A/N: Ok, here's another chapter. I changed the rating, because.. I looked over this chapter and I'm just like.. 'wow, this is not K+' Hehe, me and cussing --;

And Bianca (mecherio), This story is a mix between your life and mine. Y'know how mine is more angst-ish ;D Okay okay, it's more of Candy's. You remember Candy, right? And pssh, don't call me Moette on fanfiction! Use my real name xD

Sorry about that, I just had to say that.. and I guess it tells you where the inspiration came from.

mecherio is my good friend that told me about fanfiction, so you should thank her if you like my stories ;D

HONG. Thank you all for the reviews. I feel special that people want to know about my life! Are you guys waiting for some French or what? ...Fine..

Oh mon Dieu. C'est le chapitre duex.

The Shadow

A Shadow's Loneliness

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Over the next few weeks, Kairi and I became best friends. I felt like her alter ego or something. But I was still a bit jealous of her. I mean, she was so content with herself, and people often preferred her over myself. I felt kind of like a shadow. Something that follows someone around but that no one pays attention to. Because they're too busy paying attention to the actual person.

"I am a question to the world
Not an answer to the earth
Or a moment
That's held in your arms"

Namine groggily sat up in bed and flipped open her cell phone to turn off the alarm. Glancing at the time, she yawned a bit before heading towards the bathroom to spruce herself up a bit. As in: washing her face and brushing her teeth. A replica of the blonde stared back at her through a mirror, and Namine just shrugged to herself.

'Not like I'm going to get any prettier or anything..'

So she admits it, she's terribly envious of Kairi. Kairi, with the darker shade of blue eyes. Kairi, with the auburn colored hair. Kairi, with the great personality. Kairi, Kairi, Kairi.

Kairi.

Namine shook her head. She shouldn't be angry at Kairi. She didn't do anything, it was her own fault. She was the one in control of her own life and it was her decision whether to make it a good one or not.

Namine took one last look at the mirror and sighed, then headed over to her computer and signed onto AIM.

Her and her friends would always go on the computer in the morning, they didn't know why, but they'd rather go on in the morning than at night.

Namine just didn't care. She loved the computer.

"Let's see, Kairi's on, Selphie's on, Axel's on..." A window popped up, with a Kairi saying hi.

MirrorxonxthexWall0175: Hey, Namine.

BrokenArt547: Hullo

MirrorxonxthexWall0175: Could you do me a favor?

BrokenArt547: Maybe, depends.

MirrorxonxthexWall0175: Could you paweese ask Sora if he likes anyone?

BrokenArt547: WHAT! Nooo! I'm not asking Sora. That'd be way too random!

MirrorxonxthexWall0175: PLEASE!

BrokenArt547: -sigh- Fine..

MirrorxonxthexWall0175: YAY!

MirrorxonxthexWall0175: Thank you, Namine!

BrokenArt547: Yeah, yeah. Whatever.

BrokenArt547: H/O

Namine minimized the box and sent an IM to Sora.

BrokenArt547: Hey

Kingdom Key007: Yo! Wut up?

BrokenArt547: Not much. XD

Kingdom Key007: So...

BrokenArt547: Psst, Sora.

Kingdom Key007: Yea?

BrokenArt547: Do you like anyone ;P

Kingdom Key007: Uhh..

Kingdom Key007: Umm.

BrokenArt547: AHAH! You do!

BrokenArt547: Tell me!

Kingdom Key007: Wut? Why?

BrokenArt547: Cause I'm your friend :D

Kingdom Key007: Damn it all..

BrokenArt547: Tell me!

Kingdom Key007: Fine, I'll tell you.

Kingdom Key007: I like

Kingdom Key007: K

BrokenArt547: AIRI?

Kingdom Key007: ..yes...

Namine's heart dropped to her stomach.

BrokenArt547: Hah!

Kingdom Key007: hey, I'm trusting this with you. Don't tell anyone. Especially not Selphie.

BrokenArt547: You got it, Hey I gotta go. Breakfast is ready.

Namine clicked out of the box and told Kairi that she had to go but that she'd talk to her at school.

Breakfast really wasn't ready yet, but the blonde-haired girl needed an excuse to sign off. It was going to be weird facing Sora now.

:-:

"Namine! Breakfast's ready!"

"Kay, Mom!"

Namine grabbed her backpack and headed downstairs and plopped into one of the chairs at the table. After eating her eggs and bacon, she waved goodbye and started to walk off to school.

Halfway there, Namine started to hear a noise following her. The girl was about to turn around to see who it was, but when turning her head the slightest, she met a pair of blue orbs.

"Oh my God!" She said as she stumbled back in shock. Placing a hand over her chest she took a deep breathe then composed herself. "You.. You scared me half to death!"

"So if I scared you half to death again, then you'd die?" Came the cocky statement. Namine narrowed her eyes and huffed.

"I can see how everyone thinks you're annoying." She said, starting to walk ahead, already irked by his behavior. Roxas kept up with his skateboard.

"Aww, c'mon. I'm not that annoying." Namine brushed a strand of hair behind her ears before turning around and glaring.

"What are you? Following me or something?"

"Nah, I'm just going in the same direction as you and you happen to keep going in front of me."

"Could you please just leave me alone."

"The way you said that made it seem like you were already alone." Roxas's voice softened, and it scared Namine. Was he trying to fool her? She lowered her head and sighed.

"Maybe I am." There was a silence, but it wasn't awkward, the only thing that kept it sane thought was the rhythm of Roxas's skateboard's wheels slapping against the concrete. Namine was almost relieved, thinking that the silence would last until school, but the blonde-haired boy next to her broke it.

"You are never alone. There is always someone there, even though it may not seem like it." And then he skated off, leaving Namine to think about those words.

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"So, Namine!" Kairi grabbed onto Namine's arm and pulled her to the side. "Okay, spill. Who does he like."

Namine was really good at hiding her feelings, so she immediately put on a grin, indicating that Sora liked Kairi, and at that, the auburn haired girl squealed.

"Oh my gosh, really? That is... so cool!" Namine nodded, forcing myself to agree. At least she was happy, right?

'Not like I was in love with Sora... right?'

'Who am I fooling, I'm all alone now.'

Then Namine remembered Roxas's words:

"You are never alone. There is always someone there, even though it may not seem like it."

'Great, now I'm starting to like Roxas...'

:-:

The first few classes went by pretty quick, and it was lunch now.

"Hey, guys." Called out a red-head as he walked towards are table. Namine waved to him.

"Hey, Axel!" They all said in unison.

We all sat and ate, while talking about the latest gossip, excluding the part about Sora liking Kairi. Then later, two people walked up to us while we were talking about Selphie's shoe problems.

"Hey," The table looked up to see Sora grinning and they all grinned back, "Can we sit down?"

"Of course you can, Sora." She turned to glare at Roxas, "I'm not sure about him though." Namine looked down at her food and played around with the peas. She felt bad about Roxas being rejected like that. What did Kairi have against him anyway? Luckily, Roxas already finished his lunch.

Sora raised an eyebrow.

"Why can't Roxas sit with us?" He asked. Kairi opened her mouth to speak, but Roxas interrupted her.

"It's all right, Sora. I wouldn't want to sit with a slut anyways." Strangely enough, even though he was talking about Kairi, he was looking directly at Namine. Or more like 'glaring at Namine when he should be glaring at Kairi'. Or something... He was looking at Namine and not Kairi and that was the point there. Did that make sense?

...Anyways...

"I'm not a slut! What makes you think I'm a slut!" Roxas rolled his eyes, making it seem like it was way too obvious.

"The way you always flirt with Sora and practically throw yourself at him." Both Sora and Kairi blushed, but Kairi's was out of embarrassment and anger.

"Roxas, can you.. shut up?" Sora suggested scratching the back of his head. Roxas shrugged.

"Why don't you shut up? This is between me and Kairi."

"Bad grammar." Roxas craned his neck and let out a huff of air out of annoyance and amusement. If that was possible.

"Wouldn't you know, Miss Perfect. Oh wait, no, that's not you. You're Miss Angst. 'I deserve to die. My boyfriend dumped me for someone else! Oh no!' The truth is princess, you have it way better than a lot of us." The words flew out of his mouth before he could stop them. He mumbled an embarrassed 'sorry', but Kairi couldn't hear it since she already stormed off.

Roxas scratched the back of his head nervously as Yuffie, Selphie, Sora, and Axel chased after Kairi, leaving Namine poking at her vegetables with a spork, and Roxas standing there awkwardly.

"Um, aren't you going to go after her?" He asked. Namine shook her head.

"Kairi likes to be left alone."

"Oh, I see."

An awkward silence passed.

"You like her don't you?" Roxas was caught off guard by Namine's sudden question and so he stuttered when he was trying to reply.

"O-oh, um. Why do you ask?"

"I could sense the jealousy in your voice when you got on the subject of her and Sora. And plus," The blonde stood up and picked up her lunch tray, "everyone likes Kairi."

"What do you mean 'everyone likes Kairi?'" Namine let out what appeared to be a rueful laugh and shrugged.

"I thought you would understand, but maybe I really am alone in this world."

And so the girl walked off to throw away the trash and headed to her locker, leaving a very puzzled Roxas behind.

:-:

Namine sat down and pulled out her sketchbook since she had eight more minutes to kill before the class started. She drew one long line, then another parallel to it. She glanced around, making sure no one was in the class and started to sing a soft tune that just randomly popped into her head.

"And I sit here,

In this empty classroom,

And I draw here,

Till the bell rings,

I thought he'd understand,

From the look in his eyes-"

She heard someone open the door and walk in, so she just continued to doodle on the sheet of paper in front of her. There was no way she was going to let anyone hear her sing. The bell finally rang, and Namine looked at her finished piece.

It was a girl standing by a large window, looking as if she was waiting for something...

Or someone.

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A/N: Yuss! I finished this chapter. And hey, if you people don't review, I won't update. I want at least five for this chapter. Haha.

And if you've read my story: Pause.Rewind.Play, then you'd probably recognize the drawing.

And the song Namine was singing, I made it up. And I copyright it. So if anyone steals it. I can sue. I have the right to. I doubt anyone would steal it though. Hehe..heh.

And the quote "You are never alone. There is always someone there, even though it may not seem like it." Is from Bianca's friend. So, she told mea bout the quote when I was talking to her about this chapter since I needed help. And so, the quote belongs to him.

Whoever he is.

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