Chapter Four

Another school day had gone by, with no encounters of Sora or his 'crew'. Apparently they had skipped to go watch a movie in town, so the day was mostly peaceful. Lunchtime was interesting,at least. That morning there had been an announcement, saying the school dance would be held in three weeks, and that everyone was to bring a date.
"Well, that puts me out of comission." Xion sighed, scribbling band names in her binder.
"How come?" Kairi asked.
"Because I'm pretty sure nobody wants to go with me, unless I pay them or something." Namine glanced up from her notebook.
"You could always ask someone yourself." Xion's face lit up.
"Oh my goodness, that's a great idea! Namine, you are a freaking genius." Namine smiled and shook her head.

"At least you have the courage to do that, but I'm actually not going to be able to go. No one's going to ask me." Kairi and Xion exchanged glances.
"Oh yeah, Namine, because Roxas totally doesn't want to be your date." Kairi teased,and Namine blushed.
"He doesn't. Probably wants some tough girl from his fighting club or something."
"Then you gotta beat the crap out of her before he gets a chance!"Xion declared, which sent them all into a fit of laughter.

When lunchtime rolled around, however, none of them were expecting Roxas to be waiting at their table, his blue eyes gleaming as they met Namine's. She looked away and blushed. Roxas stood up."Sorry for intruding your table like this, but I needed to speak to Namine." Kairi could tell she was trying not to be shy.
"W-Well, here I am. What c-can I do for you R-Roxas?" She smiled nervously.
"You probably know this already, but the school dance is in a few weeks, and I wanted to ask you to be my date. Y'know before I lose my courage or anybody else beats me to it."He smiled as Namine's eyes began to sparkle with hope.

"Y-You want to go to the dance with me?" She squeaked.
"But you have so many better options..." She hung her head. Roxas bent down so they could still see eye to eye.
"I don't want to go with anyone other than you." He said quietly, lacing his hands with hers. Kairi could see that Namine was shocked and delighted.
"That is, unless you don't want to..."
"No, no, of course not! I mean yes! That is, I would very much like to." Roxas grinned.
"Perfect. I'll text you later with details." He said, grabbing a piece of paper from his pocket with numbers written on it. Then he casually walked away. Namine grinned.
"You guys, can you believe it?! He wants to go to the dance with me, and he HELD HANDS WITH ME."She sighed happily and began to spin around in circles.
Xion made her sit down.

"Handholding is just the beginning. You see doofus, I TOLD YOU he had a thing for you."
"You'd better not call her that, or Roxas'll come beat you up." Kairi grinned, happy for her friend. Namine's smile began to fade.
"But what about a dress, and shoes, and what if he takes me out to dinner and I spill food on myself?! Or what if his parents don't like me, or my outfit doesn't match his tie.." Kairi shook Namine.
"Dude, you need to have a date, that's a start. Ask him what colors he's going to wear, buy a dress that won't show if you stain it, and I'm sure his parents will love you." She ensured her.

"Ok, but, one more thing..." Namine took a breath, and they listened.
"Do either of you guys have a strapless bra I could borrow?" Kairi and Xion looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"It's not funny, you guys! I'm totally unprepared for this!" They immediately stopped and looked down at their chests.
"Sorry, you'd be swimming in mine." Xion said, glancing at her C cups then at Namine's B's. Kairi giggled.
"I'm sorry, I can't help it if I have overly large breasts!" Xion said, exasperated. This made Kairi laugh even harder, and Namine couldn't hold back either.
"You could probably fit mine, I'm a B 36." Kairi offered. Namine nodded, wiping tears from her eyes, a result of her laughter.
"Now that you're problems are solved, Xion and I still need to find a date."

Namine frowned.
"That's simple enough: Xion makes somebody go with her, and Sora will go with you." Kairi's face heated up.
"Come on Namine, get real. We all know Roxas loves you, but Sora definitely DOES NOT want anything to do with me."Kairi sighed.
"If that's true, then why did he go out of his way to give you back your necklace?" Xion pointed out.
"He was just being nice. You know it's in his nature to be like that." Xion shook her head.

"You got it all wrong. If he was 'just being nice', he would've sent it to you in the mail, or taped it to your locker or something. But the fact that he delivered it to you in person means that he was just looking for an excuse to talk to you."
"Easy for you to say, you could ask out anybody you want, people respect you." Kairi said.
"Actually I think it's more fear than respect." Namine smiled. Xion tried to throw a napkin at her, but completely missed. This made Namine giggle, and Kairi couldn't help but join in.

"Y'know Namine, sometimes things are better left unsaid, even if they're true." Xion chuckled.
"The truth hurts sometimes." Namine singsonged.
"You're right though. I think I'm going to ask Riku first. I mean, there's no harm in trying, right?" Xion asked, and Kairi and Namine nodded.
A sly grin spread over Xion's face.
"If I have to ask Riku, then you have to ask Sora." Kairi blushed and shook her head.

"N-No, I couldn't..."
"Yes, you could. C'mon I don't want to be the only one busting my ass here!"
"Yeah, but you're only busting your ass FOR some ass." Kairi muttered.
"Y'know, if you weren't my friend, I swear I would've beaten you up by now." Xion said in mock seriousness.
"I agree with Xion." Namine added.
"If you ask him, it'll give him the impression that you're not the kind of girl who's going to wait around for him to ask, and, it'll boost your confidence when he says yes."
"If he says yes."
"WHEN HE SAYS YES."Xion and Namine chanted. Kairi sighed.
"Ok, I give up, you win. I'll ask him tomorrow at the soccer game."