"Roxas! Go talk to her! You want Olette back right?"
Roxas was talking to Sora and Kairi as they sat in the lunchroom. The three were usually seen together. After all, they were all very close. In fact, Roxas, at one point in time, dated Kairi. Things turned out bad, but let's not get too into detailed about that.
"What do I say? She scares me a bit..." Roxas said, scratching his head.
Sora and Kairi wore the same shocked expression. They could not believe those words came out of Roxas's mouth.
"Roxas, are you alright? You're ROXAS. Nothing scares you!" Kairi exclaimed, remembering the time where thugs ganged up on Kairi, and Roxas saved her (though he thought it was a skit or something and decided to be the hero).
Roxas looked away from his friends and stared at the small blond. In truth, the thing he was most afraid of about her is that she'd dislike him. If she disliked him, it would be hard to sell themselves as a couple and Olette would never get jealous. The reason Roxas thought she might dislike him because even though she acted so nice to him, she could be secretly hating him on the inside. It was like she was two people. She seemed so calm and sweet, but when the camera turned on, she turned into another person. It was hard to figure out who was her real self. She showed anger, sadness, happiness, and other emotions so flawlessly that Roxas had to admit she could be close to his level. He was a bit jealous.
Jealousy was a new concept to him. He always got what he want and never had a challenge. Although he'd never experience jealousy, he could act it well pretty well. He mixed his angry voice with his betrayed voice when he did jealousy. He never really understood how it felt to be truly jealous until Namine came into his life. This bothers him.
Another thing that bothered him endlessly was that she would always refuse to hang out with the other workers or actors. She'd politely reject and walk home to her apartment (which she currently stayed at since her house was too far away from the studio). Roxas would wonder what she'd do all by herself during that time.
One more strange thing about Namine was that when they tried to look up stuff about her, there was nothing. No medical records, birth certificate, or anything. All they knew about her was that she went to Sora's elementary school. When they asked for some information about her, she'd ask if the conversation could be postponed.
As Roxas was thinking this, he realized he was staring at Namine. She turned and saw him. She gave a small wave and a soft smile.
"How can you say that?!" Namine said as Aqua.
"Aqua, I..." Roxas paused, adding dramatic effect to Ventus's dialogue.
Namine shook her head and walked away.
The director smiled. The scene was perfect. Namine and Roxas worked so well with each other.
Since the scene was over, Namine went to her usual spot to pick up her bag and began walking home. However, unknown to her, a necklace from her bag fell out.
Roxas had seen this necklace on the ground and picked it up. He looked at the piece of jewelry carefully. It was a heart with an engraved "H". On the back it also had engraved "To Namine". Instantly, he knew who it belonged to. When Roxas looked up, Namine had already left.
"I'll give it to her tomorrow," he said to himself.
However, he had a feeling he had to give it to her at that moment. But why waste the gas? She'd be back tomorrow. She could go a couple hours without it, right? Roxas decided to call her up and ask her. Unfortunately, since he did not talk to her often, he did not have her number. Roxas went to ask Sora for her contact information instead.
"Her number? I knew it. You LIKE her," Sora said all-knowingly.
"What?! I just want to give her back this!" Roxas said, holding up the necklace.
Sora inspected the necklace. He then recognized it.
"She loves that thing. She wore it everyday throughout elementary school. I did notice she stopped wearing it when I saw her a month ago at the store."
Roxas scratched his head. Should he return right away? Sora had given Roxas her apartment address. Roxas eventually ended up driving to her apartment. There were some perks to this: he might be seen by the paparazzi going there, they assume they are dating, Olette gets jealous. Bingo.
Roxas knocked on her apartment door. There was no answer. He sighed. She wasn't there? But he could faintly hear something inside. The door was locked (of course), but the window was opened. He decided to get in that way. Hey, everyone does that in the movies.
He walked inside and looked around. The room was white and mostly empty. There were drawings covering the walls, but they had looked as if they were drawn by a four-year-old. Roxas, of course, was too much of a gentleman to say this thought out loud. He could hear the sound more clearly now. It was...crying?
He found the source of the crying and ran down the hall. He pulled the door open and saw the small blond crying on her bed. She was all alone. She looked up at him. A surprised look came upon her face. Namine wiped away all her tears and tried to look strong.
Roxas came closer and held up the necklace. Her face brightened. Roxas handed her the necklace. She held on to it tightly. She gave a soft smile.
"Thank you."
Those two words held such a sweet ring to it. It was just pure gratitude.
"You're always alone, aren't you?"
"It's not that bad."
"Stop lying."
"Roxas, I don't lie. I act."
Roxas stared at her. Her hair looked disheveled, and her eyes were very red after all the crying she did. She wore the same white outfit she had left in. He could only imagine her first reaction to losing the necklace.
"Why do you care about that necklace so much?" he asked.
"It's my mom's. It gives me something..."
"What's that?"
"Hope."
Namine's expression did not change from the soft smile she gave him when she thanked him. She still maintained that happy look, even though she might have felt horrible inside. She was always acting. Roxas then did something he did not plan on doing.
"Do you want to hang out with me tomorrow?" Roxas asked.
Namine blinked once, surprised. Roxas gulped.
"Are you acting?" she asked.
Roxas chuckled and shook his head. Namine began to look away, as if she deep in thought. Roxas prepared himself for the rejection.
"I'd love to. Please meet me at here at eight tomorrow if that is alright with you."
Roxas was shocked. She still smiled. The two said their goodbyes, and Roxas left.
"Roxas, I think I have something you need to see."
Roxas was driving back to his house and was talking to Sora over the phone. He simply shook his head.
"Tell me later, okay? I need to do something," Roxas said, hanging up.
Sora sighed and looked down at the magazine in his hands. The front cover had a picture of Olette with a new blond boy by her side.
"Roxas and Olette sure do think alike."
A/N: Well, Roxie and Nami are going to hang out! How will that turn out? Some changes made in this is actually who this chapter focuses on. This chapter was originally supposed to be about Roxas who questions his morals. But I decided to change it to Namine and how she's always acting.
And guess what? I'm going to reply to your reviews.
Midnight Hell: Hayner now added. The story might be longer if I decided I want to develop Nami and Roxie's relationship more.
xxlottexx: Time will tell x3
Skyler: Of course.
Handwritten: I too would like to read that. But Namine in this story will be acting all smiley, calm, and proper. There's hope for Roxas to become less self absorbed. Don't worry. And expect the story to go a bit fast pace (due to the face I like to rush into things). I will try to slow it down to add more development ^^
Hope you liked this chapter and please review (to make the author feel happy ;O).
