Snow crunches beneath my boots as I walk down the sidewalk. Snow is falling lightly and has started to cover the roadways of the World That Never Was. The air here is clean and fresh. A few Dusks slip past me and I smile. Dusks love to play in the snow. This time of year is so happy- even for people who can't feel true happiness.

They can't feel happiness or sadness or anything really. Not even pain.

But they love to pretend. They love to masquerade as people filled with emotions and show off what they know about people who feel. Axel and Demyx are really over the top when it comes to acting out emotions. Demyx always protests that if Roxas and I are Nobodies and can feel, all Nobodies can feel.

Giggling at Demyx's stupid theories, I think about what some of the others do to show off their performing skills. Zexion always has his face shoved in a book, and claims that if he reads enough about emotions, he'll be able to "use" them himself. Every time I ask him what he's reading, that's his response. Then, he'll do that cute thing where he blows his hair out of his eyes and then slink off to a quieter place to read.

Marluxia mostly keeps to himself. He'll spend his time in his garden, which doubles as his room. He takes care of his flowers there, and I think it's amazing how he can care so much for such fragile blossoms when he's so cold and ruthless around everyone else. I like to watch him tend to his flowers. Sometimes I'll draw his flowers. I don't really talk to him though.

I pass by some shop windows; the small amount of sunlight there is glares against the window, allowing me to see my reflection. Leaning in closer to the window, I notice there is some snow piling up on top of my head. I shake my head roughly and most of it falls off. Pulling up my hood and tightening its drawstrings, I back away from the window. I bump into someone.

"S…Sorry!" I apologize to the person.

"It's okay… Oh, Namine!" says the blond man.

"Vexen!" I exclaim. "I didn't realize it was you for a second!"

"Hehehe… It's okay. What are you doing here?" he asks me.

"I was actually just taking a little walk. You know, maybe a little window shopping too." I say. He smiles. Vexen is one of them. The ones that can't feel. He doesn't really try to pretend that he can though. But he does smile.

That's one thing that the Nobodies have learned to do. They figured out how to smile when they're in a situation that would please them. I think it's amazing how they figured that out. It's natural to them now.

"Need some company?" Vexen asks.

"Sure!" I grin happily.

We walk down the street, headed in no particular direction. The snow lightens, and then stops for a while. Occasionally we stop at a window to inspect the merchandise, but nothing really catches either of our attention for long.

"So, who are you going to be spending your Christmas with?" I ask Vexen while he's looking at some blue gloves through a store window. He backs away from the store window.

"Hmmm… Probably Demyx and Xaldin." He tells me "And what about you?"

"Me…? Well… I kinda want to…" I pause. Do I trust Vexen enough to tell him?

"I want to spend it with… Xemnas." I say it softly, but it echoes in the air.

"Xemnas?" he exclaims, obviously surprised. I nod slightly. I can feel my face burning a bright red color.

"Y… Yeah." I respond. "I want to spend Christmas with Xemnas. Is that a problem?" I get a little defensive.

"No… I'm just a little surprised, that's all. Xemnas hasn't been in a really good mood lately. I just figured he'd want to be alone." Vexen tells me. I drop my head and look at my feet while we walk in an awkward silence. I didn't know that Xemnas was in a bad mood recently. I don't see him often enough to know these things. He's very busy, and we don't have much time to talk.

But it's true that I love him. He's nice to me. He doesn't boss me around like some of the other Nobodies do. He told me I was pretty once. No one else has ever called me pretty, except that one time when Larxene attempted to give me a makeover. After about three hours of viscously yanking my hair and twisting it into random patterns and eventually getting it so tangled up she had to cut off some of the left side of my hair, she moved on to slathering off-color cosmetics on my face and nails and then violently wiping them off. After about an hour and a half of that, she finally deemed me "Prettiest Without Makeup and/or Fancy Hair". Then she kicked me out of her room and told me to never ever come back EVER.

The snow starts again. I look up at the sky and see little stars glistening it the sky, far above me. A flash of light splits across the sky. A shooting star! I take a deep breath and make a wish.

Wishing star wishing star,

Up in the sky you are so far.

I have only have one wish now,

A secret in my heart.

Xemnas… Please smile again.

I look to my right. Vexen is staring up at the sky looking at the stars too.

"Did you see the shooting star?" I ask.

"Yup."

"What did you wish for?"

"A heart."

"Oh."

I'm a little disappointed. He didn't make an exciting wish; in fact, I probably could have guessed what he wished for. But I guess any bit of hope for getting a heart is exciting to him.

"Oh no! Would you look at the time?" He suddenly asks "I was supposed to be back in the castle fifteen minutes ago!"

"It was nice talking to you Namine." he says "I'll see you later."

I wave goodbye as he steps through a dark portal disappears into the darkness. I guess I'm alone now. Except for a few Shadow Heartless crawling by, the snow draped streets are empty. I can see my breath when I breathe because it's so cold.

I wonder what Xemnas is doing. I hope I can see him tomorrow. I hope I can find out if my wish came true.

A/N:

Oh dear… Naminams loves Xemxem?? I wonder how this will turn out… Pffpt, probably happier than my last story. This one is considerably lighter. But this chapter was a little bit dark… The next chapter is lighter! I promise!

333 Anywho, thanks for reading! Reviews plz!