P'olly: Right... well, sorry it took me so long to update ANYTHING. I wasn't really feeling too inspired with this fic, but then I got a review from an AWESOME person called NightRayne92 (I do hope I spelled that correctly...), and I suddenly wanted really badly to update this fic. ; Just to clear up something—Normally, I don't go for OC fics, because I generally prefer to pair them up within their own—game, manga, whatever it is. But I figured, for this...well, why not? An yes, things will probably move pretty fast in my story, because I've little patience for going slowly. :shrugs: Sorry if you've a problem with that, but you've been warned.
So, on to the story!
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"Oh come on Squall! It wasn't your fault—you don't have to change your name!" Insisted the girl, looking up at Leon with concern, a hand on his arm to keep him from turning away. He lifted his eyes to meet hers, and quietly said, "It is my fault. I have to. I don't want to--" "I know, I know—you KNOW I know! But Squall, please! Stop blaming yourself! I do it all the time, and you've seen what it's done to me! You don't want to become that too, trust me; it won't be doing anyone any good!" Leon was silent before asking harshly, "Which are you saying, that I'm too self-involved or that I don't want to become you?" The girl blinked, before saying, confused, "What are you talking about? I never said once you were self involved, or insinuated it, but yes, I am saying you don't want to become ANYTHING of what I've become—I've lived with it for this long, and I still wonder why I'm not already dead! Squall, please!"
"Please! Don't keep doing this to yourse—-no, wait—-Squall!!!"
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Everyone settled down into their own little corners, getting comfortable before looking up at Riku expectantly. It had once been their habit to take turns meeting at each others houses once a week, before their schedules got too busy and they had shortened it to meeting all in one place (the house of the person who called them together) when someone had something to say, add, debate, whatever.
Riku, however, was not known for asking them to his house, ditto Leon. Leon, because he was a freak for privacy; Riku, because he usually had nothing to say that didn't somehow pertain to Sora. So it was unusual he would call them together, thus instantly taking the attention of the entire group.
Riku looked around, nodding once he saw everyone was settled. "Right. Now, before we all left for class at the end of lunch, Leon asked me how oblivious and dense Sora really is—or rather, he stated it as a question, but didn't mean it as one. Sora, as you all know, isn't very dense or anything at all unless, like Roxas, you purposefully beat around the bush." He looked to Leon, who had simply been listening. When Leon gave him the smallest of nods, Riku smiled faintly—it wasn't often Leon had approval for something you did.
"I'm going to be thinking out loud here—I've been turning that over since he said it. But my guess is, from what you said, that you wanted me to think of Sora's personality, " here he ignored the mock-groans from almost everyone, " So that's what I did. And what I figure is, if Sora has more sides to him then most know about, then why not this girl?" His eyes went back to Leon as the male began to slowly speak.
"Correct. This girl has many sides to her. Makes her difficult to pinpoint unless you know her." He looked at Riku with an eyebrow arched, waiting to see if he had been thinking further. Riku nodded to show he understood, and began again. "Yes, I started thinking of the girls I know—which wasn't easy, mind you—and narrowed it down to a handful. But since he said I might know her but not actually know her, it makes it a little harder. So, I might not have gotten the right person in the bunch." He shrugged, but, what could he do?
Roxas finally spoke, glaring at Leon. "Why can't you just tell me who it is? It'd make this a lot easier, you know." Leon frowned, before saying quietly, "I worked a long time to get her trust. I'm not about to betray it." Roxas sighed, muttering an apology as he shook his head. "Sorry Leon. I didn't realize you...sorry." He wisely didn't finish his sentence. He looked down at the notebook in his hands, and sighed. "I went through the student records, and found a lot of girls that fit the description, at least somewhat. Brown hair and eyes are the most common; I don't even have exact shades of brown to work for." he scowled, before looking somewhat hopefully at Leon. "I was thinking, maybe, you could just—go through the list, and cross out any girls that that nothing to do with the description or anything?" Leon was silent, watching him through narrowed eyes, before holding out his hand. Gratefully, Roxas put the notebook and pen into the hand, before settling back, looking satisfied with himself.
For a few moments thee was silence, as Leon went down the list, occasionally crossing out names, occasionally circling one, before handing the list. "Crossed out ones are definite no-go's. Circled ones are bigger possibles, normal ones are ones you might want to check to confirm." Roxas paused, eyes flitting from the list to Leon, before saying, eyes narrowed, "You want me to go through this list by way of dates, don't you?" When Leon simply cocked an eyebrow, Roxas scowled, throwing himself back into his chair, glaring at him.
"What? How could you know that? He never said that!" Sora asked, eyes wide as he looked back and forth between them. Riku chuckled, shaking his head. "Because your brother is too smart for his own good, that's how." Sora blinked, before laughing, settling on his boyfriends lap.
Roxas looked at the list, and sighed. "Joy. This is not going to be fun... Wait, who's Kaito? Isn't that a guy's name?" He asked, puzzled, as he looked at Leon. In turn, Leon pointedly looked at Sora. As one, everyone but Leon and Sora started laughing, Sora crying "Hey! It isn't funny!" once he caught on, only causing everyone to laugh harder. The laughter died slowly, however, when Sora said instead, "Riku! Roxas! Make them stop laughing at me!"
Riku rolled his eyes affectionately and grinned at Sora. "Aw, come on Sora; we aren't laughing AT you. We're laughing WITH you!" Sora stared at him, before saying confusedly, "But... I'm not laughing..." Causing everyone to at least grin at him.
Then something dawned on him, and Sora turned to Roxas, explaining, "Kaito's a girl in a couple of my classes. Apparently, her dad was convinced they'd get another boy, instead of a girl—despite the fact that her mom had yet to be wrong about whether a baby was female or male before it was born, and kept insisting it was a girl this time. They named her Kaito anyway." he shrugged, adding, "She's really sweet, even though she can come off as rough and cold at first. Really nice if you just keep pestering her." He grinned at this point, startling what sounded suspiciously like a (strangled) laugh out of Leon's throat. As everyone's head swung toward him, shocked and amazed, he scowled. "It sounds like something he'd do." He defended himself, causing everyone to A: continue staring at him, and B: start grinning at the Big Bad Leon defending himself for a little laugh.
Roxas looked at Sora thoughtfully, asking, "What's this Kaito do? Her specialty?" Sora thought for a moment, before shrugging , looking puzzled. "Actually, I don't know. She does pretty good in school, but from what she's said, that's because she has no social life and works really hard at it because she doesn't like failing to do something. So I don't think she's naturally smart or anything, although she seems it to me. Although she always does seem to know what I'm thinking and about to say before even I do." He scowled here, obviously annoyed at that fact. As everyone was concentrating on Sora, no one saw how Leon stiffened as the boy spoke, eyes widening just a fraction.
Authors Note: For everyone who doesn't know, Sora is a female name meaning "sky". Kaito is a male name of which I haven't the EXACT definition, but I can guess—the parts of the name kai (sea, ocean) and to can refer to the constellation Ursa Major, or a different to means soar, fly. So it speaks of both the sky and the ocean. Or the stars, lol.