A/n: Thanks so much to all of you who reviewed, added this story to C2, favorites and alerts! Ireally appreciate it! The review goal for this story has been reached! Yay! Instead of PMing and replying to everyone who reviewed, I will just answer your reviews here. :) (Just skip this part if you didn't review, and if you did, just look for your name)
IceBlueWings: Thanks so much for being the first reviewer for this fic :) I reallyreally appreciate it!
Lilac Phoenix: Thank you! It's great that reviewers tell me mistakes and everything :) I like how they pay attention to any kind of mistake! I thought your review was one of those really helpful reviews :)
Asian-Cutie: Thank you for the review! And I hope you like this chapter!
person: Thank you too for the review! Ah, for the dump Seifer thing...you'll just have to wait and see ;) You're other question about love at first sight will be answered...if you read this chapter of course :)
JadeWolf: Thanks! Well, here's the update and thank you for liking the plot :)
Katori: Lol thanks! Before I read this, I always wondered 'Does Namine seem OOC in this story?' And now that I see this, I feel really happy! Thanks for the review!
A. Pikachu: It was really cool meeting you! It's great, meeting someone of your own ethnicity! Yay! Um...I can't really say much Tagalog or Filipino (I don't even know what the difference is between the two), but I am in Filipino Class at school :) Salamat sa review mo XD Anyways, thanks for the review and here's the next chapter!
onototellingoyou: Thanks! And don't worry, we'll see Roxas pretty soon ;)
Kitzune: Lol, I also love one word reviews, including yours XD Thanks for the review! And here's the next chapter!
AlbelGlory: Haha! I also wonder what will happen! You never know :) I wouldn't really say that Roxas is pretty, but he is SUPER CUTE and HOT ;) Lol, I've got to stop my Roxas obsessive-ness :) Thanks for the review!
Seikyu: Thanks for the review! And here's the next chapter!
LovelySakura101: Thanks! I also LOVE Roxas and Namine stories :) Namixas - I think it's called that XD And, if you've read my profile, I won't end or have this story on hiatus unless this story gets to the bottom of my story obsessive-ness scale XD When you ask that question, I get two answers. 1. Yes, Sora and Riku are going to be in this fic. Sora is a relative of a certain someone and Riku will be Namine and Kairi's best friend, well one of them, but I will mention that in the next few chapters. And 2. No, there will be no SoraRiku XD There will be SoraKairi, or SoKai, or whatever it's called XD I hope those answer your question! And thanks for the review!
Pink-Chaos: Thanks for the review! Well, here's the update everyone's been waiting for:) See I told you I would mention you here :) Again I loooove your story :) YAY! Lol, remember me :)
LiL aZn DrEaMeR: Lol, I know it's hard for cliffhangers XD That just makes the story more intense :) Here's the update :)
Kintora: Wow, I was already starting to update when I saw your review on my email! I got your review in just in time :) I love tension - it does make more suspense! This story will take a while to get the two together...to add more tension of course! Thanks for the review!
sofia815: Thanks for the review! Just like Kintora, I was already going to update when I also saw your review emailed to me because of that 2 day email alert delay that Fanfiction had! And finally...here's the story! Well...after a little bit of more Author's Note X(
Okay, now that I'm done with answering and replying to everyone's reviews, here's a few things about the story and about what's happened or changed so far.
If you have seen my profile, you can see that I have changed it many times. I really like formatting it and everything :) I've centered it and wanted it to be more fun instead of business-like. I have added a My Stories Obsessive-ness Scale. It shows the categories for my stories, and are numbered, 1 being the highest, and the last number being the lowest. Right now, since this is my story, My Neighbor Roxas, and how it is in the Kingdom Hearts, which I have been obsessing about lately, it is number 1 on the scale. Number 2 is Pokemon, 3 is SSX 3, 4 is Digimon, 5 is Harry Potter, and lastly, number 6 is Card Captor Sakura, where my story for that category is on hiatus. I don't know if you guys understand this or not, but somehow I hope you get the idea :)
Also, in the Stories in Progress section, you can see that I have added the fact that there is a possibility when my story gets updated once every month or so. I'm sorry, but I know that testing, school, and every other thing that gets in my way, is the blame. I will be trying to do the other Kingdom Hearts fic I was planning to do and a Hannah Montana fic, and I will try to start off the category. I don't know why no one did that but hopefully my next story will be good! This might have a SLIGHT delay for the other stories :(
And, before you guys get so mad for reading all of this nonsense, you should see that also in the Stories in Progress section, I have added under this story, My Neighbor Roxas, that I have changed the next chapter title from Meeting the Stranger to Shopping for Cakes. 'Nuff said. :)
Anyways, after a page of and Author's Note so far, lets now focus on the chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts and everything that has to do with it. I only own the plot of this story.
Characters' ages and grades:
Namine - 16 - 10th grade
Kairi - 16 - 10th grade
Seifer - 16 - 10th grade
Roxas - 16 - 10th grade
Neighbor/Stranger - 16 - 10th grade
Suggested month for this story: November (close to December)
Summary: Namine never noticed or met her neighbor. He was hardly ever at home and Namine was always out with her best friend Kairi. Her neighbor doesn't even go to her school, and she didn't know his name. But when Namine's neighbor and his cousin move to her school, will Namine and Kairi discover new love? Roxas x Namine, Sora x Kairi
Last time on My Neighbor Roxas, Chapter 1:
"The stranger next door will be revealed." Kairi said and Namine smiled.
'Hopefully nothing will go wrong tomorrow.' Namine thought.
Chapter 2: Shopping for Cakes
Kairi left Namine's house two hours after they chose what Namine would wear. Before Kairi got inside the car, she tried to look inside Namine's neighbor's house to see if she could see the stranger, but sadly, he was not there. Kairi sighed and got in the car.
It was 5 PM and Namine sat next to her window. She looked outside, hoping to catch her neighbor, just like Kairi, but again, he was not there. Namine got up and walked to her bed, where her sketchbook was. A pink wallet that didn't belong to Namine was next to it. 'This must be Kairi's,' Namine thought. 'I guess I'll go and drop it off later.'
She picked up her sketchbook and walked back to the window and sat down, leaning on a pillow for support. Namine opened her sketchbook to the page with the picture of her neighbor, or what she thought he looked like.
Namine kept remembering what Kairi had told her about her neighbor and Seifer.
"But it's okay to like someone you don't know. Besides, you can still like them and then get to know them! Well, you already know lots of stuff about him anyways."
"But still...what about Seifer?"
"You should've dumped him a long time ago. I told you that before! He's stupid and isn't good for you."
"Looks like you like someone, Namine! And that someone is your neighbor!"
"Well we know that he's our age, we know that he goes to high school, he's your next door neighbor, he's a skater, he has lots of friends, he doesn't fix his room, he uses cologne, his parents are young, he got his hair from his father, he had a girlfriend...and look! That's already ten things!"
"Well, at least you're going to meet him tomorrow."
"The stranger next door will be revealed."
Her mind was filled with thoughts. Just then, someone knocked on Namine's bedroom door, making Namine snap out of her thoughts. "Who is it?" She asked.
"Honey, it's me!" Namine heard her mother reply. "I need you to go to the store and buy something for the neighbors. We're going to their house tomorrow remember?"
Namine sighed. "Okay mom!"
She got up, left her sketchbook on her bed and headed to her mirror and combed her beautiful blonde hair. She looked at her clothes to see if they were good to wear outside. She was wearing khaki capris and a white tank top. 'Good enough I guess,' Namine thought and got a pair of sunglasses and slipped her feet into gold colored sandals, which had 3 1/2 inch heels. She grabbed a gold colored shoulder bag, Kairi's wallet, her cell phone and her car keys and walked downstairs.
Her father was at work while her mother was in the kitchen, cooking dinner. As Namine approached her mother, she looked up and smiled. "There's $30 on the table. You should go and buy a cake and some groceries. We need milk, bread, and eggs and if you have a lot of money left over, you can buy whatever you like." Her mother said.
Namine wasn't that rich. She lived on the street that had big houses on it. Both of her parents worked, so they had a lot of money from their paychecks. Namine's mother was a successful artist, and her ability to draw was given to Namine, who also drew very well. Her father was also an artist and was a very successful real estate agent.
"Okay Mom," Namine replied. "I'm gonna go to Kairi's afterwards 'cause she forgot her wallet okay?"
Namine's mother nodded and went back to cooking dinner. Namine walked out of the house, closed the door and walked to her car. It was a silver Chrysler 300, which was given to her by surprise by her close friends and relatives, on her sixteenth birthday party.
Before Namine got on the road, she looked through her neighbor's house, and yet she couldn't find him. She gave up and drove towards the store. It took about 13 minutes to get to the store from her house. The store was big and the parking spaces were limited. Namine managed to score a space close to the entrance and parked her car.
Namine got her bag and entered the store, which had lots of shoppers. She took a cart and as soon as she got the groceries her mom asked for, including some strawberries Namine wanted, she walked to the bakery section, which had all the cakes on a cake stand there. As soon as she got there, she began looking at cakes and the flavors.
'Hm...they didn't give us any strawberry foods the last time we were there...' Namine started to think. 'But that doesn't mean they don't like it...ugh this is so hard...'
Just then, someone had bumped into her so hard that both her and the person who bumped into her fell down. Namine opened her eyes to see that she was on the person who bumped into her. It was a boy her age with blonde spiky hair, and his eyes were still closed. But what really made Namine's eyes widen was that her face was 3 inches apart from his face. She didn't get off of him; instead she stayed there, looking at his face.
'Why...does he seem so familiar?' Namine thought as she heard him groan.
"Ow...that hurt..." He groaned. He then felt some weight on him, and felt it breathing on him. "Hey...is something on me?"
He opened his blue eyes to see Namine's face close to his as well. They just stared at each other for a couple of seconds when their cheeks began to redden. Namine blushed and quickly got off of him. She had a more detailed look at him; he was tall, skinny, wore a black and white wristband, and was a skater, which were details that all seemed too familiar. As soon as she was off of him, he got up, only to trip on his skateboard and fall back down again.
"Are you okay?" Namine asked and extended her hand to him.
"Yeah," He said, took her hand and got up.
"I am so sorry!" He and Namine said quickly to each other, blushing.
"No it's my fault..." He said. "I was the one running here without noticing anyone..."
"It's okay." Namine said and smiled sweetly. The boy then noticed that they were standing in front of the cake stand.
"So...uh..." The boy started. "Do you like cake?"
Namine looked at him, unimpressed, and giggled as he gave her a cheesy smile. He was probably the only guy who would say that to her when they once meet her. Well, he was probably the first person ever to say that to someone when they first meet someone. 'He seems friendly...' Namine thought and then responded. "Yeah...why do you ask?"
"Well...my parents asked me to buy something for tomorrow. Some kind of meeting..." The boy said. "And I don't know what our visitors would want."
Namine's eyes widened. "Wow really? Me too! I'm going to my neighbor's house tomorrow and my mom told me to get something for them!"
The boy smiled at her. For some reason, Namine felt herself warm up as soon as he smiled. There was something about him that made Namine happy inside, as if one of her questions has been answered.
"Uh...?"
It was just too deep to find out why she felt that way.
"Hello?"
Besides, she just met the guy, but they did have something in common. Just then, she snapped out of her thoughts when a hand was waving in front of her eyes.
"Hey!" The boy exclaimed, startling Namine. "Dude, you kinda blacked out there. You okay?"
"Oh uh yeah," Namine replied. "While you're here, why don't we both help each other with deciding what to get? I'm also not really sure what they like or not..."
She turned to the cake stand and looked at all the flavors. "Well..." He started. "Everyone likes strawberry cake. I mean I know I do...but I don't know if my parents' co-workers would like it."
"Hmm...you know what?" Namine started. "We should get ice-cream cakes. I'll get the chocolate ice-cream cake and you get the strawberry ice-cream cake okay?"
"That's not a bad idea," He said and picked up a chocolate ice-cream cake and put it in Namine's cart and picked up a strawberry ice-cream cake for him to hold.
Nearby, a worker was busy putting up Christmas decorations, including mistletoes and reindeer statues. The worker seemed to be in her early 20's and was tall and skinny. Her long hair was brown and some of her hair was pulled into long braids in the back with a red ribbon. She wore a pink and white skirt with a red-orange and white halter top. The name tag on her top read 'Aerith.' She looked at Namine and the boy and smiled. 'They're so lucky to be the first couple I see...' Aerith thought and walked towards them, holding two golden rectangle papers in her hand.
"Why hello there!" The worker exclaimed, startling them. "You lovebirds are lucky today! I was assigned to give the first couple I see two certificates that will pay you full price for the dance at Destiny High!"
The boy and Namine widened their eyes. "We're not a couple!"
"We kinda just met." He explained.
Aerith started to frown but smiled again. "Oh, I'm sorry, it's just that you two look very cute together...but please...take these certificates, even if you're not a couple!"
"I'm sorry I don't go to Destiny High..." He said, sadly.
"...But at least I do!" Namine replied, taking the certificates from the worker, who smiled sweetly in return. "Thank you! Well...these do work right?"
"Of course!" Aerith said happily. "These are true working certificates! We talked with your principal, since he was the one who gave these to us in the first place. Now if you excuse me, I've got some work to do!"
Aerith smiled sweetly and walked back to where she was and resumed decorating while Namine put the certificates in her bag. The boy smiled and looked at the time on his flip phone. "Man..." He said. "I'm sorry...I have to go now."
Namine, who was starting to close her bag, opened it again and looked at her cell phone as well. "Oh yeah, me too! My mom must be wondering why I'm taking this long..."
"Why don't we go together and pay for our stuff?" He offered. "I'll be paying for mine, of course."
Namine smiled sweetly. "That would be great."
He picked up his skateboard and the two began to walk towards the lines. As they began to go to the purchasing counter (or whatever it's called), Namine began to wonder why she even began talking to him. She didn't even know his name, and they were talking as if they knew each other since the first day of school. To her, normal boys wouldn't be so friendly and generous like the blond-haired kid she was with. He smiled most of the time, and somehow, his smiles gave Namine butterflies. She had feelings that she couldn't even explain.
Namine, who bought her groceries first, waited for him to buy his cake. He gave the cashier the money and carried the cake in a plastic bag. Together they walked outside the store.
"Thank you for helping me." Namine said and smiled.
"Don't mention it." He said and returned the smile. Namine turned off the alarm on her car and was about to open the door.
"Wait!" He shouted, making Namine turn around. "What's your name?"
Namine smiled again. "I'm Namine!" She replied, shouting. "What's yours?"
"I'm Roxas!" Roxas replied. "It was nice meeting you!"
"It was nice meeting you too!" Namine shouted, smiling. "Well, goodbye!"
"Bye." He didn't need to shout it, since he knew she could read his lips. Namine got inside her car and turned on the engine. Roxas waved at her, and she waved back. Namine backed up the car and drove the car towards the exit of the parking lot.
Roxas was on his skateboard, holding onto his plastic bag, and caught up with Namine's car, waved, and sped off to the left sidewalk. Namine smiled and turned right, towards Kairi's house. Namine took her cell phone and called Kairi as soon as she approached a red stoplight.
"Hello?" A voice on the other line asked.
"Kairi it's Namine," Namine replied. "You forgot your wallet at my house and I'm going to your house right now. I need to tell you something about what happened when I went to the store today."
"Oh thank goodness! I thought I lost it!" Kairi exclaimed. The stoplight turned green and Namine began driving on the road near Kairi's house. "So what happened?"
"I'll tell you when I get to your house okay?" Namine said.
"Okay. Hurry over here then!" Kairi said happily and they both hung up.
A few minutes later, Namine arrived at Kairi's house. Kairi's house was similar to Namine's house, which was big and beautiful. As soon as she parked her car, Namine, with the ice-cream cake and Kairi's wallet, ran to the door, which Kairi opened. She was wearing whatever she was wearing at Namine's house, and her red hair was in a ponytail. Kairi looked at the cake with confusion, and then smiled with excitement.
"Wow! Is this cake for us?" Kairi asked, smiling, looking at the cake.
"Actually, no..." Namine replied, making Kairi frown. "It's for tomorrow, and I wanted to ask if you could put it in your fridge while I'm here."
"Oh okay then!" Kairi said and put the cake in the fridge. Namine greeted Kairi's parents and she and Kairi ran upstairs to Kairi's room. Kairi's room was big and pink and her bed was like a princess' bed. Everything was similar to Namine's room. Namine put Kairi's wallet on the desk next to the closet and sat on Kairi's bed while Kairi sat on a chair in front of her and sat Indian style.
"So...what happened?" Kairi asked her with interest.
"Well...when you left, my mom asked if I could buy groceries and a cake for the neighbors." Namine started. "So I drove there and I got whatever my mom told me to get. All I had to get was the cake."
"Go on." Kairi said, looking at her with interest.
"So I go to the cake stand and I start looking for some flavors." Namine continued. "I couldn't decide on what to get. I was just thinking when I get bumped by some guy so hard that I get pulled down on top of him."
Kairi smiled and Namine continued. "I looked at the guy and..."
"And what?" Kairi asked.
"I...don't know..." Namine said. "I just...I don't...well...we stared at each other for a few seconds. And he was really cute...and for some reason he was so familiar. It's like I've already seen him before."
Kairi got up from her chair and began to smile at Namine. "Looks like you like another someone Namine! First your neighbor and now this guy you met at a cake stand! Did you get his name?"
"Yeah." Namine said. "Right before I got in my car, he stopped me and asked for my name, and his name is Roxas."
Kairi smiled. "Alright! Roxas and Namine. It sounds way better than Seifer and Namine. Seifer's name together with your name sounds like snake. Roxas and Namine sounds like rose, which is love! Isn't that great Namine?"
Namine just smiled slightly. "Yeah."
'I don't know...but something about Roxas is so familiar...like I've seen him before or something.' Namine thought. 'Wonder what'll happen tomorrow...'
END OF CHAPTER 2
A/n: What will happen tomorrow? Will it be excitement and joy? Or will it be a big tragedy? Find out on the next chapter of My Neighbor Roxas! Woohoo!
Next chapter: Meeting the Stranger
This wasa little thank you gift to everyone: A LONGER CHAPTER! If you wanted to know, this chapter was supposed to be3 pages, but I got it longer to 7 pages:)
"Do you like cake?" Lol, if anyone of you watched She's the Man, this line will seem familiar. I changed Duke's "Do you like cheese?" line to "Do you like cake?" I love that movie so much that I wanted to put a similar line in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own She's the Man. Or anything that has to do with that!
To see any important notices, just look at my profile and look under My Neighbor Roxas! The review goal will be: 10 reviews! So I hope this story will have at least 25 to 30 reviews! Thanks again to everyone for reaching the review goal for the first chapter! And I hope to hear from you guys!
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