A/N: The second fluffy chapter. Okay but I have a special announcement for the last chapter okay so you all just wait for that. This time I won't listen to sad romantic songs while I'm typing okay? Instead I'll listen to Nickelback, Linkin Park, and Evanescence Stupid songs oh how they influence.
Roxas: I don't want to be scarred emotionally for the rest of my life -cries-
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.
Chapter Thirty-Three: See You Later
"Come on Roxas," Naminé whined watching the blonde boy purchase candy for the plane ride. "If you don't hurry we might not make it to the plane."
Roxas sighed and finally paid the cashier. He didn't like being charged too much for a piece of candy. But Naminé was right if he stayed there any longer they would miss their flight. Not that he had a problem with that. "I'm coming," Roxas huffed grabbing his bags and running over to Naminé who was impatiently waiting for him.
He couldn't blame her. He had been in that candy store for at least thirty minutes. Roxas couldn't help it if the cashier was an idiot. He didn't like being overcharged for a piece of candy. If he had lived in Hawaii he would have made file customer complaint.
The two blondes made their way down the gray hallway. Naminé was wondering what was so great about an FBI plane. They said it was state of the art but she didn't believe them. After all it was just a plane, wasn't it? Roxas didn't care what kind of plane they were on. He just wanted to spend most of his time with Naminé, after this he would probably never see her again.
They handed the flight attendant their tickets before searching for their seats. "B5 and B6," Naminé stated pointing to the two chairs. "No fair you get the window seat." Roxas smiled and opened the bin above their seats. He stuffed their baggage into the container before slamming it shut. Naminé giggled pushing Roxas into his chair. "Sit down you goofball."
"I'm not a goofball," Roxas retorted playfully. He buckled his seatbelt and watched Naminé do the same. "Hey Naminé what are you going to do when you get home?" he asked staring at the blonde girl.
She shrugged. "I guess I'll go to sleep, maybe I can forget all of this in the morning," Naminé supposed looking at Roxas. "What are you going to do?"
He smiled. "I'm going to miss you," he replied. Naminé blushed and looked away. "Hey it's true, I'll miss everyone else too you know. I can't just sleep the memories away unlike some people that are named Naminé." She frowned and slapped his arm.
"I'm going to miss you too Roxas, its just that I thought you would want to move on with your life. You don't want to stay hopelessly in love with a girl that you will never see again do you?" she inquired.
Roxas shrugged. "It's not like I'll fall in love with anyone else any time soon," Roxas replied. "By soon I mean never. Trust me Naminé I'm certain there's no other girl for me in this world except you. And I won't rest until I'm able to go to Oregon and visit you."
Naminé blushed. "Well then that's my vow too. Let's make an oath. That we won't fall in love or crush on any other person, we'll stay true to each other and one day see each other again."
"Okay I can agree to that. How do we seal the deal?" Roxas asked. He expected Naminé to say a handshake or something common like that. Even a hug would suffice.
"We share a piece of gum," she replied.
"Gum?"
"Yes, is there something wrong?"
"I was expecting a handshake or something like that." Naminé shook her head. She pulled out a piece of gum for her pocket and broke it in half. She gave half to Roxas and kept the other half for herself.
"We will unwrap these pieces when we see each other again," she stated tucking her piece back in her pocket. Roxas nodded and did the same. The plane started to move and was now speeding down the runway preparing for take off. Soon enough it was ascending into the air.
Roxas looked at Naminé who was staring down at her hands. He smiled and held her hand. She looked up at him and put on a small smile. She opened her mouth to speak but the announcer beat her to it.
"Okay welcome to, what did we decide to name it? What! That's a stupid name…fine. Welcome to FBI airlines! That sounds so gay doesn't it kids? Anyway this is Reno speaking, now you all are expecting a boring flight and sitting the entire time. No, that isn't the case! See this is a state of the art plane, you can walk around and explore different rooms, but of course you know you'll have to return to your seats at night. So have fun kiddos and we'll announce anything important!"
"So this is what they meant by state of the art," Naminé thought out loud. "Come on Roxas let's go explore before we have to leave. This'll probably be the only time we're on a state of the art plane!" Roxas nodded and unbuckled his seatbelt only to see Naminé head towards the corridors.
"Hey wait up!" he exclaimed running to catch up with the blonde girl. But it was too late Naminé was already out of view. He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Naminé? Naminé? Where'd you go?" He put his arm against a door and let out another sigh. But he was suddenly jerked into the room. He was about to say something but Naminé covered his mouth.
"I want to spend alone time with you, so this'll be our room okay?" Naminé whispered. Roxas nodded his head and Naminé removed her hand from his mouth. She sat on the floor pulling him down with her. "Roxas what do you want to talk about?"
Roxas shrugged. "You have to get off on the third stop don't you?" he asked. Naminé nodded sadly. "I guess the time we will spend together is limited. We should make the best of it Naminé! What do you say we go for a walk?"
"Sure." Roxas stood up and helped Naminé to her feet. "Come on let's go." Roxas opened the door for Naminé who smiled and gleefully walked through. The couple walked down the corridors talking to each other happily. They passed many of their friends of course exchanging 'hellos' before walking away.
Finally they found themselves alone. No one seemed to be coming down the hallway and it was slightly scaring Roxas. He would call it a ghost town, except it was a hallway. He looked over at Naminé who was simply enjoying every minute of their walk. He had to admit she looked radiant when she was beaming with happiness.
He blushed looking away. He heard her giggle. "I see you decided to stop looking at me," she laughed making him want to crawl into a dark hole and hide. Roxas was very embarrassed. "Stop being bashful Roxas."
Roxas chuckled. "Well what do you want me to be?" Roxas asked.
"I express your feelings."
Roxas opened his mouth to say something but the words didn't come out. The plane suddenly shook making them loose their balance. The two tumbled onto the floor ending up in an awkward position. Naminé was on top of Roxas whom somehow had his arms around her back.
Naminé blushed and tried to move, but Roxas held her there. "Uh Rox-." Roxas put his finger over her mouth silencing her. She tilted her head to the right side wondering what Roxas had in mind.
Roxas planted a small kiss on her lips. Naminé blushed doing the same to Roxas. He smiled and let her go. She stood up and dusted off her clothing. Roxas wrapped his arms around her shoulders from behind her and rested his head on her shoulder. Naminé smiled and held his arms.
"Naminé I love you," Roxas whispered in her ear.
"I love you too, Roxas," she replied in a whispered. Roxas kissed her cheek and closed his eyes. He felt a sensation come over him. Something he had never felt before. It was a great feeling, and for some reason it made him want to float. He would call himself crazy if his senses hadn't left him. Right now, he just wanted to hold Naminé in his arms.
Naminé leaned back a little letting Roxas support her weight. She closed her eyes and began started to think about how wonderful it was. It was wonderful that someone loved her. She knew it was something she would only feel for Roxas. Her heart broke in two whenever she thought about them parting.
Sure she would be able to contact him through e-mail, but it wasn't as good as having him right here with her. Naminé didn't want to sound spoiled. She was very grateful to have someway to contact him, but she worried that something would happen. What if Roxas feel for another girl in Alaska? Would he stop talking to her? She shouldn't be filled with negative thoughts. Yet, she couldn't help herself.
The plane arrived at its first stop. Hayner, Pence, and Olette were the first to leave. It was a sorrow-filled goodbye. Olette and Naminé had been close, but now Olette had to leave. The two girls embraced before Olette left the plane.
Hayner and Wakka swore to each other that they would pull another prank together one day. It was a promise Hayner intended to keep. Especially since it was a prank. How he loved pulling pranks.
The three left the plane and it soon toke off leaving the airport. The second landing was in Utah. Dagger and Vivi would be going this time. Dagger was slightly surprised that she lived in the same state with Vivi; it was even more of a coincidence that they lived in the same town. She supposed she never saw him because of the grade difference.
Now it was only a few hours before it would be Naminé's turn to leave. She sat in her airplane seat staring at the blue floor. She had noticed Roxas hadn't come back from the bathroom and it had been a forty-five minutes. She was beginning to worry about him.
Not because he could be in danger. She was worried because Roxas might be having some emotional problems. Naminé was having them; she would be confused if Roxas wasn't. She got up from her seat and walked down the pathway.
'I better go find him. He would be disappointed if I left without saying goodbye to him. I wonder if he's still in the bathroom. He shouldn't stay in there too long, there's hardly any oxygen in that little room. No, Roxas has common sense. He must be somewhere else, but where would he go?'
Naminé walked towards the room she had pulled Roxas into earlier. It was the only place she could think of. Besides it was one of the only rooms Roxas and her had ventured in. She slowly opened the door to see Roxas seated on the floor. He seemed to be deep in his thoughts.
She frowned and closed the door behind her. "Roxas," she mumbled cautiously approaching the blonde boy. He looked up and waved at her. "Why are you in this room all by yourself?"
Roxas shrugged. "I don't know, I guess I just needed to be alone for a few minutes, what's up Naminé?" he asked about to stand up.
"No don't get up, you don't need to," Naminé said sitting down next to him. "I want to remember you just like this. I want to remember you as Roxas the boy who is quiet and shy. I'll have to be going soon, in a few hours the plane is going to land in Oregon."
"Oh."
"Aren't you going to say goodbye to me?"
"Do we have to say goodbye, that sounds so sad. Why can't we just say see you later? That sounds more proper since we'll see each other again," Roxas stated. Naminé smiled and nodded.
"Okay then, I'll see you later."
"Right."
Naminé ran her fingers in his spiky, dirty blonde hair. "I'm going to miss you Roxas, out of all the boys I've ever met I think you're the best. So I want you to remember me, if you forget me I don't know what I'd do."
Roxas nodded. A small discreet tear fell down the side of his face. He didn't like when things got emotional. He was a sucker for romantic movies. His mom had always made him watch chick flicks ever since he was a small kid. Naminé giggled wiping the tear off of his cheek. "I wasn't crying," Roxas lied looking away.
"It's okay to cry Roxas, everyone has to cry at one point," Naminé stated. Tears were welling up in her eyes as well. "The important thing is that you don't live your life crying every single day. That's when you're not supposed to cry anymore. And besides like you said we have no reason to cry since our states are so close together we can visit each other."
He was silent. Naminé was right their states were close together. So there was a possibility that he could see her on holidays, or on small trips. "Hey Naminé, how soon do you think we'll be able to see each other?"
She shrugged. "I don't know Roxas, but when we do see each other it'll be great," she replied looking at the ceiling. Roxas laid down resting his head in her lap. She smiled and gently stroked his hair. "We can go get ice cream at a local ice cream shop and joke around like we used to at the hotel."
"Yeah, and maybe this time the ice cream won't taste like water," Roxas joked. Naminé laughed remembering the time that they went to go get ice cream. She had made a mental note to never get ice cream from that place again. It was melted and tasted like unfiltered water.
They stayed in the room in that position for a couple of hours talking and laughing about the good days at the hotel. Soon enough they had to return to their seats to prepare for landing. Roxas stood up and helped Naminé to her feet. He kissed her sweetly on her lips. "See you later Naminé," he whispered before opening the door.
She nodded and walked into the hallway. The two went back to their seats and buckled up. The plane descended through the clouds revealing Oregon. Roxas stared out the window sadly despising the state but also loving it for being so close. The plane landed and Naminé stood up.
"See you later Roxas," she whispered not looking back at him. She was afraid that if she did she might breakdown. That was something that she did not want to do. She retrieved her things from the bin and slipped something into Roxas's bag.
Everyone told her their goodbyes and Tidus even gave her a copy of their group picture. Selphie and Rikku of course chose to squeeze her to death. She couldn't help but let a small laugh come out of mouth as she gasped for breath.
"Goodbye guys," she said waving before she stepped off of the plane. She saw Kairi, Selphie, and Rikku waving to her before the plane doors closed. She sighed and walked down the hallway staring down at the group picture that Tidus had handed her.
Roxas sat in his seat watching the state of Oregon grow smaller and smaller. In an hour they would be at Alaska and he could go home. He closed his window not wanting to see the clouds pass anymore. He looked beside him and saw Rikku sitting beside him.
"Rikku!" he exclaimed slightly startled that she had just appeared in Naminé's seat. Rikku giggled and patted Roxas on his head. "What is it?"
"I just thought you could use some cheering up, after all your girlfriend just left. You don't have to be so rude," Rikku teased sticking out her tongue. Roxas rolled his eyes playfully. "So do you want anything I can get you something you-."
"Actually I think I just want to be alone right now."
"Oh, okay well have fun sulking I'm going to go talk to Selphie!" Roxas watched as she gleefully skipped away. Roxas chuckled and closed his eyes. He wanted to go to sleep.
Before he knew it they had landed in Alaska. He could already feel the cold seeping into the plane. He shivered and put on his jacket and grabbed all of his bags. He looked over to where Riku and Yuffie were standing and started to listen to their conversation.
"Are you sure you're going to get into that college?" Yuffie asked a couple of small tears sliding down her fair skinned cheeks.
"Of course," Riku assured her even though he wasn't so sure himself. The college he had applied too had a tough curriculum he wasn't so sure his grades and volunteer work would help him get accepted, but he had to assure the crying girl in front of him. "Remember I'm a smart guy, I can do anything."
Yuffie laughed and punched him in his arm. "If you don't get in I'll hunt you down and kill you," Yuffie joked.
"Well if you're going to hunt me down can we spend some quality time together before you kill me?" Riku retorted winking at her. Yuffie rolled her eyes. "What you said you'd hunt me down!"
"Whatever Riku, well goodbye Riku. I hope you get into that college." Riku nodded and kissed her before she joined Tifa and headed out of the plane.
Roxas sighed thinking of how his 'goodbye' could have been. He should have said something back to Naminé when she left, but he didn't. He said goodbye to all of his friends and even pried Selphie away from Rikku before leaving the plane and seeing the last image of his friends. Of course the picture Tidus gave him would let him see them everyday, but it wouldn't be the same.
He sighed and walked down the gray hallway. His body had forgotten how cold Alaska was so he felt like he was going to turn into an icicle.
Naminé put her remaining clothing items into her suitcase. She couldn't believe her dad have sped up the move. Why was her only father so obsessed with his work? What happened to loving his job in Oregon? They were always moving because he couldn't just stick with a career.
She sighed and looked back over at the group picture. She sighed and carefully slipped it into her purse. She would hold onto to that.
She shut her suitcase and crawled into her sleeping bag. This would be her last night in her room in this house. She had just returned and now she had to leave again. She stared up at the moon and let out another sigh.
"I miss you Roxas," she whispered before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
Roxas slumped onto his bed holding the picture above his face. He saw how Naminé was smiling while she was standing next to Olette. Roxas had decided to stand by Wakka and Hayner. Instead of smiling he was mocking Sora's signature grin. He was pretty good at it too. Roxas set the picture on his desk and walked over to his bags and started to unpack.
As he unpacked he stumbled upon a piece of paper. "I don't remember putting a piece of paper in my bag," Roxas mumbled to himself as he unfolded it. He saw the words were in Naminé's handwriting. So out of curiosity he started to read it.
Dear Roxas,
By time you read this you should already be home in Alaska. I just wanted to tell you something that I didn't want to say in person. I was afraid of your reaction so I figured telling you on a piece of paper might be better.
I hope you can forgive me for not telling you sooner, but you see. I won't be living in Oregon anymore. My dad told me before we boarded the plane for home that he got a job offer in Japan. Of course he just had to accept. I was crushed, and well I didn't know how to tell you. It looks like we might not ever see each other again.
I'm really sorry Roxas please don't hate me. We can still talk to each other; we just won't ever be able to see each other, unless you have a web cam. I got one for my birthday so if you have one too we can use that. Well goodbye Roxas, and remember that I love you.
Naminé
Roxas shakily put the paper on his desk. He let out an aggravated shout causing his parents to shout 'shut up' from downstairs. He walked over to his bed and laid down covering his head with his hands. He couldn't believe it. All hope of ever seeing Naminé again had just been shattered.
There was no way his parents would let him travel across the world just to see a girl. He sighed and buried his head under his pillow. Now he regretted not saying a real goodbye to her.
"Goodbye Naminé," he whispered from under his pillow.
A/N: Okay that was the Roxas x Naminé chapter. Only one more chapter to go before the series ends and of course I do have my special announcement at the end of the last chapter for you all. So it is very important to read the author's note at the end of that chapter. Lol is you don't you'll be missing out on something.
Anyways I'll try and type up the next chapter soon!
