Chapter 10: Confessions
Roxas ran back to Namine. He found her sniffling and hugging her knees close to her chest.
"R-Roxas?" she asked when he walked up.
"Hey." Roxas said weakly.
"You came back?" Namine asked.
"Well, when a girl says she wants to be alone, that's that last she thing she really wants." Roxas said.
"Kairi told you that, huh?" she said smirking.
"What?"
"Please, Roxas. She's my best friend. I've heard her take on girls that wanna be alone."
"Oh." Roxas said sitting down next to her. Namine giggled.
"But, thanks for coming back." She said.
"Look, Namine. I gotta tell you something." Roxas said.
"Ok."
"Ever since the first day that the schools combined, I thought you were gorgeous. And well, I really like you." Roxas blurted out. There was a silence.
"R-really?" Namine asked.
"Really." Roxas replied leaning closer to her. They were just about to kiss when -Briiiiiing- Roxas quickly pulled back.
"Um, I, I gotta go." Roxas said quickly standing up. He didn't look back and walked strait to the building. 'God, that bell!'' he shouted in his head. He stalked off to P.E. lost in thoughts.
It was finally time for lunch, and the guys and I headed for the cafeteria. We went to the usual table and sat down. Namine and Roxas hadn't shown up yet so we just left two seats for them. They eventually came and sat down. We started lunch and talked about the usual when I saw something that made me smile. Namine slowly grabbed Roxas' hand. He had a quick look of shock, but it quickly faded away and he grabbed her hand. There was a smile across both of their faces. I smiled happily and continued my lunch. I knew they'd end up together.
The day dragged on for forever, but eventually it ended. The girls and I headed back to my house. When we got there, we made some popcorn, got some sodas, and headed up to my room.
"Oh. My. God. How cute were you and Roxas today at school?" I said when we reached my room and were out of earshot from Cloud.
"Seriously. Why didn't you tell us?" Rikku asked.
"I don't know, I guess I was just trying to keep it on the DL." Namine said.
"But then we saw you two holding hands." Maddie pointed out.
"I know. And that's when I started not to pretend that we were just friends." Namine explained. There was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I yelled, but then realized it could only be Cloud. "Stupid question." I muttered to myself. No one said anything, but the door opened. Of course, in walked Cloud.
"Hey." He said.'
"Umm, hi?" I replied.
"You girls have some visitors at the door." He said.
"Visitors?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's the guys." He said. I smiled and the girls and I bolted out of my room and down the super long hall to the stairs. I glanced back for a second to see if Cloud was coming. He was looking at us running and smiling. I raised my eyebrows in question of whether he was coming or not. He nodded and started running to catch up, but he was the fastest boy in our school so it didn't take him much time. He ran down the stairs and beat us to the door. He opened it with a smile.
"Hi." He said shortly.
"Uh, hi. Are the girls here?" Sora asked leaning from side to side trying to see past Cloud.
"Maybe." He said smirking. I smiled and watched as Cloud tortured them. Cloud knew I liked Sora; he was tempting him on purpose.
"So, is that a no?" Roxas asked. I saw Namine's face light up at the sound of his voice. Cloud stepped aside and pulled the door all the way open to reveal us.
"Oh." Riku said. They entered the house and walked over to us.
"Hey." Sora said.
"Hey." I greeted smiling. He smiled back.
"So, what do you skaters want?" Cloud asked.
"We just came by to see the girls, that's all." Axel said.
"Right. Well you're not staying for dinner, just know that." Cloud said.
"Done." Roxas said.
"Ook, you guys can go get some sodas for yourselves from the kitchen. The girls and I will be in my room with popcorn and starting our homework." I said to the boys.
"Ok, we'll be up in a sec." Sora said. I nodded and the girls and I headed up to my room. I shut the door behind us as we walked in.
"So anyway, back to you and Roxas." I said pointing my attention back to Namine.
"Well-" Namine started.
"So how'd it happen?" Rikku asked jumping onto my bed in front of Namine.
"He came back to where I was crying and he used your line, Kai. Then he told me he had liked me since the first day that we combined. Then right as we were about to kiss-"
"You were about to kiss?" I screamed. Maddie quickly threw her palm across my mouth. "Sorry." I said with a muffled voice.
"Anyway." Maddie said taking her hand off of my mouth.
"Anyway, as we were about to kiss, that stupid school bell rang. He said he had to go, then ran across the lawn blushing." Namine said. The door burst open. We all screamed.
"I was not blushing!" Roxas yelled over our screaming. We stopped screaming after he said that.
"You were listening?" I yelled. Roxas gave an innocent look. I grabbed pillow and chucked it at his face. He threw his hands in front of his face. He grabbed the pillow and threw it back at me.
"What's going on in there?" Cloud yelled from down the hall.
"Nothing!" we all yelled back. Sora shut the door and they walked over and sat on the couch and chairs. We nibbled on popcorn and did our homework. Namine shut her book and walked over to Roxas, and sat on the coffee table in front of the couch.
"You know, you were blushing." Namine said smiling. He grabbed a handful of popcorn and threw it at her. Some flew past her and hit me. I looked over and saw Sora smiling. I grabbed some popcorn and threw it at him. Some missed and hit Riku. He looked over and saw Rikku cracking up. He chucked some at her smiling. Maddie saw this and threw some back at Riku, but Riku ducked right as Axel turned around and Axel got a face full of popcorn. It was a popcorn war! There was popcorn flying every direction. The bed and couch and the floor were covered in it. We were all screaming and laughing until Cloud burst through the door. I was just about to throw some at Sora when I gasped and dropped the popcorn in my hand.