The Comfort of Your Heart (Zemyx One Shots)

The Comfort of the Night

A/N: So, this one is about an abused and suicidal Demyx and some reference to rape so if you don't like the don't read. Also strong language. A little backstory; Demyx's birth father died and his mother remarried. His mother was then hit by a car three months later and died. His step-father became a drunk etc etc. Enjoy!

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- Teddy

The blonde tiptoed into his room, closing the door quietly behind him. He dropped his bag to the floor and locked his door. His heart was racing but he was barely breathing.

He had just come home from school to find his step-father passed out on the sofa with an empty bottle of whiskey in his hand. Demyx was glad to find his step-father like this. On an average day, his step-father would have been waiting at the door for him.

He pulled a couple of books from his bag and headed over to his desk. He had a project due the day after next and had almost no time to get started thanks to a certain someone. Demyx usually had to work late into the night to get his homework done as he was working most weekends at the local coffee shop to earn money, seeing that his step-father only spent money on alchohal.

It took all of Demyx's will to not stay the night at his best friend, Axel's house. However, his step-father might notice. That, and Axel nearly always had his boyfriend, Roxas, round.

Or he could ask Zexion. But that was out of the question. Zexion was the towns rich kid. He spent most of his time in the library and didn't have many friends other than Demyx, Axel, Roxas and Marluxia. He always had his homework in on time and never had a detention in his life. Further more, Zexion's parents were very religious and were against every sexuality apart from straight. And that explains why Zexion was straight and stayed away from gays, bisexuals, pansexuals and so on.

No one knowed that Demyx was gay other than Axel. If his step-father found out, he would have no where to go. Axel had Roxas round all the time, Zexion's parents were homophobic and Marluxia wasn't allowed to have peope to sleep over.

About two hours later, Demyx had half of the project done and the sun was beginning to set. The orange colour of the sun illuminating his dark room. Axel would go on and on about the sun and why it set red. He was fascinated by it whereas the blonde loved the moon and the night. To him it was comforting.

Closing his book, Demyx stood up and dropped his school supplies on his bed before kneeling down and looking under his bed. He eventually pulled a box out that was filled with an assortment of energy bars. Taking one out, he unwrapped it and took a bit, pushing the box back under his bed.

The blonde never ate a lot. Ever. At school he would only have an apple or something and at home he wold have an energy bar. He never ate breakfast although he would always reassure his friends that he ate before he came.

His phone buzzed in his pocket as a bang sounded from downstairs. He flinched at the loud noise, fumbling quickly for his phone.

"Demyx, get down here you brat!" His step-father's voice bellowed from downstairs.

"C-coming!" Demyx stuttered back, reading the text message on his phone.

"Now you ungrateful bastard!"

"I'm coming!"

The text was from Axel, asking about a sleepover at the weekend. Demyx would have replied that he was working only Axel didn't know that he worked. Instead, he tossed his phone to the side and walked slowly down the stairs, slipping his hand into the pocket of his jeans.

"Y-yes, Dad?" The blonde called out. His step-father walked into view, looking furious. "I-I was doing homework and figured you wouldn't want me to disturb you-"