A/N: Hey guys! I would like to say a special thanks to those who review on my previous chappie. It means sooo much to me, really. So, thanks again to nickie083100, soluvepink, and papipancho! You guys are the reason that keep me going on with the story :)
Summary: Sora and Naminé are enemies for life, but what if your best friend likes your enemy? And your enemy likes you? But you like someone else? What if a certain new guy enter their life? Oh dear diary, how could this be complicated? AU. Namixas.
Disclaimer: Never will I own Kingdom Hearts (I forgot to put one in the previous chapter :P)
Too Old for Diaries
Polymoly
Chapter 2 : New Guy
Naminé's Guide to Friends 101:
A guide that will help you (my future self) to remember those tiny friends in the past.
#1. Kairi Yukiyo
Nicks: Kai – Kaikai – Kairi
Age: 14 and counting.
Loves: Sora, dogs, eating, dancing, smile, and… did I mention Sora?
Hates: Bad grades, shopping, wear dresses
3 words: tomboyish, lovable, and beautiful.
Positive side: She's really fun to chat and share secrets with, and she's also sooo nice to everyone. She greets everyone on school, always smile to everyone (in a not creepy way), she's even friendly to that weird sicko Larxene! Even her name sounds creepy…
Negative side: Too nice (Yup, too much something is not good at all). She's so naïve that some of the girls at school picked on her because they know she won't offend them back. That just made me so mad sometimes. Once I even glared my don't-you-push-my-friends-around look to one of the so called 'leader' of that group. Urghh seeing their faces makes me wanna puke :&
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Ring Ring Ring!
My eyes shuttered at the sound of alarm. Lazily, I threw back my blanket and stared at my alarm clock. It blankly read 7.05 A.M. I mentally groaned and started walking to the bathroom to start my usual morning routine.
I wasn't ready for school… Yet. There are so much things I want to get done before the school start and yet here I am today getting ready to take off for my first day of junior year in high school. I grabbed my books and glanced around my-already-sparkled-room to search for anything left behind. Oh yeah last night's diary… Don't want mom to figure that out. I put my diary with care so that none of the pages are sticking out of my drawer.
"Don't go anywhere, okay? I'll check on you later."
"Dear? Who are you talking to?" Oops. Caught red handed by mom talking to myself. Better be more careful next time I did that.
"Nothing, just… talking to myself"
There was a pause at that moment and my mom arched her eyebrow, "Okaaay then, just come downstairs soon, breakfast's ready!" My mom left me at the bedroom and I went along downstairs with her. I was so-so excited to go to school to see my friends of course, but I'm so nervous who I'm gonna be in class with.
My school system is a bit different with other ordinary schools. The other schools have their students with the moving class system, so their students have to move from one class to another according to what their lessons and schedules are. Therefore, they don't have a fix class for a year everyday. But my school here is so unique that they're trying to stand out and decided they would do the opposite thing from that system. Exciting? Not! Every year, they would put me randomly to a fixed class where I have to stay in that class for a whole year with the same persons on that same class. Long explanations short, the teachers would have to come to our class, not us, and if for example I got picked to a class with Kairi, then I would be with her for the rest of the year!
Okay, back to reality. The first person that I met at school was of course, Sora.
"Nami! Over here!" Sora excitedly waved his two hands in front of the school gate. His spiky brunette hair always look the same every year even though he admitted he cut his hair already. He's a bit short for a guy you see, so if I stand next to him in a 10-cm-heel, then people might think he's my little brother.
"Hey Sora!" I ran to him and hugged his athletic form. He patted my hair and smiled his usual bright warming smiles. We caught things up with each other through the holiday while looking at our class lists. Kairi was still on her trip with her old friends and Riku was just… Riku. I never hang out with him besides in class. So I basically only had Sora to be my friend now.
"Oh man! I'm in one class with that weirdo Larxene again!" Sora groaned.
I chuckled at his response and began to look over mine. "…Mickey, Cloud Strife.. Hmm.." my fingers ran through from paper to paper until I finally found my name, "Ah! Here it is! Class… A-five! We're neighbors Sora!" I glanced at him and found him already disappeared with his packs. My mouth turned to a slight frown Well that's rude… I walked to my locker and picked out my books. Okay then off to my class alone.
"Good morning class!" said my new homeroom teacher happily in front of the class. "I'm Mrs. Collins, though you can call me Aerith if you want to." She smiled brightly as if we're preschoolers waiting for a nice-figurely-mother-teacher to teach us. The class was still dead silent and Mrs. Collins – or should I say Aerith, knew this and thought she could introduce our names one by one to break the ice.
"Okay then! Class listen up! I know all of you must be still so tired from your holidays but I'm sure you all will be so excited that almost half of you guys are new students" I peeked through my half-asleep eyes and scanned the rest of the class. She was right, almost half of the people in my class were new kids; I never seen them before here.
"Naminé Haromi?"
I jolted up to hear my name called, "Here miss, here!" Well at least that had woken me up. "Well? Your hobbies, address, Naminé?" asked Mrs. Collins. All eyes were on to me and I started to argue with myself how could I missed the fact that I had to introduce myself in front of the class.
"Uhm… I love drawing and mostly reading. And I live here in Twilight Town – the main road" I scratched my head and gave a small pleading smile to the rest of the class. I was never the one who was good at public speaking. Nerves weren't my thing at all. Did I mention I simply hate adrenaline?
Since I didn't actually pay any attention to what Mrs. Collins would say, I just pretended that I heard what she said by simply nodding to anything she said. I watched as some students stood up and began to introduce themselves lamely – like me – and sat down.
"Roxas Yamana?"
Woah, nice name. I wonder where he was from? Radiant Garden? Nah, his name is too exotic for that. Destiny Island? Maybe. I turned my head and saw a blonde porcupine hair sticking out with a built-up tan body stood up. Strangely, his hair reminded a lot of Sora's. His clothes were a bit... unique than the rest of us as well. He wore a brown sand baggy pants, complete with a matching vest and a simple top.
"H-Here!"
He quickly sat down after a very short introduction about himself. He loves math and soccer. Oh and he lived at the other part of Twilight Town, definitely far from my neighborhood. Wait – why do I even remembered these? Must be some brain malfunction.
He looked pretty nice to be friends with, but I kept that to myself of course. I was never the one with the good first impression. He seemed a bit distressed though, as if he was looking for something, or rather, someone. Wait, I was staring at him this whole time! Come on, Naminé, pick up your coolness. Oh great, here he comes. Must be wondering why I'm such a freak for staring at him.
"Uhm, hey there, do you know where class A-six is?" his voice was very soft. My first impression on him was quite and shy.
"Yeah, it's just the class beside us" I smiled politely and saw that confusion was still clearly seen in his face, "You just walked right after the door and searched for an 'A-six' label on its door," Yup, definitely shy.
"Oh right, thanks! Sorry for the trouble!" he ran off as if he was chased by a ferocious bulldog or something. I shrugged and started packing my stuff to go home.
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"I'm home!"
I rushed through the stairs and made way for my bed. Ah, sweet paradise. I'm still quite sleepy from all today's activities (introductions and more introductions). I looked at my cellphone and found 8 messages from Sora. Oops, forgot to turn back my phone from silent mode.
Nami! I'm so sorry I left you at the hallway this morning
Those guys just dragged me b4 I even knew it!
Forgive me?
-Love, Sora.
Aww, he was such a sweetheart. Who knew a class clown slash prankster like him could write messages like these? I didn't – at least until now.
I replied his message while continued on reading where I had left off yesterday at my diary. I guess you're probably wondering why I even bothered reading an expired diary? I guess the past is what keeps you going on to the future. I love nostalgia.
March 11, 2009
My birthday is finally here! :D Can't believe I'm already 15! Just a few more months till I'm 16! I know, I know, it's exciting. Though this year I thought I'm not gonna celebrate it or anything coz next year I'm planning to celebrate my sweet 16. Well, I had quite many greetings from my family and friends today. Not bad – compared to last year. I had like 40 greets from facebook itself so that's definitely something, right? Lol, I sound like a pathetic little girl just now.
Anywho, what's special on my birthday is actually the fact that… Sora told me his secret today. Hmm, I'm not really sure how to tell this but he told me that he like-like me. You know, like me. That definitely took me by a whole lot of surprise. Maybe that's his kind of jokes, I dunno. He maybe tried to prank me coz today is my bday. He's that kind of guy. He won't answer my text tho. I'm still confused whether he's telling the truth or not… I hope not though. I'm not ready to get involved to another love story. Mine with Riku is difficult enough to handle, thank you. Oh! And talk about Riku, he gave me a bday wish just this morning. How sweet of him to remember… Oh and btw, Sora still hasn't wished me a happy bday. Not that I'm asking for one, but it just annoyed me that I had been friends with him all this time and he still didn't remember my bday :/
Dec 16, 2009
OMGOMGOMG! Guessed what? Today is definitely the BEST-EST day of my life! Okay, okay before we got too excited, let me told you what happened exactly from the beginning! So you see, today is my last day of ninth grade, and we had like a school class party. I had a bet with Riku – grade wise abt which one of us will have a better grade on our final exams. The loser must reveal to the winner who's their secret crush. Yup, I kept mine a secret from him all this time.
But actually, I didn't win So I was pretty nervous at that time, not to mention a total meltdown. How could I say that I like him? What if he doesn't like me back? That would be sooo awkward! But like a true gentlemen, he said he wouldn't want me to say it first, he wanted to say it first. And so, he decided he would tell me online (yeah, we're both chickens, lol). It was sooo nervewrecking! There4, I texted Sora to call him at that moment to be my personal consultant. I told him everything and I asked for his advice. Does he like me? Or perhaps Kairi? Sophie? There are so many possibilities! Here goes the original convo:
Riku: I'll give u 3 hints abt this girl k? u just have to guess who she is
She's attractive, superrr close to u, and she's not in my class
Me: Uhm… Sophie?
Riku: I like you
Me: *can't type anything because of nerve hypes*
Still silence.
Me: LOL. This is so funny! I like you too!
Riku: Really? Whew! That's…..a relieve
LOL I know right? It's so cliché yet I found it sooo romantic. After that we started talking about when did start to have feelings to each other and such. It was so nice Sora was there the whole time – on the phone. At first before Riku admited he liked me, he was still his usual cheery self. And then he asked what did Riku feel abt me. I told Sora that Riku actually likes me! And I was soo happy with that!
Suddenly, Sora became… distant. His tone became flat and expressionless. Then, I asked him probably the most stupid question ANYONE ever asked: 'do you still like me?' I knoww okay? It's so awkward! I thought his change was because of his feelings towards me…? I'm the kind of person who wouldn't want a hidden conflict between us just because one of us is too scared to talk. So I go straightforward with it; and turns out I'm just… the worst friend ever. He said he didn't have any feelings towards me anymore, which was a relieve, really. But somewhere deep down I felt empty from the way he said it. After that, he bid goodbye and hang up the phone.
Today was so overwhelming. I hope everything's still okay with me and Sora… I can't imagine my world without him. Oh wait, that sounds like a crazy lover. I take that back please.
"Honey! Sora's here!"
Huh? What? I checked my phone and it had several missed calls from Sora. Remind me to get a new phone after this. I heard the sound of his footsteps stepping on the wooden stairs just in front of my room. Quickly, I hid my diary under my pillow and pretended I was woken up by the sound of my mom.
"There you are!" Sora barged in to my room with a flushed expression in his face. He seemed tired, I guess? "Why aren't you answering my call?" he demanded.
"I was…asleep. Must be too sleepy from all the school's activity," I nervously chuckled at my own response, knowing it was all a lie. Why do I even lied about me reading a diary? Simply because I don't want anyone – especially my own boyfriend, to know that I write diaries. He wouldn't leave me alone until he read it, trust me.
Sora gave a positive sigh and sat down beside me, "Good god, I thought you passed out or anything…" we both laughed at his remark.
"So, do you wanna hang out or something?" asked Sora.
"Oh yeah, sure. On what occasion actually? I'm even surprised you come to my house at school days…"
"Uh-huh, do you even know your phone existed Nam? I mean I'm sure you have read Kai's message… right?"
"Kai's message…" Yeah sure I've read her message when I didn't even answer your call. I rolled my eyes mentally hearing my own voice talking to myself.
"Yeaaaah, I'm sure you have" I hate it when Sora went to his sarcasm mode. "Kai wants to meet us now in front of the park,"
"Huh? What for? Is she even back yet from her trip?" Way to go, best friend in the world. Even Sora already knew she was back. Unless… Nah, positive thinking Naminé!
"Have you ever pay any attention to anything, dummy!" Sora grinned his cunning smile and grabbed my hands.
"Wait! I have to change my shirt first!"
"We have no time for that, come on let's go!" He dragged me out of my bed and into the stairs… And you guessed what was next. In a matter of seconds, well maybe minutes, we reached the park already.
I panted and looked around the park to see any signs of a certain red-headed girl.
"Hey Nami! Sora!" I glanced beside the infamous sea-salt ice cream stall and there she was, wearing a denim skirt long enough to cover her knee, and a simple white plaid shirt to compliment the blue denim below her. She was gorgeous. But wait... Who's that guy beside her?
"Over here guys!"
Kairi waved and pointed to a boy beside her, motioned us to greet him.
The blonde porcupine head just made it all clear in my head. No wonder he was so familiar.
"Guys, meet Roxas."
A/N: Yay! I introduced Roxas here in the next chapter :D I hope this one's better than the previous chapter. This was 7 pages in MSWord! How shockingly short it is when I uploaded it to FF :'D Tell me if there's anything you want to ask about the story, or about the way I write.. or anything!
Read and review guys! It would mean the world to me ;D
P.S: I'm sorry I have to make Larxene a weirdo in this story. She won't have a major part in the story though.
-Polymoly
