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AntiDrama
Chapter 10
((A few minutes earlier...))
"I'm going to go upstairs and see if the soup is done." Kairi ran upstairs. "How long will it take for the soup to be heated?" She approached Roxas who was standing at the counter stirring the soup.
Roxas turned his head around and saw Kairi. "Oh hey, Kairi. What are you doing up here? The soup should take around 5 more minutes."
At this point, Kairi took a seat on a nearby chair. She turned the chair towards Roxas and rested her head in the palm of her hands. "I just wanted to get away from the noise."
"That's interesting." Roxas turned his head away from Kairi and returned to stirring the soup.
Kairi began to grind her teeth and unconsciously bite her lower lips.
"Um, Roxas?"
"What's up, Kairi?" Roxas replied without turning around.
Kairi twirled a strand of her hair. "Um, what did you think about our class' performance?"
"I thought we did okay. It's unfortunate that no one won. We all worked so hard."
"Yeah, we should annoy Larxene when we return to school at break."
Roxas laughed lightly. "Alright, it's a deal. Oh yeah, are you okay?"
"Huh?" Kairi gave a discombobulated look at Roxas.
"You fell on stage."
"Oh that. Yeah, I'm fine. It was just a slight tumble; didn't hurt at all."
"That's good; I was worried that you might have hurt yourself when you tripped on nothing."
Kairi gave a slight blush as she smiled, but not long after, the room got silent again.
"What type of soup is it?" Kairi decided to start another conversation.
"It's cream of mushroom soup; homemade. It was a recipe that I think Olette's mom gave us. Then again, it might have been Hayner or Pence's mom. I can't really remember who gave us the recipe; I just remember it was one of their parents." Roxas scratched his head as he pondered. "Oh well, I can't remember. I just remember that me, Olette, Hayner and Pence ate it a lot when we were little."
"Ha-ha." Kairi laughed half-heartedly. 'He always says Olette's name first.' Kairi frowned as she stared at the ground and kicked her legs back and forth. "So what do you plan to do during winter break?"
"I'm probably going to go join the struggle tournament again. I'm pretty sure I saw a few flyers posted up around town already. I'm going to try again for the trophy with Hayner. Olette and Pence will probably end up betting on us for food." Roxas started to reminisce about his last struggle tournament. "Olette betted on me and Pence betted on Hayner, I ended up beating Hayner so then Olette got Pence's lunch. It was really fun. Hayner couldn't believe that Olette betted against him." He chuckled and grinned.
"Oh, that's sounds like you'll be keeping yourself pretty busy." Kairi gave a blank expression as she turned her head up towards the ceiling. 'It always revolves around Olette. He does everything with Olette.' Kairi crossed her arms. "I'm probably just going to end up staying at Sora or Riku's house sitting in front of some sort of gaming system."
"Well, you better start planning what to do then."
"Yeah, yeah. Anyways is the soup done yet?"
"Not yet, it got all lumpy cause it got cold, so I'm trying to get the lumps out."
"Can I drink some anyways? I don't mind if it's lumpy." Kairi reached out to grab the wooden spoon that Roxas was using to stir the soup.
"No, Kairi." Roxas pushed Kairi's hand out of the way.
Kairi continued to try and take the spoon. But Roxas blocked all her attempts.
In the end, Kairi gave up and decided to look around the kitchen for things to eat. Her hands dropped to her side as she eyed the fridge. On the fridge were magnets, some phone numbers, a bus schedule, and various pictures. Kairi was able to identify many of the pictures.
There were pictures of Roxas when he was little, pictures of his parents, pictures of relatives. Then there were pictures of Roxas and his friends. The one that caught Kairi's attention was the one with Olette and Roxas smiling at the camera. She looked around the fridge for a picture of herself and Roxas. 'We've taken so many pictures when we were little, but not a single one is on his fridge. All I see is Olette when she was little, a few group pictures and a few random people. There was even one with him and Axel for whatever strange reason, but none of me.'
"Hey Roxas?"
"What's up?"
"We..." Kairi hesitated for a second. "We took a lot of pictures when we were younger, right?"
"Yeah. Most of the pictures were taken in secret because you hated the camera when we were little, remember?"
"Oh." Kairi continued to stare at the fridge. Then she saw another picture that she didn't expect to find. "Is that Riku on your fridge?" She pointed at a picture of Riku pushing Roxas' head into a pile of sand.
"What?" Roxas quickly turned towards the fridge and spotted the picture. He left his soup and walked towards the fridge. Without delay he snatched the photo off and was getting ready to crumple the picture when he stopped himself. "It's still a childhood memory, I should destroy it. I mean I shouldn't destroy it." Roxas grabbed a nearby stack of photos that were conveniently placed on the counter beside the fridge. He stuffed the photo into the middle of the photo stack.
"You even have a picture of Riku on your fridge..." Kairi mumbled silently.
"Sorry, didn't catch that. Did you say something?" Roxas turned towards Kairi again.
"No, I'm just talking to myself."
"Oh." Roxas flipped through the pile of photos. He stopped at a photo and realized something about the photo. He flipped the photo around and looked at the back of the photo and found some messy scribbles. "Wow, I can't believe I forgot about this!"
"Huh?"
"This was a picture that was taken before I started going to Destiny Island whenever my parents got too busy. My parents worked long hours, so they hired a babysitter for me all the time. I ran a couple babysitters insane. But eventually they found me a babysitter that didn't go insane after taking care of me."
"Pass the picture."
Roxas gave the picture to Kairi. Kairi gave a quick glance at the picture. She recognized the people in the picture. "It's a picture of you, Axel and... Xion?"
"Axel became a permanent babysitter for me. Eventually my parents got so busy; they sometimes had to leave me for days. So that was when they started sending me to Destiny Island. But when it was just a day, they would always tell Axel to take care of me. That picture is when Axel took me around town. We met up with Xion because she got lost in Twilight Town. Axel grabbed Xion and took her with us around town. We ate some sea-salt ice cream and had some fun, after a few hours we finally bumped into her parents. They called Axel a kidnapper. It was funny. It was so long ago I guess we both forgot."
Kairi observed the picture. 'Xion looks exactly the same, just taller now.' Kairi hands the photo back to Roxas who then decides to replace the spot where Riku's photo was with the photo of him, Axel and Xion.
"The soup is going to burn." Kairi blankly pointed out.
Roxas ran towards the pot of boiling soup and began to stir. He turned the heat down. "Soup is ready."
"Hey Roxas, I'm going to go back to my dorm." Kairi got up from the chair and began to walk towards the door. 'I should just leave. Roxas only thinks of me as a friend. He treats me the same as everyone else. Maybe I should've listened to Riku and gone out with Sora. But it's already too late; I like Roxas too much and Sora has already moved on. At least I think Sora moved on...'
"Why? You wanted the soup so badly and now you want to leave?" Roxas placed the soup on a wooden coaster.
"I just realized I haven't started packing for when I'm going back to Destiny Island for the break."
"You could easily pack everything in an hour. Besides, you still have 3 days." Roxas got out ceramic bowls and placed them in a tidy stack on the dining table.
"Well, I just want to take my time to pack alright!" Kairi threw her arms around dramatically. Her arms hit a nearby table which caused a book bag filled with books to fall. It made a loud sound on the hardwood floor. Kairi quickly picked up the bag and placed it on the table then she ran towards the door. She hastily put on her shoes.
"Kairi!" Roxas held a pile of plates in his hand.
Kairi stared at Roxas' shoe that was by the door. Then at Roxas who was carefully placing the plates on the table. She deliberately pulls out Roxas' shoelaces, leaving the string beside his shoes. "If Roxas' planning on chasing me, he'll have to tie his shoes first." Kairi then looked around and grabbed Sora's shoes. "Just to be safe encase he decides to grab Sora's shoes..." Kairi tossed Sora's shoes deep into Sora's backpack. Then she grabbed Riku, Hayner and Pence's shoes and stuffed them in too. "I doubt he'd wear Olette, Naminé or Xion's..." She zipped up Sora's backpack and tossed it into a closet.
"Kairi, you're obviously not going back to your dorm." Roxas finally placed the plates on the table and was about to run after Kairi.
Kairi grabs the doorknob and slams the door. She quickly runs down the street as fast as she could.
Roxas let out a yell as he ran to the door and found his shoelaces were lying on the ground separated from his shoes. He looked around for Sora's shoes. "Dang it Kairi!" He put his foot into the shoe and began to put the laces back by zigzagging through each hole.
Footsteps were heard as Sora and the group walked upstairs.
Back to current time...
"Stupid Kairi; running off and undoing my laces." Roxas continued to run down the streets of Twilight Town. "Slow down!" Roxas was following closely behind Kairi.
"No! Go away." Kairi yelled back and continued to run.
"It's late! You shouldn't be running around at night."
"Don't give me any of that talk. Twilight Town almost never gets dark. The sky is always like this. We still have tons of people walking around and there are plenty of stores still open." Kairi motioned towards the building and the pedestrians.
"Tsk." Roxas continues to chase after Kairi.
At Roxas' house
"So this soup is pretty good huh?" Sora looked around the table. Everyone gave a weak 'yeah' as they stared at their bowl of soup.
"Let's play a game as soon as we're done eating!" Sora looks at the group of people who stared back at him.
"What's on your mind, Sora?" Riku was the only one that didn't seem to look down.
"Let's play old maid again!" Sora grins at the group.
"Nah." Naminé, Xion and Olette replied back. "It's no fun if Kairi's not tormenting you in the game."
Xion looked around the room and saw a familiar picture on the fridge. She gave a light gasp as the memories flowed back to her.
"I agree with the girls." Hayner replied. Pence just nodded his head. Xion was brought back to the world again.
"What about slap jack?" Sora tries again.
The group gave it little thought. Hayner and Pence shrugged. "We'll play if the girls agree..." Hayner replied.
"Sure, let's play slap jack." Olette and Xion nodded their heads. "What about you, Naminé?"
"I'll play after the first game. I want to try and finish this drawing before you all brutally bash my hand to pieces."
"Alright! Let's go play!" Sora guided the group downstairs.
"Hey, I'm not done yet!" Hayner was still holding a bowl of soup when he got pushed downstairs.
"Eat downstairs. Just don't spill."
The group sat down in the basement. Naminé found a seat beside the heater and began to draw her next assignment.
"At least sit with us Naminé." Sora called out as he handed the cards out to the group.
"It's cold." Naminé replied simply and continued to draw. Every once in a while she would lift her head to see her friends playing with happy expressions back on their faces.
Somewhere in Twilight Town...
"Stupid Kairi. She got me distracted by lying to me about a sea-salt ice cream stand." Roxas looked around the streets. Out of nowhere, he spotted a skateboard lying on the ground and decided to hop on. "I doubt people will care if I just borrow this."
He went around Twilight Town a couple times. Until he decided he was getting nowhere. "Okay, she's not on the streets. I should probably go to higher grounds to see if I can spot her. Too bad she's going to be harder to spot." Roxas began his walk to the Clock Tower. "Now if she had hair like Sora, it'll be a different story."
Back at Roxas' house
"One." Sora placed a card down; it was a four.
"Two." Naminé placed a card down; it was a six. Naminé was finished with another assignment and was playing with the others like she promised.
"Three." Xion placed another card down.
"Four." Riku tossed his card down.
"Five." Hayner yawned out.
"Six." Olette sighed
"Seve-" Pence began and quickly slapped his hand down. It was a jack. As soon as everyone else noticed they slapped their hands down too.
When Riku slapped his hand down he saw someone else slap down at the same time. He turned his head towards the owner of the hand, it was Xion. Xion looked at Riku and sent him a glare.
"I slapped my hand down first, you're taking the cards." Xion announced.
"I slapped my hand down way before you did." Riku glared back at her.
"Just do a re-slap." Naminé suggested.
"NO!" Sora yelled. "Don't re-slap! It'll hurt!"
"Alright, we'll re-slap." Riku moved his hand to his back. He waited for Xion to follow.
Xion continued to glare at Riku as she moved her hand to her back also. "Count us in, Naminé."
"One, two, go!"
Xion and Riku slapped with all their might, as fast as they could down on the pile. Sora yelled as they both slapped down on Sora's hand which was currently at the top.
"Hey! Stop trying to push your hand under mine." Xion yelled at Riku.
"Hey! You're the one who pushed my hand out. I hit the pile first."
"No, you didn't. I hit the pile first."
"Re-slap!" Riku shouted. He put his hand behind his back. Xion pouted as she placed her hand behind her back also. "Count us in again, Naminé."
"One, two, go!"
Sora felt his hand sting as the two slapped down on his hand again. "How could you suggest re-slapping to them? Why, Naminé?
"Hey, we could barely feel the pain. So we're okay. You're cushioning the slapping for us." Naminé smiled.
"Yeah, Naminé's right. We feel nothing." Olette, Hayner and Pence gave Sora the thumbs up as Xion and Riku were starting another re-slap. No one wanted to take the pile. The pile was almost half the deck.
At the Clock Tower
"These stairs are so annoying." Roxas walked the last few stairs and finally reached the top. He looked around and to his surprise he found his target. "Kairi!"
Kairi jumped from her seat. She slowly turned her head around. "Damn." She licked her sea-salt ice cream and slowly got up from the ledge. "Move it."
She walked past Roxas and got ready to walk down the stairs. Roxas reached out and grabbed a hold of Kairi's wrist.
"You think I'm going to just let you walk right past me? When you made me chase you and run around town for roughly an hour? And when you lied to me about the sea-salt ice cream stand?" Roxas glared at Kairi.
"I didn't lie about the sea-salt ice cream stand. See?" Kairi took another lick of her sea-salt ice cream.
Roxas pouted and pulls Kairi into a hug. He snatches Kairi's ice cream and tossed it down the Tower.
"Hey! That cost munny!"
"I'll buy you another one later." Roxas held onto Kairi tightly as he stared out at the horizon. "Do you know that I like you back?"
"What?"
"You're so obvious. You been jealous of Olette since that play, well let me inform you that Olette and Hayner are together."
"What?" Kairi repeated.
"Stop saying what already. Everyone knew that I liked you back. Did you seriously not know?"
"But you always hang out with Olette." Kairi replied quietly.
"She's been begging me to teach her how to make a necklace and broach since forever. I finally gave in and decided to teach her two years ago. This happens to be the time when you got jealous and broke off your friendship with Olette."
"So you were just teaching her how to make jewellery?" Roxas nods his head. "But you spent all your spare time with Olette, even school time."
"If her mom found out, her mom would freak. Since Olette plays the piano, her mom doesn't really want Olette doing anything that could damage her fingers. That's why I spend school time to teach her in secret. She has all the student council things to tend to and also music lessons. So she doesn't have a lot of free time. I don't have a lot of free time either. I have to juggle my part-time job, take music lessons, and feed Sora." Roxas smiles at Kairi. "You should know Sora enough to know that feeding him is difficult."
Kairi let out a laugh. "So there really is nothing between you and Olette?"
"Just go ask her or Hayner if you don't believe me. Or even our parents."
"Alright, alright." Kairi sighed.
"What you still don't believe that I like you?"
"I'm feeling sceptic about that still. If you knew I like you, why wait until now, huh?"
"Like I said I don't have a lot of spare time. What's the point if I have no spare time to spend with you?" Kairi continues to give Roxas a sceptical look. "Fine, if you still don't believe me, then I'll take you out on a date right now."
"What?" Before Kairi knew it, Roxas was dragging her down the stairs.
"Let's go to the movies. I know someone who works there, I'm pretty sure I can get us in for free too. We can go and have a movie marathon for the whole night!" He grins as they entered the theatre in the Market Place.
"Hey Demyx! Can we go in?" Roxas called out to the employee who was half asleep at the counter.
"Huh? Roxas, is that you?" Demyx lifts his head up and rubbed his eye. "Come and buy a ticket!"
"No cash on me. Pay for us?"
"You didn't bring any munny?" Kairi whispers to Roxas. Roxas turns his head towards Kairi and puts a finger to his lips.
"That's against my oath!" Demyx began to shake his head. "Why would you come to a theatre without munny?"
"Cause I was hoping you'll pay for us. C'mon Demyx, you owe me for that time when I helped you escape from Larxene."
"Why are you always taking advantage of my job?" Demyx quickly gave in and handed Roxas and Kairi each a ticket. Demyx then grabbed out his wallet and began to put munny into the cash register. "I never get the chance to take advantage of my job! How come I never have time to watch free movies? Why couldn't I be the person in charge of putting on the movie?"
"Yeah, woe is you." Roxas and Kairi walked towards the gate and handed their ticket to a large man. "Hey Lexaeus. Don't tell on Demyx alright?"
Lexaeus nodded his head. He took their tickets and allowed them through.
Roxas and Kairi walked into the first room and found that it was a romance movie to Roxas' distaste. As a result, he tried to escape. Unfortunately, Kairi didn't let him. She forced Roxas to grab a seat at the back row and watch the movie with her.
Back at Roxas' house
"I'm so bored." Hayner lied on the coach, staring mindlessly at the television with Pence and Olette.
"So are we." Xion, Riku and Naminé replied back.
"Really? I'm having a blast! Do you have any fives, Naminé?" Sora asked.
"No, go fish."
"Dang it."
"Sora, I'm sorry. But I can't stand playing this anymore. It feels like my brain is rotting. I fold." Riku placed his cards on the ground and got up for a stretch.
"C'mon Riku! At least finish this game!" Sora whined.
"No way. I played around twenty pointless card games tonight already."
"No, it was only twelve."
"Same thing." Riku walked around the room to stretch his legs. "Is there anything on TV?"
"Nah, just a music countdown." Olette yawned.
"I think I'm going to go to sleep now. It's way past midnight." Pence grabbed his toothbrush. "Night everyone."
"Night."
"Got any sevens?"
"Go fish, Xion." Naminé examined her cards and was about to ask if Xion had a jack when Riku tapped on her shoulder. He leaned down and whispered into her ear. "Thanks." Naminé whispered back.
"Sora, got any eights?"
"What? That's cheap Riku!" Sora grabbed an eight and handed it to Naminé.
"Got any twos?"
"Riku! How could you?" Sora grabbed his two and handed it to Naminé.
"Okay, I win now." Naminé got up and gave a stretch.
Xion looked at her cards and then at Sora who still had three cards in his hand. "I fold." Xion placed her cards on the ground and got up.
"You guys are sore losers!"
"Hey, I won. Riku and Xion folded." Naminé stuck her tongue out and grabbed a piece of chip from the bag on the table.
"This house is getting stuffy. I'm going to go for a walk around town. I'll be back in a few hours." Riku reached into his pocket and grabbed out his phone. "Phone me if anything comes up. Later."
"Can I come too?"
Everyone turned their attention towards the voice. Xion meekly spoke up as she went and grabbed out a piece of chip.
"...Sure? I suppose." Riku stood in disbelief.
"Well let's go! I haven't explored Twilight Town since I was a kid!" Xion grinned and grabbed Riku's hand. "We'll be back later, phone Riku if you need us since I don't feel like spending more money on my phone." Xion ran upstairs while pulling Riku along.
"Later, I guess." Naminé rolled her eyes and continued to eat the chips as she took a seat beside Olette. "There's really nothing on?"
"Yep, nothing at all. In fact, it's getting late. I'm going to sleep now too." Olette got up and began to pull the mattress over to the side. "Night, try not to be too loud!"
Hayner turned the volume on the television down.
"Naminé, come play speed with me!" Sora whispered loudly.
"No thanks, I want to go do another assignment." Naminé put the chip bag down and grabbed her sketchbook. She grabbed a nearby pencil and began to make a sketch.
Sora got up from the ground and went to take a seat beside Naminé. "What are you drawing?"
"A bag of chips."
"Is that really the assignment?"
"Yep."
"Axel is one messed up teacher." Sora shook his head. Naminé and Hayner nodded their heads. "But he definitely knows what to keep in his fridge."
"True." Hayner and Naminé replied.
Somewhere at Market Place...
"Oh, can we go watch a movie?" Xion pointed to the theatre. "I really want to see that movie."
"Sure, I guess." Riku and Xion walked into the theatre. They walked up to the counter and found no one there. "Is the place closed?"
"But they left the door and lights open." Xion pointed out.
"Hey! Would you two be interested in playing a game with us?"
Riku and Xion turned around. "Ah! It's you!" They both said with a different tone.
At the movie theatre...
"This movie is so obvious. The guy is going to go and chase after the girl. The girls going to take the scumbag back. Then they live happily ever after." Kairi stated. "These types of movies make me sick. What about you, Roxas?"
"This is the saddest thing I ever saw." Roxas started to rub his eyes.
"Are you actually crying? That is so sad. I need to get you to watch more chick flicks then." Kairi laughed.
"I'm not crying and I don't want to watch more."
"Whatever you say." Kairi rolled her eyes and watched as her prediction came true. "Pathetic!"
"Ditto." A shadow leaned towards the two teens.
Roxas and Kairi eyes clashed with the man's. "What's up Roxas and Ka-Kari right?"
"The name's Kairi."
"Hey Axel. Is it your shift right now?"
"Nah, I'm just here because I heard you made Demyx pay for your ticket...again. Simply amazing how you can give Demyx the guilt trip." Axel clapped lightly and magically the lights in the room came back on too. "Wow, I'm good."
"So what do you want, Axel?" Kairi asked.
"We're short of players. We need more people to play. Want to play a game with us?"
"What kind of game?" Roxas questioned his former babysitter's request.
"Oh, just a game of blackjack. We're betting leftover theatre food. Want to join? If we're lucky we might be able to get Demyx to bet his sitar. Boy would I love to burn that thing." Axel rubbed his hands together evilly.
"Betting usually gets out of hand." Kairi replied. Roxas just nodded his head.
"Oh, well that's too bad. I already brought Xaldin and Lexaeus here to drag you to play with us in case you refuse."
"How does it feel to be forced to play, Roxas?" Xaldin laughed emptily.
"Terrible since you just tossed me over your shoulder." Roxas hung loosely on Xaldin shoulder as Xaldin carried him towards the staff room.
"If you don't mind... Lexaeus, right? I'll walk there myself." Kairi laughed shyly after witnessing how easily Roxas was getting carried away. Lexaeus nodded his head and gestured towards the room that lied a few feet ahead.
"Oh good, more people. This game might actually be a bit more interesting." A man with blond hair began to shuffle a deck of cards in his hand. "Name's Luxord." He addressed towards Kairi.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Kairi?" Kairi was unsure of what was happening. She looked around and spotted two familiar faces. "Riku? Xion?"
"Hey, we got kidnapped by Axel. He's forcing us to play."
"He forced Riku to play. I was more than happy to come and play a game of blackjack with the guy who 'kidnapped' me and showed me around town when I was little." Xion added air quotes as she said the word 'kidnapped'.
Axel just grinned at everyone.
"You failed the test, Kairi. I'm fairly disappointed in you. I had high hopes for you." Zexion sat on a chair with a book in his hand.
"Mi-mi-mister Zexion?" Kairi stuttered as she just realized who she just saw in the room.
"This is the klutz that fell on stage!" Vexen sneered.
"It looks like you're right Vexen. How observant of you." Marluxia nodded his head.
"Kairi, you did horrible. I was laughing myself silly at your performance." Larxene giggled as she chewed on a piece of gum. "Also, I'm lowering your mark for eating gum in my class."
Kairi stared in horror as all her hated teachers sat in front of her. She looked and found Roxas getting lower to the ground by Xaldin. Roxas began to straighten his shirt by patting it. "Roxas, can I talk to you?" Kairi tiptoed to his side.
"As if, he has the time! Come sit and have a drink! You're over nineteen, right?" A man with an eye patch raised a beer bottle. "Roxas don't let our guest stand! Tell her to sit and relax!"
"Xigbar stop offering beer to everyone you see. Last time you got Demyx drunk it was horrible. He wouldn't let go of his sitar!"
"Ahh! Don't remind me Roxas!" Demyx clutched his head and shook it around.
"Sorry, Demyx. Just take a seat, Kairi. I'll explain later." Roxas gestured towards the empty seat.
"Ok-" Kairi got interrupted by Axel.
"What's there to explain Roxas? We're all friends here! Just think of us as Roxas' extended family that he is horrible embarrassed of. Minus the two kids I picked up off the street." Axel pointed to Riku and Xion. Then he grabbed the beer that Xigbar offered and took a drink.
"I wouldn't call us family at all." Larxene laughed sarcastically. Half the people in the room agreed and nodded their heads in agreement with Larxene.
"Well then, I guess you can say we-"
"Axel, just stop talking! Hand out the cards, Luxord. Take a seat, Kairi." Roxas took a seat and the other people all went and sat around the table. Kairi hesitantly sat down too. Soon, Luxord began to hand out the cards.
An hour into the game and Xion and Axel were winning the most popcorn. Riku and Kairi had nothing left to bet. Roxas had one piece of popcorn left. While the rest of the teachers and theatre employees' had a decent amount left.
"BLACKJACK!" Demyx yelled as he snatched the popcorn from Roxas' bowl. He placed the popcorn into his wealthy bowl of popcorn.
"At this rate I won't be able to get a hold of his sitar." Axel bit his lips as he took another look at his cards. "Hit me."
Xion punched Axel in the arm. Luxord tossed another card at Axel. "Hit me again."
Xion punched Axel again. "Damn. I went boom."
Xion laughed and flipped her card. "Twenty, can anyone beat it?" The group shook their heads and Xion retrieved their popcorn.
Riku sat in a bored matter beside Kairi. He watched as Roxas approached them and sat down on the other side of Kairi. He pondered for a moment before he grabbed Roxas and pulled him outside the staff room.
"What's the deal, Riku?" Roxas asked as soon as they were outside the room.
"You better take care of Kairi."
"Wow that was definitely not random."
"Take care of Kairi or else. I would rather see her with Sora. But guess that's already too late."
"Or else what? Sorry I just had to ask." Roxas replied sarcastically.
"I haven't thought that far okay. Anyways, I don't like you at all. Since we first met I never liked you. I don't trust you at all." Riku crossed his arms.
"Geez whiz. Thanks for declaring your hatred towards me. You don't have to tell me to take care of Kairi. I've been able to 'take care of her' since she came here. You came a year after her, when you came with Sora, remember. You actually followed Sora here just to watch over Kairi. You're obsessed, man!" Roxas laughed. "Anyways, I hate you too. Thanks a lot for making me redo that necklace. My boss almost fired me for not finishing it in time."
"Hah, you're welcome." Riku glared.
"How strange is this? When you don't have some of your buddies beside you, you're actually not trying to attack me physically."
"What was that?" Riku kept his voice quiet and calm. His fists were trying to stay by his side.
"Nothing. I won't provoke you anymore, especially not before the holidays. Well that was a slight lie." Roxas went up to Riku and gave him a strong kick in the knee. "That was for almost making me lose my job." Roxas sprinted back into the room.
"I can't believe you, Kairi. How could you choose that person over Sora?" Riku began to yell unintelligently as he held his knee. Slowly, Riku limped back into the room.
"Riku, what did you two talk about?" Kairi looked up towards Riku. "Roxas won't tell me anything."
"It's nothing." Riku glared at Roxas as soon as Kairi looked away. Roxas glared back at him and stuck out his tongue.
"Boys. You guys never want to tell me anything." Kairi shook her hand.
"It's better if you didn't know." Roxas joked.
"Now I really want to know!" Kairi went and began to shake Roxas' arm up and down. "Tell me!"
"As if!" Roxas laughed and Kairi laughed alongside him.
Riku took a seat beside Kairi. He turned his head towards the two. He stopped his glares towards Roxas and smiled slightly as he saw a wide grin on Kairi's face.
"BOOYAH!" Axel shouted.
"Go Axel!" Xion cheered. The rest of the people except Demyx clapped half-heartedly.
"No! My sitar!" Demyx tried to reach for his sitar. Axel lifts it higher; away from Demyx's reach.
"Hey Xion! Come help me burn this thing!" Axel eagerly runs towards the door. "Roxas, Kari, and Rick, you guys can come too!"
"Hey! It's Kairi and Riku!" Kairi shouted.
Xion laughed and followed behind. Roxas got up and put his hand in front of Kairi. Kairi accepted his hand. He lifts her up and they followed behind. Riku shook his head and let out a chuckle as he got up and followed the pyromaniac also.
Back at Roxas' house
"It looks like the others went to sleep already..." Sora whispered. He looked around and found Hayner, Pence and Olette snoring lightly on a mattress.
"It's like three in the morning what do you expect? Just let me go to sleep already." Naminé rubbed her eyes and yawned.
"You already promised you'll wait with me until Roxas, Kairi, Riku and Xion come back. So I'm going to make sure you keep that promise."
"Hey Naminé, truth or dare?" Sora asked.
"Dare." Naminé wasn't able to think anymore all she wanted to do was get some shut eye.
"I dare you to stay up with me until the others return."
"Sure, sure, whatever." Naminé yawned and grabbed a pillow as she laid her head on it.
"Oh right..." Naminé regretted not paying attention to the dare. "I don't want to play speed anymore, Sora. We've been playing for the last two hours. You haven't won a single time. I rather finish another drawing than play speed." Naminé whined as she slapped her hands down and yelled 'speed' for the billionth time that night.
"Too bad you already promised to stay up with me!"
"Can we at least do something else?"
"Something else? Hmm..." Sora tapped his chin until an imaginary light bulb appeared on his head. "C'mon follow me!"
Naminé slowly got up from the ground and staggered up the stairs with Sora.
Sora looks around for his shoes and decided to give up. He opened the doors and quickly whispers to Naminé to get her shoes on. She reluctantly agrees and slips outside with Sora.
"Roxas has a front porch, so why not sit outside and wait for them. We can also get some fresh air."
"Mm hmm. Good idea... So...ra..." Naminé slid down and took a seat on the porch.
"Wow, you're really tired." Sora took a seat to Naminé's right.
"Mm hmm." Naminé nodded her head and unconsciously drops her head onto Sora's shoulder.
"Eh?" Sora turned and heard Naminé breathing lightly. "Aww, you fell asleep. You sleep too much you know."
"I'm not asleep yet. I promised I'd stay up, so I'll do my best to keep my promise." Naminé forced her eyes to open slightly.
Sora laughed and smiled. "Alright."
A/N: This is by far, the longest chapter I ever wrote! Now that I got Roxiri out of the way, I'll be concentrating more on Namora! *Shoves Kairi and Roxas into a dark corner.* Well, until next chapter! Please rate & review!