A/N: First off I would like to thank everyone who reviewed for the first chapter! You made me so happy! I'll answer reviews at the bottom of the chapter. Okay, there are numbers in this chapter that look like this (#) These mean that there is an explanation about a word or sentence at the bottom. I forgot to write a disclaimer! Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom hearts! I hope you like this chapter, please read and review!
Namine's thoughts italiziced
Naminé shuddered as a cold breeze blew against her. She struggled to pull her jacket tighter around herself as another gust of wind, mixed with rain, blew. Rain and wind were no conditions to be walking in but, Naminé was too preoccupied in her drawing that morning that she missed her bus. Both her parents worked, so getting a ride was not an option, which meant she had to walk. All Naminé had to protect herself from the cold and rain was a navy blue hooded jacket. The only problem was that the wind always blew off Naminé's hood. She was getting tired of pulling up her hood only to have it knocked off again. Naminé was about to give up and leave her hood and risk getting sick when, as if by magic, the rain stopped. Naminé then realized that it was still raining but not were she was standing.
"Hey." A voice said. Naminé turned her head only to have her eyes met identical azure eyes.
Sora was standing next to her, his black umbrella shielded them from the rain.
Naminé smiled and said, "Hi. Thanks." Naminé said the last part while motioning to the umbrella.
Sora smiled and said, "No problem."
The two continued to walk to school while Sora asked Naminé why she was walking in the rain. "I missed the bus." Naminé replied as she grinned sheepishly.
Sora smirked and said, "Let me guess. You were drawing again." Naminé looked up at Sora.
"Am I really that predictable?"
Sora's smirk turned into a smile as he replied, "Yes, you are."
Naminé pouted, which only caused Sora to laugh.
"Why are you walking?" It was Sora's turn to grin sheepishly.
"I kinda overslept." Naminé rolled her eyes but smiled.
Sora continued, "But, I have a good reason. I was doing research on French last night. I looked up the word you said yesterday at lunch." Naminé stopped dead in her tracks as her heart thudded wildly in her chest.
'Oh no. He's not talking about je t'aime, is he? If he found out what it meant, I don't know what I'd do. I'm not ready to admit my feeling for him...'
Sora had stopped walking and turned towards Naminé, concern evident in his features.
"Naminé?" Sora asked, breaking Naminé from her trance.
"What?" Naminé asked as she tried to calm her racing heart.
"That word, s'il vous plait. Remember?"
"Oh. That word." Naminé sighed with relief.
"Yeah. What did you think I meant?" Naminé started walking again, Sora right next to her.
"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Naminé said. Sora raised an eyebrow but shrugged it off.
"Well, like you said, it means 'please.' And I found out how to pronounce it!" Sora said, feeling proud of himself.
"Good job, Sora! Keep it up and you'll pass the next test for sure!" Naminé said while smiling up at Sora.
"Thanks."
A cold gust blew and the two teens shuddered.
"I can't believe that yesterday it was warm and sunny. Now it's cold and dark." Sora said.
"Well, we are in winter. I wouldn't be surprised if it started snowing." Naminé replied.
The wind grew stronger and a gust left Naminé shaking. Sora, being the nice kid he was, decided to help Naminé out. Sora switched the umbrella from his right hand to his left. With his free arm, Sora pulled Naminé towards him and wrapped his arm tightly around Naminé's waist. Naminé blushed furiously and tried to get out of Sora's grip. Sora just tightened his grip, causing Naminé to blush more.
"I want to keep you warm, and the only way to do that is to share body heat." Sora explained.
Even if Sora looked calm, if you looked closely enough, you could see a pink tint on his cheeks. Their proximity was overwhelming, Sora had never gotten this close to a girl, let alone his best friend. Naminé knew Sora was only doing this to be nice but that didn't stop her heart from beating wildly and a blush to form on her cheeks. The two walked in a somewhat comfortable silence and soon they could see school coming into view.
When the two entered the school, they were immediately greeted by Kairi and their other friend and Sora's teammate (1), Roxas.
"Hey, you two." Kairi greeted but her eyes locked on Sora's arm, which was still around Naminé's waist. Sora followed Kairi's gaze and blushed when he noticed he hadn't let go of Naminé yet. Sora quickly released Naminé and looked away while Kairi and Roxas smirked.
"Hey Naminé, I need to ask you a question about yesterday's homework." Kairi made up an excuse and pulled Naminé off to the side.
"Kairi, we didn't have homework yesterday." Naminé said.
Kairi rolled her eyes but smiled and said, "I know, but what was that Roxi (2) and I walked in on?"
"Nothing. Sora and I were walking and I was cold. Sora only did that to keep me warm."
"Come on, Nami (3). He only said that as an excuse to hold you!"
"Kai (4), you're exaggerating. Sora's my friend. He doesn't like me that way."
"Naminé, Sora has feelings for you, he's just to naive to notice them. And I know you like him too." Kairi said as if it was the most easiest thing in the world.
"Kairi, I do not like Sora. Besides, he likes someone else."
Kairi sighed and said, "I know Sora has a crush on me, but I only like him as a friend, he'll get over the crush. Nami, don't let Sora's crush on me stop you from getting what you want." Kairi said he last part while motioning to Sora. Naminé turned to look at Sora and saw that Sora was staring at her.
Naminé looked away and said to Kairi, "I can't make Sora like me. He's not a prize for me to claim. Kairi I know you're only trying to help, and I appreciate it but, there's nothing I can do." Naminé walked away and towards her locker.
While Kai and Nami were talking, Sora and Roxi were talking too.
"Dude, do I sense something going on with you and Naminé?" Roxas asked as he nudged Sora.
"No! I was only keeping her warm!" Sora said.
"Hey, no need to get defensive. But, seriously, do you like Naminé?"
"Roxas, Naminé's my friend, my best friend to be exact. I've know her my whole life. I don't think of her that way."
"Have you ever tried thinking of you and Naminé that way?" Roxas asked.
"Well, no." Sora said and then turned towards Naminé and saw that she was staring at him. An image of them together flashed in Sora's mind.
Sora looked away and smiled and said to Roxas, "Honestly, Roxas, I never taught about it that way. I like Naminé, but I don't want to jeopardize our friendship."
"Sora, Naminé likes you..."
Sora cut Roxas off, "That may be, but I can tell she's not ready and there's nothing I can do about it." Sora said, before he saw Naminé walking away and quickly went after her.
Kairi approached Roxas and said, "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
Roxas smiled and said, "Yeah, I am, but I think we should let Sora and Naminé get together on their own."
Kairi sighed and said, "Fine. Hey, I heard that Naminé will be tutoring Sora on French. Maybe when they're studying alone together, they'll realize their feelings. After all, French is the language of love."
(1)- Remember that Sora is on the basketball team. Roxas is one of his teammates.
(2)- Roxi is Roxas' nickname
(3)- Nami is Namine's nickname
(4)- Kai is Kairi's nickname
A/N: I hope the numbers didn't confuse you. If it did, I'm sorry! Well, right now in this story it is winter, remember that, it plays a major role in this story! I hope you liked this chapter! And now for the Review Reply (I'm going to be answering reviews from now on!)
whitestar091: I'm glad you liked the story! You wanted more, and here it is! I hope you liked this chapter too!
Amu123:Yes! Another NaminexSora fan! I LOVE NaminexSora! I'm glad you liked the first chapter and I hope you like this one too!
Abysilityy: I'm glad you liked it! Take your time updating your stories, I don't want to rush you! Yeah, school gets in the way of many things, but Winter break is in two weeks! I love French too! It's okay if you don't understand, I don't understand a lot of things but I still keep going! xD Thanks for the review!
shuriken51: I would have picked italian but I don't know what many words mean! I only know a bit.
A/N: I have a challenge for you! As you can tell I have nicknames for everyone except Sora, his name is too short! I couldn't find a nickname for Sora but maybe you can! If you can find a good nickname, nothing stupid, then I'll give you cookies and a personal thanks and a suprise gift! Okay, good luck!