It's hot.

It's really hot in here.

The AC just broke down last week so classes have to make do, and it sucks balls. The young black haired girl lifts her head and checks the clock. Two more minutes. Just two more minutes. She sighs audibly as she lets her head sink on her arms, that were spread out on the table. She closed her eyes and listened to the teacher saying that it was going to be all for this class, and went back on a few dates to make sure that everyone got them down. As soon as he dismissed the class, Xion took her bags and started walking to the door. Yes, the hallway is colder than this burning classroom for sure!

"Wait, Xion!"

A voice stopped her in her steps as she turned around to face one of her classmates. She was as tall as her and had the exact same haircut, although her hair was longer and of a different color. With a bright smile she approached Xion, her childhood friends Sora and Riku following her.

"We need to decide when we'll meet for the project! And separate the parts too."

Right. They had decided in teams for the project during today's class. She didn't know anyone and decided to leave it to someone to approach her, but was surprised when Riku walked over to her desk to invite her into their little three musketeer trio. She felt she was intruding the moment she took her chair to sit with them, but also felt warm inside watching them talk with each other.

"Okay. We shouldn't do that in there though." Xion answered the redhead after her friends manage to swerve their way through the desks to join them. Kairi looked behind her as she giggled.

"Agreed. Should we go eat at the cafeteria then?"

"Sure!" Sora beamed. "You're coming too right, Xion?"

"Yeah." she nod, before turning on her heel and walking out of the classroom. She closed her eyes and let the cold air that was circulating in the hallway hit her before taking another step. God she hated heat. She looked above her shoulder to see if they were following her, and waited for the three to join her outside the classroom.

She hasn't seen them since elementary school, which honestly made it a little hard to talk to them. She knew them, remembered them, and they remembered her, but her name and face only. She didn't do much back then, except stand there and sometimes talk. She had good grades, but then again that wasn't hard in elementary. Them, on the other hand, were quite popular. Kairi was known as a lovable and bubbly girl, which she still is, and was adorable before puberty hit her and made her pretty. Riku was the cool one, that girls would talk about almost whenever they could and basically could do anything, regardless of if he put his mind to it or not. Sora he, was quite a unique kid. There weren't many things he was good at, but no matter what happened he managed to laugh it off. His smile back then was contagious. Still is.

They walked to the cafeteria, Xion's face twitching as she heard the noise of so many people talking at the same time. She hated coming here to eat. She's done it a few times before in her past sessions at this school, however every time she didn't find the appetite to eat due to the people around her. It's not that they were talking about her or about something that made her lose her appetite, but they all spoke so loudly. It was irritating when someone screamed beside her to talk to someone that wasn't even a foot away. Then, a miracle happened. Lea, one of Xion's close friends, started working at the student cafeteria and told her to stop by on her second session. She's never set foot in the school cafeteria again since, except on Thursdays when it was less crowded. She still went to eat at the student cafeteria though.

Luckily today was a Thursday, so she bought what she wanted to eat and followed the trio at a table near the windows.

"Alright, time to do this!" Kairi said, flapping her notebook open on her table. "We already chose the story, so now all we have to do is read it while having our assigned parts in mind. This is all due in three weeks, so Sora, you better not slack off!"

"As long as you read the book with me, I'm sure I'll manage." the boy grinned back goofily. Riku sighed at his behaviour.

"Will you be able to finish the book in two weeks, Xion?" Kairi asked, making all three pair of eyes settle on her. She was eating slowly and silently, but she swallowed quick once she saw she had to say something.

"Yeah. I've read the story before so it's okay."

"Really? I didn't picture you as someone who would read Poe."

"My father has many of his collections. I coincidentally came across them and read them is all."

"Oh, so your father likes Edgar Allan Poe!" she giggled. "That makes more sense."

Her father, Even, was a brilliant scientist well renowned in his field. He's been known for the prizes he's won in his young age and to this day hasn't stopped creating. He's never concentrated too much on taking care of his inventions and belongings much though. And when he feels he's close to something he neglects sleep and meals until he finds his answer, which honestly is hard on both his daughter and his assistants.

Xion was pulled out of her bubble by the vibration of her phone in her pocket, catching the attention her teammates.

L- Dude where are you? Rox, Ven and Nam are looking for you.

Lea. She forgot to say that she wasn't going to eat with them today.

"Oh, shoot." she said aloud before quickly answering her friend.

"What's wrong? You have other places to be?" Sora asked, trying to peek at the contact name on her screen. He failed though, receiving a jab from Kairi.

"No, I just forgot to tell some people I wasn't going to eat with them today." she answered, her eyes unmoving from her screen.

X- Sorry. I have to eat with team mates to disscuss project.

L- Oh. Who're your mates?

X- Sora, Kairi and Riku.

A few moments after she pressed enter, Lea called her. She almost jumped and dropped her phone, but answered as quickly as she could.

"Xion! Invite them to eat with us!" a voice that wasn't Lea's said through the phone.

"Roxas, I thought I was texting Lea."

"You were, I just took his phone."

A chuckle came from her, which made her friend on the other end of the line chuckle back in response.

"Anyways invite them over, Xion! I'm sure Riku would like it here." Another voice spoke.

"I thought I was talking to Roxas." Xion said with a grin.

"You were." Ventus said with a smile.

She chuckled before turning to Kairi.

"Ven wants me to bring you guys over. Mind if we change locations? We can still talk about all this when we get there."

"Y-yeah, sure! We can easily take this all over there." she said, picking her stuff up. "Where is there, by the way?"

"The student cafeteria."

"What, we have that?" Sora asked, leaning towards her.

Xion nod. "You guys have never been there before?"

All three shook their heads, as Xion cocked her head sideways. They've been here for three sessions already, and they've never been there?