"Hey, you never put pictures in your locker," Kairi said curiously, leaning over Riku's shoulder and peering at his locker door. There was a clumsily taped picture of Olette in an extremely cute yellow sundress hanging there.

"Yeah, I know," Riku said, pressing down one of the corners of tape that was coming up. "But how else are people gonna believe I've got a girlfriend in another city?"

Kairi made a little bit of a face that she didn't mean to make. "A girlfriend…huh?" Riku had never used girlfriend to describe any of his girls before. It left an icky taste in her mouth, even. Or so she thought.

"Er…dating someone in another city," he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and slid it open. "I got her number from Roxas and asked her to send me a picture. She said she didn't care if I called her to chat during lunch sometime. Best thing about dating Olette is that it's totally free. And she didn't even have to break up with Hayner to do it!" He showed Kairi the front of his phone, where he had a picture of him and Olette he had taken at his Halloween party.

"You really think ahead, don't you?" Kairi said. Technically, he'd been dating Yuffie at the time and had planned to date Aerith afterwards.

"Yep, this type of planning takes forethought and effort," Riku informed her, scrolling through the pictures on his phone. "I think I took a picture of me with every girl at the party. There's even one of you- oh, no, wait, that's just your cleavage."

"What, you perv! Show me!" Kairi said, moving to grab his phone. Riku held it out of her reach suddenly and she dropped her biology textbook and notebook on the floor.

Riku laughed as she stooped to pick it up, squatting down as well. Kairi heard the 'click' on his phone and looked up. "Oh hey now I've got another one," he said, waving a picture taken directly down her shirt in her face.

"Gimmie that you jerk!" Kairi said, lunging at him and knocking him over. She landed on top of him while he laughed hysterically, trying to keep the phone out of her reach. "No way! I'm going to hang this one up in my locker!" he said, taking her wrist and detouring it from grabbing his phone.

There was a flash next to them and they both stopped what they were doing to look over at the perpetrator. Sora was standing there next to Selphie, who lowered her camera from her face with a grin. "Thanks, guys! Now I don't have to look for a picture for the 'cutest couple' part of the yearbook!" She giggled a little.

Kairi turned red and looked down at Riku, realizing that she was lying atop him. He just looked back up at her, a little curiously. After a second, he slid his phone closed. "Sorry," he muttered. Kairi just sighed and lay her forehead on his chest for a second.

Kairi picked herself up off the ground along with her books, shoving them in her locker. "Lets walk and talk, shall we?" Kairi said, taking Selphie's arm and practically dragging her away. "Riku and I aren't…you know…"

Selphie could be heard whining about it all the way down the hall. "Why not! You two are soooo cute…."

Riku sat up, still seated on the floor next to the locker bay. He looked over at Sora, who was standing there with his hands in his pockets, grinning like the Cheshire cat.

"Don't look at me like that," Riku said, getting up off the ground. "And don't say what I know you're gonna say." He brushed stray carpet fibers off his pants.

"Oh, oh okay. How about I look at you like this then," Sora said, rolling his eyes and making an 'ew I just ate cafeteria food' expression. "And say: you are such a slut."

Riku's mouth fell open and he immediately pulled Sora into a headlock. "Take that back, you little brat!"

"You date everyone but the person you really, really want! And you know you want it!" Sora defended himself, trying to pull his head out of Riku's grasp.

"You have no room to talk Mr. 'My love interest finally almost kissed me and instead of molesting him, I'm avoiding him!'."

Sora punched Riku in the gut as hard as he could, and Riku let go, coughing a little. Sora frowned at him.

"Okay, okay," Riku said, rubbing his stomach. For such a skinny kid, Sora could punch hard. "We both suck, I get it."

"Do you guys get that you're both late for class, too?" One of the younger teachers said as he walked by. Riku slammed his locker and Sora took off running down the hall, neither of them keen on getting detention.

Selphie was excited. She loved being on yearbook and the fundraiser for the new Astroturf football field was a GREAT time to take pictures. The field would be installed over winter break, and so the funds were being raised in November. Various students had signed up to be auctioned off for one day to the highest bidder. It was mostly just for fun, and most everyone understood this concept.

Selphie wandered around taking pictures as the fundraiser was being set up after school. The real event would start in about half an hour, but for now she was snapping pictures of the empty gym.

"Test….test…" Roxas' voice could be heard over the microphone. Selphie looked up at him standing on the stage, adjusting the microphone at the podium. "Hey Selphie, can you hear me back there?"

Selphie gave him a thumbs up and snapped a picture.

Yuffie came up beside Roxas as he pushed the button to mute the microphone. She set her Emcee notes on the podium, along with a list of people being auctioned off. "Thanks for the help, Roxas," she said, smiling at him.

Roxas shrugged. "I had to be here anyway," he said, climbing up on one of the several stools that were set on the stage.

"Sure you weren't just avoiding a certain someone?" Namine suggested as she walked by, setting the last stool on the stage.

"Yes, I'm sure!" he said, rather moodily. "Anyway, he's avoiding me too…" he mumbled. It was true he hadn't wanted to particularly go home, because that's where he knew Sora was at, and he was afraid he'd try something again and it'd go horrible like last time.

Namine climbed up onto the stool next to him. "Why don't you guys just talk?"

Roxas kicked his feet a little. "Guys don't talk, Namine. They just...DO."

"So…do him?" Namine suggested, perfectly innocently.

Yuffie snickered and Namine covered her mouth as Roxas gaped at her. "Namine!"

Namine giggled. "Oh, you know what I meant," she gave him a little push.

"What do I say to him?" Roxas asked quietly, not trying to involve any other of the setup helpers in their conversation.

Namine thought about it for a moment. "Umm…well…you know I've never felt what you feel for Sora for anyone so…I'd imagine you'd just go somewhere private where you're both comfortable."

Roxas nodded, paying very close attention. He could easily find a place where they were both comfortable. Either of their rooms, for instance.

"Then why don't you ask him how he felt about the other night?" Namine offered. This was the best thing she could really think of.

"I guess I could do that…" Roxas agreed, eyes drifting over to where the gym doors were. He watched Sora, Riku, and Kairi walk in, laughing about something, and shifted uncomfortably in his seat.

"Okay, Kairi, here's the deal," Riku said, digging out his wallet.

"Huh?" Kairi asked, stopping in the middle of the aisle of chairs.

"I'm going to give you ALL the money on me and you HAVE to buy me," Riku told her. He pulled out a wad of bills and held them out to her.

"What? Riku, you realize that this defeats the purpose, right?" Kairi said. Though she would never admit that she had sighed a little lamentingly about the fact that she'd never beat out the group of rabid fan girls she knew were pooling money to buy Riku.

"I don't care. You have to protect my virginity! I'm counting on you." Riku nodded, shaking the money at her.

Kairi sighed and took the money. "How much is this?"

Riku shrugged. "Like three hundred bucks."

"You owe me so much," Kairi said, slightly exasperated.

"I know," Riku said, leaning down and kissing her lightly on the cheek.

Kairi just stood there, staring at him as he went after Sora towards the front of the gym, clutching the bills in her hand.

Yuffie tapped the mike and spoke into it. "Kay everyone, lets get to our assigned stools?" The students milling around filed up on the stage, and Yuffie called out their assigned seats. She smirked as Roxas was forced to sit down next to Sora.

"Hey," Sora said, not really looking at Roxas. "I uh…saw Axel outside."

"Oh?" Roxas replied, slightly appalled that they were making small talk like people who barely knew each other.

"Think he's going to try and buy you?" Sora asked, and there was something that Roxas couldn't quite place in his voice.

"Nope," Roxas replied. He knew for a fact, because he had begged Axel to come and buy Sora, so that no one else would get him.

"Oh," was all Sora said, before falling silent. The two just sat there quietly for a little while, until Sora sighed over dramatically.

"What?" Roxas asked, looking over at him, not doing such a good job at masking his irritation.

"Nothing," Sora replied.

Roxas gritted his teeth. Could Sora be any more frustrating?

Kairi had placed Riku's stash carefully in her lap, sneaking glances now and again at the large group of six or more girls that had gathered nearby and were pooling together their money. Kairi felt a hand on her shoulder briefly and turned to see Axel seating himself next to her.

"Hey, is this where all the hott redheads are supposed to sit?" he asked with a grin.

Kairi smiled at him. "I didn't know you were coming. Who're you looking to buy?"

Axel pulled out his wallet from his back pocket. "Roxas said he'd do me some 'favors' if I bought Sora for him."

Kairi raised an eyebrow, and Axel wiggled his. "You know what kind of favors I mean."

Kairi made a face. "You're gross!"

Axel just laughed. "He'll do my dishes and vacuum the living room for two weeks he said! Geeze, Kairi, don't be such a pervert!"

They quieted down as the lights dimmed and Yuffie came up to the mic. "Good Evening ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to our first and only fundraiser for our new Astroturf football field, the student auction! And when I say student auction, its because the students are what we're auctioning off!"

There was a loud cheer from the audience as the lights came up on the row of students. Yuffie continued her speech. "Wish you had an able body to mow your lawn this Saturday? Wash your dishes? Play video games with you? Go on a date?" she emphasized the last one and all the girls in the audience giggled furiously.

"As agreed by the students participating, each buyer will own the student of purchase for this Saturday, that is tomorrow, from the hours of 10am to 10pm. The bidding for each student will start at ten dollars and will be increased in increments of five dollars thereafter. To bid, just raise your hand, and I will be your auctioneer for tonight!" Yuffie picked up a hammer and slammed it on the podium. "So let's get bidding!"