A/N: The moment you're itching to see will arrive soon, don't worry! Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy the chapter!


"A public holiday. There has to be a stupid stinking public holiday."

"There's always the week after," Kairi reminded me, before quickly being shushed by my art teacher. After a small debate he'd allowed my friend to sit with me while she waited for class to finish, as long as she didn't disrupt. It wasn't like studio was deafly quiet, but most of the students liked to concentrate on their work.

I drew another line on my canvas, a little wonky due to my frustration. "I guess. I'm being silly, aren't I? I don't even know the guy. He could be a drug dealer or- he could hate art!"

"That's going a bit far, Nam," Kairi said in a softer voice, but she still earned a glare from my teacher. Yeah… she wouldn't be allowed back here. "You never know. There's still four weeks of semester, anyway."

Kairi had just told me that next Wednesday was a public holiday, which meant I would miss another chance to meet Blonde Haired Kid. I waved it off though, knowing I wasn't really missing out on anything. You can't miss what you never had, right?

"I can't believe we're almost half-way through the year." I shook my head in disbelief, shading a part of my sketch. "I'm actually enjoying uni, but we're here less than we were at high school."

"But we get like two months off during the winter! I know where I'll be, inside with a hot coffee," She smiled at the thought.

"What about Sora?" I teased.

"Oh yeah, him too. He's a sucker for cuddles so I don't have to worry about being cold." She smiled again, but this time more genuinely, thinking about her boyfriend keeping her warm. Those two couldn't get more adorable, and when you thought about it, Kairi's more serious and dominant nature balanced out Sora's goofiness quite nicely.

A few students shot a glare in her direction and Kairi clammed up.

"Your studio is scary," She whispered, and I just giggled. Her business tutorials must have been much more noisy.

"Enjoy," I smiled to the customers as I dropped off an iced latte and two cheesecakes, heading back to the kitchen. Working at Aerith's café was beginning to feel more familiar, now that I'd learned the ropes. Kairi and Selphie visiting every other day also helped with that.

"Olette, ready for our break?" I smiled at the brunette, who seemed lost in thought as she finished stacking the dishwasher. She looked lost in the clouds as I went up to her and waved a hand in her face.

"What?" She looked up at me, and I chuckled slightly.

"Whatcha thinking about?" I teased, grabbing a few slices of bundt cake for our break.

"N-Nothing!" She said, unable to hide her smile. I wonder what she was thinking about? I wasn't going to question though – I knew Olette liked her privacy, and I did too. Plus Selphie and Kairi would probably interrogate her later.

We headed over to our usual table and handed the others their cake, and I could instantly feel the weight leave my feet as I sat down. I still wasn't quite used to being on my feet all day.

"A girl could get used to her best friends working at a top notch café!" Selphie relaxed in her seat with her cake, "Hats off to Yuffie."

"Don't get too used to it, Yuffie says any more friend discounts and it's coming out of our paychecks." I joked, and she saw right through me.

"I think I'll have another slice then."

"Hey!"

"We're going to need all the cake we can get; I am not looking forward to exams." Kairi sighed, packing away her business books. "We have less than last year and they seem twice as difficult!"

"You'll be fine, Kai!" Olette assured her. "At least you don't have to read ten different novels and have quotes memorised for the exam."

"I'm not as crazy as you," The redhead teased, taking a sip of her coffee. "By the way, since we have such a long break I thought we should organise something with the group. You know a mini holiday or something."

"That sounds fun!" I nodded. "Maybe a weekend getaway or something?"

"Don't make any plans with boys," She pointed to both Olette and I, which made no sense because neither of us had guys. "Especially you, Selphie." Well at least she had her priorities right.

"What? My girls come before any guys!" Selphie defended, he brown hair bouncing up as she said so.

Plans of where to go began, and we got so caught up in food lists, possible locations and how to entertain Sora and Riku on a potentially long trip, Olette and I almost went over our break time. We hurried back to the kitchen, our thoughts filled with excitement for the holidays.

Like I would have plans with a boy. And even if I did, like Selphie said, my girls came first, and I wouldn't give up a trip with my friends for any guy.

Another two weeks had flown by, and it was Wednesday morning again. To be honest my thoughts hadn't strayed to Blonde Haired Kid once as I waited for Olette to arrive at the station, that was until I saw a certain someone already in the carriage. I spotted him and looked away before he saw, but I had a feeling he'd seen me too.

Lord help me if that girl was late again I was going to kill her. But thankfully she wasn't, and came walking up to validate her ticket moments later.

"It's so cold now, isn't it?" Olette greeted me as she got her ticket. "You look nice and warm though."

I was wearing my fluffy white jacket again, and I had to admit I was pretty toasty, but my nose was about to fall off. These winter months were awful. "And how many singlets are you wearing underneath that jacket?"

We often teased Olette for the amount of layers she wore, and with good reason too. "Six," She said with a smile.

I followed her onto the train, into a different carriage, because it arrived right outside the ticket booths so we didn't have as far to walk. Olette was always resourceful. I knew BHK would get off at the usual stop.

"Hey Olette, the inter-campus buses go by the station, right?"

"I'm pretty sure they do. Why?"

"I might get off with you today. To keep you company!"

"Oh, thank you! I hope you're not late though."

I knew Olette liked it when I got off the station with her, plus I might get the chance to meet this guy, so I thought why not? Even if I was late to my class I didn't mind so much.

The half an hour trip seemed slightly longer than usual, but we finally arrived at our station. I followed Olette off, knowing BHK would surely be walking behind me somewhere. We headed down the road to where the shuttle bus was located. It was packed to the brim today and we barely made it on.

I managed to wedge myself on the very corner of the seat at the front of the bus, across from Olette, and there standing next to her, was none other than him.

We made eye contact and both our eyes lit up. "Hey!"

"Hey," I smiled, and I instantly saw the look of realisation and the surprised smile on Olette's face. My mind quickly clamoured for something clever to say. "So you go to Radiant Academy too?"

Smooth one Naminé, smooth one. We are on the Radiant Academy shuttle bus. Everyone here goes to Radiant Academy. I loved how words failed me at the most important times.

"Yeah," He said with a smile, and I took the opportunity to get a better look at his facial features, his lop-sided grin, his dirty blonde hair framing his face. "What are you studying?"

"Multimedia and Digital Arts," I said quickly, telling my brain to slow down a little. "What about you?"

"Business," He said with that voice I loved. I'd forgotten how heavenly it was. "Do you usually go this way to uni?"

"No, actually, I usually go to the campus closer to the city on Wednesdays," I explained, "But I only have one class there, my ma-aaain-" the bus had suddenly stopped and I had to stop myself from slamming into the glass wall around the driver's seat, hence the embarrassing word slur, "c-campus is this one," I chuckled, and he gave a small chuckle at my recovery.

I looked away with my face feeling very warm, and the bus soon arrived at the bus loop, letting off all the passengers. We all got out of the stuffy vehicle and out into the chilly air, and I stood back waiting for him and Olette to hop off.

Olette stood with me and the boy gave me a smile, and we both waved and said goodbye. He started to walk off, but then he turned around, pulling something out of his pocket.

He handed me a piece of paper, matched with that adorable smile of his, and turned back around to leave.

Olette gave me a fleeting smile as well, deciding to let me marvel at what just happened on my own (and I also knew she had a tutorial she couldn't be late for), and said goodbye herself. I finally found my tongue again and called out "H-Have fun in your tute!" It was directed at Olette, but he turned around as well and gave a quick wave. I watched them both walk into uni.

Unable to contain my excitement, I very delicately unfolded the piece of paper once I knew he was out of my sight. There scrawled in messy writing was his name and his number.

"Roxas."

Roxas. I had never heard of such a name before. It was such an alluring name. I couldn't believe what had just happened. A boy had given me his number! Being right in the middle of public made it difficult to express my excitement, so instead I had the widest grin I was capable of as I walked to the bus stop.

I had just missed the last bus and had to wait another half hour, which would make me late, but I didn't care at all. The other people waiting probably thought I was crazy, swaying and smiling and gawking at a small, torn piece of paper. I wonder when he wrote it? On the train after he saw me?

I couldn't believe my luck. I felt like dancing and singing at the top of my lungs. I'd never felt this elated by such a simple act before. I jumped around from foot to foot, hoping people thought I was just cold when in actual fact I was in euphoria.

And then it hit me that the ball was in my court. He still didn't know my name, and I had his number. How do I…? What do I…? When do I…?

I was about to text Kairi and Selphie in caps lock and scream my situation at them, but I knew they'd freak out and could easily imagine what their reaction would be. This moment was mine alone. I didn't care if this didn't lead anywhere or if I even just became friends with this guy – the important thing was he liked me enough to want to get to know me. I was so happy.

The bus finally arrived, and after punching the number into my phone, checking it was right twice and having another mental debate with myself I finally decided on a reply:

"Naminé. It's nice to finally know your name!"

That would do. Short and sweet. Only took me half an hour to come up with that. I watched the world go by as I sat on the bus, clutching my phone and wondering what Roxas would bring to my life.

Preview

"You're lucky no one's home!"

"Introduce us to your new friend!"

"I'll play for you sometime."

"I don't mind. I wanted to see you."


A/N: And they finally meet! It's going to get a lot more exciting for our beloved Naminé from here on in! I hope you enjoyed this, and as always, look out for the chapter analysis at Fiction Café, look forward to the next chapter and don't forget to review on your way out!