The next day, Roxas woke to the paparazzi following him even more than before. By getting a little violent with the press, he has a new hate-club. His fan clubs still exist, but they are slowly converting into his hate-club. Oh joy. Roxas sighed.
He was now at the studio, looking for Namine. He needed to apologize to her. Oh wow, it's been a while since he felt like he needed to apologize to someone. He scanned the room. Everyone seemed blurred out. Except her. He could see her vividly, despite the far off distance. He ran towards her.
"Namine!" he called out.
She slowly turned. At this point, Namine would usually reply to his rude greeting with a smile. Instead, she stared blankly at him. Her face was unreadable. It did not show any feelings towards Roxas. Her eyes seemed a bit red. Had she cried? It didn't look like it though. Usually after crying, her eyes would be a bit puffy and she'd be breathing a bit more heavily. She had seemed perfectly fine besides the red eyes.
"Something wrong, Roxas?" she asked.
"I...I need to tell you something."
"Is this related to the movie?" she inquired.
"Well, no...It's about the other day," Roxas said, scratching his head.
"I rather not hear this then. If you don't mind me, I'll be going. I need to work," she said, almost bitterly.
Namine was then gone. Roxas sighed sadly. She didn't want to speak to him. That's understandable. However, she didn't even want to hear him out. Namine always listened to the other side before making such a judgment. What was with her? Maybe Roxas didn't know her as much as he thought he did.
Roxas then heard the chorus of his favorite song play. It was his phone ringing. He took out his very expensive phone, picking it up. It was a voice he hadn't heard in what had felt like eternity.
"Hey, Olette."
Olette's hands shook as she held the magazine. This could not be true.
Roxas's plan had been revealed recently by Namine, who she herself did not know of this plan till she had it all figured out. Apparently, Roxas had been using Namine, making it appear that the two were dating. By doing this, he hoped to get his ex-girlfriend, Olette. Olette is currently dating one of Roxas's best friends, Hayner. Namine seems to feel very betrayed by Roxas and will not be speaking to him anymore. How will Roxas's life and career turn out now that his love is dating someone else and his leading lady hating him?
Roxas wanted her back. It was exactly what she wanted. All she had to do was accept him. Nothing could go wrong.
"You going to by that, sweetie? I already bought the groceries," Hayner said, holding up a bag groceries.
She then remembered where she was. She was in a grocery store buying stuff with Hayner. They were living together now in the same apartment. Olette stared at him. Hayner. How would he take it? She had to break up with him. She opened her mouth. However, no words came out. How come she was hesitating. Why? Did Hayner mean more to her than she had previously thought? He couldn't possibly mean more to her than Roxas.
"I want to break up."
Hayner was silent. A dark look came upon his face. He slowly walked to her. She began feeling scared. She had never seen Hayner act like this.
"So Roxas wants you back now?" he asked.
Olette nodded. Hayner gritted his teeth. He handed her the bags of groceries. Once they were out of his hands, he began to violently knock the surrounding objects off the shelves. The staff saw this and came closer as well.
"Hayner! What are you doing?!" Olette shouted.
"He's not right for you! He doesn't call often enough. He doesn't clean up after himself. He's self-absorbed. He always canceled plans! He's not right for you, Olette!" Hayner fumed.
"How do you...?" Olette began, but Hayner cut her off.
"Because, Olette, you told me all these things. Every time he did something to annoy you or make you cry, you'd come to me. I was to one to cheer you up. I was the one who truly understood you. When you guys would fight and Roxas would be talking out of his ass, I'd cheer you up and everything. He's just going to hurt you. It'll never work out between you two," Hayner said.
"Roxas is only human! Yes, he's flawed but we all are. Don't start thinking you're some god or something!" Olette yelled, "I told you we were only going to pretend to date. What did you think would happen when we started this whole thing?"
"I...don't know. I thought maybe Roxas would have moved on. I thought that maybe you'd fall for me instead. I thought the guy who's been waiting would get he happy ending. Just you watch. You're going to be sitting alone all by yourself, waiting for Roxas. But he will never come. Instead, you just order a drink and try to get so drunk that you can't even move. That's when you'll realize that Roxas and you were never meant to be," Hayner spat, walking out of the store.
The staff hurriedly picked up the fallen objects. As they did this, Olette stared at her feet. His words had cut her deeply. She dug into her pocket and pulled out her phone. She stared at her contact list. her eyes were glued to Hayner's name. She bit her lip and called a different person instead.
"Roxas? Hello?"
"Hey, Olette."
"Cut. Namine, you're doing it again," the director sighed.
Namine bit her lip. This was her eleventh time shooting this scene. It was one of the most intense moments in the movie too. Kairi and Sora watched from afar. Things were looking bad.
"Poor Namine," Kairi said softly.
"Yeah, she's really having trouble," Sora agreed.
After all those takes, the director told her to take a break. She sighed and went over to Sora and Kairi. The three were starting to become better friends.
"Why does my life suck?" Namine asked.
"It doesn't suck. It's just...challenging," Kairi said, trying to find the right words.
Namine frowned, "Enough about how much that sucked. How's the wedding going?"
"It's going great! Sora and I will be an official married couple on August 4th!" Kairi said, happily.
"August 4th? Don't you mean the 14th?" Sora said.
Time froze. Kairi slowly turned to Sora, eyes widened.
"No, sweetie, it's the 4th. The same day you asked me out all those years ago. The same day we met even longer ago. The same day as our birthday. Not the 14th," Kairi corrected, showing a bit of annoyance.
"Oh. Um...well, I think I may have accidentally typed up the 14th on the wedding invites when I sent them..." Sora confessed.
Namine sensed the anger seeping out of Kairi. Kairi kept a plastered smile.
"Come again?" she said.
"I messed up."
Kairi was now on top of Sora, grabbing her neck. Her smile turned into an angry expression.
"How could you forget? THIS IS OUR WEDDING! DAMN IT!"
"Roxas, can we talk?" Olette asked over the phone.
"Uh, sure. What do you want to talk about?" Roxas asked.
"Us. I'd rather we do it in person. I've really miss you," Olette said, though she felt her last statement was hollow.
"Oh my god. This is about the whole using thing, isn't it? I'm so..." Roxas began.
"Sorry? Roxas, you haven't apologized in years. And your voice sounds a bit different. A bit softer. Are you okay?"
"Uh..."
Roxas's mind suddenly went to Namine. He could remember the day he met her. She really surprised him. He had also apologized to her then.
"Roxas? Roxas? ROXAS?!"
Roxas then came back to reality. The flashback of Namine ended.
"You were staring at yourself again weren't you?" Olette said with a sigh.
"No! Not this time. I swear!" Roxas said defensively.
"Whatever. So do you want to meet up?" Olette asked.
Roxas was silent. He wanted to say yes. This was he had been dreaming for. But for some reason, when this moment finally came to him, he didn't really want it. He began scratching his head.
"I guess. See you at eight?"
"Eight it is."
The two hung up. Roxas stared at his phone. Talking to Olette felt so weird. It felt there was something missing. It was there before, but now it's not. Roxas shrugged and walked into the to the other room. He saw Kairi on top of Sora, choking him.
"No sex in public, Kairi," Roxas said, jokingly.
"Not...funny," Sora could barely say.
Kairi got off of Sora and huffed. Sora was now massaging his neck. He had no idea why he was marrying this woman anymore. She was vicious. Sora then turned to Roxas.
"Hey, Namine's been having trouble with this scene. Can you help her?" Sora asked.
Roxas nodded. Namine seemed displeased and frowned. She shook her head.
"Really. I'm fine. I don't want your help, Roxas," Namine said.
"Aw, come on. We need to talk anyway."
"No means no," Namine said firmly, walking away.
Roxas sighed.
Roxas drove slowly to the place he and Olette always met up, the diner on the outskirts of Twilight Town. However, his minds were on other things than just Olette. What would he do when he sees her? What will she do? Is Sora and Kairi's relationship going to be okay? What did he have for breakfast? And what about Namine?
What about her?
"Really. I'm fine. I don't want your help, Roxas."
She doesn't want his help.
"Really. I'm fine. I don't want your help, Roxas."
Then why does he feel like he has to help her?
"Really. I'm fine. I don't want your help, Roxas."
Roxas then realized it. Namine was acting again. He cursed several times, making a u-turn back to the studio.
Olette sat alone at the diner. It was an hour after their meet up time. Olette frowned. A worker came up to her table.
"You ready to order?" he asked.
"No, I'm waiting for someone."
Olette watched the man leave. She looked down. Had she done something wrong? Why did Roxas stand her up?
Namine was doing another take at the same scene. She couldn't take it anymore. She kept messing up and it felt horrible.
"I..." she began, but stopped.
She couldn't remember the line. She mentally slapped herself. How could she forget it? She's been saying it for the past few hours. Namine was freezing up. She didn't know what to do. It was then the door slammed open. She turned to look. It was Roxas. He ran in, panting. Their eyes met.
"NAMINE!" he yelled, "I'm sorry!"
Namine stared at him and smile. She then turned to the camera. Her face was now filled with determination. Everyone in the room noticed this.
"I don't know. But who cares?" Namine said as Aqua, "I am in love. It's a simple fact. So what if he's not perfect? I'm not perfect. I've been waiting for so long for him to come home. I'm tired of waiting. This is enough. I don't care what you think of me anymore. Because I'd rather be a lovefool than someone like you."
The director applauded. She had finally got it right. Namine beamed and and continued the scene. She smiled more brightly. Oh how he missed seeing that smile. After she finished the scene, she slowly walked toward Roxas. Roxas was a bit afraid of what she would say, hoping she wasn't angry at him anymore. Namine looked down at her feet.
"Thank you."
"Your welcome. You still hate me?"
She looked at him, shaking her head. She smiled once more.
"I could never hate you, Roxas."
Namine then wrapped her arms around Roxas, embracing him. Roxas was a bit surprised, but eased into it and smiled as well.
"How'd you know I was acting?" she asked softly.
"I don't know. I just felt it."
"You're the first one who can see through me since my mom died."
"I guess I am."
There was a knock on the door. Hayner opened the apartment door. He was surprised to see Olette standing there. She had a sad expression her face. Tears stained her face and her eyes were bloodshot red. All these signs told Hayner he was right. Roxas bailed. Hayner, at most times, would be rubbing this in her face. This time, he knew he shouldn't. In truth, he didn't want to be right this time. She looked up at him and began crying more. Hayner was silent. He slowly wrapped his arms around her. That was all he could do.
A/N: Poor, Olette T___T I'm so horrible. But I gave Nami and Roxie a cute scene! -is shot for being so heartless-
Ooh, I just hatched an idea to add more drama~ Mwhaha. But it'll end up hurting Nami a bit :[
riceball793: Thankies~ Glad you thought it was funny.
melodinami: xD Thanks
iRhyme: Well, Nami's a smart girl ;O
Rosorace Ecclesia: I like the pen name change :]
xxlottexx: Wish granted ;]
timbermoonkiss: I do have it planned out. Like what basically happens in each chapter. So I believe this was a good time to bring out the truth. Glad you think Sokai is okay right now. I'm still planning on adding a few bumps in the road they have to get through though. As I said before, I'll be try using your advice in chapters to come. This one, I tried a bit with adding more details, but it's not that much of a change right now ^^; Hopefully the changes become bigger soon.
Kiome-Yasha: I'm really glad you think this story has potential. If I write another story, I might use Xion instead. I agree I need to grow out of it to make my writing better. lol I actually never planned the first chapter to have so much irony. After all the rewrites and revisions, it came out that way.
That's it for this chapter. Stay tune folks~
