Chapter Two
Namine continued the tour with a boy named Sora. "Sorry about that. Roxas sucks when it comes to girls," He explained.
"You don't have to tell me that," Namine sighed. "What's his deal, anyway?" she asked him.
"Oh, he's allergic to girls," Sora said.
"Isn't that a little immature? shouldn't he be over the girls-have-cooties-stage?" Namine asked.
"No, seriously. He's allergic to girls. That's why he doesn't like girls touching him, or getting too close to him. If they do, he gets this nasty rash!" Sora smiled. "You don't want to be his roommate when he breaks out,"
"I don't want to be near him, period," Namine said. That explained his weirdness earlier on, but that didn't explain the reason why he was being such a jerk to her on the tour.
"He's a real nice guy once you get to know him," Sora had known Roxas since sixth grade, and since then the two had been inseperable.
"I'm sure he is," Namine grumbled.
Sora continued on with the tour. Though he talked about a different topic most of the time. "You know, you're not like other girls around here. You're pretty cool," Sora said.
Namine blushed. He thinks i'm cool? "Thanks. Not a lot of people think so,"
"I bet the guys would really like you, here let me introduce you to them!" Before Namine could protest, Sora yanked Namine to her feet and dragged her into the boys lounge.
"Um.. are you sure I should be here?" Namine asked.
Sora shrugged. "Nope, but what's a little visit going to do?" He pulled her towards a group of guys lounging in the couch. "Hey guys, This is Namine. She's new here and she's pretty cool,"
Namine waved shyly at the boys. "Hi," The guys scanned her up and down before saying anything.
"She's cute." a blond haired boy said. "I'm hayner," He got up to introduce himself to her. "I'm on the basketball team," He grinned.
"Yeah. He's the water boy," a silver haired boy grinned. "I'm Riku, nice to meet you," He said. "That's Pence over there. The one beasting on the chips," Riku grabbed the bowl away from him to prevent pence from finishing the whole thing by himself.
"Hey, I'm hungry!" Pence whined. "How am i supposed to work on an empty stomach?"
"You just had five pancakes fifteen minutes ago, fat ass," a blond haired boy with a black cap said.
"Shut up Seifer! and I'm not fat. I'm big boned," Pence proclaimed.
"Right," Seifer rolled his eyes. He turned to Namine. "So where did you come from?"
"Destiny Islands," Namine said uncomfortably. She wasn't comfortable with a whole group of guys huddled all over her. "My parents are too busy for me, so they think that being in a boarding school will make up for them leaving,"
"Destiny Islands? Wow. So do you like the city life so far?" Hayner asked.
"I haven't really toured around the town. Twilight Academy was my first stop," Namine said.
"We should show you around then," Seifer grinned. "Twilight Town is full of action, let me tell you that."
Riku rolled his eyes. "Don't listen to him. He thinks that we live in the ghetto,"
Namine chuckled. "Is it really in the ghetto?"
"The only action we ever get is auto theft, and disturbing the peace. So yeah, if you call that action," Hayner replied. "But Twilight Town aint so bad. Let us show you around at lunch?"
"Sorry, I'm going with Kairi and the girls," Namine said.
"Don't. They're lame," Seifer said.
"They're nice," Namine said. "Besides, I'm roommates with Fuu and Olette. It's a good way to try to get along with them," She explained.
"If you change your mind, come meet us by the bleacher okay?" Riku said, munching on some chips.
As if there weren't enough guys, more friends came. "Hey guys, who's the chick?" a red haired guy asked. He was tall and skinny and looked a little menacing.
"Her name's Namine, and she's new here so don't scare her off," Sora said. "They're friends of ours and they're seniors so they have connections to some awesome parties," He said, turning to Namine, who nodded.
"So how do you like it here so far?" A brunette asked. "I'm Tidus by the way,"
Namine had to think about it first, before answering. "Hm...Well, it's nothing like Destiny High. It's so easy to get lost in. And of course, I'm actually away from home," Namine replied.
"You're not homesick yet, are you?" The red head asked.
"No. I'm sort of used to not seeing my parents for long periods of time," Namine replied.
"Good for you," The guy chuckled. "This guy here, Demyx, cried the first night he came here," He grinned.
"I wasn't crying, Axel," Demyx said through gritted teeth. "There was something in my eye,"
"Suure," an onyx haired boy said. "I'm Zexion. The brains of this group,"
"He's also a big dork," Axel snickered. Zexion rolled his eyes at him. "Sticks and stones," He mumbled to himself.
"You met Roxas already, right?" Demyx asked.
Namine nodded. "I could tell. He broke out in rashes on his shoulder. It was nasty, you had to be there," He grinned.
"I'd rather not..." Namine said in disgust. She looked up at the clock. It was 8:10. Five minutes until class was in session. "Class is starting soon. We should go?"
Seifer shrugged. "Yeah, I really don't feel like getting a detention from Xehnort anyway."
"Yeah, he gives the worst detentions!" A boy with a headband declared. "I remember being in his class everyday with Demyx for detention," He grinned.
"That's Wakka," Sora said. "He's in most of our classes because he's a bit of a slow learner. So is Demyx,"
"What do you have first?" Riku asked Namine.
"Uh...History," She replied, looking at her schedule. Riku stood up from his perch and nodded. "Me too. I'll walk you there,"
The guys gave him a thumbs up, when Namine wasn't looking. "Thanks," Namine smiled. I guess he's sorta cute, she thought to herself. Without looking where she was going, she bumped into something hard, causing her to trip over herself and fall over the object. The object turned out to be Roxas. "OH GOD!" She yelled getting herself off of him. "Sorry! Please don't break out!" She begged. Roxas blinked. Then he gave an angry glare at the guys. "You TOLD her? Shit, that's a secret! I can't believe you guys!" Roxas yelled. He was beet red, and his eyes were burning.
"Relax dude. We didn't think you would mind. And a secret? everybody knows about your allergy, so don't get mad at us!" Riku snapped. Roxas glared at him, but shrugged. "Yeah. What kind of secret is it anyway. Everybody knows. Sorry for being a-" He began.
"total bitch?" Namine finished for him. Roxas glared at her. "Watch where you're going," He growled.
"Me? Why don't you?" Namine snapped back. Riku stepped in between them. "Whoa, guys. Chill. You cool off. Namine, Let's get to class,"
Namine rushed out of the scene. God, she couldn't stand him. What was up with that jerk? He needed a reality check! Riku sat behind her in History class. It was a good thing because he told her the answers to some questions that he knew. Namine really hadn't expected him to be that smart. Cute and smart. I could go for a guy like him.
Olette sat across from her, and would pass notes to her when Luxord wasn't looking. "Psst!" Olette handed Namine a folded piece of paper. Namine slid it on her lap, and unfolded it note read, 'What's going on with you and Riku?' Namine rolled her eyes, but wrote back. 'Nothing!' Did Olette really think that there was something between her and Riku? It was her first day and guys always sucked up to the new girls.
After class, Kairi ran up to her. "Oh my gosh, is it true?" Namine was confused. What was true?
"What? what did you hear?" Namine asked.
"I heard that you - Namine Utada - have a thing for Riku Takeshi. Is that true?" Kairi asked.
"No! I think he's cute, but..." Namine blushed. What was up with everyone thinking that? "It's just because I'm new. That's all."Namine explained.
Kairi frowned. "You guys would look so cute together," Namine rolled her eyes. "Whatever. What do you have next?"
"Calculus," Kairi pretended to gag.
"Ew. I have Phys Ed. Wish me luck," She said. Namine had always been quite clumsy. She didn't thrive in sports, in fact she was always the last one to be picked for teams.
Sitting in gym class, Namine could already tell that she was in hell. Especially since Roxas walked in. "No. No. you can't be serious," She said when he sat next to her.
"It's not like I want to sit next to you," Roxas said. "Or maybe I do," He grinned. His grin made Namine want to punch him. She rolled her eyes, and turned her head away from him. She couldnt' stand the site of him!
"Class, today were going to start the year off with Football!" Xigbar yelled. All the boys pumped their fists when they heard this. The girls groaned. Football? really?
As if Football wasn't enough, they had to run laps around the school. Namine was a fast runner, but she had no intentions of being the first one on the bleachers. No, she was going to take it nice and easy. That is, until Roxas showed up again. "Slow poke!" He yelled, and then sped off. Usually that wouldn't have bothered her, but just because Roxas called her that, she was furious. She raced past him, "Who's the slow poke now?" She grinned.
"Dude. The girl can run," Hayner said. Roxas shook his head. He wasn't going to let some chicken legged girl beat him. He sped past Hayner and caught up with Namine. It was tough to get past her, but Roxas wasn't discouraged. Besides, he could hear Namine's unsteady breathing, which meant that she would slow down pretty soon. He smiled to himself. "Tired?" He asked.
Namine shook her head. "You wish! I'm just getting started!" She smiled. I swear if I don't stop running, my lungs are going to burst! Namine mustered all the power in her legs to run forward. She thrust herself forward, and raced ahead of Roxas, leaving him awestruck.
"She beat me." He said to himself. "I lost to Her!?" Roxas was angry now. He was determined to show her up in football.
It was two hand touch football, but the guys always tackled each other anyway. He had Hayner on his team, which was a good thing. He was good at defense, but not too good at catching the ball. The whole school had a nickname for him "Butter Fingers" Roxas was pumped up. He loved football, almost as much as blitzball. Namine on the otherhad was scared as hell. She felt like she was going to pass out as soon as the game started. She knew that Roxas was out to get her. She turned to Pence and whispered, "Help. Roxas is out to get me!" Pence just smiled and waved her off. "Don't be silly. He wouldn't hurt a fly," Namine shook Pence and hissed, "Wouldn't hurt a fly? yeah right! did you see the way he looked at me this morning?" Pence steadied himself when she was released him. Before he could say anything to try to calm her down, the whistle blew and the game began.
Namine spent most of her time hiding behind other players, rather than looking for an opening. She didn't want to get killed by Roxas! Hell no she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of bringing her pain! Though she wasn't looking for an opening, somehow the ball found it's way into her hands. "No I don't want the ball!" She yelled. "Someone else take it!" She tried giving the ball to Pence, but he wouldn't take it. "No, no, no. I'm not taking that thing! you know what will happen to me! I'll get crushed!" He exclaimed, backing away from her. "You know what'll happen to me?" Namine asked, dodging the other people who were charging at her. "I'm going to get killed!" She yelled as soon as she saw Roxas running after her. Namine tried to run as fast as she could, but her legs gave in. Roxas grabbed her by the waste and tossed her to the ground.
Luckily for her, she wasn't a fragile china doll. No, she was pretty tough for someone so sweet looking. "Get off me!" She yelled pounding at Roxas' chest. Roxas smiled at her. "You know, I was having second thoughts about this idea, but i take it back. Seeing you so defensless is worth the rashes!"
"I'm not defenseless!" Namine growled. "I just.. can't do anything right now," Roxas was too strong for her. She was trapped under his weight, but she could tell that he was going easy on her. Xigbar ran over to the two. "Roxas, what the hell is wrong with you? go sit out!" He scolded him. Then he turned to Namine, "You okay?" Namine nodded and got up. She was just happy to be away from Roxas. Pence and Hayner rushed up to her. "Are you okay?" They asked in unision. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine," Namine said holding both hands up. "See Pence, what did I tell you?"
"He's not usually like this. He usually stays away from girls but you... he can't get enough of you," Hayner said. Namine blushed at this. It just sounded wrong.
"I think he likes you deep down," Pence smiled.
"Ew." Namine rolled her eyes. Pence laughed. "C'mon. I bet you like him deep down too!" Namine shoved him in the chest playfully.
"Never in a million years!" She declared. If only she had seen what the future had in store for her.
