"Okay, all the girls at our house!" Kairi ordered shortly after Raven came home from dropping her father off.

Raven jumped and looked at Kairi like she had lost her head. "Wh-why?" She asked softly.

Kairi rolled her blue eyes before grabbing Raven's hand. "So you can have a sleep over where you get your nails and hair done! We can talk about boys and other girly things too. Watch romantic movies." She let out a sweet sigh at the idea of romantic movies.

"But I like horror movies." Raven replied still not understanding what Kairi was going for.

Namine stepping in at that moment. "We're okay with horror movies but there are other kinds of movies out there. We can try an older but a good favorite movie called 'Stardust'. The three of us like it and maybe you can as well."

Raven looked over at Aqua, who was leaning on the counter. "It wouldn't be a bad idea, Raven. Maybe exposing yourself to more movies than just horror will help grasp your emotions better."

The Guardian still looked confused about it but nodded in agreement. The only thing that really had her attention was getting her hair done. She recalled how it felt to have someone cutting, brushing, and running their fingers through her hair at the salon. She had enjoyed that feeling and wanted to feel it again.

"YAY!" Kairi cheered hugging Raven to her, squeezing the poor girl to death.

"This will be so much fun." Namine chipped in with a shy smile.

"How does the talking about boys bit work when I'm with Terra and Kairi is dating Sora?" Aqua pointed out to the group.

Kairi looked thrown off for a moment before something popped into her mind right away, "Simple! We get to dig at Raven and Namine about who they like, and then tease them with what we get from having boyfriends!"

"Who I like?" Raven asked getting that confused look on her face again.

Namine laughed a bit. "Don't you have a crush on Vanitas or are you still in love with Xiro?"

His name hit Raven like a ton of bricks. She wasn't sure herself, did Xiro still mean the world to her like before or was he really nothing to her now that her sister was dead? The question whirled through her head as she tried to figure it out.

"Come on, let's get to Kairi's if we wish to have this party there." Aqua stated herding them out the door.

"What about clothes?!" Raven snapped out of it. "And I wanted to play the piano a little bit!"

"Do you really need to play right now?" The question didn't come out right but Kairi knew what it was like to play an instrument, since she played the violin.

Raven looked unsure before shaking her head, "no, I don't have to right now."

"Okay, it's settled!" The redhead cheered closing the door behind them. "You'll just borrow some of my clothes!"

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Raven was caught up in the 'Stardust' movie. Everything about it confused her, but the action and love between Tristan and Yvaine held her through it all. She ranted at the evil witches, awed and oh-ed at the romance. She screamed the loudest when the end came and they got together and had their happy ending.

"That was a good movie!" Raven shouted sitting on her knees. "Let's watch it again!"

The other three laughed at her gentle, and pulled her down. "How about we do our nails and wear some face cream before we do our hair." Namine suggested softly.

That sounded better than watching the movie for a second time.

Kairi got up and went to the bathroom getting a box of stuff and taking it to the kitchen. "We do it in the kitchen, since we don't need to wash everything."

Aqua was in charge of washing everyone's hair, though Kairi took over when it was Aqua's turn. Then they paired up and put the funny, slimy green cream on each other's faces. With their hair up in towels, and green paste on their faces they marched back into the living room, where Kairi already had the nail care stuff.

Raven nearly jumped out of her skin when Namine went to file her nails. It was something she had never felt before. "What are you doing?!"

"I'm just filing you nails so they're smooth instead of rough." Namine replied being patience with her.

Aqua was painting Kairi's nails on the coffee table, and the years of experience showed because she didn't mess up once. Raven watched in amazement for a moment before Kairi's eyes locked on Raven.

"Namine take a photo!" Kairi ordered with a smile that could say she was the devil.

Raven looked nervous trying to figure out how to stop it but Namine was actually really fast when it came to taking photos and posting them.

"I tagged the boys in it so they could see how much fun they don't get to have." Namine wore a look of victory as she flashed the phone's screen to the other women.

Raven's face heated up some when she saw how goofy she looked in the photo but didn't say anything. Namine's phone did blow up with comments from the boys but she was told to save reading those for later.

"So, are you into Roxas or Ventus?" Kairi shot at Namine, whose pale cheeks turned bright red.

"Well, you see…." Namine tried to explain but couldn't find the words are her words mixed together.

Kairi only grinned like an imp as she poked and dug at the blonde until Namine curled up into ball and wouldn't speak.

"Look at what you did!" Aqua snapped going to aid Namine. "You do this every single time."

Kairi looked proud of her work, until she turned to Raven. "Vanitas or Xiro?"

"I want Xiro dead right now." Venom seeped into Raven's words before she caught herself.

Kairi looked surprised, "wow, that movie did do something for you! Now, tell us what it was!"

Raven looked confused at Kairi's come back but she wasn't sure herself what changed her mind since the movie. Then again, she fought with Vanitas kinda like Tristan and Yvaine fought at the begging of the movie. That didn't mean they would turn out like them, they were too much the same yet so different at the same time.

"Tell us about Vanitas, or what you like about him." Kairi poked at Raven while waving her drying nails.

"He brought my father back to me." She replied simply. "I have something of a family because of him, but I doubt we would or even could ever date. We butt heads too much, plus he as all those girls around him all the time."

"He's just looking for that one special girl is all." Aqua smiled looking at the Guardian. "Have hope, maybe he will notice that special light in you."

"What light? I have no light in me because of the darkness in me." Raven replied trying to make sense of it in her head.

"Figuratively." Kairi laughed taking Raven's towel off her head. "Now, that's enough Aqua and I get to tease you two about what it's like to have boyfriends."

Raven took in everything they said. How they got spoiled with gifts and dates. The cuddling and kisses and so many other things. Her heart swelled and starting racing as her mind started running daydreams.

"We lost her to day dreams." Namine giggled while waving her hand in front of Raven's face.

Raven snapped out of it and looked at them confused. "I'm sorry, did you want something?"

"We finished talking like ten minutes ago, Kairi wanted to play something for us quick." Aqua informed.

Kairi stood before them with a violin in her hand and the bow in the other. Raven's eyes widened as she took in the sight of the instrument. It was well cared for and loved, polished to look like it was still new.

"I'm performing in a few weeks, but my accompanist bailed on me because they didn't like the way I play." Kairi explained. "I was hoping you would help me out, Raven."

Raven crossed her arms over her chest. "Why should I after all the heartache you've given me and Namine all night?"

Tears formed in Kairi's eyes, "I was only joking!"

Letting out a quick laugh Raven waved a hand on her, "I'm pulling your leg. Let me hear the piece and I'll think about it."

Cheers of glee filled the room as Aqua told Kairi that she was right and Namine told her it would be a great performance. Raven adjusted herself for when Kairi started to play.

Raven couldn't pull anything up from memory on what the piece was. It seemed like a deep song though. She took in every note and felt like she was trying to hold onto something she was losing. Something she worked hard to get and now was losing it faster than she got it. It was painful but hopeful.

"What song was that?" Namine asked trying to place it herself.

"Anna Blue's Angel. It's a modern song, I thought it would be more fun to play in the show. The rules didn't say I had to play classical. They took the entry and everything but my pianist threw a fit about it not being a classical piece." Kairi explained with a smile.

Raven thought about it a moment. "Play it again, please."

Kairi nodded and readied herself to play again. This time more feeling was put into it, Raven could feel it deep down in her own heart. The melody made her thing of moments in her life that Xiro was there when she had a rough time, Riku and Vanitas were doing the same thing.

"It's for Sora." Raven noted once the red head finished for the second time.

Her face turned as bright as her hair when it was spoken out loud but Kairi nodded holding the violin to her chest. "He's always been there for me when time were tough, protecting me in ways I never thought possible."

"He'll love it when he hears you playing." Aqua smiled with a bright light in her eyes.

Namine had a tint of blush to her cheeks, while she nodded.

Raven was feeling conflicted because her heart was torn in so many pieces at the moment. She wanted to hate Xiro, but their past made that hard – even though he withheld her sister from her. Having Riku around was just a blessing because he was so grounded and able to help her through moments where she felt like she was drowning in emotions. But it was Vanitas that caused the most confusion in her head and heart so far.

He shows he cares yet seems to keep too much to himself for her to understand him and where he's going. She knew about his little pack of girls, so taking him serious was nearly impossible because he's probably said all kinds of sweet things to those girls.

Drags appeared and started to pull on her clothes some, trying to get her attention.

"Raven!" Aqua called snapping her out of it.

"Huh?!" She looked at the older woman lost for a moment before her attention turned to Drags.

"He's been like that for a couple minutes now." Namine explained watching Raven take the Heartless into her lap.

Raven placed her forehead on Drags', "What's going on?" She closed her eyes and let him share with her what was going on. Everything was jumbled because he didn't share who he had been following.

He's with another girl! He found another girl! She doesn't like you! Danger is coming!

"What does that mean, Drags?" Raven questioned pulling away from the creature. "Who found another girl, and what danger is coming?"

He wiggled out of her grasp from there and vanished, leaving her without answers.

"Drags!" Raven shouted as her heart felt like lead.

"What was that about?" Kairi asked looking confused as the others.

Raven could simply shrug before pulling her knees to her chest.

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Xiro found himself looking into deep blue eyes. Eyes that shone with mystery and a glint that told him to watch his own back. Her dark hair was short and fell around her face.

"You say has the right to be mad at you, but I see it as some stupid excuse to leave you for someone else." She purred softly from across the table.

Xiro crossed his arms and looked away from those eyes. "Raven hates me because I couldn't keep her sister's Nobody alive, I don't blame her. She hates herself for killing her sister all together."

The girl tsked him while rolling her eyes. "You'll never win her back at this point, I thought that was why you wanted my help." She hissed with a dark glare.

His body tensed at the glare, because she was somehow just as dangerous as Raven was when angered. Only this girl isn't mad, she's just more powerful for some reason, and he had no idea where she got her power from. "I do want her back, I'm just not seeing how your plan will work on winning her back."

"Simple, ruin her trust for those new guys and she'll run right back into your arms. Her heart will be broken because she'll believe that she's misplaced her trust in these new friends but you'll heal it because you were right from the start, and always there."

He kept running it through his head, none of worked out to him. Raven would find out sooner or later and then he'll have hurt again. Misplacing her trust and making believe a lie in order to get her trust back. It didn't sit well with him but there wasn't a whole lot he could do on his own.

"Alright, you win, Xion."