#Dear No One#
But sometimes
I just want somebody to hold
"Yeah, sorry Namine…your shoes are, kind of on fire…"
…
You've got to be kidding me.
"What?!" I screeched, whirling around to face Roxas angrily. He was stifling a laugh while behind him; Sora shot my shoes with a rustic fire extinguisher.
"You think this is funny?" I asked, pointing a shaky finger at Roxas. He looked mildly threatened before nodding quickly.
I was beyond furious, first of all, I had to deal with all of…this (I think we all know which blonde haired freak I'm referring to) and this ratty school that looks like it was built by Bob the fucking builder, and these crazy-ass teachers who could watch a student commit triple homicide without batting an eyelash.
I calmly tried to restrain myself from strangling Roxas on the spot and I counted to ten.
After I reached ten, I breathed out smoothly and Sora finished dousing my shoes with cool whip.
"Hey, come on…it was pretty funny…" Roxas said sheepishly. He just had to push it didn't he? He's always gotta push it…
I let out a shaky breath. "You should know," I began slowly, trying to contain my rage, "that the only reason I don't shove your head into a blender, is because," I gestured to my dress briefly, "I really like this outfit."
Roxas gave me an odd look, like he was trying to solve a puzzle that was missing a piece.
After a few seconds of silence and an intense look of contemplation on Roxas's face, he decided to open his stupid mouth.
"Do you have anger issues?"
In…out…in…out…
"No," I said, my voice cracking slightly.
"Aaaalright." Kairi said, wedging herself between Roxas and I. She gave me a cute little smile that resembled a baby rabbit and for a split second I could see why so many guys adored her.
"Hey guys!" Axel sharply came from around the corner with a lighter in his hand.
"Did ya," He said proudly, flicking his lighter on and shooting me a sly look, "Did ya see what I did?"
All of us were quiet, as he looked at us excitedly. Kairi gave me a look that asked 'is he mentally stable?' and I gave her one back that said 'most likely not'.
"Sooo…no?" He asked, a little bit disappointed.
"Oh no, we saw," Roxas said, putting a hand on Axel's shoulder in a concerned fashion. "We saw."
Axel grinned. He turned to look at me, "Did you like it?"
I gave him the fakest, most sarcastic smile I could muster. "Yeah, yeah I did." I said with sugary sweetness.
He looked a little bit crestfallen, like his goal in life was t piss me off.
Yeah well fuck you fire crotch.
Fuck you.
The bell rang and I promise you I have never run faster in my entire seventeen years of existence.
"Hey…slow…down…" Kairi said in between huffs of breath. I bowed my head and braved the walk across the front parking lot with no shoes.
"Ow…owie…" I mumbled when I stepped on small pebbles that pained my feet.
"Just wear your gym shoes," Kairi said logically, flipping her claret colored hair out of her eyes. The sheer sunlight glaring off of her tresses was enough to blind me so I pulled over to the sidewalk to put on my tennis shoes from gym which I had completely forgotten about.
"Thanks," I said dryly, tying my flippant shoelaces.
"You are so very welcome." Kairi began skipping home. It bothered me that she could always see the bright side of things, or just act like she could.
"Kairi," I whined, "wait for me!" She laughed up ahead and I hobbled over until we were both standing in our front driveway. You could distantly hear the crashing of waves and I shuddered at the proximity to the big blue death sea and turned towards Kairi.
"You like it here?" I asked out of the blue, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. She paused as if she were carefully planning her answer.
"Well," she paused, turning away from me and watching the distant white waves against the shore. "It's different." She finally breathed out.
I made an odd face. It wasn't like Kairi to only have that little to say.
"Something wrong?" I asked softly.
Kairi was the strong twin. She always has been. She's never let anything take her down, and I look up to her for that. I don't really think I've ever seen Kairi sad, except for maybe right after the divorce.
When mom and dad got divorced, it was like utter chaos. Our family fell apart, and Kairi, the fixer-upper, couldn't fix it. I remembered hearing her get up in the middle of the night and lock herself in the bathroom for up to hours at a time.
I never really found out what she did in there.
"No," Kairi said, regarding my earlier question. She gave me her award winning smile. "Let's get inside, if you stand in the sun anymore you might burst into flames."
Even I smiled a little. It was just like Kairi to make fun of my whiteness when the time came a calling.
We walked inside, sliding the glass door to the side and setting our school bags down.
"Hey mom," I said when I spotted my mother.
"Hey girls, how was school?" Mom asked, her face buried in her phone. Kairi shot me a look that said 'like she actually cares' and I gave her one back that said 'come on be nice'. She rolled her eyes and started to speak.
"It was ok. Namine has a stalker." She said as if it were the most average thing in the world.
At first I thought mom would be concerned, but it turns out Kairi was correct.
"Mhm that's great girls," She said, absentmindedly waving her hands. I could almost hear Kairi's teeth clench, but I brushed it away.
Mom lifted her phone to her ear and signaled for us to be quiet.
"Yes Josh, that is a travesty. You're meaning to tell me that we lost the deal? ...No, I'm not angry, just disappointed…ha that's very humorous. Do you know what else is humorous?" Oh no. Here it comes. I watched Kairi brace herself for impact and I did so as well.
"Me ripping your fucking balls off Josh. You think this is funny? We just lost a hundred grand deal to god damn Tokyo. You better get your shit together before I come all the way to Ontario just to rip off your pixie-stick dick. Got it?"
That wasn't so bad. Trust me, it's been a lot worse.
"Wow mom, you really showed him." Kairi said sarcastically as she munched on a granola bar that seemed to have materialized out of thin air.
"Yeah. Nothin' he hasn't heard before." I added before snatching the granola bar from Kairi and taking a bite out of it myself. She complied and I finished it for her.
Mom didn't seem to have noticed our comments as she breezed through the kitchen in search of something.
"Have you girls seen my—"
"No." Kairi said, cutting her off mid-sentence. I elbowed her lightly and she frowned at me.
Mom huffed and marched upstairs. I turned and gave Kairi a pointed look.
"Why ya gotta be so rude?" I asked, not bothering to try and talk civilized.
"It's not like she's polite to us," Kairi said in a flustered tone. I knew mom could really ruffle her feathers, but she's never really shown true frustration until now. Kairi's phone buzzed and she walked over to her bag to retrieve it, leaving me to my thoughts.
I don't want to go to school tomorrow.
I sighed, knowing my thoughts dreading tomorrows school day would only bring me down. Kairi returned with the faint glow from her screen shining on her face.
"Hey, Roxas wants your number." She said simply.
I did a double take. "What? Why?" I asked.
"I don't know, Sora just told me he wants your digits. Is it cool?" She said, motioning to her phone which already had my number typed in and her finger hovering over the send button.
"No! Of course not! He annoys the…crap outta me!" I said, hesitant with my word choice. I didn't like to swear, at least, not out loud.
Kairi rolled her eyes at my non-swearing ways. "I'm giving it to him anyways." She clicked send and I grabbed her arm in one last ditch effort to stop her, which failed dramatically.
"Noooo! What have you done!" I said in anguish, melting onto the floor in defeat.
"I gave your number to a hot guy, that's what I've done. And what you're supposed to be doing is thanking, not wailing." Kairi said.
"Thank you for dooming me you hag." I said, chucking the granola bar wrapper at her.
She dodged my throw and threw her spoon at me.
Wait, where did she get a spoon?
I dodged it as well and soon we were in an all-out dodge ball war, but instead of dodge ball we used household items such as books and poptart boxes.
Both Kairi and I were rather good at dodging, so most of our efforts to impale each other with spare pencils and notepads were thwarted with ease.
"Get back here you blonde Nazi!" She shouted behind me. I laughed and tossed our throw pillow at her. It smacked her in the face and she hurled her phone at me.
I laughed when it smacked against the hardwood floor. I heard a phone ring and I assumed it was hers, but she grinned evilly and ran back to our doorstep where my schoolbag was sitting.
I followed her and watched as she reached in and answered my phone.
She cleared her throat briefly before imitating my voice into the receiver.
"Hello?"
"That sucked!" I whispered and she stuck her tongue out at me.
"Roxas? What a surprise!" Kairi said sarcastically. I buried my face in my hands.
"Hm, I don't know, I'll have to think about it." She said, twirling a piece of her hair while grinning.
Oh.
Oh no.
"Gimmee that!" I shrieked, lunging at her.
She laughed and handed me my phone. I snatched it from her grasp and held it up to my ear.
"Hello?" I asked hurriedly.
"Wha…Namine?"
Huh, it was Roxas.
""Hm, yeah, this is. That was Kairi before, by the way." I said, eager to ditch the conversation.
"Oh…so do you want to go out this Friday?"
I sighed internally. "Haven't we already had this conversation?"
"Well…it doesn't have to be a 'date' date, we could go, you know…as friends. Sora and Kairi could come, I know you wanted to set them up," Roxas said hopefully.
We're not friends.
But…I did want Kairi to be happy.
I glanced at her out of the corner of my eye and saw that she was singing to herself while doing her chem. homework.
"…Fine, but only because I want Sora and Kairi to happen." I said reluctantly.
"Cool. I'll pick you guys up on Friday at 4, got it?"
"Okay," I said lowly. I heard the receiver click and I glanced over at Kairi.
She had better make this worth it.
Potatoes
The week passed by rather uneventfully, with Roxas being an annoying twat and Kairi never shutting up, everything seemed pretty all-around average.
Until Friday.
I had been dreading the friendship date, partly because I didn't want to rush Sora and Kairi, and partly because Roxas was grinding on my nerves so much I just about set him on fire during chem. class.
He had been doing stupid, idiotic stuff all week long. From asking me stupid questions like- 'who do you think is hotter, Megan Fox or Mila Kunis?' And 'why do people say 'fat chance' when they really mean 'thin chance?'
And in art, he smashed a clay pot and told the teacher it committed suicide.
It was safe to say I envied that pot.
What was Roxas's problem? Did he really need attention that bad?
Oh, and in drama, he faked his own death, (with Sora's assistance, of course) by telling the teacher how much his arm hurt, and then collapsing with a fake heart attack, and the joke ended when Sora took his pulse and proclaimed him dead. I couldn't believe they had every idiot in that room fooled, even Kairi, until Roxas sprang up and asked if he could have an A.
And I got even more pissed when the teacher applauded him and said yes.
It had been a long week.
I had told Kairi about the friendship date yesterday, and she had gotten way too excited.
"Oh my god Nam, I'm gonna make you look so hot! Everyone's gonna-"
"Kairi, I don't wanna look hot!" I whined, squirming in the outfit she had put me in.
I was wearing a flowy pink top, with flower print shorts that were way too short for comfort. (As in…riding up my ass in a mega-wedgie fashion)
"Come on, it's only a little bit of makeup!" She said, with a pile of little containers spread out all over our bathroom counter.
"Now," she said in a no-nonsense tone. "Are you a coral color, or a bubblegum?" She asked herself.
"What? What are you even talking about?" I asked exasperatedly, throwing my hands up in defeat.
"Lipstick, duh." She said in a valley girl voice. She turned around to look at me with what she called a 'fashion eye'. It was pretty much the girl version of checking someone out.
She looked absolutely fantastic. She had shiny lip gloss on and a little bit of mascara that made her already gorgeous eyes pop with color and her skin looked clear and peachy. She wore a white tank with red polka dots, and gray jean shorts with lace on them.
"Oh I was so wrong. You are more of a gloss girl." She whipped out a tube of some shiny stuff and I let out a whine.
"Hold still." Kairi said, popping the lid off of the gloss and positioning it in front of my face.
"Kairi it smells like glue!" I wailed, flailing my arms around. She smoothed the lip gloss on my lips and I coughed dramatically.
"There. Don't be such a pussy." She said.
I stuck my tongue out at her and stood up, smoothing the pink fabric of my (well, actually Kairi's) shirt down. I also tugged the edges of my shorts lower.
Kairi slapped my shoulder. "Don't do that, you look like an awkward penguin."
I pouted. "But they're so short! It's giving me a mega-wedgie!"
"Suck it up." She said sharply, teasing the edges of her hair.
"It's just a friendship date." I muttered. Kairi turned around with a sly grin.
"That's what you think. Sora and I are going to get you two together by the end of the year." She said smugly.
"Wait! But…you can't…" I was flabbergasted. That was my plan! Well, for her and Sora anyway.
"Yup. And there's nothing you can do about it." She said, promptly popping her lips and dragging me out of our room.
"NO! I hate Roxas…" I mumbled. Well, I didn't hate him, but he annoyed the shit out of me.
"Suck it HARD! OTP! OTP! OTP!" Kairi chanted, dragging me across our front yard to the already parked car of Roxas.
Roxas got out and opened the car door for us with a sweeping bow.
"You ladies look lovely." He said with a charming smile. Kairi ruffled his hair and I followed her into the car.
"'Specially you blondie," he added with a wink. I glared at him.
"You're blonde too! You can't call me blonde!" I interjected as he got back into the driver's seat.
"Uh, driver's rules." He said, tapping a piece of paper taped to the roof of the car.
Kairi began to read it aloud.
"Rule number one- all females in the car are required to remove an article of clothing?" Kairi finished lamely.
"Yup. Me an' Sora were thinkin' tops, ya know cause we're so gentlemanly-"
I flicked Roxas in the back of the neck and he shrieked loudly.
"Rule number two- Any food in the car must be shared with Roxas…" Kairi read.
"Gee, I wonder who wrote these rules?" I asked rhetorically.
"Rule number three- Roxas picks the radio station."
As soon as Kairi read off the rule, Roxas cranked up a tune and began screaming the lyrics at the top of his lungs, and Sora soon joined in with him.
"I'M SO FANCAY, YOU ALRAYDY KNOO, I'M IN THE FAHST LANE FRUM LA TA TOKYO!"
"TURN THAT SHIT DOWN!" Kairi screamed as she smacked the off button.
"Kairi!" Roxas cried. "You just violated a rule!"
I rolled my eyes. "How many years is she gonna serve?" I asked coolly.
Roxas scoffed. "Actually, miss smarty-pants, the punishment for rule violation is a kiss!" He said.
"What happens if it's a guy?" I asked.
"Then they get a kiss. From my fist." He explained.
"Oh I'll give you a kiss from my fist." Kairi said proudly, raising a fist. "I'll show you right now-"
"And there's an exception for Kairi!" Roxas announced in a slightly panicked voice.
"Read the next one Kairi." Sora said. He had been kinda quiet the whole drive, and he looked a little steamed-probably because Roxas almost made Kairi kiss him.
Kairi nodded. "Rule number four- Alcoholic beverages are not tolerated in the vehicle. If discovered with such beverages, one must drink the remainder of the beverage…anally?" Kairi finished confusedly.
"What the heck does that even mean?" I asked, although I was pretty sure I already knew the answer.
"Ya gotta drink it up your asshole." Roxas said with a laugh. What an idiot. I could tell Kairi was thinking the same thing.
"Weirdo." She breathed out, and Sora laughed.
I ship it so hard.
Roxas must've been thinking the same thing because our eyes met in the rearview mirror and he gave me a knowing smile.
"Rule number five- What time is it?" Kairi asked.
Roxas and Sora both looked at each other and I knew exactly what they were going to say before they even said it.
"SUMMER TIME!"
"Oh my god." Kairi mumbled into her palm, but I knew she was actually smiling.
"Rule number six- what, what's this? I can't read this…" Kairi said, pointing to a jumbled up word on the crumpled sheet.
Sora squinted at it hard and then said "Oh it just says wear your seatbelt."
I let out a breath, I've gotta say I was expecting a bit more.
"Okay. Rule number seven- Always refer to the driver as 'my lord and savior. Failure to do so will result in banishment."
"Big words for someone who doesn't know the difference between a Republican and a Democrat." I muttered under my breath, regarding the stupid question he had asked me in math of Thursday. I didn't mean for him to hear it, but I think he did because I saw a flash of hurt in his eyes in the mirror.
"Rule number eight- Science rules." Kairi said.
I heard Sora sing slightly under his breath "Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill."
"Rule number nine- Girl talk is forbidden. If any such words are uttered by any passengers, we will be forced to set you on fire." Kairi said while giggling.
My thoughts briefly flashed to my beautiful shoes, but only for a second.
"Rule number ten," Kairi said, pausing slightly, "Do drugs kids."
"That's a stupid rule." I accidentally said out loud.
"Don't knock it till' you try it," Sora sang. I wondered if any of them had actually done drugs, and I found myself a little bit uncomfortable. Roxas must've sensed my discomfort, because he assured me that they didn't actually do drugs.
"Please Namine, you think Sora can afford drugs? He's dirt poor!" Roxas said jokingly, but Sora's face looked a little pissed. It must've been a touchy subject, I mentally noted not to bring up money around Sora.
"And we've arrived," Roxas announced happily. We were at the movie theatre, I believe the movie we had all voted on was the new X-men movie.
Kairi'd never admit it, but I knew she saw it on opening night. She was such a nerd, secretly.
We all got out of the car while Kairi chatted excitedly about how hot James Mcavoy is.
"Like oh my god his eyes just ugh. He's gonna kill me one day, I swear."
I could almost see Sora's head explode.
Roxas edged closer to me and leaned towards my ear.
"Project Green Bay is a go." He whispered. I looked at him like he was insane.
"What did you just say to me?" I asked a bit too loudly.
He rolled his eyes. "It's a code name. You know, like 'project Manhattan.' It's project Green Bay."
"What? Why in god's name would you pick Green Bay?" I asked in a hushed tone, careful not to draw Kairi or Sora's attention.
"I don't know, I think the Packers have it in this year." He said leisurely.
"This has nothing to do with football!" I whisper yelled.
"Fine, you come up with a better code name." He said childishly.
"Okay," I said, pausing to think for a moment. "How about, 'project Mankato'?" I asked.
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." He scoffed. "What the hell does Mankato have that Green Bay doesn't?"
"Uh huh well only the largest mass execution in the history of America. Duh." I said proudly at my American history knowledge.
"How many people?" Roxas asked with a hint of curiosity.
"38." I said, recalling the awful tragedy that was the bloody Dakota war.
"38? Psh, that's nothing. I say Green Bay." He said tersely.
"It was my idea, it's Mankato." I said, unsure of why this was such a big deal for me. I wished I had Kairi to help boost my argument, because lord knows how good she was at this kind of stuff, but that wasn't really an option.
"What's up with you two being so hush-hush huh?" Kairi asked, her hands poised on her hips.
"Just uh, talkin' bout math, and numbers and stuff." Roxas said dumbly.
Oh I could just murder him.
"Sure…numbers and stuff." Sora said sarcastically and Kairi laughed softly with him.
"Alright I'm buying popcorn y'all want popcorn?" Roxas asked in a rushed tone of voice.
"Yup." Kairi, Sora and I all said at the same time.
"Righty-o" Roxas said with a salute.
"C'mon Nam, let's go buy the tickets." Kairi said, dragging me to the counter and leaving Sora all by himself.
Once we were out of his proximity, Kairi shook my shoulders violently.
"WHAT IS UP WITH YOU AND ROXAS?" She screamed. We got a few odd looks from people around us and I placed a finger on her lips.
"I'll-uh…tell you after the movie." I said. My excuse was lame, but I hoped that she would just leave it.
She looked unsure. "Alright. But I want details sista, details."
"Trust me, you'll be the first to know." I said.
After we bought all of our tickets, we met with Sora and Roxas who were juggling barrels of popcorn and giant sized pops.
"Ready?" Kairi asked excitedly, almost dropping all of our tickets.
"Yup. Autobots-roll out!" Roxas said in a terrible impersonation of Optimus Prime.
We walked into the theatre and I just hoped to god that Roxas wouldn't talk my ear off.
Swagalicious
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I only had two things on my mind- James Mcavoy really IS hot, and I don't believe it is possible for Kairi to ever shut up. (IF ANYONE GETS THIS REFERENCE I SWEAR TO GOD, JESUS, BUDDHA WHOEVER IS LISTENING I WILL LOVE YOU ETERNALLY.)
Seriously, I was worried about Roxas not shutting up, but man, Kairi cannot shut her pretty little mouth to save her life.
I will provide you with a bit of insight on her many comments throughout the movie.
"GUYS GUYS ITS QUICKSILVER OMFG YAS!"
"HES ACTUALLY MAGNETO'S SON GUYS OOPS SPOILER."
"OH MY GOD, CAN JAMES JUST STOP? FUCKING THANKS."
"Namine I have to pee."
"GUYS WHERE THE FUCK IS MY POPCORN?"
"I SWEAR TO FUCK, IF SOMEBODY TOOK MY POPCORN, I WILL-oh jk guys it's right here."
And the highlight of the experience would probably have to be-
"WOULD THE MOUTH BREATHER WHO IS SITTING BEHIND ME KINDLY SHUT YOUR TRAP AND BREATHE THROUGH YOUR NOSE? IT'S THERE FOR A FUCKING REASON YOU KNOW."
Going to the movies with Kairi was like opening a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
Roxas and Sora could not stop laughing at Kairi's stupid comments for the life of them, and to be honest I laughed at times too.
"That was probably the most entertaining thing I've ever seen in my life." Roxas said on our walk back to his car.
"Yeah it can get pretty heated in there." I muttered as Kairi climbed onto Sora's back and was given a piggyback ride to the car.
"You two have got to be the two most interesting girl I've ever met." Roxas said in the same, awe-struck tone he had used before.
"You don't know the half of it." I said.
A/N Sorry it's so short, but I said I'd have it done by Friday and I kinda started this yesterday o_0 but anyways yeah friendship dates and rules for driving! Thanks for those of you who took my poll, I've been kinda stuck there, and thanks to ANYONE WHO REVIEWED and here are some answers
Sorasqueenb- Haha, thanks. I've been trying to write Kairi from a different angle, I guess. And as far as Namine goes, I guess I needed a little change from basic Sokai, which is my OTP DON'T GET ME WRONG lol
TheNamelessNoob- THAAANK YAA AND YAS
SoraxKairi7- Yes, it makes complete sense. I too, speak crazy fangirl.
LOGAN-LIKE WHAT idk sometimes it seems kinda boring but wahtevs and love ya
Maxian- Yeah I needed a sort of 'bad guy' in this fic and unfortunetelt XXion got the end of the stick so YAY HATE and hooray for shoe burning lol
Fujubop- If I were you,I would be GLAD that there is nothing left to read of mine lol.
TILL NEXT TIME LOOOVESSS-KK