Well, this is utterly nerve-wracking seems as how I have never written a fanfic for this fandom before (even though I have been a fan of the game for years) and most of the ones that I have read are very, very good. So be good to me dear readers and don't completely massacre my writing, although constructive criticism is MUCH wanted. So, without any more delay, please enjoy The Marvelous List of Summer Misfortunes!
Disclaimer, I don't own Kingdom heart or any of its characters
(~Xion~)
Today was a very special day. No, it wasn't anybody's birthday, nor was anyone marrying another. Today was special simply because it was the first official day of summer. The first day of sleeping in until noon, spending ridiculous amounts of money on things I wouldn't normally buy, and just doing nothing for the next two and a half months before starting senior year of high school, which was more of a victory lap and an excuse for the Jocs to pick on the Freshmen than an actual year of hard work.
But what made today even more special was that I was meeting up with some of my better friends at the mall, and even though I normally despise the mall greatly, today would be tolerable, because this shopping trip was focused on a list.
Back in about April, Kairi, whom had already been planning part of our summer, had approached Naminé and I and told us of an idea she had come up with during Math class while she was clearly not paying any sort of attention to the teacher. She had thought of a…bucket list, if you even want to call it that. She had said that on a large sheet of paper, anytime anything embarrassing, strange, misfortunate or just plain creepy happened to one of the three of us, we would write a detailed sentence about the happening and basically let all of our friends laugh at us for it.
I had found the idea hilarious, and although it had taken a few weeks to convince Naminé that it would be more funny than humiliating, she eventually agreed, and it would have just been between the three of us, had Kairi not let it slip to Selphie, who as soon as she found out, demanded that she be included (even though I think she just wanted an excuse to laugh at others) And after we let Selphie in on the list, Olette had found out, and she had been admitted to participate as well. Aqua knew about it as well, but she refused to take part in it since she would be moving to Transverse Town to go to college.
So today the five of us would be discussing in depth how the list would work while finding 'fashionable summer attire' which would mostly consist of everyone else buying an ungodly amount of clothing while I just bought a few items, mostly what Naminé or Kairi would urge me to get.
I sighed as I crossed downtown Twilight town, a warm breeze rushing through my short black hair as I glanced up at the sky, which was a perfect, cloudless blue that made the corners of my mouth curve upwards, today would be a good day indeed. And, of course, my day was made even more amazing when I heard the familiar voice of my best friend call out behind me,
"Hey, Stranger!" I turned to face Naminé, who was strolling towards me with a euphoric grin that matched my own. Seeing Naminé made me incredibly grateful that while I might be pale, I certainly wasn't as ghostly white as Naminé. I grinned even wider, thinking of the time Kairi had talked me into getting a spray tan with her. Long story short-I ended up orange for a month.
"Well hello to you, too" I replied as she caught up to me and we began walking together for the last couple blocks until we hit the mall.
"Excited for today?" I questioned, knowing that Naminé disliked the idea of a list that's sole purpose was to cause others to laugh at you. She grimaced and said in a strained voice,
"No, I am not excited to establish a list that will probably cause Selphie to never stop laughing at me"
"Naminé, how many horribly embarrassing things do you think are going to happen to you this summer? I mean, come on, it's only two and a half months, right?" I reasoned with her, just as we turned the corner and the mall was in sight.
"Xion, what if they try to set me up?" I glanced at my blonde friend with a 'get-serious' face and exclaimed as I pulled the door to the mall open, "Naminé, nobody is going to set you up!"
"Xion, Naminé! Over here!" I heard Kairi's voice shout as soon as we stepped into the mall. I turned my gaze away from Naminé and towards Kairi, who was standing beside a bench where Selphie and Olette were already seated at, Olette smiled at us both, offering a small wave before I was captured in an incredibly tight and suffocating hug, thanks to Kairi. "Geez, Kairi, you act like you haven't seen us in years, it's only been since yesterday!" I said, pushing her off of me.
Selphie finished a text message that she had been typing and stood, exclaimed, "Good, they're here, now can we actually go into a store now?" I rolled my eyes; "Oh please, Selphie, your daddy's money will still be in your bank account two minutes from now" I smiled, and hugged her as she chuckled, "Hey, you never know!" she said jokingly pointing at me after we broke the hug. I smirked, and turned to Kairi, who smiled and said,
"Alright, let's get started, shall we?"
"OH! I call dressing Xion today!" Selphie shouted, raising her hand, earning a chuckle from Olette and Kairi. I groaned as Selphie ran into the nearest store, which happened to be Victoria's Secret. Shit.
"Selphie, I can pick out my own damn underwear!" I shouted, running into the store after her. Maybe today wouldn't be a relaxing and nice as I had thought…
(~Naminé~)
"Oh, Naminé, that is adorable!" Olette exclaimed as I stepped out of the dressing room in my last article of clothing that I had picked out, a white, silky skirt that stopped about mid-thigh. "Do you really think so?" I asked timidly, even though I was already in love with it.
"Naminé, you would look cute in a paper sack!" Selphie said offhandedly while examining the bikini she had in her hand, sighing at the price tag for the fourth time. Kairi giggled, and nodded in agreement,
"You really do look darling in it, Naminé" she said with a smile. I turned to Xion, who actually had a large amount of bags considering that she hated shopping, and I asked her, "What do you think, Xion?" she moved her chin off of her hand, and replied,
"It looks nice, Naminé," I nodded, turning back into my dressing room and shutting the door. I dressed back into my normal clothes, hurrying, noticing how bored Xion had looked, and I collected the clothes I was going to buy quickly in an attempt to get out of the store faster. I paid with exact change at the check-out line, impressing myself that I actually paid with exact change, and after we finally found a place to sit outside a soft pretzel store, Kairi stated suddenly,
"Okay, the list, we need to establish rules!" to which Selphie, Xion and Olette nodded at. I inwardly groaned, dreading the conversation. I caught Xion's eye, and she nodded to me reassuringly. "Kairi, can we all agree that we can't sabotage each other?" Xion suggested, and I sighed, reminding myself to thank her and buy her something later. Selphie groaned, slumping in her seat while Kairi nodded thoughtfully.
"Alright, we can't try to do something to embarrassing one-another unless it's a third party's idea" Olette nodded, and asked, "Can we tell other people about the list?" Selphie tilted her head, actually thinking about that, and Xion spoke up, "I don't think we should, I mean, if we did then the person we tell could try to do something to one of us, and it's not fun if it's on purpose," I nodded in agreement, as Selphie groaned, "Aw, but telling people would make it more fun!"
Kairi had been thoughtfully nodding this entire time, and she finally spoke up, "Sorry, Selphie, but I have to agree with Xion, we can't have a ton of other people in on it, this list is just about our misfortunes, not what happens when we get sabotaged by someone," Selphie huffed, but nodded.
After a moment of silence, Selphie perked up, asking loudly, "Do we have to write down boy stuff?" Olette burst out giggling, Xion rolled her eyes and shook her head, and Kairi blushed a deep shade of red, causing me to grin and cover my mouth with my hand.
"Oh, Kairi, who are you thinking about?" Selphie asked in mock wonder, because we all knew who it was that she was thinking about, it was-
"*cough* SORA! *cough*" Xion nonchalantly teased, earning a laugh from everyone but Kairi, who opened her mouth, and then closed it again. "I d-do NOT have feelings for Sora!" she sputtered, widening her eyes as her face got even redder. "Oh, please, Kairi, if it were any more obvious you would have a sign taped to your forehead that says 'I love Sora!'" Selphie exclaimed, pointing at her. I laughed along with Olette and Xion, while Kairi finally sighed and said quietly, "Fine, I like him, I don't love him" Selphie did a fist pump, shouting, "And we have a confession!" Olette quit laughing long enough to ask Kairi, "So do we have to write things about boys on the list?" Kairi sighed, and nodded with an exasperated look on her face.
Selphie cheered, "Great! Now we get to hear about all the things Kairi does with Sora!"
"Hey, I only have to write something down if its misfortunate, strange, creepy or embarrassing!" she exclaimed, and all of us started giggling again,
"Kairi, its Sora, everything you do with him could be classified as one of those things!" Selphie said before giggling some more. "Well, you're going to have to get him away from his two man-lovers first!" Olette said, and Xion snorted in amusement,
"Pfft, no kidding, just think, if you ever marry Sora, It'll be like marrying Roxas and Riku, too!" Xion muttered, and Olette nodded in agreement.
"Guys, it will not be like that! I've kind of hung out with him without them around…" she said, becoming more discouraged as the sentence progressed. "Hey, relax, Xion and I took kickboxing classes last winter, we could get Roxas and Riku out of the picture if you want!" Selphie offered, as Xion nodded with a grin on her face.
"No, you may not 'get rid of' Sora's closest friends!" Kairi snapped, and just as Kairi said that, Selphie eyed Xion, Kairi and I with a gleam in her eyes, and I knew what she was going to say before she even said it.
"Kairi!" she squealed, my eyes widened, "Do you realize that there are three of them, Sora, Roxas and Riku, and there are three of you?" Dang it, she said it. I quickly gripped the handles of my seat, keeping myself from going into panic-mode. I watched from the corner of my eye as Kairi came to that realization, her mouth forming a little 'o' shape and her eyes flashing. "Naminé!" Olette exclaimed before Kairi could say anything, "You and Roxas would be soooo cute!"
"Oh my gosh, they would be!" Kairi agreed as I cursed Olette inside my head with as many offensive words that I could think of.
I quickly shook my head, saying, "No, no we wouldn't be!" Selphie narrowed her eyes as she glared at me, and said, "Oh, yes you would, missy, you cannot argue with that!" Xion rolled her eyes as Olette said, "Oh, Naminé, Roxas it so cute, how could you not just love him?"
"If you like Roxas that much then why don't you go ask the dude out?" I asked, clearly flustered by their suggestions. "Pfft, because, Nam, Olette is this close to going out with Hayner!" Selphie said, putting her thumb and pointer finger centimeters apart. I rolled my eyes, and then Selphie turned to Xion, much to my relief, and said, "Now, you, Miss Xion, would be perfect with Riku,"
The look on Xion's face was so priceless I burst out laughing. She jerked her head back an inch or so, her eyes widened and her brow furrowed as her upper lip moved up in disgust. "Oh, Xion, Riku would be fun to date, don't you think?" Kairi asked, clearly thinking that notion over with great concentration. 'Wow, nice going, Kairi' I thought sarcastically.
"Guys, no, I'm not going to date a guy whose whole reputation is…well…" she prompted calmly, as Selphie giggled. "What, are you saying that you wouldn't have sex with Riku?" Xion nodded, and Selphie raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong with you?" she questioned.
"Now, Selphie, I can kind of see where she's coming from, I mean she's really not close to Riku at all and really, is only friends with him because he is friends with Roxas and Sora, and who knows, maybe she's scared!" Kairi said, jokingly teasing her with the last bit, but the rest was completely true. Xion was better friends with Roxas than Sora or Riku, those two just kind of came as an extra bonus. Kairi was the one who was really good friends with Sora and Riku. Selphie rolled her eyes playfully and said, "Well then, maybe you're going to have to get to know him better, if you know what I mean!" Olette started giggling again, and Xion rolled her eyes "No, Selphie, I will not be doing anything sexual with Riku,"
"But why not? I would!" She inquired in shock. "Selphie, why don't you date Riku if you want to bang him so bad?" I exclaimed, trying to get her to drop the issue.
"Why, my dear Naminé, you know I can never tie myself down to one single man!" she replied dramatically. Kairi snorted and shook her head, "Oh, Selphie…" she murmured.
"Well, you just wait, my dear Kairi, by the end of the summer, that list will be filled with things about Sora, Roxas and Riku!" she glanced at Olette, and elbowed her and added, "And Hayner."
Well, that's the end of the first chapter; I really hope you guys liked it, and that you'll stick with this entire story. And before I go, I would like to ask you guys, what is your favorite romantic pairing out of all of the pairing in Kingdom Hearts? Alright, until next time, farewell!