A/N: YEEESS!!! XD
I updated, and in the same month too! Yeah! Lol, I'm just sort of stoked. Well this week has been one of the best in my life...so far LOL
I saw Avatar! That movie is just so amazing O.O
Lol ever since then me and one of my friends have been trying to connect our hair to every tree we see screaming "Make zee Halo Jaaaaake!" Lol...(inside joke)
Oh and I beat Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days Ah! Finally, my life is complete xD. (spoilers...sort of if u still don't know the ending)
Xion took forever for me to beat... that bitch just wouldn't die, lol jk. She's cool, I cried at the end .
Ok back on track, I updateD~~~ hahaha, ok well this chappie hmm... well it's got SoKai and Roxiri yep, the usual. And it mentions AkuRoku...but not really :P and Olette/Axel O.o sort of, so yep, I hope you guys enjoy it, and thanks sooo much for the reveiws on the last chapter... I hope I awokened your rabid fangirl sides XD (er fanboy if your a guy :3)
Namine opened her mouth to speak but I held up my hand to stop her.
"Please, don't say anything," I said, using my other hand to cover my face. It was still burning as if I had a fever.
"But Kairi-"
"Please… I am completely mortified," I mumbled weakly, praying she would spare me from anymore embarrassing moments. I heard her stifle a giggle.
"Ok fine, but you'll tell me eventually right?" She asked, I could hear the hopeful ring in her voice. I sighed, moved my hand away and sat up.
"No, because there's nothing to tell," I said. Namine looked at me skeptically, raising one of her eyebrows.
"If you say so," She muttered doubtfully.
I was literally dreading Saturday. And when it came I seriously didn't mind just dying. Not only had I forgotten that I invited Roxas to the beach, but then Namine had to deepen my spirits by inviting Riku and Sora as well. I had enough on my plate, with Roxas' unexpected behavior. Ugh, seriously how was I going to face him now? If I ever thought I was uncomfortable with Roxas before yesterday, I was terribly wrong. And now Sora was going to be there!? By this rate I'm going to be adopted into the tomato family with how red I'm going to be at the end of the trip. I was so against this trip I even wrote a convenient 'Kairi's reasons why she hates the beach' list.
My mind was spinning and I felt like throwing up, until Namine pulled me out of my thoughts. We were both in Axel's (my scatter-brained cousin) van, waiting for him to start the car, while Olette was trying to get his attention (I seriously don't know what she see's in him.) He was the only one gullible enough to trick into giving a bunch of teenagers a ride to the beach.
"I still cannot believe you invited him," Namine said with a wide grin on her face. I immediately knew she was referring to a certain blonde haired boy. She flashed an even bigger smile at my frown, her teeth sparkling at me mischievously. I shook my head, and rubbed my forehead miserably.
"I can't either," I admitted. Namine burst out laughing.
"What were you thinking?" She asked incredulously. I shook my head again, my cheeks darkening significantly.
"I don't know! It just sort of came out," I said desperately.
"Was it before or during the whole make out session?" She asked slyly. I blushed even deeper if it were possible.
"It was not a make out session! Nothing happened," I protested defensively, but she merely rolled her eyes.
"Not from what I saw."
"Which was nothing!" I said hotly.
"What was nothing?" Olette said suddenly popping her head through the van door. She looked rather disgruntled and annoyed. I figured Axel must've snapped.
"NOTHING!" I nearly screamed. Olette and Namine exchanged looks before glaring at me darkly. I glanced from either of them nervously. I seriously did not like that look in their eye.
After a few minutes, they both ended up beating the truth out of me. And I mean literally, Olette held my arms back and Namine was on top of me threatening to spit on my face. So, I pretty much told them everything that happened during the whole skate boarding lesson, minus the bio lab subject and the conversation I had with Roxas before that.
"So that's when you came in," I finished in a hurried voice. Even just talking about Roxas made my face feel hot. It was like the only thing I could remember was how close his face was and what might have happened if Namine hadn't walked in.
"Ah, I see," She said slyly. Her lips were pulled upward into a devilish grin. I knew that smile would mean trouble. Before either of us could speak again, Namine's phone buzzed loudly. At first she looked as if she considered ignoring it just for the sake of our rousing conversation, but she flipped it open. Namine was off in her phone mode, while Olette stared at me intently.
"I knew you had some kind of thing for him," She commented knowingly. Her apple green eyes probed mine as if she were x-raying my brain. I couldn't help but blush.
"I don't have a thing for him Olette!" I snapped, which was sort of true. "I don't have a thing for anyone!" Complete and utter lie. It didn't even sound convincing to my ears
"But why him Kairi? Of all the guys in school, why creepy Roxas?" She asked completely disregarding my statement. I felt my blood boil angrily. What is with everyone? Why is it that every freakin' person thinks I'm like in love with Roxas!? I'm not! Everyone just assumes- incorrectly I might add, that I am. Am I giving out hints or signals for everyone to think I like him? No, we're just friends. FRIENDS.
But seriously when do friends pull a stunt like what Roxas did. His face was literally only a few inches away from mine. If Namine hadn't walked in, I would have done something really stupid. Like kiss him. Oh god, even the thought made me blush in the face. No. I like Sora. I should be thinking of kissing Sora, not Roxas. Seriously, my feelings for Sora ought to be deeper. I've liked him for the longest already. I can't just give up on him because some rather attractive, silent, quiet, dreamy blonde suddenly started to talk to you. Attractive? Dreamy? What the crap?!
I shook my head at the brunette in front of me, mostly to shake off my thoughts.
Sora, I like Sora. I said to myself fiercely. It took me a few moments for me to regain myself
"I. Don't. Like. Roxas." I said slowly through clenched teeth. I could feel Olette's doubtful eyes on me. "I don't like him." I repeated feeling more reassured. "Besides… He's not a creep. He's really nice- sometimes."
"Gee Kairi and I seriously thought it was just a crush, but you really are in love with the guy huh?" she teased. I smacked my forehead in frustration. I felt my face turn even warmer.
Thankfully before anything could get even more embarrassing (highly doubted it) Namine returned with a bright smile on her face. I gave her a questioning stare.
"Sora," She answered. I inwardly groaned. "He's says they'll be here in a few minutes."
They'll? Holy crap.
"Oh," I muttered. This was going to be a long day.
True to his word, Sora, Riku, and to my horror Roxas arrived in exactly 'a few minutes'. Riku was looking really annoyed, wearing dark blue trunks and a black tank top. His hair was tied up in a low ponytail. (Sora decided it was time to tie that long hair back.) Roxas looked even more ridiculous he was wearing black swimming trucks with a thick looking checkered sweater. Seriously who wears a sweater to the beach on a hot day? As if reading my thoughts he shot me an 'I dare you' look. My face flushed and I averted my eyes, trying to look at anyone, anything but him.
Sora jumped in the seat next to Namine and showed off his trunks to her.
"Look Namine I bought these just yesterday!" He exclaimed, pulling at the ends of his shorts. They were a deep red, almost burgundy. And he was sporting them with a plain white t and goggles around his neck. "They reminded me of Kairi!"
Namine burst out laughing tugging at my hair. "They do!" She agreed. My face blushed even deeper than Sora's stupid trunks and my hair combined.
Roxas climbed into the van and sat down next to me. He smiled at me. I looked away, and tried to busy myself with my beach bag. It stayed like that for the longest. Only Namine and Sora seemed to be the one's carrying out the conversations. Riku looked pissed off, and Olette merely stared longingly out the window. Or in the direction of my dear cousin to be exact. After about ten minutes the fiery red head poked his face in the van.
"Are you guys ready yet?" He probed with a rather irritated tone. He was still a bit miffed once he found out all of my friends were still underage and half of the numbers were boys. Although he did take a certain interest in Roxas. I would have made fun of him if it weren't so awkward to even speak to him.
"Alright pipsqueaks make sure to buckle up," Axel warned through the rear view mirror. His green eyes gleamed maliciously in the direction of Roxas. "I don't want to bruise that pretty face of yours cutie!"
He winked and Roxas turned red.
We all somehow arrived to the beach in one piece. I don't know who in hell insisted upon Axel driving. (Oh wait that was my idea .) He drove like a maniac running every red light just to prove that he could. I was seriously going to be sick. After everyone jumped out of the van and collapsed on the ground in joy, we all grabbed our things and headed out to the beach.
I tried to stay as far away from Roxas as humanly as possible. Even if it meant being away with Sora. And where ever Sora was Namine was because he'd follow her around anywhere. So in the end I was walking with a big gap between me and the rest of the party. It wasn't until we hit the beach that Namine caught up with me.
"You know you really shouldn't ignore Roxas. You were the one that invited him in the first place." Namine scolded, once we were out of earshot. I looked over at the topic of her comment. His eyebrows were scrunched up in confusion and he definitely did not look like he was having a good time.
I sighed miserably. "What am I supposed to say to him? Oh gee Roxas thanks a ton for jumping on me out of the blue the last time I saw you! I was having the best time of my life down there!" I hissed angrily. Namine stopped walking suddenly, and a smirk graced her lips. It took me a moment to realize how embarrassing of a remark I made. My cheeks started to burn instantly.
"I didn't mean it like that!" I protested, flailing my beach bag around. "I was- I was being sarcastic!"
"Right, of course Kairi," Namine nodded her head enthusiastically just to mock my sarcasm. I opened my mouth to argue, but closed it and turned away. I trained my eyes on the floor. The sand on the beach flicked and flew as I stomped around. My sandals were getting drowned in the white sand, and I could feel it creeping in between my toes. Great. Another reason why I hate the beach.
Our group was already covered in a thin layer of sweat by the time we picked out a spot to lounge around. An area big enough to set up a beach volleyball game. Wonderful. Let me just bust out my 'I hate the beach' list now. And also there was another group of familiar faces already nestled there, such as Selphie (much to Roxas' disdain), a boy named Wakka, another named Tidus, Hayner, Pence and a bunch of other people from school. Jeez, did the whole school happen to want to come to the beach this weekend or what?!
I rummaged through my bag, pulled out my blanket and threw it on the floor. Before I could do so much as sit down on it, a hand clamped around my arm.
"What do you think you're doing Kairi?" Namine asked incredulously. I turned to look at her, shock still evident on my face.
"Well, I was about to sit my butt down on the blanket…" I trailed off, hoping she'd get the hint to let go of my arm. Her eyes narrowed.
"No- you have to get in the water." She said simply, starting to tug at my arm.
"I… I can't!" I pleaded.
"C'mon! And take off your clothes! Don't you want to show off your bathing suit," She winked. I felt myself blush as I shook my head violently.
"No I don't! Quit it!"
Namine sighed, and dropped her arms.
"Sora! I need your help! She's resisting!" She called over her shoulder. Right on cue, Sora appeared by her like a little faithful puppy. It was sort of unnerving. He smiled evilly at me, which at first freaked me out and then made me nervous in the teenaged hormone way. He peeled off his shirt and sauntered over to me.
I didn't know what to do! What would you do if your secret crush was walking over to you completely shirtless? I squirmed on the spot, looking from Namine to Sora and back again.
I couldn't even react when I felt Sora wrap his arms around me and pull me over his shoulder. I was in bliss, cloud nine, La La land, you name it. Sora was holding me! He was carrying me away with him to his kingdom where we'll get married and- No wait! My surroundings finally hit me. I was at the beach. Sora was carrying me…. Sora was carrying me to drop me in the water! It felt as if a light bulb lit up in my reaction part of my body.
Sora was already ankle deep in the water before I started to throw a fit.
"Hey let me down! Don't throw me! Just… gently" I screamed, while he threw his head back and started to laugh.
"Sorry Kairi!" He chuckled before letting me go completely. If you seriously thought I laughed it out and pulled him down with me. You were so wrong. It would have been the only sensible thing to do right? No, well being me, the insufferably large idiot who was prone to get into some kind of accident that I am, I didn't.
Once I hit the sea floor, which wasn't that deep, I swam back to the surface. Water was stuffed up in my ears, my nose and my lips were cracking from the salt. I was really not a happy camper. Not to mention my only pair of extra clothes were drenched.
"I-I s-so h-hate you r-right now!" I shivered, wading back to the shore. Sora was paddling behind me, with Namine laughing by his side. I didn't realize she was following us.
"Kairi the purpose of coming to the beach is to get into the water at some point," She reasoned. Sora nodded his head eagerly in agreement. Ugh. Just looking at them made me mad. I couldn't even come up with a sarcastic remark because I suddenly felt something sharp stab me in the foot.
"Oww," I yelped, falling down. I hit the wet sand on all fours and (just my luck) another wave came lurching back towards the tide. Before I could have walked (or crawled in this case) away a rather large wave caught me pulling me back towards the water. I swear it was just like a scary movie. You know when the killer has got the girl, drags her by the feet while she's screaming at the top of her lungs and clawing at the floor.
When I got back to the tide, my foot was stinging like hell. Whatever it was that cut me, the salt water was only making the pain ten times worse. Not to mention the rest of my body. It felt like someone had slapped me. I guess that the result of getting caught in a wave. Stupid ocean.
I quickly glanced down at my foot something green was sticking out at the bottom. A piece of glass. "Ugh, great. Where's my list I need to add this to it."
"Kairi!" I heard a yell in the distance, only to see a blonde figure bobbing her way towards me. When she got closer I swear to kingdom hearts that she looked like she was going to faint.
"Ah! Ohmigosh you stepped on glass!" Namine yelped just as loudly as I had. Funny, people would have thought she was the one that was injured. "Sora-"She started but Sora nodded. He looked sort of green, like he'd been sea sick. I'd find out later that he just really hates looking at blood.
He leaned down towards me and held out a hand.
"C'mon I'll carry you back." He said. I blushed deeply.
"What? NO!" I screamed, louder than before.
"Kairi, we need to take care of it now, or it will get infected," Namine interjected knowingly. She sounded like my mother. I rolled my eyes.
"Come on!" Sora said. I sighed, before taking his hand. He pulled my arm over his neck and I wrapped my other one around his neck too. He lifted both of my legs and held them while I clamped them around his waist. "Just hang on."
That proved to be a troubling feat. I felt like fainting and not because of how deep the cut was. I could feel his warm sticky skin through my t-shirt and his messy brown hair kept getting caught in my mouth.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled sadly, after we were halfway to our spot.
"It's not your fault."
"Still, I'm sorry." He pleaded. I sighed in a defeated manner.
"Ok."
Once we finally reached our spot on the beach, Namine had gone off to go fetch a life guard with a first aid kit. I saw Roxas stare at me worriedly. Oh great.
"What's wrong with her?" He said tensely.
"She just stepped on some glass." Sora said calmly.
"Glass?"
"Yes glass!" I snapped. I buried my head in my knees. Stupid glass. Stupid ocean. Stupid beach trip!
After I was all patched up, I spent most of my time on my blanket watching the others play in the water. Even if I wanted to join them I couldn't now. The day that had gone by was so hot my clothes dried off easily in under an hour. Olette and Namine would take shifts on who would keep me company which only pissed me off. Roxas was the only other person who was not in the water, but I tried my hardest to ignore his presence. I would envelope myself in my iPod, or sometimes pretend I was asleep until someone would keep me company besides him.
I was about to really fall asleep when I felt someone's wet body sit beside me.
"Kairi!" Namine's voice rang through my ears. I opened my eyes. Her wet blonde hair was dripping around the sides of her face and her eyes were red because of the salt water.
"What?"
"I'm sorry… I ruined the trip for you." She said quietly. She gave me a guilty look.
"Its fine, I wouldn't have gone in the water anyway." I reassured her but she didn't look very convinced.
"You look miserable though," She complained, placing a cool wet hand on my forehead. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm not."
"You sure?"
"Positive."
Namine looked at me doubtfully as if trying to dare me to confess.
"What is it?" I asked. Her questioning stare broke out into a smile.
"I want some ice-cream."
"Sea-salt ice cream." I said with a wide grin on my face. It was an old tradition that we always bought the bitter sweet Popsicle at the beach. I lifted myself up into sitting position and then stood up. "Let's go!"
"Can you walk?" Namine looked at me uncertainly. I scoffed.
"I'm not cripple for kingdom hearts sake!"
She smiled before nodding, and we both set out to the concession stand. To be honest, my foot still hurt like hell. But I wouldn't tell her that. Sure I might have been opening my cut over again. But I wanted my ice cream. I wanted something good out of this stupid beach trip. Something that couldn't embarrass me to death. Ice cream was innocent. Ice cream never let me down. Ice cream was good.
"That would be 5000 munny, "The adolescent employee said after ringing up the ice cream. I dug through my pockets and pulled out the munny and handed it to him.
"5000 munny?!" Namine exclaimed angrily. "Are you serious?! That is a total rip off! Who do you guys think you are?"
"Uh… Miss- I'm just a cashier-"
"I don't care! This is like… like some kind of federal crime!" She argued. I rolled my eyes and grabbed my ice cream.
"Namine let's just-"I started but she put her hand up in my face.
"I'm not paying for an ice cream that's 5000 munny!"
"Miss, it's just an ice cream."
"The best ice cream there is! And Kairi and I have been loyal customers and consumers of this frozen delight so I think we should deserve some kind of treatment!" She said lowering her voice down. I glanced over my shoulder and I could see the people in line behind us were staring at Namine suspiciously.
"Miss this is just the Destiny Islands Food shack, not some kind of restaurant." The boy said, now sounding really annoyed. His face turned a little red, and the pimples on his cheek were white with strain.
"Yeah well, I'm the customer!" Namine snapped. "And the customer is always right!"
Seeing as this argument was going no where, I quickly told Namine I'd wait for her by the condiments area. She waved me off, still enwrapped in her heated discussion. So I stood there next to the ketchup, and onions, watching people fix their hot dogs to eat. I even saw one person drop the weenie in the sand. He looked around to make sure nobody saw (didn't see me) before wiping it off on his shirt and sticking it back in his bun. I swear I could have been there all day, eating my ice cream and observing all the weirdo's walking by. If only there weren't any disturbances. And I mean the crack head way.
"Hey," A familiar voice greeted me. I swear I felt my blood boil angrily, even before I looked up at him. Seifer was grinning down at me, with his stupid face, and stupid beanie filled with stupid crack. He was wearing merely trunks that seemed to sag a bit and his black beanie that seemed to cling on him wherever he went.… Ugh gross.
"Um… hi," I mumbled trying to keep the disgust from my voice. As much as I hated this guy I couldn't be rude he didn't do anything… yet. I tried to distract myself by stuffing the Popsicle in my mouth. I looked toward the concession stand line to see Namine still arguing with the same employee about the expensive pricing. Oh jeez, just deal with it Namine! I thought angrily.
"So, how are you?" He asked sweetly, leaning his elbow against the countertop. That was a serious sign for me to walk away regardless if Namine was with me or not.
"Err- swell," I managed to say before attempting to bolt out of there. But he sidestepped in front of me. He put his hand on the counter a few inches from me, smiling wickedly.
"Aw, c'mon Kairi, what's the hurry?" Seifer asked. "I just wanna talk."
"I really should go…. "I said nervously, trying look anywhere but his chest that seemed to move closer to me in the last second. I sidled to the left and tried to sneak away but he put his other hand, trapping me. Holy crap, how did I even get myself in this situation!?
"Look, I know you're probably a bit pissed off because of the last time we talked. You don't have to be that way with me-"He began but I interrupted shoving him roughly away from me.
"The last time?! The last time you tried to hit on me!" I shouted. "Of course I'm going to be pissed off! I don't like you! I never did, you stole my peanut butter and jelly sandwich when we were in third grade!"
Seifer backed up staring at me, looking completely baffled. As if I just smacked his mother or something. His beanie was sloping off to the side, showing his tangled sandy hair.
"I had to sit there all through lunch watching everybody else eating their sandwiches, while you're off garbling mine down!"
"That was years ago-"
"And might I mention how you teased me all through middle school because of my glasses!" I screamed, waving my arms wildly. I almost dropped my Popsicle. "Do you think I'm stupid?!"
He blinked several times before cracking into a grin. I seriously wanted to smack him. "I think you're hot." He said. If I wasn't angry at him I would have been in a blushing fit.
"You're such a crack head," I said angrily. "Just leave me alone!"
"Aw, quit being such a tease!" He laughed, closing the gap between us. He snaked his arms around me, pulling me up against his chest. I almost choked at the smell of him. His whole body reeked of tobacco and cheap cologne. Stupid crack head. He laughed harder as I tried to struggle from his grip, kicking and screaming, even whacking him with my Popsicle. The more I tried to fight the more he held on.
"If you don't let go of me now I'm gonna… "I trailed off trying to think of something to back up my threat. But honestly what in the hell could I do besides beat him to death with my ice cream? Where are the stupid life guards when you need them?
"You're going to what?" He mocked. Before I knew what I was doing, my knee flew up and rammed into him. And I mean literally. He pushed me away, bent over, and cupped himself, groaning in pain. I stepped back still marveling at what I did. Seifer threw his head up to look at me, his eyes narrowed with a mixture of annoyance and pain.
"What the hell?" He gasped, staggering a bit. "What the hell is your problem?"
"What's your problem?"
"I was doing you a favor for your sorry freak ass-"He started.
"I should seriously file a sexual harassment report on you," I muttered, feeling my lips pull up into a smile. Seifer glared at me with so much hatred that I don't even think his glares over the past years could amount to as much as this one. I spun around and started to walk back towards the concession stand line to see if Namine was done with her complaining. But then all of a sudden I felt something grab my arm and roughly tug me downward. Seifer had me down on the floor in a second. His face was twisted with fury.
"No one get's away with this, I'm Seifer-"he began angrily.
"Seifer the crack head, yes, yes I know," I finished for him, but it only made him even more furious. I knew I shouldn't have kept pushing his buttons after that kick in the groin but I couldn't help it. He turned a deep shade of purple. My face paled and I was glancing wildly, praying for Namine would hurry up. I needed someone. Anyone!
"You stupid bit-"
"Is there a problem?" I looked up to see Roxas staring down at us, with his usual cold stare. I felt myself sigh in relief. Yes, rescued from this pot head. Seifer shrunk back letting go of my arm. I sprang up from the ground walked next to Roxas. I didn't realize I was clutching his arm, for dear life.
"It's alright-"I started, but the stupid pot head interrupted only making the situation ten times tenser.
"-Nah," Seifer grumbled staggering up to his feet. "Just playing around, right Kai?"
I think the whole nickname thing must have triggered something in Roxas because his expression instantly flickered from anger to rage. Before I could even blink he shoved Seifer into the counter. The ketchup and mustard bottles flew off the table and cracked on Seifer, spilling the yellow and red goo all over him. People that were in line were glaring at us as if we were a bunch of rowdy teenagers. And I merely stood there, gaping at Seifer and then Roxas, and then back again.
He sauntered over to the unconscious Seifer, his fist still clenched. He only took too steps before Seifer's posse appeared in front of him. Fuu and Rai both glared at Roxas with utmost loathing and Vivi stood there looking uncomfortable. I could hear Seifer's groans as he stirred. I tugged on Roxas' arm, but he wouldn't budge. It was almost as if he were daring the other two to just try to fight him.
"Roxas," I mumbled. It took a few tries before he finally gave in. He nodded his head, and I lead him back to our beach spot. I didn't even wait for Namine (she was now arguing with the manager), which surprised me because I found myself alone with Roxas. This was the one thing I wanted to avoid this whole beach trip, and I end up getting caught up in it.
"The nerve of that guy," I heard him mutter angrily. I peeked up at him. His eyes were still there usual cold hard surface. And his lips were pulled down into a grimace. I stayed quiet, and closed my eyes, hoping that he'd take a hint and go away. But when did I ever get what I wanted?
I heard him sigh loudly. "You're really quiet."
I hummed in agreement.
The sun was starting to set and the atmosphere was starting to become awfully familiar. The wind started to shift in direction and the temperature was creeping downward to the point where I started to shiver. I let go of Roxas' arm forgetting that I was still holding on to it. We reached our spot and I was about to throw myself on my blanket but Roxas stopped me.
"Say something." He pleaded.
I blinked and then looked down.
"It's cold." I mumbled stupidly. He sighed, and pulled away. I almost let out a big breath in relief at his disappearance but he came back now clutching something, only to make me catch my breath again. A sweater. His sweater to be exact. He handed me the black and white checkered sweater and turned away.
"Take it," Roxas murmured. I stared at the sweater for a long time and at Roxas' back. His blonde hair was blowing in the wind and his back stiffened at the cold breeze. If I squinted hard enough I could have seen the goose bumps on his arms. What an idiot. But I still smiled none the less.
I seriously considered bundling myself up in the inviting jacket but something caught my attention. Whispering. I spun around and scanned wildly for the source. Olette was quietly murmuring in Pence's ear while pointing at me. And I could hear Hayner laughing his head off in the background, which soon was accompanied by a loud slapping sound.
"Gee Kairi and I seriously thought it was just a crush, but you really are in love with the guy huh?"
"It's ok, I'm fine," I said, giving it back to him.
"No, just take the sweater!" He shoved it in my arms again.
"You need it more than I do!" I retorted throwing the sweater at him.
"I can see your teeth chattering Kairi!" He snapped. I glanced back at Olette and the gang. They were all staring at us back and forth like a tennis match. I knew I was causing a scene, but I didn't want the damn sweater. Not anymore.
"Yeah well, I can see your goose bumps." I hissed.
"Just take the damn sweater," He said angrily, wrapping the stupid jacket around my shoulders.
"I don't want it!" I screamed.
"Why not!?"
"Because-… Because I don't want to get teased!" I burst out, pushing him away. The sweater immediately fell off my shoulders and into the sand. He stared at me wide eyed. His expression started off as shocked, then slowly turned blank. A mask.
"Fine," He snarled coldly, snatching his sweater from the floor. He dusted the sand off, and glared at me icily. "Fine." He repeated.
What is wrong with me? I felt a stab of guilt as I saw him throw his jacket on angrily. I looked over at Hayner, Pence and Olette who were all trying to hide their snickering. And that's when I realized I'd still get teased later no matter what I did. So what have I got to lose now? I shook my head and found myself reaching out to him. I pulled on his jacket.
"What?" He snapped. I flinched slightly but continued to tug.
"Can… Can I," I stammered, glowering at my sandals. "Can I please borrow it?"
Roxas didn't say anything. I peeked up at his face. He still looked rather angry. There was a small crease between his furrowed eyebrows.
"Borrow what?" He asked innocently. His lips were twitching into a smile. Now I knew he was messing with me.
"You're sweater! Give it to me!" I demanded, stomping my foot. Roxas studied me, with a small grin on his face, before the grin cracked into a wide smile. He ruffled his blonde hair before peeling off his sweater.
"Here then," He threw the sweater at me and I caught it. In no more than a few seconds the sweater was wrapped around me. It was so warm it was not funny. The inside was made out of wool, and when I slipped my arms through the sleeves I felt like I was sinking.
"Thanks…" I mumbled, burying my face in the hood. He looked away.
"-What kind of idiot leaves her sweater behind?" He grumbled mostly to himself. But from the color of his cheeks I could tell he was pleased. When he turned away from me, I quickly sniffed the inside. Ah, winter fresh. It was then when the aroma hit my nose that I remembered how close Roxas had been yesterday. Everything I tried to forget that happened yesterday seemed to be flooding back inside my head.
A big gust of wind blew by, blowing off the hood from my head, and making my hair a tangled mess. Not that it wasn't already. I shoved a few strands into place before he could notice what happened. But suddenly I felt something warm on the side of my cheek. I looked up to see Roxas brushing my face with my fingertips. His cold eyes were melted, and he was smiling.
"Mop head," He laughed, taking a step closer. I felt his other hand on my waist. But it didn't really matter, the fabric of the sweater was awfully thick. His breath tickled my nose, making me want to sneeze but I held my ground. My face started to heat up, as I realized how close he was. I don't think he realized it and if he did he was acting 'cool' about it.
He put a strand of my burgundy hair behind my ear and smiled. It made me uncomfortable and uneasy. I could feel my face burn angrily. He let his hand linger behind my ear, before finally dropping it at his side along with his other hand.
"Why so jumpy, Kairi?" he teased, his warm liquid sapphire eyes lighting up with laughter. I gulped, looking away embarrassed. Why was I feeling even quieter around him? I mean I was talking to him fine just a few seconds ago, right?
"What do you mean?" I stuttered, looking back at him, but looked away again. It felt like staring into a bright light. I heard him sigh.
"Seriously, what is wrong with you?" Roxas finally said. His face was as light as before, and his eyes held something else. Hurt possibly? I felt myself frown and my stomach churn uncomfortably. How could I possibly talk about what happened the last time we were together? It was just way too weird.
"Nothing," I muttered, looking down at my sandals.
"Tell me," He pressed. He knew something was bothering me, god I hated that! I looked back up into his face; his eyebrows were scrunched together in frustration.
"I… well-"I started, it was too hard to stare at his eyes so I lowered my gaze until I hit his neck. There dangling around his neck was a silver chain connected to some sort of pendent. I squinted for a better look until I figured out what it was. The sight almost made me gasp out in shock. How could I have not noticed it before?
"A key…" I mumbled, stepping closer to him, and pulling the necklace out from under his shirt. And sure enough a little dainty key with a golden square handle shined in the sunset light. I pulled the pendent up to my face. The word Kairi was engraved on the side of the handle. I heard Roxas cough uncomfortably but I didn't bother looking back at him. My eyes were too focused on the necklace he was wearing.
"Where-"My voice felt weak suddenly. I slowly shifted my eyes from the pendent to Roxas' face. He was looking at me with a weird expression. "Where did you get this?"
He hesitated, looked away and then back. "I got it from you."
A/N: CLIFF HANGER ALERT!!! CLIFF HANGER ALERT!!! XD
Well... DunDun duhhhhhhh!!!
Until next time, I'll probably update soon... I already wrote out the next chappie to it... so Idk.
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