Color Outside The lines- chapter 3
Much thanx again to Leah and KHwhitelion, who motivate me a ton! Leah's friends, who maul me when I don't update. And anyone reading this, you're cool too. Personally, I the this chapter, but im posting it anyway. IM SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG! I told you guys at the beginning I had procrastination problems, so yeah sorry again! and this is the longest chapter yet, yay!
--Namine POV--
So. It would appear I have just set myself up on a 'date' with the new artiste. I haven't been on a date/going out with anyone since 5th grade when I was 'dating' my sisters' friend Sora. But we do not speak of that. And word spreads like wildfire around here, so there are now bets on how long till we an 'official' couple. I hear from Luxord, the casino owner, that it's ranging from never (Roxas, no surprise there) to three hours (Axel). I do not enjoy being the product of people's amusement. I haven't heard anything from Zexion for awhile though. If there's anything he can do, it's think. If he was thinking any harder then I think laser beams would come out of his eyes.
In fact if you look closely, he almost looks like a brooding emo kid. The thought puts a small smile on my face as I remember him bitch-slapping Roxas. But as I do not have the self control needed to restrain it, this sentence spews from my mouth anyway:
"Cheer up emo kid!" ah yes, that smile has now turned into a maniacal grin, I don't think anyone except maybe Demyx in this studio has ever seen me like this (1). He responds with a glare and a long rant it's so much fun to rile him up like this.
"Why does everyone think I'm emo? I mean one black shirt and its 'aww look at the poor emo kid'. I'm so tired of being stereotyped just for what my hair happens to look like and what I happen to wear!" he finished in a huff, and it almost looks like he's pouting. It's adorable.
"Yes, we all know how much stereotypes suck; I went to high school too. But now my little emo kid, it seems it is time for lunch and I'm in the mood for a cinnamon bagel." I said, and he is twitching whenever I call him emo kid. I am definetly gonna have fun with this one.
--Zexion POV--
I think that she just likes to watch me squirm. But honestly, I really hate being called emo, I mean it still bothers me when she does it; but not as much as with other people because she's teasing. But seriously, I'm friendly enough, but in high school people always were accusing me of cutting my wrists even though pretty much everyday I wore short sleeves. Well, that's my rant for the day covered.
And by now it seems after wandering those endless white hallways, we are finally going to get something to eat. Thank God, I was starting to get hungry because of all that stupid rain this morning and I couldn't get a bite to eat.
The walk to Oblivion was quite uneventful, besides the fact we almost got run over on the way there by a speeding moped, but otherwise it was oddly normal. After about a ten minute walk, we were there. The outside was black and it was situated on a street corner where everyone could see it.
Once we were inside a girl with short black hair in a headband stumbled up to the front and asked us cheerily how many were in our party. It took up all my self-control not to shout 'You!' at her. Luckily I didn't have to, she did.
"You! I remember you, I saw you this morning!" she practically shouted. Ah yes, for those who paid attention it was the girl who was the receptionist at The Nobody Studio, Yuffie or Yupi, something like that.
You know the annoying one on my hit list.
"Nope. I'm afraid you didn't, that was my twin brother, Ienzo." I am very proud that I managed to say that with a completely straight face.
"Oh. That's alright then! Tell him I said Hi!" she responded easily. Wow, if you look up gullible in the encyclopedia you see her face smiling at you.
"Um, it's just the two of us." Namine finally spoke up, getting tired of listening to me and Y-whatever carry on.
"Alright, follow me then please!" she chirped, just as chipper as ever.
When we got to our table I finally took a look around the place. It wasn't to bad, the décor consisted of mostly darker things with a few white things added in for something other than the blackness. While waiting for our waitress Namine and I just started talking.
"So, it would seem you two have met before?" she asked, of course meaning Yutti.
"You could say that." I started and then explained to her the whole 'morning disaster' as I have dubbed it, what with the rain having to actually work this morning and encounter with gullible. She was laughing by the end of it, replying with a simple:
"Man, your life sucks! So you we in therapy? I'd like to hear the story behind that one." She said, grinning by the end of it.
"Well, I think you've noticed that I don't exactly enjoy being insulted." At this she chuckled, no doubt remembering the fan-boy incident "But back in school people insulted me a lot, so I beat up this one kid who was really horrible to me, what was his name? Oh, yeah I think that it was Riku. But one day I just got tired of it and kind of gave him a concussion. Of course since preppy people can do no wrong, I got put in therapy by my mom. The funnest thing in the world is to be mean to therapists. I mean they are the only people who can insult you, make you cry, and hurt you, but still come out looking good. So I just made the most of my time there, and gave him the most migraines one person could possibly have in a month. I think he quit after i left. " And by the time I was done, tears were rolling down her face, she was laughing so hard.
"I know, I mean therapists are so fun to mess with!" she started "'How do you feel?' 'Like shit. You?' oh and 'does it bother you that your dad left you?' 'Nope i'm just peachy about it!'. and what high school did you got to?" she finished, calming down slightly.
"Destiny Islands High. Why?" Curious as to why it mattered, and letting the therapist comments slide to be asked about later.
She started laughing again. "I think I might know your Riku then. Was it Riku Arakawa?"
"Yeah, I think that was his name." I said, a hint of surprise leaking into my voice as I had no idea how she could know him.
"Well, I guess it's a small world after all, not only did I also go to that school but Riku happened to be one of my sisters friends!" she said "I actually remember him coming to our house with a black eye saying 'some kid beat me in an alley'. Oh, I'm never gonna let him live this down, because no offense, but your kinda scrawny." She replied, leaving me gaping.
"Hey, I'm still taller than you aren't I?" I retorted.
"Yeah, but only by, what, two inches?" well she has me there. Damn.
But at that moment our waitress showed up to take our orders. "I'll take a coffee, black, and a croissant."
"And I'll have a French Vanilla with a chocolate scone." Namine said.
"Alright, that will be about five minutes." And she was off; I can almost feel her tip lowering.
So we waited in a comfortable silence until our food and coffee came. When it finally got here I took a big gulp of my coffee and Namine looked at me strangely.
"I have no idea how you can just drink straight black coffee. It's practically wood liquefied." She stated before starting on hers.
"Well, I don't know how you drink that flavored shit. It's not even coffee!" I retorted. It seems that we can go from a fluffy 'aww' moment to bickering again within seconds. We have such a great relationship.
--+Namine POV+--
Well that went well, considering we managed a whole twenty minutes without arguing over something. Actually, if the 'peace' continued for much longer I think the apocalypse would come about; it's just that scary for us to get along.
When we got back, Axel looked at us and winked at Zexion. Pervert. Forgetting the composure I have to keep around here, I waltzed (2) right up to him and kicked him where it hurts. I had the satisfaction of watching him crumple like an old leaf and I started cackling hysterically. Zexion stared at me for a moment before bursting out laughing himself.
"What the fuck was that?" He asked.
"Well, when a pervert does something perverted, I tend to beat the shi-"I started before he interrupted me.
"No, not that, I meant that witches cackle! It was pretty damn creepy, and that gave me chills!" He explained. "Besides you never did tell me why you're so bi-polarish."
"It's a long boring story that will be saved for another time." I said, forgetting that I was supposed to tell him at Oblivion.
"Well I have time-"He started, before Xemnas turned the corner (Saix following of course.)
"What are you people doing out here loitering?! Lunch break ended 69 (3) seconds ago! Get back to your studios! And Axel, get off the floor, you can sleep at your house, not on my floor!" He finished, walking off to do who the hell knows what.
"It seems we do not in fact have time for story-time right now Zexy, another time then." I said brightly, thinking up all the fun combinations of his name that I could make, as I saw his eye twitch.
"Do you have any idea how much that sounds like-"I interrupted him in the middle of his sentence.
"Nope, not a clue Zex, I suppose you'll just get lost on your own so I'll guide you back to your studio." I said cheerfully, as I walked, Axel forgotten, as he fumed.
But of course, as The World is out to smite me, and no day is allowed to end well, I ran into Roxas on the way back.
"Oh, Hey Nami." He was ignoring Zexion's presence again "More mail came for you." He finished, stalking (4) off emo-ly.
"He really needs to stop rooting through my mail." I commented off handedly to Zexion, as I opened the letter.
After a quick scan of it, I looked back up and uttered two words.
"Ah, shit."
--End chapter whatever the hell I'm on--
(1)- I love Demyx, and I couldn't resist putting him in )
(2)- Not literally, just wanted to put it in
(3) I love Zemyx, so I had to put it in somehow, hehe
(4)- Stalking, haha
Thank Budha, it's over. Writers block is a bitch man, it's horrible. Well I hope you like it, I don't but I wanted to get something out to you guys before being chased down with pitchforks XD drop me a line, tell me what you thought, and if you ask me I might tell you what was in the letter, so have a great day people, much love Cat