Chapter Five

"So… have you told him yet?" Kairi asked as she and Roxas carried their bentos to their table. "Yeah…" Roxas sighed. "It's didn't go well, huh?" Kairi almost frowned.

"So you can tell." Roxas smirked and rolled his eyes. Roxas didn't mean for it to sound rude, but he wasn't in the mood to talk about THAT right now. He took his seat next to Sora and began eating his bento.

"So Roxas…" Axel began. "Are you and Sora together yet?" Axel laughed. Kairi kicked the said red-head under the table which made him glare at her. "What?" Axel asked, irritated.

"You shouldn't be asking about Roxas's personal life not unless he wants to." Kairi stated.

"What? Did you screw up?" Riku asked Roxas. Kairi leaned over Axel and thumped Riku's forehead. "OW!" He looked at Kairi. "Why'd you do that?"

"Nothing!" Kairi fumed.

"Then why did you hit me?" Riku asked. "I was only asking if Roxas screw—"

"Roxas didn't screw up." Sora said, speaking for the first time.

"What?" Riku asked, dumfounded.

"Roxas didn't mess up last night," Sora stated. "I just didn't wanna be with him." Sora looked down at his bento. "That's all…" He added sheepishly.

"Why? Is Roxas not good enough for you?" Axel chuckled.

"Shut up, Axel." Roxas muttered.

"What? I was only asking." Axel said. "Is it wrong to ask—"

"I SAID SHUT UP, AXEL!" Roxas shouted as he stood up violently, knocking down his chair and bento box in the process.

"Hey! Tone it down, Roxas!" Riku said, being the eldest in the group. "You don't need to shout at us just because you got rejected."

"BUT I'm NOT—" But before Roxas could finish his sentence, Sora placed a hand on his shoulder motioning for him to stop. He picked Roxas's chair up and told the boy to seat down.

"Look guys," Sora said. "I know it's kinda unbelievable for Roxas to not get me but please…" Sora said, pleadingly. "Please don't rub it in his face."

"Sora…" Roxas muttered as he stared with wide eyes at the boy who is defending him. "Roxas is my bestfriend." Sora continued. "That's why I chose to stay friends with him because I don't want our relationship to be ruined by something like 'that'."

Sora sighed. He looked at his friends one by one and saw the questioning looks in their faces. Sora sighed again. "But if you're all really worried about Roxas, then let be the first to say that I've already told him something that wouldn't allow him to do something stupid."

"Like what?" Riku asked.

"I told him to wait for me until the time comes when I'll be able to love him back." Sora explained.

Axel nudged on Roxas's ribs. "See Roxas… the dude cares about you…" Axel said. "So stop moping around and finish your bento or I'll eat them myself."

Roxas sighed and ate what was left of his bento.

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"Xion…" Sora panted as she passed the said girl in the hallway. "…Have you seen Roxas? We were supposed to be home minutes ago."

"Oh… uhh…" Xion said as she tried to think. "I think he's in the garden."

"Really?" Sora smiled. "Thanks Xion." Sora waved at the black-haired girl and head for the garden.

As Sora reached the garden, the sight of his bestfriend almost made Sora feel uneasy. Roxas was seated at the edge of the fountain, staring at the ground, and somehow he looked like he had been crying for a long time.

His hair was a mess. His eyes were puffy and red. His hands were on his lap and shoulders were slumped forward. Roxas sobbed heavily which caught the brunette's attention. Suddenly, Sora felt a slight pang in his heart and it made him feel guilty.

"Could it be that I was the one responsible for Roxas's disposition?" Sora asked himself.

"Hey Roxas…" Sora heard a girl's voice say which made him look up again. There, Sora saw a blonde haired girl, wearing a white dress and was carrying a sketch pad in her right hand.

Roxas looked up. He sobbed and wiped the tears from his eyes. "Hi Namine..." He said flatly.

"Namine?" Sora repeated. "Isn't she the anti-social girl in our class?"

"Is something wrong, Roxas?" Namine asked sweetly as she placed a comforting hand on Roxas's shoulder. Suddenly, Sora felt the urge to hit the girl with all his might. But then again, Sora told himself not to for the girl never did anything to him that might give a reason to do. Plus, she's a girl. He didn't want to cause a trouble just because he hit a girl.

"Why do you care?" Roxas asked irritated as he removed Namine's hand from his shoulder. "Last time I tried to befriended you, you kicked me in the knee and pounded me with your sketch pad."

Namine laughed. "We were young, Roxas." She laughed again. As soon as she regained her composition again, she took a deep breath and sat beside Roxas. "Look…" Namine began. "I didn't come here to talk to you about the past. I came here because I wanted to help you."

Roxas looked at here, bewildered.

Namine smiled. "You seemed awfully sad today, so I figured I came here and talk to you." Namine explained. "Also… this is my drawing spot which is kinda why I noticed you." She added sheepishly.

"Oh… Sorry… I didn't know the fountain was a private property." Roxas said sarcastically.

Namine sighed. "Please Roxas… let me help." Namine said. She took Roxas's hand in her's and said, "I promise that after we have this talk everything would better. More than better for your liking the least."

Roxas tried to remove his hand from Namine's but the other blond just tightened her grip. Roxas sighed. "Alright… just promise me you wouldn't make fun of me."

"I promise." Namine said. "I'll be a good listener."

"Thanks… I needed that." Roxas said. "A good listener." Roxas added. Namine just smiled. Roxas sighed.

"Okay here goes… I—" Roxas hesitated. "There's this person whom I really like, so I asked that person out. Problem is… I wasn't anywhere near good for h—that person that's why I got rejected."

"That's your problem?" Namine asked.

"Are you mocking me?" Roxas sounded offended.

"No. No, no, no, no." Namine defended. "What I meant was… if that's what you're crying about then you're just wasting your time, Roxas."

"What do you mean?" Roxas asked.

"I mean that crying your eyes out to that guy is just a waste of your time and energy." Namine explained further. "If the guy doesn't love you, then let him be. It's not like you can please everybody, right?" Namine said. "Besides, there's still lots of other guys out there that deserves your love more than he does."

"Thanks… but… But how did you know it was guy?" Roxas asked.

"Because if it was a girl, your line would be like this: There's this girl…" Namine said.

"Oh…" Roxas said. "Hey… just so you know… I'm not gay. I'm Bi. Meaning…"

"You can like girls too." Namine cut off with a smile.

Roxas smiled back weakly. He sighed. "Listen…"

"Yeah?" Namine looked at the other blonde.

"Do you really think that there's someone who's more deserving of my love than the person I adore right now?" Roxas asked sadly.

"Yes." Namine said. "And I'm sure, whoever that deserving person is, will love you as much as you have loved that boy."

"But I love him, Namine." Roxas said. "I can't just let him that easily."

"I know it's hard." Namine rubbed the back of Roxas's hand with his thumb. "That's why I'm here to help you."

"And how will you do that?"

"Simple. I'll show you the person who deserves your love the most." Namine stated.

"Where?" Roxas asked. Namine didn't answer though. She cupped Roxas's cheeks and pressed his lips on Roxas. Roxas quickly pushed Namine away and looked at her with horrified expression.

"What are you doing?" Roxas panted.

"I told you, I'll show you the one who deserves your love." Namine said.

"But that can't be you!" Roxas shouted. "You—you hated me."

"That's not true." Namine said in a low voice. "I only hated you because I love you." Namine looked away as her face began to tint with red.

"You mean all those years of insults were just pretend?" Roxas asked. Namine nodded. She faced Roxas again and said, "Please Roxas." Namine said almost too pleadingly. "Please be happy with me."

She took Roxas's hand in hers and stare at Roxas's ocean blue orbs. "I promise I would never ever let you down and in just two weeks, I assure you that you would forget about that boy and forget about everything."

Roxas sighed. "You really do love me huh?"

Namine blushed but nodded. Roxas sighed. He took Namine's chin and lean in. "Guess it's worth a shot." Namine smiled at this. Roxas leaned in again and closed the gap between his and Namine's lips.

Sora gasped. "Roxas!" Sora shouted without thinking. Immediately, he hid behind a wall that separates the hallway and the garden.

Roxas parted from the kiss and looked around, curiously. "What's wrong?" Namine asked.

"Nothing." Roxas said. "I just thought I heard my named being called."

"Probably just your imagination." Namine suggested.

"Probably." Roxas said. He leaned in again and kissed Namine again. "I think I can love you too, Namine." Roxas whispered in the kiss.

"No! No! No!" Sora shouted as he ran back to the hallway leading to anywhere. Why? Sora kept asking himself as he ran through the empty hallways. Why?

As Sora made a left, a blur of red hit him hard which made fall backwards on the ground. Sora groaned. "Aww… That hurt." He said as he rubbed the back of his head. He stood up and held a hand for whoever it is that hit but unfortunately that person was already up.

Sora looked up. His eyes widened and said, "I'm sorry, Axel." Sora bowed. "I should've looked to where I was going." He looked at the red-head apologetically.

"Nah… it okay—Sora?" Axel asked worriedly as he spotted some tears in Sora's eyes. "What happened?"

"Roxas…"