Author's Note:

Chapter 3!! I really do love Seifer's gang, but I felt like I had to insult them if Namine was gonna be on Hayner's side, ya know? And that's all I could think of cuz throughout the whole time Seifer and his friends were there, I seriously thought Rai was like, 8 years older or something, I don't know why! Flame if you want, I probably need to improve on my writing skills anyways. Kinda gets off track of what's supposed to be happening.. OH WELL!! ENJOY!!

XoXo,

Ashlea

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The caramel macchiato was warm in my hands, its intoxicating aroma suffocating my nasal as it burned my pale, pink lips. My breath manifested as a tiny fog hanging in the air.

Time to test it. I sighed. What the hell am I getting myself into? Just think; this is only the first step to see.

" I mean, I know she acts like it, but why would I try so hard to find out?" I muttered to myself.

" Namine?" Olette asked, slightly blushing. My tiny head was leaning against her sky blue sweater.

" Sorry," I blushed.

" It's okay. It feels nice since the weather's so cold," she replied. The guys were a few feet behind us.

Hayner's POV

" Yo, you think that Namine chick is gay?" I whispered to Pence.

" Why do you think that?" he questioned.

" Well because, she's resting her head on Olette's shoulder right now, and you saw how they were holding hands when we first met!" I hissed back.

" Well, I don't think Namine's like that," Roxas said, latte still in hand.

" Hm, well pretty boy, do you think she's hot?" I smirked.

" Namine's a... very..pretty girl, I guess," Roxas blushed.

" Well, I think Namine's pretty too," Pence admitted.

" Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's pretty and all, but I'm telling you, she's a friggin' lesbian! Or at least bisexual.." I said.

Main POV

" Hey Namine, what do you think Hayner and them are talking about?" Olette asked me.

" Huh. I don't know, but whatever it is, they're getting really hyped up about it," I said. Geez, now they think I'm a lesbian, don't they? Typical male fantasy.. I could tell the conversation was about us by the way Hayner kept staring at us, then back at Roxas, then at us again. Roxas smacked him upside the head rather lightly and gave Olette and I his charming smile.

" Well, well, well. Who do we have here?" I looked up. A blonde teen, rather tall, in a way handsome. Next to him was a small girl with the prettiest purple hair I'd ever seen. It covered her fire red eye. Another boy, more like a man, taller than the other with a pissed look on his face.

" So, what's your name, Miss?" the blond asked me. I gulped, took a deep breath, but hesitated.

" She doesn't have to answer you, you dumb shit!" Hayner yelled, suddenly in front of us with his arms outstretched before I had the chance to reply.

" Hayner, Hayner, Hayner," he chuckled," you still think you're as tough as me? Please, you can't even beat Mr. Bishie Bishie over there in a Struggle competition."

" Neither could you, Seifer!" Seifer was caught off guard.

" Uh, well, I-! Shut up, loser!" was all he could manage to say. A wide grin appeared on Hayner's face.

" Run out of words to say, have you, blondie?"

" No one talks to Seifer like that, ya know!?" the other man exclaimed. The girl had her hands out like she was ready to fight, as did the man that recently yelled.

Seifer held up one hand to them.

" Calm down," he laughed," All we wanna know is the newest edition to your pathetic group you consider a gang."

" I'm Namine," I squeaked," And whom do I owe the presence to? The wannabe 'gangster', his butt buddy who thinks he's still eighteen, and the demon- possessed girl who can't even pronounce a full sentence?" I stood next to Hayner, standing my ground. I could see him quietly smirking trying to look at their reactions. They were pissed at me.

" That's Fuu and Rai; low vocabulary, demon-possessed girl and Seifer's butt buddy," Hayner told me. " So I'm guessing they all met in a mental institution? Rai's working on his pedophile problems, Seifer thought he was Black , and Fuu was with her exorcist?" I said.

" Shut up," Fuu spoke. I clapped.

" Good, good, but you need to learn how to speak a full sentence that's longer than five words, hon," I said slowly. All of their faces were red, fists clenched, and shoulders up in the pouting position.

"What are you gonna do about it?" There was a long, awkward pause, us looking at them, them staring us down. Seifer finally laughed.

" Come on, you two," He started toward the other way.

" But Seifer-"

" I said COME ON!!" Fuu and Rai mad-dogged me as they walked away.

" Huh. I like you already, Namine," Hayner said," You got Seifer and his gang to hate you, and you hate them hopefully. As far as that goes, you're welcome to be my friend!"

"...Exactly how did I get the nickname ' Pretty Boy' and ' Mr. Bishie Bishie'? "

" Roxas, we'll explain on the way to Namine's house, okay?" Pence offered.

" Geez, I can't believe he still doesn't know," we all groaned.