The bus trip wasn't overly long, but long enough that Namine could catch a cat nap and not be too drowsy when they had to get off. Roxas waved bye to the bus driver and held Namine's hand as they continued to walk down the street to his house. Roxas made sure they moved quickly. If any police came by and saw that he wasn't at school there'd be trouble. He'd ditched school before and been caught. They give the names of those who are absent from school to the police, who then go out to the houses to see if the child is ditching or if their parent's just forgot to call. Roxas hadn't known that they did this at first and got caught. His father hadn't been happy and he'd been grounded for a week! It didn't make any difference of course, seeing as his father wasn't there to stop him from going out.

Now Roxas had two things to worry about; the police and the man in the dark clothing. He bit his lip in thinking about these things and was caught by Namine. "What's wrong? You look like you're thinking hard" She asked and gently touched Roxas' arm.

"I'm just thinking of how quickly we can do this, Nam" He smiled to try and let her know that he wasn't bothered. "After all, you're not from around here so we need to be careful that no one knows who you are" it was then that Roxas stopped and checked the time. Good, he still had an hour and half till school was due to start so they had plenty of time to get ready and get to the information centre. Namine looked at his watch too, trying to figure out what Roxas was doing. "Ok my house is only two houses away" He said and she got excited.

"I can't wait to see what your house is like! I don't get to see many other houses, is yours big or small? I wanna see your bedroom!" She giggled. "I bet it's messy" Roxas rolled his eyes, well duh its messy.

Roxas had to grab Namine's shoulder because she almost ran past it. "Right here, quickly now, let's get inside" He ushered her in fast in case one of the neighbours saw and called the police themselves.

The moment they got inside all Namine wanted to do was explore. She looked at anything and everything with great interest as if she'd never seen any of it before. Roxas didn't mind but it didn't help in his opinion of her. It was like she came from another planet completely, which was entirely possible. But everything about her, her manors, her looks, even her clothes were things that he'd only seen on this planet.

Namine was a mystery to Roxas but he'd promised to help her and if that was one thing he's father had taught him was to keep his promises. While the younger blonde continued to search his house, Roxas grabbed two new backpacks and filled them with food, water, a few clothes, a map and a phone. He placed them by the back door and went to find Namine.

"Hey Nam? Where are you? We need to get changed now" He called into the house. When he got no answer he became worried. 'What if the man had tracked them here and nabbed her while I was busy?' He swore quietly to himself and made a quick run around the house and still couldn't find her till he heard a small crash in his room. "The hell?" He asked no one and ran upstairs to his room.

Namine was in his room looking at a broken photo on the ground. "Hey Nam are you ok?" he asked and stepped into the room. She jumped as she heard his step.

"Roxas …who is that man?" She asked quietly. Roxas frown and stepped forward more to see which photo it was. He blinked, quite confused that she would ask.

"That's my father" he said proudly and picked up the photo from the broken frame. "It's one of the few photos I have of him" He smiled fondly and stared at the picture. Namine looked confused and angry now.

"But he can't be your father" She whispered so softly that Roxas didn't hear her.

"Huh?" He asked but she shook her head.

"Don't worry just muttering" She said and looked up again, this time smiling. Roxas paused before petting her head.

"Ok sure thing Nam… Now we need to changed your clothes…and mine" He walked over to his closet and pulled out the smallest pair of pants he had, the smallest top he had and the smallest pair of shoes he had. He handed them to Namine who took them and, to Roxas' surprise, sniffed them. "Alright" he smiled, as eh grabbed some clothes for himself. "Now I'll go get changed down stairs in my father's room, you can get changed here and call if you need help ok?" Namine nodded and shooed him out of this own room.

Roxas walked downstairs and placed the photo on the counter before going to his father's room to change. What he had chosen was a cross between lower class and middle class. It meant that if they needed to, they could hide in lower class and they wouldn't stand out too much. His pants were baggy and long but he fixed the second problem by tucking the end of his pants into his boots. He chose a plain grey tank top and a slightly larger t shirt to go over the top. In his father's closet he picked out a jacket for himself and Namine. They were large and very warm, and made Roxas pause to wonder why he wanted to pack them. Shrugging he grabbed them any way and placed them on the bags.

"Hey Nam are you ready?" He called, and while waiting for her to answer he checked his watch. Less than half an hour till the police would be notified. "We really need to get going now" He yelled. He was a patient person but the time was dire and they needed to hurry. Namine opened the door and stepped out.

As expected the clothes were still too baggy for her, but the pants were too short for her. Roxas felt a pang of jealousy that she had longer legs than him when he was her age. She did a small turn to show off her new clothes and Roxas smiled. "They look good" He said then noticed that she had his woollen hat on. "That's good thinking, he motioned to the hat and decided that he needed to find one too.

"What do I do with my clothes?" She asked. Roxas looked at them. They were pretty and if money was needed then they would sell for a large price. However he didn't mention this out loud.

"Put them in your bag, it's the smaller green one" he said before disappearing to look for his father's black woollen hat. He treasured the hats because his mother had made them when she had still been alive. He placed it over his spikes and returned to Namine. She gasped at his new look.

"I hardly recognise you with out your spikes!" She looked him up and down then gave him another hug. "Thank you again for helping me"

Roxas hugged her back and gave her back a quick pat. "It's fine, now grab the bags and wait out back…don't make a sound ok?" Namine nodded and went to do as she was told. He then went and grabbed a piece of his mother's note paper. They never touched it to keep her memory still alive but some where deep in his heart Roxas knew that he wouldn't be coming back and writing it on his mother's pad seemed the right thing to do. It was a strange feeling and even though they were only going to an information centre, Roxas felt that this was the end of his boring life.

"Roxas are we going now?" Namine called.

"Coming!" Roxas called back and wrote on the note:

Dear Father,

If you are reading this then I have left home, maybe for good. I don't have much time to explain but I found a girl, her name is Namine and I am going to help her find her way home. You always said to keep your promises and that's what I plan to do..

In my heart I feel that I won't be coming home…it hurts but in a way I feel relief. But I want you to know that I love you and even though you were hardly there…I'm glad that you are my father.

I have to leave now otherwise the police will catch us and they are very rude people.

I'm sorry I couldn't tell you I love you in person.

Love, Roxas

He left the note in a tin that his father said was the spy tin and they'd played 'Leave the nice message in the tin' game for hours before. When he came home he'd know where to look.

"Roxas!" Namine yelled as she heard sirens. Roxas checked his watch, woops! Too much time had been wasted.

"Shhh don't worry Nam" he smiled and grabbed his bag. "Let's get out of here"

He locked the door and while holding Namine's hand, they ran through the neighbour's backyards till Roxas felt it was safe to travel on the path. Namine was panting by the time they'd gotten though the backyards.

"Now Nam," Roxas took in a deep breath. "Let's go find your Home"