A/N: Thanks a bunch for the reviews, everyone!
Bad news: School starts in a month, and that means I'll only have the weekends to write, so, the chapters may be just a tiny bit shorter than they are now. But I promise to update like crazy over Christmas vacation ;D
Good news: I wrote a brand new one shot that I'm SURE a lot of you would like. If you have any time, please go read/review it. :3 I'm told it's good.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot. But that totally kicks butt, so it's all good.
CHAPTER 50
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Namine tilted her head. "Oh."
Riku held onto her hand and grinned wide at her, holding his head really close her hers. "And you know what we're going to do first when we get there?"
Namine giggled and leaned in closer to his until their noses were almost touching. "What?"
Riku opened his mouth to speak, but the bell rang and they had to leave. He stood up with Namine and they walked hand in hand to their next class alone, passing a few girls that still looked like they hated Namine. Namine ignored them and looked up at Riku, giving him a smile that almost made him lean down and kiss her in front of everyone. "Tell me later." She whispered just loud enough for him to hear, and she squeezed his hand playfully.
The same day, an hour after school was over...
"Uh-oh..." Sora sighed.
"This is bad..." Wakka banged his head on the side of the school building.
"I can't believe how much of an idiot he is..."
Wakka, Sora, and Riku stood at the locked doors to the school. It was about 5 pm and the school was all locked up, back doors, front doors, windows, you name it. And guess what, Kim and Roxas were stuck inside. For lack of a better word, this was TERRIBLE. Chances of Roxas coming out of this alive were 1 to 10. Kim must be furious...
000
8:30 pm.
"I hate you..." Kim crossed her arms and huffed, sitting down on the hard gym floor (located on the first level of the school) as she leaned against the wall.
"I hate you more..." Roxas sat down next to her and sighed, staring up at the ceiling.
"You're pathetic." Kim hissed.
"You're arrogant." Roxas hissed back.
"Shut-up..." Kim gazed at the ceiling with Roxas. There was just a thin piece of see through glass for the roof in the gym, so they could see stars start to show up and the sky darken. "This is your fault."
"I don't want to be here ether." Roxas tried not to hit her. Why was she always accusing him?
Kim said nothing. Ignoring him, she got up from the floor and began to walk away.
"And where do you think you're going?" Roxas stood up, shouting after her.
She stopped for a minute to turn around and look at him, "To find a place to sleep." She then continued walking away and disappeared out the doors to the gym.
"Oh..." Roxas finally said when she was gone, "Whatever then..."
For a while he paced around the large room, glancing up at the visible stars through the clear ceiling from time to time, but mostly gazing off in front of him.
Why? Why him? Why did he have to be stuck at school over night with Kim, of all people? Sure, since they considered themselves 'friends' she'd lightened up a bit but still...
"Ahh!" He let out a yell and kicked the air as he gave the wall an irritated expression.
He took a deep breath and leaned against the wall next to the gym exit, taking a moment to cool off. Shaking his head at himself, he gazed up at the stars through he ceiling again, which were getting to be brighter than ever, and let it all sink in. He was locked in the school. With Kim…alone...
Wait!!! That meant no strict teachers, or students to get in the way (besides Kim) or anything!!! A huge grin formed on his face and he laughed out loud, pushing off the wall and sprinting down the hall to his locker in the boys' locker room for P.E., where he left his skate board next to a bench.
Finally entering the smelly locker room, he grabbed the skate board and left the room quickly, trying to ignore the stench that filled the area. Running far enough away and taking a moment to breath, he set the board on the floor and put one foot on it to hold it in place. When he got his breath back, he looked down at the skate board and smiled. It was the one Kim bought for him a few weeks ago.
It was his favorite.
He shook his head of all thought and got on the skate board, taking off and flying down hallways and jumping over desks and furniture and doing tricks off the top of his head. Surprisingly, after only a half hour he began to get bored. Or...worried? He's been all over the place and no sign of Kim.
Had she found a way out…already? She didn't come tell him first?
Roxas's curiosity grew to such a level that he stopped the skateboard and stood in the middle of the main student lounge, his current position, putting one foot on the skateboard so it wouldn't roll away. Examining the room, he picked up the skateboard and walked around for a while. He checked behind couches and such, then in the other lounges and even in the office.
No sign of Kim.
He sighed and set the skateboard down so he could search for her with more haste. The skateboard was getting heavy.
Now rounding another corner and heading to the second floor, where he hadn't searched yet, he searched several more hallways, looking inside classrooms briefly and still failing to find her.
Now he started to panic. He didn't even stop to think about how weird that was.
Running through the school instead of walking, he began to call her name.
"Kim!?" He yelled, sprinting from place to place, room to room, still no Kim.
Until...
He turned a corner sharply in the middle of a shout and ran right into Kim. Great...
They both fell to the ground and tumbled over each other until Roxas finally stopped on top of her in the middle of the hall.
"Uh..." He stared down at her, holding his breath, "There you are..."
In shock, Kim said nothing.
"Um," His face turned a dark shade of red, "S-sorry... About this..."
Kim still did nothing and didn't budge. After a while, nether did Roxas. They both just... laid there. No movement, no sound, nothing. And that's the way it stayed for a long time, until Kim finally spoke.
She swallowed, "You called?"
"Yeah, err, you disappeared." Roxas managed to reply without choking on his own words.
"I found a place to sleep. It's big enough for both of us... Just don't come to my side of the room..." Kim avoided his gaze and looked away stubbornly...blushing.
"Oh?"
Kim then gave him a look that made him crave to kiss her, but he didn't. That would be kind of...ew.
"You can get off me now, Roxas." Her tone was suddenly sharp. Mood-swings…same old Kim. Roxas went from wanting to kiss her to being abruptly ill.
She pushed him off of her and got up herself, brushing off her clothes and shooting Roxas glares.
Roxas grunted and helped himself up as well, ignoring Kim's death glares and mumbling.
"Follow me." She commanded after she was finished fixing her hair. She walked down the opposite hallway that Roxas came from and he followed, even though he didn't want to.
Kim ended up leading Roxas to a part of the school he hadn't seen before; all the lights were burnt out and he could hardly see a thing, considering his only light was the little moonlight that shined through the small windows. Finally, they reached a wooden door and Kim turned the rusty door knob and the two walked inside the better lit room.
Roxas began laughing so hard he nearly fell over at first sight of the room, "A padded room?" he balked, "I didn't know the school had one of these!"
"Well," She started. "Apparently they do, but they use it for storage now. But the room's warm, which beats staying anywhere else considering it is freezing."
Roxas couldn't manage to stop laughing. "Whoa," was all he could say through the laugh attack.
000
The two had finally settled down after a while and picked spots away from each other in the room. Kim next to the rubber window and Roxas hidden in the dark corner. But although they tried, sleeping was impossible.
"You asleep yet?" Roxas yelled from his side of the room, sitting up.
"No." Kim didn't sit up, but continued to lay down facing away from him and staring at the wall.
"Hm..." Roxas sighed and lay back down. But he sat up again after only five minutes. "Now?" He questioned.
"Why do you care?" Kim flipped over so she was still lying down, but facing him.
Roxas shrugged.
Kim rolled her eyes, "No, Roxas, I'm STILL not sleeping. It'd be nice if you let me try."
"Geez, sorry." Roxas stood up and slowly walked over to where she was laying, and sat down next to her.
"What do you want?" She asked when he sat down.
He said nothing, and stared out the window that was behind Kim. Kim watched him for a second before turning over again, facing her back to him. He didn't seem to notice she was trying to ignore him, because he just kept sitting there, staring, and staring, and staring. For some reason, when Kim looked over her shoulder and looked up at him, her stomach began to churn. Facing away from him again quickly and trying to pretend he didn't exist, which wasn't working very well for her. Every time she looked back at him again her stomach did back flips and her face would heat up, and then she'd wonder why her body was doing such...stupid things. She didn't think of Roxas that way. She hardly thought much of him at all.
"Kim?" Roxas finally said, startling Kim from her thoughts.
"What?" Her tone was the usual- Harsh and cold. Roxas didn't mind this time, though, which got to her even more.
"Look." Roxas pointed at the window. Kim sat up and leaned over so she could see what Roxas was pointing at.
From the window, you could see most of Destiny Islands and the seemingly endless ocean. You could even see a little bit of Twighlight Town. The lights from the city shimmered like the stars and seemed to illuminate the island. It kind of reminded Roxas about that time he went to Las Vegas with his friend before school started. He could remember looking out of the window from the limo and looking at the city for the first time, awe-struck. It was nothing compared to what Destiny island looked like right now, though. Roxas smiled and Kim just stared, not really knowing what to say. She ran her fingers along the frame of the window and scooted up a little closer to it while Roxas leaned back, taking the typical "Sora pose" by lacing his fingers behind his head.
He laid down then, Kim still lost somewhere in space while she stared out the window, and he closed his eyes - Just for a second. When he closed them again, he finally drifted off to sleep, without even really realizing it. It was strange that he suddenly felt relaxed enough to do so. He could here Kim mumbling something that sounded something like "Idiot" right before he fell asleep.
000
Roxas woke up to the sound of the security guard screaming "Hey, you!? What're you still doing here?"
Roxas stirred, and sat up while he rubbed his eye and lazily looked up at the man. "Wha..." He was too tired to think straight.
"I said out!" The security guard pointed at the door and forced Roxas up.
"Gez, Okay, okay!" Roxas scowled. "I get it! I'm going!"
Roxas hurried down to the main floor of the school and was just about to grab his skateboard when it hit him into he face. What happened to Kim? Had she left already?
Roxas shrugged it off. It wasn't like that was the first time she's done it.
Just before Roxas left the building with his stuff, the guard stopped him and handed him a note. "I forgot to give you this," he said, "It's from the girl who was with you."
"Uh... Thanks?" Roxas grabbed the little folded up note like he almost didn't believe it. Without even opening it, he left and headed toward the train station and back to his home in Twighlight Town. Once he got home, he threw his back pack next to the door and carried his skateboard down to his room. He shut his door behind him and threw the skateboard next to his bed before sitting at his desk and opening the note.
I left early to pack for the Bahamas. See you on the plane, I guess.
I'll save you a spot.
-Kim
Roxas's face turned a million shades of red. She'd... Save him a spot? Didn't she hate being near him? Sure, they were "friends" but... Oh! He didn't know how to explain it. Then he thought about it more and the redness on his face went away, and he just shrugged it off, because, well, it was probably a joke. That girl would do anything to make him feel uncomfortable.
And then something smacked him in the forehead. The Bahamas! That was today!
He scrambled to his feet and literally attacked his closet, glancing at the clock while he threw his clothes this way and that. He reached for a large suitcase on his top shelf and pulled it out onto the floor. He opened it and began stuffing it with clothes like his life depended on it. Well, his vacation did. He needed to be all the way on the other side of Twighlight Town in 25 minutes. The team would kill him if he wasn't there.
Finally, he zipped the suitcase shut and grabbed his skateboard, cell phone, and a few other things before screaming "Goodbye!" To whoever might still be in the house. He left without even bothering to shut the front door. Racing over to the bus station, he just barely grabbed the back and he stepped on, watching the road fly by behind him as the bus went. He set his heavy suitcase over the edge of the railing and took a moment to catch his breath again, letting the wind blow through his gravity defying hair, which he'd decided not to leave down today.
15 minutes later and the bus had just reached the airport and Roxas had 3 minutes to find his plane and hop on. His friends must have been worried sick by now. He could already imagine the amused look on Kim's face if he managed to catch the plane.
He flew through the halls and pushed past at least 100 people before he reached the door that lead outside to the plane he was supposed to be on right now. God! He couldn't believe what a bitch Kim was for not waking him up. He screamed at the people waiting next to the plane to wait for him, and thankfully they heard him. He showed them his ticket and they let him on the plane, like, 5 seconds before it started down the runway. The door was shut behind him quickly as the plane began to speed up.
An irritated lady led him into the area where all his friends were sitting, looking a bit worried. When he entered the room and everyone looked back at him and laughed like they'd never laughed before, you couldn't even imagine how relieved Roxas felt. He was about to take a seat by himself next to the window behind Tidus and Wakka when he heard a "Hey!" coming from the right. He looked on the right side of the plane and near the front was Kim, giving him an 'are-you-some-kind-of-idiot?' look and pointing down at the seat next to her.
"What?" She asked when Roxas sat next to her. "You didn't get the note?"
"I did..." Roxas felt kind of weird. Not uncomfortable, but close.
Kim laughed at him.
Later, when the plane was totally in the air, Sora walked up to Roxas and handed him a short letter from Hayner, and then took a seat next to Roxas.
It read:
Hey guess what!? The plane's going to land in Florida and from there we're riding on this luxury ship all the way to the Bahamas. I'm not sure which island though. Just thought I'd fill you in.
Hey, why were you so late? The coach was about ready to beat the crap out of you.
Roxas wrote back; I slept in.
Sora brought the note back to Hayner who wrote; Why the hell are you sitting next to Kim?
Roxas wrote; I have no idea. She made me.
Hayner caught his attention and gave him a 'you serious?' look. Roxas nodded and Sora returned to his spot next to Kairi.
Roxas stole a glance over at Kim, who was too deep in her book to notice. A smile forced itself on his face and he looked away when Kim looked up at him and made a face. Later during the flight, Roxas leaned over her way and tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up at him and gave him a quizzical look.
"The plane isn't taking us to the Bahamas." He informed.
Kim laughed like she didn't believe him. "Really…then where are we going?"
"Florida," Roxas started, "then we're taking a boat from there to the Bahamas."
Kim raised both her eyebrows. "Really…that's... um... interesting."
Roxas rolled his eyes and looked out of the window next to Kim, taking a second to breathe. Another 5 hours on this plane sitting next to her. The thought scared him yet thrilled him at the same time (for whatever reasons). An hour later Roxas felt hungry and rummaged through the small bag he'd brought along for a bag of chips, which wasn't necessary, because people were coming around handing out lunch anyways.
Kim hadn't talked to him the whole hour that had passed by. Instead, she focused on the book and was a little surprised that Roxas wasn't bugging the crap out of her, which, somewhere inside herself, kind of disappointed her.
She was just a few more pages from finishing the book when Roxas leaned her way again with an apple, which he offered her.
"No." She shook her head simply and Roxas shrugged, and then ate the apple himself.
When he was finished, and Kim was on the very last page and really getting into it, Roxas leaned over again and pushed her a little bit. "Is that the Spanish book?"
"German..." Kim replied with irritation. "And no, it is not that book."
"Oh."
Kim continued reading, but 2 seconds later, he was bothering her again.
"Then what book is it?"
"The Count of Monte Cristo."
"The count of what?"
Roxas's stupidity was really getting to her. She slammed the book shut and turned to him. "If you're not going to let me-"
"Alright," Roxas waved his hands around, cutting her off, "I get it. Continue."
Kim sighed and opened the book again, and within the minute she was shutting the book again.
"What did I do now?" Roxas asked, sounding offended.
Kim shook her head at him. "I just finished the book."
"I see..." Roxas seemed uninterested, but somewhat relieved. "Good book?"
"Duh."
"Hmm."
Kim rolled her eyes and checked her watch. Why she'd asked him to sit with her in the first place she was oblivious too. The urge kind of came from nowhere anyways.
She braced herself for more stupid questions and worthless comments from mister I-must-know-everything sitting next to her.
Roxas said nothing for a while, and then suddenly turned to her. "You bored?"
"You think?" Kim hissed.
"Want to play a game?"
"Not really," Kim rolled here eyes, "but sure."
What better was there to do?
"I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10." he said.
"Five." Kim answered.
"Damnit!" Roxas scowled.
Kim leaned back in her seat and waited for more of Roxas's pointless games. At least they'd keep her busy.
"What room has no door, no windows, and no walls?" Roxas asked.
"That's retarded," Kim rolled her eyes, "a mushroom."
Roxas made an annoyed grunt and thought up another one. "What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?"
"A stick."
"Jesus!" Roxas clenched his fists.
Kim laughed, amused by his frustration. Maybe the next four hours wouldn't be so bad after all.
+TO BE CONTINUED+
A/N: Remember to review. I'm clueless as to where some part of all of you has gone :/
Anyways...
MORE GOODNEWS/BADNEWS
Good News: I've finally gotten around to writing the contest winner's one shot! (oh yes...) The title is Oblivion. Also, I've written a fun little summer fic for Riku/Namine called Summer Boys. If you have time, It would me much appreciated if you read/reviewed both. :D
Bad News: I might turn Summer Boys into a full-blown story sometime soon, meaning I'll have to somewhat split the time I spend working on Another Story 2 with it. It shouldn't be a problem now, but when school starts soon, it might. No worries though, updates will, as always, be on time.
AWARDS
Top reviewer: Naminecrys4riku!!!! Thanks for reviewing everything you missed!
2nd place: Jakall Alivair!!! ;D Nice to have ya back!
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WHAT DID I LISTEN TO THIS TIME?
I Hope You Dance by Lea Ann Womack
All The Small Things by Blink 182
Man Eater by Nelly Furtado
Six Feet From The Edge by Creed
All The Same by The Sick Puppies
Be My Escape by Relient K
SEE YA!
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