes widened a bit like he had just realized it for the first time. "I...just want you..." His eyes focused back on the brunette's eyes, confusion and hurt and frustration in his own. "...Right?" he asked like a child that was lost in the world. He slumped back against the counter and slid down it to the floor, just staring straight ahead. He seemed lost in his own little land full of confusion and hurt.

"Demyx, faster, plea--" "Roxas, kindly shut your ******** face. I don't want to kill us in the process," Demyx snapped, causing Roxas to go silent. They were almost there now... The rest of the drive they were completely silent, only focusing on the road ahead.

Riku may not have been in his right mind, but he did know that he did not like Sora leaving angry at him. "Sora, please!" he pleaded, tears rolling down his face now as he staggered to his feet and chased after him. He hugged him tightly from behind and began sobbing against his neck. "Please don't leave me... Please," he pleaded, holding him tighter. "I need you... Please..," he whimpered and sobbed to Sora, feeling himself break apart. Sora held him together. Sora made sure he took his medicine every day and made sure he didn't forget to eat. He needed him... He had always needed him... "I don't want to lose you," he sobbed, body shaking with sobs instead of anger now. "You can't leave me!" he said in a voice that would rival a toddler's tantrum, some anger coming back to the surface as he held Sora tighter.

Demyx pulled up to Riku's place not too long after the last words spoken between them. They both got out of the car and marched right up to the door, Roxas rapping loudly on it. "Sora?" he called through the wood, a hint of worry to his voice. He thought he could hear crying from the other side.

"No, no, no..," Riku moaned in sorrow, breaking down into sobs again at Sora's words. "Please, Sora... Please..," he continued to beg, grip loosening, but not letting go as he slid down to the floor to hug the brunette's legs.

Roxas stood in a bit of shock when he heard those last words from Sora. "...someone that just confessed they l-love my brother?!" While the shorter blond was stunned, Demyx grabbed the doorknob and wrenched open the door, anger set in on his face. He moved over to Riku and pried his arms from around the brunette's legs, pulling Sora carefully a few steps away from him. "What happened, Sor? We all kind of flipped out when Axel told us what happened..," he asked, looking down into the brunette's eyes softly. Now that he had Sora in his sights and was able to hold him, his anger had subsided a bit. The cold expression he wore before was not wearing away. Suddenly, his chin began to tremble and he pulled Sora into his arms, hugging him warmly. "I was so worried about you..," he whispered softly, trying to hold back his tears as his voice shook.

Roxas took it upon himself to deal with Riku. The silvernette was a sobbing mess on the floor now. It was like he had given up. Roxas kneeled down to him. "Look at me," he spat down at him. When the other looked up at him with fear written all over his face, Roxas's eyes softened. "Sora won't be coming back here. At least not for a long time. In that time, I expect you to clean up your act, take responsibilities onto yourself, and get your priorities in order. Or you won't ever be seeing him again, do you hear me? You're very lucky I didn't give Axel the chance to come with us, or you probably wouldn't have a face right now." He stood to full height again. "Go clean yourself up. Try to get out of the house every once in a while. take care of yourself. We're leaving." He turned from the whimpering silvernette and headed out of the door. He let the other two walk out first before he paused to turn back to him. "And don't do anything stupid like try to kill yourself. Then I'll really be pissed," he added in before shutting the door and heading to the car.

Riku stared at the closed door, a look of hopelessness in his eyes. How was he gonna live without Sora with him? He wouldn't see Sora for a long, long time...if he ever did at all. He suddenly realized--maybe because his medicine finally kicked in--that...he just lost one of the most amazing people he would ever meet.

Demyx felt himself frown deeply at Sora's words. He hated when Sora spoke like that... He was supposed to be happy and free... When he got like this, it killed him. "Sor..," he whispered, holding him tightly. He then led him out the door and to the car. He threw the keys in the front seat before sliding in the back seat with the brunette. "Sor...do you wanna talk when we get home?" he asked softly, petting his hair comfortingly as he held him. He didn't want to force Sora to talk, but he knew that if the brunette held it in it would just grow to something hideous... He wanted him to open up to him... Even if he didn't want to be together with him as a couple, he wanted him to at least treat him like a best friend and let him know what all was going on. He wanted to help him... He gently ran his fingertips over Sora's bruised cheek. "We'll take care of this when we get home, okay?" he said gently, looking at him with sad eyes.

Roxas followed him out and took the hint, sliding into the driver's seat. He buckled up before starting the car and pulling out of the lot, driving down the street going the speed limit this time.

Demyx felt his heart sinking as Sora quickly pushed himself away from him. Tears welled in his eyes as the brunette turned away from him. He knew how Saix felt now when he pushed him away and locked him out of his life... He turned towards the window on his side and watched the scenery pass by as he fought hard to keep his voice steady. "Okay... I'm here if you wanna talk later...or whatever..," he told him, voice trembling slightly. He had to cover his nose and mouth as he felt himself break. Tears rolled down his cheeks quickly as he choked back a soft sob that tried to slip out. He intook a deep breath to steady himself again, watery eyes looking blindly out at the world passing him by. Right now...he kind of just wished the world would swallow him up and refuse to spit him back out. If Sora ended up needing him, though, he had to be there for him. So he couldn't let the world swallow him up no matter how terrible he felt. He had to be there for the brunette.

Roxas had what seemed to be a permanent frown on his lips. This day wasn't going well at all... He hated seeing those two like this...especially towards each other.

Demyx, watching Sora hurry up to the house and disappear inside, almost-instantly burst into tears again. He wiped them hurriedly away, pushing his way out of the car as well. He hurried inside himself and back to his room, shutting the door a little more loudly than Sora had in carelessness and dropped down on his bed, crying his eyes out into his pillow. He hadn't even really acknowledged Saix and Axel's presences except for when he tried to hide his face from them. He didn't want them to see him cry. Especially not Saix.

Roxas walked in slowly after Demyx had locked himself away as well and shut the door slowly behind him. He walked over to the couch, plopped down on it, and curled up. "Come sit with me...please..," he called softly to Axel, staring blankly forward and out the front window. He felt like his brain had lost all function for the rest of the day at the very least. He was so tired and frustrated and felt kind of useless...

Demyx sniffled and wiped his face as he heard the door open. As soon as he heard Saix's voice, he tensed up. He didn't want Saix to see him like this. Not as a crying mess... He glanced up at Saix to ask him not to talk to him right now, but as soon as he saw those concerned, brotherly eyes of his, tears ran down his face again. He nodded pathetically as a sob escaped his throat. "C-Close the d-door, p-please," he whimpered out, curling into himself.

Roxas was silent as he got close to Axel. he opened his mouth to speak a few times, but shut it back just as quickly. Finally, when his face was half-buried in Axel's chest, he mumbled, "Riku...is in love with both Sora and me." He took a moment to process this information himself. "Neither Sora nor myself...are very happy. At all," he continued, moving so he could hug Axel tightly. "Demyx wants nothing more than to be able to hold Sora and try to make him feel better when he's like this...but Sora told him he didn't want to talk and wanted to be alone... Demyx loves Sora so much, and Sora doesn't even know... He has no clue how deeply Dem feels for him...and I think Sora is going to have more trouble now believing him after what Riku did. They're both just...so hurt. Demyx was so worried the whole way there... He was almost in a stupor. He cussed at me, Axel. He really, for serious cussed at me. He was so upset...and now this is happening..." He gripped at Axel desperately, holding him to himself. "I hate it... I hate them like this..."

Demyx felt his chin tremble more as Saix began to speak the sweet lullaby. His sobbing quieted down to silence, though, as he was speaking. Once he was done, Demyx felt his body much more relaxed than it had been before. "Th-Thank you, Puppy..," he said softly. He reached up and pulled him down into a tight hug. "I miss Mom and Dad..," he whispered, tears welling in his eyes once again. His voice trembled as he hugged Saix tighter, willing the tears not to fall. While Saix and he had been fighting, Demyx always went to Sora when he started randomly missing his parents. Sora was always there for him when he felt like that to make him feel better and reassure him that his parents were very proud--that he was sure of. This made Demyx sob again, gripping onto Saix tighter. "I want Mom and D-Dad back," he cried, feeling as lonely as he did when they first died. He was so close to them...closer than Saix had been. He was their baby and always looked after him. When they died and he had to start looking after himself since he and Saix had been fighting, he was so lost... He had fumbled through life until Roxas and Sora moved in with them. He didn't know how to feel anything towards anyone anymore. What if he got close to someone again and they died as well? He had locked himself out of everyone's lives...until Sora was that beam of light that shone through his darkness. He was always so happy and tried to get Demyx involved with everyone again. Sora was his saving grace, and Demyx had found himself slowly falling for him despite how much he fought it. When he and Sora began secretly fumbling around together, he let his heart soar knowing he and Sora may get together...until Sora told him about Riku. He felt himself falling into the darkness again, Sora being just an anchor enough to hold him into a dim light. But now...now he was falling again. Saix had come at the right time to hold him just above water. He was sinking quickly, though. He needed Sora to keep him afloat.

Roxas nodded slightly. "I know, but... I dunno... I wish everything could be easier... I mean, I hate to say it, but he almost brought it upon himself tailing both of them along... I know it's not just his fault, though." He sighed deeply then breathed in Axel's scent. He couldn't stop the small smile from reaching his face. "I'm glad...I have you again..," he told him quietly, looking up into the acidic eyes with blue crystals full of love. "We've definitely gone through some hardships for love, huh?" he said softly, a frown twinging on his lips again just thinking of what he'd done to Axel in the past. He nuzzled into his neck. "I love you," he mumbled quietly. As an afterthought, he added, "It's gonna be a quiet holiday."