I know I ranted last chapter, and I'm also aware that I'm updating twice in the same day. (Bad Omen!) But this is for Kalulu 1080! Even though this wasn't one of the suggested ideas. But regardless, here's another chapter.

"If she's there, I'll hit her, I swear to-"

"Please don't start anything tonight Kai," Roxas shook his head. "I won't talk to her. I promise."

"Hmph." She walked ahead of him. Turning she stuck out her tongue, and pouted. "Look!" She pulled her shirt up, "You can still see it!"

"…Kairi that's Sharpie." She shrugged, dropping her shirt and turning away.

The two continued in silence towards the park. Sora had again invited them to play a game. Only this time, he hadn't informed them of what game would be played. Roxas hadn't wanted to come. After last week's incident, he just didn't need the stress. But Kairi had insisted. After all, she had a score to settle. And she hoped that there would be something there she could use to hit Naminé with.

"Think we'll play baseball again?"

"No. Definitely not." He smiled. "I told Sora if we came, the game would have to be catfight proof."

Kairi whined, falling in step beside him. "That's no fun." She twirled a piece of her hair around her finger. "Why so late though? It's almost dark."

Roxas shrugged. He didn't question much anymore.


"Hey guys!" Sora ran up to the two, ruffling Roxas's hair and nodding at Kairi. "You ready for the game?"

Kairi pushed Roxas aside, nearly causing the boy to fall over. "What are we playing Sora?"

"Hide and seek." He announced with a smile.

"…"

"…Really?" Roxas asked.

"You told me to pick a nonviolent game, so it was either this or rock, paper, scissors."

"Oh! Let's pl-"

"Hide and seek sounds great." Roxas interrupted. Casting a sideways glance at the redhead. He knew how she played rock, paper, scissors.

Sora nodded. And motioned for the others to head over. And as Roxas scanned the group, he saw that a certain blonde was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Naminé?" He felt Kairi pinch his arm; squirming away he pinched her back.

"She knew Strawberry was coming so she hid already," Hayner announced. Smirking, he air-fived Kairi.

Roxas watched with slight amusement as they carried out a handshake from afar. "Hayner."

"Hm?" The blond looked away from his silent conversation with Kairi to his friend.

"Why Strawberry and Cool Whip?"

"Hayn-" Olette started only for him to interrupt.

"You guys go together like Strawberry and Cool Whip! And she's got you whipped."

"Wha…"

"…Well I like it." Kairi said, patting Roxas's cheek. "So who's it?"

"ME!"

And so Sora was it. The rest of the teens scattered, tripping in the dark. Roxas headed for the playground. Climbing onto the equipment, he hid in the slide, sliding until he was halfway down before stopping. Smiling, he adjusted were he was on his back comfortably.

And then he was hit. Someone had followed him. But it was too dark to see who. He felt a hand in his hair, ruffling it and flattening it.

"Roxas!" He frowned. Naminé.

"Be quiet. You'll get us caught."

"Hehe, oops, sorry." She whispered, still playing with his hair.

"Naminé, you-uh. It's cheating to use someone else's spot."

"But I can't get out now! I'll be quiet I promise."

He closed his eyes, thinking of ways to get her to leave. "Climb out the top."

"I'm wearing a skirt."

"I can't see." He groaned, "I can't even see me."

She was quiet. And so they just sat there. His head against her legs, while he tried not to slide down.


Kairi was halfway up the tree, searching for another foothold, she continued up. She was queen of hide and seek. And she was sure no one would find her up here. Especially Sora. When she reached a limb big enough to support her laying down, she leaned against the trunk of the tree, took out her iPod and closed her eyes. Keeping her arms on two other limbs next to her, she was practically in a tree chair. And soon enough, she was practically asleep.


"It's hot in here."

"Yeah."

"You think so too?"

"Yeah."

"Would you say something else besides "Yeah", already?" She huffed. Pushing her feet further under his neck.

Roxas remained silent. This was worse than the baseball game. Much worse. Then he could have walked away, but now, he could risk losing the game, or stay with miss-talk-a-lot.

"Hey." Ignore. "Hey?" Ignore."…" She cleared her throat. Ignore. "HEY!" She kicked his shoulder.

"Will you quit! God I swear you're worse than Kairi."

"Oh finally." He looked up at her, not being able to see her face past her legs.

"What?"

"Kairi."

"What about her?"

"What do you like about her so much? She's such a bi-"

"No she's not." Lie. But she was his bitchy friend.

Naminé was about to open her mouth to rebuttal when Sora came down the slide at full speed, knocking the two blondes down and out onto the box of sand at the bottom. Naminé crawled off of Roxas, stepping on his arm, apologizing and then tripping again over Sora.

Roxas stood. Looking around, he saw that Riku, Tidus and Pence had already been found. Sora hopped up. Looked around, counted, and then ran off towards the baseball field. Roxas turned his attention to Naminé, offering her a hand he helped her off the ground.

She thanked him, and turned away yawning. "She is."

"Shut up."

"Naminé." She turned to see Riku watching, shaking his head. She sighed, rolled her eyes and turned back to Roxas.

"She is." And then walked over to Riku.

"Well, that's everyone!" Sora said smiling, the group had gathered at the swings.

Roxas looked around at all the faces. And Sora was right they were all there except-

"Where's Kairi?" Roxas looked around the park, seeing that almost all of the places had been checked. "Shit you guys, where is she?"

"Chill Cool Whip, we'll look." Hayner said, turning to the rest. "Okay, operation locate Strawberry is a go. Split up."

The teens scattered once again. Roxas ran through the park, checking behind everyone. And after ten minutes of searching, he felt it. Panic. No one had found her. No one had seen her hide.

The teens were screaming her name, running throughout the park. And she hadn't come out.

What if someone had grabbed her? Kidnapped. Killed. He kept playing out scenarios in his mind as he looked.

And then he had an ingenious idea. He pulled out his phone and called her.


Kairi awoke to her phone vibrating against her thigh. Cursing she pulled it out, flipped it open and mumbled a hello.

"Kairi!" Roxas screamed. "Kairi, oh god, you're alive."

"No shit, g'night." She flipped the phone shut and sat it on her lap. And as she closed her eyes it rang again. Flipping it open once again she put it to her ear. "What?"

"Where the hell are you?"

"Topeka."

"Kairi, I'm serious, where are you?"

"Hold on." She flipped the phone shut. Slid it back into her pocket, and stuck her headphones back in her ears, stretched, and began climbing down.


Roxas tackled her to the ground when he saw her emerge from the trees. Screaming she pushed him off of her and turned to look at him.

"What the hell were you doing?" He cried.

"Hiding. I fell asleep."

He sighed, letting his head fall against the ground.

"…You were worried?" She turned to him with a smile.

"You have no idea."

She laughed and looked up at the sky. "Sorry."

"Naminé's a bitch."

"I told you."

"But so are you." He said looking at her, "But you're the good kind."

"Roxas, that's derogative, good kind or not." She turned on her side, looking at him. "Am I really?"

"Sometimes," smiling he mirrored her movements. "I'm glad you're okay though. Seriously, I thought you were dead."

Laughing she turned away from him. "Thanks for caring."

Shorter, I know. But deal! Please review, feedback equals updates my friends.