Hey everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter... I know it may seem boring, like "Where is this going?" But, I can guarantee you that it'll be more interesting as the chapters go on! Please be patient with me...
Here's the second chapter. As I think of the upcoming chapters for this story, some parts may seem disjointed from each other, but it'll all make sense~~! I promise :D
Lastly, some things in this chapter (and maybe in future ones) are described so that you can imagine as you please. Hope you like it!
xoxo KH Love Always (and same disclaimers as before)
*~* New Life, New Dreams *~*
Later that evening, Namine walked along with some of her floormates to dinner at Midgar Center, the student center for the entire university. As she entered, she marveled at the contemporary architecture of the building; wooden circular columns were surrounded by horizontal cubic wooden borders, and glass panels with flyers depicting future events and activities lined the ramps leading to the Lockhart Gathering Atrium and the Seventh Heaven Dining Hall. The ceiling was almost completely made of thick glass, which let sunlight filter into the building and allowed students to marvel at the clear blue skies above. Many groups of freshmen gathered for dinner in this large center, and Namine became more and more excited as she walked past the large, wooden doors.
"Getting distracted are we, Namine?" Tidus, a floormate of hers, and one of the freshmen players of the Radiant Garden Blitzball Team, asked as they walked to the dinner line slowly growing from the dining hall.
"It's so pretty though, don't you think so?"
"Eh, it's kind of like where I'm from. Have you been there before?"
Namine tilted her head at him. "Zanarkand? No, I haven't."
Tidus looked at her in surprise. "Serious? You need to go. I can give you a self-famous tour!" Tidus grinned as he pointed his thumb at himself.
"Oh, Tidus, you sure are something," Namine laughed. Both her and Tidus turned to the front, and patiently waited to enter the dining hall.
Just then, she heard something familiar: the language of Destiny Islands. Her parents coming from Destiny Islands, Namine was raised with the melodic tongue, and managed to stay fluent in speech despite losing most of her ability to read and write the language. As her ears perked up, she noticed a boy and a girl walk from around adjoining ramp and next to the line. Namine glanced and couldn't help but gaze at both the boy and girl, especially him.
The girl, slender and rather tall, wore a simple yellow dress, had light brown hair that curled up at the ends and sparkling green eyes, and walked with a slight skip during every step. She talked to the boy behind her in a voice that shined in happiness, one that Namine would never forget and that elated her. The boy behind her, however, was a different story.
He held a rather serious countenance as he conversed with the girl, and gave a slight smirk at whatever the girl was expressing. He was about half a head taller than the girl, and his long, silver hair flowed a little behind him as he took individual, confident steps. Wearing a yellow and white vest with a blank muscle tank underneath, his hands were shoved in the vest pockets, and his jean capris were slightly long, even for his height. However, these details weren't what caught Namine's attention.
As she gazed at him, he turned his own gaze from the back of the girl's head to link eyes with Namine. Everything changed. Her breath hitched, and her own body froze as Namine was completely entranced from his glance. His light, aquamarine eyes bored into her own gray-blue ones; it was like he saw straight into her. His pale skin caught the glisten of the sun rays bouncing off the glass panels, and to Namine, it seemed he shined on the spot.
But before long, it could not have been more than two seconds, he broke the visual link and continued to walk and converse with the girl in the native tongue of Destiny Islands. After looking behind her to watch them leave, Namine turned around, shook her head, and continued to walk towards the dining hall. She must have lost herself in her own thoughts, for Tidus had to poke her to catch her attention.
"Hey, you alright?"
Namine rubbed her head as she smiled tentatively at Tidus. "Yeah, I'm fine."
Tidus looked at her questioningly. "Sure? You seem really out of it."
Namine shook her head lightly as she looked at the ground. "Don't worry. There's nothing."
"You know, if you need anyone to talk to, I'm always here to listen."
Namine glanced up at Tidus as she crinkled her eyes and gave a heartwarming smile to him. "Thanks," she replied.
Tidus waved it off and grinned. "It's nothing! That's what friends are for, yeah?"
Namine nodded as she looked in front of her; they were nearly in. "Yeah. Friends..."
Tidus patted her back. "I got your back. You're good."
After grabbing their food, as Namine sat at a long rectangular table with the rest of her floormates, she glanced at Tidus, and watched as he joked and aroused laughter from the entire table. 'I have a friend now,' she thought. 'Who knew?' She smiled to herself as she turned back to her food and continued to eat.
Soon enough, however, her thoughts turned to the mysterious, silver-haired boy from her native island. 'He's actually pale... unlike other Islanders,' she contemplated. Namine couldn't help but think of their similarity, and wondered for much of the rest of dinner when she will see him again.
Here it is... you all have an idea of who these two are, right? I hope you do :D They'll be pretty important people in the story. There's more to come, and much to try and link together... for me at least :).
Hope you had a good time with this! More will come soon :D
xoxo KH Love Always
