The Perfect Square

Summary: AU Roxas is madly in love with Kairi, who already has a boyfriend. He then convinces Naminé to be his girlfriend to make Kairi jealous, but who does he really love? Roxas x Naminé

Disclaimer: The storyline is mine but Kingdom Hearts isn't.

Wow, 120+ reviews, thank you so much for the support guys! I'm really, really happy that I still have faithful reviewers out there, even though I'm the slowest updater on the face of Earth, as I mentioned in my profile. You guys are so wonderful. And give thanks to my recent reviewers for guilt tripping me over the past week that I haven't updated in forever. Haha. Oh and I recently changed my pen name to skyremix, for those who have noticed.

Before I get on with the chapter (but do move on and ignore this if you wish), reasons for my lack of updates is not finding enough time since I was working all summer full time and since college started, I've been busy with school assignments and whatnot.

Hopefully this chapter is worth the long wait and I thank you again for bearing with me! Mosey time! I don't blame you guys if you forget what's been happening so far. I don't have much of a storyline progress anyway.

Chapter Eight: Lunch Break

"Hey Roxas, how is our drink supply so far?" Tifa asked as she came from the back room in the café.

"No need to stock up, but I think this is our busiest day yet!" Roxas smiled as he wiped up some glasses and put them away in the cupboards.

"So," Tifa started a conversation as she walked up the cashier register. "How are things with you and Naminé?"

"What?" Roxas stuttered.

"It's been a while since I've seen you two together." Tifa noted.

"Well, uh, she's doing great I guess…" Roxas shrugged, hoping that Tifa would lay off the conversation.

"Hmm, that's no way to talk about your girlfriend!" Tifa shook her head.

"What about you and Cloud?" Roxas raised an eyebrow.

"Don't even go there," Tifa rolled her eyes. "Aerith and I rather not care about him, since he is chasing both of us."

"How about we just don't talk about any of this?" Roxas motioned.

"Why, are you and Naminé having some relationship problems?" Tifa grinned.

Roxas blushed, "Nothing in particular…"

--xx--

"Kairi, ready to leave for our lunch break?" Naminé asked.

"Sorry Naminé, Selphie changed my schedule today and I don't go out for lunch for another hour or so." Kairi frowned.

"Aww, that sucks. Then I'll just head out to buy some food and come back to eat here. See you in a bit!" Naminé waved as she left the store.

While walking around, Naminé reached the food court and stood for a while deciding which restaurant she'll buy her food from. After choosing a place and buying her food, she was going to head back when she noticed a familiar face sitting by themselves in an empty table.

"Sora?" she called out and walked up to him.

"Oh, hi, Naminé," Sora greeted.

"What are you doing eating alone?" she asked as she sat down across from him.

"I'm on my break." He answered.

"Don't you work in a restaurant? I mean you can just eat there right?"

"Yeah, well I'm kind of sick eating sweets and coffee all the time," Sora chuckled.

Naminé laughed, "I guess that's true. Hey, I'll just stay and eat with you then!"

"Alright, at least it won't be boring anymore." Sora laughed.

"So how have you been? I noticed we hardly talked since this vacation." Naminé asked curiously.

"Well, the job at the coffee shop is great. I can't really complain about anything there and it's fun working with Aerith." Sora replied.

"Oh yes, Aerith is fun! She's a very nice person too!" Naminé smiled. "So what are you currently taking in college?"

"At first I couldn't decide back at high school, but I'm currently studying business. You?"

"I was like that too back at high school! But I'm majoring in English now. Maybe I'll consider becoming a teacher or something. I wanted to study art, but that's just my minor since I just like it as a hobby." Naminé explained, but suddenly her stomach started grumbling.

Sora laughed, "Let's continue this conversation once you eat something."

"Hehe, you're right," Naminé blushed in embarrassment as she started eating.

--xx--

"Riku, you really are perfect for this job! I wish you guys could stay here longer!" Yuffie leaped for joy.

"Yeah, Riku, you've only been working here for two weeks, and look at all our customers!" Olette agreed while folding some clothes.

"Female customers to be exact." Yuffie noted.

"Really? All I do is stand here..." Riku scratched his head, while another customer, a female, walked into the store. One look at Riku, the girl sighed, mesmerized.

"See! Did you see that?" Olette pointed out.

"What? That girl? I think she digs me." Riku put his hands on his waist and grinned.

"You think? She's only been coming back here since this morning!" Yuffie laughed and rolled her eyes.

"What's going on here?" a suspicious voice asked demandingly.

"Leon!" Olette huffed. "For the fifth time today, Riku is just our greeter and he's not here to steal your 'precious' little sister. Hayner is my boyfriend, remember?"

"Precisely, and I'll have to change all that. I'm just here to check up, to see how everyone's doing." Leon rubbed his chin, while squinting his eye scanning the store premises.

"Leon! Listen to your sister and you're not supposed to be on break yet!" Yuffie checked the clock.

"There you are!" Hayner pointed and walked into the store. "The manager has been looking for you and there's been an accident at aisle three." Hayner crossed his arms and grinned.

Leon's eyed opened wide, "What are you talking about? You mean my basketball display?"

"Yup." Hayner nodded. "A little kid with a bad stomach passed by and you finish the story."

"NO!!!" Leon yelled and left the store as fast as he could.

Olette sighed in relief. "You're the best, Hayner." She gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Anything for you, love." Hayner smiled and kissed her back.

Olette giggled, "Was there really an accident?"

"Well the story is only half true. Instead of vomit, I just knocked his display over."

"That's funny..." Riku said.

"Anything to get Leon from coming here back and forth." Yuffie nodded.

--xx--

"Wow so you have traveled a lot when you were younger?" Naminé asked and Sora nodded. "That's amazing! I haven't been anywhere outside Twilight Town."

"That's a shame. Hey perhaps next summer we can all decided to travel around the country or something." Sora suggested.

"I'll consider that. I'm sure Roxas and the rest would be thrilled." Naminé took a sip of her drink. "Oh, I've been wondering, how come you Kairi and Riku decided to spend your summer here?"

"That would have to be due to Kairi's spontaneous character. To tell you the truth it was last minute, but Kairi told us that this was her hometown as she wanted to see a few friends." Sora explained while finishing up his meal.

"Catching up with old friends are always great. I assume Roxas and her have been good friends for a long time, huh?" Naminé questioned.

"Probably. I think they met in high school as far as I know."

"So I've heard." Naminé shrugged.

Sora smiled as it got quiet for a while and took a glance at the food court clock. "Hey, shouldn't you be going back? I wouldn't want to be blamed that you took a longer break," Sora chuckled.

Naminé's eyed widened as she also looked at the clock, "Crap, Selphie's going to slit my throat! I'll catch up with you later, Sora! It was nice talking to you!" she waved as she walked away.

Sora just kept laughing to himself and threw away his trash.

There's chapter eight for ya! It's short. Sorry! So, Sora and Naminé getting to know one another. What do you think? I'm really tangling the web, huh? Don't worry, it'll be more complicated in future chapters since I am too evil.

Lastly, everyone's been asking me if this fiction will end as a Sora/Kairi pairing since it's been a Riku/Kairi charade since the beginning of the story. Kairi could have chosen Sora as her fake boyfriend, but Riku was currently present since silly Sora was busy getting drinks. My main focus of course is Roxas/Naminé, but to answer your questions, I'll leave you all to ponder further and just wait and see. -evil grin- Just an obvious hint though: Sora/Kairi are one of my favorite pairings ever, so... -wink- -wink-

Anyway see you guys soon (cough, in the every blue moon that I update, haha)! Gah, college is keeping me busy! Nooo!