I hovered my finger over the last number of Roxas's phone number, trying to gather up the courage to press it. Come on, Naminé, you can do it! I pressed the last digit and hit the Talk button quickly, slamming the phone to my ear.

"M-may I speak with Roxas? Is he there?" I asked as loud as I could.

"…Who else would answer this number? I don't even live with anyone else, so if someone picked up to this number, you're probably talking to him!"

Ah, that was the Roxas I knew. "I was wondering if you wanted to go the library together. I want to check out some books, and it'd be nice not to go alone."

"When do you want to meet up?"

I thought for a bit. "Right now."

"Are you serious?" I could hear him sigh over the phone, probably muttering words minors shouldn't hear. "I got it, I got it. I'll see you right after I finish what I'm doing right now. Bye."

"Oh? I was interrupting something? A-ah! Sorry, for bothering you!" I said before I heard the dial tone, indicating Roxas had already hung up.

I waved to Roxas, who arrived at the library about half an hour after I did. He ran up to me and explained he had to finish cleaning his apartment before leaving. We entered the library quickly after this exchange.

"So what kind of book are you looking for?" Roxas asked me.

"A romance. I'm looking for a love story between two friends who've known each other forever. I need to find a really good one too," I replied.

Roxas sighed. "That sounds a bit familiar." He narrowed his eyes. "Please tell this isn't related to the Sora and Kairi in anyway. Don't lie."

I gave a nervous laugh. "PFFT. What makes you think that this has anything to do with Sora and Kairi? It's not like I'm going to read these books and use them to get Sora and Kairi together or something stupid like that."

"Alright, I'm out of here," Roxas said quickly, walking back to the glass doors.

I tried to grab onto his sleeve, only remembering his no touching rule until after I grabbed it. He immediately did a 180 turn and jerked his arm away, stumbling over and knocking down dozens of books to the ground. The library staff all shot simultaneous glares instantly. Roxas let out a nervous chuckle and offered to clean it up himself.

"You're staying, I see. Fate, perhaps?" I teased.

"Bite me."

I watched as Roxas put away all the books back into the shelves with a sullen expression on his face. I felt bad for teasing him now, having the urge to apologize to him. I sighed, trying to think of the right words to say.

I was taken by surprise when Roxas threw a book toward me. I managed to catch it before it hit my face. Looking at the cover, I saw a couple holding hands.

"You were looking for those kind of books, right?" Roxas said, still facing the shelves.

I nodded slowly. "T-thank you, Roxas. I'm sorry for teasing you and tricking you into this situation." I bowed. "I'm really sorry!"

Roxas remained silent, examining each book he picked up before putting them away. He was probably still looking for more books. I smiled to myself, thanking the heavens I knew someone like Roxas. I rushed toward his side and helped him put away the books.

"You're really nice, Roxas. Do you know that?"

Roxas ignored my comment and continued the search for a book for Sora and Kairi. He really was working hard. I opened my mouth to thank him again, but I felt afraid he'd be annoyed I said it again. Instead, I started a new topic.

"Let's play a game. We ask questions to one another and have to answer absolutely truthfully, even if the question is really hard to answer," I suggested.

"Why would I want to play a game like that?" he mumbled.

"Because," I said, "it'll be fun. Plus, we'll get to know each other better. We're going to be friends, right? I'll start. What do you do in your free time?"

"Stuff."

I pouted. "Be specific. Otherwise, this game is pointless."

"It's already pointless."

I sighed. "Okay, I'll ask a different question. Were you always so mean like this? I bet you were a happy-go-lucky child until you found out Santa isn't real."

"For the record, Santa is real," Roxas retorted.

Noted.

Roxas was quiet for a second, thinking just a bit. "I was always like this, alright? It didn't just happen because I found out something I didn't want to know. I think it was just everything that went on in my life was on top of me, and I felt like I was drowning. I had no help from my family at all."

"Your family?" I asked, curious.

"Excuse me, it's my turn for the questioning. May I ask why you're so obsessed with Sora and Kairi and try to get them together? Meddling never leads to anything good."

My eyes widened at his question, sparking on old memory I'd like to forget and rendering me speechless. My mind went back to my college years. I could clearly remember Marluxia's touch and him pinning me down. Our short breaths in the darkness were the only things that could be heard. As his sweat fell onto my face, Marluxia's face bent down next to mine. I remembered tears overflowing from eyes and the feeling of regret and grief. His voice whispered in my ear, "You'll never be alone again, Naminé."

"Are you okay?"

My vision returned and I saw Roxas looking at me, concerned. I nodded, clearing my throat while I pushed my bangs behind my ear. I didn't want to answer Roxas's question yet, deciding silently to tell him everything later.

"You don't need to answer," Roxas mumbled.

"O-okay."

We stopped talking to one another.

On my way home, I received a call from Kairi. I put her on speakerphone as I drove the car, keeping my eyes on the road. Kairi began to explain that she didn't have a ride home today because Selphie ended up leaving early and I had the car. She then went on to tell me very unnecessary details about her day, ranting on about how work was killing her.

"I'll be there soon, okay?" I told her.

But as I hung up the phone, I realized that this scene reminded me of a book I had checked out of the library. I had skimmed through the book before checking it out, so I recognized this scene. Once I hit a stoplight, I took the book off the seat on my right and tried to find that scene before the light turned greened.

Apparently, in the book, a friend of the main guy character convinced the main guy to pick up the main girl character to go to their meeting. The guy and the girl ended up becoming closer during the car ride. I smiled while quickly reading it. My smile disappeared once I heard honking noises from behind me. I looked up and noticed the light turned green.

In his apartment, Sora was lounging around the leathery couch around the time he received a phone call. Once it began ringing, he immediately grabbed it and asked who it was.

"Hey, Sora. No time to talk right now! I just want to say Kairi needs a ride home, and I want you to drive over to her work to pick her up!"

Sora was dumbfounded. "What? I don't even know where she works!"

"I'll text you the directions. Don't worry, Sora, and just go there already. She's going to be upset if she waits too long!"

All Sora then heard the dial tone. He felt like a ton of bricks fell on top of him. Shaking his head, Sora jumped off the couch and grabbed his coat, dashing out the door to his car. In his car, he received the text with the directions to Kairi's workplace.

After driving for twenty-five minutes, Sora found Kairi's workplace. He was surprised to see such a large building, but he should have expected such a edifice for the home of one of the most popular clothing brands around. Sora's eyes scanned the structure until he noticed Kairi waiting outside on the small bench, looking bored to death.

"Kairi!" Sora called from across the street.

Kairi quickly sat up and looked at Sora, sighing with relief and waving to him. Without even looking both ways, she ran across toward him. Once she reached him, he scolded her for not looking both ways. Kairi wrapped her arms around him and apologized, also thanking him for coming. His cheeks turned a shade of pink.

"No problem," Sora smiled. They both got into the car, putting on their seatbelts immediately. Sora turned to Kairi. "Naminé told me to come and get you."

"Really now?" Kairi said. "I called her to come pick me up and she had you do it? I wonder what's going on with her. Maybe she's with Roxas? It's really great that she's made a new friend like him."

Sora laughed. "Yeah, you can really tell she's happy when she goes off with him. It might just be me, but I think I could see them going out someday." He started up the car and began driving. "He's…not a bad guy, so I wouldn't be bothered like how I was when she was dating Marluxia."

"Marluxia was horrible. If she felt like that, she could've told us!" Kairi agreed. Her voice became softer. "It kind of hurt me that she didn't tell me. I knew she wasn't in the best of places at that time, but I never really thought she felt that bad. It looks like she's actually happy with Roxas though, so he'd be a better boyfriend." Kairi then shook her head. "I mean, Roxas would be better as a friend…Sora, what do you think of Naminé?"

"Naminé? She's nice and all. She's very funny too! I cannot stop watching that video of her drunk. We really need another party like that," Sora chuckled at the memory.

"But what is she to you?"

Sora raised his eyebrow, resisting the urge to turn and face her as he was still driving. "Why do you want to know? Eh, I guess she's like a sister to me. She's just someone you want to take care of us. I remember the moment I met her very clearly. I kind of had a crush on her face a while too."

Kairi stared at Sora. Her heart suddenly sank for a moment. "…oh. So, she's like a sister to you now. That's…nice." She realized she almost sounded relieved, and instantly, she felt guilt take over. She shook her head. "Um, do you remember what you thought of me? I'm kind of curious."

"We met in first grade, Kairi. What do you think I thought of you?"

"I don't know! That's why I'm asking…"

Sora thought for a moment, trying to bring up the memory of their first meeting. "I think I thought you were cute. You had medium length hair at the time, and I thought it really looked nice on you. Though I think when you had short hair in junior high is when you looked the best. Ah…" Sora's face turned a bit red. "Anyway, I thought you looked nice and cute in first grade."

Kairi's eyes were glued to Sora, and she tugged at her now long auburn locks. She made scissors with her fingers and pretended to cut her hair. "Huh."

"It's my turn now! What did you think of me?" Sora smiled, hoping for a funny answer.

"You kind of looked stupid," Kairi said honestly. Just as Sora jaw dropped, she laughed. "You were eating a box of crayons! Am I supposed to expect you were Einstein?"

"Oh, and you think Einstein didn't eat crayons?"

Kairi shrugged and looked out the window, seeing butterflies fluttering in the air. "Who knows?"

"So how did it go?" Roxas asked me.

Roxas and I were at the house in the kitchen. We were munching on some cookies I baked while discussing how the plan went. It seems both of us failed.

I frowned. "I actually don't know. Kairi isn't home yet, so I think it went really well. I'm really glad about that they're becoming even closer now." I then bowed. "I'm sorry for involving you in this."

Roxas stared at me for a brief moment. I must have done something weird. I mentally slapped myself. I'll never have friends at this rate if I keep doing weird stuff. I sighed heavily, trying to think of what to say to get the weirdness out of the air. Roxas spoke instead.

"So what's your next idea for a plan?" Roxas asked.

I shrugged. "Maybe, as a mailman, you can look through their mail and find something. Or maybe you can put in a fake love letter in both of their mailboxes. That would definitely get things rolling!"

Roxas narrowed his eyes. "You know that's illegal, right? I can't just look through their mail."

"Like you've never done something illegal before."

"You have?"

"Yes," I replied. "I downloaded my favorite song for free off the internet. I didn't want to buy the whole album just to hear the song. I've done something illegal, so you probably have too."

Roxas shrugged. "I guess I was a part of something that could be considered illegal..."

"What did you do?" I asked, curious.

Roxas smirked and took a bite of another cookie. "That's for me to know and you to never find out."

A/N: I had to rewrite a lot of this chapter, actually, because I realized I focused too much on Namixas XD So some Kairi/Sora bonding? Mmhm. The whole car ride thing actually happened to my sister. Brian's friend tried to set them up by calling up Brian to have him pick up Jennifer. Brian and her weren't really that much of friends until the car ride. As for what happened later, they did go out, but then came in Jennifer's former crush who liked her now. It became a whole dramatic love triangle, and she ended up choosing her former crush instead of Brian. o.o; Sorry this chapter isn't as funny as the last one. The next one they're going to a convention though! Thanks for reading this chapter, and maybe drop a review? See ya next Thursday.