"Argh!" I let out a scream as I jump from my bed and land on the carpeted floor. "Ven, how did you get in here?" Instead of answering, he narrows his eyes at me at mutters something to himself. It sounds something like, "Not even the first day and I'm being mistaken for Ven." Wait, what?
"Um, excuse me, what did you just say?" I ask. Maybe I'm just hearing things. There's no way that he's not Ven.
"None of your business!" He snaps at me. Yikes. Never mind, he's definitely not Ven. Ven rarely gets angry like this.
"Um, if you're not Ven, who are you? Are you his clone or something?" Smooth Naminé, smooth.
"I'm his brother, what do you think?" Yep, definitely not Ven. Too snappish.
"Well, I didn't know Ven had a brother." How would I? It's not like I talk to him a lot. I only know him through Sora and Xion, his cousins. He's also my neighbor back on the Islands, but that doesn't really matter when we spend ten months at school.
"Of course you don't." He rolls his eyes, and I hear him mutter something like "blondie" or "undies." It was probably the first one.
Why that little! "Hey you're blonde, too-"
"Hey!" I hear Xion call as she knocks on the wooden door of the dorm. "We're going to dinner soon! So get your ass out here!"
"Coming, Xion!" I call from my position on the carpeted floor. Except for I don't hear only myself say that. It seems that blondie over on the bed said the same thing.
"Wait, how do you know Xion?" We also said that at the same time. Dammit, stop saying what I'm saying!
"She's my best friend." Ha, top that, blondie.
"She's my cousin." Wait . . . Oh! Of course, if this guy is Ven's brother, he's also Xion's cousin. I'm smart. Which reminds me, I don't even know the guy's name.
"Hey, what's your na-"
"Hey! If you don't come out soon, I'm leaving you!" Xion threatens. Wow, she must really be hungry. She doesn't usually care about getting to meals so early.
"I told you I was coming!"
"I said I was coming!" Okay, not the exact same words at the exact same time, like before, but still. I look at the Ven clone and he looks back and I'm pretty sure we're are thinking the same thing; The doorway isn't wide enough for both of us to fit through. Without a second thought, I jump and charge at the door, chocobo-head following me. I manage to open the door before he jams in next to me. For some reason, the building planners didn't think to make doorways wide enough so that two skinny teenagers could fit through at the same time.
"Let me through!" Chocobo demands with his annoyingly whiny voice.
"No, let me through! I got here first!" I push myself through the space between the door and blondie.
"Shut, up-Whoa!"
Okay, good news, I wasn't stuck in the door anymore. Bad news, I'm now on the floor, in front of my dorm, next to this guy.
"Breaking the rules already, Naminé?" Xion snickers from her position towering over the two of us on the ground. "That's a new record. School hasn't even started yet."
"Shut up." I grab at her ankle, which is right in front of my face. She tries to kick my head, stopping her foot right in front of my face. Hey, what are best friends for?
"Love you, too," I mutter as I wobble back to my feet.
"I know you do." She flips her chin-length ebony hair over her shoulder exaggeratedly. She taps her cousin's spiky-head with her foot lightly. "Hey, Roxas, get off the floor. We have dinner to eat."
"Pffft. Roxas." I can't help but snort at his name. It sounds like rock's ass.
"I could say something about your name, too!" Yeah, right. "Like, uh." He stutters a bit. "Um, Naminé. What kind of name is that? It sounds like . . . " Like what? Awesome, epic, cool? Finish your sentence, dude. "Name. Naymeeney. There! Doesn't sound so pretty now!" So clever. Wait, did he say my name was pretty?
"What you just call my name?"
"Naymeeney." He was now on his feet in front of me. He's not too tall, but sadly, he's taller than me.
"Not that, you called it pr-"
"Hey, Xion. Did you get her yet?" Great timing, Riku. No really, go on. I wasn't asking a critical question or anything. "Who's this?" He eyed Roxas wearily, but I'm not sure if it's because of his association with me, or with Xion. Hopefully it's the latter one, for my sake as well Xion's.
"Riku, this is my cousin, Roxas. You know, the one I was telling you about?" Wait, she told Riku before me? Her best friend? And she knew about this?
"Don't give me that look, Naminé. I had no idea that you would be getting it on with him."
"I was not 'getting it on' with him. I barely even know-"
"Uh-huh. Tell me later. Riku and I want to eat." Riku and I? Well, there are a few choice words I want to deliver to my self-righteous bitch of a best friend, and mind you, they're not very PG.
"Yeah, you know that food is always amazing on the first night."
"Really?" Chocobo head turns his head towards Riku, almost drooling. Gross. It seems that this will be the start of a fun, food-filled friendship. Ugh, I will never understand boys and their appetites.
"Yeah, if there's still any left when we get there. I'll race you." Riku poises himself so that he is ready to take off.
"Okay." Roxas follows Riku's suit. "Stairs or elevator?" Wait, we have an elevator?
"Stairs, of course." And then they were gone before you could say, "Keyblade."
Hmmm. . . kinda of short, isn't it? I apologize for that, unless you wanted it short. In that case, you're welcome. It's not fair. . . I haven't updated in a while, and I don't think I will update as frequently now that school has started up. That being said, I am not abandoning this story. And who knows, maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised.