Well, first of all, I need to apologize for taking nearly two months to update, but with school starting, the 'summer inspiration' really left me, and I realize that that is no excuse, but hey, I'm writing about summer fun while it's raining out, that's quite depressing. Alright, I'm guessing you guys don't really care about my writing woes, so I'm going to shut up now and write. Enjoy!
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(~Xion~)*one week later*
About a week after our mildly suggestive movie date, I had spent the week lounging around in the lazy, humid summer air, and while sitting in the same chair all day may sound awful to some people, I find it rather nice, considering I don't have to worry about homework, curfews, or really anything that required energy. So it was the 30th of June, a cold glass of lemonade in my right hand, my cell phone in my left, when my cellphone began blasting Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call me Maybe'. I groaned, remembering that after our movie, Kairi had taken my phone and purchase that song as a ringtone and the set it as my ringtone. Unfortunately for me, Kairi had taken the courtesy to lock my ringtones, refusing to tell me the passcode. I jammed my thumb on the green button of my phone, and put it up to my ear.
"What?" I asked in a monotone voice. "Hey, sunshine, it sounds like you're having a wonderful day!" a voice chirped sarcastically at me. I sighed, "Thank you, Riku, you just made my day so much better by calling." I heard him chuckle once, and then he said, "Good, you shouldn't be so zombie-like all the time, anyway, I was wondering if you wanted to come over and watch a marathon of Saw movies." I considered this, and, since it normally wasn't that unlikely that one of the six of us would ask another to veg out at their house, I found myself replying, "Sure, I'll be over in an hour of so." "Great, and hey, bring some of that popcorn you guys always have at your house!" He exclaims. "Sure, sure, if I decide that I'm feeling generous I will." I say slowly, smirking slightly. "Come on, Xion, bring it over and I'll get your ringtone password from Kairi!" He says, and, I have to admit that's a good bribe, I sigh and say, "Damn you," and hang up, but not before I hear him begin to laugh on the other end.
As I pulled up to Riku's house exactly 52 minutes later, my phone rang again, Carly Rae Jepsen's voice quickly filling my car. I groan, and answer it, asking, "Yes, can I help you?" in a mildly sarcastic manner. "Well, you sound like you're in a great mood!" Kairi's voice exclaims from the other end. I sigh, "Sorry, Kai, but I just pulled up to Riku's house, and we're having a Saw marathon." I was met with, surprisingly, silence on the other end, and after a moment of it, I began to think she had hung up. Unfortunately, she did not. "Oh, Xion, Naminé and I are so proud of you! Why, if we all had enough courage to just go over to our future husband's house, then maybe our world would be a better pl-"
"Kairi, It's just a Saw marathon, do I need to point out the obvious here?" when Kairi remained silent and didn't start gushing again, I continued, "First of all, I don't like Riku. Second of all, do you think I would be calling you right now if I were going over to his house for a date? And really, do you honestly think that Saw is an appropriate movie for two lovers to be seeing on a date?" I heard her chuckle, "Xion, with you, I could believe almost anything." And then, she just hung up. After pointlessly sputtering at my phone for a good 20 seconds, I tossed my phone into my bag and quickly got off of my moped. Before I even got to the front door, it swung open, revealing Riku clad in black sweats and a grey muscle shirt. "What did you do, just work out?" I asked as I climbed the steps to him fairly large porch.
Riku's house was by no means as extravagant as Kairi's, but it was still incredibly nice. Their porch was a huge wrap-around porch that circled around half of their house, before connecting with the back porch. His house, by the way, was a gigantic circle. Apparently his family didn't want an ordinary house. The inside was nice, too, all of their furniture was leather, their kitchen had enough granite to last them through the millennia, and, of course, his house was always spotless. Well, accept for his room. Now that looked like a tornado hit his room.
"Nah, you just aren't near as important for me to dress up for." He teased, and closed the door behind us as we entered his house. "Well thanks, that makes me feel really special." I retorted, and begin to saunter up to his room without him. "Hey, wait, didn't you bring me popcorn?" He asked, skidding in front of me and sticking his arms out in front of me. I raised one eyebrow and asked, "What, did you seriously expect me to just show up with food for you?" His face fell and he dropped his arms, "Alright, fine," he paused for a moment, and sighed. I figured out what he was going to do a second too late. He lunged at me, and I hopped back with a small yelp, his outstretched arm narrowly missing my bag I had brought in with me. I clicked my tongue at him, "Riku, must you be so impatient?" I questioned, just as his arm shot out and grabbed my shoulder, and pulled me towards him. Actually, a little too close, because our chests bumped together and my head whacked his collar bone. Well, at least he got my bag.
"Damn it, Riku, give me back my bag!" I called as he ran down the hallway and into his kitchen with it. I followed him, and found him rummaging around in my bag, his eyebrows scrunched together, and for the briefest moment, I found that perplexed expression charming. But that expression disappeared quickly, and so did my very unhelpful thoughts, thankfully. He pulled out the box of popcorn I had stashed in the bottom of my bag and held it above his head like he was holding a trophy. "Victory!" He announced, and tossed my bag back to me with a smirk, and headed towards his room. "Yeah, yeah, act all smug because you found a box of stupid popcorn in my bag." I snapped and we sat down on the edge of his bed in his room, a large TV facing us. But even as I said it, I couldn't quite fight the grin that was forcing its way onto my face as I looked at him. Damn him.
(~Naminé~)
"Yep, she totally loves him." Kairi announced as soon as she got off of the phone with Xion. Kairi, Selphie, Olette and I were all circled around a table outside of one of the moogle shops in Tram Plaza sharing a rather large tub of Paopu Fruit flavored ice cream. Selphie giggled and dug her spoon into the half-full ice cream container, "Of course she does, its written all over both of their faces." I rolled my eyes, "Come on, Selphie, it's not quite that obvious. Xion isn't even admitting it to herself yet, and for all we know, Riku just finds it fun to flirt with the girl. I mean, we all know that boy's got a reputation." I said, attempting to keep Xion's name somewhat clean of romantic gossip. Olette smiled, "You are right about that." She offered. "Oh, Naminé, We've known Riku for years and we both know he wouldn't do that to Xion…or else I'd put my foot up his ass." Kairi exclaimed fiercely. "Well, I'm just attempting to be cautious, here. She is my friend, after all." I told Kairi. She sighed, "I know, but part of being a friend is pushing them off a cliff when their ready to fly!"
"Kairi, this isn't flying here, this is young love, and remember, if you screw with it too much, you'll crush it and then everyone will be pissed at you." Selphie imputed quickly. "What do you mean, Selphie, don't you want the two of them together as much as the rest of us?" Olette inquired, digging her spoon into the ice cream bucket. "Of course I do, Olette, but we must be sneaky about this, like ninjas." Selphie told us, and I rolled my eyes. "Well, what are you planning here; can't we just let them be? Maybe they'll get together on their own." Selphie scoffed, "Fine, let's say Mother Nature lets them get together, but what about father time?" I cock my head to the side, "What?" "I mean, if they do get together, it'll take way too long for it to happen, so why don't we just…speed up the process a little?" I stayed silent, and Kairi nodded her head, "I think we could do that. Of course, we can't do anything too terribly obvious or stupid, but I suppose little things may help." I sighed, "Whatever, as long as we don't make things worse, I'll be fine." Olette smiled and agreed to help us, and Selphie grinned, "Great! And maybe after we get Xion and Riku together, we can get Roxas and Nam together!" Olette and Kairi laughed while I rolled my eyes and tried to ignore the flip flop in my stomach.
As if on cue, my phone vibrated in my shorts pocket, and I glanced at the screen under our table. The name on the screen sent my heart for a race, and my palms began to sweat, much to my annoyance.
From: Roxas
Hey, would you mind
Bringing me over some
Ice cream?
I squint at the screen for a moment, resisting the urge to call him a stalker or something else similar to that. I slowly reply, moving my fingers slowly across the keyboard as I do so.
From: Naminé
To: Roxas
I might if you tell me
how you know where
I am!
I set my phone down in my lap, and attempt to get back into the conversation that had now evolved into elaborate attempts to get me and Roxas together. "No, wait, what if we left them at an amusement park or something and refused to pick them up until they hooked up?!" Selphie had been proposing, her arms flailing around in wild gestures. Olette laughed, "Nah, I think they'd walk home first!" she replied. I rolled my eyes and glanced down at my phone that had started vibrating again.
From: Roxas
Turn around
I hesitantly turned my head to face behind me. There wasn't much behind me, the road the tram takes on its route around town, and a few more shops, and I was about to text him back asking what he meant by that, when I spotted him. He was lounging on a bench outside of our town gift shop, his arm flung over the empty bench as if he were waiting for someone, try as I may, I couldn't quite keep the grin from spreading across my face, and I was almost certain that my cheeks turned an annoying shade of pink. I glanced back at Selphie, Kairi and Olette, who were still absorbed in their elaborate discussions on how to get Roxas and I to hook up. I sighed and slowly stood up, and, when nobody even glanced at me, I turned and briskly walked towards Roxas and that darn empty bench he was seated on.
"What's up?" I asked in the most obnoxious voice I can muster. He gave me a brief sideways grin and patted the space next to him on the bench. I internally cheered as I sat down beside him; he moved his arm off of the back of the bench. He turned to face me and smiled, "Were you having fun with the large herd of gossip vultures?" He asked sweetly. "Hey! Those are my friends, you know!" I exclaim, playfully whacking him on the arm, even though I had started giggled slightly. He smiled a small, closed lipped smile, and pulled out a ten dollar bill, "Hey, if you go steal that tub of ice cream, I'll give you ten bucks." He told me in a hushed tone. I laughed, imagining the look on Selphie's face if I did, and even though I knew that stealing things is wrong, I still found that I wanted to do it. I stood, and casually strolled over to the table that Kairi, Selphie and Olette were sitting around, and stood behind the chair I had been sitting in and glanced at the ice cream bucket for a moment, before reaching out and taking it. "Hey, Naminé! What are you doing with our ice cream!?" I heard Selphie shout, but I was too busy running towards Roxas, who was standing, laughing. I reached him, and grabbed his wrist with my empty hand. "Come on!" I exclaimed, and we kept running out of the Plaza and towards the woods on the edge of town.
The woods are on the other side of a large wall splitting the town from the big abandoned mansion that lies on the outskirts of Twilight Town. Only a small passage connects the town and the woods. We ran through the passage and through the small wooded area, and into the large clearing in front on the abandoned mansion. We stopped then, bursting into a fit of laughter. "Did you see Olette's face?!" He asked in between gulps of air. I nodded, recalling Olette's pursed lips and drawn together eyebrows. "S-she looked like she had to pee!" I got out before I started laughing again. He started laughing harder, too, which made me feel better, naturally. I glanced down at the bucket of ice cream in my hand and frowned slightly, trying not to start laughing tonight. "Roxas?" I asked slowly, glancing up at him. "Yes, Nam?" I turned back to the bucket to keep him from seeing me blushing. "How on earth are we gonna eat this without any silverware?" I asked in a controlled voice. He looked down at the bucket of now half melted ice cream and cocked his head to one side. "Um…maybe if we wait for it to melt we could just drink it out of the bucket?" He suggested. "Roxas, that's disgusting, I'm not going to drink that! Three other people have eaten out of that bucket!" I said matter-of-factly. "Pfft, well that didn't stop you when you were eating it with a spoon." He muttered. "Yeah, and that was before I knew I was going to have to share it with you." I teased, and set down the bucket. He raised an eyebrow and questioned, "Oh, really, is that it?" I tried and miserably failed to not smile, and I took a step back when he stepped towards the bucket. "Hmm, well, I guess there's only one good use for this then." He said thoughtfully. "And what is that?" I inquired carefully. "FOOD FIGHT!" He announced, and scooped into the bucket and flung a handful of the now gooey yellow ice cream at me, and it hit me square in the collar bone.
I gasped at the coldness of the fruit-flavored goop, and glared at him fiercely. "Roxas Strife, you come here, I'm gonna kill you!" I shouted, running after him as he turned to jog away. Unfortunately for him, he wasn't expecting me to come trucking up behind him, and so when I catapulted myself into his back, he flailed forward, letting go of the ice cream pail. I grabbed it in mid-air, and, while he was still on the ground, managed to pour some of the runnier ice cream onto his back. "Agh! Good God, Naminé! Get back here!" he shouted, getting up quickly and sprinting towards me. I yelped and flung the bucket at him and ran. I turned around just to see that as I flung the bucket, some of the ice cream had flown out of the bucket and splattered onto his neck. I stopped for a moment to laugh at him and he did an awkward little dance, trying to keep the ice cream from dripping down his back. When he looked up at my laughing, he narrowed his eyes and ran towards me, causing me to quickly turn and sprint in the opposite direction. I thought that I had outrun him, when a large wave of cold, sticky ice cream hit the back of my head and my back. I stopped and jumped a little, startled at cold. I turned and snatched the bucket out of his hands, and flung the entire contents of the pail at his face, and a large blob of yellow glop hit him square in the face.
I dropped the bucket and grinned at him as he sputtered and rubbed the ice cream out of his eyes. He glanced at the empty ice cream bucket, and grinned. He then proceeded to shake his head like a dog, droplets of ice cream hitting me all over. I held my hands out in front of me, trying to shield myself from the rain if ice cream, but all that did was coat my hands and I shrugged, rubbing the liquid off on my shorts. He quit shaking his head and looked up at me with a grin. After looking at the state he was in, I started laughing again. "What is so funny now?" He questioned, even though he was already smiling. "You, you look like a d-dog!" I managed to get out. He kind of stared at me for a minute, before rolling his eyes and laughing along with me. "Yes, because you just look like a queen right now!" He said, laughing. I stood up a little straighter, "Hell yeah I am, I'm the queen of ice cream, bow down, doughty subject!" I teased, and he got down on his knees and pretended to bow, "Oh great queen, Naminé, please spare my lowly, poor soul!" He said in an English accent. I giggled and said, "Very well, you may leave my presence, commoner." He got up and rolled his eye, and offered me his arm, "Come on, queeny, I'll drive you home."
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Ah, that was fun to write. Alright, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and I can't wait to read any reviews I may get from this chapter, have a lovely day, everyone!