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DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN KINGDOM HEARTS

Paranoia

By: MonkeyGirlxoxo

Chapter #2

It was another Saturday morning and the sun was high in the sky. The sunlight poured through his windows and passed over Roxas' sleeping face. His blue eyes blinked open and a small groan escaped his lips. He rolled over on his bed and looked at the clock that rested on his bedside table.

10:03am

Roxas threw his sheets aside and got out of bed. He grabbed a black v-neck top with short sleeves and a pair of jeans from his dresser and then lazily made his way to the bathroom. When he finished taking a shower and brushing his teeth he walked down the hall to his kitchen. He took out a bowl from one of his many wooden cabinets and grabbed a box of 'Froot Loops' from the top of his fridge. He shook the open end of the box lightly, letting the sugary cereal fall into the marble bowl and then poured some milk in from the fridge. After that he got a spoon from a drawer and began to eat. Roxas would usually make himself something nice for breakfast like pancakes or eggs and bacon, but today he was really busy, and he was already running late.

When he completed his breakfast he washed the dishes and then walked down to his small front foyer. Then he grabbed his cell phone from the wooden ledge next to his front door. He decided to heave his front door unlocked, knowing that no one in town would even try to break into his house. With that, he slipped through the doorway and quickly walked down the stairs of his front porch.

He started to walk down the sidewalk but stopped in his tracks right in front of the white house next to his own. The moving truck was gone and large broken down cardboard boxes leaned against the white fence of the front porch. Roxas' eyes drifted towards the front door of the house and he let out a low sigh. Where is she? He thought. He looked over at the small window next to the front door and then started to walk down the sidewalk again. He hadn't see the young artist since he had helped her find her way home, and that was over a week ago. Roxas stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked down at the moving concrete beneath his feet. He had to admit, even though he only met the small blonde once, he missed her.

"Uncle Woxas!" The lazy skater raised his head from hearing his name. Before he could even turn around, he felt two small hands wrap around hi right leg. He looked over his shoulder and saw small dirty blond curls hiding underneath an 'Iron Man' cap.

"Hey Buddy!" Roxas said happily. He picked up the small boy and started to tickle his small stomach.

The little boy giggled and started to grab Roxas' hand, trying to stop the young adult. "Stop it Uncle Woxas!" He said between giggle fits.

Roxas stopped tickling the small boy and looked into his bright green eyes. "Haru, where's Mommy and Daddy?"

The boy in Roxas' arms smiled and then pointed behind them on the sidewalk. Roxas' eyes followed Haru's finger and saw his two friends walking towards them. When the married couple finally arrived Roxas smiled at them.

"Hello Roxas." Olette said with a smile. "Haru saw you and he started running."

The small boy in Roxas' grasp leaned towards his mother with outstretched arms and was passed from Roxas to Olette. The brunette smiled at her son and then kissed him lightly on his nose. Haru giggled and then placed his head on his mother's shoulder.

"I tried to chase him, but he got away." Hayner added. He currently had his left arm around his wife's waist. "Besides, I knew that he was coming by you, so I didn't have to worry."

Roxas crossed his now empty arms and started to chuckle. "I don't know if I should be proud of Haru because he outran his father, or be disappointed in you because a three year old is faster than you."

Hayner's face turned a deep shade of red in embarrassment and his wife gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Where are you guys headed?" Roxas asked looking back and forth between the different members of the family of three.

"Haru has a birthday party to go to." Hayner said. He turned to face his son, who was currently being cradled in his mother's arms, and passed a thumb gently over the small boy's cheek.

"Really?" Roxas asked. He then turned towards the dirty blond and smiled. "Who's party is it?" He asked.

"My fwend Yuki!" Haru said playing with some of his mother's chocolate curls in his small hands.

Roxas smiled and leaned closer to the small boy. "And how old is this Yuki turning?"

"Faw!" Haru happily exclaimed lifting his hand to show the lazy skater four petite outstretched fingers.

Olette smiled and then turned to Roxas. "I'm sorry to run on you, but the party starts in fifteen minutes and I don't want Haru to be late."

"That's okay, I actually have to get going too." Roxas said. "I need to get some stuff from the grocery." He pointed behind himself to the building in the distance. The grocery was probably a ten minute walk away from where he was now.

"So we'll see you next Saturday, right?" Hayner asked sneaking his hand around his wife's waist.

"Yeah." Roxas confirmed with a quick nod of his head. "And it's at my house." He added.

"Olette nodded and then they bid their farewells. Roxas watched the family of three disappear down the sidewalk the same way they had come, then turned around and continued on his way to the grocery. His mind was far away as he walked down the concrete walkway. Roxas was making a mental note of what he would need for next Saturday. It was his niece's seventh birthday party, and it had to be perfect. Sakura was his only niece, so Roxas spoiled her rotten. He had insisted that Sakura's birthday party should be held at his house for two reasons. One, his house was bigger than his brother's, so the guests wouldn't be as crowded and two, he could make Sakura his homemade chocolate cake, which everyone knew was her favourite dessert. Sora and Kairi had agreed quite quickly, happy that they wouldn't be the ones who needed to clean up after the piňata for another year, and so everything had been planned.

When Roxas walked into the grocery store, a blast of cool air conditioned breeze hit him. He grabbed a cart and then rolled it against the tiled floor to one of the many aisles in the store. He grabbed whatever he thought he would need for the party off of the the shelves and threw them into the cart, the objects making a loud clang as they hit the bottom of the metal basket. By the time Roxas had arrived in the aisle filled with beers and wines the cart was already halfway full with cookie mixes, icing containers and cake ingredients. The twenty-one year old looked at all the different bottles around him and started to think about what flavour his guests would enjoy most. Sora and Kairi preferred to drink beer over wine, but having those large crates that usually rested on the floor wasn't a good idea as young boys and girls would be running all over. Hayner enjoyed drinking cherry wine, but Olette Olette would drink any flavoured wine except for cherry. Axel, Roxas' best friend, would drink beer and red wine, but his girlfriend Larxene would only drink Raspberry wine. Roxas sighed as all this information ran through his head and closed his eyes as he began to think. He had only wanted to buy two drinks, beer and one bottle of wine. He wasn't much of a drinker himself, so he didn't want to be left with too much alcohol after the party. That's when he thought of an idea. He opened his eyes and pushed the cart out of the aisle. He would just ask Sora and Kairi to bring the drinks. It was the least they could do, considering the fact that the party wasn't even at their house.

Roxas rolled the cart into the frozen goods section of the store. He just needed to pick up some ice-cream and then he could be on his way home. Roxas looked through the clear glass doors on either side of him that held different compartments for the different frozen foods. Roxas pushed the cart further down the aisle, looking from side to side for the ice-cream. He stopped halfway down the aisle and looked forward noticing the only other person in the aisle with him for the first time.

~~~Kingdom Hearts~~~

Naminé brought her small hand up to her face and began to tap her chin gently with her index finger. She looked through the glass door in front of her, her cerulean eyes moving back and forth between the box of six sea-salt ice-cream popsicles and the large set of eight Nestle drumstick cones. She gently put her basket down on the floor in front of her and then looked at the ice-cream again. The young artist couldn't decide which dessert to buy. Ever since she had started university, the Nestle drumstick had always been her favourite ice-cream dessert. However, Naminé had seen advertisements for Twilight Town's famous sea-salt ice-cream and ever since then she had been curious to know how the blue popsicle tasted.

"Miss Kibou?"

The small woman felt her body tense and her eyes widened. The familiar feeling of discomfort rose in her stomach once more and she turned to face the centre of the aisle. When she found herself facing the lazy skater from only a week ago, she couldn't help but feel a bit better and her body somewhat relaxed.

Roxas smiled at the blonde in front of him, happy to see her again. He pushed his cart to the other side of the aisle and then walked back towards Naminé. He stood next to her, looking at the ice-cream through another glass door.

"So, you're shopping for ice-cream?" He asked trying to make conversation with the woman next to him. He looked to his left to see Naminé staring at the ice-cream in front if her.

"Yes." She replied softly. She continued to look at the boxes of ice-cream, still debating which flavour she should buy. She turned her head to the right, looking at the man next to her through her bangs.

He had already turned back to face the ice-cream in front of him, and she took in his features. She didn't know why, but something about his blond spiky hair and his deep blue eyes were comforting. She felt safer,more protected, when she was with him.

Unaware of the woman's cerulean eyes on him, Roxas opened the glass door in front of him and took out a box with twelve popsicles of sea-salt ice-cream. He carried the box across the aisle and dropped it in his cart. He then headed back to his spot next to Naminé.

Naminé turned back to face the ice-cream, her decision still undecided, when Roxas titled his head to look at her. He followed her gaze to the two boxes that stood side by side in the freezer, and a smile broke across his face.

"Having problems deciding which ice-cream to buy, Miss Kibou?" Roxas asked playfully as he stuck his hands into his pockets.

Naminé turned her head to face him, startled by how he knew exactly what was going through her mind. She looked at him for a while, saying nothing as he waited for an answer.

"Yes." She said finally moving her eyes back to the freezer.

"Which two are you looking at?" Roxas asked kindly, moving closer towards the blonde woman. "Maybe I could help you decide which one to buy."

Naminé didn't reply straight away. She was thinking, did she really want Roxas to help her decide? Maybe she could just shrug him off, and be left alone once again. However, she didn't want him to leave. Having him there with her was almost...pleasant. "The sea-salt ice-cream, and the Nestle drumsticks." She said at last, pointing to each box as she said their names. "I don't know which box I should buy."

"Well, that is a tough decision." Roxas said pulling one of his hands out of his pocket to rub his chin as he thought. "They are both very delicious." His voice was playful, as he was trying to make the small woman next to him laugh.

Naminé smiled from his silly behaviour, and brought her left hand up to cover her mouth. Roxas had already seen the smile though, and he was pleased to see it.

"I would buy both." Roxas said tucking his hand back in his pocket.

"Both?" Naminé asked turning to face the skater. "That's so much ice-cream." Her voice was soft and quiet. "I don't think I would be able to eat it all."

Roxas had already taken the boxes out of the freezer, and dropped them in her basket with a soft clang. He straightened up and turned to Naminé. "Well, I could always help eat it out." He said with a smile.

The colour rose in Naminé's cheeks and she turned her head to the side, not wanting Roxas to see her blush. But just like before, he had already seen her, and he started to chuckle. He turned away and walked back to his cart, placing both hands on the smooth metal bar.

"Are you going to go and pay now?" He asked her moving his cart slowly down the aisle.

Naminé nodded her head quickly and then bent down to pick up her basket. She walked quickly, beside Roxas' cart and found a cash-register. Roxas was first in line, lightly dropping his items on the conveyer belt.

It didn't take that long for Roxas to finish paying for all of his items, and after spending one hundred dollars on party supplies, he packed all them into eight different plastic bags.

"That will be sixteen dollars please." The attendant said cheerfully from behind the counter to Naminé.

Naminé nodded, and quickly dug through her handbag for her wallet. When she brought out a white leather pouch, she handed the attendant exact change, took the receipt and started to pack her two boxes in a plastic bag. It didn't take that long, and soon enough both young adults were walking out if the grocery to head back home.

"Here." Roxas said from next to Naminé on the sidewalk. "Let me take that for you." He was already holding four bags in each hand, but he was able to take Naminé's bag out if her hands before she could object and hold it in his right hand with no trouble.

"It's quite alright." Naminé said trying to take her bag back from the man next to her. To be honest, Naminé was afraid that he might drop the bag because he was holding so much already, or even worse steal her ice-cream and run off.

"I'm fine." Roxas said smiling at her. "Don't worry."

She pulled away, folding her arms lightly over her chest and continued to walk down the concrete pathway. Every now and then she would turn to her left to look at Roxas, making sure that her bag was always there in his right hand and that nothing looked like it was going to fall.

"It's nice out, huh?" Roxas said looking around them. The sun was out, and the trees to the right were green and healthy. The sky was a light blue, and every few minutes there was a nice cool breeze.

"Yes." Naminé said. "It's lovely."

Soon enough the two arrived in front of their house, and they stood in the middle of the front porches on the sidewalk facing one another.

"Here you go." Roxas said outstretching his right hand to her.

Naminé delicately took her bag out if his hand, but she must have forgotten how heavy it was because both of her hands fell quickly from the weight of the bag. "It's so heavy." She said quietly.

"Do you need me to help you carry that in?" Roxas asked, looking a bit concerned. He didn't want the small woman in front of him to hurt herself.

"I'm fine." She said politely. "What about you? You were holding so many bags, they must be heavy."

"I'm alright." Roxas said with a shrug. "They aren't that heavy." He smiled at the woman and said goodbye. Then he started to walk up his front porch, the bags in his hands hitting each step.

"Roxas." Naminé called suddenly.

He turned around, already in front of his door. "Yes, Miss Kibou?" He was surprised by her sudden outburst, she was always so quiet that he never would have expected it.

Naminé was surprised with herself as well. She didn't think before she had shouted out his name. She just wanted to ask him a question, "Why do you have so many bags?" She asked, her voice quiet again.

"My niece is having her birthday party here next week." Roxas explained. "I was just picking up some stuff for the party."

"I see." Naminé said. She turned away and started to walk up her front porch, struggling with the large bag of ice-cream. She dropped the bag lightly on the floor next to he r as she started to rummage around in her bag for her key.

"Miss Kibou?" Roxas called out from his porch.

She turned to the side and looked at Roxas, waiting for him to speak.

"You could come to the party next Saturday if you want to." Roxas said with a warm smile.

Naminé nodded, and her hand wrapped around the key in her bag. She pulled her hand out and stuck the key in the lock and turned it to the left. She picked up the bag once again and then turned the knob gently to the side with her right hand. She looked back at Roxas and titled her head to the side.

"Thank you." She said softly. "I'll think about it."

Roxas smiled at her and opened his door as well. "Great."

And then both of the young adults said goodbye once more, and headed inside of their homes, both pleased with their grocery shopping and the conversations that they had shared that day.

I'm really sorry that I took so long tp update this, and that this chapter was pretty much nothing. :P

You see, I was really busy and then when I got the time to write, I was working on my other story, but I have finally updated this! :D

The next update will be for my other story "8 Simple Rules" and then after that I will update this again.

However, I am leaving to go on vacation with my family on the 30th of July and won't be coming back until the 17th of August. Unfortunately, my grandma's house (where I am staying) does not have internet, so I won't be able to update. I will try my best to get Chapter 3 up before I leave though. :D

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