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Authors Note: Tenth chapter? Oh gosh I have no life! XD

Yes, I believe in Santa
Chapter Ten: Namine

It's been at least two days since the incident. Day five is it? I wasn't keeping count anymore. I haven't been able to eat. Why? Because Riku eats. I haven't been able to work. Why? Riku works. I haven't been able to do anything because I feel so guilty around Riku.

Not as if we're dating.

In fact, he hasn't even talked about it. The kiss I mean.

It doesn't help that I have no one to talk to. All the elves are either guys or Namine. And it's not something I could really explain to anyone back home. "Yeah guys. I kissed Riku, who is this hot elf I'm in love with. Then the next day I kissed Santa's son, Sora. Who happens to be my enemy. AND I LIKED IT."

Yes. I liked it. And it sucks knowing that I liked it.

And because my mind has been so confused lately, I've been going to the hot springs. Yes, Santa's workshop has a hot springs. I should stop springing you with these surprised. But yes, I have been going to the hot springs all the time. I've been looking like a prune.

But it has given me a chance to read. With no bells to interrupt me! Peaceful I tell you.

'I will not destroy the planet!' I read while the steam from the springs surrounded me. 'I will not destroy the planet because I love you!'

"Why must I be suckered in by all these romance novels?" I asked myself with a giggle. No Kairi! When you read you must not think. You know better.

'You don't love me,' Negai slapped Usako with all his might. 'Your just a selfish teenager!'

"Negai," I growled as I got into it. "She just told you she loved you! Your supposed to hug her and kiss her and all that good stuff. Not slap her. Why does Usako love him anyways?"

"Negai loves Usako," said another voice from the hot springs. But the mist covered their identity. "But he doesn't know how to handle it. He doesn't understand what love it."

Just because I couldn't see them doesn't mean I didn't know who they were. "So you've read The Child Of Long Ears before, Namine?" I asked her.

"Yeah," she quietly said. "Have you read the sequel?"

"The squeal?" I asked her. "I didn't know there was one."

"Oh it's really good," she smiled. See? If she just act like this when more people were around then she'd have the guys swarming her. Namine does look like a freaking goddess. "Negai and Usako realize they are two different beings who were merged into two different humans."

"Really?" I asked her. Oh god we sound like nerd. Talking about books in a hot springs. "Tell more!"

"Well," her voice grew louder and more confident. "Neko is a cat. Usagi is a bunny. The two beings, being a neko and an usagi, were merged together, half and half. They added a touch of human DNA with the experiment also. The end results was Negai, a boy with half cat, a quarter bunny, and a quarter human DNA, and Usako, a girl with half bunny, a quarter cat, and a quarter human DNA."

"Gosh!" I was actually stunned by this news. Yes. You may call me a nerd. "I would never guessed."

"I didn't either!" Namine exclaimed with a smile. "That's why they were so attracted to each other. They were both part of the same experiment."

"Wow," I laughed to myself as I applied a cold towel to my head. Heck, I didn't want to faint in the hot springs! "I'd never thought I'd have a conversation like this with you."

"Nani?" Namine quietly asked me. Oh god she is so shy!

"I always thought of you as a quiet girl who liked to talk about really boring things," I told her honestly. I believe in telling the truth over protecting someone's feelings. Most of the time anyways. "But you can be confident and interesting when you want to."

"It's hard for me," Namine answered me back. "For me to talk around guys. That's why I look up to you Kairi."

Wait. Hold on. "Nani?" I asked her.

"I consider you my senpai," She smiled at me. Awww. Namine is like a bunny. A cute fragile bunny! Kawaii Usagi! "Because you talk to guys like-"

"They were girls," I finished her sentence and laughed. (A/N: "Upper Classman-ish thing", "Cute bunny!")

"Let's go get ready for dinner," Namine stood up. By the way, we where towels or bathing suits in the hot springs. We don't take chances with people like Sora around. "We're starting to prune."

"Alright," I laughed. And we did so. And the reason why we were getting ready so early was because it was the day of the week where elves had the day off. Most everyone hung out in someones room. This week everyone was going over to Tidus' room.

We hoped he hid his dirty magazines.

I looked over at Namine, who was currently in a blue tank top that didn't leave much to the imagination. "Trying to impress someone Namine-chan?"

She smiled faintly at the nick name I gave her. "Hai." (A/N: "Yes")

"Well that," I said as I indicated her low cut tank. "Isn't going to help. He'll think your desperate. Now if you put a jacket over that then you'd be fine."

"Arigatou," Namine smiled at me. And I found myself smiling back. This was a start of a friendship.

Note I didn't say beautiful or strange.

Authors Note: No time for notes. Must update! Sorry for the short update.

Kairi: Secretly one of "Santa's elves" who his son, future Santa, gets picked on by Sora a lot.
Sora: Son of Santa Claus, AKA Cloud. Likes to pick on Kairi.
Riku: Head elf and Kairi's love interest. Likes to flirt.
Tidus: Another elf and Kairi's friend.
Selphie: One of Kairi's friends/classmates. Very hyperactive.
Wakka: One of Kairi's classmates at school.
Namine: A fellow elf. Likes to draw.
Cloud: Santa Claus, Father of Sora.
Aerith: Mrs. Claus, Mother of Sora.
Sephiroth: Cloud's brother. Hates him for being Santa.
Leon: School stud and member in the band 'SQUFFIE'. Not a major character.
Yuffie: Leon's friend, Selphie's sister, member in his band. Not a major character.