Five Things
A collection of five Roxas and Namine short stories.
Secret Admirer
Namine sometimes wanted to laugh at herself, but she couldn't help it. Every morning she'd slip on her white dress, anxiety making her stomach twist into a knot. She was always scared that it wouldn't be there, that the vase would be empty.
She raced down the brightly lit stairs of her home in Twilight Town, hand hesitating before opening the door to her front porch.
There, on the purple and blue striped clay vase she had made when she was younger, was a white rose. A relieved smile crept on her face as she gently touched its white petals, softly bending beneath her fingers.
She felt a gentle touch on her shoulder, and she whirled around, grinning, as Roxas hugged her, the light illuminating his features like some sort of angel. He pulled back, frowning at the flower.
"Whoever keeps sending you those is really making me mad. But he has good taste in flowers." He plucked the flower from the vase, thornless, and handed it to her. She smiled, smelling it before tucking it into her white dress.
"I know it's you, Roxas. The day after I met you these started appearing." Namine teased.
Roxas didn't say anything, his eyes just twinkled. "Here, this is for you." He handed Namine a simple gold ring, with the words My Heart and My Soul written across the band in cursive. Namine smiled and slipped it onto her finger.
Namine frowned suddenly, looking down. Roxas asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
"You always give me gifts, but I never give you one." She said quietly.
Roxas frowned. "That's true."
Before Namine could panic he laughed. "I'm just joking. You give me something every single day, and it makes my day perfect."
Namine tilted her head to the side. "What?"
He gently embraced her, leaning with her in his arms against the walls of her house. "Right there. Thank you."
Namine had been smiling when he had hugged her, and she looked confused now.
"What?"
Roxas lightly kissed her. "Every day you give me your smile."
A voice near them said suddenly, "Oh c'mon Roxas!"
Roxas and Namine both grinned as Hayner staggered around near the base of the stairs that led to the porch, clutching his chest, gagging. "I'm gonna puke."
Olette lightly shoved him. "Stop it Hayner, you're just jealous!"
Hayner rounded on her. "What? Me?"
Pence nodded sagely, smirking. "You can see it all over your face."
Roxas released Namine and instead lightly took her hand, leading her down the stairs.
***
Every day without fail there was a white rose in the vase.
Every day without fail she would give him a smile.
