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Rumors

Roxas walked through his school grounds, hoping to find his girlfrind Namine, who he usually finds hanging out with Kairi at the lunchtables. He noticed her, but something in his gut told him she was not herself. And no wonder. Her head was down, and her hair covered her face. But he didn't do anything-just walked up to her to say hi.

"What's up, Namine?" He wrapped his arms around her, but to his dismay, she pushed him away. Now Roxas thought this was weird. Usually, Namine would give him a kiss or a hug, but this time she ignored him.

"What's wrong?" He asked. He looked up and noticed Kairi, who was glaring at him. He got a little freaked out, so he looked down at his hands, playing with his black and white checkered bracelet on his left wrist.

"Is it true?" He heard Namine speak, so he turned to her, seeing nothing but her baby blue eyes filled with tears.

"Is what true?" He asked, until he heard a random guy call out his name.

"Hey, Roxas! Good job scoring Cindy!" The anonymous teen ran off with his group of friends.

"What is talking about?" Roxas muttered to himself. He turned at saw Kairi again, this time, her arms were wrapped around Namine.

"Don't act stupid! Saturday at Riku's party, you made out with Cindy from our history class!" Kairi blurted out, hugging Namine and trying to comfort her. Roxas was surprised- Cindy was a semi-popular girl known for being a slut.

"Roxas...a-are you cheating on me?" Namine was able to manage to say between sobs.

"Namine, don't say that! Of course I wouldn't cheat on you!"

"Would Kairi lie to me!" Namine stared at his blue eyes, and saw her reflection. Roxas, who stared back into her eyes, felt like he was going to cry. He had never cheated on Namine, his one true love. Cindy, who he was avoiding at the party, must have been kissing another guy, but it wasn't Roxas.

"Namine...you have to believe me..." Before he could finish his sentence, Namine pushed him away, and ran off to the school's main building.

"Ya happy now, chicken wuss!" Kairi grouched as she ran after Namine. Roxas just sat there. He never cheated on her, and now the whole school is saying he scored the biggest whore in all of Freshmen year. Thoughts ran over his head. What to do? Why him? How did this start? The bell rang, startling Roxas, as he grabbed his backpack and walked to first period.

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Lunchtime

"Hey there Roxas!" Sora yelled out to his friend as Roxas turned around and saw a blue eyed boy his same age. It was like looking into a mirror, except Sora had brown hair, while Roxas was a blonde.

"Oh, hey." Roxas muttered, plopping his plate down in a nearby, empty table.

"Hey, aren't ya supposed to sit by Namine?"

Roxas raised his eyebrow.

"You haven't heard?"

"Yeah, I did...sorry man...look, I know you didn't kiss her, but you know kids these days...spreading rumors..." Roxas stared at his teriyaki, thinking about Namine.

I miss you so much...baby, why is it us? You should better that I love you...that I would never hurt you in such a way... Roxas's mind was full of the drama that had just occured in his life, he did not notice a tear sliding down his cheek.

"Dude, you're crying." Roxas heard Sora inform him about the tear, and it startled him- he didn't realize it was even there. He quickly wiped it off, and looked at his far left, where Namine and Kairi were sitting, along with a couple of her friends.

"Oh, uh, didn't know it was there..." Roxas kept looking down at his lunch, hoping that things would get better. This is just a dream, right? It will all go away soon...I just need to close my eyes... He opened his eyes, but everything was the same. He turned to Namine's direction, and noticed her in the same position as him- she was staring at her food, and a tear slid down her cheek.

"Dude, I suggest you explain her what happened." Sora said, disturbing Roxas from spying on Namine. He turned to Sora, whose mouth was stuffed with teriyaki.

"But, she wouldn't believe me...besides, it was KAIRI who told her." Sora looked at him curiously. His girlfriend is the one who told Namine all this?

"I'll talk with her." Sora patted his friend's back and walked to the trash to throw away his leftovers. Roxas threw his untouched plate on the trash, and the two walked to the field to hang out with their friends.

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"Hey Kairi!" Sora greeted his girlfriend afterschool and gave her a hug.

"Hey Sora!"

Kairi kissed him in the cheek and layed against the fence to hear what Sora wanted to say to him-he brought her to the main school entrance to talk with her.

"Hey, uh. Have you been telling Namine that Roxas is cheating on her?" Sora looked over at Kairi, who crossed her eyes and arms. She looked at him, and he knew what she was going to say.

"I saw it. A blonde haired guy, same height as the chicken wuss, making out with Cindy! Geez, Sora, I can't believe you are even his friend!"

Sora was shocked- Roxas was his best friend, but he has known Kairi for a long time. Would Kairi lie? Would Roxas actually do that?

"But, Kairi..." Sora tried to explain to her that maybe it wan't even him...maybe it could have been another blonde kid. But it still didn't convince Kairi- she has never been wrong.

"Sorry, Sora. That's what I saw. And I will not let Namine be crushed by your little friend."

She walked away, hoping that she has made her point. Sora just stood there, thinking. Well, he didn't know what happened that night at Riku's party. All he knew is that he and Namine weren't there...could Roxas have done it? He walked away from the fence, and tried to keep up with Kairi-he forgot that he had to walk her home.

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Roxas sat in his bed by his cell phone. Should he call Namine? He didn't know if she would just reject him. But his love life was at stake. He took a shot, so he picked up his Razr, and dialed Namine's cell number.

"342-5667..." He muttered. He waited.

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"Ring Ring!" went Namine's phone. She rushed to it, hoping it would be Kairi. She secretly hoped it would also be Roxas, to tell her that it was all a dream. That he truly loved her. She looked at the caller ID. Roxas. Should I answer it? She ran from the phone, hoping it would stop ringing. But then, she needed to get over this. Her hand slowly reached the phone, and she answered it.

"H-hello?" Namine blurted out in a shaky voice. Silence.

"Can you meet me..." was all that came out of Roxas's mouth.

"Meet you where?" she was suprised that she had actually said that.

"Tomorrow at the Starbucks!" He quickly hung up, and she was confused. Should she go? She could ask Kairi, but she needed to learn to be independent. She decided to go, hoping that nothing bad would happen.