A/N: Ah! Here we are at chapter three! My story is growing up :')
Okay, so I have to let this out…the weirdest thing happened when I was walking home from school today. I was walking along happily, iPod on, cookie in hand, doing my thing. I stopped for a minute to let a guy on a bike past (the riverside path is kinda small) and when they passed I yawned with my eyes closed. I opened my eyes and some guy is standing in front of me with his finger in my mouth. He says "yawn rape" and takes his finger out, smiling at me. I have no idea why the hell I did this, but I quickly said, "it's a good thing I didn't fart" and walked away…it was so weird! I hope that guy washes his hands…
Besides that, we are back to the actual story and the present! (WOO!) Sorry about the last chapter being a bit…boring? It was all about Xion but it is kinda vital for the rest of the story. But we are back to present now! So, enjoy!
an1995616 I know, I am sorry =( thank you ^-^ Xion is complex :P Axel FTW! . manga counts! I have some, but I keep running out of money XD
HurricaneDiablo Haha! That would be awesome! I do that too, kinda. In England we have loads of weird sayings like "pot calling the kettle black" …yeah, I have no Idea what that means XD
EternallySky I am glad you were shocked, that was my intention ;) Same! But I guess she is scared of them? (lame excuse XD) saaame! I only have the CoM manga though and I have a Roxas plushie :3 I only have 358/2 days, BBS and KH1 :\ I wanna play KH2 so badly! . that's a loooot of stars! Origami is cool! ^ ^
axelrules123 aww, thank you :3 Spanish is hard! I only speak a tiny bit. Es Llamo Annah! ^-^ XD *wishes luck* Rocks are freaking awesome O.O I looooove video games and manga!~ haha! I'm [insert name here] got it memorized? ;)
MyRealNameIsHiding (mine too ;D) Yep, sucks for both of them :\
NatashaSnow more SoKai in this chapter! I think you will like…probably not…read and find out? :P Thank you! Love, IDoEnjoyAnime ;D
Gatorgirl1999 dum dum? Hm…*googles it* Ah! They are pretty! Haha! Thank you! :D
on the dotted lines I shall try :D I have some idea's :3
IDevinD Thank you! :D Aww! ARIGATOU! Aww, shells are pretty! Especially the massive conch shells, although I have never seen any, apart from in shops…do you think they just make them? Hm… XD
XxThe Acid RomancexX same! Even though I wrote it XD Aww! Thank you for mentally yelling :3 Poor Kai =( at least things can't get worse…or can they? ;D Merci beacoup!
Kairi flung her legs over the side of the bed and quickly looked at her alarm clock.
"5:32" she whispered into the air.
She wiped her tired eyes with her fist and walked to her bathroom to take a shower before school. She brushed her teeth and blow-dried her hair, straightening it afterwards. Trotting lazily down the stairs, she grabbed her bag and walked out the door. It was only quarter to seven in the morning, but she knew Sora always went to school early for football practise on Monday's and she hoped she could speak to him then since she didn't get the chance on Friday or over the weekend.
She strolled down the sidewalk to the school casually as she was tired from her 'not-so-much-a-sleep-as-a-nights-worth-of-tossing-and-turning. As much as she tried to keep her mind elsewhere, the subject of the small, potential human growing inside her kept coming back, scaring her even more. She hadn't told anyone yet she hoped that would change when she saw Sora.
Sora groggily got out of his bed, which was usual since he was normally a morning person. He had football training so he didn't have time to go for run before school this morning. Not bothering with a shower, since he was having one after training, he climbed down the stairs, grabbing a slice of toast and his rucksack, then heading for the door.
As Sora was about to leave, he remembered his phone was still turned off upstairs on his night stand. He ran up and threw it in his bag, not bothering to turn it on, bounding out the door.
Kairi stood out next to Sora's locker, waiting for him to arrive. Eventually he approached with his hands in his pockets and hair looking unusually uneven.
"Sora…" She stepped towards him. "We need to talk"
She noticed as his eyes moved, glancing at her before he moved his body to face her too.
"Yeah, we do" a anxious tone proceeded. "I am sick of being told what to do. You're my girlfriend, not my slave driver!" he said with rising volume in his tone.
Some tears fell down Kairi's face, falling off the chin and onto the ground, but they weren't enough to prevent Sora's harsh words.
"Sora…" she said with her croaky voice.
"No, Kairi. You turn on the water works and expect me to melt in the palm of your hands. Well no more, we're through!" he walked away.
Kairi stood in her position for a moment longer, unsure if what just happened was real. She felt something burning inside her throat and rushed into to nearest girls bathrooms. She dropped her bag and ran into a cubicle, holding her hair back with one had and steadying herself with the as she kept her head over the toilet bowl.
She sobbed violently as she moved backwards so she was sitting on her legs. She pulled the flush and stood up. She hovered above the basin, then cupped some cold water in the palms of her hands and rubbed it into her face. She grabbed her bag and ran out of the school yard, not stopping until she reached her home.
Roxas sighed as he jotted down some of the notes in his class.
"Wassap?" he heard someone whisper from his left hand side. He looked up and watched as Xion looked at him from her seat next to him.
"It's nothing" he whispered back and her heart sunk. She knew she had helped to cause this, all the hurt that was clouding one of her best friend's conscience. The feeling was eating her alive.
"Seriously. Tell me what's wrong" Xion said more seriously this time with a demanding tone in her voice.
He sighed and looked at her. His eyes were red and bloodshot.
"I think Naminé wants to break up with me" he looked down again.
There was a brief pause.
"What makes you think that?" Xion said, a strain in her voice, just now realising the full consequence of what she had done.
"Ages ago I gave her one of my hoodie. And I went home yesterday and it was on my bed. I think she put it there" he turned is head towards his work and carried on jotting down whatever the teacher was talking about like some kind of mindless zombie.
She looked down to hide her nonchalant expression. He head jolted up, and she looked around quickly before facing Roxas again.
"Give it back to her"
"Huh?" this seemed to catch Roxas' attention.
"Give it back to her. If you really care about her you'll try anything to make this work" she blurted quietly, switching her gaze between Roxas and the teacher.
Roxas smirked a little as he nodded with new found confidence.
"Thanks Xion" he said turning back to his work.
"And to summarise…" the teacher was interrupted by the deafening sound of ringing. "I'll finish that sentence tomorrow. Class dismissed" Mr. Marluxia, the English teacher announced.
Sora grabbed his bag and kept his head down as her left the class room.
"Sora, may I have a word please?" Mr. Marluxia asked, leaning on the front of his desk at the front of the room.
Sora made a noise of agreement and escaped the crowd rushing out of the class room to go and stand in front of the pink haired man.
"What's up? You have been acting strange all lesson" he got right to the point.
"It's nothing" he replied in a monotone.
"Sora, you're one of the best students in this class and you have totally abandoned your positive attitude. Are you stressed?" he babbled on.
"I'm fine, honestly…"
Mr. Marluxia was struck with thought all of a sudden.
"I notice Kairi wasn't here today. Is she ill?" he asked, a frown on his face and an eyebrow arched.
"I don't know. We broke up" Sora eyes looked anywhere but at the teacher before him.
"Really?" the teacher looked taken aback. "And when did this happen?"
"Why does it matter? Its over. Is there anything else you wanted?" he snapped suddenly.
Mr. Marluxia's eyes widened for a short moment, before returning to their usual shape.
"I think you should listen to her. That's all I'm going to say" he walked around the desk and sat on the chair, organising some papers.
Sora just snorted and exited the classroom, anger engraved on his face.
Naminé lay on her bed, reading an article on the internet for one of her classes. As much as she tried to concentrate on the text before her, she couldn't help but let her mind wander elsewhere. She got up from her bed and stretched her arms with closed eyes. As she opened her eye, she caught a glimpse of golden spikes. Confused, she turned her full body towards the window.
There, outside the window and inside the tree house nestled amongst the leaves was Roxas with a look of sadness on his face. She opened her window and looked out at him. The sound of the window opening obviously caught his attention as he turned his head to face her. A tired, honest smile grew on his face.
Naminé climbed across the branch, steadying herself with the other branches, and into the tree house with Roxas. She sat down with her legs crossed, facing him.
"What's up? You look out of it" Naminé tried to brighten what felt like the tense atmosphere they were surrounded by.
Roxas took a deep breath in.
"I'm moving"
Sora stalked down the street. His face displayed a combination of hurt and confusion and his body language just furthered this opinion.
Thud!
His head shot up and he looked down at the girl her knocked over.
"Oh I'm sorry I was…Xion?"
The girl on the sidewalk removed the hand she had held to her head to look up and Sora.
"It's you!" she said, taking Sora's out stretched hand to help her up. She stumbled a little as she stood up fully, but soon caught her balance. "I've been looking for you Sora"
Sora's eyes widened a little in shock. "Me?"
"Yes, you. When was the last time you spoke to Kairi?" the word rushed out her mouth.
"This morning. We broke up" the hurt was visible in his eyes.
"Urgh" she grunted, slapping her hand to her forehead. "you need to speak to her!"
"Why should I?" Sora crossed his arms childishly.
"She's scared, Sora" Xion laid a hand gently on his arm in a comforting gesture. This caught his attention and his eyes flicked back to her.
"Scared?" he said in a low voice.
"Yes, now go and talk to her!" Xion's persona changed from hurried, to comforting, then back to hurried in the blink of an eye.
"Why? Why is she scared?" he asked, gesturing with his arms.
"You should know, its your fault too" she sounded almost angry. A noise started playing from Xion's pocket. She pulled out a device and pressed a button before raising it to her ear.
Sora could hear some muffled words echoing from the speaker. Xion just nodded her head and gave grunts of recognition. Finally she ended the call and returned the phone to her pocket.
"I need to go, but please, remember to talk to Kairi" she said before running off in the opposite direction. Sora let his bag fall of his shoulder. He caught it and opened it, grabbing his phone and turning it on. Once he heard the beep, confirming it had turned on he held down number two on his keypad.
The LCD screen displayed the words 'Calling Kairi' with the large image of her and him underneath.
Hey this is Kairi! Can't get to the phone right now. Leave a message after the beep. Beeeeep! Haha! Not that one! This one:
He hung up as soon as the message began recording, sighing as his phone snapped shut.
"M…moving?" she enquired. He responded with a hesitant nod.
Naminé looked down at her hands that were in her lap, keeping her frown covered by blonde bangs.
"It's not definite" he justified.
"Where too?" she tried to keep her voice whole and emotions kept locked up for the time being.
"Twilight Town" he tried to look into her eyes, even though she insisted on looking anywhere but his.
"On your own?"
"No. With Axel and Xion. They got a new apartment and they have a spare room. Plus, a guy at Twilight Academy has offered me a scholarship…" he trailed off.
"I'm happy for you" she smiled at him, finally meeting his eyes.
His eyes widened a little, but soon shrunk again.
"I mean, a scholarship? That's great, Roxas!"
A smile tugged lightly at his lips.
"You're amazing, you know that?" he encased her in a passionate hug, startling her. She wrapped her arms around his back and pulled herself in him more, resting her head in his chest.
They sat like that for a while, Roxas loosened his hold.
"I just remembered…" he said, pulling off the hoodie she just realised he was wearing. "I believe this belongs to you. I found it in my room for some reason" he smiled, holding it out to her.
She looked shocked, but took it, smiling crazily as she did and slipped it on over her clothes.
"You're amazing, you know that?" she said back to him, making him smile. He leant forward and planted a long, soft kiss on her lips. She closed her eyes in satisfaction, frowning when they broke apart.
"See you tomorrow" he smiled, climbing out of the tree house and back to his room.
Once he had gone she sat back against the wall, resting her head on it and sighing.
Why was it he could capture her heart with a single kiss?
I went so girly at the end their! Forgive me! :P I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I guess it was a nice change from the mostly depressing stuff that this story has consisted off recently :P
Also, whilst re-reading this, I wandered, does Marluxia have pink eyebrows? O.O XD
Reason to review this chapter:
Okay, I don't know if I'm the only person who does this, but when I am read a lot of stories from one author, I tend to create a mental profile of him/her based on their writing style and how they write the authors notes and what they say in the authors notes XD For example, Gatorgirl1999. When I first started reading her stories, I thought she would be Australian, have shoulder-length, dark blonde hair and be really into volleyball…random I know. However, she is nothing like this! So! I wanna know what YOU think of ME! Apperance, personality, lifestyle! I wanna hear it all! The person who gets closest (judged by Gatorgirl1999) gets the next chapter dedicated to them :D Good luck!