Author's Note: Chapter 3 is here and man this one took a lot of time and effort to finish. This is the longest chapter I've written so far which is also part of why this took forever to get update, but I do take my time to reread this and make sure there aren't a lot of errors in it before posting. Anyways I would like to note that this fanfic will take awhile to be updated now that I'm about to start my first year in college soon, so I will be having rough time management with classes and personal life.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or the characters. This fanfic is based on a manga called Horimiya so if you like this story please support the original story.
Characters won't act the same as they would in the game and some characters may be different age for example, Xion.
Italics means the character's thoughts
Bold usually means a transition
Bold Italics means the character's thought making a transition
I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 3
"-For some reason...I don't want anybody but me...to see this side of you…"
Roxas just stares at her speechless from what she said, leaving an awkward silence between the two.
"Sorry! It's nothing. Forget that I said that. I'll get us some drinks!" Namine gets up quickly and made her way to the kitchen. Roxas just stares at the kitchen doorway, thinking about what Namine said until Xion started shaking his sleeves to get his attention.
"What's wrong Roxas, aren't you going to eat?"
"Sorry, just thinking about something." he smiled and saw that Namine walked into the room with drinks.
"Um, Namine…" Roxas said catching her attention. "Me too. When you're dressed like that... When you're cooking… When you get all loud and angry… Even the way you wear your hair anyway you want at home… And um… I'm kinda into the whole brawn thing you have going on…"
"THAT'S ENOUGH OUTTA YOU!" she cut him out from saying anymore.
"I feel like I wouldn't want to share these moments to be shared with anyone else." He said trying to calm her down.
"That makes two of us…" she thought
"You know, what it feels like…" He continued catching her attention again. " This time is meant just for me. That's the feeling I get." He said giving her a smile.
Namine stood there just staring at him as her face started becoming red. She then grabbed his cup and slammed it into his face. "That's the dumbest thing I've heard!"
"COLD!" he said when Namine forcefully slammed the cup on him.
Namine's legs starts to feel weak and nearly making her collapse. She is flustered with her face blushing even more brighter. "Geez, how can he say such embarrassing stuff like that with a straight face!? Is he really clueless!?" She stares back at him as he is rubbing his face where he got slammed and has one small tear dropping on his face.
"You're so dumb! Really dumb, very dumb!" she vented out towards him.
"Dumb...? I mean, I know I'm not bright but…."
"You're duummb! Dummy, Dummy, Roxas is a dummy!"
Roxas was worried and didn't know what to do as he just stared at her while she venting out. Xion then tugged on his sleeves and turned to look at her.
"Once Nami starts calling you dumb she won't stop." Xion whispered.
"Is that so?" he looks back at Namine as she is still mumbling dumb.
"-Dumb, dumb, dumb, so dumb, very dumb…"
"Haha you weren't kidding." Roxas continued to laugh making Namine stops her mumbling and focus on Roxas laughing.
"What!? What's so funny!?" she cried out. "I don't get it!" she said and eats trying to ignore them.
"Namine. Don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't like who you are when we are at school but... this you, who gets angry like that and doesn't dress up perfectly at home… I think this Namine is way cuter." he said giving a smile.
"..." Namine feeling frustrated and embarrassed from his words. "You know what? Say whatever you want. Dummy."
Everyone has a side they don't want others to see. We may have stumbled onto each other's sides but have ended up sharing time reserved for our eyes only...with each other.
Few days later
Thanks to a minor incident the two stumbled onto each other's hidden sides. Now they're accomplices keeping the same secrets.
"N-Namine! What I am going to do!? They are going to open the pool for P.E!" Roxas yells running into the kitchen
"Oh that's good to hear, it's better than running a marathon in this heat." she said while cooking
"No it's bad for me. People will...see things!"
"Things? What do you mean..."
As she turns to face Roxas she sees him with the left side of his shirt pulled up to his shoulders showing her his tattoos(Roxas has a Nobody symbol and a 13 in roman numerals)
Namine then drops her spatula onto the floor and glares at Roxas' tattoos."...Roxas sometimes I can't help but wonder if you're seriously amazing or seriously stupid… also swimming is an elective by the way…."
"WHAT!?"
The two have a lot to learn about each other.
Next Day at School
"So! Hotttt!" Kairi complained."What is with this heat…? I'm telling you, if it weren't for AC, we'd be dead…! No way we can have P.E under that sun out there…"
"At least one of us is soldiering through it!" Yuffie said making Namine and Kairi to turn to their left.
"Ohh! Roxas!?" Kairi stated as he is still in his black blazer and trouser. "Come to think of it… Roxas always wears the same uniform doesn't he? Maybe he gets cold easily?" Kairi said curiously
"For real?" Yuffie asked
"...Nope that's not it…" Namine thought, slightly smiling.
"He's just toughing through the heat…" Kairi pointed out
"From what Roxas told me, his tattoos will be shown through dress shirts…"
As they continue staring and talking about him, Roxas is actually sweating a lot and his eyes looks like he is dying from the heat.
Yuffie then brings back the conversation about the pool. "This heat really makes me want to go to the pool."
As Namine was about to respond back until she heard two boys eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Oh man! Namine in a swimsuit!?" the boy said
"Please let it happen!" the other boy said
Looking back at her friends "Yeah but I think I've gotten a bit chubby lately so I don't think I'll go in."
"What are you serious Namine!?" the two boys said
"Boys sure are something…" Kairi whispered to Namine
"Anyways are you guys free after school? Wanna go check out this ice cream place next to the train station?"
"Are you talking about that new one that opened a few weeks ago? Sure!"
"Huh?" Namine is left confused "There's an ice cream shop there now?"
"Yeah, it's a popular shop…"
"I'm surprised you didn't know Namine!" Kairi said
"Oh...um...I've haven't eaten out much in awhile so…."
"Well you are in the committee so I guess you're always busy."
Then the two boys along with a few others were still eavesdropping. "Ooh so you guys are planning to get ice cream mind if we tag along?" one of the boys said
"Well, it is a hot day. You plan on going too, Namine." the other boy asked
"What the..!? Why are you guys so close and do you think we don't know what you are plotting!?" Yuffie said trying to get the boys away from them
"Ah what's the big deal? Who cares…"
"I CARE!" Kairi yelled
While Yuffie and Kairi try to get the boys away from them, Namine was just thinking. "It sure would be nice to stop by on the way home…." Namine smiled sadly
After School
After walking for some time Roxas took off his glasses and his blazer now that he was away from school. "Man...I'm burning up!" Roxas looks half dead and breathing heavily."I'm going to Starbucks and buy a few gallons of something cold! Oh yeah I wonder if Namine is going to cool off with the girls on her way home today...she sure is popular… It's still weird that I get to talk to her that much…"
On his way to Starbucks, Roxas looks to his right and notices an elementary school near him. "Huh...isn't this Xion's school?" Roxas decides to look through the fence and sees a strange event going on.
"Don't cry! You're s'posed to be a boy!" Xion yelled at a boy.
"B-but you hit me!" the boy said
"Geez...I never knew Xion could be this mean…" Roxas thought witnessing the event
"See you're curling up into a ball again! That's why you're weak!"
"Looks like I better help the poor kid." Roxas entered the school " Hey Xion! What are you doing let's go!" he yelled
"Wah! Roxas!" Xion surprised to see Roxas and runs towards him and hugs him.
"Better text Namine and let her know I picked Xion up." he thought to himself. "Xion do you want apple juice?"
"I can drink coffee!"
"Really!?"
"Wait!" the boy yelled running up to Xion and Roxas.
Catching Roxas's attention he turned to the boy and kneeled down. "Oh I'm sorry, did you need Xion for something?"
"Who are you…?" he asked
"He's my friend!" Xion replied
"But I want to be your friend!" the boy argued
"Be quiet!" Xion yelled
Trying to break the argument Roxas asked the boy something."What's your name?"
"I'm Demyx."
"Well nice to meet you. You must be a nice and cool guy. I'm sorry that Xion doesn't want to get along with you." Roxas turned to look at Xion but she is pretending not to hear.
"How can I make her be my friend? She doesn't like listening to me…"
"Demyx how long have you known Xion?"
"Umm...well we are in the same class but I started talking to her for a few day and asked her if she wanted to see my play my guitar."
"Huh a 4th grader knowing how to play guitar this young?" he thought. "I see well Demyx I think it's too early for her to get along with someone she just met especially when you ask them to hear you play music to them. So I think you should get to know her more better then maybe she'll let you. Right Xion?"
"Fine." Xion groaned
"Yay!" Demyx cheered excitedly
"Anyways I think it's time to go now. Come on Xion let's go get some drinks."
"Okay!" Xion said and followed him
Back at Namine's House
"So you were giving advice to a 4th grader…" Namine said looking at the sleeping Xion. " So that's why you were with Xion...you caught me off guard since it's a weekday."
"Yeah. I didn't know what else to do."
"But thanks to your text, I was able to take my time shopping."
"Huh now that you mention it, I thought you went to get ice cream with the other…?"
"Of course I didn't go. I have to take care of the house." Roxas stared at her as she is putting away the groceries. "I do have to say...Xion doesn't get attached to people that easily...so having you here is a big help Roxas. She would always call for me, "Nami I need help. Nami."...she almost never call for our mom and dad...maybe she doesn't want to bother them. So I have to work hard and hold it together…"
"Namine.."Roxas said before getting cut off.
"By the way! Where's my drink…? Don't tell me you forgot to get me one…?"
Roxas jolted completely forgetting to get her drink." Oh crap I forgot! I gotta think of something!" quickly think he offered his drink. "...Here."
Namine stared at him as she was surprised that Roxas was offering his drink.
"Um..Namine something wrong?" He asked due to her not taking the drink.
"Oh….thanks." she grabs the drink from him.
"Whew… so glad she accepted it."
After taking it Namine tastes the drink."What the heck? Is this latte!"
"Huh you don't like lattes!?" shocking Roxas
"Geez….I'll be back I'm going to go change." Namine said as she stood up giving his drink back and left into her room.
"Okay." he replied back
Once Namine got into her room she leaned on her bedroom door and slid down on the door now sitting next to the door. Namine is blushing madly. "DID TH-TH-TH-THAT REALLY HAPPENED!? AN INDIRECT KISS!" She thought of how Roxas took a sip on the same drink before handing it too her. "I'll bet it probably didn't mean anything to Roxas...that's annoying...I'm not sure why...but it is…"
Back in the living room with Roxas. "I think it taste good." sipping on the latte. "I'll have to remember that she isn't a fan of them…" After think about the latte his thoughts was running again on Namine's words from before. "Of course I didn't go. I have to take care of the house….so I have to work hard and hold it together…" he was thinking about how hard she must work. "Hmm….."
During the Weekend
Namine went grocery shopping and on her way home she saw the new ice cream shop that Kairi and Yuffie were talking about."There really is one...it looks trendy and cute but too crowded." Namine was still looking at the shop until….
"Huh? Namine is that you?"
Namine glaces to her right and her eyes widen as she sees Kairi. Namine is terrified because she doesn't look the way she dress at school.
"KAIRI-!?" quickly turning to her left hoping that Kairi didn't fully see her face.
"Is that a friend of yours." the girl next to her asked
"I thought so at first…" she said confused
"Why is she here I thought she was busy with her club?" she thought to herself
"Aaahh..But I think I must've got it wrong. I mean she doesn't dress plain like that…"
Namine felt troubled because she was glad that her friend was gone and didn't notice her but was hurt by what Kairi said about her.
"Huh..well, let's go, then."
"Those ice cream were delish weren't they?" Kairi asked as she walked away
"..." Namine continued walking back home. "It's better this way….I have to take care of Xion and the house...I don't have time to mess around with friends. There's no helping it...That's just the way it is…" She was nearly outside of her house until Roxas called out to her.
"Oh Namine!" he said walking up to her with a bag in his hand.
"Roxas…? Did you say you were coming by today?" she asked
"I only came here to drop this off." he said handing her the bag
"Oh thanks, is this for Xion?" she asked while looking at the bag
"Nope. It's for you." he smiled happily
"-Huh? For me..!?" she was confused and started panicking rapidly looking at the gift and back to him.
"I know that you've been working really hard." she was surprised and saw him giving a gentle smile to her. "I'll be going then see you later." he said and turned around
"R-...Roxas!" she called him before he started walking away. He looked back at Namine. "-Th...Th...Thank you." she said as she hugged the gift and blushed brightly.
"That's my line." he said giving another smile and walked away.
This was the first time...Roxas bought something for me.
Namine went inside and went to her room to check what it was he got her. As she took what was outside of the bag, her eyes widen from what he got her.
"It's those sketchbook that I've been wanting…that's so well thought of him. He's so sweet..." Namine smiled with a light blush on her face. Her thought was broken as Xion was calling her.
"Namiiiiii! I'm hungryyy!" Xion yelled
"I'll make dinner in a minute!" she replied and looked back at the ring. "Hehe!" she giggled and blushed slightly."
"NAMI! Where are you!?"
"Okay! I'm coming! Geez…" Namine closed her bedroom door and went to cook dinner.
During Dinner
While they were eating, Namine was thinking about what Roxas said to her "I wonder why he said, "That's my line"...? Well whatever I'll figure it out later."
Author's note: Thanks for reading. This chapter was fun and hard to write but overall enjoyed writing it, the progress of the fourth chapter barely began so follow the story if you want to be updated on this story and it shows your support that you enjoy it and want me to continue. Another thing, leaving a review would be great because it allows me to know what I need to improve on or show that you are enjoying it and what you like so far, but you don't have but would be great help to me.