My gaze wandered from Naminé to the lighter to the contract and then back at Naminé. "No." I stated stubbornly.
Naminé's face softened and she smiled at me. "Roxas, don't you want Axel to be able to move on?" She asked, caressing my cheek softly.
"Yes, but…" I started, not completely sure what to say.
"It's important that you both move on." Naminé stated and reached me the lighter once more.
I looked at the lighter and felt the urge to throw it out the window. Naminé couldn't decide whether or not I should burn the contract. But she did have a point. Unless I burn it, we'll never be able to move on. "Naminé… I have to think about it…" I mumbled and pushed away the lighter.
"Okay, Roxas." She said and smiled. "I understand."
Naminé spent the night at my place. I slept on the couch while she slept in my bed. But I just couldn't sleep. Her talk about burning the contract had gotten to my head. Axel would never forgive it. And he'd definitely move on. But do I really want him to?
After a while of thinking, I fell asleep and dreamt of Axel. Well, actually more of reliving memories. Most would've called it a nightmare but I didn't. Technically it was just a reminder of the biggest mistake of my life.
The first memory was when I dumped Naminé for Axel.
"Roxas! I came as soon as I could. What was it you wanted to tell me?" Naminé had greeted me with the biggest and most cheerful smile I had ever seen. It felt horrible to see that smile since I knew what was going to happen.
"I like someone else." I stated quietly. Naminé's smile died. "I'm sorry, Naminé, I really am." And with those words, I had left her. And I didn't meet her again until the club the other night.
It's because of that memory I didn't want Axel to break up with Marluxia just because he had someone else. I can still remember Naminé's face, full of pain and sadness. Poor girl.
The other memory was when me and Axel broke up.
All those words we had said to each other. All of them were some sort of insult, but the worst one for both of us must have been the one I called out. 'Ex.'
The anger had disappeared from Axel's face. "You don't mean that."
"Yes I do. From now on, that's what you are to me." I had said and gone into my room, away from him.
Naminé made me pancakes to breakfast and we ate in thick, awkward silence. Axel was going to pick up some stuff later. Naminé was going to leave soon after that. Then I would be alone. All alone. I had missed phone calls from Kairi and messages where she wondered what had happened between me, Axel and Naminé, but neither me nor Naminé, bothered calling her up and telling her it was none of her business.
The time went as slow as ever. Minutes felt like hours, hours felt like days until, finally, the doorbell rang. Both me and Naminé jerked up and went to the door. I slowly opened the door to find Axel standing there. He was carrying his suitcase, who was still full.
"Hi, Roxas." He greeted, ignoring Naminé, while he walked past us and into what once was his room. "I'm just gonna fill the bag with some more stuff."
"So you haven't unpacked it?" I said and shook my head at his laziness.
"No. But I don't have to." He said as I joined him in his room with Naminé following. "Yet."
"Do you want help packing?" I asked politely. I wanted Naminé to leave but I just couldn't tell her that.
"No, it's okay." He said and stuffed some stuff into the already full bag. "Well, actually…" He started and looked down at the almost bursting bag. "Do you have a bag I can borrow?" He asked and scratched the back of his head.
I smiled. "Sure."
After Axel had filled the borrowed bag, he left. Now he had a reason to come back; he had to return the bag.
"Roxas…" Naminé called out softly. "You need to move on."
I tensed up and looked back at her. "I know." I stated and returned my gaze to the window, where it followed Axel's every move.
Naminé grabbed my arm and pulled me, pretty gently, away from the window. "Roxas…" She said with a voice full of pity. "I love you and I always did. Now that I finally get to be with you again, you keep thinking about your ex. Please…" Naminé looked so desperate and sad that I couldn't help but embrace her.
"I'm sorry, Naminé." I said and stroked her hair carefully.
"Please burn the contract…" Naminé said while snuffling. "For me?"
I just looked at her for a moment before going to get the contract. "Naminé, get your lighter." I commanded. She shone up and smiled towards me while going to her jacket and getting the lighter. She reached it to me and I held it under the contract. But instead of burning the contract I threw the lighter over my shoulder and in to the water filled sink.
"I will not now, nor never, burn this contract." I stated as Naminé glared at me while getting her lighter.
A glaring Naminé? That's weird… Almost like…
"You are IMPOSSIBLE!"
… She suddenly changed personality…
"You are STUBBORN, RUDE AND OBVIOUSLY NOT OVER AXEL!" She screamed at me while pulling her hair like a mad man. "I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO CALL KAIRI AND TELL HER THAT I CAN'T GO THROUGH WITH THIS!" She stopped, realizing she had said to much.
LalaHachi: You know what I could randomly do in the next chapter? KILL EVERYONE!! MWAHAHAHHA!! (I'm very tired... Don't ask what the hell I'm on, because I'm not sure. I took some sort of pill earlier but it was just to cure my stupid headache _)
... I could kill Naminé *smiles evilly*
Please read "Like the leaf on the rooftop"! It would make the tired me so happy! Wiiiiiie ~~