A/N: Sorry guys, this was a huge gap between updates. Of course my brain finds inspiration around 11 pm. Haha, anyway, Enjoy!
(Please excuse my lame attempt at angst) Time skips.. haha. Mistakes suck :P
Disclaimer: xLycheeRain owns absolutely nothing. 'Cause if I did… well... –shot-
Naminé sighed as she opened her sketch book for what seemed like the 20th time today.
"C'mon Nami… sketching the day away isn't going to change the fact that you're leaving Roxas. You need to tell him; today's the DAY for crying out loud!" She thought to herself.
Naminé shook her head furiously and started flipping through her sketch book. She stumbled upon an unfinished picture of Roxas, one where he actually looked really cute—Naminé flushed and looked around self-consciously. Roxas wasn't even around and still affected her like this; she didn't even want to think what would happen when she left.
"Geez Naminé, we both know that you're not gonna leave me!" Roxas' words rung through her mind as tears crept towards Naminé's cerulean orbs.
"Nami! You're late! We should be at the clock tower now… AND you should be outside spending time with me! …Please don't kill me for that." Roxas shouted from outside.
Naminé bolted upright from her stool and tossed her sketchbook to the side. How could she forget? They were either going to the top of clock tower, so 'they' (mainly Roxas) could rid the fear of heights or just chill at the top of Sunset Hill. She giggled at the memory of what happened just a few weeks before with the hot air balloon. Now, she had to breakaway from him, voluntary or not. Before she left, something shiny and blue on her desk caught her eye. It was a blue marble she had from when she was really little. She dashed over and scooped it up into her jacket pocket. The marble was blue like her eyes and would sparkle in the sun.
"I'll give this to him too… It'll be less girly to carry around unlike the star I gave him yesterday… He… didn't catch on either…" Naminé pondered about whether or not Roxas would figure out what the star and stardust really meant until a pebble was thrown at her window.
"I'M COMING ROXIE. GEEZ. GIVE A GIRL SOME PRIVACY WILL YOU?" Naminé shouted back out to Roxas. She stomped over to her window and gave a sheepish looking Roxas a menacing glare.
"Boy. You better run."
Roxas gave Naminé a teasing smirk. He turned on his heel and started calmly walking away, but not without turning around and sticking his tongue out at her. That's when Naminé snapped. She sprinted downstairs and out the front door to wrangle Roxas' neck, ignoring the sharp glower thrown at her way by her step-father (A/N: Let's make the step-father DiZ and the real father Ansem… because I'm lame and I don't feel like thinking currently). Roxas' eyes widened when he saw Naminé was serious. He gave a rather girlish shriek and started running for his life.
Naminé laughed gleefully when she gave a successful jump tackle onto the unsuspecting back of Roxas. They fell to the ground with a thud on the grassy surface of Sunset Hill.
"Wow Naminé, you're heavier than the last time you tackled me like that, what'd you do, gorge yourself on some ice cream or burgers or cand—OW!" Roxas got cut off when Naminé smacked him upside the head. She rolled her eyes and flipped over onto her side so she was lying next to Roxas. In doing so, the delicate marble slipped from her pocket and landed on Roxas' arm. He flinched from the cool exterior and sat up to see what caused it.
"Whoa. When'd this get here?" Roxas said, his voice tainted with curiosity.
"Put it up to the sun and look through it. It's… breathtaking."
"That doesn't answer my question." Naminé shrugged her shoulders and settled back down in the turf and closed her eyes.
"Well it's mine but seeing as how your face is in awe of how amazing my marble is, you can keep it."
"Wow… really Nami? 'Cause you were right, this thing is beautiful." Just like everything else about you… Wait. What am I THINKING? Roxas shook his head, as if to shake the latter of the thought out. Naminé simply giggled, opened her eyes and sat up.
"Oh Roku, what am I going to do without you?" There was an awkward silence when Naminé's hand shot up to cover to her mouth. She let it slip; now she had to break the news to Roxas.
"Naminé… what do you mean 'without'? I'm… here aren't I?" Roxas questioned. He turned his head to look at his blonde companion. Her eyes were filled with dread and a thin trim of liquid beads already forming on the edges.
"Nami… C'mon. Tell me what's wrong. I want to help!"
"You… you can't help with this Roxas. My… my step-father's already made the decision… Roxas, I'm… I'm moving, moving to Destiny Islands." Naminé's voice broke on the last words and started shaking. The tears cascaded down her face, hitting the grass with a soft plop. Naminé heard the grass rustle beside her and felt strong, warm arms envelope her in a secure hug.
"Nami, why didn't you tell me?" Roxas received hiccups in return. "Okay, what's done is done. When are you moving?" He was met with more silence when he thought he heard a slight mumble.
"Today…"
"Come again?"
"Today. Roku, I'm leaving… today, after 6 pm. We need to get to the airport to fly to..." Naminé broke down into tears before finishing her sentence. Roxas pulled her closer, her back against his chest.
"Nami… c'mon now, stop crying. We have to get you back home. Its 5 pm now… I got to get you home."
"But… I don't… I don't wanna leave you Roxas." Roxas chuckled and kissed her on the forehead.
"Roxas… don't you understand? I'm leaving Twilight Town; I'm leaving all of this behind. I'm…. I'm leaving you behind…"
Roxas said nothing as he stood up and hoisted Naminé onto his back, piggybacking Naminé all the way home. On the way back, neither of them said anything. Naminé buried her head into Roxas' back and closed her eyes, listening to the steady breathing of the boy she was clinging to.
As they approached Naminé's house, Roxas' step faltered.
"Nami, mind if I come in?" Roxas voice was extremely quiet, if Naminé's head wasn't resting on his back, she wouldn't have heard the slight break when he said her name. Nevertheless, she nodded and slid off Roxas' back. Naminé pulled the spare key from out under the doormat and slowly turned the key in the lock. After hearing the soft click, Naminé pushed the door open and headed up to her room and with sullen Roxas following. Naminé glanced at the time as she entered her room. It was 5:30 pm; the trek back to her house took longer than usual.
Naminé's eyes drifted up and froze when she saw her room cleaned out. She frantically looked around and saw her step-father sitting in the chair that she was in earlier this morning. She heard a sharp intake of breath behind her and took a soft step back. Her hand found Roxas' and clamped onto it.
"So Naminé. It's time to leave as you can plainly see. Your mother is waiting at the airport. She left early to see our belongings shipped off safely. Come along now, we don't have to make this difficult."
Naminé opened her mouth to speak but was cut off when she was tugged behind Roxas.
"Yeah, right. 'Difficult'. You're making her LEAVE the town she grew up in. You think this is simple? Leaving behind all the roots that she's made here? Don't you have any heart in that body of yours? This was your decision, to take away everything that Naminé's ever loved, right? RIGHT?" Roxas exploded.
"Stupid boy. You are a bad influence upon this child. I am her parent guardian, I have the right to do as I please as long as she is under this roof –"
"Yeah, she won't be under THIS roof soon now will she?"
Naminé stood back in shock as her step-father and Roxas retorted to one another. Her eyes glazed over as the argument continued. She snapped back to reality when she felt a sharp pang in her arm due to her step-father dragging her out the door. Naminé started struggling and found that Roxas was getting up off the ground, wincing every now and then. Naminé's heart ached as she saw him flinch from a rather nasty looking bruise on his arm that was forming already. Naminé stopped struggling. She couldn't hurt Roxas anymore, physically or emotionally. Roxas looked up from his pain and met with her eyes. They shouted "Don't leave me".
Naminé struggled one last time to run towards Roxas. She broke free from her step-father's grasp and clung to Roxas as if her life depending on it. As soon as contact was made, it was ended when her step-father caught her wrist and started pulling again.
"Roxas! We'll meet again, I promise!"
"Naminé I—" Roxas reached his hand out for her. Naminé shook her head sadly.
"Roxas, I swear, we will. You may not know it's me, and I may not know it's you, but I'll see you again. I know we will, I –"
The door slammed in Roxas' out stretched hand. His face full of shock and sadness, he crumpled to the ground and stayed there. His eyes searched the walls, looking for anything that remained of Naminé. He sat up when he found a tiny inscription in the art room of Naminé's. He crawled over to the spot and placed his fingers on the delicate, childish writing.
Stardust will ALWAYS bring Roku & Nami back together!
The house seemed like a haunted mansion, now that the only thing resounding through its walls, was the quiet echo of liquid beads shattering against frigid tile.