Hey! This is my second fanfic and I hope you like it. :D

Some things you should know:

1. I gave/ will give the characters English surnames.

2. It's the summer before college starts.

3. I don't think that I'm very good when it comes to writing. :(

4. This was inspired by books called Private series, which I do not own and also the movie Sydney White which I also do not own.

5. I might've messed up the timeline for when their school is supposed to start because I'm from a different country and we have different educational "standard operating procedures".

*I do not own Kingdom Hearts!


College Kids

Chapter 1: Much ado about a… taco.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

The shrill ringing of my cell phone woke me up from my dreamless sleep. I tried to reach out my hand to my bedside table because that's where I always leave my cell phone just before I go to bed every night. I accidentally knocked something and upon poking my head out of the covers, I discovered that I had sent my alarm clock to the floor. It read 10:40AM. I groaned and pulled myself into a sitting position finally locating my phone. I pressed it into my ear and I would have probably gone deaf if I hadn't pulled it away when I realized it was Kairi Velducci who was calling.

"OHMYGOD NAMINE! YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHAT! I FINALLY GOT MY ACCEPTANCE LETTER!" I heard Kairi shriek even though I was holding my phone at arm's length. I could hear her talking away on the phone but when I was sure that no more shouting was gonna happen, I pressed the cell phone back to my ear.

"Hey, calm down! We both knew you were gonna get in." I said laughing

"No, we didn't. And I almost did not 'cause I applied late." Kairi said and I swear, I could picture her pouting.

You see, Kairi and I just recently graduated from high school and I applied early for Radiant Garden University while she stayed undecided. Then when she couldn't put it off any longer, she decided to just go along with me. I know what you're thinking, "No way! She still got in even if she applied late?" Well, the answer to that is yes, she did, 'cause she's rich. Not that I hold that against her. Her parents are very rich, they own Velducci Industries, it's a company that sells and manufactures cars. So obviously, they were very very rich.

"But you still did, Kai, and that's what matters." I said standing up and pacing around my room

"I know. But seriously Nam! We're gonna have so much fun! We can carpool and everything. We can probably even apply for the same room so that we'd be roommates. And I really hope that we have at least a couple of classes together or else I'd miss you too much." Kairi jabbered away at a million miles per hour on the phone.

"Whoa, like I said, calm down! It's not even a month 'til college and you might get a panic attack or something." I joked. Honestly, Kairi is such a bubbly person that sometimes even in my grumpiest of moods, I feel a lot better.

"But I'm just so excited! I mean, I can't wait to meet some new people and-- oh!" Kairi stopped as if remembering something,

"Hmm? 'Oh'?" I asked

"Are you going to join a sorority?" Kairi asked seriously

"Uh, no. That would be stupid." I said. I mean, come on! Sororities and Fraternities are like a calling for trouble. You see it on the news, people getting beaten up during hazing and all that stuff. I don't want to take part in any beating up. Let alone be the one getting ganged up on.

"Why not? Come on Namine! I've been wanting to join one ever since I was a kid!" Kairi practically yelled into the phone

"Kairi, Sororities spell big trouble. So no. I'm not going to join or anything. And I hope you wouldn't either." I said seriously

"Aww, Nam! They aren't that bad. I've actually read about some Sororities and they don't approve of hazing either!" Kairi insisted

"Still no." I said

"Besides, the people in the Sorority would be like your sisters! Sisters for life!" Kairi persisted

"I already have you, Kai." I said laughing at her attempt to persuaded me to join

"Fine. I'm letting you off for now, and that's only because you love me so much. I gotta go. See you, Nam!" Kairi said laughing

"'Bye Kairi." I said before pressing the red button on my cell phone signaling to end the call.

I stopped pacing and moved toward my bedside table where I put my cell phone down and picked up my alarm clock which now read 10:56AM. In case you were wondering why the alarm didn't go off, it's 'cause I didn't set it to alarm at any time. I mean, it's summer! And a girl needs her beauty sleep, especially when said girl has been staring at a laptop screen until 2AM in the morning.

I went to my dresser to pick out clothes to wear. Once I got my hands on a simple white T-shirt, a pair of shorts and underwear, I headed to the bathroom. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw that, thank God for this, I didn't have any eye bags under my bright blue eyes though my hair was in its usual blond mess. I stripped off my clothes and stepped into the shower. The cold water felt good on my skin since it jolted me awake. After ten minutes of showering I figured it was time to get out so I tugged on a towel from the towel rack and wrapped myself in it. I brushed my teeth and put on my clothes after.

Today was a Saturday and I figured that my parents are going to be home. So I padded downstairs to the kitchen to see my mom cooking lunch. Wow, lunch already. I greeted my mother a good morning and she smiled at me saying good morning back. I decided to skip breakfast and just wait for lunch.

"Hey mom, Kairi called a while ago, she said that she got her acceptance letter. Pretty cool huh?" I said sitting down on the kitchen stool watching my mom cook our lunch

"Oh she did? That's really great dear! You two are so inseparable." Mom said with a smile. Kairi and I have been friends since I was 11. She saw me crying over some guy I had a kiddie crush on and went to that guy teaching him a lesson. Ever since that day, boys knew not to mess with the two of us. We were pretty much inseparable like mom said.

"Where's dad?" I asked since I didn't see him anywhere in the house

"He's picking up some groceries at the store." Mom answered

"Oh. Is lunch ready? I'm hungry." I pouted and rubbed my stomach for full effect. Mom just laughed and said, "We'll eat when your dad gets here. Which should be any minute now." As if on cue, the front door opened and my dad stepped inside our house. He was carrying a few bags of groceries so I came and helped him put them away while mom was serving lunch.

"Hey dad." I said

"Why, look who's awake. It's Sleeping Beauty!" my dad chuckled. Even though I'm about to turn 19 in a few months, he still treated me like a little child. I'm not complaining though.

"Tell him about Kairi, dear." mom said

"What about Kairi?" dad asked curiously

"Oh nothing, it's just that she called to tell me that she got into Radiant Garden University too." I tried to say as nonchalantly as possible

"Well, that's great, Namine! I know how you two are tied to the hip. At least I know I'll have someone to look after you at that University of yours." dad said in a stern voice looking at me

"Oh come on, dad, it's not like I'll be going around campus doing who knows what. Besides, mom approves." I pointed out for like the thousandth time.

Radiant Garden University also happens to be my mother, aunt and grandmother's old University. That's where her side of the family usually went to college to. That's why she's so supportive of me going there while dad would rather I take a University that's closer to home.

"All right. All right. Let's eat, I can hear your stomach grumbling, Namine." dad said defeated but he still had a smile on his face.


After lunch, I went to walk around in our neighborhood since I had nothing to do. Usually, Kairi and I would hang out at the mall or beach but since she hung up on me a while ago, I hadn't been able to ask if she was busy or not. Just then, I felt my phone vibrate in my jeans pocket so I fished around in my pocket until I got it out. It was a text message from Kairi.

To: Namine

From: Kairi

August 28, Saturday, 1:34PM

Hey. You busy? If you're not, meet me at the mall ASAP. There's someone here you should meet!

I texted back a quick reply.

To: Kairi

From: Namine

August 28, Saturday, 1:35PM

Sure. Where will I find you?

After waiting for five minutes, just aimlessly walking around, I decided that if I was going to go to the mall, I should head back home first and let my parents know where I was gonna be. Since this is Kairi we're talking about, going to the mall with her could take hours.

To: Namine

From: Kairi

August 28, Saturday, 1:40PM

Food court. Got you a taco. If you don't want taco gone, you better hurry. :P

I laughed then I sent her a reply.

To: Kairi

From: Namine

August 28, Saturday, 1:41PM

Kk. Whatever. Don't eat my taco.

I got home and told my parents where I was gonna be. I grabbed the keys to my car and went to the garage. I got in my car and drove to the mall, 15 minutes later, I was walking to the front entrance trying to make my way to the food court. When I got there, I searched for any sign of Kairi and saw her sitting by Tacobell with someone else. They were chatting pretty animatedly and I could see Kairi smiling from where I was standing. Making my way over to them, she saw me and waved her hand, I waved back.

"Hey Namine! This is Sora. Sora, this is Namine." Kairi said pointing to the boy opposite her. Said boy had the spikiest brown hair I have ever seen. It stuck up in all directions but it still looked good. He had a round face and a boyish smile. And not to mention his eyes. His eyes were a brilliant blue color.

"Er, hi Sora." I said a little shyly. You see, sometimes I was really shy around guys. I don't know why but Kairi's outgoingness with boys never seemed to rub off on me even though we're tied to the hip. Except when she went on dates. Now that's something I could live without seeing.

"Hey Namine, nice to meet you!" Sora said pretty brightly wearing a big grin. I smiled back but looked to Kairi to inquire why she called me here.

"Here you go, Namine. Your beloved taco." Kairi said laughing while she pushed the tray of food to me

"Oh yum. Thanks Kai!" I said before picking up one and started to devour it.

"Namine, Sora here is going to Radiant Garden University too!" Kairi said lightly

"Really? Cool! So we're gonna be seeing you there, Sora?" I asked him, taco in hand. I sure do love my tacos.

"Yeah. You guys are Freshmen too, right?" Sora said in a friendly way

"Yeah. Freshmen." I said, my mouth full of taco. Sora didn't seemed bothered by it though. Swallowing what's in my mouth, I asked, "How'd you two meet? Or have you known each other a long time?"

Surprisingly, Kairi blushed. Aha! So that's why she wanted me here. To evaluate this guy. Kairi and I made a deal long ago that whoever boy we liked, the other would have to approve of him to be "eligible" to us. And it's been tradition between us to do this all the time with guys.

"Funny you should ask, we--er, we met here actually. At the food court. Just now." Sora said a little embarrassed, I could tell since he was rubbing the back of his neck and he was kinda red in the face.

I raised my eyebrows at the two of them and Kairi laughed lightly.

"We were fighting over that taco." Kairi said pointing to my taco

"What?" I said bewildered

"I was in line before her at Tacobell, and that's the last taco, I wanted it. But she also wanted it, so er- we kinda fought for that taco. But after a few minutes, we were causing a scene so I just gave up and let her have it." Sora finished looking sheepish.

I cast a look at Kairi and she was raising her eyebrows at me. I raised one of my eyebrows at her, glanced at Sora and looked back at her giving her my smile of approval. It seems she understood 'cause she smiled too and turned to talk to Sora about something. I finished the last of my taco, wiped my mouth with a napkin and listened to their conversation. They were talking about the University.

"So Sora, thinking about joining any Frats?" Kairi asked not so subtly

"Well now that you mentioned it, yeah. My two brothers belong to different Frats though. I don't know which to pick." Sora said scratching his head.

So this was another reason she called me. Well, too bad, Kairi, I can see your motives and I am not falling for any of this. Don't make me take back my approval of Sora. I huffed in my mind. Of course I didn't say that out loud. That would be embarrassing.

"-- Omicron Delta Psi. But I think the other is called Organization XIII or something like that." Sora said

"Wait, what? Ohmee-delta-sink? What's that?" I asked confused. I thought we were talking about Fraternities or something?

"It's Omicron Delta Psi, Namine." Kairi said

"It's the Frat one of my brothers belong to. The other is the Organization. Though Omicron sounds way cooler!" Sora said excitedly

After ten more minutes of Fraternity and Sorority talking, Kairi and Sora exchanged cell phone numbers and said goodbyes. I waved goodbye to Sora too.

"So what do you think?" Kairi asked linking her arms with mine. We were walking to the parking lot now.

"Thanks for the taco. I think Sora was nice letting you, I mean, me, have it." I said laughing

"Yeah, he's cute, isn't he?" Kairi giggled

"I guess so." I laughed, but then I said, "Did you ask Sora about Frats on purpose or something?"

"Well, it's normal to talk about things like that when you're on the subject of college, you know." Kairi replied cheekily.

"Whatever." I huffed, sticking out my tongue at her. She just laughed. We went our separate ways since she went to her car and I went to mine. We both waved goodbye and got into our cars. I drove straight home since I have no where to go to anyway.


"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" I shouted as soon as I was inside the house. I found mom on the kitchen table reading a magazine.

"Oh hello dear. Had a good time?" she asked

"It was okay. I ate a taco." I said randomly. My mom just chuckled at me. I went to the fridge to get something to drink and then sat down next to my mom. We were silent for a while when I was sipping my drink, which is Coke, by the way, until I decided to voice out the thought that I was mulling over in the car.

"Hey mom, what's college like?" I asked

"College? Well it's fun." My mom said simply not taking her eyes off the magazine

"Fun? What kind of fun?" I asked her. Still she didn't take her eyes off the magazine but simply answered, "The normal kind of fun."

Wow mom. And I wondered all these years why I wasn't really that talkative. Now, I know.

"What do you think of Fraternities? And Sororities then?" I asked, this time I was sure that she was going to disapprove, but she surprised me when she looked at me, smiled and said,

"When it comes to those, just remember that don't do anything I wouldn't do but make your own mistakes so that you can learn from them, okay sweetheart? I trust you." she held my gaze and when I nodded, she went back to her magazine.

"I'll be in my room, okay?" I said as I turned around and made a beeline for my room. The only thought in my mind was, "What kind of advice was that?"


Er, what do you think? Does it suck or what? I need your feedback! Any comments or suggestions to make this story better? Also, let me know if it's good enough to be continued. 'Cause if it's not, I'll delete it. Please review! :)