Disclaim: I don't own KHII. Trust me.

A/N: Well, the last donut in the baker's dozen, Roxas. Number 13. Yanno, Roxas was one of the first ones to get his chapter title cause I am IN LOVE with the band who created it...Mind you, NONE of the songs before this, AND this one, are RAP. All of them are rock songs, cause well...Rap is crap.

Enjoi,
-Ethe

.:Somewhere I Belong:.

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. 3:20 AM.

Well, he finally got put in here. And to think, I thought it would take him a couple more years to wind up in a hospital bed.

Axel. He overdosed, and almost died of it... I stood at his bedside, staring down at his sleeping form attached to tubes and an ECG machine that measured his heart rate. His pulse was faint, and none of the doctors was sure he was going to make it. He was found a half an hour later in the bathroom of his and Demyx's apartment after the overdose...they said it might've been too late.

But yet, here he was, still alive but barely. Demyx had gone to sleep hours ago, but I just couldn't build up enough edge to just leave... Demyx called my phone yesterday around eleven o'clock to tell me that Axel was in the hospital. I didn't live too far away, so I snuck out of room and walked down to the hospital and followed Demyx's instructions on which room it was. I opened the door right when Demyx was thrust out by the doctors. He fell and the door was yanked from my grasp and slammed shut.

I looked down at him; he was trying to hide his eyes and swiping the tears away. I sat next to him and rapped my arms around his waist. All three of us were best friends, but I was the only one who stood away from the drugs. He clutched onto me and cried onto my shoulder. We sat on the floor for some time before he stopped long enough to tell me what happened.

And then we were let back into the room two hours after that. And another hour later, I still stood here, watching Demyx sleep with his head on Axel's bed and kept an involuntary eye on the ECG machine. My legs finally let me move and I walked to the opposing side of Axel's bed from Demyx. I wasn't sure if it was ok to touch him or not, but I didn't think that a little hug would kill him. I rapped an arm around his shoulders for a second and then I let go, walked around the bed, and ruffled Demyx's hair and hugged him as well. Neither of them stirred as I opened the door. I walked out and noticed Larxene standing right outside, but before I said anything I closed the door, and looked up at her. "Hi, Larxene."

"Roxas? What are you doing here so early, kiddo?" She best down and ran a hand in my already messy hair. "Visiting a friend." "Oh...are they ok?" She asked, her expression becoming one with worry. "...I'm not really sure." I answered, with a short sigh and I looked down at the floor. "Tell ya what; I'll give you a ride home, ok? That's where you're headed right?" She offered, putting a hand on my shoulder. "Uh-huh." "Good. Cause we got school in the morning." She patted my shoulder, and gently pushed me in the directions of the elevators. Larxene was a Senior at the school I went to and the only reason we were friends was because of fifth period art class, and we were usually stuck as partners because of our skill levels.

She unlocked the doors to her car in the parking lot and I got in and she started the car. I settled back into the seat and sighed. "Tired?" She asked, pulling out from the space. "Yup..." I yawned and rested my hear on the door. "Well, before you go to sleep, mind telling me your address?" I opened my eyes again, "Uh, do you know where Duncan Court is?" "Oh, that's not too far away...You're just too lazy to walk home, dork." "I'm traumatized, leave me alone. My house is the one with the black shutters on the windows and the tallest tree, ok?" "Got it."

I didn't even have time to fall asleep before we were there and she dropped me off. I said thank you and she asked me if I would be alright, and I told her that I would. I'd go visit Axel after school... I took the screen off of my open window and put it back on as I crawled in and crashed onto my bed, setting my alarm clock and falling asleep.

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. 7:13 AM.

I skipped breakfast like always, already late as I walked out the door. No one in my family had an high school degree, so I was determined to be the first. The next few years were going to be a bitch, but I wasn't going to give up. I was going to be the one to bring us out of the dark and bring in a little more money so my mom didn't have to work three jobs.

I walked down the cracked sidewalk and out of the Cul De Sac and onto Duncan Drive and I started toward the school, avoiding a man with silver hair by simply moving out of his way. I took out my phone and looked at the time, and hurried back down the street and up to the crosswalk and pressed the button.

I was going to be someone. I wasn't going to let anyone or anything hold me back. Now if only I can get around the sun rising in my eyes...that might be a bit of a problem...

-End-

A/N: Cookies for those who can name the band who wrote the chapter title's song!

And see? Axel did not die...I had to bring him back, Axel Demyx and Roxas are my favorites!