"So, are they together or what?" Kairi asked.

Namine sighed on her end of the phone line. "No, I guess Axel's just getting him to play tonight. And they're meeting for 'math sessions.' Please, like it's going to remain just math."

Kairi smiled. "You don't know Dem as well as I do. He won't be the one to make the first move."

"Kairi, what about this one?"

Kairi looked over at her closet, where Xion stood holding a red shirt. Kairi thought about it but shook her head. Xion stepped back into the closet to look for another top.

"What was that?" Namine asked.

"Oh, Xion's over looking for a shirt to wear to the Fair tonight."

"Oooh are we dressing up in something special?"

"Um, I don't know. She mentioned not having a top nice enough and I told her she could borrow something. I was just going in what I wore today."

"Kairi no! Let's dress up!"

Kairi laughed. "In what? It's just the Welcome Fair."

"Yeah but last year we didn't know what to expect. Let's make it special this year. Hey, babe."

"Yes, babe?"

Namine giggled on her end of the line. "Not you, Kairi. Roxas just walked in."

"Tell Roxas I say hi."

"Is Roxas going tonight?" Xion asked from the closet.

Kairi held her phone away from her. "Yeah, I think so." She pulled her phone back. "Xion says hi as well."

"He asked how much longer we're going to be."

"As long as we need. Longer if you really wanna dress up."

"Yeah he's not really into the dress-up idea. Maybe another time."

Xion emerged once more from the closet. "Kairi how about this?"

Kairi glanced over at the black shirt Xion was holding up. She smiled, recognizing it immediately. "Perfect, it'll look great on you."

Xion smiled and started changing.

"What did she pick?"

"My black top, the off-the-shoulder one with the long right sleeve."

"Oooh that is a good choice! I'd better change, I wouldn't want her looking so hot Roxas leaves me for her!" Namine laughed as she threw a pillow at her boyfriend. He retaliated by throwing her phone across the room and kissing her.

Kairi heard Namine's phone crash against something and the call ended. She flipped her phone closed and walked into her closet to find something for herself. Xion was dressed and checking herself out in the mirror.

"You sure you don't mind me borrowing this?"

Kairi shook her head. "Of course not. Namine might though, she's worried you'll upstage her and Roxas won't be able to control himself." She laughed as she perused her tops. Xion blushed and remained silent, but Kairi noticed. "Did I say something bad?"

Xion shook her head. "No no, it's nothing you said. Well I mean… no nevermind. It's stupid. Just forget it."

Kairi watched Xion fidget. It wasn't hard for her to figure out the other girl's problem. "You like Roxas, don't you?"

Xion looked up in a panic. "What? No! That-that's crazy!"

"Xion, don't worry. You're secret's safe with me."

Xion looked immensely guilty. "Thanks. It's just a stupid crush. Namine's been so nice to me, there's no way I'd do anything to betray our friendship."

Kairi walked over to Xion and put a hand on her shoulder. "Xion, I said don't worry. I won't tell anyone."

Xion nodded and walked out of the closet. Kairi went back to looking for a top. She was just pulling off her own shirt when she heard a knock on the door, which opened before she could respond.

"Hey Kairi, you almost ready? Oh, hey…"

Kairi turned and saw Sora standing in her closet. She still hadn't put her shirt on.

"Sora! Most people wait for a response before just barging in through the door." She pulled her shirt on quickly and walked over to give him a kiss.

He smiled. "But if I did that I wouldn't have gotten such a nice hello."

"And to think, Xion didn't even get a hello."

Sora looked confused. "Xion?"

"Yeah, she came over to borrow a top."

"Where is she?"

Kairi looked into her room, expecting Xion to be sitting on her bed or something, but she wasn't there. "She was just here…" She stepped out into her room, then left to check the bathroom. "I didn't even hear her leave my room!"

"Kairi calm down, maybe she's in the kitchen or something."

They went downstairs and Kairi was relieved to see Xion sitting at the counter, sipping on a glass of water. She walked over to her and gave her a hug.

"Oh," Xion said, startled. "That was unexpected."

"Don't scare me like that!" Kairi scolded. "I didn't hear you leave the room, so when I saw you weren't there I thought you'd left. I thought after what you said…"

"No, I'm fine. I just came down to get something to drink. I was looking in the fridge when Sora came in, but he just ran straight up to your room."

Sora grinned. "I didn't see you, Xion. Don't worry about Kairi, she likes to worry about things."

"Yes well," Kairi said impatiently, "are we ready to go?"

"You almost ready?"

Riku glanced at himself in the mirror and shrugged. "Yeah I guess. It's just a Fair."

"Maybe for you," Demyx was nervously fidgeting with his clothes.

"You'll be fine. I can't believe Axel talked you into doing this, but I'm glad he did."

"I just hope I feel better when I get there. You have no idea how bad my stomach is squirming right now."

"It's just nerves, you'll get over it."

Demyx nodded. "So… did you hear back from Kairi?"

"She's going with Sora," Riku said brusquely.

Demyx frowned. "Man, you've liked her ever since I first met you. You'd think by now you would have gotten used to her being Sora's girlfriend."

"Says the guy who's been into Axel for two years."

"But the difference is: Axel's single. Kairi's dating our best friend."

Riku sighed. "I know you're right. I just can't help it. I try not to think about her, try not to like her, but it doesn't work."

Demyx nodded. "I know, it's just how you feel. You just gotta try not to feel that way around Sora."

"Trust me, I would never do anything to betray our friendship."

Demyx smiled. "Good. Don't worry, you're secret's safe with me. Always has been."

"You're a good friend, Demyx."

"Of course I am. So let's get this show on the road. I gotta go be nervous in front of Axel in less than an hour."

Axel watched himself tie his tie in the mirror. When he was finished he surveyed his work, then ripped it off. "What was I thinking? It's a school fair. Why am I dressing up?"

He took off his button up shirt and black slacks and looked back into his closet for something appropriate. His hand found its way to his head, where he brushed at his hair nervously.

"Ugh, why am I so nervous?"

He grabbed a random t-shirt off a hanger and pulled it on, then picked up his jeans from the floor that he'd been wearing that day.

"There is no reason to dress up," he mumbled to himself. Still, he couldn't explain why he was feeling so nervous. He walked back to the mirror and ran his hand through his hair again. Good enough, he thought.

"It's Demyx," he said out loud, watching himself in the mirror. "I must be feeling nervous for him. Poor kid hates the spotlight, and I'm thrusting him into it." He stared into his own emerald eyes. "It can't be more than that, can it?" He winked at himself. "My secret's safe with me," he joked. Axel rolled his eyes. "I'm talking to myself, while watching myself talk to myself. Time to go."

Ok, so this chapter was supposed to go up yesterday but my internet got shut off. Now that I have it back, I'm uploading this AND today's chapter, so you get two!