I had planned to walk down to the park and draw, then come back home and draw and then finally draw some more. 3 activities for a whole day seemed boring, so I decided to ask Roxas what he was doing.
"I might go down to the Park" he said, his voice still groggy and his mouth still finishing his breakfast.
"Who with?' I enquired, impatiently sitting on the table.
"Riku and Sora" he shrugged, his voice beginning to fix to the bright day.
"Can I tag along?" I said, intruding all over Roxas' existence.
"Yeah," he said "Riku and Sora will be there"
Excellent, first day of summer with 3 of my best friends? Boo yeah!
So, after Roxas had prepared himself (I was pre prepared) we headed down to the Park to meet Riku and Sora, who were riding their skateboards, carving up the pavement like it was a Christmas ham.
"Hey!" Roxas called, his own multi-coloured skateboard was held under his arm. The two guys turned and smiled at our presence.
"'Sup guys!" Sora greeted, while Riku just gave one of his simple grins. They didn't seem so shocked that I was there, not that I expected them to be, we'd been hanging out for a while now. So, as Sora and Roxas battled it out for the 'king of the skateboards' I sat quietly on a metal bench, watching them fool around.
"Namine!"
I turned around to find Xion walking down the shady footpath, her hair safely tucked behind her ears.
"Xion!" I returned, walking over to her.
Today, so far, was an excellent day.
So, while Xion and I spoke like we normally would, the guys were doing 'guy' things as Xion explained it.
"Guy things?" I laughed at the usually smart girl's silly joke.
"Well, how else can I explain it?" she said, trying to hold back laughter, but had a large smile leaking through.
But 'guy things' was far off what they were actually doing, but I never found out till the next day.
Xion was really beginning to open up by this stage; she was constantly cracking jokes, accepting mistakes and even telling us about her personal life. And I seemed to be doing the same too; I wasn't hiding from anyone anymore. Even the hallways at school were filled when I walked through them.
AS the convocation grew deeper and the topics stranger, I began to draw on my sketchpad I had brought down with me. It wasn't anything big, just a few cartoon like drawings representing the topic we were on about.
So, on my end, everything was great, almost perfect. But on Roxas' side, well, it was a different story.
After dispatching from Xion and myself, Roxas, Sora and Riku headed towards the skate park, so that they didn't interrupt our convocation, but were distracted by a nearby gift stall that Sora had to check out. Balloons, stuffed animals and plastic arm bands decorated the small stand, which attracted Sora like a magnet.
"Do you think Kairi would like this?" Sora said, shoving a light pink stuffed unicorn into Riku's face.
"She's not 3, Sora" Riku replied, pushing the animal from his face.
"Oh yeah" Sora said, hanging the doll back on the hook it was situated on. Riku and Roxas tried to continue getting to the skate park, but alias were held back Sora again, who was wondering if Kairi would like this toy, or this arm band or this balloon.
"Why don't you just ask her?" Roxas said, laughing at the ridiculous question.
"Good idea!" Sora beamed, then proceeded to look for the auburn haired girl.
"Should we…?" Roxas asked, knowing that Riku would respond.
"Nah, we'd better tell Kairi that Sora is looking for her though" Riku shrugged, and began walking the opposite direction of Sora.
"Why? It's not like he's dangerous." Roxas replied, quick to catch up with the calm teenager.
"Yeah, but it'd be funny" A thin smile whipped across Riku's face.
After a while of searching, they had made no progress in finding Kairi or any of her friends. Roxas was at the stages of giving up.
"Wait, how do we know that she even came to the park today?"
"Because Sora and I passed her on the way down, it's the only reason Sora's here" Riku replied, seeming a little less clam then what he was before.
"Let's split up!" Roxas suggested "That always works in movies"
"Everyone usually dies in those movies" Riku smartly returned.
"Good thing this isn't a movie then eh?" Roxas said, returning the smart comment.
So they agreed to split up and cover more ground across the huge park.
Roxas had begun searching the covered seating area with a new desire to get a laugh. The area itself was pretty empty, minus the occasional jogger that would dash past.
"Roxas? What a surprise!" A charmingly female voice called from behind him. Behind him was a female's silhouette, hidden in the shadow of the trees.
"Kairi?" he asked the mysterious woman.
"Yes, that's right, it's me, Kairi" she said, stepping out of the shadows.
While those events were happening, my chat with Xion had taken a bit of a serious turn.
"Namine…" Her voice dropped from a cheerfully light charm to a weak and frightened squeak.
"Is something wrong?" I said, lowering my head to meet hers.
"I-I think I might lose Riku"
She had a somewhat decent point, Riku was in Year 11 and would leave school in a year.
"Why? He's still got a year of school" I responded, confused.
"But, after school, he said he wants to go to University"
Xion was always a tad paranoid, she was probably just frightened.
"Xion, Riku, I really think he loves you, I don't think he'd drop you at Uni"
"I-I guess" she stammered.
"Hey Namine!" a harsh, sadistic voice shouted from behind us.
Larxene.
"Hey, Namine, Kairi wants to see you" she said, trying to be somewhat subtle.
"Why? Is it a prank?" I sneered.
"No." she said, twitching "She… she wants to apologize"
"Apologize?" I shot back, raising an eyebrow.
"Well," she sighed back "she spoke to Roxas and, they organized something…"
"What?" I said, hoping that she had just lied.
"Something for you!" she said "She found out Roxas really likes you and wants to date you"
Again, Larxene ability to create a fluent sentence failed. But this, this sounded interesting. Kairi wanted to 'bury the hatchet?' that sounded odd.
"Let me think about it." I said, dismissing Larxene.
"They're in the seated area of the park" she finalized before walking away.
"Go Namine!" Xion encouraged.
During the past weeks, Kairi and I had kinda stopped hating each other. She hasn't ordered anyone to hurt me, and I hadn't of been wanting to smash her face with a rock, so it seemed as if she really did want to apologize.
"I… I guess I should…" I pondered on the moment.
"C'mon, once in a life time opportunity" she was at the edge of her seat.
"Ok, I'll go" I said, zipping up my sleeveless jacket and running to the seating areas.
"You see Roxas" Kairi said, her voice sly and slow "I need to tell you something"
She edged herself over to a table and sat down on it, sighing as she sat.
"Please, take a seat" she pouted. Roxas cautiously sat down next to the odd girl.
"I need to tell someone this, Roxas," she began "someone who is every even minded and fair, like you."
LINE BREAK
My feet were pounding on the concrete pathway, but weren't keeping up with my heartbeat. I had no arguments to deny that I like- no loved- Roxas by now, I had been for a while, I just couldn't admit it, but now, we both would.
LINE BREAK
"Roxas, I'm in love" Kairi confessed to the confused and startled Roxas "In love with a boy, at our school, take guess as to who it is."
Roxas now was incredibly nervous, his hands began to stammer and his voice was culled.
"R-riku?" he creaked, pushing pressure into his feet.
"No, not Riku"
There were only 3 more real options, and this made Roxas even more uncomfortable.
"Van-Vanitas?" he asked, hoping for a yes.
"That rude jerk? No way" she pouted again, her arm reaching up the table, her body facing directly at Roxas.
2 down, 2 more to go.
"S-Sora, it's Sora right?"
Kairi bit the bottom her lip as her eyes traced Roxas' every movement, waiting for the perfect moment.
"No, Roxas, it's you"
I dashed around the corner, checking every garden area for Roxas and Kairi, my excitement being held back by sheer force.
"No, Roxas, it's you"
The words came from beyond the hedge in front of me, I was so close. I ran around the hedge as if it were a mere obstacle, only to be met by Kairi, her lips locked on Roxas' in a deep lingering kiss which almost poisoned my insides.
I felt sick and dizzy almost instantly, all my love had dissolved into hate and agony. Tears began prick and sting my eyes and wet my cheeks and a sick heavy feeling in my stomach only enforced them. Eventually they broke from it, with Kairi's face ridden with evil content and Roxas' smeared with shock and disgust.
But it didn't stop me.
"Ro-Roxas?" I creaked, my throat growing a lump. As he turned to me, his face became even more distraught as he saw me pain. He jumped up, leaving Kairi to laugh manically as Roxas ran towards me.
But I didn't let him get me like that, he may of thought I was no match to him, but now, I felt no guilt in running away from him. I turned, and my legs instantly shot me away, past the shady oaks and kind people and out the main gate.
The tears and pain only motivated me to run faster and harder, to feel the pain wallow inside. Behind me, Roxas was chasing me, not saying a word. I passed the small collection of houses where the Farmers lived and the steep hill with ease, and so did Roxas.
But he couldn't win, I had to put these walls up again so no one could hurt me, or touch me, or love me, or know me. These stone brick walls would be undefeatable, unclimbable and unlovable.
A/N: Drama Bomb! :o Looks like this will be an 11 chapter story, pretty good for my first major fanfic project. Chapter 11 will include the ending, and my final Author's Note, so stay tuned! :D