She eyed him, with yearn to walk over and say something. Her heart was racing, but her mind was in the lead.
And it was REALLY in the lead. It thought waaaaay too up ahead. "If I go there, then this'll happen, and there's a difference as to if that'll work out, because there's absolutely no chance that this'll happen, ending up to-"
...You get the point.
"Kairi, what's wrong? You haven't said anything since last period..." Selphie questioned her green eyes wide in curiosity.
"No...n-nothing." she reassured. "Just...kinda tired."
"You sure? You haven't even looked this way! Are you just too busy lookin' at Sora?"
The redhead was silent.
"Aww, Kairi. He's so lonely...you should go talk to him!" she coaxed.
The girl's eyes widened at Selphie, "Uh, I-I don't think I should, I..."
"Kairi, c'mon. You guys haven't said a word to each other since the Field Trip. Seriously, did something happen?"
"Nothing."
Selphie crossed her arms, "You've gotta be kidding me, Kairi, I can see the deceit from those eyes, the shine's all-"
By that time, Kairi had got up, and walked away.
--
"…About what you said today...in Math, this morning." The blonde girl, Namine, began as Roxas chewed casually on a school lunch.
"Hmm?" he replied, his mouth still full. "What? What'd I say?"
"You know, Roxas. About...'staying on the sidelines forever'." she reminded him.
"Look, Nam, I didn't mean it that way, I'm so-"
"I should be the one that's sorry..." she said, turning away. "I know I should get over it, but..."
"Namine...it's fine. It was my fault for bringing it up. Like...really. I wouldn't be able to get over something that you had to go through."
She was silent, but the blond boy continued on. "Seifer's just a jerk, and he screwed you over. It takes a lot to get over something like that."
"Roxas. It's fine. Please, let's not talk about it anymore."
"But-" he was about to say, but he stopped himself. He nodded. "That's a better alternative." he said. His cerulean eyes spotted something. "Are you gonna finish that, Nam?" he asked.
Namine smiled at him, "Nah," she began. The blonde then pushed her lunch tray over towards the blond. "You can have everything."
"You really mean it?"
"Go ahead. I'm not that hungry anyway." she said quietly. Her eyes widened as she spotted something peculiar...
Immediately, she poked Roxas's shoulder as he consumed Namine's lunch. "Roxas!"
"Yeah?"
"Look!" she pointed, and whispered in his ears.
The blond boy smirked. "Wow...he really did it."
"Yeah...he did." she smiled. "Isn't that great, Roxas?"
In mock, over exaggerated tears of joy, he sniffled, "I'm so proud of him!"
"Roxas, you drama queen." she said, stiffly toward him. "For now, let's watch."
"...Now that I think about it, it's nice to be on the sidelines watching some of the time." Roxas thought silently, not wanting to upset Namine.
--
Kairi had NEVER felt this awkward in her life. It was like she knew where she was going, but just couldn't go. It was like...you on your way to a friend's house, but your car breaks down.
Except in this scenario, there's no tow truck to help you along the way. The tow truck for this broken-down car was on the other side of the walk way in the cafeteria, sitting by himself, lonely.
Kairi's tow truck was Sora, you could say. She gulped, and took a few steps forward. Or, more like toward him. Hesitantly, she poked his shoulder, and whispered his name, "Sora?"
The brunet turned around immediately. "Oh, h-hey, Kairi."
"Hi, Sora." she laughed nervously. The words that she was about to say were melted away as she looked into the boy's captivating, azure eyes.
"So...what's up?" he asked. Sora was just about as nervous as Kairi was.
This, my friends, was the exact definition of "awkward" in both of their books.
"Oh...just walking around, you know the whole thing..." she replied.
"Alright then..." he said. The two just looked at each other, but then turned away from the other.
"Uhmm...I'll see you sometime later, alright, Sora?" Kairi told him, walking away. "Gotta go-"
"Wait!" he said, loud enough for her to hear.
"Huh?" she asked as she walked over back to the brunet.
"Uhmm...Kairi...I..."
"Yeah?"
"..." Sora was silent in awkwardness. Was he gonna do something, or not?!
"Well, if you're not gonna say anything, I'm just gonna-"
"Kairi, I'd...I-I'd like to...apologize." he mumbled.
The red-haired girl was...surprised? "Apologize? A-Apologize? For what?" she inquired. "You didn't do anything, it was-"
"If you think about it hard enough, Kairi, you'll understand."
She sat down next to him, because she knew this was gonna take a while. "...I'm still not getting anything."
The brunet Sora sighed, "Kairi, I'm sorry for not saying anything. I was being a jerk, a total asshole, and I really regr-"
"Woah, woah, WOAH!" she halted his apology, "What do you mean?"
"I was ignoring you, not wanting to sit next to you anymore...I was being a real asshole."
"I don't care, Sora." she smiled at him, "I didn't think you were being an asshole."
"You didn't?" he asked in surprise.
"No. Not really."
"Oh, well that's a relief." he said loudly as he sighed. She laughed.
"So...we're cool, right?" she questioned with hope in her eyes.
"Yeah." he responded. Sora was about to say something else, but halted himself as Kairi hugged him tight.
"It's alright."
"Wow...he did it. He really did it. My brother actually had the balls to do it!" Roxas exclaimed.
Lightly, Namine gave him a shove, "...Vulgar language!"
He laughed, "Sorry, Nam." he apologized. "I was just joking..."
"You sure?" she asked, a blonde brow raised toward him.
"Geez, you're so cynical, Nam." he replied, chukling.
Namine laughed, but was interrupted by a firm grip on her tiny, scrawny shoulder. As Namine winced, she and Roxas both looked up, with surprised eyes to see none other than...
"Seifer!" the blonde girl exclaimed in surprise.
"Namine, dear, you got the answers for the test?" he asked, seductively.
Roxas's blue eyes shrank into a glare as she said, "Which one?" Her reply was so innocent, that everyone would've said it was a joke.
"The History one, of course." he replied.
The blonde girl sighed, and grabbed her backpack. The blond twin just stared in surprise as he watched Namine pull out a sheet of white paper out of her backpack.
"H-Here," she said as he grabbed it from her, "And don't give it back."
"Thank you, Na-WAIT." he said as he said, "What the hell is this?!" reading in this mind 'Screw you, go suck.'
He marched over to Namine, and whispered, "So, Namine's becoming a rebel, huh?" he asked himself.
SMACK!
And down went Namine. Seifer growled with embarrassment and anger.
"You think this is a funny joke, Namine?!" he asked her. Then, he yelled. "You think I like your jokes?!"
As Seifer's angry voice rang in the cafeteria, the whole vicinity became silent. Everyone stood up, or looked over at Seifer, the unconscious Namine, and Roxas. In total shock, Roxas gasped, and rushed over to Namine, whose beryl-coloured eyes were shut, and blood from Seifer's hit stained her wavy, platinum-blond hair. He held back tears that formed in his eyes, and said,
"Hey, Jackass! Quit torturing Namine, will ya?" he bellowed, angrily, "She didn't do anything wrong."
Seifer eyed Roxas with a menacing glare, "Oh, lookit here, it's 'Mr. Big shot' to the rescue!" Seifer announced. "I believe we ran into each other once before. Back then, you had a fair get away But this time..." he said, as he cracked his knuckles. "Roxas, this time, you won't be so lucky."
With a scowl on his face, the blond Roxas clenched his fists, and got into a fighting stance, "Try it," he said. "I dare you."
Almost with satisfaction, Seifer smirked, "Before we get to the fun, Roxas," he began, placing a hand on his hip. "Why do you bother defending this little shit?"
"Because, she's my friend!" Roxas answered, defensively. "Why, you gotta problem with me being friends with your little cheat sheet?"
The taller blond laughed. Can you believe it? He laughed. "Aside from her being my personal cheat sheet, she's also a little cheater!"
"Wh-wha?" he stuttered, "'A cheater'?!"
"Oh, Namine didn't tell you the whole story, did she?" Seifer asked him as Roxas's expression of anger grew even more apparent.
"What story?!" he demanded, "Tell me!"
"Roxas, Roxas, Roxas. You're falling for this little freak's trap. Behind that cute little face, she's just a manipulative witch! A skank! A freak! She's just using you so you can boink her in a one-night stand!"
Roxas growled in disbelief, "No! That's not Namine!"
"Ohoho...it's not?" Seifer asked, mockingly at Roxas, "I guess it's not, especially if she slept with me!" he shrugged indifferently, and sarcastically. "She's not a virgin! And she's definitely not innocent!"
Sora's blue-coloured eyes widened in shock as he heard the words that exited out of Seifer's mouth. "A...'cheater'?" he asked, then turned to the red-haired Kairi. "Is...Is that he said true? Did Namine really sleep with Seifer?"
Kairi sighed, "Rumor has it," she said. Sora couldn't believe it, "She really did. I heard she did sleep with him back in middle school." the redhead explained. "I'm not sure of all the details, because I wasn't the gossip type, but according to what I heard, that's true."
"WHAT?!" Sora shrieked, "So...Namine's just trying to sleep with my brother?!"
"I...I don't know what she wants. But after the news about her and Seifer spread around school, she became more paranoid, and detatched from the world. She hadn't talked to any of her friends, including me."
The brunet Sora was silent, until he said, "Wait...you said that you tried becoming friends with her. Or, making friends with her, because she was really quiet." Sora recalled, "So, why'd you say that, if you were friends?"
"I didn't want you asking about what happened, Sora." she answered, but began again. "Truth be told, Namine and I were best friends back in elementary school, and throughout middle school. That is, until Seifer came along in seventh grade." The maroon-haired girl continued to commentate. "Then, she just stopped."
"What do you mean by...'stopped'?"
"She was alone. She secluded herself, she became shy. Namine was no more the flamboyant, spicy girl I knew. She was...dead."
"Oh..." Sora mouthed as Kairi sighed. "Poor Namine."
"And it's all because of that jackass, Seifer." she hissed spitefully, while shooting an icy glare at the tall blond. "He just HAD to follow her here...to high school."
Sora was silent, that is, until he heard Roxas fall to the ground. His cerulean eyes widened in surprise as he ran over to his brother, pushing the crowd out of the way, along with Kairi, trailing behind him.
"Roxas! Are you okay?" he asked loudly, in concern.
He nodded stiffly, "Yeah, Sora, I'm fine." he said, then looked over to Namine, who was being lifted up by Kairi. "Nam..."
"Don't worry, Roxas." Kairi said in a gentle manner, and placed a hand on his shoulder, "She'll be fine."
The blond Roxas attempted to get up, but immediately fell back down as he grunted in pain. "Owww..."
"What'd he do?" Sora asked his brother as he looked at Seifer.
"Had enough yet, Roxxie?" Seifer taunted, then laughed maliciously. "If you'd like, I'll give you more."
Roxas gave a look of anger back at Seifer, "Try it, I fucking dare you!" he spat back spitefully.
"Alright, ALRIGHT! Break it UP!" a woman's voice echoed through the walls of the cafeteria. "Seifer, here, now."
"I'll get you next time, Roxas." he mumbled with hate. "I swear it on my life!"
"Eat me." Roxas mouthed toward Seifer, then grinned when the woman clasped onto his arm firmly as the tall blond flinched.
Three people from the crowd; a sandy-haired boy with chocolate eyes, a brunette girl with emerald eyes, and a brunet boy with dark brown eyes came to help Roxas up. "Is it okay if we help?" the brunette girl asked.
Kairi nodded, "Sure. Can you help me with Namine?" she questioned as the girl nodded.
"Wow, she's really knocked out..." the green-eyed girl mumbled. "Oh, I'm sorry. My name's Olette." she introduced. Kairi shot a smile towards the brunette girl.
"I'm Kairi." she said. "That's Sora, and his twin brother, Roxas."
Olette nodded, confirming that she understood. She then began, "The one boy with the darker hair is Pence, and the other kid's-"
"Hayner, right?" Roxas asked weakly as he was supported by his arm over Sora's shoulder, and Hayner's.
The sandy-haired boy grinned. "You got it."
Olette sighed, "So...this is the Infamous Namine, huh?" she asked. Kairi sighed in disappointment at the reality of her statement.
"This is Namine. All in the flesh." Kairi said.
Inwardly, Roxas growled. "How could they just talk about her like that? Who gave them the right to say stuff about Namine like that?!", Roxas asked himself angrily, over and over again. Sora noticed the expression on his brother's face.
"Roxas, it's fine. Just chill, alright?" the brunet twin-brother of his suggested.
"..." the blond gave him silence.
"So, where're we taking them...nurse's office, right?" Pence asked curiously as he followed the five others.
Sora and Kairi nodded, "Yeah." they answered simultaneously.
"I hope they're alright." Pence thought out loud.
But Roxas didn't even care about himself at the moment. At the moment, the only thing he was concerned about was Namine. "I hope she's alright..." Roxas thought silently in his mind as he "walked" his way over to the nurse's office.
"Namine..."
WOAH! Intense. At least, I think so. As many of you know, I've got a set storyline for this. And I just wanted to tell you...that last part, the one with Seifer, was NOT originally planned. If you feel angry, and want to complain to someone, it's definitely a reviewer of mines named lebrezie, who, despite her knowing, gave me unwanted inspiration of which I found quite useful. It fits in quite well; I'm not mad at her. I'd really like to thank her, actually. I was gonna keep things dull and stuff between the four after Sora and Kairi patched things up, but she really got me writing 'til 2 o'clock in the morning.
And also, she got me writing a more than 2,000 word chapter! HUAZAHHH.
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nupinoop296- Uhmm...sure. Thanks for the...one-word...review. I LOVE IT! :DDD Thanks for the review!
lebrezie- You know the whole "I really want reviews now!" thing, fellow authors. XD About "rewind, repeat," I didn't say what happened, that is, until this chapter. This is why you "gave me unwanted inspiration", if you know what I mean. :D I'd really like to thank you, because you made this story much more ACTION-PACKED! -HUGGLES- LAWL. And I'm guessing "Sora is da man.". LAWL. Wow, in track, the only thing I remember running is the 800, and the mile. But the last time I ran for school track was sixth grade. I throw now. T.T I'm so lazy. XD But I kinda stopped in the middle of the season this year because I have things to do when track's in session...MAJORLY SUCKS! I can't do the relays. Me+BatonOBLIVION. I'll be too busy playing light saber with it. I was at the guy's track practice (just because my friend was with her boyfriend, and I had nothing better to do...), and the coach told us to help and hold the batons, so we did. And we ended up playing light saber...until my other friend, who is a guy goes, "...WOW." And I laugh. IT was hilarious. xD He called me freaky the other day. D: Oh well, it's better than "a wicked witch", like he called me in sixth grade. LAWL. HIGH SCHOOL'S BETTER! I hope. I REALLY hope. My school is GAYY. DDD: Haha...I was watching CSI: NY after I typed up this chapter. And American Idol. LAWL. That one girl that was really pretty and sang really good, and...SHE GOT VOTED OFF! I didn't want her to leave!! Oh well. Thanks for the review! XD
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Malcolm Yuy- Ahaha... Yeah, but everyone'd ask for the sequel. I guess that's where I'm headed for now. LAWL. Yeah, I want their family to be happy, and...happy! Gippal's a good guy, I guess. Haha. XD And all that Playstation 3 stuff you typed...gosh, I had to read that like five times over to understand it. That's so complicated! Like...there's a really cheap PS3 that CAN'T play PS2 or PS1 games?! Man, that's lame...I couldn't care less if I got Wi-Fi (Although, that's pretty snazzy.) with it! ldkmfa;lksdf, I won't be able to play Kingdom Hearts 1 or 2 on there! LAAAAME. DDD: Yeah, I'm in Tech club. LAWL. There aren't that many people there anymore. XDDD I kinda skipped like half of the meetings because of conflicts, but I've COME BACK! BUAHAH. CX HOLY ;ansdf;kjasdf 642?! Daaaaang. That's not as expensive as I thought...I would've thought like 800 or something. Goshh...wow. Yeah...I think anything's better than 10 whatever to 9...DDDD: I would cry if I got that shift. That is, if I worked. LAWL. HAHA, eHarmony!! XD That made me laugh. I don't trust those dating sites, unless...Well, whatever, I hate DRAMA! It's nonsensical, in my terms. DD: It's better if you didn't take the risk of being late. I mean, there's traffic and stuff, and red lights, and everything. And...yeah. You never know. I like skipping school, just dont' very often. Mommy and Daddy care about my education. That's why I'm not dating till like...late high school or college. XD Eh, I don't really have a best friend, because I have this strange paranoia (oh, here we go with the paranoia...) that if I choose one person as my best friend, someone's gonna get hurt. I also learned that because I thought one of my friends back in EARLY elementary school as my best friend, but she said this other girl was her best friend, whom she still is now, so I leanred something quite valuable from...what's it, naivativity? Is that even a word, I don't even know. DD: Well, thanks for the review! (I think it may of cut it off? You didn't put your usual ending sentence. Or maybe you didn't feel like it...I don't know.) :D
KhCrystal- Yes, I'm still sick. D: Horrible. I usually don't get sick, but this is first. :P HAHA, Your demmand was fufilled, my friend. THEY'RE BUDDIES AGAIN! :DDD Yeap, Sora and Roxas are very, VERY nice. :DDD And I'd feel even more sorry for Namine now. I mean, she DID sleep with Seifer, but still! GAH! She's all...detatched. And stuff. And yeah. She's not as innocent as you thought, no? BUUAHAHAH. Evil I am. CX Yeah, she's kinda oblivious to a lot of things, like I am. Like, people tell me, "Stop flirlting with him!" and I'm like "WTF?! I'm simply having a lively convo with my FRIEND." And they look at me and are like "Ooooh, she liiiikes him." I simply roll my eyes. There's not use in denying if they're not gonna listen to you. DDD: They didn't tell each other that they liked, ER, LOVED each other yet...OH NO!! You're still kinda angry for that. XDDD And I HAVE updated! Buahahaha. :D And thanks for the review! CX
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Well, that's all for the reviews replies. :DDD Thanks you all for reviewing, I really appreciate it, if you didn't know already.
And that's all I have to say. Surprisingly, I have nothing much to share.
LAWL...cept that I'm STILL SICK! DDDD: That's about it. And that I discovered that "One In A Million" by Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus is actually a cover of Sandy Molling's original.
I SO did not know that! INSANEEE!! (But then again, I don't know a lot. :PP)
And the fact that I'M GETTING SCENE HAIRCUT!...eventually. -shrugs- It'll look nice. :D My mother even approved, so that's good. She saw this pic;
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...Not the eye. Just the hair. XD
Anyways, I'm just gonna go now. D:
So, butaNENG, OUT! (April 17, 2008)