Author's note: Sorry for the late update! Something came up and… let's just say it affected me way too much…:| so yeah, sorry if the chapter sucks… it just got to me so I'm not in the mood to come up with ideas so this might turn out dull.

Thank you for those who pretty much read my story from the start. You have no idea how happy I am when people read my works.:D

Here's chapter 4. Hope you enjoy it!:)

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any character that appears here.

(Roxas's POV)

"How'd your check-up go, geek?" asked Axel as we met at school the day after the model thing. I hung out with Axel and Xion at the stairs in front of the school.

"It was okay. Same results as always." I lied to them. They can't find out about the modeling thing. Not yet anyway. I'll let them know when I talk about it with Namine.

Speaking of Namine…

I haven't seen her since I got here. I'm not even sure if I'll recognize her. Sure, I saw her without make-up on but she might be doing something to herself to not make herself stand out. Maybe she let's herself mix in the crowd.

As I was thinking about these things, Axel whispered in my ear.

"Hey Roxas? D'you know her?"

I turned to him and saw him pointing at somebody running over to us, waving. I looked over to my left and right. It seems I was the one she was waving at. I didn't know what to do so I just waved back.

As she got nearer, I noticed she wore faded jeans, a blue jacket which was zipped all the way up, and had her blonde hair in a messy bun. I looked at her face. She had little make-up on, maybe just to hide some pimples. I looked at her eyes. My eyes widened from shock as I recognized those eyes. Even through her glasses, I'd recognize her eyes anywhere.

"Namine?"

She merely nodded in response as she sat beside me. I kept my eyes on her. So that's why I didn't see her in school. She merely mixes in with the crowd. She doesn't even stand out in any way. I can't believe she was the same girl yesterday!

"I-is something wrong?" she asked looking at me with worried eyes.

I shook my head. At least she acts the same. It would've been weird if she suddenly got all timid like a cute little cat. She's more like a fox, silent but is not afraid to do what she wants…okay that was a bad analogy.

"Care to introduce us, Roxas?" asked Xion as she eyed Namine with curiosity. Axel also looked at her. He raised an eyebrow and sighed. He turned his attention over to something else and stretched.

"Right. Sorry." I apologized. "Uh… Namine, this is Axel and Xion." I said as I pointed at them. "Guys, this is Namine. I met her yesterday during the… the check-up. Yeah. The check-up." I said as I nodded to myself.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Xion." Xion said. She held out her hand for Namine to shake. She took it. "Nice to meet you too. I hope we can be good friends."

The school bell rang and we stood up.

"C'mon. Let's get to class. We have to get our things first, y'know." Axel said as he walked ahead of us. "He stopped and turned to look at Namine. "What's your schedule by the way?"

"I've got every subject with Roxas."

Huh? I didn't know that. I've been ignoring the people here too much. Oh well.

"Guess we'll be seeing you a lot today. Well, we'll be seeing you. Later." Axel said and headed inside the building.

We followed him inside the building. I noticed that people were looking at us. Probably thinking who Namine is and why she was hanging around me. She'll probably be labeled as another geek just like me.

I noticed her looking around, looking at the students. I bet she was thinking that blending in with the crowd is better than hanging around someone like me.

"I guess you've never had this kind of attention given to you in school huh?" I asked her. She merely nodded and stayed silent.

"You'll get used to it. Just don't mind them. They'll stop eventually." Xion said as we walked over to our lockers.

"Yes. I'll try to ignore them." she answered.

We walked over to our class in silence.

The next two weeks went by with the same routine. Me and Namine walked to our class. Axel and Xion had other classes so we walked to the class together.

"I've been meaning to ask this but, do they know anything about the modeling thing?" Namine asked me.

"I didn't want them to know. I wanted to know your opinion on this one. We're in it together so I want to ask you when we should tell them about the magazine." I said with my hands at the back of my head.

"Well they deserve to know. They are our friends after all." she said softly. "Oh yeah! I received a phone call from Cloud last night. He said the magazine was going to be released next Wednesday."

At that, my jaw dropped.

"What?" I shouted, earning stares from some students and teachers in the hall. "And here I thought it would still be two weeks away." I said and sighed. This is too much of a hassle.

"Fine. How about we tell them about it later after school is over?" I suggested.

"That would be fine." she said as we entered the classroom.

-After school-

"We have something to tell you guys." I said to Axel and Xion.

This is it. Man! Why did I have to do this? It's too troublesome. But it's better for them to know earlier than anyone else.

"What do you guys want to tell us?" asked Axel in a bored tone. "Don't tell me you guys are dating behind our backs?" he asked with a small smirk. I scratched my head vigorously.

"You know very well nobody would date me in this school, right?" I asked him. He nodded.

"Well the check-up thing was just a cover up for something else." I continued. They just nodded and let me continue.

"Well you see…" I started. Damn, this is hard. I don't know what their reaction will be. Axel would laugh his ass off after pounding me to the ground after lying to him. Xion, she'd understand but she'll be pissed because I didn't tell her the truth.

"Just spit it out!" Axel shouted. Namine flinched as she heard Axel shout.

"We were modeling for a magazine! There! No need to shout at her!" I retaliated.

Nobody spoke after that. I glared at Axel, Namine was staring at the ground and Axel and Xion were standing there with blank expressions on their faces. Then Axel snorted.

"I knew you were hiding something, but not this kind of thing!" he shouted and laughed. Just like I thought.

"I never thought you had it in you, Roxas. You too, Namine." said Xion also giggling at what she just found out.

"Yeah! I mean, look at you two! You look too plain to be models!" Axel said still laughing.

"How long had you been doing this?" Xion asked us.

"I just started last two weeks." I answered.

"I started about two years ago." Namine said softly.

"Really? How come I haven't seen you in any magazines?" asked Xion, cocking her head to the side.

"Well… I didn't allow the magazine to publish my pictures. I just did it to have some confidence on myself. But looks like my parents gave permission to get my pictures published so they'll get published together with Roxas's photos." Namine explained.

"This is gonna be good!" exclaimed Axel. He was smiling like an idiot now. "Finally something interesting happened!" he shouted.

I just laughed at his reaction. Never mind about those earlier thoughts I had. They're my friends. True friends at that. I'll never hide anything from them again. I looked at the three of them again. I couldn't help but smile at them.

Trusting other people feels good.

A/N: I'm really sorry for the late update. As I said something came up and maybe it affected the way I wrote. So sorry for writing something that sucks. Well at least try to enjoy this chapter. Read&Review please!