This chapter has no connection to chapter 8 (the Larxene/Roxas).
Just thought I should clear that up.
But it is kind of a side oneshot to chapter 11 (the second Demyx/Larxene).

This is PreCoM.

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Okay, Roxas would admit it. He hated storms. Well no... that wasn't it... He feared storms. The big flashes of lightning and the loud rumbles of thunder thorouhgly terrified him. Whenever a storm went by he had to almost actually order his mind, "Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out." Only Axel knew that he was afraid of storms. Heck, Axel was probably the only one who even cared that he was afraid of storms. ...Larxene might care but only because she could try and use it as blackmail later...

And as with his luck of being Number 13 in the Organization a storm just happened to be passing by right now. He had already known it was coming though. Axel had told him yesterday that a storm would be here today. The blonde boy could never understand how Axel always knew but he was always right with his predictions. Maybe he actually watched the Weather Channel or something... The majority of the Organization's members found the Weather Channel waay too boring to watch... Well anyway whether Roxas had known the storm was coming or not though, it didn't stop him from cowering under the blankets on his bed as soon as it hit, wishing desperately for all the storms in existence to disappear. Or wishing for someone to come by so he could at least maybe feel safer... But as always, Axel hated being out of his own room during storms and no one else knew of Roxas's fear, so he was hopeless. And besides, if someone knocked on his door he'd probably scream and freak out... He'd probably die if someone portalled into his room. He shuddered at the thought.

Roxas shuddered even more as a loud thunder burst out. He was sure he would somehow die of fear before tomorrow ever happened... But if he didn't die today he was sure that the storm would last all through tomorrow and make him die of fright then. Roxas was sure he was gonna die within these next two days. He was positive really...

After a few minutes past he slowly peaked out from under the covers, just trying to prove to himself that he wasn't that scared. Feeling more confident as nothing bad happened (he half expected a lightning bolt to come straight through the ceiling and hit him), he slowly sat with the blankets now resting on his legs. He grinned confidently.

...Until he let out a blood-curdling scream as someone portalled into his room. He threw the blankets over his head and started shaking uncontrollably sure that whoever came out of the portal was going to kill him. Or worse-- drag him out into the storm.

"Wha? Ro-Roxas?" A feminine voice was shocked as she saw Roxas's 'escape'. A flood of relief washed over Roxas as he recognized the voice. There was no way Namine would kill him... He embarrassedly pushed the blankets off himself as gave a shaky grin to one of his friends here at the Castle That Never Was.

"H-Hey Na--mine." Arg! His voice was shaking...

The artist looked at him curiously. "What are you so afraid of Roxas?" She grinned as she added on, "I didn't have that terrible of a bad-hair day today, you know!" She laughed.

Roxas tried to grin and shakily nodded but didn't say anything because he was sure his voice would sound weird again... and also because there was another huge thunder. Roxas was really grateful that there weren't any windows in his room so he couldn't see the lightning.

"You... you're afraid of thunder aren't you Roxas?" Namine asked as she saw him cringe as there was another roar of thunder.

Roxas looked up at her incredulously. "Of c-course not!" Another thunder went by and he winced. "I-I'm afraid of thunder and lightning." He gave a stuttering laugh. He was still majorly freaking out over the storm and now he felt embarrassed that Namine was seeing him like this. With all those emotions mixed together -especially surprise that he could even feel any emotions, being a Nobody- he was near some sort of hysterical crying. Ah, never mix embarrassment and immense fear togther...Ack! Suddenly he had to gasp for breath! He was sooo going to die! Breathe, Roxas, breathe! ...His mind was suddenly cleared as he found Namine was hugging him tightly.

"How come you never said anything, Roxas? I could have tried to help." Namine said softly while still hugging him.

Roxas swallowed really hard. Maybe because he was still scared... or maybe because he was sure that he was blushing a really dark shade of red. "I... don't know..." Roxas was at least slightly pleased now to find that he wasn't stuttering so much. "I think... I didn't think." He let out a weak laugh and Namine joined in, unlatching herself from around Roxas.

She sat down next to him on his bed and smiled. She had only one thing set in her mind to do now: talk to Roxas to distract him from noticing the storm."So did you ever hear that when it's thundering, the angels are up there bowling and they just knocked down the pins?"

Roxas stared at her for a few seconds and burst out laughing. "No, I've never heard that one. But it is a bit more logical than what I always heard."

"Oh, really?" Namine looked at him curiously. It already seemed pretty ilogical so what could we have heard that seemed even less real? "Well, come on then! Tell me what you always heard what the thundering meant!"

Roxas burst out laughing. After a few seconds he pulled himself together and told her, "I always heard that angels were playing whack-a-mole. The lightning was how they would whack them and the thunder was what you heard when it hit!" He burst out laughing again just because he had always found the thought of angels playing whack-a-mole was hilarious. Namine had already been laughing since the first mention of what Roxas had heard the angels had been playing up in the sky. She quieted down as Roxas stopped laughing and continued on talking. "I dunno, I think that might always be why I was afraid of lightning too. I mean, what if the angels up there mistook me for one of the moles? Cause people do get stuck by lightning, you know..."

Namine's face softened as she tried to understand what Roxas feared in storms. She herself had always loved them, she would occasionally play small games while drawing like trying to match her crayon strokes on the paper with the rhythm of the rain. But just hearing Roxas's explanation and actually seeing how terrified he had looked earlier, she was beginning to think that she might even be getting to be afraid of storms... She would especially hate to think, like Roxas, that the angels might mistake her for some kind of mole and whack her with lightning. The thought wasn't very pleasant.

Namine hugged him again and whispered, "Don't worry. I promise I won't let anything happen to you. I'll make sure that all of the angels up there know that you're Roxas and not a little furry mole." She giggled at the last part she added.

Roxas hugged her back gratefully. It seemed like just talking to Namine for these five or ten minutes filled him with a lifetime of courage. ... He took back that last thought as another thunder blasted, but then Namine made sure to hold him tighter.

"Don't be afraid, Roxas. Nothing will happen. I promise." After a few minutes that seemed like enternity she slowly released herself from the hug and stood up off the bed. "I guess I'll go back to drawing now."

Roxas looked at her, shocked. That was kind of random and plus... "You mean your leaving me... in... the... storm..." He instantly felt stupid as he realized the storm had almost completely gone. Only the light drizzle on the roof was still audible. Strange... That had been a lot shorter than most of the other storms that normally passed through here.

"Yeah, I think you'll be able to hold out until the next storm if I go back to drawing, won't you, Roxas?" She asked him even though she knew he would say yes. He had told her once that he never wanted to hold her back from being able to draw since he knew how much she loved to.

Roxas stood up off the bed too and soon found himself looking straight into Namine's eyes. They were a really pretty blue... Like the blue of a wave in the ocean; a really watery kind of blue... And wasn't rain just water that fell from the sky? Maybe he shouldn't be so afraid of storms...

Roxas looked deeper into her eyes and he felt himself lean in and kiss her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and puled her closer. Namine surprisingly rested her hands onto his shoulders and deepened the kiss.

By the time they broke apart the storm had completely stopped.

But Roxas now could almost feel anxious for the next storm to come.

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Ah, the thirteenth chapter for the thirteenth Organization member. XD

I highly doubt Roxas and Namine really knew each other before Roxas was in 'Twilight Town', but it was too hard to resist writing this. XD

I also seem to feel like dedicating this to all the people who bothered to read in chapter 11 where I was complaining that it was storming outside and I was scared... I actually wrote most of this chapter later that same day. XD

Disclaimer: I don't own Roxas, Namine, Axel, or the World That Never Was. I don't even own Kingdom Hearts! -gasp-... And as a slight confession I don't own the idea of the angels playing whack-a-mole instead of bowling. That came from one of my friends during lunch. XP

And you know,I just had to make one of the Organization members like me and be afraid of storms.
Actually, I normally love storms, but if I'm in some places during storms at night I'm terrified. O.o

Anyways, here are the current requets.

Requests:

Larxene x Xemnas
Larxene x Axel
Larxene x Saix
Larxene x Vexen
Larxene x Zexion
Kairi x Zexion
Vexen x Zexion
Marluxia x Saix
Xemnas x Saix
Xigbar x Xaldin
Fuu x Xaldin

I think that's all of them...

Not much to say really... Nothing much has really changed since... chapter 11 really. XD
I got the new request of Vexen x Zexion but that's basically it...

The next chapter will probably be Larxene x Vexen, Larxene x Xemnas, or Kairi x Zexion.
Because those are the ones that I've been thinking about most. -nods-

Anyway please review! It will make me very very very happy!