Color outside the lines by 6-The-Cloaked-Nocturne-9

Dedication- this is for Leah, who always reads my stories. Kristina, the Demyx to my Zexion. And Kara, my friend in anime and procrastination.

Summary- All they ever were was lines. Then he came alone. ZexionxNamine

Disclaimer- I own a Demyx plushie, a sitar necklace and am scouting for a Zexion plush, but no Kingdom Hearts, sorry.

A/N- yeah, I figured that I would just write this down. Why not for once have Apathetic!Namine and Normalish!Zexion for once? So it got me thinking and I said 'why the hell not' so here we are this is chapter 1, but I'm not too good at updating so it might be awhile, since I'm basicalily failing mathT.T if I get any readers that is, but ONWARD! Oh and ages Namine-22 Zexion-24

chapter one--woot

I sat in the studio, just staring at the sketchbook in my tiny hands, having just finished sketching out one of the models. "Lines." I thought bitterly "That's all they are, a few shapes here and there, but lines is what they really are."

And it was true; to me at least, the people I drew, colored, sketched, and worked with. They were so shallow that even calling them lines was pushing it. But I have nowhere left to go; that I want to go anyway, so working as an artist at The Nobody's Studio was all I could do. As if mocking the name the studio was actually quite famous, so much so that people would kill to have my job.

"Miss Namine, there is another appointment that you have and after that you have to sketch out the newest design for…" that would be my planner/lackey that basically follows me everywhere and tells me where I have to go next, Olette. But one part of Olette's speech caught my attention "And then you need to meet the newest member of the studio along with everyone else."

"What!?" I sputtered, dropping my shy mask for a moment. Now this was a rarity, The Studio hardly ever hired anyone new, especially among the artists, because they only took 'the best' to be in their studio. But not only did they need to be the best, they also had to be some what…eccentric. Or at least, that's the trend so far.

There were the weird owners of it , Xemnas and Vexen, who always seemed to be rambling. Xigbar who had an eye patch for no apparent reason, but was amazing with computer design. Xaldin who has a set of dreadlocks and pork chops, but a thing for lighting and photography. Saix, who constantly was going berserk and had blue hair, and was also Xemnas's bitch, but could do scenery like nobody's business. Demyx, the only friend I have, who has a mullet-hawk, was actually a musician but they kept him around anyway, Axel who had gravity defying hair and tattoos, was a pyromaniac but had a knack for line art. Larxene was, for lack of a better word, a sadistic bitch with antennas but was good at sketching, Marluxia had pink hair and a love for flowers was a colorist/florist. And lastly there was Roxas and I. I being Namine Hikaru, and I'm all-around good at drawing but seem to be really shy, but actually am always hiding behind a mask. And Roxas who we're pretty sure is there just for the sole purpose of annoying and flirting with us.

Just then Roxas himself sauntered up to me. "Well, speak of the devil." I mumbled under my breath.

"What was that Nami?" He questioned as Olette wandered away to do something else. It's a good thing my hair covers the vein throbbing on my temple, I hate that nickname- is adding the one more syllable that hard? I mean you already go through the trouble of using the first two, why not one more? If I wanted to be called 'Nami' I'd say it, my name is Namine. But I have long since stopped correcting him; it is just a waste of my air.

"Oh, nothing Roxas. So are going to be there to meet the new member." I quietly stated. Honestly, I didn't like being around him more than I absolutely needed to, but I figured that I might as well try to get some information while I was stuck out here.

"Yeah, apparently everyone will be there. Even Saix will be crawling out of his hole for it! I've heard this new guy" at this my heart sank; I was hoping for another girl besides Larxene to talk to" is anti-social and is some old acquaintance of Xemnas and Vexen." He finished.

"Yeah, and I almost forgot to give you this. It came in the mail today, well I'm off!" and with that he was out of the room like roadrunner. On crack. I sighed, he seems to have been rooting through my mail again-stalking bastard-and look, big surprise, it's from my mommy-dearest. I not so eagerly ripped open the envelope.

Dear Namine, it read.

We've missed you at home-yeah right, more like you missed my money- but the weathers been lovely! But if you could send us some money for the rent, I would be very pleased; sometimes your sister's income just doesn't cut it. Though she has been doing well and was recently promoted- I stopped reading and ripped it up right then and there, earning a few stares. I am so tired of hearing their pleas for money and how perfect my sister Kairi is. It's always Kairi this and Kairi that and 'Why can't you be more like Kairi?'. I am so tired of hearing how perfect my sister dear is!

I have one of the best jobs anyone can get in New York, and still I'm not as good as Kairi! If this were an anime you would see a massive anger-mark on my forehead. Now to top it all off I have to go meet some new guy, I can tell how great my day will be by how it is right now. For those without a brain, badly.

Zexion POV--magical--

I sighed as I carried my suitcase up the stairs to the building with the sign 'The Nobody Studio' "I knew I should never have accepted this job" I thought as I ran in to avoid the rain that had already soaked my black coat. Mental note, do not ride your bike in the rain. " But it appears that if I don't, I'll get evicted." As I walked in I asked the receptionist, Yuffie I think it was, where I was supposed to be and she replied:

"You must be the new guy, you'd better be pretty damn good if you plan on sticking around"

"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence" I said sarcastically.

"Happy to help." She immediately replied. Damn, I've only been in this city an hour and people are on my hit list. So I just briskly walked by without looking back, it is too early in the morning to get pissed off. And I'm sure as hell not landing myself in therapy again, but that's a story for another time.

As I finally got to where I needed to be, I knew so because I saw Xemnas yelling at about 12 or so people not to do anything stupid. It was an interesting group, that's for sure, but the one that stuck out to me the most was the shortest girl. She had platinum blond hair that gleamed in the studios lighting and a plain white dress with blue sandals, she was very pretty but if looks could kill; well a lot of people would be 6 feet under by now.

Then sky met ocean(1) and we both quickly looked away, at least someone finally noticed me. But I could see that she was blushing, haha- oh wait dammit I am too. One day and my dignity is already done for. But Xemnas just kept on rambling, just like in the old days. I could fall asleep just remembering those lectures. Then all of the sudden a red head with twin teardrop tattoos spoke up, snapping me out of my stupor.

"Um, Hey boss-man, I think that would be the new guy behind you wouldn't it?" he said, snickering behind his hand. Wow this brought back memories of 5th grade, standing in front of the class with everyone evaluating you to see where you fit in, like a piece of meat. I do not like this guy already.

"Oh, yes, everyone this is Zexion, he will be the new artist here and someone will need to show him how everything goes. Hmm Namine, how about you, you seem to have the most free time on your hands right now." He pointed to the pretty girl in the white dress, but she just shrugged her shoulders in an 'alright'. Meanwhile a boy whose hair looked like it was just mauled by a fan (2) was glaring at me. Ahh, I sense jealousy. Anyway, my stay here definetly will be interesting.

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(1) Y'know their eyes.

(2) Roxas. Fan-boy haha.

Alright, this Fic will probably be a few chaps long, and in the next chap I will show Namine's reaction to Zexion this is also my second real piece of Fanfiction, yup. Review and I'll give you cupcakes or muffins XP Ands I am a procrastinator so it could take awhile, sorry! and due to testing finals teachers hell, the usualT.Tmuch love Cat