A/N: I've been waiting to introduce more characters to the story to make it...well...more interesting. I hope you enjoy this chapter! And thanks again to everyone who has reviewed so far! You people make my world go 'round, really.

Disclaimer: So instead of stealing Roxas this time, I went after Demyx. Zexion and Xigbar didn't like that idea too much and now I have one eye and a bump on my head. Stupid Zexy and his dictionary.


"So, Roxas, how was your spring break?"

"My spring break was hell, Namine."

The blue-eyed girl froze and tilted her head.
"Did something happen?"

"You wouldn't believe the pain I had to go through." Roxas groaned.

It was the Monday after spring break and all the students in the school were grudgingly making their way to their first hour with forlorn faces. Some complaining about how spring break had ended too quickly, and some complaining about how it had gone by so slow that they had been bored out of their mind. You can't please all the people all of the time, it seemed.

For Roxas, spring break hadn't gone by fast enough. He had put up with enough of Riku and Axel for a lifetime and was glad that they were back at school where the majority of the time, Roxas could avoid them.

"Hey Rox!" Axel called from down the hall.

Or maybe he couldn't avoid them at all.

Namine raised a delicate eyebrow at the redhead before turning to look at the scowling blonde who grabbed the girls hand and pulled her in the opposite direction.

"Roxas?" Namine said. "Hey, you know Axel?"

"Unfortunately." Roxas muttered irritably as they trudged past students who were walking the opposite direction.

"Roxas, you realize our first hour is the other direction, right?"

"We're taking the long way."

"You know, Axel called your name and you just turned around." Namine chuckled nervously. "You're not avoiding him, are you?"

"I am."

The blonde girl paused and brought Roxas to a hault.
"Why are you avoiding him? I mean, I don't know him that well, but Kairi said that Riku and him are good friends. He can't be that bad."

"Your sister doesn't know that Riku and Axel are actually perverted little demons, Namine."

Namine shuffled her feet nervously as Roxas let go of her hand and started heading toward their class again. The blonde girl followed close behind.

"I think Kairi makes good decisions. And I think that if she and Riku are friends, then that must mean Riku is a good person." Roxas rolled his eyes as Namine continued. "I hang out with Riku sometimes. He's not that bad...and if he's friends with Axel, then maybe-"

Roxas felt like he was going through deja vu. I mean, geez, did everyone have to defend Riku whenever Roxas exposed the boy for what he truly was?

"You can think whatever you want, Namine. It's your choice to make, not mine. But I don't trust them."

Namine sighed as they entered their first class. It was a required class, Health, and everyone had to take it. Usually Freshmen were the only students in the classroom, but-

"Oh, hey Rox. Didn't know you were in my first hour too!" Axel laughed from across the room. "So what's with you this morning? I called you from down the hall! You didn't answer back!"

"Axel..." Roxas growled as the redhead made his way over to the blonde boy and girl. "What are you doing here? This is a Freshman class!"

"Well," Axel said, scratching the back of his head boredly. "This class is required here but it wasn't at my school in Hallow Bastion. So, I'm taking it this year."

Roxas bit his tongue and clenched his fists shut as he stormed past Axel and made his way to his seat. Namine stood at the door's entrance with wide blue eyes as she wondered what Axel must've done to make Roxas so angry. She made a mental note to ask him later.

"So what's your name, m'lady?" Axel asked with a grin.

"I'm Namine." The blonde girl replied with a weak smile. "You're Axel, correct?"

"Yup! Nice to meet you, Namine."

"You too."

Roxas glared at the ground as Namine and Axel talked. He hated this. The fuming blonde tapped his fingers on his desk impatiently as the teacher entered the room.

"It's the first day of the new semester...but I can't get a schedule change for a required class. Damn it! Out of all the classes, why this one?!"

Namine took her seat behind Roxas, smiling at him as she made her way to her seat with sympathetic eyes.

"So, class," The teacher, Aerith Gainsborough, said as she entered. "We have a new student today that will be joining us for the rest of this semester. Axel, if you would introduce yourself."

Axel grinned and walked to the center of the room next to Aerith.

"Yo!" He began, shooting a glance at Roxas who was currently doing his best to stare at anything that wasn't Axel. "The name's Axel. Got it memorized? I'm originally from Hallow Bastion and I'm a third year student. I have to take this class because it's required so don't think I'm some dumbass that couldn't pass Health the first two times."

"Oh my." Aerith said as she placed a hand over her mouth in surprise. "I-...I see. Thank you, Axel."

"No problem, Gainsborough." Axel replied. "So where are ya' putting me?"

"Oh, yes. Um, let's see." The brunette picked up a sheet from the small pedestal behind her and scanned it. "Let's sit you in between Rikku and Roxas."

Roxas took a gun out of his pocket and shot himself...

...in a metaphorical sense, of course.


Two days. After today, Sora only had two more days and he was free. Roxas had talked to Kairi on Sunday and had asked the girl to keep an eye on Sora. Even though Riku was a third year and Sora was a second year, Roxas had convinced Kairi to keep an eye on his older brother so he would not talk to Riku.

Kairi had agreed to go along with it. If not for the amusement it might bring, then for the free paopu tea Roxas had received from the coffee shop he used to work at. Kairi loved paopu tea.

"Traitor." Sora muttered as the two walked to their first class, English.

"Oh, c'mon Sora!" Kairi giggled. "After today, you only have Tuesday and Wednesday and then you're free to stop ignoring Riku again!"

"Traitor." The brunette repeated. "I can't believe you're actually going along with this, Kairi! I thought you were my friend!"

"I am your friend, Sora." The redheaded girl replied. "You're acting like the world is ending. How hard can it be to ignore Riku for a few days?"

Sora groaned.

"Kairi, you don't know how hard it's been. Spring break...it was bad, Kairi. Real bad."

"Roxas already told me what happened, you know. Of course, I'm sure he exaggerated when he called Riku and Axel the 'perverted demons from Hell' but-"

"If you know how hard it's been then why did you agree to go along with this?"

"For the tea. Duh." Kairi grinned as Sora slammed his head on his desk. "And maybe to see what will happen. Just don't think of it too hard! You'll get through this. It's not like you see Riku all that much anyway. He's a third year, after all."

The brunette sighed.
"Just promise me that if Riku asks, I'm not doing this because I want to, okay?"

Kairi nodded while she walked to her respective seat and the English teacher entered the room. Sora sighed heavily at his desk. Today was going to be a long day.


"Riku!" Tidus called from the back of the room as the silver-haired teen entered and took his seat next to the boy. "Dude, my spring break was a total bore. All I did was play blitz ball with Wakka the whole time." Tidus grinned. "How'd things go at the beach?"

"Things could've been better..." Riku mumbled and Tidus winced.

"Ouch. That bad?"

"Probably worse than what you're thinking. And that's only the beginning of it."

"Sorry dude." Tidus said as the teacher walked in and the class quieted down.

"Independent study." The teacher said as he walked in. "This next month you'll be writing your own articles about anything you want. After all, working for the school newspaper means you have to be creative. I'd like something original from all of you."

The teacher then raised his eyebrows amusedly. "Oh right, sorry if that seemed too straight-forward. How was your spring break, everyone?"

The entire class replied with either groans, squeals, or just the usual "Eh" that meant nothing exciting had happened during their spring break.

"Glad to see that I have the same, exciting class as last semester. Alright, now as I was saying, you'll all be choosing your own topic to be writing for an article."

"Independent articles huh?" Tidus whispered. "Hey! Maybe you could do an article about how miserable your spring break was!"

Riku glared at Tidus.

"Lighten up, would ya'? I was just kidding, Riku."

"It's a touchy subject, Tidus." Riku muttered.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you got dumped." Tidus grinned mischievously. "But good thing I know better because Riku could never get a girlfriend."

Riku's glare intesified.
"Yeah, and like you're the ladies man." The aqua-eyed teen whispered.

Tidus squawked before the teacher cleared his throat loudly.

"Tidus!"

The boy yelped.

"Y-..Yes sir?"

"Would you mind repeating the five top rules of Journalism!"

"Ri...Right now? Without my notes?"

"Yes! Right now, boy. Unless you'd rather get a detention."

Riku chuckled to himself and Tidus shot the boy a glare before he slowly repeated the five rules of Journalism.

"Very good. Take a seat."

Tidus sighed in relief as he plopped back down on his chair.
"Dude!" He whispered. "Not cool!"

"Maybe you should write about how you're always being picked on." Riku replied with a smirk.

"Haha. Aren't you just the comedian?"


For the next hour and a half, Roxas was in what he considered Hell. Or at the very least pre-Hell. The underworld Lord must've loved irritating the poor blonde because if it wasn't bad enough that Axel now sat in the seat next to Roxas, the redhead was now writing notes to the seething boy. Of course, Roxas ignored these notes...at least until Axel started tapping on Roxas's desk while Aerith asked everyone how their spring break was.

"Psst! Rox, hey!"

Roxas shot a death glare at the redhead but did not reply. Namine cleared her throat nervously and smiled at Axel.

"Axel," She whispered. "I think Roxas is a little...irritable right now."

"Psh. He always is, Namine, 'case you didn't notice."

Roxas's death glare could scare the grim reaper.

"Aw, c'mon, Rox! Don't give me that look! I apologized a million times about what happened at the beach. I just wanted to ask if you-"

"No." Roxas snapped. "Whatever it is, no, Axel."

"But I-"

"-And so, class!" Aerith announced loudly as she clasped her hands together. "We're going to be dividing into groups of four!"

Roxas, Axel and Namine all froze as they looked up at the young, brunette teacher.

"This is a group project and I expect you all to divide the work equally, got that? Let's see...how about...Paine, Reno, Roxas and Rikku as one group-"

Roxas inwardly cheered.

And then Rikku shot her hand up.

"Teach! I wanna be in a group with Namine! Please?"

Aerith sighed.
"Well..."

Fuu and Rai raised their hands next.

"Um, yes, Fuu? Rai?"

"We'd like to be on Reno's team, y'know?" Rai replied. Fuu simply nodded.

"Um...alright. Then how about Paine, Reno, Fuu and Rai as one group...and Axel, Namine, Rikku and Roxas as another?"

Roxas spluttered, ready to protest before Rikku squealed and nodded her head enthusiastically.

"Thanks teach!"

Aerith chuckled as she paired off more groups.

Roxas wanted to shoot himself.

Again.

When Aerith was finally done assigning everyone partners she smiled and began explaining the project.

"You'll be working on something called 'Parenthood'."

The blonde boy took out the invisible gun.

"All groups will be in charge of watching over 2 eggs. Each egg is to be returned by the end of the month in perfect condition. You may decorate it however you like, but they must be uncracked and just generally unharmed in order for your group to receive a passing grade. There will be homework, lots of it, which means you'll be spending time at eachothers' houses."

Roxas pulled the trigger and Axel's wide grin got wider. Rikku smiled at Namine happily as the blonde girl returned the smile while shooting nervous glances at her friend who currently had an expression that read, "Lord, strike me where I stand. Just smite me with that holy thunder of yours and take me away from this Hell."


"Selphie, that's not the chapter we're on."

The clumsy brunette smiled nervously and nodded.

"I...I knew that! I was just...testing you! Let's see...Ahem...Romeo doth thy name-"

"Wrong scene, Selphie."

Selphie was a cheerful girl who was clumsy and believed in love at first sight. So one would expect that she would be on the edge of her seat as the class read 'Romeo and Juliet' in play form outloud. But whoever thought that was wrong. Selphie was in the drama club, after all, and had performed this play so many times that she knew the story like the back of her hand. After a while, it got boring, and so the young girl was a victim of random instances where she would drift off to sleep, all the while trying to keep up with whatever scene she had to read.

"We're at Act 2, scene-"

Briiiiiinnngggg!

"Oh, looks like we're out of time." The teacher stood up from where he was sitting. "Alright. I want you all to read the rest of Act 2 by tomorrow. And Selphie!"

The girl jumped as she gathered her things, turning her head around nervously.

"Y...Yes?"

"If you don't get your act together, I'll send you to the disciplinary committee!"

The girl nodded and swallowed the lump in her throat as she exited the class with Sora and Kairi.

"Man, I can never get a break, huh?" Selphie sighed as she lugged her heavy books in her backpack. "Romeo and Juliet this...Romeo and Juliet that..." The girl place a hand on her hip proudly. "I'm tired of Romeo and Juliet! How about something new! Something refresh-"

Sigh.

"-...ing..."

Selphie glanced over at the one who had emitted a heavy sigh, and her eyes widened.

"S...Sora? What's got you down, man?"

Kairi chuckled.
"Sora here's sad 'cause he's forbidden to talk to his lover."

Something inside Selphie exploded.

"R-...Really?! Oh how tragic! It's just like Romeo and Juliet! Oh loves' woes!" The girl sighed dramatically. "I wish my life was like that! So spill, Sora! Who's the lover you're forbidden from?"

Sora's face was redder than a tomato.

"He...He's not my lover!" Sora shouted, which earned him some strange glances from nearby students. His face turned an even redder color, if that was possible. "He's...a friend...and I can't talk to him for a while..."

"How sad! How tragic!" Selphie announced loudly. "So who is he, Sora? Who is the friend whom you are being torn away from?"

Kairi laughed nervously.
"You're making it sound so..."

"Dramatic?" Selphie suggested. Kairi nodded. "Well, maybe a little, but...this is about the only amount of excitement I get these days. Life's kinda boring when you're in Highschool, you know?"

"...Riku..." Sora mumbled under his breath. "I'm ignoring Riku."

Selphie gasped.
"Riku?!"

"N-..Not so loud, Selphie." Sora muttered embarrassedly.

"This truly is a tragic lovers' tale!" Sora squawked but Selphie continued. "Sora, you've rekindled my love for Romeo and Juliet!" The brunette girl began to skip down the hall cheerfully as she called, "See you at lunch!"

Sora fidgeted nervously as Kairi raised an eyebrow at Sora and giggled.

"Wh-..What's so funny?" Sora stuttered.

"You. It's funny to see how you over-react to the tiniest things." Sora opened his mouth to protest before Kairi patted him on the shoulder. "But don't worry about it. Once Wednesday passes by, I'm sure everything will get better."

"I hope so, Kairi." Sora sighed. "I really hope so."


"Independent articles, huh?" Tidus said as both himself and Riku exited the classroom. "So what do you think you're really going to do your article about?"

Riku shrugged.
"Not sure yet."

"Really? Hm. I think I might do a sports kind of article about blitz ball."

The silver-haired teen laughed as he grabbed his stuff out of his locker.
"That's really not much of a shock."

"So what's got you down?"

Riku had to take a step back he was so taken off guard by the sudden change in subject. He cleared his throat, fixing his eyes ahead of him as both boys began walking towards their second hour.

"It's not a big deal. Just the same things, really."

"Uh huh." Tidus said boredly. "Now tell me the truth this time, minus the bullshit."

"It'd probably be better to ask me at lunch or something."

Tidus sighed and patted the silver-haired boy on the back as they arrived at Riku's next class. "Alright, fine. Guess this is where we part ways. Later man."

"Yeah, see ya'." Riku said as he entered the classroom and he took his seat next to Axel. He didn't even have time to set his books on his desks before Axel announced,

"So man, me and Rox are paired up for this Health project."

Riku choked on air and stared at Axel with a shocked expression.

"Wait...Health was the class that wasn't required at your other school?"

"Yeah, crazy right? But it gets better!" Axel smiled proudly. "I'm gonna be a papa!"

Riku suffocated and passed out. Or at least, he would have if Axel hadn't added on, "Oh, but not really. We're just taking care of some eggs."

"Dude, give me a freakin' heart-attack!"

"Yeah, but you wanna know something funny?" The redhead laughed. "Roxas is my wife!"

Riku experienced sudden heart failure.

"W-..WHAT?!"

Everyone in the class turned to look at the duo.

"Chill out, man. I mean in the Health project. And I'm also married to Rikku and Namine."

Riku inhaled deeply, trying to calm his fast heartbeat before he really did have a heart-attack.

"So I guess that means...Roxas won't be in total Hell if he's with Namine."

"Hey!" Axel defended. "I'm not that bad, really!" Riku snorted. "Alright, alright...so maybe I made a few mistakes before, but..." Riku huffed irritably. "Okay! I admit, I did some pretty stupid shit at the beach and I'm sorry, Riku. I'm sorry. Sheesh. How many times do I have to apologize about that?"

"Until Sora starts talking to me again."

Axel groaned.
"Oh geez, with a brother like Roxas, that's going to be a long time. But...I actually think I have a decent plan and-"

"Oh no." Riku said, shaking his head furiously. "No, no, no. We're not doing another one of your idiotic plans, Axel."

"Aww! Riku, you know third time's the charm!" Axel chirped."Besides, I promise it's not anything really stupid! I actually thought this one out!"

"...Maybe I should write an article about your stupid mistakes..." Riku mumbled.

"What was that?"

"Nothing. So tell me your genius plan this time, Axel."


By the time lunch had rolled around, invisible storm clouds were already hovering above Roxas's head.

"Dude," Hayner said. "Why so gloomy?"

"Roxas just...He's having kind of a bad day." Namine stated quietly.

"Really?" Olette piped in. "Did something happen?"

"Well..." Namine glanced over at Roxas who was currently throwing eggs at Axel. In his mind, at least.
"We were paired off in groups for Health..."

"Oh!" Olette said. "Yeah, we were too. Myself, Hayner, Pence and Vivi are all in the same group!"

"You got off lucky." Roxas muttered.

"Aww, c'mon dude!" Hayner joked. "It can't be that bad."

"Axel."

"Or um...you know...shit happens. And it's only for a month! How bad can it be?"

Namine sighed and stared down at the ground.
"I'm sorry, Roxas. Rikku just wanted to be partners with me so badly..."

"You don't have to apologize, Namine." Roxas sighed.

"Was it really that bad over spring break?" Pence asked.

Hayner, Olette and Roxas all turned to look at the boy with grim expressions.

"G...Guess so." Pence chuckled nervously.

"I think I actually hate Axel more than Riku." Roxas remarked. "I mean, before, Riku was just a pervert who got on my nerves. But at least he wasn't a pervert who got on my nerves and pulled stupid stunts like Axel."

"I'm sure if you just talked to Axel-"

"Oh, believe me Namine, there's no getting through to that moron. He hears the words but his brain can't comprehend them."

"Well you'll have to talk to him anyway for that dumb project, right?" Hayner said.

"Don't remind me." Roxas sighed. "Any moment of peace I can get without that redhead crossing my mind-"

"What redhead?" Kairi asked as both Sora and herself walked up to the group.

"Oh, hey Kairi." Namine said before raising an eyebrow. "Where's Selphie?"

"Yeah." Hayner said. "Usually she sticks to you like glue."

"Oh. Selphie, Tidus, Rikku and Wakka are all doing club-related things. First day back, you know?" Kairi grinned. "So, which redhead were you all talking about."

"Axel." Hayner replied, and Roxas's expression seemed to get worse just by hearing his name.

"You mean that new Junior?" Kairi asked.

Hayner nodded his head.
"Yeah. You heard about what happened, right?"

"Roxas already told me." Kairi said nervously. "And I think-"

"Hey honey!"

Everyone froze as they turned to look at Axel who was smiling almost too sweetly at Roxas, and Riku who was waving at the group.

"Axel..." Roxas whispered in an annoyed tone.

"Oh, hey Riku!" Kairi smiled. Sora fidgeted nervously and hid behind Kairi. "And Axel."

"Hey." Riku replied.

Roxas growled under his breath and stormed away, Namine, Hayner, Pence, and Olette close behind.

"Geez, is your brother still mad, Sora?" Axel asked.

"Y...yeah." The brunette squeaked.

"Why are you hiding behind Kairi?"

"I just...um..." Sora turned around and walked away. "Excuse me."

Riku reached out to grab Sora but then pulled back upon realizing that he was the one Sora was avoiding.

"You know," Kairi remarked upon seeing the sad look on Riku's face. "Sora wouldn't avoid you unless he had a reason, Riku."

"So he really does hate me..."

"N-no! That's not what I-"

"It's fine, Kairi." Riku said as he walked off.

Axel scratched the back of his head.
"Geez, all this drama is starting to drive me up the wall."

Kairi smiled and chuckled to herself.
"Eh, welcome to highschool. Home of what could be the best live soap opera ever."

"Heh. Teenage drama sucks." The redhead held out his hand. "By the way, I'm Axel. You're Kairi, right?"

"Yeah." Kairi replied as she shook his hand. "And you must be the 'Axel' Roxas is always talking about."

Axel's eyebrows shot up.

"Really?" He smirked.

"But not necessarily in a good way. It seems you pissed off our little bundle of blonde joy."

"Yeah, I seem to do that to alot of people." Axel replied. "So do you know why Sora's acting so weird? I mean, I can understand Roxas ignoring Riku, but-"

"N-No!" Kairi said, waving her arms out infront of her. "Of course not! I'm just as surprised as you are!"

Axel raised a suspicious eyebrow.
"Really?" He shrugged."Well, whatever. I'm sure you have your reasons for keeping it a secret."

"Right...Well, I should go find Sora..."

"Yeah. Wouldn't want our little ray of sunshine be eclipsed by whatever's plagueing him forever. Later, Kairi."

"Yeah...later." Kairi said as she walked off.
"That Axel kid is way too damn perceptive..."

"Oh! And Kairi!" Axel called. The girl turned around. "I'm not perceptive in the least. You're just bad at lieing."

Kairi felt a chill down her spine.


Day one of being back at highschool after a week long break had gone by less than smoothly. By the end of the day, Roxas just wanted to be home. Anything to get away from that prison.

"Two more days...just two more days." Sora repeated to himself as he walked home.

"One month...just one month and I'll be free..." Roxas said as he followed Sora home.

"Oh hey, Roxas." Sora said, snapping out of his thoughts. "Namine told me that you're doing some sort of group project in Health and that Axel is in your group."

Roxas seethed.
"You heard correctly."

"So...does that mean he'll be coming over to our house?"

Roxas froze and glared at the ground.
"If he must then I'll be sure to cover our furniture with plastic beforehand."

"Roxas..."

"Sora, I know you want me to forgive them. But it's not going to happen. I've told you, right?"

"That you hate Axel and you hate Riku...I know, Roxas, but-"

"-No buts. No exceptions. This next month is going to be hell for me Sora. If I wasn't a straight-A student, I wouldn't even bother with this..."

"...But you are going to bother with it, right?" Sora asked.

Roxas let out a long sigh.
"I have no choice, do I? Either way, I'm screwed...and not in the good way. Might as well make an A out of it if I'm going to regret my actions whichever road I choose, right?"

"Yeah...And maybe..." Sora trailed off, shuffling his feet nervously.

The blonde glanced at his brother as he opened their front door.

"Maybe what?"

Sora shook his head.
"Nah, nevermind."

"Weirdo."


"Tidus, meet Axel. Axel, meet Tidus."

"Yo." Tidus said. "So you're the Axel who Riku says is alot more trouble than he's worth, huh?"

Axel's jaw dropped before Tidus patted the redhead on the back and put on a cheeky grin. "Kidding...sort of. So hey, Riku. What's up? I didn't get to see you at lunch. Club activities, you know?"

"Like I said before, Tidus." Riku said calmly. "It's nothing."

"The love of his life is avoiding him and his brother hates him." Axel commented.

Tidus made a noise similar to that of a chicken getting it's head chopped off.

"Wh..WHAT?! Riku has a lover? And it's another guy?!"

"Now you've done it, Axel." Riku growled. The redhead shrugged boredly as Tidus continued to make accusations of, "I knew you were gay!" and "So that's why you've never had a girlfriend!"

"Tidus! Get ahold of yourself, geez. He's not a lover-"

"-Although he wishes." Axel laughed, and Riku promptly smacked axel in the back of the head. "I was joking! Don't have to get all defensive, Mrs. Drama Queen."

"Like I was SAYING," Riku cleared his throat irritably. "He's a friend. My best friend, actually. And he's ignoring me for whatever reason."

"Oh, Sora, right?" Tidus laughed loudly. "Dude! Why didn't you just say so. Sora's practically a girl. You know...minus the penis."

Axel choked on air and then started crying tears of joy.
"Oh man. Tidus, we're officially best friends."

Riku glared at the two, crossing his arms indignantly.
"Whatever. Point is, Sora is ignoring me and Roxas hates me. The end."

"So is that what you're all worked up about?" Tidus snickered. "You know, you may look like a tough badass on the outside, but inside you're as mushy hearted as some lovesick girl."

"That's exactly what I told him!" Axel laughed as he high-fived Tidus.

"Why do I make friends with such idiots?" Riku wondered.


"Man, I wonder what's going on with Sora." Selphie said as she walked home with Namine and Kairi. "Why is he not allowed to talk to Riku, Kairi? Any idea?"

"No way am I telling you, Selphie. You're the biggest blabber-mouth in the school."

"So you do know something!" Selphie squealed. "Tell me! Tell me! Tell meeeee!"

"No."

"Puh-leeeaaasseee?"

"Selphie, if I told you then it'd ruin all the fun."

Selphie huffed.
"Really? Well geez, you sure don't hold back on your punches, huh?"

Namine laughed quietly.
"So that's why Sora's so sad? He can't talk to Riku anymore?"

"Only for a few days." Kairi replied.

Namine and Selphie stared at Kairi, confusion clearly written on their faces.

"I'm sure Sora will tell you about it after everything's said and done. I'm keeping it a secret for now."


A/N: And so the events are set. READY, STEADY, GO!

This story isn't near finished but I just thought I'd let you all know that updates may/may not slow down a bit. I mean, I should still update pretty frequently, but I'm starting up another multi-chapter fanfic soon. Right now, I'm just brainstorming ideas for it but once I actually start typing out the chapters, this fic might not be updated everyday like I try to update it. Also, I'm heading out to my dad's on the 11th and won't be back until August 13th (8/13! AKUROKU DAY!) so while I'm out there, I may not have time to update all that much either. Just know that I'll try my very best to keep up with this while balancing another mutli-chaptered fanfic and visiting my dad. I will not drop this fic though, so don't worry about that. I hate leaving fics. unfinished.

As always, if you enjoyed this even a little bit I'd love you forever if you'd review. Any feedback at all is appreciated and makes me uber happy. Happier than Demyx with a sitar and a bag of pixie stix.

I actually kinda felt rushed writing this chapter so I don't think it's my best...but I hope you liked it anyway! I apologize if it was kind of confusing but I decided to only show them in their first two hours of school, lunch, and then walking home. I thought that if I typed up their entire day, it would be a little boring to read and become tedious.