Title: More Than One

Fandom: Kingdom Hearts II

Characters: Naminé, Roxas, Axel

Table: #1

Prompt: #07 – Friend

Word Count: 559

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Naminé, Roxas, and his friend(s).

Author's Notes: NO YAOI. JUST GOOD FRIENDS. GOSH. Err…I think this is mostly platonic Naminé and Roxas. Also not one of my best pieces. I'm suffering from writer's block T.T The title refers to Roxas having more than one friend XD.

"Are you done with that drawing yet?" Roxas asked, fidgeting in his seat and glancing at the white clock on the wall. He had been doing that for a while now. He obviously wanted to go somewhere.

"Yes," Naminé lied, setting down the sketchbook. "Goodbye, Roxas."

Roxas nodded and darted out of his seat, rushing through the door. Naminé sighed, picking up her sketchbook again and continuing to draw. Sometimes lying was the easiest path out with Roxas. He obviously wanted to spend more time with his two friends, and Naminé didn't blame him. She guessed that he felt bored when sitting and waiting for her to finish her drawings.

Naminé finished the last of the strokes. She had been close to finishing when Roxas had begun to fidget uncontrollably but didn't have the heart (figuratively and literally) to hold the boy captive any longer. Smiling, Naminé pinned up the picture on the wall. It was a picture of Roxas, Xion, and Axel eating sea-salt ice cream on top of a tower. Roxas had described the scene with much detail to Naminé before, and she had found herself capturing it on paper before she could even blink.

Sighing, Naminé unpinned it from the wall and slipped it under the bed with another sketch. A hand on her shoulder jolted Naminé out of her reverie. It was Axel, the fiery Organization member. Naminé found herself afraid of him often, but Roxas seemed to trust him so she made an effort to subdue her fear.

"Roxas wasn't himself today," Axel simply said. "I sent him off with Xion to go do something fun, but I wanted to come here and talk with you. I won't forgive you if you hurt Roxas. Got it memorized?"

Naminé nodded numbly. Axel usually wasn't this harsh with her. Indeed, most times he was rather amiable and struck up conversations with her when it was his turn to keep watch over her. However, now Roxas was in the equation, and Axel loved his best friend.

"S-sorry," Naminé replied, bowing her head. "I think he might have realized that I—"

Axel waved his hand dismissively. "Don't want to hear it. All I know was that Roxas wasn't himself, so you'd better watch your step." With that, Axel opened a dark portal and walked out of the room. Only when he was gone did Naminé allow herself a sigh of relief and a slight snort. Axel had always been theatrical and dramatic. She supposed it came with his red hair.

Just a few moments later, Roxas came bursting into the room, panting heavily. "I…Xion was a distraction so that Axel could…did anything happen?"

Naminé shook her head silently, picking up a pencil and beginning to sketch something on a blank page in her sketchbook.

Roxas cautiously retook his seat beside Naminé, glancing at her weirdly now and then.

Naminé finally sighed and closed her sketchbook. "Go, Roxas."

"What?" he asked, shocked. "Are you kicking me out?"

"In the kindest way possible," Naminé replied. "Roxas, I don't think you understand how much your friends care about you. You should be spending your time with your friends. They're important, you know?"

Roxas blinked slightly before smiling at Naminé and dashing out of the door again with a backwards wave.

Naminé smiled as his voice echoed back, "Don't worry, Naminé. I'll be back soon! After all, you're my friend as well!"