Chapter Eleven: Swept Away
Summary: Fostered in by the infamous Shizuoka family, Naminé seems to be leading a perfectly happy life. But what if that changes when she meets the school outcast? RoxasxNaminé
A/N: I'm planning to put secret chapters of Roxas' point of view in a few scenes since we mostly see Naminé's story in this one. But that's only if you guys want to see it. It's going to be put it on my LJ community. You can find the link in my profile if you want to check it out. Also thanks to everyone who donated to my shrine once again. I love how big the media section is and it's thanks to all over you. Please continue donating, because It makes Pink Chaos happy. XD Anyways, onwards with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Heart, but I do own the story line.
"Could you get off?"
"Oh. Oh! Sorry!" he stood up with his hand scratching the back of his head nervously. He began turning red again.
Olette soon stood up and brushed herself off in an attempt to fix her clothes. Both were still in uniform.
"Care to explain?" Naminé crossed her arms and leaned against the doorway.
"We were playing video games!" Hayner told frantically.
"Yeah, and you expect me to believe that? And aren't you engaged Olette?" Naminé couldn't even explain what she was feeling at the moment. It was either the shock hadn't passed away yet, or disgust from the previous sight filling her up.
"Let me handle this Hayner," Olette glared at the other boy. He stayed silent. "We were playing video games Naminé; see, the system is still on." she pointed towards the television beside Hayner's bed. It was currently a racing game with the time quickly running out.
"I see, so how did you guys end up like…that?" it was a lack for better words.
"Hayner was clearly cheating in the game so I kept constantly pausing it," Olette told.
"I was not cheating! That was you!" Hayner argued.
"It was you!"
"No, you!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"You want to get tickled again?"
Both stayed quiet at Hayner's last comment.
"Anyways," Naminé told trying to remember that the two were just best friends, "Why are you even here Olette?"
"I never visited your house before and since Hayner is usually over mine, I decided to come," she smiled.
So that's where Hayner stayed at whenever he wasn't home, "Okay. Well, now that everything's cleared up, I'm going back to my room."
"Wait up Naminé," Olette ran over to her.
Naminé stopped and turned around.
"Hayner, Roxas and I are going out again later this weekend. I was wondering if you wanted to join us," she asked, smiling with her perfect white teeth.
"Sure," Naminé agreed. She wasn't the type to pass out on an offer like that.
"Great," Olette's smiled grew wider, "I'll see you then. I have to go home now anyways."
"Well, see you Saturday then," Naminé smiled. Olette was such a nice person.
"Let me drive you home Olette," Hayner offered.
"Okay," she agreed. The two walked out and went downstairs.
Those two were way to close. Maybe Olette did feel the same way as Hayner, especially after her little conversation with Roxas. Naminé sighed as she walked over to her room.
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The week passed by quickly and it was already Friday. Naminé had already forgotten about her dilemma of Roxas not telling her what his secret was. And he was glad for that.
Naminé was well on her way to second period class until she saw Roxas down the hallway.
"Roxas!" she yelled to get his attention. She couldn't exactly wave since her hands were currently full with her notes and textbooks.
He waved as a greeting until she finally reached him. He was taping flyers on the wall.
"What's that?" she asked artlessly.
"Oh," he looked at the colorful flyers held within his hands, "I'm doing volunteer hours by putting up these posters for the Semi-Formal. Its juniors only since seniors have prom. That means no freshmen or sophmores."
"Really? When is it?" she never attended a high school dance before. And since it was eleventh graders only it seemed harmless.
"Umm…three month from now. But they start selling tickets next weeks for forty bucks. It's supposed to be as big as the prom," Roxas laughed, "Except half the price."
She sighed, "That's money out of my pocket." she didn't like borrowing from her adoptive parents so she took the initiative to work for a few months before.
"You're going?" he raised an eyebrow.
"Are you?"
"Only if you are," his grin made her blush. He noticed the pink hue on her cheeks, so he decided to re-phrase himself, "I don't exactly have friends to come with." he joked.
"Okay, the two of us," she smiled. "Just as friends though," Naminé added.
"Of course," he was happy she didn't take his sentence the wrong way.
"Well, I gotta go to class. See you later at lunch," she waved him goodbye and quickly walked off.
Roxas sighed, "What have gotten myself into?"
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"So you're coming tomorrow for sure?" she asked for the billionth time.
"Yes!" he laughed. "Well here's your stop," Roxas still had a smile from the previous laugh.
Today Roxas had offered her a ride home, and of course she accepted. The ride was much quicker than the bus. But it was much too quick to Naminé's liking.
"Thanks Roxas," she as she opened the door, Roxas stopped her.
"Wait!" he quickly told. He took her hand without his own notice. She blushed from the contact, not that he noticed this time around.
"Huh?" she turned to look at him. He had the weirdest expression on his face. He had a confused yet hesitant look. He wanted to say something…anything. But the words weren't coming out.
"I…" he sighed again, "Dammit, why can't I just say it?"
"Naminé, is that you?" both blondes shot their blue eyes towards the person on the door way. It was Hayner.
"I have to go," Naminé told, getting out of the car. She smiled, "See you tomorrow 'kay?"
"Tomorrow," he gave a tired smile as she closed the door. He took a deep breath and drove away.
"Who was that?" Hayner walked over to Naminé.
"It was Roxas. He offered me a ride home," she told walking past him. "C'mon Hayner, I'm hungry and you're the only one that can cook since the chef is sick."
Hayner groaned as he followed her in the mansion.
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As sunny as the day was, Naminé was as nervous as ever. Olette had driven by really early and gave Hayner a ride in her car. So Naminé was stuck taking the bus since she woke up so late.
She still couldn't stop thinking about the Hayner and Olette incident. She was clearly with Roxas, but Hayner was her best friend…so it's okay…right? Could what Roxas said be true about him and Olette having no romantic feelings towards each other? But weren't they all touchy last week?
She was so confused.
"Naminé, over here!" Olette motioned from the distance. She was clinging onto Roxas' arm again but this time she wasn't so close as before.
Naminé put on smile as she walked over to the group.
"So, where are we hanging out today?" Hayner asked with his hands behind his head. Olette had already let go of Roxas.
"Not sure," Roxas shrugged. "Olette planned out the day and she hasn't told me a thing."
"Now that Naminé is here, let's go for a drive," Olette told. "Naminé's coming with me!" she clung onto the other girl's arm.
"Guess I'm coming with you," Hayner turned to face Roxas unenthusiastically. Roxas sighed. They both felt sorry for Naminé at the moment.
Hayner didn't have a car today. It was only Roxas and Olette.
When they walked towards the parking lot, Hayner got into Roxas' silver sports car, while Olette walked Naminé over to her own.
"Here it is!" Olette smiled as she pulled out her keys. With a press of a button, the doors to her car opened.
"I should have known…" Naminé muttered. Though she couldn't identify the luxurious car, it was a bright red convertible fit for five. Probably a BMW, not that she knew.
She soon got into the passenger seat while Olette started the ignition.
"Olette, you lead the way," Roxas yelled seeing how they were six cars away from each other.
She just smiled and set the car in reverse before going off down the highway. Their long hair was blown back by the speed of the car and the rushing wind.
Olette had already started off a conversation, but Naminé just didn't understand what the other girl was talking about.
"What do you mean?" Naminé was so dense.
Olette let out a small giggle, "You know…do you like him?"
Naminé's face flushed a perfect pink, "Isn't he your boyfriend?"
Olette frowned, "Not really just an arranged fiancée."
"But Roxas said-" the way Roxas explained everything was too easy. It was hard to believe.
"That's just Roxas," Olette laughed, "He just has a bad usage of words."
Naminé just smiled at the comment. Olette really did know him better than her, "I guess he's…okay."
"Okay?! It that all you have to say? You should see him when he talks about you. It's like a never-ending topic!"
"W-what?" Naminé was still blushing, and now stuttering, "What does he say?"
"Well, he couldn't believe you actually would stick up for him first of all," Olette smiled, "I'm glad you came into his life. I've never seen him so happy. I mean he actually smiles now."
"I never knew that…" Naminé spoke softly, almost like a whisper. She meant to only keep it to herself rather than saying it out loud.
"He likes to keep things to himself, that's for sure." Olette rolled her eyes.
It was Naminé's turn to laugh.
"I think he likes you. No, he does like you," Olette confirmed, "I can just see it."
"W-what?!" thank heaven Olette couldn't see her face. Or that's what she thought.
"I can see you blushing!" she teased, "So you like him too?"
"He's your fiancée Olette. Isn't it kind of weird?"
"Roxas and I treat each other like siblings. You can still see him try to treat me like a girlfriend. It's hilarious, but I just go along with it. It's just a show he puts on for his parents," Olette sighed.
"So he tries to impress them?" Naminé thought. "How about Hayner?" she asked.
Olette gave bewildered expression, "What about Hayner?"
"I saw you in his room the other day!" Naminé exclaimed trying to erase the memory.
"I told you already; we were playing video games!" Olette's cheeks had an obvious hue of red.
"Suuure!" Naminé grinned. It was her turn to interrogate the girl.
Olette continued to blush while Naminé laughed.
Since they were already on the topic, Olette couldn't help but ask, "Does he…like anyone?"
"He likes you!" Naminé wanted to scream out loud. "Not that I know of," she told calmly.
"I see…" Olette sighed, "It's just that, he's been distant lately. He used to always tell me his latest crush or whatever's bothering him. But now he's so quiet. He always tries to get away from the topic when I ask him." she frowned.
"Oh really?" Naminé couldn't help but laugh in her head. Hayner should really be more open.
"Anyways," Olette smiled brightly, "Here we are."
Olette soon pulled over on the gravel parking lot with a silver car trailing behind.
"Roxas, hurry up!" Hayner complained.
"Yeah, yeah…" Roxas rolled his eyes as he pulled over.
The two got out with a sigh of relief.
"Olette, never ever leave me with this guy again," Hayner glared at Roxas.
"Oh shut up, let's see you drive!" Roxas glared back.
Naminé and Olette laughed. It seemed the two didn't get along as well as they did.
Hayner nudged Roxas and mumbled something, but it was too low for anyone to hear. From what Naminé could decipher, it went along the lines of, "If you say anything about you know what…blah, blah, and blah."
"So what brings us here Olette?" Roxas questioned when Hayner finally stopped glaring at him.
They were at a deserted gravel parking lot. From what they could see they were at a park of some sort, especially from the rolling green hills that they could see from the distance.
"C'mon, guys. We better hurry up since we have to walk to the spot," Olette told.
The group began walking to their destination only to come across a small colorful play set for kids.
"Here we are!" Olette's attitude was as bright as ever. "I call swings!" she said childishly, running over to the swings.
"Wait up!" Hayner grinned, "I'm going too!" he quickly ran after her.
"I know this place," Naminé smiled nostalgically.
"Really?" Roxas turned towards her with a curious expression.
"Hayner and I used to come here as kids a long time ago and…" suddenly a tear rolled down Naminé's cheek. "Huh?" she quickly wiped it away.
"Is something wrong?" Roxas quickly took a few steps closer to her. He lowered his head until they were eye level. Of course something was wrong. She wouldn't just cry out of nowhere.
"It's nothing, just a memory…" Naminé gave a smile to re-assure him.
Their faces were so close that she had to take a step back. Roxas straightened. He was embarrassed that he didn't notice before.
"C'mon, I want to swing too!" she laughed running towards the direction of Hayner and Olette who seemed to be fight on who will push who first.
Once before when she was younger, Hayner was a friend of the family. She had known him since she was born and the two would usually play in the park at weekends.
"Mommy, I want to go on the swings like Hayner!" the little toddler, Naminé laughed pointing at the small blonde boy who was being pushed on the swings by his father. She was only five at the time.
"Okay honey," a beautiful older woman smiled warmly. She took her daughter's hand as the smaller girl lead the way.
"Naminé's still dragging you everywhere isn't she?" the man laughed. Naminé mother just laughed at his comment. It was Naminé's father.
"Father, can you push me?" Naminé asked innocently.
"Why not?" he smiled.
Roxas sighed as ran over towards her. He tried his best not to act worried for her, but he wanted to know; why would she suddenly let out a tear. Was a sad memory engraved in this park for her?
Olette won obviously since she bribed Hayner that she would treat him to some ice cream later at school if he would push her on the swing.
Naminé quickly sat down, swinging her legs up so the swing would go.
"Roxas, push me!" she laughed. How long has it been since she asked someone that question?
"Sure," he smiled, giving her a light push to go higher.
"I want to go higher!" she laughed. Roxas just shook his head and laughed as he followed her wishes.
Little did he notice the tears brimming around her sapphire eyes.
A little flashback and a little fluff between the two couples. So now both Roxas and Naminé know about the little thing going on between Hayner and Olette. Let's just see how far everything goes. XD Also for anyone who thought Roxas was going to admit his feelings, no he wasn't. He's doesn't feel the same way as Naminé yet. You'll figure out what he was going to say soon though. Next chapter is short (1900ish words) but it's way worth it. Anyways please review!
