"Why do we have to have Pre-Calculus first thing in the morning again?" I groaned as I rubbed my eyes for what seemed like the millionth time since I woke up. The stupid sand-whatever things in my eyes wouldn't go away. And, I normally wasn't one to complain, but Kairi wanted to talk a lot the night prior)wasn't particularly complaining about that, since it was mostly about Riku and Xion) and we all went to bed late. Of course, Kairi was the last one up that morning, since she's a tad of a lazy person no matter how energetic she may seem. I love her, but it's horrible waking her up, seriously. Let's say I basically had to push her off of her bed.
And, of course, she slept on the top bunk.
Hey, it wasn't like I wanted to push her off her bed, she just wouldn't get up. I gave her a fair warning, in my defense. I mean, seriously… I don't want to kill my best friend; it's just not even Xion could get her up so I pushed her. There's no way I was letting her miss a part of the very first day of our junior year. That'd be horrible!
After nearly bruising my best friend and helping her up, she glared at me and stomped off to the bathroom. I think I preferred Kairi waking up before me, and I'm sure Xion felt the same way. Kairi was… scary when she was woken up early for school. When she woke up for anything but it, she was a little less deadly. I feel bad for Sora if they ever really live together. Sora's a morning person… and a afternoon person… and a night person… he's just pretty happy unless you tell him something bad happened to one of his friends. Then he gets a little depressed. But otherwise, he's quite the happy camper.
But, here I am now, sitting in my short-sleeved button up blouse with a zipped up orange vest over it a black skirt lying on my legs. In addition to this, Kairi all but threw balled up knee-high black socks and somehow hard flats at my head, so I ended up having to wear those, too. Not that I actually minded, of course… it was September and a little bit chilly.
But I was pulled out of my fast thoughts when Riku shrugged and replied to my question. "Ask the administration, not me. I'm not particularly pleased, either, but I'd rather not really complain…"
As my head fell forward and collided with my desk (a not too pleasant feeling, I assure you) the door to the classroom slammed open, making my head snap up (can someone say whiplash?). Through the door walked a tall man with kind of long brown hair, hardened dark blue eyes, slightly tanned skin, and a scar running across the bridge of his nose. This was obviously our teacher.
I swear I saw at least half the girls in the classroom swoon…
He was handsome, though, I had to admit.
"Good morning students," he said in a deep, if not maybe a bit flat, voice. He set his briefcase that he was holding next to his desk and took off his jacket so he was left in a white button up dress shirt and black slacks. "I am Mr. Leonhart," he wrote out his name on the board. "You shall address me by no other name. That is final." I leaned back slightly. His hard blue eyes weren't lying, nor was Kairi yesterday, he was a stiff. "There are several rules in my class. Respect everyone, no fighting, no talking while another person is talking, and no funny business," he paced back and forth in front of his class as he said this. "Don't break the rules and we'll get along perfectly fine. Now, there are papers I need to hand out…" I tuned out then. It was always the same papers every year anyways.
Rather than truly paying attention to what he was saying, I turned my attention to my sketchbook. I picked up one of my pencils and started to sketch on a pristine, crisp, and white page quietly. As I kept making my lines and curves it started turning more so into a face than scribbles. I erased all of the unnecessary lines and started defining the features, like the eyes and such. I spent a particularly long time on that, because when papers were passed to me, the clock said a good twenty minutes or so had passed. At that point, Mr. Leonhart ordered us to move because he was going to assign us a seating. I mentally groaned.
He held a clipboard and started going down rows, pointing to seats and saying our names. It seemed like a random seating so I hoped that I would get a seat next to Riku or someone that I knew. Anyone, really. When he said my name I looked to the seat hopefully and found that I was perfectly alone, with no one around me that I knew. I deflated a bit and walked to my new desk, sitting down and putting my sketch book on the desk and my bag on the ground.
I tuned out most of the talking again and continued to sketch. When I finished the face, I found the person looked remarkably like Roxas, so I sketched in his hair quickly and smiled at the finished product. It was a nice sketch of my best guy friend. I'd have to show him it later, if we had lunch together. I hoped we did. If not, there were always the other classes we had together.
I glanced around at the people who were sitting around me and didn't really see anyone stick out in the crowd. So I looked for Riku and found that he was a few seats away from me, and I think he was ignoring some girl or something. Riku was quite popular with the ladies, though he didn't really notice. He liked Xion, though. That's what I think. Xion isn't really "any girl" though, so she was obviously different for him. The thought made me smile slightly before fiddling with my small curl of hair a little bit.
When the bell rung, signaling the end of class, I gathered my things and walked out of the classroom with Riku, talking idly about whatever as we walked towards our lockers. We separated down two separate halls, waving to each other.
I felt my phone vibrate as I did the combination for my locker. I opened the metal door of my locker before taking out my phone and seeing who sent me a text while in school, though I already had a hunch who it was.
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
I'm about to die of boredom already, Nami! Even if the next class I have isn't as boring as Honors English 3 (cough, cough) I'm still contemplating putting myself into a coma or something. Maybe you should push me off my bunk again.
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
Kairi, it's school, it is boring, remember? And don't be mean about Honors English 3, I took an advanced class, so what? And why in the world would you contemplate putting yourself into a coma? I already said sorry for that, by the way!
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
I know, I know, I'm just messing with you because I'm BORED. You know I love you, Naminé!
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
Uh-huh… I love you, too. I have to head to class, so I'll text you later.
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
Psh, I'm texting you in third period when you don't have a complete stiff for a teacher! Bye!
I tucked my phone away in the side pocket of my bag before transitioning some stuff in and out of my locker quickly, double-checking everything before closing the door. I almost ran down the halls hoping desperately that I wasn't going to be late. Kairi had a bad habit of texting a person during passing period and nearly making them late. I could normally text while doing the things I normally would but my mind was hazy that morning.
When I walked into the classroom I looked around for Zexion and Xion. When I found them I saw they'd saved a desk for me between them, so I exhaled gladly and took my not-permanent seat, putting my stuff down quietly and slipping into my seat.
"Good morning," Xion said pleasantly, and we had a little bit of small talk about our first class and such.
I turned to Zexion, a smile still on my face. "Morning, Zexion, it's nice to see you," I said somewhat cheerfully.
He tilted his head towards me and gave me one of his semi-rare small smiles. "Good morning, Naminé. Lovely weather we're having, no? How was your summer?"
I giggled mentally; Zexion was always polite. "Yes, the weather is lovely today. My summer was good, I drew mostly, how was yours?" I asked, attempting to mirror his seemingly undying polite manners. I had a feeling he read too much old English Literature. It is Zexion, though, so I really couldn't expect anything less. He was still one of my friends regardless.
"I spent most of my summer at the library," I heard Xion giggle slightly behind me, "picking up on reading and such. I found a book you might be interested in, Naminé. Perhaps I shall bring it tomorrow to show you?"
I nodded, a small smile gracing my face. "I would like that, Zexion, I would truly like that," I replied just before the door opened, signaling that our teacher was walking in. I straightened myself out in my desk and kept my senses high. I wanted to know just what this man was like.
The tall man that walked in had a scar across the bridge of his nose, much like my first period teacher, though this man had an 'x' across rather than just one slanted line. He had cold eyes and long blue hair (odd…). His shoulders were square and stiff, and it almost seemed like he never smiled from the very stern look on his face and the fact that his lips were in a very straight line.
Overall, he had a very… almost threatening appearance.
"Good morning," he said, his voice deep and somewhat monotonous. "Welcome to Honors English 3. I am your teacher, Mr. Saix. Let me make the rules in this class clear and simple, if I see you doing anything outside of the rules stated in the book given to you freshman year, you will be given proper punishment. You will not speak out of turn and when I ask you to do something, you will immediately do it. Am I clear?" We all nodded, and suddenly everyone was sitting up straight, eyes wide and attentive. Our teacher kind of smirked. "Good. Now, for today…"
I had a dull feeling that a lot of people were going to hate Honors English 3…
By the time we were finally released from the classroom (which Xion happily named a prison cell), nearly everyone was rubbing their temples due to the headache that was basically handed to us on a silver platter with all Mr. Saix pounded into our brains. The only exception to this was Zexion, but he was crazy smart.
"How do you not have a headache?" I asked, massaging my scalp for a moment before looking at him as we walked down the hall together, Xion having left us to go to another class.
My steel blue haired friend adjusted the books in his arms as we stopped at my locker quickly to grab my history stuff and put away my English stuff. "Well, I am one of the smartest people in school," he said. If it had been anyone but me (or his other friends) listening, they would've thought he was being arrogant, but I heard the very minor teasing tone in his voice. "But, in all seriousness, the stuff he was talking about wasn't too complex, just a few vocabulary words that we should all already know from our previous years."
I gave him an incredulous look as I closed my locker. "Are you serious? Sure, we knew the words, but he gave us college-level definitions of them!" Zexion opened his mouth as we began walking again but I stopped him. "And I know very well that it is an advanced class, but I don't think anyone was ready for it, except you."
His lips quirked into a very slight smile, indicating that he agreed to some extent, before he grabbed my books from my arms. I gave him a questioning stare and he easily responded, "It's only polite for a gentleman to carry a lady's books to class," and I laughed at him. Despite the fact that Zexion rarely talked at times (I think he can go a month without talking, maybemore) he was still very sweet. I was glad he was my friend.
As we came to my classroom he handed my books to me and bowed slightly. I laughed again and curtsied slightly, just to mess with him. He tousled my hair a bit before walking away, without saying good-bye. Not that I minded, of course.
I walked into the classroom and waved to Sora, who was waving animatedly at me from the other side of the room. I walked over and sat in the seat next to him, setting my books down gently. "Hey, Sora, how's your morning been so far?"
"Awesome!" he replied happily, "My classes aren't that bad! I even got to walk Kairi to one of her classes." I smiled at him at that. He really did care for my best friend, and it was heartwarming, to say the least.
The bell rang and everyone who had been standing around talking sat down in random seats, as our teacher walked through the door. He was a fairly short man, with short black hair and warm, very welcoming eyes accompanied with a just as warm smile. My friends were right; he was most likely the nicest teacher I've had so far.
"Good morning, everybody!" he shouted before walking in front of his desk, "I'm Mr. Mouse, and I'm your World History teacher this year, as you could probably tell! There aren't too many rules in this class, and I just want you guys to do well! Notes aren't required, but recommended," I heard a few whispered shouts of excitement at that, "And you guys may sit where you want," even more, "but, if the people you can't concentrate around those people and talk too much, then I do have the power to move you wherever I want to, is that clear?" A chorus of agreements followed. "For today, I will explain what we're learning this year, and I might ask a few basic questions, to get an idea where everyone is. If there is extra time at the end of class, you may talk."
Yeah, I definitely liked this class so far, and I could tell Sora did, too. He was basically wiggling in his seat in excitement now. I couldn't help but laugh at him slightly.
As Mr. Mouse started talking, I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket so I glanced around quickly before taking it out, hoping that no one would see.
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
Hey girl! How're you liking 3rd period so far? I bet you and Sora are loving it. I wish I could be there with you guys, seriously!
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
Hey. I'm loving third period! Mr. Mouse is awesome, and I'm pretty sure Sora loves it, too. He's wiggling in his seat! We wish you were here, too.
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
I'm in love with an idiot, aren't I? Haha, wiggling! I love that word, it's so random, like me! Oh, Riku is giving me a disapproving stare for texting in class… hee hee! Riku's just jealous, isn't he?
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
Yeah, jealous, of course! Now, setting aside the sarcasm, you totally just got off topic! And, yes, you are in love with an idiot. A lovable idiot.
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
You could at least agree with me! Don't use that sarcastic texting tone with me, missy! And I love getting off topic, it's so much fun, don't you think? And, oh my, I just gasped, don't tell me you're in love with my boyfriend! You traitor!
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
What the hell, Kairi (excuse my language)? I love Sora, but I don't love, love him! You should know that!
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
I know, I'm kidding! Jeez! What I saw in the hallway before this period screams that you don't like my Sora, anyways. And, Nami, you can cuss all you want. We're juniors! I say ass, damn, and other words all the time!
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
I'm going to ignore the minor cussing streak you just went on, and focus on what bothered me and didn't make sense in that text. What did you see in the hallway? How does that involve my love life and me?
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
Oh come on, Zexion was carrying your books for you! And you guys were walking really close together, it screams, "Hey, we're a couple!" at everyone. Did you not notice people staring and whispering to each other about you two? The only think missing was the handholding, and I expected the dude to grab your hand any moment. It looked like he really wanted to. Don't deny it, Miss Naminé! Oops, teacher coming, I got to go! Talk to you later!
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
Wait, Kairi!
When I didn't get a text back I blew out a mouth full of air and brushed my blonde bangs away from my eyes. I was kind of annoyed with Kairi at that point, she read too far into this stuff. He was just being polite, for crying out loud, and he was not going to grab my hand. Silly Kairi…
I rubbed my eyes before zoning back into what my teacher was saying, whatever that was. What Kairi said was still bothering me, though…
When it was time for fourth period, I walked through the halls looking around, seeing things that I've been seeing for years. The high ceiling, plenty of large windows, giant staircases… the walls were mainly white. It was a really bright school, and it took a while to get used to. Of course, I already was, but that was because I love the color white, if it's even considered a color. My room back at home is white, after all.
People stood by their lockers, chatting with friends and whispering to each other, probably about some gossip that had already started. A few boys were trying to hit on girls, as far as I could tell, and some of the girls were flirting back, others purposely ignoring the boys.
My school was most definitely always busy, of course. Rarely was a single day truly boring, due to the constant gossip that was flying around the place. Didn't help that everyone lived on campus, of course.
When I came into view of my locker, I saw Zexion leaning against the one next to it, reading some giant book. I smiled slightly and walked over to him, holding my books against my chest. "Hey, Zexion," I said cheerfully, unlocking my locker and putting my books away, before grabbing my school sketch book (totally different than my personal one).
He didn't respond for about ten seconds (probably waiting for a stopping point in his book), before closing whatever book that was and turning towards me. "Hey," he responded quietly. He held out his arms, silently asking if he could carry my books again. I blushed slightly and handed him my sketchbooks and pencil case.
As we began walking, I scratched at my cheek. "It's not that many books, you know. Just… my sketchbooks and such…" I muttered, a bit embarrassed that he still wanted to do this, even if the load was amazingly light. I remember what Kairi had texted me, and my blush got even worse.
My silvery-blue haired friend shrugged. "I don't really mind. It is a gentlemanly thing to do, so I should do it," he responded bluntly, as per usual.
He shifted our books into one arm and let the other just kind of hang next to him. I started fidgeting slightly, starting to get a little nervous. Suddenly, his pale hand grabbed mine and I turned my head towards him sharply. "Hey, are you okay?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper. I nodded, unable to talk, and he had a satisfied look, before dropping my hand and continuing the walk to class.
I let out the breath I wasn't aware I was holding and followed after my very quiet friend, and felt my phone vibrate. I took it out, already knowing who it was.
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
I saw that! I saw that! You so like him, you so like him! But, you should like Roxas, you silly girl.
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
Shut up Kairi. I don't like Zexion, end of story, end of discussion.
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
He likes you, at least.
I didn't respond after that, not having a fair argument against that. He didn't like me, I just knew that much. Zexion doesn't "like" people, he doesn't fall for people. If he did, then he would've asked one of the girls who like him already out, or would've accepted at least one date with one of them.
Seriously.
As we walked into class and sat next to each other, a girl caught my attention. She was pretty tall (at least from what I could tell; she was sitting down of course), and had blue hair that ended at the bottom of her neck (medium length, perhaps) and blue, blue eyes. I suppose that the color of her hair and eyes caught my attention. She was a very pretty girl, though.
I didn't have too much time to think on it when a small young woman came skipping into class just as the bell rung. She had short black hair and dark, but warmly cheerful, eyes. She didn't look any older than twenty… and she was apparently our teacher.
She introduced herself as Mrs. Yuffie Valentine, formerly Yuffie Kisaragi not more than four months prior. Mrs. Valentine revealed that she was, indeed, barely over the age of twenty, but was insanely into art. She spoke about how we were going to have fun in this class, and do projects rather than take notes (I was truly thankful for this). After telling us the rules of the class (there were basically none, we just had to make sure to not get into fights) she said, "For today, we're all going to share who we are and give a brief background of ourselves, okay?" she cheered. Nobody even complained, because Mrs. Valentine's happiness was contagious.
"Okay, I'll start off!" our teacher shouted, before hopping up onto her desk, crossing her legs. I could tell everyone was a little shocked; teachers never sat on their desks. She simply giggled and continued, "I'm Yuffie Valentine, as you guys know already. If I get to know you well enough you can call me Yuffie! When I was younger I claimed to be the best ninja in the world, which I am! My maiden name is Kisaragi, and I got married a mere four months ago, to a very tall, serious, kind of cold and was brooding before I met him, man." We all just kind of stared at her after she gave a brief summary of the man she married. He sounded nothing like any of us were expecting, I could tell. "His name is Vincent, and I love him very much," she gave an affirming nod, as if trying to convince us. "I have a major in art, and graduated early because of how my teaching skills are. That's it! Next!" The last word was said in such a singsong voice that the next person began speaking immediately.
It eventually came to me, Zexion's being… really very short. He really didn't like talking… so I cleared my throat a bit before standing up, a small, slightly nervous smile gracing my face, "Hi… I'm Naminé Nomura… I live in Traverse Town, and, uhm… I love my friends as well as art," I said slightly awkwardly before sitting down. There wasn't much to tell, after all. My teacher still gave me a smile and a nod, before telling the next person to begin.
As the next person began talking, I started to only half listen, mulling over everything that had happened so far this morning. Two teachers were strict, the other two were nice… it was quite interesting, honestly. I wondered how the other teachers were going to be… well, I'll just have to wait and see, won't I?
"Next!" My teacher's voice suddenly rang out loudly. I tuned back into what people were saying and turned my body slightly towards the girl who was speaking. It was the girl who I had saw when I walked into class.
When she stood up, I noted that she was, in fact, tall, probably taller than Roxas, but shorter than Riku. In addition (this may sound kind of creepy, but I'm making observations), she had quite a curvy body. A rather large, but still proportionate chest, small waist, and a bit above average hips, making her quite the center of attention (for boys, at least). "Hi, I'm Aqua Ryuusei. I live in the Land of Departure. I have an aptitude for craft making, and I'm also very devoted to my friends," with that, she sat down.
I twisted my body towards the front of the room again, letting the rest of class slowly slip by…
I couldn't help but whine on my way to gym, to none other than Roxas. You would whine, too, if you were dubbed "worst person in gym class" for no apparent reason. And due to this, I showed absolutely no interest in sports, and basically sucked at all of them. I was actually quite good at sports! No, really, I was… I was just really clumsy and happened to trip… a lot.
"Gym is always horrible for me, Roxas! I trip so much I can't play sports correctly and—!" and suddenly I was falling. Down the stairs. "Shi—!" and then I heard more books clutter to the ground and warm arms wrapped around me, stopping my fall effectively. So, there I was standing, leaned over, halfway down one of the unnecessarily large staircases, my back bent more than I thought was possible, and Roxas' arms around my waist and his lower half pressed against mine.
You would be bright red, too.
But have I mentioned how much I loved Roxas (as a friend!)? Well, I do, a lot.
We stared at each other for a while, and I found my eyes trained onto the only slight bags under his eyes. It didn't look like he slept much as night. He must've been tired, so I felt a little bad for making his react so quickly and catch me (not that I meant to, it was an accident!).
"You're such a klutz Naminé," he said, his tone as teasing as his smile as he pulled upwards. "What happens when one day you fall down the stairs and I'm not there to help you?" he asked playfully, chuckling as he bent down and grabbed our books.
I pouted slightly, "Well… I don't trip that much. It's just that I was thinking about tripping and I was walking down the stairs!" I said to defend myself.
"Sure," he teased, stretching out the 'u' in it more than needed.
I semi-glared at him and we continued to the gym, where Axel was leaned against the bleachers, waiting for us. I waved to him, and he smirked waving back.
"Yo, what took you guys so long?" he asked as he strutted closer to us, his hands in his pockets.
"She nearly fell down the stairs and I had to play Prince Charming and save her," Roxas answered easily before I got a chance to open my mouth. The blush of evil returned.
"Nice, man!" Axel shouted, giving Roxas a high five.
I frowned at them, before sticking my tongue out at them, showing my slightly childish side for a moment before our coach called us over.
Coach Hercules was… very tall, and very muscular, with golden hair and dark eyes… not much to describe about him. But his co-coach was… quite the opposite. He was really short, kind of fat, with curly red hair, whose name was Phil. I heard Axel snicker when he name was announced, and I nudged him in the side slightly to shut him up.
The moment Coach announced that we didn't have to change out today, which didn't have any sort of rule tacked onto it, everyone disbanded to separate areas of the gym in their personal groups quickly. I, of course, sat with Axel and Roxas near the door, against the bleachers. It was a fairly quiet spot, and normally far enough away from any teacher or coach that Axel could get away with pulling his lighter out (not that I approved. I didn't approve of it at all).
For the rest of PE, we just lazily talked back and forth, Roxas being quieter than usual, though it wasn't too bad. I blamed it on him being tired, so I didn't think on it much.
And so, Gym passed easily and it found Roxas, Axel, and I found ourselves walking towards the cafeteria together.
We had been walking fairly slowly, so by the time we actually walked into the spacious, mostly white, lunchroom there was a long line of people waiting for food, and tables were filling quickly, so we headed towards the line before any more students would file inside.
After about ten or so minutes, all three of us were finally looking for a table together. I saw Kairi waving excitedly at us from the other side or the very white, crowded room, so I informed my male friends and we started weaving through people to get there. I flopped down on the seat next to my red-haired friend and took a deep breath. "Wow, that was a lot of people," I breathed.
Kairi laughed airily and patted my shoulder. "Sorry for putting you through that, Nami, but I really liked this table!" She returned to eating her salad, shifting in her seat restlessly. I could tell she was itching to talk about Zexion, but she kept her mouth shut. Probably because Roxas was here.
"So, does no one else have this lunch with us?" Roxas asked a bit distractedly pushing food around his plate, glancing at us every so often.
Kairi laughed and shook her head, "Nah, nah, Sora has this lunch, too," she pointed to the very full plate next to her, that somehow none of us noticed, "Xion and Riku were separated from us though." She pouted and wiped her fake tears away. "How sad! It's so terrible that they're not with us!" she wailed.
I laughed and patted her back gently, "It's okay Kairi, maybe they have lunch together. We'll ask Xion tonight, okay?"
Kairi perked up from her faux-depression and giggled. "You're right, you're right! Silly me! So how has your guys' day so far?" she asked, sticking a piece of lettuce in her mouth.
Axel leaned back in his chair, sticking a French fry in his mouth. "Eh, not bad. Most of my teachers dislike me already since they caught me with my lighter out, heh," he said, a smirk overtaking his face. I giggled again, despite the fact that I'd already heard it.
I, again, spoke of my teachers, how two of them were intimidating and three were perfectly nice, and Kairi started squirming more when I mentioned how Zexion was in two of my classes, and I rolled my eyes at her when Axel and Roxas weren't looking. She, in return, stuck her tongue out at me.
Sora was suddenly on the other side of my best friend. He flopped down into his chair and leaned over, kissing Kairi's cheek gently, causing Axel to fake-gag and throw something at Sora's head. "No sappy stuff during lunch! It's annoying to look at, man," Axel teased, laughing before pulling back out his lighter.
Sora stuck his tongue out (like Kairi had) and threw whatever Axel threw at him back. "Hey, I'm lucky enough to have a pretty girlfriend, unlike you!" Kairi blushed slightly, though Sora had called her pretty more times than I (or she) could even count. I giggled slightly, causing Kairi to give me a look.
I quieted my giggle to a snicker and looked over at Roxas, suddenly realizing that he hadn't said a thing since his little question. He was staring off into space, looking at something. I followed his line of vision and saw a brunette male with long spiky hair, sitting in front of some other person whom I could not see. "Roxas?" I called out, dragging everyone's attention towards him and I. "Roxas?" I called out again, waving my hand in front of his face. He didn't respond, so I tried again, shouting this time, "Roxas!"
He suddenly jolted and looked at me. "Huh?" he asked, slightly dazed.
I stared at him – all of us did – with a concerned expression, "Are you okay? You zoned out again," I spoke slowly, as if not wanting to scare him. I probably hadn't wanted to.
He blinked one, two, three times before giving me a very slight smile, "Yeah, I'm okay," he said nodding before taking a bite out of his burger and laughing a bit nervously when nobody's gaze left him, "Seriously, guys, I'm okay. I'm just a little tired. I didn't sleep well last night."
"I noticed," Sora said, popping a piece of candy into his mouth before biting into his chicken and taking a sip from his soda, "You were tossing and turning, it was really annoying, dude! I couldn't sleep much, either, because of you," Sora tossed a piece of candy at his brother's head, smiling a bit. "Silly."
Roxas rolled his eyes. "Uh huh," he said before eating the candy thrown at him. "Whatever, say what you want."
I sighed inwardly, letting things settle back to normal. Conversation picked up again (though slowly) and everyone began to relax.
On our way to Chemistry, Roxas was eerily quiet, and I stared at him, a little concerned. "Are you okay, Roxas?" I asked slowly, once again.
He looked at me, his face blank again, before giving me his warmest, kindest smile, making my heart stutter very, very slightly. "I'm fine, Naminé, seriously, I really am," he said, waving it off again. I decided to leave it be again.
Chemistry passed quickly, Roxas and I sitting together and such, our teacher a little creepy, though not too much I suppose. We parted ways as I headed to Journalism, honestly not excited to have a class with Kairi for once. By the way she was restless at the end of lunch, I knew this would be a long, long talk.
I walked into the classroom, a man with flippy pink hair (I mean, seriously, pink) was sitting at the large front desk. I nodded to him politely before I saw Kairi in the far corner of the classroom. She seemed really into corners and far walls this year, for some reason. I shrugged my shoulders and made my way over to her, sitting my stuff down on the computer next to hers and sitting down next to her, signing onto my computer with the pass code that all students had had since their first year at the school.
Kairi was giving me a creepy smile again, so I sighed and turned towards her, blocking out our teachers greetings and such. It was all the same every single time anyways. "Yes, Kairi? You can talk now," I said in a hushed tone, trying not to attract the teacher's attention.
She took a deep breath and spoke in a yelling whisper, "I saw what happened between you and Zexion! Nami, you cannot deny he likes you now! Come on! But, I highly doubt you like him though, am I right?" She leaned really close to me, looking right into my light blue eyes.
I stared right back into her dark blue eyes and sighed. "Okay, he might like me. I'm not giving a final answer unless he seriously tells me. And, no, I do not like him that way. He's just a close friend who I can study with, that's all," I said before turning to my computer to enjoy the free time that Mr. Marluxia had said we had (that's the only thing I picked up, and I'm sure that's the only thing Kairi picked up from the talk, as well).
Kairi smiled in triumph, turning to her computer. She didn't speak for a few minutes, before she quietly asked (more like stated), "You like Roxas, don't you?" She pulled up a webpage and started typing into the search bar.
I decided it'd be better not to answer, and brought up another subject, "So… how's your blog and that stuff?" I asked as I, as well, pulled up a web page.
Kairi giggled at my obvious change of subject. "Fine, of course! I'm getting more hits everyday! It's amazing, huh?" she nudged my side slightly before returning to her computer. I had a feeling she was on Facebook, like me.
I checked my account, replying to Kairi without looking away from the screen. "Yeah, that's amazing. I'm happy for you, Kairi," I said, before updating my status since it was unchanged since Saturday.
Naminé Nomura is enjoying Journalism with Kairi right now!
When Journalism let out, Kairi and I headed back towards our dorm after putting our stuff away. When back into the dorm, I flopped onto my bed while Kairi ran over to the dresser and pulled out a purple and white sundress, and white shoes before running into the bathroom to change.
I glanced after her. "Where're you going, Kairi?" I asked, sitting up and leaning over to grab my sketchbook since we didn't have homework today.
"I'm going out with Sora," she shouted from the bathroom. How shocking.
"On a school night?" I called back before setting my pencil to the paper and sketching circles on the page.
"Yeah, I mean, it's only the first day of school, no biggie, right?" she asked as she came out of the bathroom, hopping on one foot to get a shoe on. I laughed at her and went back to sketching. She ran back into the bathroom, probably to brush her hair and put on some light make up, before she ran back out with her hair in a pony tail. "I'll see you in a few hours!" she shouted as she opened the door, stopping suddenly and then smiling. "Hey, Xion! I'm going on a date, be back soon!" she said again, before brushing past the short black haired girl.
Xion walked back in shaking her head, dropped her bag on the floor and sat on her bunk, tugging off her shoes and giving me a slight smile. "Hey, Naminé," she said as she pulled her laptop onto her lap, opening it and turning it on
"Hey Xion," I replied, and I asked her how her first day was. She answered calmly, saying that she liked all of her teachers and had lunch with Riku and that kind of stuff.
I nodded and shared my day with her as I continued sketching.
At around eleven, Kairi still hadn't come back, so I texted her, wondering where she was.
From: Naminé
To: Kairi
Hey, where are you?
From: Kairi
To: Naminé
I'm on my way back to the room.
I just stared at the phone before turning to my laptop and opening my Internet Browser. I clicked on the tab that held Kairi's blog and read the newest one that she'd probably uploaded from Sora's computer or something.
Title: First Day, Woo Hoo!
Mood: Happy
Listening To: Sora's Snoring
Eating: Lay's
Location: Sora and Roxas' Dorm
Hey there, everyone! You guys must be wondering why I'm in Sora and Roxas' room… I fell asleep, of course! I was tired… sue me. I just had the best date of my life, regardless. It was a lot of fun! Sora made us a picnic that we ate together outside and everything! It was really, really sweet. I love you, Sora!
Anyways, my first day of school was amazing. I still hate Chemistry, Algebra, and all of those classes, but my teachers are nice enough. I got really lucky this year, which I'm ecstatic about! I even have lunch with Naminé, Sora, Roxas, and Axel, though there's no Xion and Riku. I was very upset about that fact, just ask Nami! I had an entire emo moment. It was quite funny. This year's looking like it'll be an amazing year! Who agrees with me?
By the way, Roxas, you keep zoning out, it's unnerving to the max. And Naminé, you have to stop avoiding my question someday! You two are on my bad list! Everyone else is okay, though, of course. I still love you all!
Let's all cross our fingers and hope that the rest of the year goes by with little faults!
With love,
Kairi
There were no comments, since it was pretty new. Only posted a few minutes ago, plus it was pretty late.
I looked down at my finished rough sketch as the door opened and Kairi slipped in. The picture was of us, all of us, Riku, Xion, Kairi, Sora, Axel, Roxas, and myself, sitting together, smiling. It was us yesterday, basically. I had a feeling that that was the last bit of normalcy our group would have for a very… very long time…
A/N: Hey everyone. Sorry about the semi-late update! But (just as GreyPurpleBlack says below) tomorrow is my first day of school. How fun. Putting sarcasm behind us, I hope you enjoyed Chapter 3! ... Okay, honestly, it dragged on a bit. You could tell I was tired of writing it after a while. It's kind of obvious... and the point of the speeches in Art Class was purely for my own personal amusement, honestly. As an extra note, after this chapter the chapters will be shorter. They've been awfully long up until now (over 10 pages in MSWord per chapter, if I remember correctly), but with school restarting for me (and for Grey) it'll be easier on us to make shorter chapters. Plus, with shorter chapters, there will be more of them in the story, and updates will be more often! That's good, right? Oh! By the way, this is a little bit of self-promotion, but I have a LiveJournal account now that I'll try to update every Sunday, if you want to read it. The link is on my userpage! B/N: What better way to usher in the new school year than with a new chapter! *Cue chorus of groans* C'mon, kiddies, it's just school! It's not that... okay, not even I can finish that sentence. If you've already gone back, HA-HA. Sucks for you. No really, I am sorry. You got to be stressed before us. If you go back tomorrow like Rei and I do, then YAY. YOU'LL SUFFER WITH US. Misery loves company. But let's look on the bright side: now there's stuff to do, and you get to see your friends more often (ahem, I apologize in advance for any future delays, but school is a thousand times more important than fanfiction (sad, but true). Before I can edit I have schoolwork, and I'm sure Rei feels the same way (except, of course, with her writing).
Good luck in school this year!
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