A/N: Hey guys! (Sigh) Another late update, sorry. ; Anyway, here's another chapter for ya! Wark!

I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Square Enix and Tetsuya Nomura do.

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Chapter 4

Naminé woke to a staggering THUMP heard from the other side of her wall, where Sora and his cousin Roxas stayed. This was the second time she heard it in a row. What could possibly be going on in there so early in the morning? As she pulled her bare legs over the bedside, her ears caught muffled laughing and someone else screaming. She sighed to herself, and then looked at a slumbering Kairi from across the room.

Kairi and I don't fight like that.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

Kairi twisted in her sleep, letting out a grumble about staying in bed for five more minutes. Naminé chuckled and strode over, nudging her cousin awake. Kairi peeked her auburn head from under the covers and warily stared into identical blue eyes.

"G' morning," Kairi yawned.

"Good morning," Naminé chuckled. "Have a good sleep?"

Kairi slowly sat up and stretched her exhausted arms out, getting the blood flowing faster. "Yeah, somewhat."

Naminé strode over to the alarm clock and ceased the incessant beeping noise with a push of a button. "Today's your big date!"

Her auburn cousin walked over to the closet and giggled to herself. "It's my FIRST date, Nam. I've never really been on an actual date with someone."

"That's right!" Naminé loudly said as she remembered. "It's kind of hard to believe that my gorgeous cousin hasn't been on a date yet."

Kairi giggled. "Thanks for the compliment. I can say the same for you too."

Naminé looked to her cousin while seated atop her messy bed. "What are you talking about, Kairi? I'm not going on a date."

Kairi pranced a bit with her uniform on her hanger and set it above her crumpled covers, undressing her shirt. "That's not what Sora told me last night."

The blonde's blue eyes narrowed on her cousin. "Kairi, what did he tell you?"

"That you and Roxas are going to a Chocobo Farm," Kairi answered innocently.

"Kairi, that's hardly even a date," Naminé disgustingly replied.

"Psh! It's two people going somewhere for fun. Sounds like a date to me!" Kairi laughed, placing her hands on her hips.

"We're doing it for research!" Naminé incredulously cried. "Besides, how would going to a Chocobo Farm even BE a date?"

Kairi smiled cheerily. "As long as you two have fun!"

Naminé sighed inwardly, wondering why she even bothered. "Well anyway, I'll take a shower. You can go ahead without me."

"Okay, I'll see you around then," Kairi bade as Naminé walked into the bathroom with a towel draped over one shoulder.

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"Sora."

"Yes Roxas?"

"Could you do me a really big favor?"

"Sure Roxas, what can I do ya for?"

"Will you quit skipping and frolicking like a girl and walk NORMALLY?" Roxas emphasized irritably as a giggling group passed by.

Honestly, could you blame the dude for prancing like a complete fool? He had just gotten his dream girl to go on a little movie date with him. Even though Captain Obvious isn't here, everyone would know he's happy for SOMETHING. Although, it made Roxas sick to his stomach as his eyes annoyingly narrowed on whatever he was boring a hole into as his happy-go-lucky cousin skipped and danced and frolicked like the world was made of candy and chocolate. The two mood-opposites were nearing the fiery red-head and the dirty blonde mullet who sat on a patch of grass in the distance.

"What's Peter Pan so happy about?" Axel asked as the cousins stopped at their feet.

"He's taking Wendy to Neverland," Roxas joked smugly.

"Pffft," Demyx spat. "Good one Roxas. Seriously, why's he all excited?"

Sora triumphantly poked himself on the chest with his thumb. "I've got a movie date with Kairi."

"Nice one!" Axel commented as he gave Sora a high-five. "What about you dude?"

Roxas finally noticed the last part of Axel's question directing towards him. "What about me?"

"You goin' with Sora and Kairi?" Demyx asked, plucking a string on his guitar.

Roxas lifted a brow. "Um, no."

Sora shook his head. "He's going somewhere else." He then took the pleasure to sneer at his blond cousin. "With Naminé."

"Alright! Go Roxas! You finally got yourself a girl!" Axel and Demyx cheered, while Demyx strummed a victorious tune.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Roxas angrily clutched his backpack strap, relieving some of his tension as he saw his two best friends and cousin massaging whatever part that came in contact with his back pack sourly.

"Geez Roxas!" Sora cried as he rubbed his forearm. "What are you so mad about?"

"I'm not mad, I'm annoyed," Roxas gritted as he slung his backpack over his shoulder.

"Annoyed at what?" Demyx asked, rubbing his nose.

"What's it look like?!" Roxas bitterly asked.

Axel massaged his red spikes painfully. "C'mon Roxas. We were just joking!"

"Don't joke around like that," Roxas huffed.

"You never get THAT mad whenever we say it about someone else," Demyx said, hoping he isn't angering the blond anymore than he should.

"Yeah, is Naminé a special case or something?" Sora asked, backing a way a bit just in case Roxas's killer instinct would take its full effect on him.

"No," Roxas bluntly replied. "She just bugs me to no end."

Axel threw up his hands. "Man, EVERY girl bugs you!"

"Ya think?" Roxas scowled, but soon sighed and plopped himself on the grass. "And I've gotta go with her to that stupid Chocobo Farm."

"Dude, don't complain 'cause you're the one who set it all up," Sora lectured as he took his rightful spot next to his cousin.

"Yeah, I know that," the blonde mumbled irritably. "But I'm not about to fail this 200 point assignment. I can't afford to have my B minus go down to a low C."

"Dude, I don't know why you even bother," Demyx sighed. "You have all A's in everything else."

"Roxas is a perfectionist," Sora inputted. "And he has to have things his way."

Roxas launched invisible side-daggers at his cousin's ear. "Thanks for the compliment, cousin."

The four twitched in unison as the campus bell rang loudly throughout the campus, having each student to dreadfully go in and have their brains painfully filled with whatever they spoon-fed you. Yeah, wanna know the first half of the day? If you do, spell "boring" three times slowly.

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"C'mon c'mon! Hurry!"

"Olette! Selph! Hold on just a minute!!" Naminé whined.

"Yeah, hurry Nam! Roxas will be here any second!" Kairi giggled.

"Shouldn't you be at a movie with someone right now?!" Naminé snapped as she held up her white articles of clothing while sitting Indian-style on her bed.

The auburn chuckled to herself, sliding her maroon locks behind her ear, which possessed a dangling baby blue star earring. "Come on, I want to see this through until Sora gets here!"

Naminé pouted. "And how come you two are here?"

"Because you have a little date with Roxas," Selphie grinned.

"It's not a date! We're going to a FARM!" Naminé emphasized.

"Still," Olette giggled. "You should look good."

"No," Naminé immediately responded as she got off her bed and dug into her closet. "I'll wear what I wanna wear."

"Which is all white," Kairi added, checking her phone in case Sora calls.

"A-hah! Here it is!" Naminé victoriously announced as she pulled out a white, long-sleeved shirt accompanied by a hoodie.

"Nam, it's too hot for that!" Selphie said.

"So? Besides, I'm not a big fan of showing a lot of skin," Naminé informed as she looked for a pair of jeans.

"As long as Naminé's happy," Olette giggled. "Any accessories?"

Naminé nodded as she walked over to her bed, plopping her chosen clothing onto the neatly made covers and strut over to a tiny box on the nightstand. Her delicate finger slid out the top-most shelf and start fingering for her desired accessory.

"This one," Naminé said, holding up a necklace with a rather large blue marble-like ball in the middle. Selphie and Olette quirked a brow at it, as though the blue marble would fall off any minute judging from its massive pull on gravity against its tiny chain. Naminé happily set it on top of her clothing and pulled her white, long-sleeved hoodie shirt, revealing the words "Over Drive" in black, scratched letters upon her chest. The girls snickered as Naminé dressed herself in her chosen attire and put a finishing touch with the blue marble necklace.

"I forgot where you got that necklace," Kairi trialed off, scratching her chin.

Naminé held the large sapphire ball in between her thumb and index finger. "I found it back at Twilight Town, remember?"

"Oh yeah," Kairi nodded. "You told me you found it on top of the huge Clock Tower."

"Did you try finding the person to give it back to them?" Olette asked, eyeing the marble.

"Yeah. I waited on top of that Clock Tower to see if anyone would come back up, but no one came," Naminé said, a bit sorrowfully.

"Well, I'm sure the person has forgotten all about it," Selphie shrugged.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Kairi hurried over to the door, opening it and beaming at a fairly good-looking Sora whose eyes looked as though they'd fall out.

"Wow, you are one hot smokin' mama," Sora complimented mindlessly.

Kairi giggled. "Thanks! And your one smokin' hot, um, papa?"

Sora chuckled and nudged Roxas, who was beside him. "You hear that? She called me smokin' hot."

"She also called you old," Roxas snickered, earning a glare from his cousin.

Kairi giggled and turned behind her. "Naminé, Roxas is here!"

"I'm coming!" Naminé told as she fumbled with her shoelaces. Selphie and Olette snickered to one another as Naminé had to redo it all over again and began filing out of the twin cousin's dorm room. Naminé happily pranced out, when she noticed something very peculiar on Roxas's black hoodie.

"Roxas, I didn't know you liked 'Over Drive'," Naminé said, eyeing the white scratched letter on his chest. Apparently, he didn't either.

"It's a skater brand, of course I like it," he scoffed. "Besides, I should be the one saying that to you."

Roxas pointed to the similar black lettering on her chest when his eyes fell on the blue marble rocking back and forth in the middle of her bosom. Just like the marble, his sapphire eyes focused intently upon its shining surface, unaware than Naminé herself was looking at him like he grew flowers out of his nose.

"Hellooo!!" Sora called. "Earth to Roxas!!! You can stop staring at Naminé's chest now!!"

Naminé scowled and covered her chest with her arms. "You pervert!"

Roxas blinked rapidly and punched Sora in the arm. "You idiot, why would I bother to look at a wall?!"

"Shut up you idiotic jerk!" Naminé snarled. How dare he call her flat-chested! Naminé took a quick peek under her arms, examining the size of her breasts when her heart sunk.

Well, okay, maybe I am a bit flat-chested...

"Well anyway," Kairi chuckled nervously, cueing the twittering Olette and Selphie to leave. "We'll see you guys later, okay?"

Selphie and Olette left, waving to the four and disappeared behind the elevator doors.

Naminé and Roxas turned back to each other, but only to exchange nasty looks and turn the opposite way. Sora and Kairi sighed at their counterparts.

"Come on, let's get going," Roxas huffed, leading the way. Sora and Kairi followed, along with a bitter Naminé who still kept her hands above her bosom. After the sliding doors shut, the silence was awkward. EXTREMELY awkward. How come they didn't put any elevator music? Anyway, Roxas's mind was still on that marble necklace Naminé wore and he tapped Sora's shoulder gently.

"What?" Sora asked, breaking the silence.

"I need to talk to you for a few minutes when we get outside," Roxas informed. Kairi and Naminé looked at each other.

Sora nodded. "Sure."

The elevator door slipped open and Kairi and Naminé stepped out first, then after a few minutes, followed by a chit-chatting Roxas and Sora.

"I wonder what they're talking about," Naminé asked.

"Probably about your chest," Kairi giggled.

Naminé clenched her fists tightly and blushed. "Kairi!"

"I was only joking!" Kairi laughed.

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"Wait, hold on, slow down, Roxas. You're saying that Naminé's necklace looks like the marble grandma gave you?" Sora asked quietly, yet intensely.

"Yeah. Back in Twilight Town, I lost it sometime ago, and I couldn't find it anymore," Roxas said, keeping an eye on Naminé blond head.

"What about the yellow, green and red ones? You still have those, right?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, they're still in the box," Roxas informed.

"So what are you going to do about it?" Sora asked. "You gunna get it back?"

"I have to. It was grandma's present before she passed away," Roxas said, feeling a bit depressed from reminiscing himself holding his grandmother's withered and lifeless hand by her hospital bed.

"Well, good luck with that. I'll be seeing you tonight," Sora reassured and called out Kairi's name. She turned back and smiled to him as he jogged up to her.

"Ready to go?" he asked cheerily.

Kairi nodded. "Whenever you're ready! See you later on tonight, Naminé!"

Naminé smiled. "Have fun you two. And keep it Pg-13, and I'm not talking about the movie."

"Naminé!"

"Okay okay, sorry cousin! Have a good time you two!" Naminé laughed as a cherry-faced Sora led Kairi two the black gates. Her back stayed facing Roxas as he walked up to her, finding it hard to stop focusing on her sapphire necklace.

"C'mon. We'll be late," Roxas bluntly replied, getting her attention. The two made their way out of the campus ground, ignoring weird looks and glances being casted all around. As soon as the school was out of range and the ocean was in perfect view, the two strolled down the dirt path, passing by commoners and a few guards while a few sea gulls cawed their greetings. Honestly, Roxas felt like he wanted to gouge his eyes out right now, for it kept reverting back to the marble while people mistaken it for perverted-ness. Naminé stared off in the distance, unaware of Roxas's eyes when he cleared his throat.

"I would've worn something else if I knew you were wearing the same thing," he coyly said, wanting to ruffle her feathers.

Naminé bugled her lower lip. "Well, geez, it's not my fault I never knew you liked 'Over Drive' too."

"Like I said," Roxas said, shifting his hands in his pockets a bit. "'Over Drive' is a skater brand. I don't know why a girly girly chick like you is wearing this stuff."

"I'm not a girly girly chick," Naminé scowled. "I'm not all about those mini-skirts and tube tops or whatever they're called. I hate showing skin."

Roxas sighed. "I feel bad for you. You'll never get married."

Naminé took a bold move and struck Roxas for the first time on his forearm.

"Ow!" he cried loudly. "What the hell was that for?!"

"You know very well what it was for you ass hole!" she screeched, attracting even more weirder looks.

"I'm just telling the truth," Roxas huffed, not knowing why he isn't the least bit mad at her. More like shocked.

This girl has guts.

"You think you know everything, eh? Hah! You obviously need to shrink that big ego of yours," Naminé smartly mocked.

"And you need to act more like a GIRL rather than a lunatic," Roxas said sticking o0ut his tongue.

"And YOU need to learn how to be considerate you moron," Naminé replied doing the same.

Roxas turned the other way, frowning in an ugly way. But in his head, it was practically the other way around. He had not known a girl to even TOUCH him. Call it a big ego, but seriously, Naminé was the first girl who actually possesses a BRAIN!

"Tch, whatever," Roxas scoffed. "Hurry up and get a move on."

Naminé frowned at the ground and watched as her blue marble necklace bounced a bit against her chest. Roxas saw this activity and decided this would be the best time to ask.

"Where'd you get that thing anyway? Isn't it a bit too big to be a necklace?" he asked.

Naminé held the blue globe in the palm of her hand, watching it roll back and forth with each step she took. "I found it in Twilight Town."

Roxas's ears intently started to focus when he heard of his former hometown.

"It was lying next to a beam at the big Clock Tower," she said, having a bit of a nostalgic tone to her voice.

"And you didn't think of ever giving it back to whoever it belonged to?" Roxas asked almost immediately.

Naminé looked at him. "Well, the thing is, I kept it with me and stayed at the top of the Clock Tower in the daytime back then. But, the person never came."

Roxas faced forward.

So that's where it was. I thought I lost it at the train station or something...

"Well, it's mine."

Naminé stopped in her tracks and took a moment to register the words that came out of Roxas's mouth. Roxas stopped too and looked behind.

"Wait. Say that again," Naminé demanded.

Roxas quirked a brow. "I said, it's mine."

Naminé stared at the orb. "Do you have proof?"

Roxas sighed. "That marble was given to me by my late grandmother."

A ping surged across her chest as she lessened her grip on the sapphire object. But still, her mind didn't change.

"I know this might sound messed up, but how can I trust you? I've only known you for about three days and-"

"Fine, you want more proof?" Roxas interrupted. "Come to my dorm room after this, and I'll show you three others like it."

Naminé looked at him like a stray puppy. "Okay."

She felt so guilty that she hadn't let go of the marble. Her mind kept thinking about long ago, when she waited for the owner to come pick up the object, but Roxas never came. Why was that?

"Roxas, how come you didn't come to the clock tower to look for it?" she asked.

"I thought I lost it at the train station. Besides, it was too late because we moved on that day," Roxas said.

"Oh," Naminé said. This sure was awkward. Here Naminé was, walking side-by-side with Roxas, wearing his grandmother's late gift around her neck like it was hers. Guilty-much? Pretty much, yeah. But she still wanted to see proof due to her stubborn-ness. Without even realizing it, their feet came in contact with the soft sand of the beach shore. It was nice, blissful, and calm as the shore pulled in and out noisily. Hoping that sand doesn't get in his sneakers, Roxas turned to see the high sun being occasionally blocked by thing amounts of clouds against the blue sky. Naminé looked in the opposite direction, glancing here and there at the quaint little houses and busy people up and about. Destiny Islands was quite pretty in the daytime.

"Hey, Nuhmeena or whatever your name is," Roxas said, getting her angry, yet undivided attention at her horribly mispronounced name.

"My name is Na-mi-né. And what do you want, Rucksack?" Naminé mocked, feeling a bit satisfied as he gave her a dirty look.

"Don't call me that. We're here," he said pointing to a small, but lively little ranch where yellow, giant-sized birds ruffled their wings and strut around a bit. Naminé's eyes lit up, taking in the fact that she's actually seeing a live Chocobo. Roxas on the other hand, looked at them like it was old news. The two continued on and noticed a tiny plushie-like moogle carrying a bucket. It's pom pom bounced as its movement around the ranch fence made its nose twitch. The little bat-like wings on its back flapped furiously as the moogle hovered itself to a Chocobo sticking its long neck out to it. Roxas cleared his throat to get the moogle's attention.

"Ah, you must be Rucksack and Nuhmeena, kupo!" said the moogle as the Chocobo feasted on the apples inside the bucket.

"It's Roxas and Naminé," Naminé irritably corrected.

"Right right, forgive me, kupo! Well you two are just in time for the personal tour, kupo!" cried the moogle. The Chocobo lifted its enormous beak from the bucket and gave a "WARK!" as a cry of satisfaction. Naminé giggled as the Chocobo licked its beak for any apple left-overs.

"Can I pet it?" Naminé asked.

"It's a he, and his name is Choco, kupo! Go ahead and pet him, kupo!" cried the moogle.

Roxas watched as Naminé stepped closer to the giant chicken-like bird and reached out a hand to touch it, or rather, Choco. Choco blinked once or twice at her hands, as if waiting for her to do something. Naminé slowly placed her small fingers on Choco's head, feeling the tiny feather's on his scalp ruffle with pleasure. It cooed and such at Naminé's little pet while she giggled with delight.

"He's so cute!" she cried, using her other hand to pet its beak.

Roxas watched as the moogle hovered next to him.

"Is she your girlfriend, kupo?"

"No. Just a classmate," Roxas replied, trying not to be rude.

"Ah, well, let's get right on the tour then, shall we, kupo?"

"Right. Hey!" Roxas called, not wanting to say her name due to the fear of mispronouncing it again.

"I have a name you know," Naminé snapped, while messaging the top of Choco's head. "It's Naminé."

"Yeah yeah, c'mon, let's get this tour over with already," he called. Naminé frowned a bit and stopped her activity as Choco blinked at her and gave a loud "WARK!"

Naminé giggled. "You're welcome, Choco. I'll come by later."

"Quit talking to yourself and get a move on," Roxas called as he followed the hovering moogle into the barn. Naminé scowled at him and gave a last smile to Choco before following after her irritating classmate. The barn was huge, holding five Chocobos in a stable on each side of the ranch. The moogle named Mogi explained the proteins Chocobos should eat and how to take care of them. He also provided reasons as to why by actually using a Chocobo named Chika to demonstrate their powerful talons and over-sized wings. The two paid attention to every detail Mogi said as he took out a chart displaying the bone structure of the Chocobo and its muscle and tendons. After all the lectures and everything known to man and moogle of Chocobos, Mogi offered the two to actually ride one. Naminé excitedly agreed, while Roxas sharply declined.

"Awww, why not?" Naminé whined.

"Because I'm not used to those things," Roxas said monotonously.

Mogi brought out Choco by the reigns since he seemed to be the only one used to humans and landed squarely back on the ground.

"C'mon, Roxas, kupo! It can't hurt to try," Mogi insisted. Roxas just huffed when Choco made a round trip behind Roxas, stuck his head in between his legs and hoisted him over his back.

"GAAHH!!" Roxas cried as he felt himself tumble onto the bird's back.

"WARK!" Choco gleefully cried. Naminé giggled as a flustered Roxas grabbed a hold of the reigns just in case Choco went hay wire or something while Mogi twitched his nose in laughter.

"Your turn miss Naminé, kupo!" Mogi said. Naminé looked at Choco, then at Roxas.

"Wait, on the same Chocobo?" Naminé asked, feeling herself heat up a bit. Mogi nodded as its pom pom swayed with its head.

"I-I don't think two people can- WAAHH!!!"

In a flash, Naminé found herself on Choco's back as Roxas was behind her, a bit too closely, holding onto the reigns. Their faces went extremely hot when Choco made a sudden lurch and started walking around the fenced area. Naminé had no idea what to do since Roxas held the reigns with his hands, and he supported behind her, which was EXTREMELY awkward. Mogi placed himself at the top of Choco's head and began instructing them how to turn left, how to turn right, how to quicken or slow the pace. Naminé's first experience on a Chocobo could only be described as "thrilling" as she told Roxas that she wanted to hold on to the reigns. Roxas shrugged at it, letting her have a go when he felt a sudden jerk forward, which almost sent him crashing down and made a quick reach around Naminé's stomach. Naminé had whipped the reigns so that Choco would go at a frightening speed around the ranch and was being directed in different directions with each pull of the reign. Naminé laughed as the wind whipped her face while Roxas held onto her for dear life. Mogi hovered above them just in time before Choco could speed off and leave him behind in the dust.

"Naminé, are you crazy?!" Roxas yelled.

"What?! This is fun!!" Naminé replied, making a left turn on Choco.

Roxas's grip tightened around her waist as he felt himself bouncing off of the saddle. Naminé began to gradually increase her tug on the reigns, making Choco slow down to a stop. Naminé patted Choco's head gleefully, making him give out a loud "WARK!"

"You were great, Choco!" Naminé complimented as Choco's wings fluttered a bit.

"Guh, I think I'm gunna be sick," Roxas droned as his forehead fell on Naminé back. When he opened his eyes, he quickly flushed at how close he held Naminé and unraveled his bind quickly before she could even notice. He hopped off and staggered a bit as Mogi plopped down next to him.

"That's one crazy girlfriend you got there, Roxas, kupo!" Mogi informed.

"I told you, she's NOT my girlfriend," Roxas emphasized irritably.

Naminé soon hopped off also and began rubbing her nose with Choco's.

"You're so cute! I wish I could keep you," Naminé giggled as Choco nuzzled her cheek with his beak.

The sun above was astoundingly just above the ocean, which meant that it was time to go. Roxas turned to Mogi and stood up straight.

"Thank you, Mogi, for the tour and lecture," he courteously thanked.

Mogi nodded. "Not a problem, kupo! Come back anytime! Choco would like that, kupo!"

"Hey, Naminé," Roxas called, finally getting the gist of her name. She turned to him, and so did Choco. "Come on, we have to leave."

The blond girl turned to the giant creature with a saddening frown. "Aw, I have to go now Choco."

"Wark!" cried Choco as he nudged his beak at her cheeks again. Roxas sighed as Naminé giggled before passing the other side of the fence. The two waved to Mogi and Choco and began on their merry way home along the now orange sands of the shore. Roxas trudged through the sand, hoping that the information he got today would get him an A on that 200 point assignment, while Naminé happily hummed the Chocobo song quietly. The back to the school was rather quick, for some reason, since the sun sunk slowly into the ocean as twilight and night followed after it.

"That was fun!" gleed Naminé as she continued up the dorm building steps.

"Glad you had fun," Roxas droned boredly after passing through the double doors.

"Thanks!" Naminé replied, oblivious to the sarcastic tone in Roxas's last comment. As the elevator slid its doors shut, their weight began to slightly increase as the box zoomed up the building levels.

"So, that proof you were talking about," Naminé said as she saw the blue marble's blurry reflection against the metallic interior.

"Come to my dorm room and I'll show you," Roxas said as the elevator stopped and revealed the second floor corridor. He led the way stubbornly as Naminé followed. He rummaged through his pocket jeans and pulled out his dorm rook key, twisting it once safely inside the lock and unlocking the door. Naminé held her breath, expecting the aroma of dirty socks and underwear to poison and knock her out, but instead, found the scent of guys cologne. It wasn't too strong either. She also expected things to be scattered everywhere, but to her surprise, it was rather clean and tidy. Roxas strode forward and immediately opened his closet as Naminé took a seat on one of the beds. It was probably Roxas's since the skating magazines were stacked next to the bed.

After a good five minutes of rummaging and mumbling to himself, he finally withdrew from the closet holding onto a medium-sized wooden box with carved vines on the sides. He sat down next to Naminé, as her eyes scanned the neatly crafted box when Roxas's hands unlocked the brackets and tilted the lid. Her oceanic eyes widened as three of the exact same-sized marbles glimmered magically under the light. There was a red one, a green one, and a yellow one fitting nicely inside the soft grove of the box, but a fourth grove lay marble-less. Naminé looked at the sapphire jewel dangling from her neck and took it off, replacing that empty groove with the blue orb. The two could've sworn the marbles started to shimmer once that blue one was in its rightful place, having the chain dangle at the side of the boxes. Naminé then focused on the carved writing inside the top-half. She read it out loud:

Dear Roxas,

Here's a valuable set of marbles me and your late grandfather shared when we were growing up. We want you to have it since your still a young boy growing up into a man. Share these with the one you cherish most and always stick together through thick and thin. We love you very much.

Love, Grandma and Grandpa

Naminé looked back at the four jewels, now feeling the ping f guilt actually striking her hard.

"Now do you believe me?" Roxas asked, making an invisible arrow go through her conscious.

"Yeah, sorry," Naminé apologized, scratching her head.

Roxas sighed, unclipping the chain connected to the blue marble, handing it back to Naminé, closing the box and putting it back into the closet. "Whatever. As long as it's safe and sound."

Naminé nodded and began to get up. "Okay, well, thanks for today. I learned a lot and had a lot of fun."

"Mm," Roxas agreed quietly and escorted her to the door. "Meet me tomorrow after school so we can work on that stupid poster."

Naminé nodded as Roxas opened the door to let her out, when they suddenly find something unexpected, also, quite embarrassing. There, standing outside of the room, was Sora, Kairi, Axel, and Demyx. And from the looks on their faces, it seemed they were getting the wrong idea.

"Well well well, what do we have here?" Axel snickered as Roxas leaned against the doorway.

Naminé quirked a brow. "What?"

"Nam, what were you doing in Roxas's room?" Kairi asked.

"I was just giving him something," Naminé replied. Of course, that wasn't a very smart answer to give as their snicker became more louder.

"Really now," Demyx cooed. "What were you giving him?"

Roxas pouted. "You guys are perverts."

"Well, what was she doing in our room with you?" Sora sneered.

"She was giving back grandma's gift you idiot!" Roxas screeched, refraining himself from hitting his cousin. "And what are Axel and Demyx doing with you guys anyway?"

"They just decided to talk with us once we got back on campus," Kairi said.

Axel sighed and turned to Demyx all teary-eyed. "Our Roxas is growing up."

"That's it. If you aren't out of here in five seconds, I'm ripping off both of your guys' eyebrows."

And with that, the two skedaddled as they cackled loudly until the elevator consumed them with its metallic doors. Out of habit, the blond male ruffled his hair irritably as his brunette cousin just gave him a mischievous smile.

"So how was the movie?" Naminé asked, deciding that changing the subject was for the better.

"It was creepy!" Kairi said, shifting her shoulders a bit.

"Sure was," Sora said, almost in a dream-like state. Roxas took it that Kairi had probably cuddled with him during the scary parts of the movie.

"I'm glad you guys had fun," Naminé giggled. "Well, I'm going to our room, you coming Kairi?"

Her cousin nodded, then faced Sora. "Thank you for such an awesome time, Sora."

Naminé giggled as a hue of red ran across Sora's nose. "N-No problem! I had a great time with you."

Roxas half-grinned as Sora began to laugh nervously. That laughing, however, quickly stopped.

Chu!

"Goodnight!" Kairi bade as the door closed behind her, making a barricade between her and Sora. Roxas leaned against the door way with his arms crossed while watching his dumbfounded cousin touch the cheek that an angel had kissed.

"You done boggling now? I wanna get to sleep," Roxas asked.

Only silence was his response. Sora looked at the hand that touched the blessed cheek, seeing a glimmer of strawberry lip gloss on his palm, unaware of his face's unnatural shade of red. He was like a glowing lantern. Roxas rolled his eyes and grasped Sora's arm, dragging him inside the room.

"You're such a love-struck fool."

End Chapter 4

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A/N: "Over Drive" is just a name I thought of and decided to make it a brand. xD So, how was it? Did you like it? Yeah, a bit fluffier than the previous ones. But yay! Chocobos! xP Please review and thanks for reading! C8