Chapter 5: What a coincidence

After Mrs. ... um... Sora's mom went back into another room, Olette went back to her chair with Hayner and Pence. It was quiet for a while before Kairi made a suggestion. "Hey, Roxas, since... you know, Namine was invited here by you and all, maybe you should share your spot with her."

Roxas looked down at the little armrest, confused at how we would both fit. Honestly, I was confused, too. That was when Sora coughed, abnormally loud, and slapped his leg a few times. The other boys laughed and Roxas's face flushed completely. "I... I don't–"

"Come on, Roxas." Hayner teased. "She is your company." I was a little confused, but I think I generally got what they were doing.

"I guess... If... you don't mind..." I pretended not to know what he meant, my cheeks slightly pink. I almost wanted to see if he would ask me himself... Even now I blush thinking about it.

"I don't know what you..." I gave him a puzzled look and he sighed and looked away.

"If you want to sit down... there's kind of one more spot..." I looked around the room, and acted like I still didn't get it. "Have you ever seen... friends... sit on each other's lap?" I smiled a little and shook my head.

"Not... friends... Friends, maybe... but not friends."

"Well... you said you didn't really... know much about them... they can."

"Okay. I guess." I tried my best not to smile, but it forced through. Walking over to Roxas, I turned and sat down on his lap, trying not to kill him with my weight.

He leaned in a little, his head over my shoulder and whispered. "You know, you can sit." I blushed and nodded, sitting down. "It's um... kind of an old couch..." I felt him slip his hands around my waist. "I don't want you to fall." It was quiet for a minute and the mood was nearly perfect, of course... with everybody there... it was awkward.

"AHEM!" Everyone looked over toward the door where Sora's mom had re-entered the room, holding a plate -no, no- a platter of cookies, staring right at me and Roxas. I didn't see Roxas's expression, but his hands instantly retreated from my waist, and without knowing, I shifted a little, falling onto the ground. I suppose I shouldn't phrase it like that, it sounds pretty bad. I slipped off of Roxas's lap and onto my knees, then my hands hit the floor. It happened relatively fast, so before I fully got what had happened, I was face to face with the floor, on all fours. I shot my eyes up in the direction of Sora's mother, shocked that she had seen us, and moved up onto my knees, sitting on my heels. "You alright, sweety?" I nodded, my cheeks pink. My hair had been messed up when I fell, so it hung in my face in thin strands. "Good. Cookies! And kids, now that there's eleven of you, you should find something more productive to do. So... take your cookies and get out of my house." She smiled and the others laughed a little, and agreed to leave.

She left the room and Roxas jumped off of the couch, kneeling next to me. "Are you okay, Namine? I swear, I didn't mean to let you fall." I smiled at him. He was just embarrassed. I probably would have done the same thing.

"It's okay. It's not really your fault."

"Still." He stood up and extended his arm to me. I took it and he pulled me up. Olette, smiling, handed me a cookie. I said thanks and we all tried to cram out of the door at once. Laughing, we stumbled out of the house.

"So Namine," Riku said. "Where do you wanna go?"

"I don't really care." I said, shrugging and fixing my hair.

"Well, you're new. It's only fair." Selphie said.

Wakka started in. "Where do you usually go?"

"I... don't."

"What?" Everybody asked at once.

"Well... we could always go to someone else's house then... You know, to hang out and junk." Tidus said.

"Well yeah," Pence said uneasily. "But... there's only one house that can really fit us all..." They all turned to Roxas and he turned away, pretending not to hear, and started to drink a water bottle that he had gotten from Sora's mom. Everyone turned away, magically knowing what he meant. I felt cast out, because I didn't have any idea what was going on.

"So Namine," Hayner said, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. He had a smirk on his face and I didn't know what was going on. "Got a boyfriend?" Olette's eyes widened.

"Hayner!" She said sharply, her cheeks a little pink. At first I thought it was jealousy, but I wasn't sure. "That's her business!" He shrugged.

"Well do you?"

"No."

He smiled evilly. "What a coincidence. Roxas doesn't have a girlfriend." Roxas's eyes widened instantly and he spit out the water in his mouth, then started to choke. Hayner tried not to laugh, and everyone moved away in reflex of the water that was flying toward them.

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My Aunt went back into the kitchen and Kairi spoke up. "Hey, Roxas, since... you know, Namine was invited here by you and all, maybe you should share your spot with her."

I looked down at the armrest, it wasn't exactly huge... I could tell Namine was confused, too, by the way she was looking at Kairi. So then, Sora, being the idiot he is, coughed REALLY loud and slapped his leg. Everyone started laughing and I guess I probably went a little pale. "I... I don't–"

"Come on, Roxas." Hayner said sarcastically. "She is your company." I felt a little better, because it didn't look like Namine fully got what they were doing.

"I guess... If... you don't mind..." I said, she was blushing. And I probably was, too, but I could tell she was only pretending not to know what I meant. And like I said before, Namine sucks at faking things. So I felt a little better, it almost gave me confidence seeing as how she wanted to sit with me and all...

"I don't know what you..." She looked at me funny and I sighed and looked away, afraid that my confidence would fall short if I was staring at her. NOT that I was ever staring...

"If you want to sit down... there's kind of one more spot..." She looked around and tried to look blank, man, it was almost pathetic. "Have you ever seen... friends... sit on each other's lap?" She smiled, I thought she finally noticed how fake she looked.

"Not... friends... Friends, maybe... but not friends."

"Well... you said you didn't really... know much about them... they can." I added in the last part, trying not to sound like I was hitting on her, which I totally wasn't.

"Okay. I guess." She smiled a little uneasily and came over. She didn't really sit though, it's like, when a person 'sits' on you, and they don't put any of their weight on you. That's what she did.

I leaned in and put my head on her shoulder. "You know, you can sit." She nodded, and instantly, she sat. But she wasn't really heavy. "It's um... kind of an old couch..." By then I felt bad, because I just couldn't help it. But hey, it was kind of an old couch. I put my hands around her waist and whispered again. "I don't want you to fall."

"AHEM!" Everyone looked over toward the door where my Aunt had come back in with her usual fifty million cookies. She was staring right at me and Namine so I moved my hands. She had this whole weird, if you're not dating then blah blah blah rule. But anyway, I guess Namine moved a little, because then she did fall, but the couch wasn't really that old... "You alright, sweety?" Namine nodded, blushing again. She seemed to do that a lot. "Good. Cookies! And kids, now that there's eleven of you, you should find something more productive to do. So... take your cookies and get out of my house." She smiled and we all laughed, except for Namine.

When she left again, I jumped off the couch and kneeled next to Namine. I felt horrible, like it was my fault or something. "Are you okay, Namine? I swear, I didn't mean to let you fall." She smiled at me, and she looked really innocent.

"It's okay. It's not really your fault." But it was. And I knew.

"Still." I helped her up and Olette gave her a cookie. She said thanks and everyone tried hopelessly to ram their bodies out of the door at once. Needless to say, it didn't work. Finally, we all came tumbling out of the house, laughing our heads off.

"So Namine," Riku said. "Where do you wanna go?"

"I don't really care." she said, stroking her hair and flipping it over one shoulder.

"Well, you're new. It's only fair." Selphie said.

Wakka started in. "Where do you usually go?"

"I... don't." She mumbled, nervous, probably.

"What?" Everybody asked.

"Well... we could always go to someone else's house then... You know, to hang out and junk." Tidus suggested.

"Well yeah," Pence reminded them, "But... there's only one house that can really fit us all..." They all turned to me and I pretended not to notice, starting to drink some water. I didn't want to face my dad, considering Sora's mom had probably already called him. Everyone disregarded the idea completely, they knew how I felt about my dad.

"So Namine," Hayner said, and I knew something was coming. "Got a boyfriend?" I swallowed harder, but continued to drink. I didn't want to seem worried, that might give it away.

"Hayner!" Olette yelled, and I could hear the jealousy in her voice. "That's her business!" But he didn't care, we knew better than to let him keep talking, but nobody said anything.

"Well do you?"

"No." She said.

His tone changed. "What a coincidence. Roxas doesn't have a girlfriend." My eyes widened and I started to choke on the water, so I spit it out. Hayner was laughing hysterically, and the others moved away. I knew it should have been me to stop him.

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Nothing really to say about this.