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Ch 1: Rejection

'I hope she says yes. But, what if she likes someone else, what if she'll shun me for it, what if she's not inter-' Roxas was interrupted from his train of thought when a familiar yet annoying voice rang out.

"Hello? Earth to Roxas! Hello?" Sora cried out as he waved his hand in front of Roxas's blank face.

"What?" Roxas asked irritably as he glared coldly at his twin.

"Erm.. May I have that Twinkie, please?" Sora asked meekly as he shrunk from Roxas's glare.

"I swear, Roxas. This is the reason you're known as the Cold Prince of all of the sophomores. You don't give a damn about anyone except your brother. How are you going to win Nam-" Tidus, the star blitzball player, started to state before Roxas covered his mouth.

"What the heck are you trying to do? Blurt out my crush to the whole damn world?" Roxas hissed before glancing at a petite blond girl drawing busily in her trusty notebook. "Do it and you die!"

Tidus shivered, sealing Roxas's threat. Kairi, Selphie, Olette giggled as Sora stole the Twinkie from Roxas's lunch while the blond wasn't looking. Hayner rolled his eyes. Pence and Wakka were too busy eating their lunch to notice. Out of the whole grade, they were some of the lucky people besides Sora who could stand Roxas's attitude.

"So when are you going to her your secret?" asked Hayner. " In the next millennium?

"At the end of lunch, of course. I'm positive" Roxas replied confidently. Hayner, Sora, Kairi, Selphie, and Olette looked away to hide their amused faces.

" Keh, yeah right, it's like the last time. You said you were going to tell it at Math period two months ago. You sure you won't run away again with your tail between your legs, man?" Wakka chimed in bitterly. Pence nodded in agreement.

" Shut up. I'm sure. Today is going to be that day." Roxas responded coldly. Just then, the lunch bell rang. He walked up to Namine with his heart pounding fast.

" Hello there, Roxas. Here to see my drawings again, I assume?" Namine greeted in her pure sweet-song voice. She smiled at him warmly. He took a deep breath.

" Um Namine, I have something to tell you." He started to say. Namine put down her pencil and notebook.

"Yes? What is it?"

"Err, do you…you know, like anyone?"

Namine blinked at him in confusion and question. "Umm, Roxas? Why are you asking this?"

"N-Namine, ever since sixth grade I had a c-crush on you, I like you. Um.. d-do you like me?" Roxas stuttered as his whole face flushed in a deep shade of crimson. The Cold Prince did it. He confessed after so long. Namine blinked at him. Her face showed many different emotions. Surprise. Guilt. Shock. Those were the main three.

"Umm, Roxas. I'm quite flattered but I'm sorry to say this. I….don't like you. I'm so sorry. It's just…something tells me that we won't work out like other couples" Namine replied sadly. Roxas's heart sank. His worst fear came to reality.

"It's…okay." said Roxas he looked down at his shoes.

"I'm really sor-" Namine started to say.

"It's okay!" assured Roxas with a bit more force.

"I hope we could still continue our relationship as friends." Namine added in optimism.

Roxas trudged silently toward his Math class. He was disappointed. Depressed. Most of all, rejected.

'So this is what it feels like to be rejected. It's more harsher than I thought.' Roxas thought gloomily.

Being late to class and humiliated by the scolding of Mr. Valentine in front of the classroom didn't help console him that much. Lady Luck is sure being one hell of a bitch today. Roxas could barely listen to his teacher because he only thought of one thing. Namine's rejection. He didn't notice that he was beginning to fall asleep until BAM! Mr. Valentine folded his notes and slammed them to Roxas's desk. One may suffer from heart attack if he suddenly heard the sound.

"Mr. Strife, can you tell me what is the length of the right side of the triangle?" Mr. Valentine asked irritated. Roxas shrunk into his seat and muttered a barely audible "no". Sensing his brother's distress, Sora came to his rescue and answered for him. Even after all of his classes, Roxas still had the rain cloud over his head. He didn't wait for Sora or his friends at the school gate. He went home alone. He threw himself on his bed and sobbed miserably. Sora came home shortly after.

"You okay, Roxas?" Sora asked as he put his hand on his brother's shoulder before it was shoved off. Roxas looked up at him and glared at him. His eyes were red and his cheeks were puffy from his crying.

"What does it look like?" Roxas hissed. He gave Sora his coldest glare but the boy did not leave.

"Roxas, just tell me, what's wrong? I'm her-"

"Cut the motherly crap. Namine rejected me. Happy?" Roxas growled angrily. Sora's eyes watered as he took the bitter answer. This was Roxas's true feelings. Being cold and mean was just a façade to protect his pride. Knowing he needed a little personal space, Sora left him much to Roxas's relief. Roxas hated to make Sora sad but he needed to be harsh to be left alone. Meanwhile, Namine was handling her own personal problems.

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