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Wish
Chapter 4
After he had made a turn down the street he was going through each home. It was very time consuming but he didn't feel fatigue or care about the time. It was one of the benefits of being stuck in that form.
He had gone through nearly the entire block. A frustrated groan escaped his mouth as he entered another home.
"Jackpot." He whispered under his breath. He was in the living room of the home and placed over the fireplace ledge was a number of photos. One of the photos contained his target. "Hello, N. Looks like I found you." Roxas took a look around the house. He jumped when he noticed a man sitting in a chair right beside the fireplace.
The man was sitting with his legs cross and a novel was in his hands. Roxas walked towards the man. He felt the need to make sure. He waved his hand in front of the man's face. There was no change in his expression.
"I should've known he wouldn't be able to see me." Roxas frowned as he stared at the man's emotionless expression.
Roxas quickly returned his attention to his task at hand. He walked into the next room and saw a beautiful woman that was chopping vegetables. The woman's delicate fingers were holding a chef knife as she chopped various vegetables with grace. There were no unnecessary movements at all.
Roxas decided to go to another room. He walks pass the women and noticed that the women didn't seem to be able to see him either. A part of him felt relieved yet he also felt disappointed.
He continued to explore the house. It was very empty and large for a family of three. Roxas couldn't help but shiver as he realized the eeriness of the home. There were sounds echoing in the house. All he could hear was the faint ticking that came from the clock, and the constant chopping of vegetables from the women. Occasionally, he would hear the man flip a page. It all echoed in rhythm as he explored the house
"I guess, that's all there is on the first floor." Roxas couldn't help but feel the need to talk to himself in the quietness of home. It was too quiet. In a way, it sort of scared him. "I guess these stairs lead upstairs." He lifted his head upwards as his eyes followed the staircases.
He floated up to the ceiling to take a shortcut. "Arg!" He yelled when his head made contact with the ceiling. Almost by instinct, his hands reached up to rub his head. "What is this?" He stretched his hands up and touched the ceiling. "I can touch it?" He was in shock as he continued to run his hands across the rough ceiling. "Guess I'll have to take the long way." Roxas rubbed his head and went towards the stairs. He decided to place his feet on the ground.
Once again, it left him baffled that he was actually able to place his feet on the ground. Roxas bit his lower lips and marched upstairs.
He peered inside the door of the first room down the hall. "So I can stick my head through doors but not through the stairs or the ceilings?" He scoffed and entered the white room. Not a single speck of dirt was on the wall. Not even a tiny stain, even the furniture was completely white!
The only thing that stuck out in the room was a girl with blonde hair and her various coloring supplies that were lying beside her.
In her hands were a sketchbook and a pencil. The quiet scribble of the pencil making contact with the paper was echoed in her room. Roxas decided to take another step into the room. His feet were able to touch the floor still.
"Hello. Welcome to my home. I was expecting you."
Roxas froze for a short moment. He was expecting this, but he was still surprised. A smirk slowly appeared on his face. "So you can see-"
"What are you doing with Kairi?" She interrupted him off. She stopped drawing on her sketchpad. A timid smile was on her face.
He was taken back a bit but he quickly retorted. "Why can you see me?" Roxas replied back as he mocked Naminé's tone of voice.
"I can see things that no one else can see." She replied in the same tone as before. Naminé's smile remained.
"Oh really?" Roxas crossed his arms as he waited for proof.
Naminé placed her sketchpad down on her bed as she reached her hands under her bed. She grunted as she moved her arm around. "C'mon, get out already!" She mumbled under her breath.
Roxas observed in silence.
"Just get out already!" Naminé began to get frustrated as she got off her bed and bent down to get a clearer view. "I see you, so don't you hide from me!" She grunted a few more times before she finally grabbed out a strange creature from under her bed.
"What is that?" Roxas pointed.
"My pet. He doesn't cause a mess so he's very easy to take care of." Naminé grinned. She petted the dark-coloured creature. It had two antennas and long stringy limbs. The creature's bright yellow eyes peered at Roxas with curiosity as it tilted its head right and left.
Roxas went to poke the creature's head. The creature squirmed as it saw Roxas approach.
"There, there, the stranger's not going to hurt you." Naminé continued to stroke her pet. "He's called Shadow." She directed towards Roxas. "Do you need more proof?"
"How do I know others can't see him?" Roxas mocked with a mysterious tone and added strange gestures with his hands.
"Fine, I have other ways to prove it." Naminé released Shadow and Shadow wobbled under the bed. He stuck out his bright yellow eyes as he stared at Roxas. Naminé went towards her sketchpad and picked up a black eraser. "I came prepared for this." She started to rub her eraser against the paper.
"What do you-" Roxas tried to get a look of the drawing that she was erasing. "Me?"
"That's right. You." Naminé continued to erase.
"Why me?" Roxas asked.
"Just take a look." Naminé grinned. Her eyes pointed down towards Roxas' legs.
Roxas looked down and his eyes widened. "My legs. They're disappearing?" He reached down to touch his legs, only to feel that they were completely gone.
"I can do this whenever I feel like it. If you don't want to believe me, that's fine. I can just erase your existence."
The stranger crossed his arms. His mouth opened silently; counting down the seconds.
It was as if a jolt went through Roxas' mind. His hands quickly reacted and went to clutch his head. "What was that?"
"What was what?" Naminé questioned.
Roxas shook his head. "No. It's nothing." He shakes his head again. "Nothing." He placed his hands back at his side.
"What are you doing with Kairi?" Naminé repeated her question from before and swiftly changed the topic. She tapped her foot impatiently against the ground.
"That's none of your concern." A small mischievous smile began to rise. "But if you get rid of me, you'll also be getting rid of Kairi."
Naminé froze and her grip on her black eraser tightened. "Then tell me about yourself. What are you?"
"Hm..." Roxas tapped his finger against his chin. "I don't feel like telling you. Well, do what you want. Getting rid of me will be the same as getting rid of Kairi." Roxas was about to take his leave. He had his back against Naminé when he turned his head around to face her momentarily. "What's your name, Blondie?"
"Naminé." Naminé replied curtly. Her hands clutched against her sketchpad. She reached out and grabbed a white pencil. "If you don't want to tell me anything, that's fine. Just know that I'll be watching. So you better not do anything funny...um…"
"Roxas. My name is Roxas." Roxas answered before he took his leave the long way out of her house. "Later, Naminé." He shouted.
"I'll see you soon." Naminé began to sketch back Roxas' legs in her drawing. "Roxas..." She whispered angrily under her breath.
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The next day…
*Bee-dee-dee-dee*
"Urg." Kairi groaned. She buried her face into her pillow.
*Bee-dee-dee-dee*
"Shut up already." She slammed her hand down on her alarm clock and resumed her sleep.
"You know you're going to be late for school."
"Who cares?" Kairi mumbled. Within a minute, she jumped out of her bed. "Wah!" Kairi pointed her index finger at Roxas.
"Morning." Roxas stood across from her bed with a bored expression. He greeted her with a small wave.
"What are you doing here?" Kairi yells. She looks down at her pyjamas and a deep blush grew on her face. "Get out of my room!" She pointed towards the door. She grabbed her pillow and threw it at Roxas only to have the pillow go right through him.
"Those are interesting pyjamas you have on." Roxas commented. "Eww, you drooled on your pillow." He pointed at the visible stain on Kairi's pillow before leaving the room.
"Shut up! And get out!" Kairi stared at her pyjamas. It was an ugly neon green color covered with purple ducks. "Mom, why did you have to get me the weirdest thing on sale?" Kairi shook her head and hurried to do all her usual morning routines before she headed out to meet up with Naminé.
A few minutes later, Kairi was rushing outside and hurrying down her street.
"Sorry, I'm late Naminé!" Kairi ran even faster when she saw Naminé waiting for her at the corner of the street. Naminé had her hands in her pocket and her eyes were staring at the sky. She titled her head slightly, so that from the corner of her eyes, she would be able to see Kairi.
"It's okay. We're all late sometimes." From the corner of Naminé's eyes she also noticed Roxas following Kairi from behind. "Are you ready for the test?"
"I guess. I tried doing some practice questions that the teacher assigned. But it's sort of hard to prepare for a math test." Kairi bent down. "Just keep walking ahead; I need to tie my shoelaces."
Naminé nodded her head and continued walking, but at a slower pace than earlier.
"Hey, hey! Naminé!" Roxas whispered as he decided to follow Naminé.
Naminé continued to look forward.
Roxas crossed his arms. "How are you today? Fine? Bad?"
Naminé turned her head around to find Kairi running after her.
"We should probably hurry up. We don't want to be late." Kairi remarked.
"Whose fault is that?" Naminé giggled.
"Sorry, sorry, my bad. I'll try not to do that again."
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"Alright everyone. Put your bags and books at the front. Take out your pencil, eraser and calculator. No talking during the test."
Kairi slammed her binder together and took a deep sigh. She slung her bag quickly over her shoulder and tossed it onto the ground once she reached the front of the class. Then she returned to her seat, but not before spotting Roxas standing in the back of the classroom.
Kairi took another breath in as her teacher placed the test in front of her. She immediately got to work.
Thirty minutes had passed fairly fast and Kairi had finished everything but the bonus question. She was having a hard time concentrating.
"You have really ugly writing. Why does your 'z' look like a 2? How come your fives look like sixes? Why do you write your 'x' with two curve lines instead of two straight lines?"
Kairi pressed her forehead against the palm of her head as she tried to block his voice out. Using her other hand, she spun her pencil around.
"That's so cool. But I can do that way better than you." Roxas commented as he leaned over Kairi's desk.
Kairi grabbed her pencil and began to write on her paper again. In the top right corner she wrote very lightly 'SHUT UP'. She drew many lines underneath it.
"But I'm so bored." Roxas stood up straight and crossed his arms. "Give me a second and I'll think of something for you to do."
Kairi pointed the tip of her pencil at the words once again.
"As if I'm going to listen to that."
'Just shut up already.' Naminé dropped her pencil and grabbed out a white pencil. She began to draw a small sketch in the bottom corner of her page with her white pencil. 'This is going to take me a while.' She drew out a stick figure and began to expand on her drawing.
"I got it." He snapped his fingers. Roxas had a glimmer in his eyes as he stared at Kairi who was still staring down at her paper. Slowly he leaned forward and whispered into her ear. "I wish for you to keep those words on your test paper."
Kairi looked up and her jaw dropped. She pointed her pencil at the words to make sure. Roxas nodded his head and smiled. His smile grew when he noticed Kairi's mouth opening and swearing silently under her breath.
Then Roxas noticed that Kairi was still stuck on the bonus question.
Roxas stared at the question and an image went through his head. "I remember learning this before..."
'And done.' Naminé grabbed her black eraser and began to carefully erase the mouth of her drawing.
Kairi looked up. In an almost pleading expression, she hoped Roxas would keep talking.
"You factor it out first." Kairi quickly factored her equation. "Then you use a let statement." Kairi followed again. "And then you-" He was suddenly cut off.
Roxas turned away from Kairi and moved his hand to his mouth. He couldn't feel it and he immediately knew why. 'Naminé strikes. Guess it's time for me to go somewhere else until she decides to give me my mouth back.'
Kairi looked up again. She waited for Roxas to continue, instead she saw Roxas making a mad dash towards the window. In less than a second, Roxas disappeared from her sight.
'DAMN.' Kairi thought as she swore under her breath again, repetitively. 'What the- I hate you, Roxas! Don't suddenly leave when you're actually doing something helpful!'
'Finally, peace and quiet.' Naminé sighed in content as she grabbed out a normal white eraser to erase her sketch on her paper.
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A/N: Revised.
-Scielle.
