~You see right through me

Even now

Physically, distance doesn't mean a thing

Yet Emotionally it means

Everything~

Chapter 5: You Don't Want To Know

For the next few weeks Naminé kept to her decision. While she didn't out right try to avoid Roxas, she only spoke to him when necessary, like asking him to pass something in art class. She was surprised at how easy it was to do it at school but at night when she was trying to sleep she would feel guilty for some reason.

It didn't help that she had his best friend in her first class.

She swore that guy was trying to make her uncomfortable on purpose. He was constantly 'forgetting' to bring a pencil to class and ask to borrow one from her. This always consisted of him placing his hand on her shoulder, making her jump every time.

Other then that, she was happy. She liked school. She missed interacting with people like this, and she liked her new friends.

"Naminé? You listening?"

"Huh? What?" Naminé blinked, surprised to see Selphie sitting across from her at the lunch table.

"I said, are you coming to my Halloween party this weekend?"

"Oh." Was all the blonde said, which annoyed the brunette in front of her.

"Well?" She said.

"Halloween's in two weeks."

"Eleven days actually. But I want it this weekend since my parents are out of town. So will you come?"

"I-I don't…"

"Please?" Selphie clapped her hands together, her eyes widening slightly. "I want all my friends there! Please?"

"B-But I don't-"

"Selphie, stop making Nami feel guilty." Kairi laughed, walking over.

"I'm not. I just want her to come," Selphie slumped back in her chair, her arms crossed.

"Selphie loves using the guilt trip to get her way," Kairi sat beside her cousin. "She already got me and Sora."

"And Riku." Selphie smirked.

"You guys are going?" Naminé asked.

"Yup. You should come. Get you out of the house for a few hours."

"Hmm," Maybe she should go. She knows she'll be safe. She needed to stop thinking about Radiant Garden and enjoy Twilight Town. "Sure, why not."

"Yay!" Selphie jumped up, ignoring how her chair toppled backwards from the sudden movement. "Now, just gotta find Hayner and Pence."

Naminé just watched, dumbfounded, as the brunette grabbed her white purse and ran out of the cafeteria.

"Wow," was all she could say.

"She's one of a kind, that's for sure," Kairi laughed. "You'd never guess that she has the highest mark in the school for Computers."

"Yeah."

"Hey, want to come over after school? We can go to the mall and get you a costume."

"How? You don't have a licence yet," Naminé raised an eyebrow.

"True, but Sora and Riku do, and I know for a fact Riku get's paid today." Kairi smiled wickedly.

"You're evil," Naminé chuckled.

"So your not up to using our friend to chauffeur us and buy us things?"

"When did I say that?" Naminé laughed as her cousin threw her arms around her.

"I knew we were related," the red head said happily.

Roxas starred at the computer screen, his eyes glazed over with boredom.

The teacher, a ditzy middle aged man, was explaining to the class about making websites, using the right codes, how you have to pay a fee...

'Why did I take this class again?' he thought stifling a yawn.

Just when he was about to doze off, he felt his cellphone vibrate in his pocket, making him jump slightly.

He glanced at the teacher to make sure he wasn't looking in direction before pulling it out.

It was From Zexion, and Roxas couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the message.

"Look up Hunter Simmons "

Feeling his lip begin to curl in a sneer, he replied,

"You mean the owner of Memory Skyscraper?"

"No. The guy who owns the muffin shop-"Roxas shook his head. Zex must not be in a good mood. "-Go into the files. Xemnas thinks he has a connection to the increase of Heartless gangs in the area and why X1 was targeted"

This caught Roxas's interest. Thankful that he sat at the back so no one could see what he was doing, he looked up the Memory Skyscraper website and started from there.

Now he remembered why he took this class. It was to help the Organization. He always had a knack for unlocking(B&E) and hacking/cracking. Don't get him wrong, he didn't break into people's homes and steal their things. The Organization did jobs for big named people a lot, and when they went back on their word or refused to pay them, that's when they got their hands dirty.

Five minutes later Roxas found what he was looking for.

Hunter Simmons E-Mail.

"Bingo," he muttered, but before he could do anything else the screen went blank. "What the-"

It turned back on, flashing blue for a few seconds before returning to the homepage.

'Well that's new. And annoying' he thought. He text Zexion, telling him what happened.

The bell rang as he hit send. He suppressed a groan.

He hate his next class. At least, he wouldn't if Naminé wasn't in it.

For almost a month now she was acting…weird. Her smiled looked more like grimaces, and she was oddly…polite to him. She acted like they really had just met for the first time, only talking when necessary and just being…unlike herself.

What annoyed him most of all was-

"You gonna ride with me?"

"I'll think about it. I'm not that used to riding a motorbike."

- was the amount of time she was spending with Riku.

He tried not to scowl when he saw the two standing in to door way to the art room, something they did every day.

"Hate to interrupt," he said, his voice full of the annoyance he felt. "But some of us do have class."

He ignored the glare Riku gave him, focusing on Naminé.

"Sorry," She said stepping back. Again, that fake smile was on her face.

"Stop pretending to smile, you look like an idiot," he said quietly so only she could hear. She stiffened at his words, looking down as he past her.

When he sat down at his usual spot he sighed heavily.

He still wanted to fix things with her, but when she acted like she that, pretending everything was okay, it annoyed him. It always had but now it was multiplied by ten.

He was pulled out of his thoughts when his phone vibrated.

"Tonight we're going to M.S. better bring your gloves

-Axel"

Naminé watched the buildings past through the visor of her helmet. In the end she decided to ride with Riku and instantly regretted it.

After stopping at Kairi's to change they headed straight to the mall.

"You okay?" Riku asked when they found a parking spot, pulling off his helmet.

"Yeah," Naminé muttered, though her heart was still beating. Who knew riding on a motor bike would bring such an adrenaline rush!

They walked to the entrance, where Kairi and Sora were already waiting for them.

"Alright!" Kairi clapped her hands together. "Time to spend Riku's pay check!"

"It scares me that you know when I get paid," Riku shook his head.

"You already spend money on Naminé, time for me to get spoiled too," Kairi pouted.

"I don't spoil her!"

"He doesn't spoil me!"

Sora and Kairi exchanged a look but neither commented.

"Well, let's go," Kairi said instead. "I know the perfect costume place."

As they walked through the mall, Sora started reminiscing about Trick-or-Treating memories.

"I think I was the best were-wolf in the class," He said, remembering the fifth grade.

"Yeah, no one would believe you weren't wearing a wig," Riku chuckled. "It defies all laws of gravity."

"I'll have you know you know, this is all natural," Sora said, with a bit of flair. Seeing his best friend roll his eyes he added, "Don't be jealous."

"Please, you wish you had hair like this," Riku scoffed, tossing some of his silver locks over his shoulder for added effect.

Naminé and Kairi glanced at each other before bursting into a fit of giggles.

"Very uncanny impression guys," Kairi said. She linked her arm with her cousin and, still laughing, continued towards the store.

Once they got there, Naminé stopped at the entrance.

There were various Halloween decorations, from cobwebs and Do-Not-Cross police tape to fake bloody walls and creepy mannequins.

What scared her the most was the robotic zombies, that moved with a remote control. They looked way to life like for her liking.

"So, where are the costumes?" she asked her cousin.

"At the back," Kairi told her. "There are so many, it'll be hard to decide on what."

And hard it was. The back of the store looked like a clothing store, only with Halloween costumes.

"So, any idea what you want to be?" Kairi asked.

"Nope."

"Well, we have tons of choices, so we should find something."

For fifteen minutes they looked and were trying some on.

"Hey Kairi?" Naminé said, just noticing something. She was sitting on one of the chairs. She was wearing a sort of ghost costume. It was a dress stopped mid thigh. It was grey at the top, then slowly faded to white before coming transparent at the very end. Four small chains connected the bell-sleeves to it, the ends having a cut look to them as they fell over her fingers. It came with nylons that had tiny chains sown on them to make them look like they wrapped around her legs.

"Yeah?" Kairi was standing in front of a mirror, turning to the side to get a better look at her witch costume. It was a purple dress that stopped mid thigh, the ends looking like it was ripped and had a black belt resting on her hips. It came with black and white knee high socks and pointed black shoes. And of course, a black, witch hat.

"Have you seen Sora and Riku?" From the way Kairi blinked in surprise, Namine knew she just noticed their friends missing also.

"Uh…maybe their looking at the decorations?" She said.

"I'll go check," Naminé stood. She turned and was gong to look but then-

"Boo!"

"!" Naminé would have screamed but fear made her paralysed for a few seconds before anger took over.

"Riku! That wasn't funny!" she fumed.

"Sure, whatever you say," Riku laughed, taking the zombie mask off. "Sora needs your help with somethin, he's by the make up stuff."

Naminé walked past him, not saying anything. Riku couldn't help but chuckle at her mature behaviour.

"Is that why you told me to not interfere with her and Roxas? So you guys can start dating?" Riku looked behind him to see Kairi glaring at her, her arms crossed. He had to admit, she looked good in the witch outfit.

"We're not dating Kairi," he said, sitting in the spot Naminé was before.

"Then why do you two go on dates so much?" Kairi asked.

"Because they're fun." Riku shrugged. Seeing her annoyed look he sighed. "Kairi. I can guarantee you that Naminé and I have no romantic interest in each other."

"Then why do you two go out so much?" Kairi asked, confused. She walked over to sit next to him.

"I do have feelings for Naminé," Riku said. But before he could continue Kairi said, "But you just said-"

"Not romantic feelings. Just…feelings. Like what Sora or Cloud have for her. Probably more Cloud then Sora." he explained.

"So basically, your like an overly protective brother?"

"Pretty much. Only difference if I let her do things Cloud won't."

"You still didn't answer my question." Kairi frowned.

"We hang out so much because it's getting hard for her."

"What do you mean?"

Riku sighed, running a hand through his hair.

"You…you don't want to know." he said.

"Riku, she's my cousin. She's basically like a sister to me."

"That's why you don't want to know."

Kairi's lips formed a thin line, showing she wasn't happy. She would have pressed more but a loud crash and a familiar yell came from the other end of the store.

"Sora," She and Riku muttered. Riku got up to go check on the Burnett while Kairi went to change back to her regular clothes.

She walked down the alley way, annoyance clearly in her features. She could hear footsteps behind her, getting closer and closer. Without pausing, she lifted her right leg, and spun on the spot to kick the person following her.

"Whoa, easy there Hellcat," If it wasn't for his fast reflexes, he wouldn't have been able to catch her ankle like he did.

"You know better then to sneak up on me," Larxene frowned. She placed her leg back on the ground once he let go.

"True, but it's fun," Axel shrugged. She gave him a disgusted look before walking on. He ran to catch up to her. They walked in silence for a minute before he said, "Okay, that was insensitive. Sorry.""Whatever. Why do are you here?"

"Roxas, Demyx, Xigbar and I have to do a sort of…Recon tonight."

"Four for Recon?" Larxene stopped where she was, tapping her cheek with her finger tips. "Now I'm curious. Where is it?"

"No where important," Axel answered, a little too quickly.

"Where is it?" her jade green eyes narrowed.

"I told you, no where-"

"Don't make me ask again."

"…"

"…"

"…Memory Skyscraper." Axel reluctantly answered. A dazed look came over Larxene's features. It lasted for about five seconds before being replaced with an amused look.

"Oh? Sounds like an interesting mission," She said. She walked past him, this time walking in the opposite direction she was originally going in.

"Thought you were headed to HQ?" Axel called after her. She stopped. She turned her head to look at him, the amused look still there.

"Just remembered I have to go somewhere," She said. She lifted her right hand to do that weird gesture she likes to do with her fingers. "Have fun tonight. With Demyx there, I won't be surprised if we have to bail you out tomorrow."

"Larxene-"

"See ya around Hotshot," Axel frowned as her voice became flat. He watched as her hand fell to her side, forming a fist before she left him standing where he was.

He felt his phone vibrate. Pulling it out of his pocket he saw he had a text.

"You have got to be kidding me," He muttered, reading it.

Roxas sighed running a hand through his dirty blonde hair. He was in his room at Sora's, sitting on his bed.

His room here had more in it then the one at HQ. Posters of bands and video games plastered the walls. His dresser was black, along with the stand that held a thirty inch T.V in the corner, where a pile of movies and games were. His quilt was checkered black and white.

Once again, he sighed. He really feel like going out. He felt exhausted. He just wanted to sleep even though it was only 6.

But he had to go. If not for himself, then for the Organization. For Axel and, as much as he hated to admit it, Larxene.

There was a quiet knock at the door.

"Roxas?" he looked up to see Sora mother standing at his door. She was a short woman with short brown hair, that had signs of graying in it, betraying her age. She had kind green eyes that somehow always managed to make him uncomfortable.

"Are you going out again?" she asked. He tried not to wince at how sad she sounded.

"Yeah."

"Are you sure you can't stay for dinner at least? It's curry."

Roxas took at deep breath, which was a bad idea because now that she mentioned it, he could smell his favourite food.

"No, I-" he phone picked that moment for chime, telling him he had a text. Sending his Aunt an apologetic look, he opened his inbox.

"Chang of plans. IX scoped the place out, security air tight. Gonna try another day

-Axel"

Roxas frowned.

"Something wrong?" he glanced up at his Aunt. Tossing his phone onto the bed he stood up.

"Nope. Looks like I'm staying here tonight," He shrugged. She smiled softly at him, but her eyes betrayed how happy she felt.

"I'm glad you'll be home tonight," She said before leaving.

"Yeah…home," he muttered, before following her. He didn't want to admit to himself how uncomfortable the word made him.

Naminé gasped for breath, but it was hard for it felt like she would drown with every breath she took.

"Try to slow your breathing, or you'll pass out," her brother told her, rubbing her back in comfort.

"I-I can't…Breath…" She gasped. She felt a spasm go through her stomach and a second later she was once more hunched over the toilet, puking her stomach contents for a few seconds before dry heaving.

"I don't understand why your reacting now," Cloud frowned. "You've been good so far with the Medication."

Naminé looked away guiltily but was spared answering as she started dry heaving again.

"Maybe we should go to the hospi-"

"No!" Naminé cried. "Please…don't!"

"Naminé, you know if we wait something might-"

"Please," She begged. "Please Cloud, please!"

Cloud looked at his sister. Her body covered in sweat from the heat flash that came just before the nausea. Her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail, loos strands sticking to her face.

She looked so pitiful.

"Naminé…"

"Please!"

Sighing, Cloud stood up. Buying time to think, he grabbed the face cloth on the sink counter and ran it under cold water before wiping her face with it. He helped her up and carried her to one of the spare rooms so he could keep a better eye on her. He was glad he didn't run into her cat. How he hated that thing.

"Cloud?" she said quietly when he pulled the covers over her. She had begun shivering.

"Fine," he said, just as quiet. "But if it gets worse, your going and if I have to sedate you to get you there I will. Understand?"

He watched her nod.

"Now get some sleep. I come check on you later." he left the bedroom. As he was about to close the door he heard a hiss. He jumped back, glaring as the black and white fur ball stalked past him and into the room.

Quietly, he shut the door before leaning his back against it, sliding down until he hit the floor. He rested his arms on his knees, his head bent towards the floor.

When she got back from hanging out with Kairi and their friends she had a fever. As the hour past it got worse until she called for him before throwing up in the bathroom.

'Don't you dare take her from me' he thought, grinding his teeth together. 'She's been through too much already. Give her a break for once'

Inside the room, Naminé buried herself deeper into the warm covers.

Despite her feeling so sick, despite her feeling guilty about worrying her brother so much, there was one thing that wouldn't leave her mind.

"Stop pretending to smile, you look like an idiot."

'I hate him' she thought. 'I hate him, I hate him, I hate him'

But she knew as she drifted off to sleep that no matter how many times she told her self that, it would never be true.

A/N: I am so sorry it took so long to post this! Last week I just got so busy with homework, and distracted because I saw CATS the Musical. Then the week before I reacted badly to my Iron Treatment and was sick for a few days. Again, Sorry!

Also, there's a a collection of shorts I started called, Dry My Tears When I Stumble. It's to highlight some events in Catch Me that won't be shown, or very vague in here.

If there's something specific you want to know about(Besides what happened with Roku and Nami) let me know.

Chapter Fact

The Halloween Store is based off one in my city called, Spirit Halloween. That place scares me so much…yet I love it!

This was originally longer but got cut into two chapters. The next one will be with the party.