"Vexen. . .is he. . .he can't be, can he?" Vexen nodded.
"He's alive. . .but he's in a very deep coma. There's not much I can do for him now, Larxene." Larxene drew in a sharp breath and nodded, Lanxa throwing her arms around her. She bit her lip, running her fingers through Lanxa's hair, not wanting to cry until she could be alone.
"Can. . .Can I see him, Vexen?" He nodded and held the door open.
"Yes. . .of course." Larxene pulled away, glancing from Lanxa to Kixstri before walking into the library, staring at the unmoving, but definitely breathing, body on the bed in the corner. She walked over to him, gently running her fingers down his cheek, as tears streaked down her own.
"Ribegal. . ." She took his hand between her own, kissing his wrist before letting out a rattling sigh.
"You've gotta wake up. . .okay? Please, baby, I need you. . .more than I've needed anyone before. . ." She looked at the envelope sticking out of her pocket that Vexen had handed her earlier from Ribegal, the envelope giving her the escape she needed. . .and needed soon. Larxene sobbed, her hair hanging down in front of her face.
"I can't do this alone. . .I can't be alone. . .Ribegal. . .answer me. . ." She groaned and fell to her knees, watching her tears hit the floor.
"Please. . .Ribegal. . .I love you. . .I need you. . ..You said you'd never leave me." She let out a few more uneven sobs, before falling eerily quiet, staring down at the floor. A few minutes passed, before Vexen stuck his head into the library.
"Larxene. . .are y--"
"Go away!!!!!!!" He jumped slightly at the shriek, having not heard her scream for a while had made him become unaccustomed to the sound. Larxene sat still for a moment, before standing up, pressing her lips softly to Ribegal's. She looked at Vexen, her eyes blank, as she raised her hand and opened a portal around her.
"When he wakes. . .I'm in Twilight Town."
And then she was gone.
~X~X~X~
Lanxa ran after Larxene down the street, knowing it was her from the tell-tale sight of her old antennae sticking out from her hoodie.
"Sissy, please, talk to me!! Come home, I need you!! Lulu misses you, everyone misses you!!" Larxene spun around and glared at her, her eyes half crazy.
"I don't give a damn about your little brat!! Or anyone else!! I let my heart get out of my control for one week, and look at what happened!!! i'm worse off than I ever was!!! I can't believe, that i was so stupid, after everything, to believe that love actually still exists for us!! If it exists at all!!" She rolled her eyes.
"And you're just as naive as I was!!! Roxas can't love you, he has no heart!!! And you don't love him either!!! Axel doesn't love Kixstri, Madox doesn't love Yuffie, it's just the way we are!!! Why can't you idiots just accept that and quit trying to be so damn human!!!" She turned on her heel and stormed off, leaving a dumbstruck Lanxa standing in the middle of the street. She sighed.
"The old Relena I knew died a long time ago. . .and I guess even her falling in love wasn't going to bring her back." She glanced up at the sky once, before opening a portal and going back to the castle.
