Five Things

-Roxas-

Thank God! Special thanks to Jayderabbit! Still accepting ideas.

Injured

Roxas can laugh at it now, but even the memory still hurt.

It had been a regular summer's day. He had been sitting next to Namine, watching her easily put the fountain she was drawing to shame.

Her picture looked much better.

He had his arm around her shoulders, so casual that anyone might have thought he was just laying his arm on the bench. Namine looked up, caught his eye, and smiled before looking down at the pad again.

"Hey, blondie." A voice sneered behind him.

Before Roxas could even turn around, he felt something hit him in the back of the head, hard. He stumbled forward, hearing Namine's startled shriek, and turned around in time to dodge Seifer's fist. Roxas felt something warm slide down the back of his neck. Blood. But only a little.

He dodged again, just in time for Rai to grab his shoulders. He spotted Namine actually avoiding Fuu, another member of Seifer's gang. Even though Roxas tried his hardest, he couldn't shake off Rai's grip. Then everything got dark.

When he came to, he was surprised to see he was in bed. Roxas groaned, touching the back of his head.

"What happened?" He asked.

Hayner was there, with Olette and Pence in tow. "I don't know. We came in time to see Namine fighting Seifer..."

"Just Seifer?" He asked, confused and startled.

"Yeah. She's pretty hurt..."

Roxas growled, clenching his fist.

"But not too badly." Olette finished hastily, glaring at Hayner. "She said Rai hit your head on the fountain. Vivi said he saw Namine kick Rai...and he fell back and hit his head too. We got rid of Fuu and Seifer though."

"Where is she?" Panic suffused his entire being.

"Right here." Her voice whispered in his ear. He whirled around, surprised to see that she had been sitting behind him in bed all of this time. His head had hurt too much to notice anything else.

Pence grinned, saying something about leaving them alone, and left with everyone else.

Roxas stared at Namine. He had so much he wanted to say to her, so much to apologize for. He had put her in danger, Seifer almost never attacked Namine by herself. He felt horrible.

She hugged him, her perfume swirled around him. She wasn't hurt too badly, just some cuts and bruises.

"I'm glad you're okay." She whispered. Roxas kissed her on the lips, and she returned it, before he started laughing. It hurt his head really bad, but it was worth it.

She frowned. "What?"

"Remind me not to get you angry."

Namine laughed a little too, then said, "If...anything had happened to you..."

"Nothing is going to take me away from you. It'd take more than a fountain to do that." He promised.

***

He never forgave himself for allowing her to get hurt.

Sometimes, though, she had to fend for herself.