Nix in Trouble VII

Slowly Nix was acting better, he went to each of his chore sessions with Saix and like that three days had passed.

Nix had earned back most of his toys but no matter what Axel and Rox would say that it was okay for him to play with his toys now, he just wouldn't. He wouldn't touch a single one. He would just come home from his session before locking himself up in his room and curled up in a ball upon his bed.

And even though Rox and Axel brought him food, and told him it was okay to come out, he just wouldn't come out of his room and he barely ate. Roxas didn't know what to do and he could tell Axel was getting more worried by the minute.

They wished they knew what their son was thinking but he wouldn't talk to them. In fact he would bit his lip and hold back tears every time one of his parents entered his room.

On the fifth day, the family were sitting down for lunch and Roxas had fixed a good amount of food for Nix, he wasn't leaving the boy's room until he was certain that he ate. So he smiled at the girls and Axel before he walked down the hall to the room. He knocked with his elbow before entering and looked around.

His eyes went wide as the room was totally empty.

"Phoenix? Phoenix?" He asked as he stepped more into the room, but as he still saw nothing and nothing was responding his eyes went wider.

"Phoenix!?" He screamed and dropped the tray, causing a massive crash to echo around the apartment. Axel looked up from his plate as well did the girls.

"Roxas? Roxas what's wrong?" He asked as he began to get up.

"Phoenix where are you!?" He suddenly heard, so he ran down the hall and into the room. He saw the broken plates and food but paled as he saw the only occupant of the room was Roxas. The blonde turned to him, tears in his eyes.

"He's not here." He cried and Axel only seemed to go more pale.

"What!? Nix!" He yelled and began to look through the room as well. Roxas took another look around the room but gasped as he saw something sticking to the glass mirror. He snatched it off and sobbed.

"Axel." He said and the redhead looked at him. Rox came closer to him and sobbed once more as he passed his husband the crumply piece of paper.

On the paper, written with a large bold blood red sharpie, was 'I'M SORRY!'. Axel went the palest one could possibly and he dropped the paper as if it was a disease.

"No…NO! Phoenix!?" He screamed, tears running down his face. Roxas hugged him before cupping his cheek.

"We have to look for him. Um…I'll-I'll look on the sixth floor and below. You look on the seventh and up. Okay? We'll find him Axel. We'll find him."

"Roxas, how could he have gotten a-away? We were watching the door all day!" Axel sobbed but Roxas only shook his head.

"We can't think of that, he couldn't have gotten far. You go look on those floors and I'll go look on mine okay." The blonde ordered with a calm voice and Axel only lightly sobbed but still nodded. Roxas nodded as well and took Axe's hand.

As they passed the girls, who were looking at them with really scared looks, Rox reassuringly smiled.

"Girls do NOT leave the apartment and finish your lunch. Your father and I will be right back. Alex, your in charge."

"But, dad, what's going-"

"No questions right now girls, we'll be back." Roxas said and gave the girls one last look before he and Axel left the apartment and separated. Axel heading to the seventh floor as Rox was going to head to the sixth. Both of them screaming for Phoenix's name the entire time.


To Be continued...