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Recap:
"He's a good guy, Xio. You'll be fine," reassured Roxas while at the same time Namine said, "Bring a condom."
Roxas glared at Namine before she corrected herself. "I mean, he's great! I'm sure you'll be in your bed before it's too late…?"
The two stared at her, trying to make sense of what she said. "Well I tried…" Namine said, shrugging her shoulders.
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Chapter 12: What Happens at the Beach, Stays at the Beach
Day 2 (Daytime)
Before the crack of dawn, Demyx gently shook Namine awake, trying to be as tender as possible. Namine yawned, stretching her arms and sitting up. She rubbed her eyes from her queen sized bed, looking over at the boy that insisted that he sleep in her bed with her. Demyx was sometimes too codependent for his own good.
"Good morning, buttercup!" he said, looking up from his phone. "I have a present for you."
"At this time? What could that possibly be?" yawned Namine, rolling over on her back to get more comfortable.
She started when Demyx rolled over, landing on top of her and giggling; he lifted her shirt a bit to show her tummy and pressed his belly on hers, wiggling his stomach so it jiggled with hers.
"What are you doing?" she laughed, glad that Demyx was playing for the other team.
Demyx laughed and rolled over off of her. "I just gave you a bellybutton kiss! I figured I'd help you win the dare since I made quite the scene last night. Why didn't you just tell me that you couldn't tell anyone because it was Roxas?"
Namine had been laughing until she realized what he actually said. "What makes you say that?"
"Oh come on? That innocent look he gave made it too easy… Plus, when you're skinny dipping with your best friend, one would think that he knew that your body was off limits," chuckled Demyx, getting out of bed and grabbing his slippers.
"Well… thanks for the kiss, I guess. I'll be one up than Roxas," laughed Namine, following suit.
"Speaking of which, you should really start doing what Kairi said," he said. When Namine gave him a confused look, he continued. "Flaunting your stuff; showing your stuff; teasing him a little more than a bit…"
"God, you and Kairi talk way too much…" muttered Namine, shaking on her long pajama pants and a sweatshirt.
Demyx had a pretend look of hurt on his face when he whipped around in his very fashionable pjs, matching slippers and complete with robe. "Nami…"
"Aw, my gay sweetheart, I still love you! Even though you're a bit too intuitive for my own good," Namine cooed, running over and hugging him around the middle.
He just laughed, and then slapped her behind, pushing her to the door to meet the others.
"Everyone here and accounted for?" asked Kairi, standing on a chair to get everyone's attention.
"Roxas wouldn't get out of bed," said Riku, shrugging. "Like last year…"
"Well, go get him," whispered Xion. "Everyone here would do the same for you…"
Riku sighed. "I tried. He wouldn't even get up after the ol' water splashing trick."
Demyx tickled Namine's side before speaking up. "Namine can get him out of bed!"
"Yeah, she has the ultimate power over sleepy heads!" Kairi said, following Demyx's lead.
Namine sighed. She could see how this trip was going to be like; Kairi and Dem teaming up to make her life way more complicated than it should. She took another deep breath and then nodded her head.
"Yeah, I'll go get him. You guys get the hot chocolate ready, though. I'm bribing him with it," she said, shrugging.
"Done and done. Now run off and get the bed-head," said Xigbar, patting her head and nudging her in the direction of Roxas' room.
Namine stuffed her hands in her sweatshirt, walking with a bit of a pace. She reached his room, not bothering to knock but used Riku's room key and walking right in. Her target was predictably in bed, completely covered in a cocoon of blankets, eyes closed with a silly, stupid smile on his face. Namine rolled her eyes.
"How long are you going to continue to lay there? You know the sun is going to rise soon," asked Namine, a hand on her hip.
Roxas' smile slid off his face as he squeezed his eyes. "I'm not getting out of my bed."
"And why not?"
"It's too cold out there…"
Namine had a half amused look on her face as she moved to stand in front of Roxas. She squatted to be at his eye level, watching as Roxas tried but failed at ignoring her presence. She reached up and touched his blond spikes, running her fingers down his face. She traced his nose and moved down to his lips before he lightly puffed out his lips and kissed her fingers, surprising her.
"Roxas, it's not that cold…" she whispered.
Roxas smiled against her fingers, eyes still closed. "It's warmer in my bed so that's where I'm staying."
"Roxas, you put up a fight every year and yet, every year I get you out of bed to see the sunrise with everyone. Why not just make my job easier by skipping the argument and bribing?" reasoned Namine, removing her hand and standing up.
Roxas hummed, apparently in thought, but Namine knew better. "Why don't you try to bribe me and I'll get up?"
"Roxas, we don't have time for games," snapped Namine.
"Then I suggest you hurry and make a deal, huh?"
Namine huffed, tapping her foot for a minute before suddenly grabbing Roxas' blankets and pulling back. Roxas gasped and sat up, looking at Namine who had a look of pure innocence.
"How about you get hot cocoa and a blanket like I always bribe you with if you get up?" suggested Namine, laughing as Roxas shrugged. "And I'll throw in a bellybutton kiss?"
"Um, no. That's okay…I would rather not know what that is. I'll just settle for hot chocolate. Tradition is tradition," chuckled Roxas, rolling out of bed and throwing on a shirt.
"Fine; but that means we leave now so we can barely make it in time for the sunrise," Namine said, making her way to the door. However, Roxas grabbed her from behind and squeezed her tight.
"Thanks for coming to get me," he whispered, planting a light but slow loving kiss on top of her shoulder. Namine turned her head to watch him, raising her eyebrow. Roxas looked up from her shoulder and smiled.
Then he released her and smacked her bum, shouting, "Last one there has to put salt in their hot chocolate!" as he ran ahead of her.
Namine glared, shaking her head. "Jeez, what's with everyone touching my ass today?" she said, running after him.
Roxas ended up beating Namine to the group; but finally everyone was on the balcony, looking out at the sky. The sunrise was gorgeous at 6 in the morning, mixed with beautiful hues of purple, blues, and pinks. Slowly it transformed to reds, oranges and yellow. Namine slipped her hot chocolate (mixing sugar in her drink but tricked Roxas to add the salt instead) with her best friends, waiting for the best part.
"Here it comes!" yelled Sora. Kairi pointed at the sky, cuddled up next to him with a blanket. "Right on time," she said, smiling.
Everyone sighed and gasped in awe as stars started to shoot threw the sky. The heavens lit up with the meteors that grazed across, making Namine feel small and insignificant compared to the huge glory in the sky. Roxas nudged her shoulder from her right. Namine raised an eyebrow at him.
"Amazing, huh?" he whispered, sipping at his cocoa.
Namine laughed. "Only on Destiny Islands…"
"Only on Destiny Islands…" he agreed, staring back at the sky.
The group went back to their rooms for some well needed sleep before hitting up the beach again. Namine woke up early though to shower and change into her suit. She couldn't wait to get back to surfing. Demyx had taught her a while back, but now she even rivaled him; not that she'd ever admit it to him.
Namine went down to the beach to see that Kairi and Sora were already on the beach. She raised an eyebrow to see them; looking like they had at least attempted to set up the watermelons for the contest, but ended up just working on the dare… since they were heavily making out in front of her.
"Ahem…," Namine gave a light cough, but they didn't seem to hear her. She tried again, but they were too busy with themselves.
Namine sighed and went to pick up a tub of ice cream. She grabbed the biggest scoop and dug it into the ice cream, which was strawberry. Namine giggled before putting the ice cream ball in her hand, and taking aim at Sora. She threw with all her might and the cold ball of strawberry landed right in his face.
"Wahhh!" screamed Sora, letting out his most accurate man scream.
Namine doubled over in laughter as Kairi gasped then started to giggle at Sora's poor attempt to make sense of why ice cream was in his face. "Nam, what are you doing down here? You didn't come all the way here to start an ice cream war, did you?"
"Nah, I got better things to do," she said, pointing at her white and yellow surfboard. "But you guys seemed too busy with macking so just thought I'd warn you that others were on their way."
Kairi shrugged. "Guess I have to get back to watermelons, huh?"
"You alright there, Sora?" laughed Namine.
"Nam, did I ever tell you that I hate you?" asked Sora, still scraping the ice cream off himself.
"Love you too, bro," giggled Namine, dodging the ball that Sora tried to throw at her.
"Ooh… bad throw," muttered Kairi, giggling. Sora snapped his head at her and flung an ice cream ball at her too, making contact with his target.
"That wasn't!" he laughed, running into the water when Kairi chased him. Namine chuckled as she ran to her board and got into the water, paddling out of range to get to the waves.
"Tell Riku it's on this year!" she yelled at them as she passed them.
After a few waves, Namine came in when everyone was assembled in the area. She slapped hands with Olette, who had her blue surf board with her, before seeing Riku with his green and black surf board.
"Nice, but I'm still taking you down like the girl you are," he said, jokily.
"Right… I hope your ego doesn't make you sink though," retorted Namine, smirking.
"Okay! So truth-or-dare or watermelon smash?" asked Xion, obviously sensing Riku was about to go to another level and Namine was going to follow.
"I dare Namine to watermelon smash!" yelled Sora, grabbing a bat and striking a pose.
"I guess that takes care of that hard decision…" muttered Roxas, slapping his forehead.
"Should've had a V8?" Namine asked him before grabbing a bat and walking up to the area.
"Remember, the winner gets first pick of the dare… and of course, bragging rights!" shouted Kairi, holding her position as referee. "Shake hands and let's do this."
Namine grinned at Sora, shaking his hand and taking her position on the other side. "Ready?"
"You know it!"
"…Set… Go!" yelled Kairi, getting out of the way while Namine plowed through the watermelons on her side.
The group cheered, jumping and whooping as the two swung the bats and smashed watermelon bits everywhere. Sora then played a bit dirty by swinging at some of Namine's but hadn't completed all of his yet. Namine, covered in watermelon juices and seeds, ran to his side and went to work completing his side since he was taking over hers. The time ended and Namine got the last one.
"Okay… well, that was confusing…" said Kairi, signing the end of the round.
"Yeah, what the hell Sora?" yelled Namine, used to his goody two shoes way of winning.
"Payback for the ice cream!" he laughed.
"Not really since you guys tied," Kairi chuckled. "Sudden death, anyone?"
"It's all set up! The first one to find the watermelon and smash it is the winner!" said Olette.
"I'm going to win this!" hollered Sora, running in the opposite direction.
Namine just rolled her eyes and walked the other direction as the seniors got started in truth or dare.
Sora had ended up winning, but wasted his dare by daring Xigbar to get some beer for the night, which he was going to do anyways. Sora never really did have the best memory…
"Your turn," said Kairi, speaking to Hayner. "Truth or dare?"
He rolled his eyes before saying, "Dare."
Kairi smirked, "You have to either moon everyone, kiss everyone, or…"
"Blow a raspberry into Olette's belly," laughed Riku.
"You can't be serious!" shouted Hayner, looking at Olette, who was in the water and wasn't playing.
"Pick one or we'll be forced to give you a worse one," Roxas said, enjoying his turmoil.
Hayner shook his head, and then got up to get Olette's attention. When she did come over and listened to Hayner, the group was giggling when her face displayed outrage. Then when they thought that he was going to do it, she slapped him right across the face and then promptly walked back into the ocean.
"Well, it's safe to say that I'm kissing you all," he said when he got back.
Namine had been trying not to laugh as Hayner went by everyone, which included Sora, Kairi, Pence, Wakka, Xion, Riku, Roxas, Demyx, and herself, and kissed them on the cheek. Hayner seemed to linger on Namine's cheek longer before going to the rest but Namine saw that Roxas flicked him off discreetly and she just rolled her eyes. She rather not get involved.
There was a bunch of dares this time around versus last year which was mostly truths. Xion was dared to carry Selphie around the beach area that they were at; Demyx was dared to seduce the person to his right, which was Kairi (that was just awkward); Sora was dared to switch his bathing suit with Riku… Namine was getting nervous when Roxas was picked.
"Truth or dare?" asked Pence.
"Truth."
Everyone looked at Roxas, surprised at his choice. "What? You guys are coming up with really weird ones. I don't want to suck someone's toe or something stupid like that…" Roxas reasoned.
"Damn, I was going to say that next…" muttered Wakka.
"Well you get 3 questions then. First, have you ever fantasized about any girls in the circle multiple times or more than one girl?"
"Yeah…" Roxas answered slowly.
"Who was the hottest one?" asked Pence.
"Oh, good one…" asked Riku, chuckling as Roxas seemed to be in deep thought but also stuck in a hard place. "Come on, Rox, who was it?"
"You do understand that we're sitting right here, right?" asked Xion.
"It's a complement," laughed Sora. "Answer it Roxas! And you know we'll be able to tell if you're lying."
Namine looked to her left at Roxas and her stomach sank as he opened his mouth. "It was Nams," he said reluctantly.
"Excuse me?" Namine said, taken back as everyone made "ooh…" noises and snickered at the two.
"Hold up! How long ago was this?" asked Hayner, getting his revenge.
"About 2 weeks ago, and I think that was the last question so let's move on," Roxas said hastily.
"Aww... but I was going to ask details," said Kairi.
"Hence why I switched subjects. Next one, please," he said, matter-of-factly.
"Alright, Namine, champion of Sir Roxas' wet dreams—"
"Dem, don't go there," warned Namine.
Demyx continued, and everyone could see the mischievous glint in his eye. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," she said, a bit hesitant. But she figured that if she got a truth, it would be a lot worse than something she was dared to do.
"I dare you… to kiss Roxas!" he laughed. "Oh, and it can't be one that you've already have written on your list. That way it can count for the summer dare."
Namine and Roxas glared at Demyx as the group slapped hands with him and cheered.
"Kiss dare!" yelled Sora and everyone in the water came by to see what the fuss was about. "Namine's gotta kiss Roxas!"
"Ooh… this'll be fun," Xigbar laughed.
"Come on, Namine, make a move!" chuckled Olette, bumping fists with Selphie and Rikku. "Show them that girls are the best in these matters!"
Namine nodded, and then with a determined look on her face and a swift move, she pressed herself on Roxas, pushing him with her hand on to the sand. The group of teens whooped and laughed at Namine's forwardness. She could feel Roxas' hesitation but didn't have time to deal with it as she expertly probed her tongue through his lips, opening his mouth. Before she could lose her confidence, she sucked in Roxas' air supply, breathing in deeply. She calmly broke the kiss, sitting up and grinning at everyone.
"Whoa, Nam! Way to take his breath away!" laughed Ven, clapping as she took a bow.
Selphie and Xion were jumping up and down as Namine blew kisses. "Girls know how to work it!" they yelled as Kairi and Olette joined in and started to dance around.
Roxas finally had sat up and rolled his eyes. "Jeez, Nami, what was that?" he asked, sounding amused.
"Hmm…a vacuum kiss?" she suggested. He just started to laugh.
"I'm still wondering whose walking Namine threw all this kissing…" muttered Selphie.
A few rounds of truth or dare later, Namine decided to catch some more waves before getting ready to hit the night club with everyone. She paddled out and was surfing with Riku for a bit before he went on a run for food for everyone with Xion. Namine was lying back on her board with her eyes closed when she hear someone splashing next to her.
"Mind if I join?" asked Roxas' voice.
Namine shrugged, her eyes still closed. Her legs went over on her board and she continued to just float, Roxas being silent.
"Hey, I have a question…"
"Ask away… I may have an answer," Namine said, peacefully.
"Where did you come up with that kiss?" Roxas asked, leaning forward on his red and black board.
Namine chuckled and opened one eye to look at her friend. "A movie. Why, were you getting nervous at the idea that someone else showed me that?"
"Maybe…" he said, making a face at her.
"Well, fortunately, the only one who showed me anything was Demyx. And it was a no contact kiss…" Namine said, shrugging.
"Hmm…."
It was silent for a little longer before Roxas broke the peaceful spell again.
"I saw something I've always wanted to try, but I need your approval," he said quietly.
Namine sat up. "Now? What do you want to do?" she asked, confused.
"You trust me, right?" he answered her question with a question.
"I guess…Hey—!" shouted Namine as Roxas tipped her board over and she disappeared into the ocean.
Namine saw Roxas jump into the water next to her and she swam over to him to give him a piece of her mind. She didn't even get a change to take a deep breath before being underwater. Roxas grabbed her hand before she could swim up top. Namine got really confused, but instantly understood as Roxas connected his mouth to hers and breathed into her, giving her some of his air supply.
Namine smiled as Roxas tugged her up and giving her back her board. He looked at her as she laughed; liking how that kiss made her feel like a giggling kid.
"What was that one called?" asked Namine, happy that they were the only ones out in the water.
"It was a mermaid kiss," Roxas said. "I got it from a movie too, if it makes you feel any better."
"Actually… it does."
A/N- Hey everyone! I had this half typed so while everyone went to the DCP formal, I thought I'd update for you lovely people! Thanks so much for all your love and supporting reviews. They really lifted my spirits and let me know what I'm doing right and what I need to improve on. Hope you like this chapter; I split the day into two parts, otherwise it would've been too long... Just clarifying! Speaking of which, if you have any questions, let me know! I'll try to answer them in the next chapter... Oh, and anyone who's still guessing for the number of kisses Roxas and Namine are going to have: You are all guessing too low! :D Hint: its in the 100's!
