Just Say It

"Hey you four." the voice of reason interrupted their awkward moment as they turned to the brunette girl and their older friend.

"Guess what? Guess what?" Selphie grinned, running around in circles to grab their attention. "Riku and I got tickets for a trip at Sunset Hill! and you know what?" pausing to smile some more. "We can't go!"

"Uh….aren't you supposed to be upset?" Sora asked wondering if he had heard correctly.

The silver haired boy shook his head. "No, because we decided to give the four tickets to you guys."

"That's right!" Selphie quickly agreed snatching the tickets out of Riku's hand and skipped happily to each of them. "One for you, and you, and you, and you!" she counted and clapped her hands. "Hooray!"

Roxas eyed the two suspiciously and glanced at his own ticket. "Why would you give them to us? You could've just given them to Yuna and Tidus, or maybe to people like Rinoa and Squall or-"

The older boy shrugged. "No reason." as he nodded his head to the hyper energetic girl who nodded in return.

"That's right! Riku's right! No reason, it's 'cuz you're so special! Now shoo! You better use those paper things tomorrow!" the girl announced ushering them to the exit door.

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The Next Morning - Waiting for all four of them to meet

"Good morning Kairi." Namine murmured quietly enough for her to hear as she stood beside the red head.

Without having to look at her, she nodded. "Hey Namine." the silence, that still continued between them, made them both tense again.

"Um, Kairi, I know things don't seem like they used to before-" the blond spoke up but also tried to avoid eye contact.

A sigh escaped from Kairi's lips. "No, I already know. Sora is leaving isn't he?" which shocked Namine and left her to wonder how she figured it out, but Kairi wasn't done speaking yet. "Sora is leaving me because he likes you, isn't it?"

"Eh?! No! You're wrong! but technically, you're not…"

Her suspicion came along with a curious look. "Which is it Namine?"

"Look, I can't give you all the details, but-" sighing softly and looked at her. "No matter what, even if Sora did like me, I wouldn't take him away from you."

Her bitter response didn't help at all. "How would I know that? How do I know you're not lying?"

"Ugh, Kairi! Can't you tell?" Namine spat back in annoyance, but calmed down before starting a fight, which was the last thing she wanted. "There's someone I really like, and it's not Sora. I also have a feeling he likes someone else."

A smile began to form on Kairi's face. "Is it Olette you're afraid of? Are you worried that he likes her?" receiving a nod in response, she muttered. "Namine, who do you like?"

She gave her friend a disbelieving look. "You already know who it is."

"No I don't. I could be thinking of a different person. So who is it?" nudging her slightly

to get an answer.

Namine sighed already giving up. "Roxas." she whispered.

"Who? I couldn't hear you."

"I like Roxas! I'm in love with him!" the blond girl exclaimed to her, her face growing red with embarrassment that she had to say it aloud to her own best friend. Noticing how she was smiling even more, and not knowing why was annoying her. The person behind her, was the answer.

"Hey Roxas." Kairi greeted and continued to grin letting the two have their say.

"So that's why Kairi pretended not to hear me! She wanted me to say it out loud because Roxas was right behind me!" Namine noted angrily but also relieved to let her feelings out. Even if he didn't feel the same.

"You like me Namine?" Roxas questioned her, also being sure that she wasn't kidding.

This was not the thing Namine would usually do, actually confess what she felt. "Yes." she admitted. "I like you, and I'm okay if you like someone else…. like Olette."

"Well first of all." he began to point out before getting all the facts wrong. "I don't like Olette, I only like her as a friend."

Her eyes widened in surprise and confusion. "B-But you said she was your girlfriend!"

"Huh? When did I say that?"

"When I, when you, when we met them! Your only girlfriend!" she reminded him also trying not to seem angry.

His blank expression changed to a smile. "Yeah, that's true. Olette is my friend who is a girl, in other words, girl space friend, not girlfriend." he corrected her, as her reaction to this went even more red. "Besides, I have no intention of falling for her. If I did, Hayner would come after me and kill me."

Kairi patted Namine's shoulder. "That's right, Hayner and Olette like each other."

--------- At that moment

"Achoo!" Olette and Hayner sneezed in unison.

Pence, unsure of whether to laugh or be suspicious about this sudden reaction, shrugged. "Do you two have a cold or something?"

"Nnn, I think we…" Olette began, as Hayner finished the sentence. " are being talked about."

"Or you guys could have mono." their camera friendly friend suggested only to be glared at.

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"S-So… you don't like Olette in that kind of way?" Namine stuttered and glanced at him to see if he was teasing. He shook his head, as her shoulders relaxed in relief. "Oh."

He walked up closer to her, his hands on her face, feeling her cheeks warm up since she was nervous. They were only inches away from each other, when he whispered. "I don't like you Namine."

"EH?!" Kairi exclaimed in the background, not expecting this to happen.

Namine closed her eyes. "Oh."

His serious look formed to a happy one, as he grinned. "I love you Namine!" as he pinched her cheeks.

"Ah!" she yelped pushing him away and rubbing her face that left red marks. "That hurt!"

"Ah, love hurts Namine." he grinned again.

Namine couldn't help but glare at him for doing that. "I'm going to hurt you!" as she began to choke him, while he was laughing.

"Uh….I kinda wanna ask, but I also kinda don't." their fourth friend finally arrived as he had an amused expression. Staring at the scene with Kairi who was laughing at Namine, and Namine for some reason trying to choke Roxas for whatsoever reason wasn't his business. "Do I risk it?"

The blond teen was still focused on Roxas. "Ask Sora, take the risk."

"I say the risk you four should all take is to USE THE PAPER THINGS!" a familiar voice cried aloud.

"Eh?" the four stared at the girl in the yellow dress. "The tickets?"

"Yes the tickets!" she snapped tapping her foot as she waited for them to start moving. Once they were gone, she smiled to herself. "Of course the only reason why Riku and I gave you guys the tickets was to set you all up, and." she paused. "and also so I could steal all the sugar in the shop today."

"What did you say Selphie?" Riku asked appearing out of nowhere, and suspiciously eyeing her actions.

"Nothing!"