A/N: My father always uses the computer, so I can't update faster. Sorry!! This chapter is a little different with the last one, because the whole chapter would be from Roxas POV except for the flashback. I would be told from Normal POV. Sorry for grammar mistakes and OOC ness.
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A Day in Roxas' Life
It's been a week since Naminé hit my face with her Biology book (it left a bruise on my nose and that's hurt). Today's Sunday and here I am, rolling over my bed lazily inside my room, due to my boredom.
Roxas Strife, 16 years old, eleven grade at Twilight High. Has dirty blonde hair and clear blue eyes. You can saw from the attire that he's fond of skateboarding. Plus, he is the rival of Naminé Lune.
Yeah, Roxas Strife is me.
Actually, me and all my friends plus Naminé were going to have a little picnic today, but Kairi must visit her sick grandma, so we cancelled it.
Poor Sora. He whined all day because he can't meet with Kairi and I'm tired of it. Our parents went to some relatives' house while we –me, Sora, and Cloud– refused to come along. Sora watched the TV downstairs, Cloud's nowhere to be seen (I'm sure that he went to his girlfriend's house because his motorcycle's also disappeared) while me doing nothing.
It's really boring.
A little while ago, Hayner asked me to go skateboarding with him. And I, being the total skater boy I am, quickly accepted it. But, he suddenly cancelled the appointment, saying that Olette asked him to go on a date with her.
Me?
Don't ask. I'm the only son in this family who didn't have a girlfriend. I know, poor me.
Knowing that I'd be bored to death if just rolling around in this room, I decided to go downstairs and planned on eating some sea-salt ice cream that my mother bought yesterday. At least, it can chill my mind.
I walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge, searching for a certain blue popsicle. I grinned in victory when I saw the thing that I've been searching for and quickly took the ice cream, licking it as it melted inside my mouth. I loved sea-salt ice cream.
Closing the fridge's door, I walked to the living room, only to find Sora watched the TV intently with a pack of tissue on his lap. I peered at Sora and saw his eyes were red and puffy, as if he was crying.
I took a seat next to him on the couch and managed to ask, "What's wrong with you?"
Sora took another sheet of the tissue paper and began rubbing his eyes with it. "I-I'm watching the TV and I found this film. T-This is really sad."
I looked at the TV screen and began laughing uncontrollably after knowing what he was watching. "S-Sora, you're crying because of some silly soap opera?" I managed to choke out.
Sora glared at me with his blue eyes and shifted his gaze back to the TV. "It's not just some 'silly' soap opera, Rox. It is really sad. It's about two best friends, a boy and a girl, who met after 15 years parted and then fell in love with each other. Unknown to the girl, the boy had brain cancer and he can only survive for the next 2 month."
"Sora, I never know you're into this kind of lovey-dovey stuff. What will Kairi say if she knows that her dear boyfriend is watching a soap opera like this?"
"She would says, 'Oh Sora, you're so cute, watching this soap opera. You know I love this soap opera, too,' she won't laugh at me for sure," Sora replied sarcastically.
I wiped away some tears that fell when I was laughing at Sora. "So, you watched this just because Kairi like to watch this soap opera?"
Sora nodded and crossed his arm. "She always talked about this every time we go on a date. So, I'm curious and finally I tried to watch it. What are you doing here anyway? I thought you were upstairs."
"I am, just a while ago. Because I'm bored, I went downstairs and found you here, crying like a girl," I said, licking the last piece of the popsicle and threw it into a nearby trash can.
Sora threw his arms to the air and leaned on the couch. "You said you're going to go skateboarding at the park with Hayner?"
I sighed and followed Sora's action. "He cancelled it, going on a date with Olette."
A long silence filled the air before Sora spoke up, "I'm bored. Maybe we should go with Dad and Mom this morning."
"And become a smiling statue all day in front of our parents' friends? Nu-uh!" I shook my head furiously. What I hate most when our family visited a friend's house was that we must act like a goody-good boys and I never like that.
"But we can get a lot of food there!" he pouted and suddenly, his gave me a goofy grin. "Hey, Rox, why don't you invite Naminé here? I mean, she probably bored in her house just like us."
I almost choked by my own saliva. "Naminé? Why must her?"
"Well," he said, preparing himself for a really good explanation. I hoped that he won't explain something useless. "It's because we can't invite our others friends. First, Kairi went to visit her grandma. Second, Hayner and Olette also Axel and Larxene would be going on a date. Third, Pence went to a photographic exhibition. Fourth, Riku went somewhere with his brother while Selphie helped her mom at their shop. And lastly, Tidus and Wakka were watching blitzball match."
I laughed dryly. What a great coincidences. "Where did you know that?"
Sora rubbed the back of his head and grinned sheepishly. "I called all of them."
I rolled by eyes. So, that's the reason why mom always fussed at us about our telephone account. "Then why didn't you call Naminé?"
He gave me a mischievous smirk and bowed his head, as if he was talking to a king. "I would like to give you the honor to call her first, my dear brother."
"Why me?" I asked in a disgusted tone.
My spiky-haired twin hit me on my back. "Ha! As if I don't know what're in your mind. Of course that's because—"
"I am not, Sora," I cut him off and he gave me a confused look. "I know exactly what are you going say. Plus, that's hurt," I rubbed my back.
"Roxy," he said, getting a death glare from me. I hated that nickname. Why must all of my best friends, no, wait… umm… all of my best friends and my own brother liked to call me that!? How I wish a look can kill. "Maybe you can make up your mistake to her. Well, I don't know what must I called it, a mistake or a mere foolishness."
I raised my eyebrows. "Foolishness?"
"Did you forget the first time you asked her to be your 'rival'? It was an accident, wasn't it?"
Flashback
"C'mon, Rox, you can do it. You just walk up to her and say, 'Hi, Naminé. Would you like to be my friend?' and wait for her response. That's easy, right?" the 14-years old Sora said to the 14-years old Roxas, while keep massaging Roxas' shoulder. The twins were standing near the cafeteria's door.
Roxas gulped but kept his gaze to a certain blonde haired girl who was chatting happily with a red-haired girl. "Sora," he hissed to his twin, "I'm not going to have a boxing match, so stop massaging my shoulder!"
Sora released his grip from Roxas' shoulder and grinned. "Sorry."
"But, what if she doesn't want to be my friend?"
"That's impossible, Rox. I heard her a lot from Kairi. Even if she's shy, she is a nice girl. Believe me!" Sora reassured his twin.
"But, she knew that I'm a flirt," Roxas said again, with a pessimistic tone.
Sora watched the two girls stood up from their seat, walking on the separate way out from the school's cafeteria. "No more buts, brother. Now go!" he pushed his twin until Roxas stepped in front of the startled blonde girl.
Naminé tilted her head to see the dirty blonde boy stood in front of her. His clear blue eyes looked at her also blue eyes. She clutched her sketchbook tighter to her chest and gulped. 'What is this guy going to do with me?' she thought to herself.
Roxas scratched the back of his head nervously and stuttered, "Umm…. H-Hi… I-I'm R-Roxas…"
"God, he can't even speak normally," Sora murmured, watching his twin talked to the blonde girl.
"I know that you name is Roxas," Naminé said and continued, "Do you need something from me?"
Roxas gulped. This is now or never, he thought. "N-Naminé, w-would you… umm… would you… l-like to be…," he sighed, steadying his breath and with all his might, he blurted out, "would you like to be my rival!?"
"What!?" Naminé's blue eyes widened in process and she looked at Roxas strangely. Roxas quickly covered his mouth with his two hands while Sora whacked his own head at his twin's stupidity.
"I-I'm sorry?" Naminé asked, not really sure about what Roxas had just said.
The blonde boy laughed nervously. Naminé was waiting for his answer by tapping her foot impatiently. Taking a long pause, he then announced, "D-don't you hear me? I asked you to be my rival!"
End Flashback
"That's the weirdest thing I ever saw. You didn't even clarify what you said to her," Sora said, crossing his arms.
I ran my fingers through my blonde hair. "Sora, that's just… slipped out of my tongue. I didn't even know what I was saying that time."
"And now, Naminé hate you with all her heart. Ha! What're you gonna do now? It's been two years long."
I stood up from the couch and headed to the staircase. Before I walked to my room, I turned to look at Sora who was looking back at me. "I'm going upstairs."
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I planned on putting this chapter since I first wrote this story. I hope you enjoyed it. And for the soap opera thing, I took the story from my mom's favorite soap opera here in my country. XD
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