Hey, hey bro,

[ninthserenade]

Who: The Dumb Boys (Axel + Demyx)
When: Night of the 20th/21st
Where: Dem + Axel's apartment
Summary: If it's cold enough to snow, it's cold enough for water to freeze. This can't be good, right?
Warnings: None, but will update~

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His eyes were all unfocused. That wasn't right. Demyx was a little spacey, but he could usually form cohesive sentences.

"Hey. Hey, Demyx, look at me--hey."

This was all wrong. Axel didn't know what was wrong, but something was most definitely wrong here. Demyx's skin looked kind of... blue. That's not normal, is it?

"Hey, come on, I'll ah..." Axel swirled one wrist in the air. "Well, the coffeepot won't work, but I could heat up a cup of... juice. For you. Or something. Come o--"

He reached out to slap Demyx's cheek with the back of his hand and recoiled sharply, his face warping with alarm. Jeez, his skin felt like cold wax or something. There was that weird squirmy feeling again. This was... this was bad. This was really bad--Axel was no doctor, but he was pretty sure skin was not supposed to feel like that. Demyx was not supposed to be that cold.

"Demyx, hey." He pinched a lock of the younger man's hair and tugged it--maybe pain would snap him out of it! "Come on, Demyx, talk to me."

What happened when someone got too cold? Axel didn't know--it had never happened to him. He'd never seen it happen to anybody! Dammit, he shouldn't have just sent Demyx away last night. Light, was this his fault?

No, this wasn't his fault--it was the weather's fault. It was the snow's fault, the power company's fault, this wasn't his fault. It couldn't be his fault. Demyx couldn't... die because of this, could he?

He let go of Demyx's hair and pressed his palms against his cheeks, sort of squishing his lips together so he kind of looked like a fish.

"Demyx. Demyx! I outrank you and I am ordering you not to die, do you hear me?"

Axel already had blood on his hands. He'd killed Vexen without a second thought, and Zexion's death had meant nothing, but this was different. This was Demyx! Demyx was kind of a ninny, but he was his friend. Somewhere over the past few months he had actually become his friend! He couldn't be responsible for this!