"So how was it yesterday?"

Sora looked up from his car that he was washing to Riku.

"It… went okay…" He shrugged and went back to scrubbing his car.

"Okay? No drama between the ex and the fiancée?" Riku arched a brow and crossed his arms.

"No…" Sora said.

"So… does Rinoa like Talia?"

Sora seemed to stiffen as Riku said Talia's name. He quickly shrugged it off. "Eh, I guess. She hugged her bye, so I guess she likes her."

Riku sighed and walked around to where Sora was now rinsing off his car. "…Does she know yet?"

"Know what?" Sora looked over at the silverette.

"That you and Talia dated in high school…"

"I'm still trying to get around to that… I know Rinoa… she's the jealous type."

"Jealous? How about complete bitch, did you see what she did to my girlfriend that one time?" Riku glared slightly.

"Riku, Rinoa wouldn't do that to Kairi. She considers Kairi as her sister…" Sora said as he dried off his hands.

"Whatever. I'm just saying if you don't watch out, she's going to hurt the one you love most…" Riku said as he walked away.

"W-what? Haha, why would Rinoa hurt herself?" Sora laughed nervously.

"Bye," Riku waved to the brunette.

Sora stared as Riku walked away from his house. Rinoa was a gentle, kind woman. She'd never do anything to harm anyone. She couldn't even hurt a fly without feeling bad afterwards. Sora laughed gently to himself and walked into his house.

Riku was always saying something negative about Rinoa every since that one time with Kairi. He knew Riku didn't know the real Rinoa, so why should he worry about it?

~!~

Today was my first day at the hospital I was working at. This was my first step to becoming a full time family doctor. Helping the sick and injured was something I had admired doing when I was little, which helped me with my dream of becoming a doctor.

"Ms. Kisaragi, right?" A man who strongly resembled Roxas asked me.

"Er, yeah, that's me," I smiled nervously at him.

"I'm doctor Ventus but you can call me Ven," He grinned at me.

"Nice to meet you," I smiled back.

"You won't be doing anything too serious your first couple of weeks here. Only if we get an injured soldier-"

"Injured soldier?" I arched my brow.

"Uh…" He blinked at me. "The war that's currently going on in Hollow Bastion and Agrabah? Since most of Destiny
Islands army is helping Hollow Bastion, we get a lot of injured soldiers from there."

I blinked at him. I knew about the war between the two countries but I didn't know it had gotten to the point where our army had to help out too. What's wrong with this world today?

"Okay, so what would you like me to do-?"

"Well you could start by getting me some coffee," A dark voice said from behind me. I quickly turned around and saw a man with slightly spiked up black hair and golden eyes. He looked kind of creepy from afar.

Dr. Ven rolled his eyes, "This is my twin brother Vanitas. Unfortunately, you'll be working for him for the next couple of weeks."

Dr. Vanitas glared slightly at his brother and came closer to me. "Hmph, what's your name?"

"Ah, I'm Tal-"

"Don't care. Get my coffee," He shrugged and turned around from me.

Who does this guy think he is?

"Excuse me, but who do you think you're talking to," I glared slightly at him.

"No, sweetie, question is who are you talking to? You're nothing but an intern. I can fire you in the snap of a finger. Now go get my coffee!" Vanitas said and walked away. "I'll be in my office."

I watched as he walked away and turned around back to Ven who had an apologetic look on his face.

"Sorry about that, my brother is a bit rude to his interns…" Ven shook his head.

"Yeah, well…"

"Well, good luck! If you need anything, feel free to come find me!" Ven smiled at me and turned around and walked down the hospital hall, occasionally stopping to talk to some patients.

"WHERE'S MY COFFEE!" A loud voice was heard from down the hall, causing some patients to jump and look around confused.

Deciding that I shouldn't make my new boss angry on the first day here, I quickly ran to the cafeteria to fetch his coffee.

~!~

Sora's head turned towards the front door as it opened. He was lounging on the couch, flipping through some sports magazine. He wasn't that much into sports, but when you're lazing around the house all day, there's nothing better to do.

"Hi baby!" Rinoa grinned at Sora as she set down her bags and ran over to him and plopped herself in his lap.

Sora gave her a weak smile. "Hey."

Rinoa looked around the den before looking back at Sora. "What you do all day? Just sit here?"

"Ha, I actually washed the car, thank you very much!" Sora stuck his tongue out playfully at the girl.

"Naminé called me today at work, she sounded pissed…" Rinoa shrugged.

"Eh? Why?" Sora arched a brow.

"I don't know. She's weird. You know how artists are; they let the paint fumes get to their heads. Her and Kairi… they're so… weird…I don't see how you're their friend."

Sora frowned slightly at his fiancée, "Hey, be nice. Aren't they your bridesmaids?"

"Yeah… I like Talia though…"

Rinoa watched carefully as Sora seemed to stiffen up when she mentioned the blue-haired girl's name.

"Isn't it funny how you two met the same way as us?"

"I guess," Sora laughed nervously.

"…Did you like her?" Rinoa asked.

Sora looked at Rinoa in her chocolate brown eyes. He could tell she was dead serious about the question. What was she worried about if he did like her or not. The past was the past. He was engaged to Rinoa now.

"Um…"

But somehow… he couldn't say it.

"Did you?" Rinoa raised a brow. "I mean it's cool if you did, she's pretty…"

"Uh… it was just a childish crush…" Sora shrugged it off like it was nothing. "It went away as soon as she left."

Rinoa let out a sigh of relief. "That's good. Couldn't have my baby still having feelings for some other girl, right?"

Sora smiled weakly at her. "Right. I only love you, now."

Rinoa smiled as it seemed to be the exact words she was looking for. She pecked Sora on his lips and hopped off his lap.

"I'm going to start dinner, okay?" She said as she pranced into the kitchen.

Sora just grinned and nodded his head at her. Rinoa smirked. Talia had nothing on her.

~!~

I dragged my feet to the Usual Spot after work. Roxas and the gang wanted to know how my first day at the hospital was. I pulled the curtains back and saw everyone sitting in their usual spots, all on their cell phones. Olette was not with them.

"Is this all you guys do all the time now? Play games on your cell phone?" I asked as I plopped down on the couch beside Roxas and rested my head on his shoulder.

"Pretty much," Hayner shrugged.

Roxas turned off his cell phone and turned towards me. "How was work?"

"Ugh, my boss is a pain in the ass," I grumbled under my breath.

"Isn't that Dr. Ven or somebody the main macho over at the hospital? I've heard he's nice," Pence looked up from his phone.

"Dr. Ven is nice; it's his twin brother that's not. I work for his brother, Dr. Vanitas." I explained as I lifted my head from Roxas's shoulder.

"What did he have you doing," Roxas raised a brow.

"He yelled at me for no reason and made me do stupid things like fetch his coffee from a coffee shop… 5 blocks away from the hospital. Then he had me running across the hospital to deliver some message to some nurse only to decide to text her after I had already ran back and forth playing messenger for them both!" I threw my hands up in disgust.

"Sounds like a jerk," Hayner finally spoke up.

"Yeah, hey, where's Olette?" I arched a brow.

"She's with bridezilla," Pence rolled his eyes.

I couldn't help but let a giggle escape at what he just called Rinoa. "She's not that bad… I guess."

"She glared at you," Roxas reminded me.

I shrugged. Like I said before, I wasn't even sure if she was glaring at me for real. Plus, she seemed quite friendly when I was over at her and Sora's house…

Her and Sora's house.

That still bothered me a lot. I grabbed the edge of my skirt as I tried to hold the tears that were threatening to spill. Roxas arched a brow and noticed me as my knuckles started to turn white. He wrapped an arm around me.

"Hey, why don't I walk you home…?" He suggested.

I laughed stiffly. "I'm a big girl, I can handle myself."

"…You need someone to talk to," He looked down at me seriously. My hands were still tightly holding onto my skirt.

"Okay…"

Pence looked over at both of us before glancing over at Hayner who was still hung up on his cell phone.

"Hey, Roxas! Remember, you're dating Naminé now," Pence grinned at the dirty blonde as we both stood up.

He flipped his middle finger up at him as I let out a quiet laugh. We both stood up and said goodbye to the other two boys and left the spot.

We walked in silence for a while. It was almost completely dark outside, but the already bright shining stars gave us enough light to see where we were going. I didn't live to far away from the usual spot.

"This is a stupid question, but you're still upset about the whole engagement, aren't you?" Roxas finally broke the silence.

"Was it that noticeable?" I said sarcastically.

"Hey, I'm trying to help you out here," Roxas held his hands up in defense.

I let out a heavy sigh. "When Sora and I lost contact two years ago, I'd never thought he'd go out and get engaged. I thought he was just busy with school and was just gonna see me when I came back from Atlantica."

Roxas shifted his body weight uncomfortably to his other foot and didn't speak for a while. I glanced over at him and saw him looking at the ground. What was he thinking about?

"Yeah… I wish I could say I know the whole story about his engagement, but I don't. You'd have to ask Kairi or Riku who actually went to the same college as Sora and Rinoa," Roxas said.

"It's okay… you've done enough by telling me the truth about Sora's relationship…" I shrugged.

We fell into a silence again as we reached close to my apartment building. Roxas was never this quiet when around me so I knew something was bothering him. I didn't bother to pressure him into telling me because I could handle so much right now plus I was tired from my long day at the hospital.

"Hey," I looked over at him. "What kind of name is Rinoa anyway?"

Roxas laughed a little. "I know right? Kind of sounds like rhino!"

We both busted out in laughter as we reached the front of my apartment building. His laughing face quickly changed back into a serious one.

"Talia, don't let this bother you. You're too beautiful to let some boy get to you. It's his loss," Roxas grabbed my shoulders.

"I know… I kno-," My tears finally spilled as Roxas pulled me into a tight hug.

It's his loss… and mines too.

~!~

Kairi frowned as she sat in front of Rinoa in her living room. Why was Rinoa over at her house anyways? She barely liked the brunette as it was! Wasn't it bad enough she was already being forced by Sora to be one of her bridesmaids?

Rinoa smiled at Kairi as she crossed her legs. Kairi gave her a half smile before rolling her eyes slightly. Rinoa gave Kairi a shocked expression before quickly clearing her throat and smiling once again at Kairi. Kairi rolled her eyes again.

"Hey… what do you want?" Kairi finally broke their silence.

"Um… I was just wondering… about Talia?" Rinoa grinned at Kairi like she was her best friend.

"What about her?" Kairi spat.

Rinoa blinked at Kairi. "I just want to know a little more about my bridesmaid. I think we can become good friends."

"I don't know anything about Talia Kisaragi," Kairi lied.

Rinoa laughed slightly and looked up at Kairi. "You have to know something… didn't you go to high school together?"

"So?" Kairi growled slightly at the girl.

Rinoa let out a sigh. Kairi was a tougher girl than she thought. She would've thought Kairi had at least some info on Sora's little crush. Rinoa couldn't believe Sora had a small crush on Talia. It had to be something more. Rinoa didn't want to admit it, but Talia was hot and not only that, she was extremely smart, too. Who wouldn't have more than a crush on her?

"If you were so popular in high school, how come you don't know anything about Talia?" Rinoa gritted her teeth.

"I didn't pay attention to nerds, plus she was basically invisible," Kairi nonchalantly picked at her nails. She could care less about Rinoa and the attitude that she was starting to get.

"Ha, then obviously you weren't that popular to begin with," Rinoa glared at Kairi.

Kairi snapped her head away from her nails up to Rinoa. Did this chick even know who she was?

"I was more popular than you'd ever be," Kairi glared back.

"Yeah because popular kids go out and get pregnant by their best friends," Rinoa raised her voice. She knew this would get Kairi. It was her weakness.

Kairi's faced instantly turned red. She just knew this girl wasn't in her house insulting her. Rinoa must have really lost her mind.

"Look, I'm trying to be nice to your crazy ass because you're my best friend's fiancée," Kairi sucked her teeth.

"What you're gonna do to me, Kairi? Have Riku come save you again like that one time before?" Rinoa smirked.

Kairi glared at Rinoa. This girl was really asking for Kairi to lose her temper.

"I think it's time you left," Kairi stood up from her couch.

"Not until you tell me more about Talia," Rinoa sat back further on the couch, signaling she wasn't planning to get up any time soon.

Kairi growled slightly under her breath.

"Why are you being difficult, Kairi? You can't win against me," Rinoa smirked even more.

"Look bitch," Kairi turned around and sent daggers at Rinoa, "I don't care what you say. Get the hell out my house! I'm not telling you anything about Talia!"

Rinoa sat on the couch and thought for a little bit. After a few seconds she got up and followed Kairi to the front door.

"You won't tell Sora about this little meeting will you?" Rinoa asked Kairi.

"And if I do?" Kairi arched a brow.

"Then say goodbye to you guys friendship. I have Sora wrapped around my finger. He's madly in love with me."

"Bitch, please," And with that Kairi slammed the door in Rinoa's face. She kind of hoped the door had hit her nose on the way out, but she knew it didn't when she didn't hear Rinoa scream.

There was no way Kairi was going to tell Rinoa about Talia. Even if Kairi did still have a small grudge on the blue haired girl, she wouldn't dare put Talia through that situation. She knew she was still trying to handle the fact that the love of her life was engaged.

If anyone was going to be Talia's nemesis, it was definitely going to be Kairi. Rinoa could never touch her.