B a r e l y Legal
"What're you doing?" I was currently sitting on the couch staring at my phone for the last hour or so, that's what I was doing.
"Nothing." I glanced over to see Kairi walk over with some popcorn.
"Whatever." She rolled her eyes. "Have some." She offered the buttery goodness and I couldn't help but oblige.
There was an awkward silence as Kairi flipped through the TV channels, muttering something about 'there's never anything good on TV on Sundays!' I watched the screen flicker repetitively through the menu before she finally decided on some sappy love movie. "Finally something good!" Of course.
"Hey, Kairi." I turned to her, sneaking some more popcorn in the process.
"Yes?" She turned her gaze from the couple on screen to my face.
"Do you think I should text Roxas? Because I can't decide. You know how we don't get along, but I can't stop thinking of how you and Aerith want us to. Plus I want to figure out why he's been acting so strangely." I let this all out in one big breath.
"Umm… well duh. Do it!" Her smile grew huge. I felt like Alice and she was the Cheshire Cat. Did I mention I hate the Cheshire Cat? It's freaky.
"Stop that." Her smile faltered.
"Well, you gonna text him?" There that smile was back. She picked up my phone that I hadn't realized I'd set down and handed it back to me. "Just say 'what's up?' or something. Talk about me." That normally wouldn't have been good advice, but it actually fit here. Kairi was the only thing we could agree about. She was a crazy person.
"Okay." I took another handful of popcorn before selecting Roxas in my cell phone.
To: Roxas
From: Naminé
hey roxy. :)
I really did feel like I was back in high school. I mean, seriously? Roxy? …I slapped my head in frustration, causing Kairi to take my phone and read my sent message.
"You are such a loser." She teased.
"Give that back." I snatched my phone back whilst sticking my tongue out at her. I took her laughing as a distraction so I could take some more popcorn before retreating to my room upstairs.
I crashed onto my bed, allowing my hair to splay all around me in a mess. I stared at my cell phone screen for a few seconds before rolling over to my iPod dock, turning on the tunes. 'Why did I say that to him? I know I want to be nice for once since I've met him, but that was way too over the top.' I really need to stop over reacting to everything.
To: Naminé
From: Roxas
what do you want? and don't call me that.
Okay, that wasn't too bad. But now I didn't know what to say. Oh yea, talk about his ex-girlfriend. That works.
To: Roxas
From: Naminé
oh nothing. that's just me attempting niceness xD……so i think kairi has gone crazy with the photoshoot thing..she keeps calling it cute. crazy, right? haha
I don't know why I was doing this…
To: Naminé
From: Roxas
well yea, she's just different. you're just jealous of my acting.
Thank goodness he didn't catch on to how random I was being.
of course i am. you tend to brag about yourself every second..oh well..i tend to ignore you after a while. so how's your car?
Was that too fast for a subject change? I hope not. But maybe we can get along.
'it's amazing. like me. so we should gang up on kairi next shoot. make her and sora give it a whirl.'
'they'd like it too much. Lets just stick with us..'
'you just like being close to me'
'oh excuse me mr. I cant be nice to namine then all of a sudden be nice and then ignore her.'
'yea yea. whatever coffee girl.'
'oh roxy… *shakes head*'
'stop that! but on the photo shoot subject, maybe I can help you…. you seem to be enjoying yourself..besides, you're not that horrible. Just listen closer to what I tell you next time..'
That was random.
'okay then. as long as you promise to not act all emo afterwards. or ever, cuz that's annoying.'
'oh sorry.'
He apologized! Was it possible that the guy I had deep hate for at one time, could actually be civil?
We just went on like this for half an hour or so before he said he had to go. Maybe we could be friends. I was actually willing to try if he was. And being how crazy I can be with him involved, this was a huge step for me. I was normally so calm and always trying to better people so maybe this could just be my latest project since Kairi was a bust. Roxas Nabradia: potential nice person.
~*~
"Morning, Naminé." Wow, he actually said my name. I smiled at this. "Oh sorry, I mean coffee girl." He smirked causing me to frown.
"Good morning to you too, Roxy." He nearly dropped his coffee.
"I was hoping you'd forgotten that." I kept on my big smile, moving over to Aerith.
"You two look like you're semi-getting along. Did I miss something this weekend? Because just last week you were ignoring each other. And the week before that you were hating each other. Then again, I shouldn't be surprised." She said all this whilst looking at the checklist in her hand. Then she turned her gaze to me. "Nice outfit."
I looked down to remember what Kairi dressed me in today. It was a thin long sleeved white shirt with a little vest over it with matching dark skinny jeans and black ballet flats. She kept it simple today. Her transition from summer clothes to fall clothes was always her worst, though you wouldn't be able to tell unless she complained to you about it for two hours the previous night.
"Oh, thanks. And about Roxas, I'm going to try and be nice. Try is the keyword."
"Finally! That's what I keep telling him." She laughed, before her phone started ringing. "Sorry, Naminé, I have to take this." She began walking off in another direction, leaving me alone once more.
I guess it's time I start doing Jessica's work. And to think I wanted to go into the art field. At least Roxas was doing something he loved, I was stuck with fetching papers and running errands. And as much as I don't want to admit it, the most fun I've had in this building was the photo shoot last Saturday.
~*~
Two Weeks Later
[Roxas' POV:]
There's something really weird going on. And I think there's a part of me that's enjoying it. Naminé has started acting nice. Normally she just hated me or went along with whatever mood I was in. And the weird part is, I'm actually being nice back. I haven't been this close to a girl in a long time. Ever since her. She was the reason I started blocking out everyone from my life. She's the reason I'm afraid of being weak. But I've progressed since then. I was able to befriend Aerith through Cloud. And then date Kairi. That was a huge step. That was when I started being homesick again. I guess I was fighting off relationships for so long I didn't realize how cold I've become. And now that Naminé's ignoring my attitude, I can actually let down that shield and be nice back. But I'm still confused. She's just another friend. Yes, a friend. We've been getting along for once, so I think we're actually friends now.
My ringtone began singing loudly from the coffee table in front of me. I grabbed it, glancing at the now familiar name, before answering.
"Hey, Roxas." Naminé's soft voice came through my phone, calming my out of control thoughts.
"What do you need?" I managed to not add sarcasm to that.
"A distraction. Kairi's taking me shopping. Again." She sighed heavily.
"You want me to come to whatever store you're at or something?" My sarcasm returned.
"That might actually be a good idea." She laughed. Once again, despite our new friendship, I was still getting these weird feelings from the little things she'd do. But we just got past hating each other, so I don't want to ruin it. Maybe I do really need to go back home. I hadn't thought about it in a while, and it may make me think of her even more, but I do kind of need it. No matter how weak it makes me. I couldn't handle all this on my own. "Hello?"
"Huh? Oh sorry." I paused again. "Just tell Kairi that you're a grown adult and get the heck out of there." I joked, trying to regain our conversation.
"You're a jerk." Her laugh filled my ears once again. "How about your reward for this will be us coming over after we're done and Kairi can show you all the things she bought and explain why it was a good buy? In detail."
"Don't be like that. You want me to be mean to you again?"
"No." She pouted. Then I heard what sounded like Kairi yelling at Naminé for talking on the phone and not paying attention to her enough. "Sorry, I have to go. Talk to you later, I guess."
"Bye." The line went dead. I leaned forward, setting my phone back down, and continued to stare at the muted television. I raked a hand through my spiky hair, trying to calm myself down. So much has happened to me ever since I met her. And I don't know what to do. But I must have learned how to hide it since we're getting along. The bad thing is that our 'hatred turning into friendship problem' has bloomed into 'friendship turning into more-than-friends problem'. And I really don't think we're ready for anything like that yet. I know I'm not.
So maybe I can just ignore it, and go back to being homesick. That can be my new problem. And Naminé will just be there for support I guess. I wonder if she's actually getting anything out of this. I've only seemed to have gotten her to stop worrying about other people so much.
I got up, suddenly deciding today would be the perfect day to hang out at Cloud's place.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or fancy QWERTY cell phones (as Naminé and Roxas have). Even though I didn't actually say that in the story.
So this chapter was a week late, but I hope that's okay. It was for good reason. I had some major writer's block for this story and so I took a day and re-read the whole thing so I could get back in the groove. And it worked! Because now I'm happy to be writing it again. Plus it was the holidays, so it probably wasn't missed too much. MERRY (late) CHRISTMAS. Anyways, I have decided it was about time to get Naminé and Roxas agreeing. GoldenSnitch07 knows how crazy I've been about it. Thank you, darling! So I guess from now on they're going to be friends..? It should be fun to write. And I hope you enjoyed those other holiday-esque oneshots I wrote. I got some pretty nice feedback on them. So thanks! ...There isn't much more to say about this chapter. It's pretty straight forward. I mean I brought back Roxas' homesickness and explained a little more of his past, but that's all. AND I GAVE THE CHAPTERS TITLES. I hope that's useful. This chapter will just have the date for the second part (not the Sunday, the day after)since two dates may be confusing. :)
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