Chapter Seven: For You, I Will

Namine yawned, getting up from her slumber. She sat up and stretched, but soon allowed herself to fall back onto the bed. She had never had such a comfortable sleep before. Pushing her face into the pillow, she demanded sleep to come back again. However, sleep refused to return, so Namine stretched and got out of her bed.

She blinked.

A bed?

Namine squealed, leaping up and removing herself from the bed. She didn't have a bed. She had a flimsy mattress with the comfort level of negative seven. Usually that mattress was on the floor with no pillow or blanket. She looked around, trying to figure whose room she was in. Gasping, she realized she was in her own room. What kind of a joke was this? The night before, she fell asleep on her flimsy mattress and now she had woken up in a bed. That meant… that meant…

Someone had moved her. Someone had touched her without her knowing.

"Do you like it?"

Namine turned around to find Zexion sitting in one of her chairs, glancing at her drawings. He stared at her knowingly as he placed a drawing back on the table. She grabbed the nearest item to protect herself. Unfortunately, it was a pillow. Zexion laughed at the young girl's feeble attempt.

"I had Lexaeus bring it in while you slept. I put you in the bed and you looked satisfied enough," Zexion explained, standing up and walking over towards her. She seemed hesitant to open up to him, and he knew she would be a bit abrasive. He would show her a 'soft' side. Yes, and he would be able to grab hold of her diary and use it against her. With this, he could command the other members to do as he wished. There would be a new leader in town, and dang, he would have hot emo bangs. "Does it make you upset?"

"N… no, thank you," Namine replied, backing up into a wall. Zexion smiled gently, holding out his hand.

"Come here, Namine," Zexion said softly. "I shall get you food today."

"Food?" Namine asked, trying not to look too excited. She was hungry and probably would've killed the guy if he said he wasn't going to feed her. Zexion chuckled, looking quite amused. He nodded towards the door. It was wide open and no one was there. No one was watching except for Zexion and Namine.

"Today is the day Roxas will feed me, and if Roxas forgets, I'll find my own food," Namine assured, backing into the wall as closely as she could. By saying that she'd find her own food, she really meant that Axel would probably come and feed her. It was dangerous to wander around the castle, especially during meal times. If she wandered during breakfast, it would be suicide. Zexion's smile dimmed a bit and he looked at her with complete sincerity in his eyes.

"You do not want my presence? Are you not grateful for what I've done?"

"I'm very grateful! I'm just not hungry right now!" Namine insisted, shaking her head. Her stomach growled loudly. Blushing horribly, she turned away. "I'm okay, really…"

"At least do me the honor of eating with you, Namine," Zexion stated with a gentlemanly smile. Namine blushed slightly, embarrassed that he would speak to her in such a way. She took his hand.

"I guess so…" Namine replied quietly, as she let him lead her out of her room. She stared down the empty hallway, stopping for a moment out of fear. This was probably a trap. Zexion was going to feed her to Xemnas. She was going to be eaten by Xemnas… slowly. She pulled back towards her room. "Wait. I forgot something in my room…"

"I'll protect you. You have nothing to fear," Zexion said, turning back and smiling at her. He patted her head. "Believe in me."

Namine's eyes widened. Who was this person? Who stole that mean snappy Zexion and replaced him with this princely one? Maybe she was dreaming. That would make sense of it all. If this was a dream, then she should enjoy it. Yes, that would work.

Zexion didn't have to ask in order to know what Namine was thinking. He would appear to be kind and thoughtful, but he would soon be able to lose his "princely" side and have the diary under his possession. Suddenly, he noticed a slight disturbance from the right. It was Axel's room. He smirked, grabbing hold of Namine tightly and pushing her away from the room. The two fell to the ground with Zexion on top of Namine. "Watch out!!"

At that moment, Vexen flew through the wall. Axel looked angry as he appeared from the whole. He glared at Vexen, holding his chakram in his shaking hands. "You dare try to touch me while I'm sleeping again and I'll rip your face off!"

"I'm sorry. Were you busy sleeping with Larxene again?" Vexen teased, rushing down the hallway. Axel's eye twitched, meaning that everyone within a fifty meter range should get the heck away. He chased Vexen down the hallway, chakram ready to slice into the big lug's head. As soon as the two were well out of sight, Zexion propped himself up on his elbows to let Namine have some breathing room. He looked down at her. She looked so pathetic and weak.

"Are you all right? Sorry I didn't get up sooner. I know we don't blend well into the white building, but keeping low works well if there's nothing else we can do," Zexion explained. Namine was bright red, but she seemed to be breathing. Zexion felt a smirk coming, but held it back. Everything was going to plan. He might as well be kami-sama and play PSP dating sims because he was really good at this "getting a girl's heart" thing. Getting up, he caught a scent. Strawberry-watermelon? Maybe watermelon-strawberry. It smelled good. He smiled at her brightly, holding out a hand to help her up. "Let's go before someone finds us."

"O-okay," Namine said, grabbing his hand. The two walked down the hallway, away from Axel and Vexen. They walked in silence. Zexion figured it'd be better for the girl to feel odd and strange for awhile. She was probably thinking things like 'I've never seen this side of Zexion before' or 'Has he always been this handsome?' and he knew it was probably going to go on for awhile. Oh, he was so smooth.

"Zexion, why are you doing this?" Namine asked.

Yes, so, so smooth.

"Is there a reason why I need to do these things?" Zexion asked, turning back to her. "I just want to do them because it's you, Namine."

"O-oh!" Namine replied, blushing a bright red. She shifted her eyes away. "I… I see."

Soon the diary would be his and he would rule this castle and everyone in it. Sweet, sweet victory.

They reached the kitchen. Zexion glanced inside and found no one. He sighed in relief. He thought that little blonde brat might be in here, trying to find Namine some food. Opening the door, Zexion motioned for Namine to walk inside. She entered warily, looking for any sort of trap or strange mechanism that would immediately put her in a strange situation. Finding nothing, she nearly screamed for joy and ran to the fridge. She took out eggs, green onions, uncooked bacon, and soy sauce. Before Zexion could say anything, Namine placed a pan on the stove and checked if there was any rice. She found that there was still enough rice for two and she began to cook. She fried the eggs with chopped green onions while she cooked the bacon on the other burner. In almost no time, she had fried eggs and bacon with rice for the two of them.

"It's been forever since I've been so happy to cook," Namine said, motioning for him to sit. She poured a little bit of soy sauce on her eggs. Zexion sat across from her. "I'm glad I could share this moment with you, Zexion!"

Zexion stared at the food she made. Did she know that he liked his eggs fried with green onion? Not to mention, she even remembered the soy sauce. How could she know? Was she the one playing him? It had to be coincidence. Pouring just a little bit of soy sauce on his eggs, Zexion took a bite into his eggs. It was delicious. The eggs were nice and fluffy, but had that slight crunch because of the green onion. The soy sauce added just that little hint of flavor. He took a bite of the bacon. It was crunchy, just the way he liked it. Staring at Namine, Zexion wondered if he had misjudged the girl. She didn't take a bite until she had seen he took one himself. He found himself thinking that maybe she would make a good wife.

"How did you know?" Zexion asked after he took another bite. Namine tilted her head slightly.

"Know what?"

"That I love to eat this kind of food?"

"I didn't. I'm glad you like it though," Namine replied happily, giving him a bright smile. "I like this kind of food too! I guess we have something in common after all."

The two sat there and talked for a little while longer, finishing up their meal. After they ate, Namine took the plates and washed them. Zexion watched her. She was so small and fragile, but maybe he was wrong about her being pathetic. She was kind and gentle. Her movements were elegant and soft. He loved the smell of her hair. Zexion found a blush come to his face. No, this was for the diary. He wouldn't allow himself to fall in love with some little child witch.

"Thanks for the meal, Zexion," Namine said gratefully once she finished the dishes. He managed a smile at her. Namine walked up to him, motioning him to come down as if she were going to tell him a secret. Zexion bent down slightly to be at her level. She pushed aside his bangs and kissed him on the forehead. "I didn't know you were such a wonderful person."

Zexion watched as she left the room, a light tinge of pink on his cheeks. She was supposed to be under his spell. However, he just couldn't stop thinking about her. What the heck just happened? Did he somehow get a crush on her instead? He wouldn't allow it. He refused to allow it. He touched his forehead. However, the kiss was nice.

Namine walked down the hallway, a bright smile on her lips. It had been too long since a satisfying meal like that. Oh silly Zexion, he always thought he was so high and mighty. As she returned to her room, she unconsciously touched her lips. She grinned, laughing to herself. If only he had known what she had been planning as they walked to the kitchen. It was another experiment. There had to be a reason why Zexion had such crazy bangs. She laughed a little more once she was in her room. She had thought about this possibility but she didn't think it was actually true. Grabbing a piece of paper, Namine began to draw once more before anyone could ask why she was laughing so much.

Zexion did, indeed, have a glass eye under those bangs.


Author's Note

AND THERE YOU HAVE IT!

It's what Zexion has been hiding the entire time. He has a glass eye instead of a right eyeball. IGNORE ALL SCREENCAPS of his right eye. They were PHOTOSHOPPED. XD I have no idea what the point of his right eye is if he can't even see what all that hair there, so it HAS to be a fake eye. Maybe he's trying to hide that fact he has the sharingan because he ripped out Sasuke's right eye after winning an emo battle. Who knows?

Oh, about the "kami-sama" and "psp dating sims"... it was a reference to a manga I love. The World Only God Knows. XD I'll probably have strange references here and there just because it probably wouldn't be a crack story without them. Dang, I think I'll do my best to have, at least, one chapter with a Namine (possibly crack) pairing. XD Let's see, I have Roxas, Demyx, and Zexion down... Axel will be an easy one. Dunno about Saix cuz he has Larxene now... or does he? Haha. I can't wait to see how all of this turns out in the end.

Thanks for reading and supporting me. Namine now has 714 grains of rice with an additional 150 grains of rice from each comment! She also has two slices of bacon for the commentors who even considered Saix and Larxene. XD She thanks you all!