"A convention?" Roxas asked to confirm what I had just said.

I nodded. "Sora is a big comic book geek while Kairi was into anime in college and still occasionally plays video games. It's perfect. They would love to go to this convention. Some of their favorite voice actors are coming as well."

Roxas and I were talking outside as I was getting my mail. Or rather, I was waiting all morning to talk him outside by my mailbox. I held up an advertisement for an upcoming comic and anime convention that was coming to town. The at-the-door registration fee was pretty cheap too.

"First off, if you have all the time in the world to wait for me here, why aren't you still looking for a job yourself? Second, do you even like comics or anime?"

"I got rejected for all of them so far," I admitted, frowning. "And I don't need to watch anime or read comics for this to work. I just need to supervise and make sure they realize their feelings, and I want you by my side to help push them in the right direction. You are my buddy in this after all."

"Rejected by all of them? How bad is your resume? Or do you talk about the weather the entire time and constantly repeat a word over and over again?" Roxas raised his eyebrow.

"That's not the point!" I fumed, my cheeks turning red. I let out a sigh. "The point is, we have to get Sora and Kairi to realize their feelings for each other. At a convention, it is totally possible because they'll be surrounded by things they love."

Roxas raised his hand. "Won't they be too distracted by things they're obsessed with that they won't pay attention to each other? A convention filled with geeks freaking out isn't the most romantic place in the world, you know. It's like making out at a garbage dump – definitely not romantic."

"Are you coming or not?" I asked, folding my arms.

Roxas shrugged. "Maybe."

He then went back into the mail truck and drove off, leaving me alone at my mailbox. I knew by now that "maybe" was Roxas's way of saying he'll go, but he doesn't want to actually agree.

"Oh...my...goodness!" Kairi squealed, jumping up and down. I knew she'd be into the whole thing, but I didn't expect her to be this happy. "Thank you for taking me here, Naminé. There are so many cosplayers and – oh, I see a Cloud! I see a Cloud!"

Kairi ran towards the cosplayer, leaving our group seconds after we've entered. Roxas and I stood amazed at all the merchandise there were. It also amazed me how many teenagers to adults, well in their forties, were there. Cosplayers also seemed to be everywhere at once. I didn't recognize a single one of them, but I admired the detailed designs I saw. When I turned to ask Sora if he recognized anyone, Sora was already buying some comics and limited edition figures.

"Yeah, I definitely see love blossoming between these two souls that were fated to meet one another in this world. Look, they are getting emotionally closer as their distance grows farther part," Roxas said sarcastically, faking tears of joy.

I sighed and gestured for him to follow me, suggesting we might as well do something here. We looked around at the dealers who were selling generic stuff instead of specific plush dolls and DVDs. The generic stuff we found first consisted of a fox hat, hairbands, necklaces, and such. I picked up a black hat with yellow eyes and weird long ears hanging from it. I placed it on my head and turned to Roxas.

"How do I look?" I asked, tugging at one of the long, zigzagged ears.

Roxas stared at me for a few seconds, eyes widening and mouth twitching. He finally decided to speak. "Creepy."

I pouted at his reply. How mean. Just to spite him, I decided to buy the hat. I dug through the bag I had on me and handed munny over to the dealer. Turning to Roxas, I smirked with pride. Roxas looked at me with an expression of astonishment.

"Why...?"

I smiled wider. "To creep you out."

We left to find another dealer, stopping at the one a few tables down. I walked up to the table and gazed at all the little charms, necklaces, and bracelets they had. A lot of them had characters on them while other simply had a generic phrase or design. I examined each one, debating whether to get one or not. I looked to Roxas, who was staring a specific key chain. I caught a glimpse of it, seeing it was a dragon design.

"Are you into dragons or something?" I asked him. "We could get it because I brought lots of munny today. After all, the best things about conventions are the stuff you can get."

Roxas shook his head. "I don't need it; I have already have thousands of dragon key chains. The other dragon figures I have in my apartment might feel hostile toward the newbie. Anyway..."

First, he has dragon figures that would feel hostile to a newbie? I wondered if he was a leader of a dragon cult now. I also really need to get into his apartment now. "But you don't have that dragon key chain, right?" I guessed, interrupting him. "Meaning: you want it very, very much."

Roxas shot a glare at me before continuing to speak. "Anyway, shouldn't you have brought a very, very small amount of munny? After all, you're not making anymore because you're unemployed."

I felt as if a brick had hit my head. "You just have to bring that up..." I took in a deep breath before speaking. "I'll have you know..."

I was interrupted by Sora, who came running towards us waving bags filled with comics and other merchandise he bought. He excitedly talked about how some voice actor was doing a panel soon. He also asked to borrow the camera, which was in my bag.

"Please, I have to record this panel! This is the voice of the best character in my favorite series. He's been in a hundred titles, and I hear he'll be in the live action adaptation! Do you know how cool that is? He might even talk about the adaptation, so I need to get this on film," Sora explained. "Please, give me the camera."

I dug into my purse to find the camera. Sora yelled at me to be quick as the panel was starting soon. I ended up dumping half of the contents in my bag in Sora's hands, nearly causing him to fall over.

"It should be one of those. Find it and go!" I instructed.

Sora quickly ran, trying not to let anything fall from his hands. I laughed at how awkward he looked. Roxas even smiled. I wonder if I could make the rare smile not become rare anymore. I then remembered our conversation and decided to continue what I was saying.

"Right!" I said. "I'll have you know I'm very careful with munny, and I'm not a spendthrift; I'll be fine here. Plus, all my munny's in this bag."

I dug into the bag once more to take out my wallet. Surprisingly, I didn't see it there. I kept shuffling through all my things, wondering where it was. It was in my bag earlier when I paid for the hat I'm currently wearing. I dumped out the contents of my bag all on the floor, receiving some looks from other passing by. I still didn't see my wallet.

It finally hit me: I gave Sora everything else, including my wallet apparently.

"Oh, you are definitely great at handling munny. You won't be broke by the time Sora gives you back your wallet at all," Roxas said, sarcastically as always. "In fact, he'll probably come back with even more munny."

I nervously laughed. "Sora's not that bad on holding onto munny, right?"

He was.

I had found Kairi in an intense conversation with fellow attendees, speaking of characters I've never even heard before with such excitement. I didn't know whether to approach or not.

"What are they talking about?" Roxas asked me in a whisper.

"I'm just as lost as you are."

Suddenly, Kairi' s phone rang, her eye twitching as she mouthed a word minors shouldn't hear. She gave a large smile and told whomever she was talking to that she had to take this call. Kairi flipped open her cellphone and greeted the person with energy. The energy she gave felt slightly artificial, if you ask me. The smile plastered on her face never seemed to go away as she talked. After the short conversation, Kairi seemed to have ended the call and noticed us.

"Hey, Naminé! Good to see you, Roxas!" she smiled. "Where's Sora?"

"I don't really know. I heard he was going to that panel with that one popular voice actor," I replied. "Sora seemed very excited about it. Maybe you should go over to the panel too? If you go now, I bet you can get a seat next to Sora!"

Roxas rolled his eyes at my suggestions. It seemed to me that he didn't approve of my need to get the two of them together.

"I would love to go," Kairi answered, "but I really need to go the restroom right now. I may be in there for a while, and the panel will probably be over by then. Why don't we all meet up in an hour at the cafeteria part of this place? We have to eat after all."

Roxas and I nodded. Kairi immediately ran away toward the restrooms. That ruined my idea for a possible moment between Sora and Kairi. It seemed they haven't interacting at all today, thus making this a huge disaster.

Roxas, Sora, and I sat at a table to eat. Well, we really didn't have much to eat. Roxas didn't bring any munny, not expecting the need to buy anything. I unknowingly gave all my munny to Sora. When I asked Sora if he had any munny left, I got:

"Eh? That was all your munny? I thought you'd have some in your pockets or something. I spent all of it on figures. Look, I have a Superbman one! I also got a Chiropteraman!" Sora dug into his pocket. "Wait, I have 10 munny!"

Great. We sent Sora to buy us whatever he could for 10 munny. I knew he wouldn't be able to get much, but I was certainly hungry. Turning to Roxas, I saw him wiping the table with a napkin vigorously. I raised my eyebrow, confused.

"It's dirty," he explained.

"Doesn't seem very dirty to me," I replied.

"Definitely dirty."

I shrugged and watched Sora come back with a small bag of potato chips. As I placed a chip into my mouth, I wondered where Kairi was right now. It had been an hour since we scheduled this, and she still wasn't here. Did she not know where the cafeteria was?

I munched on a couple chips before getting up to use the restroom. If Roxas insisted the table was dirty, I should wash my hands, just to make sure I didn't get sick. I opened the door and headed toward the sink. Strangely, I heard soft sobbing coming from one of the stalls.

"Hello?" I called out quietly.

The sobbing turned into sniffling and then it was dead silent. The girl who was crying seemed to have stopped now. I wondered what she was crying about. Perhaps she got into a fight with a friend; that would be terrible.

I washed my hands and exited the public restroom, heading back to Roxas and Sora.

In the end, it seemed nothing had happened. We spent the rest of the convention looking around and watching panels by people Roxas and I didn't know. There were a lot of fans shrieking and cheering when the person would talk using his or her character's voice. It got annoying and funny.

Roxas always seemed to come back and take a look at the key chain though. It was a pity he and I didn't have any munny on us at all. I frowned every time I saw him looking at it. Sora just had to spend all my munny, didn't he? Who spends 500 munny on a Captain Japan figure?

I jumped at every single coin I saw on the ground unconsciously. I must have looked really strange and cheap, and it was a bit embarrassing now that I thought about it. By the end of the convention, I scraped up 25 munny worth. Grinning, I knew what I was going to buy.

"Here," I said, holding up the dragon key chain to Roxas. "You did want this, right?"

Roxas stared at me for the longest time. He slowly reached his hand for it, hesitating just a bit. I chuckled at how he was taking his time.

"Take it," I told him with a smile. "I can promise it won't kill you. It's not going to breathe out fire and all. This thing is perfectly safe."

Roxas took it into his hands, examining it. He then looked up at me. "Thank you."

I smiled. "You're welcome." I then pointed to the exit. "We should head out now. I called Kairi and told her to meet us there. Have you seen her at all today after the phone call? Sora said he never saw her at all. Do you know much the plan has failed now?"

Roxas shook his head. "Enlighten me."

"If they don't see each other, they can't bond and become closer. Thus, they will not go out and get married. Absolutely horrific, if you ask me."

We arrived at the exit, seeing Sora and Kairi. I was surprised she was finally here. Sora and her were chatting animatedly. Sora even handed her figure he had bought. I could see Kairi's cheeks faintly become pinker. She then hugged him, causing him to slightly turn pink.

"It wasn't a disaster. See?" Roxas whispered to me.

The smile on my face soon diminished once Kairi's phone began to ring again. She picked it up and talked, a false smile on her face once more. Once she hung up, Sora asked her who had called her.

"It was just my boss from work. Things are getting a bit hectic, and he wants me to work some more hours this month. It's no big deal," Kairi explained. "I'm kind of needed a lot now since the whole promotion thing earlier."

We accepted her explanation and headed home. Roxas talked to me how the dragon on the key chain has a very different look from most dragons and how it was a limited edition piece. It was fun seeing Roxas geek out about something for a change, and I was proud I was able to find out about this part of his personality. It was the one memory that stood out the most from our first and only convention together.

A/N: Superbman and Chiropterman are supposed to be Superman and Batman. I just didn't want to type of the actual names XD I've been to conventions before, several dedicated to anime and two dedicated to comics (though I'm not much of a fan of comics; I was going with my cousin). There was actually a scene I wanted to add here, but I thought it'd make the chapter too long. Plus, it really didn't fit. Not much development on Sokai here, but there were some Namixas moments. I also brought up another thing that'll come up in later chapters. Er, the munny thing is 100 munny = 10 dollars, I believe. So Sora only had a dollar to spend on the chips, and he spent fifty dollars on a figure. Apparently, munny's in corn form in this fic. Hope you guys liked this chapter.