The Silence - Chapter XV

The Silence – Chapter XV

"I never imagined that you would be so beautiful," I frowned as my eyes slowly opened, it was still pitch black like the other times my eyes had opened, but this time I could feel someone next to me, "don't strain yourself, you're still fragile," their voice told me that they were female, their voice was so soft and caring that I instantly warmed to them.
"W-where am I?" I stuttered as I slowly sat up and squinted to try and see the woman beside me.
"In the waiting zone, sweetie," I felt her place a kiss on my forehead and my heart stopped for a while, I could suddenly see who it was in front of me and I couldn't control the sudden amount of tears that were falling from my eyes.
"Mum?" I cried and she smiled so gracefully that I couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it; she was so pretty that it stunned me constantly.
"Hey," Aqua chuckled and brushed her hands over her pale blue dress, "don't panic, you're not dead," she added and stopped for a while, staring at me with her jewel like eyes before she gently placed a hand on my left cheek ad I gasped at her cold touch, grabbing her hand with my own.
I couldn't careless if I was dead, nobody fucking cared in the first place, they lied…but he never…a lie never once graced his precious lips…Axel.
"Why are you here?" I sobbed and I frowned at my reaction to her, I hadn't even met her before, why was I so happy to see her?
"To keep you calm, keep you safe until you wake up," Aqua replied and I jumped as she moved her legs apart and pulled me into her arms so that I now had my side squashed into her body.
"Why did you leave me?" I stammered and I grasped her dress with my curled hand, tears still falling from my eyes and I wanted to smack myself for being so emotional.
"Oh Ienzo," Aqua squeezed me tightly, confusing me as to why she called me 'Ienzo', "I had to leave you at the home, Terra didn't want you and I was so ill…I couldn't look after you when I couldn't even look after myself," she was crying, I could feel her tears dripping into my hair.
"Mum," I whispered and threw my arms around her waist, holding as tightly as she was holding me, "who is Ienzo?" her hand came underneath my chin and she met my yes with her own, a smile once again on her lips.
"It is the name I would have called you if I were allowed to keep you," she replied and brushed my long hair out of my eyes, "but I never got the chance to give you that name, you didn't know this, but Vexen was there when you were born and he was the one to name you after you were taken away, I must have seen you for the first six minuets of your life before you were taken from me," I choke don my tears and I hugged her tighter, squeezing my eyes shut and I heard her gasp, she then lightly laughed, "you hear that?" I kept my eyes close and listened as hard as I could…beeping…what was beeping?
"Time for you to wake up, Ienzo," Aqua smiled and she kissed my head once more, "I love you," she added quietly and I for once knew that someone was telling me an honest fact.
"I love you," I returned her words as I felt my body starting to collapse again, falling against my mother.

"Night," I heard someone mumble above the beeping noises and my eyes slowly lifted open again, my blurry vision only allowing me to see yellow and red blobs moving around beside the random bed that I was placed upon. I blinked a few times to clear my vision and looked to my right in time to see Axel placing a yellow blanket around Vexen, who was fast asleep in a …hospital chair?
"Ax…el," my voice was so croaky that I actually felt ashamed of it and I saw Axel's head whip round so fast that I thought he would snap his neck.
"Oh my god," Axel whispered and threw himself at me, crushing me in his arms, his lips meeting mine urgently as if he needed reassurance about something.
When his lips eventually left mine, he clambered into the hospital bed beside me and pulled me into chest, his hands shaking as they stroked my hair, but I hissed as his had came across a certain area of my head and frowned in pain.
"Why does my head hurt?" I asked quietly so I wouldn't wake Vexen up and I blushed as I felt Axel hold my hand so tenderly that I wanted to kiss him again, but I didn't.
"You fainted in class," Axel whispered and shivered as he did so.
"When was that?" I gasped with wide eyes, why couldn't I remember that?
"Five days ago," Axel replied and held me a little tighter within his arms, "when you fainted, you managed to hit your head on the side of Terra's desk," I had never heard Axel's voice crack like that before, "you had so much blood coming from your head…I-I thought you were going to die whilst the ambulance people started helping you and…" he kissed quickly pulled my lips to his, "I couldn't do anything, I felt so fucking helpless watching…" he kissed me again and I felt his tears greet our kiss, "they told me that you would be okay, but I just wanted to hear YOU tell me that," I knew it wasn't the right time to be smiling like an idiot, but I couldn't help it, Axel really did care for me and I was so glad that he had been waiting for me.
"I love you," I silenced his crying as I pressed my fingers against his bottom lip and I blushed heavily as his tongue flicked the tips of my fingers before he began to kiss them.
"Never frighten me like that," Axel whispered as his lips continued to dance across my fingers.
"I promise," I beamed and I saw Axel's green eyes gaze back at me.
"I love you," he finally replied and pulled the bed sheets over his own body so that we were now even closer and I couldn't help but snuggle close to him, my face instantly pressing against his neck so that I could get his natural smell of cinnamon and lavender combined.
Though I was in the arms of the one person I adored more than anyone in the world, I couldn't help but feel disappointed that neither Aqua…nor Terra, where here to greet me as well.
"Why isn't…Terra here?" I hated saying his name, he was nothing like Aqua.
"He said he was," Axel sighed heavily, "too busy with work to come and see you," I scoffed at the poor excuse, if you don't want a child then at least do the decent thing and cover your dick or shut your fucking legs until you can be fucking arsed to look after one.
"Did you want him here?" Axel asked and he rubbed my back.
"No," I smiled and kissed his neck, "I'm fine with just you,"