I'll Be Here No Matter What

"Ah, I haven't been back in Twilight Town in such a long time." Namine grinned while walking with the other three around the school. "I wonder what I've missed out…"

Speak of the devil, out of nowhere, they heard crowds of both boys and girls running out towards them. "It's Namine-sama and Roxas-sama!" they exclaimed.

"Uh oh, fan clubs?" Sora guessed before the others nodded and began running off around the school campus and decided to hide into the guys' dorm room.

They all paused to catch their breaths and sighed in relief that they were safe for now. "Why didn't you two tell us about…" the redhead coughed. "them?"

"W-Well I forgot all about them." Namine tried to explain and leaned against the wall to rest. "Besides, this is the first time I actually ran away from them." she giggled at the idea.

Sora laughed about that last line also. "Yeah, and what was with the Namine and Roxas sama? Are you guys aristocrats or something?" When he heard that he was the only one laughing, he stared at them immediately. "W-Wait…you guys aren't… are you?"

"Sorry to ruin your fun Sora." Roxas chuckled and sighed. "But it's true, the two of us are what you could call the important students in school."

The redhead was at loss for words, only the expression on her face could show how she was feeling at that moment. "And you didn't tell me Namine?!" she exclaimed wanting to shake her friend back and forth for not telling her, but kept it in.

"Sorry." she gave an apologetic smile. Pushing a strand of her hair behind her ear, she kept quiet thinking of what else to say.

"Can we see your house?"

Kairi elbowed Sora on the head. "Idiot."

"Sure! I don't mind." the blond girl nodded.

……………

"Um… this is my house." she timidly announced pointing to the opening in front of them. It took a while to get there because of the rabid fan club that was still on the rage on searching for the two, and to avoid meeting their town friends.

"You live in…" Sora began, pointing to the wall. "In a hole?"

"No you idiot." Kairi glared again following after Namine and Roxas. "She means her place is through the hole." and yet she was correct, walking through the forest, they could see the gates, Namine had been talking about. "Namine, I think your place should be called a "mansion." as they gazed at the large white mansion in front of them.

"Anyways…" she interrupted turning back. "Now that we've seen where I live, let's head back to the Market Street." as she motioned the others to follow after her.

"Already?" Sora whined as a sound was coming from his stomach. "But I'm starving!" he complained again.

"They have sea salt ice cream."

…………….

"You know, you didn't have to tell them about our status here." Roxas muttered quietly so the other two wouldn't hear. "I was surprised you wanted to show them where you lived."

She shrugged. "I really didn't mind, I mean, I didn't want to make such a big deal about it."

"But…you don't like facing your parents…" he reminded her, and saw her smile drop to an expressionless face. "Uh, forget about bringing the topic up."

"I'd like that." she admitted. Now it was quiet between them, a little too quiet. Turning back expecting to see the two behind them, they were surprised to see that there were gone. "Did they go to get more Sea Salt Ice Cream?"

….

"Wow! I didn't know our school had a cherry blossom garden out here!" the redhead stared in amazement, walked up and down the many asiles of the pink trees. "This would be a perfect place to go to when I'm feeling down."

Sora observed the falling pink petals and caught one in his hand. "Really? You would come here all alone?"

She hesitated to answer to that question. "Well… maybe not really." she laughed. "But… I mean who would I go to when I'm in trouble? What if I need help and no one's there to guide me?"

"Then I'll be here." he interrupted.

"Huh?" she questioned looking over at his direction. He didn't look at her, but instead at the petals around them. He didn't seem to be joking around at all.

"I said… " he began to repeat slowly. "I'll be here. I'll be here no matter what." walking over to her, he held out his pinky finger. "I'll promise you that."

"He's acting a little strange…" she noticed but decided it was nothing and shook the pinky promise together. "Then it's a deal." she stated with a reassuring smile.

….

"Yo Seifer, what're ya gonna do?"

The older blond stared at one of his friends. "About Namine?" and sighed resting his head on his hand. "Well I lost." he admitted which was something he usually hated doing. "But at least it was to that punk."

"Punk?" Rai asked in confusion.

Fuu nudged him. "Roxas."

"Who cares?" Seifer said and tried to think of other girls he had met. Most of the girls at the school weren't the kind he was interested in dating, except her. Well… "that redhead" he remembered today when he saw the foursome group being chased by the fan clubs. "I'll go after her instead."

"Who?"

He looked away imagining her face again and chuckled at the dumb question. "Kairi of course."