Namine had been pacing around her living room table for four hours. Roxas wasn't late. She was just early.
Very early.
She still had another half an hour before the agreed time. Namine glanced at the clock.
7:30
Would Roxas be late? What if he stood her up? What if he was only kidding about this? Namine worriedly glanced in her mirror. Was she over dressed? Was she underdressed? Did she look ugly? What if Roxas hated red?
But Kairi had told her that Roxas loved red. And her dress wasn't too much. It was a lacy halter dress, but that was casual. Then again, Namine loved to dress up, so what was casual to her might be considered dressy to others. She didn't know where Roxas was taking her, but at least this way, she wouldn't be over dressed or under dressed wherever it was.
"Why am I over thinking this?'
She heard the doorbell ring and shot up. Was it eight already? She slowly walked to the door, half dreading and half excited. Her hand rested on the doorknob. "Take a deep breath." She muttered to herself. When Namine's breathing was normal, she opened the door.
There he was, this blonde God. He can't be human, no human can be this sexy.
He smiled that Roxas smile, making Namine melt. "You look beautiful Namine."
Namine regained her composure, "You look so handsome Roxas."
He held out his hand, ready to lead her to the car, "Ready?"
Namine didn't even have to think about it. She placed her hand in his. "Yeah." She smiled sweetly. That nervousness was gone now, replaced by excitement.
'Tonight is going to be amazing.'
...
Vanitas looked through his rear view, watching for any incoming cars. He didn't want anything to go wrong tonight. After such a long time, he would finally get to be around his best friend. Every Saturday night, they would rent movies and order Chinese food, and just have fun. They haven't done it in a while, so Vanitas planned to surprise Namine. For old times sake he would say.
Of course there was more to it. He wanted to be with his Namine. The more she was with him, the less she was with Roxas. Namine didn't need a guy like him, Namine only needed him. They have been best friends for so long, he knew Namine better than she knew herself. Roxas doesn't know anything about Namine. How could he make her happy.
He couldn't. Vanitas knew that for a fact. He was doing this for Namine, he told himself. She would love him even more for this.
He arrived at her house and smiled when he saw her car in the driveway. Good, she was home. This wouldn't be one of those awkward surprise visits and the person isn't home. Vanitas parked the car and walked to her door. Being Vanitas, he took the spare key she gave him and let himself in. To his surprise, Namine was nowhere to be found.
"Namine?" Vanitas called out, with no answer. He checked all over the house and couldn't find the petite blonde anywhere.
"Maybe I should text her?" Vanitas mumbled aloud. But before he could even pull out his phone, a pink piece of paper on the coffee table caught his eye. It was a note Namine wrote, 'Don't wait up. Out with Roxas(:'
Vanitas could feel his blood boil. Why did Roxas ruin everything? Every time he wants to spend some time with Namine, Roxas always comes in the way. Even when he talks to Namine, the conversation always ends up being about Roxas. it was because of this that he just started avoiding her. He knew that if he kept hearing that devil's name, he would surely snap. And he didn't want to frighten his angel.
But today he planned on apologizing and working everything out. Today they would make up and be best friends again. But of course Roxas knew that. Vanitas could feel himself getting angry, maybe a little too angry. He would feel his bipolar side coming out, making him react more than he normally would.
That little bit of sane that he had was fading, and he began to think that Roxas knew. Somehow, Roxas knew when Vanitas wanted to see Namine, and would always make plans with her. Maybe he didn't even care about Namine. Maybe he just wanted to break their friendship apart.
But why?
Was it because Roxas knew Vanitas was better at basketball? Would he really try to break up a friendship Vanitas held dear just for unnecessary revenge? Would Roxas stoop that low? Vanitas went back into his car and drove away.
...
Namine slowly walked to her locker. Her date with Roxas had gone perfectly and she had a great start to her day with Roxas, Kairi, and Xion. Everything was going perfect, but she couldn't seem to find Vanitas anywhere. She felt uneasy about this.
He seemed different recently. He would always try to avoid her, like he couldn't stand Namine's presence. It hurt Namine so badly. Vanitas was her best friend, the only person who completely understood her. Yes, she had Kairi. But she felt as if she could relate more to Vanitas.
Vanitas was basically Namine's walking diary. And now he wanted nothing to do with her.
But why?
It started when she starting talking to Roxas. Could that be the reason? But Vanitas knew how much she liked Roxas. Wouldn't he want for Roxas and Namine to spend more time together? This absolutely boggled her mind. Namine hated when Vanitas was so difficult.
Namine sighed. Maybe Vanitas was jealous because she was spending more time with Roxas. She stared at her closed locker, glaring at the lock without realizing. That had to be the reason. What else could it be?
"You look like you want to murder that lock."
She looked up and saw Roxas and Sora smirking at her. She looked between them and back at the lock, then giggled, "Maybe I do want to murder the lock."
Sora feigned a hurt look, "What did the poor lock ever do to you?"
"It won't open." Namine exclaimed, pulling on the lock.
Roxas chuckled, "Maybe you should put the numbers in first." Namine looked at him for a minute, before all three of them burst into laughter. All eyes were on them, but Namine didn't care. She was beginning to grow used to the attention. In fact, she was quite fond of it now.
When Sora left the pair alone, Roxas leaned against the locker next to Namine's, "So babe, what's troubling you?" Namine blushed at the nickname. Sure, she had a great time with him on Saturday, but already he was calling her babe? Not that she was complaining.
"I don't know. Vanitas has been... distant lately. It really makes me sad, he's my best friend after all." Roxas sighed when he heard this. Honestly, he wasn't too fond of Vanitas. He didn't like that he was close to his girl. Okay, Namine wasn't his girl yet, but still. Roxas didn't hate Vanitas, he just didn't like how Vanitas is always so close to Namine.
Or was always close to Namine. Roxas liked that Vanitas was avoiding Namine. He didn't know why, but he liked being the only one who could be that close to Namine. It made him happy and content to know that he didn't have to worry about any competition.
Or, he should have been happy and content with that knowledge. But he couldn't, not when he saw how sad it made Namine. Sure they had only started going out, but he already liked her before that, he just never knew how to approach her with Vanitas always hanging around her. It was like Vanitas had this protective barrier over Namine that said 'Back off, she's mine'. If only Namine knew how many guys wanted her.
Roxas never liked a girl as much as he liked Namine. Roxas hated seeing Namine upset. He didn't like the solution he came up with, but if it would make her happy, then he would go for it.
"I could talk to him for you. Vanitas is in my gym class."
Namine's eyes brightened, to Roxas's delight. "Really? But wait, you hate him."
Roxas rolled his eyes, "I don't hate him. Hate is a strong word." Roxas just didn't like him. Shh, there's a difference.
"Roxas, you're the best you know that!" Namine exclaimed, She leapt up to wrap her arms around his neck. Roxas wrapped his arms around her waist. He loved seeing her happy, he loved seeing her bright, warm, radiant smile. He wanted to kiss her.
If Namine was any other girl, he would've. In fact, they probably would have done more than kiss on the first date, but Roxas didn't want to be that guy with Namine. Namine was special. He didn't know why, but he could feel it. Roxas just knew.
Namine pulled away and smiled at him, and that beautiful smile just made Roxas melt. Although he loved this feeling, it scared him a bit too. He never felt like this before. He has never liked a girl as much as he liked Namine.
Roxas mentally sighed, 'God, I'm such a loser.'
...
Roxas was the star athlete in the basketball team. Of course, that social status was no different in his regular gym class. Well, it should of been no different in his regular gym class.
There was another reason Roxas wasn't fond of Vanitas, and this one had to do with something else he loved. Basketball.
Vanitas was good at basketball. Very good. Better than very good. He was almost as good as Roxas. Maybe even a little better, but that was something Roxas would never admit.
Everyone else always said Vanitas was trying to be a wannabe Roxas, wanting to be close to Namine, trying to be the best at basketball. There was only room for one star in this school, and Roxas clearly had that title. Maybe things would have been different if Vanitas was a part of their friend circle. Or maybe if he was more friendly. 'Whatever,' Roxas shrugged, 'Too late for that now.'
Roxas looked around the gym, looking for a familiar set of black spikes. He spotted him in the corner, shooting a basketball around by himself. Typical Vanitas. Roxas rolled his eyes, taking a basketball from some guy and making his way over to Vanitas. He was hoping Vanitas wanted nothing to do with Namine and would leave the both of them alone.
Roxas sighed, he was really acting like an ass.
"Hey." Roxas greeted Vanitas when he was close enough. He noticed Vanitas freeze for a second, before returning his attention back to his basketball.
"To what do I owe the pleasure?" Vanitas asked sarcastically. Roxas rolled his eyes. Why was he doing this again?
"It's about Namine."
At the mention of the beautiful blonde, Roxas knew he had Vanitas's undivided attention. Vanitas made a complete turn and stalked towards Roxas, with the most threatening glare on his face, "What the hell did you do to her?" Vanitas growled.
Roxas had never seen Vanitas angry, and he would be lying if he said he wasn't a little scared.
"I didn't do anything. You're the one doing something." Vanitas turned away, so Roxas continued, "She misses you. She misses her best friend. You're ignoring her for no reason at all."
"I have a reason." Vanitas muttered quietly. He had noticed people stopped what they were doing to eavesdrop on their conversation. Roxas didn't seem to mind, or he just didn't take notice.
"Whatever it is, it isn't good enough. I would do anything to make Namine happy, and I'm not as close with her as you two are." It pained Roxas to admit that he was jealous of their relationship, and he wanted to slap that stupid smirk off of Vanitas's face, "So being so close to her, I would assume you would want her to be happy too."
Roxas smirked at Vanitas's silence and decided to use this opportunity to finish this conversation, "Personally, I couldn't care less whether you come back into her life. I would actually prefer it if you two stayed distant. But if you really care about making Namine happy, if you really do love her, you would do something."
All Vanitas could do was stare. Had it really gotten to the point where Roxas cared more about Namine than he did. No, never. Roxas couldn't love Namine more than he did. He had to fix this. He needed the love of his life back, and he needed her to be his and his alone. He didn't want to see Namine unhappy.
He remembered the conclusion he came up with that Saturday night. Roxas wasn't with Namine because he loved her, it was to get back at Namine. The average person would have thought he was completely insane, and maybe he was, but the more he repeated this, the more accurate it sounded. He was going to tell Namine, and he was going to tell her soon.
Vanitas smiled at Roxas's retreating figure. He was going to end this. Namine wasn't in love with Roxas. She didn't love him. Even now, Roxas couldn't make her happy. She was this sad because Vanitas wasn't in her life. Only Vanitas could make Namine happy.
Vanitas' small smile turned into a sadistic smirk as he turned back to his basketball.
He was going to end the relationship between Roxas and Namine.
Ahhh its been foreverrrr. Omg short chapter I know! I just felt awful that I haven't updated in a month, but with school and everything, it was so hard! But I'm back (or I'll try to be) and HOPEFULLY I can get the next chapter up before I decided to go MIA again.
But as for the actual story, as you can see Vanitas is going insane now. Keep that in mind, and it'll only get worse from here. Also, I think the story is almost over. I wrote this knowing that it wouldn't be very long, and I think after a couple of chapters, I'll end it.
I don't know if any of that just made sense. I got pretty sick so who knows if I'm even making sense. Wish me get bettterrsss. Okay byyeeee :)
