Holding Half of my Heart

Nine

Kinda weird I know but...Oh well! 

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        “What was I thinking?!”Axel was lying on his bed, one arm behind his head, the other at his side. “It’s so boring without someone to argue with. If Roxas were here I…” He halted those thoughts before they had a chance to form. “I can’t take it anymore!” Axel jumped up and headed for the door.

        He stomped down the hallways like an angry toddler, “where are you?” He growled. “Open up!” He shouted at the only door without a number on it. “I know you’re in the castle!” He started further down the hallway when something on his left caught his eye.

        Axarhs was standing in the corner with Demyx; she was kissing him. Not on the forehead like Axel had seen multiple times over the past few days-she was kissing him on the lips. He couldn’t hold it in, Axel pointed and laughed, “are you serious?!”

        Axarhs and Demyx quickly pulled away from each other, “hey Axel,” she said casually.

        “You’re such an idiot!” Axel continued laughing.

        Axarhs narrowed her eyes and frowned, “I thought we had a truce?”

        Axel stopped laughing and crossed his arms, “I’m bored so our truce is over.”

        “I should go,” Demyx whispered before vanishing.

        “Why’d you call me an idiot?”

        “Because-” he smirked, “you were kissing Demyx. What were you trying to do? Recreate something you used to feel before you became this?” He pointed at her, “Nobodies don’t have hearts. Nobodies don’t feel anything so just stop trying.”

         A sudden spark of confidence rushed through her, “you don’t know anything about me, do you?”

        He rolled his eyes, “why would I want to?”

        She gave him a sly smile and stepped closer, “remember when we first met and Demyx called me a half-breed?”

        “What about it?” Axel asked, curiosity peeked.

         “He was right about me” She poked him in the chest. “I’m not a full Nobody, but I’m not a whole person. I can feel things you can’t-happiness, sadness, anger, fear and everything in between.” She moved closer, “I have what you and everyone else in the Organization wants.”

        Axel growled and shoved her away, “so you were kissing Demyx because you have some dumb school girl crush on him? Even if he wanted to, he can’t return those feelings. Your one sided crush is pointless.”

        Now it was Axarhs’s turn to laugh, “I wasn’t kissing him because I have a crush on him-I don’t like him like that. I was kissing him because he wanted to know what it felt like. It’s overrated.”  She flipped her hair, “looks like a truce between us is never going to work.” She changed the subject.

        “Guess not, it’s boring not having anyone to fight with,” he smiled.

        “Fight? All we’ve done is yell at each other. There’s no way you’d win in a fight against me.”  

        Axel raised an eyebrow and drew his chackrams, “are you challenging me?”

        “What if I am-are you goanna run away?” She said playfully with spears of ice in each hand.

        “You wish!” Axel shouted and attacked her. Axarhs laughed and dodged him. A playful duel between two Nobodies who are supposed to hate and stay away from each other-but here they were, fighting in the hallway where anyone could see.

        “Is that all you got?” Axarhs wiped the sweat from her forehead. Her fear of Axel burning her had obviously been thrown out the window along with her old personality. She glared at the pieces of her dress Axel had managed to burn off.

        “You just wait and I’ll show you what I can do!” He lied. He didn’t even have the strength to throw his chackrams.

        “I win! Take that you pyro!”

        Axel glared at her, “you’re the only one who can call me that and get away with it!”

        She opened a portal, “whatever.”

        “Where are you going?” Axel asked.

        “Out.” She responded with a grin before leaving.   

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        Axarhs laid down on her large rock and stared up at the waving plants in the blooming undersea garden. The cool water against her skin and her long hair dusting across her body calmed her loud and confusing thoughts-for a few minutes.

Before Axel

        Axarhs closed her bedroom door and slipped out into the hallway. Things had been so boring since her truce with Axel-she actually missed having someone to bicker with. Xemnas and Saix hadn’t bothered her-thank God. So today, she decided to do a bit more exploring-after stopping by her favorite spot first.

        “Hey Axarhs, where you going?”

         She smiled at the blonde in front of her, “just out. It’s so boring here. Think I’ll go out and see other worlds-I’ve only been to Atlantica. Wanna come with me?”

        Demyx rubbed the back of his neck, “I’ve got a mission, but can you do something with me right quick?”

        “With?” She raised an eyebrow, not liking where this was going. “What is it you want to do?”

        “I-I just…you don’t have to, but I was curious about-”

        “For the love of God spit it out!”

        “You’re the only girl in the Organization and I wanted to know it you’d kiss me!”

        She backed away, “look, I know I’m the only one who can feel, but you’re like a brother and I don’t think it’s ok to kiss your brother!”

        “No! No! No! It’s not like that!” He shouted and took a few steps toward her. “I was wondering what kissing felt like and-”

        Axarhs grabbed his coat and kissed him, this is so disturbing, she thought before laughter filled her ears. Oh crap.

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        What happened back there? It’s like a second me took over my body! I actually fought Axel-and I didn’t care if I got burned again! And where in the world did all that confidence come from? I even called him a pyro! She thought back to the last time she’d called him that and shivered. I guess it’s better not to ask questions and just go with it.

        She sat up and stretched, “It’s so boring here without Demyx,” a portal opened up in front of her. “Let’s see what other worlds have to offer.”