Three Simple Words
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Kingdom Hearts characters. The only characters in this story that belong to me are Amanda and Hana.
Chapter 6: An Apology
"You!" Roxas and Kiyoshi said as they pointed at each other.
"Do you know him Kiyoshi?" Naminé asked.
"Yeah. I met him earlier. I didn't know that you were Naminé's friend," Kiyoshi said with a smile.
"Yeah, same here," Roxas said.
"Kiyoshi, Roxas. Roxas, Kiyoshi," Naminé said with a smile on her face.
"Uh…Nice to meet you," Roxas said.
Kiyoshi nodded.
"Amanda, Riku, this is Kiyoshi. Kiyoshi, these two are Riku and Amanda," Naminé said.
"Hey," Riku said with a slight smile on his face.
"Nice to meet you," Amanda said with a smile.
"Nice to meet the both of you too," Kiyoshi said.
"Hm…? You must be Kiyoshi, right? I'm Kairi and this is my boyfriend Sora," Kairi said with a smile as she and Sora came out of the cabin.
"Wow…you have a lot of friends Naminé… Nice to meet the both of you. So you and Sora coupled up?" Kiyoshi asked.
"Yes," came Sora's reply.
"I see…And what about Amanda and Riku?"
"Yep!" Amanda said cheerfully as she held Riku's hand.
"Yeah…this little idiot is mine," Riku said with a smirk on his face.
"Oh! Meanie!" Amanda said and poked Riku.
"You really like the word 'meanie' don't you?" Roxas asked with an amused look on his face.
"Yes…cause it's the perfect way to describe you and Riku…" she joked.
"Heeeeeeeeeey… what's going on outside?" Hana asked as she came out of the cabin.
Hana's and Kiyoshi's gazes met. His onyx eyes gazed into her brilliant green ones. He smiled at her and she felt her heart flutter and her stomach flip.
"And who is this?" Kiyoshi asked without taking his gaze off of her.
"Oh. Her." Naminé said unenthusiastically. "She's Hana."
"I'm Kiyoshi," he said as Hana walked towards him.
"I-I'm Hana… Nice to meet you…" she said shyly.
"The pleasure is mine," Kiyoshi replied.
Amanda hid her face as she tried to stifle her giggles. She began choking and Hana and Kiyoshi turned to her.
"Uh… cough cough Excuse me…" she said and ran into the cabin.
Riku followed her to everyone's amusement.
"I think I'll follow them…" Sora began and pulled Kairi along.
"I'm going to go check on her…" Naminé said.
"Um…wait for me Naminé…" Roxas said.
Hana raised and eyebrow but Kiyoshi just smiled at her. She managed to catch herself in time. She wasn't gonna let herself melt in some guy's arms.
"Have we met before? I feel like we have…" Kiyoshi said.
"Oh really now?" Hana asked as she folded her arms.
"Yes. I'm not lying," Kiyoshi said with a smile.
"I don't fall for lines like that easily, lover boy," Hana said dryly.
Kiyoshi just smirked and said, "It was worth a shot… But it's the truth…"
Hana smiled amusedly. Kiyoshi had a strange and amusing personality. Something about him attracted her. Something…different.
"I might give you a chance…but we've got to get to know each other better first…"
Kiyoshi just smiled as he looked into her eyes. "It's worth the time if I can be with you."
"What's wrong with you Amanda?" Naminé asked as she entered the room.
Amanda had buried her head in a pillow but her giggles could still be heard. Sora looked at Amanda as though she was crazy. She turned around and looked at them with a grin on her face.
"It's not my fault if it made me laugh!" she protested. "I'm a sucker for romance but…that was just plain funny!"
"And corny," Kairi added.
Amanda and Kairi laughed while the others had amused looks on their faces. It was funny to see Amanda beating her fist against the bed with Kairi.
"Okaaaaaaaay…" Naminé said as she stared at them.
"Yes…Amanda is always like this. She has a weird sense of humor… She laughs at almost anything," Riku said with a smirk.
"It's not my fault I find everything so funny…oh wait a minute…it is…" she said and giggled.
Naminé and the others began laughing at Amanda who buried her head in her pillow…yet again. She turned around and looked up at the ceiling and sighed.
"I miss my…" she began.
"Parents?" Kairi asked.
"No…"
"Dog?" Sora asked.
"I don't have one…"
"Me?" Riku asked with a smirk on his face.
"But you're here…how could I miss you?" she asked as she hugged his arm.
"Um…" Naminé began.
"School?" Roxas asked.
Amanda threw a pillow at him and yelled, "HA! School?! As if Roxas! Are you outta ya mind?"
Roxas laughed and said, "You're the one that starts laughing at almost anything."
"I'm not laughing at air am I?" Amanda shot back with a grin on her face.
"Okay… So what do you miss?"
"My computer…"
Everyone burst out in laughter while Amanda had a grin on her face.
"But I do!"
"Amanda!"
Later at night…
"Okay! Ghost story time!" Hana said cheerfully.
"Wow, you seem so cheerful…" Amanda said sarcastically.
"Heeeey….where did the cheerful Amanda go?" Hana asked with a grin.
"Sugar rush is over…" she replied.
"Don't worry Amanda, there's still marshmallows," Naminé said.
"Oh joy," Amanda said sarcastically…again.
"Well…that's if Sora doesn't eat all of them," Kairi said and laughed.
"Kairi! I'm not…okay. Fine. I was thinking of it…" Sora said.
"You mean if the Marshmallow Monsters don't come and eat them…or us," Hana said mysteriously.
"Oh joy, Marshmallow Monsters. What's next? The Easter Bunny?" Amanda said as she rolled her eyes.
"Amanda, don't be a kill joy for the other kids," Riku said teasingly.
"We're not kids!" Sora protested.
"Wow, Marshmallow Monsters sound as mature as the Cookie Monster," Riku said sarcastically.
"I think Riku's rubbing off on Amanda…Run Amanda! Run!" Hana said with a giggle.
Amanda rolled her eyes again. "He's not! He's…perfect…for me anyways."
"But…aren't you cheerful even without sweets?" Naminé asked.
She smiled wearily and said, "Yeah…but I'm like you too. I get moody for reasons…"
"Like…?"
"The fact that I'm away from my computer…"
Naminé laughed and said, "You're crazy! Everything here is so nice! How could you miss you're computer?!"
Amanda sighed and said, "Fine…I'll try."
"Okay! Okay! Everyone around the camp fire!" Hana said bossily.
The bag of marshmallows was passed around and Naminé took a marshmallow and roasted it over the fire on a stick.
"Oh poop. My marshmallow fell," Hana said childishly.
"You're starting to sound like Rikku…" Sora said as he turned to look at Hana.
Naminé looked up at the stars as Sora and Hana began quarrelling. Hmmm…too bad she didn't have her sketch book now… the stars were so beautiful…
"Hey Naminé…" Roxas said softly.
Naminé turned to face him. She found out earlier, that Roxas and Hana were just friends, to her embarrassment. She felt so sorry for giving Roxas and Hana the cold shoulder and she was trying to make up for it.
"Yes?"
"Why were you acting all weird earlier?"
"Oh…I'm so sorry about that!" Naminé said with an apologetic smile on her face.
"It's okay. But why were you so mad?" Roxas said comfortingly.
"Oh…I…uh…" Naminé began as a blush crept on her face.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want too," Roxas said.
Naminé bit her lip. She wanted to say sorry. She felt so guilty. It was wrong of her to judge both Hana and Roxas so quickly… But…she just didn't know what to say…
"Roxas… I'm really, really sorry… I didn't mean to…"
"Naminé… It's okay… I forgive you."
Naminé sat up and looked up at the sky. The sky was filled with stars that night. Stars that seemed to be watching all of them at this very moment.
"It's just that…I saw you hugging Hana and I…I guess that I got jealous…"
"You got jealous…? But why…?" Roxas asked.
'Is he this blur?!' Naminé thought to herself.
"It's just that…you seemed so close…And…I didn't want…to lose…you…" Naminé said as her cheeks began heating up.
Roxas turned a little pink and said, "Naminé…Don't worry. We'll always be close…"
"I didn't want to lose you…As one of my best friends," Naminé added quickly.
Roxas was disappointed. He thought that Naminé was finally confessing her feelings for him. He had liked her the moment he met her.
'We'll see…Maybe over time…she'll…' he thought to himself.
He smiled and said, "Don't worry. You won't."
End of Chapter 6.
A/N: . It took me so long to write this… My head is spinning… Lol.. I hope that you, the readers, liked it. I'm so sorry that I didn't update in a looooong time! I felt so lazy… Sigh…I have to stop giving so many excuses and start working for it. Well, thanks for reading and I hope that you'll leave some comments!