Just like that, things seemed to be normal between Roxas and Namine. They were talking to each other again and helping each other out. Roxas was also working on making more friends for Namine. When Roxas told her he wanted to help her make new friends, the conversation played out like this:

"Roxas, are you alright?"

"What do you mean?"

"You are doing something for someone other than yourself."

"W-what? I'm not that self-absorbed."

"I'm sorry, but you are."

"...Aren't you going to say just kidding?"

"No."

"Gah! I just want to help you make friends. I have my gain to it too! Um...if you get more friends, you won't always be clinging to me."

"So...I'm a bother?"

"NO! GAH! I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY!"

"See? Was that so hard to say?"

"...yes."

Roxas and Namine were now walking back to their dressing rooms after finishing yet another scene. It was then a tall blond came to them. The blond wore black clothes and had a grin on his face. Neither of the actors recognized him.

"Hey! It's a pleasure to meet you two!" the man said with a goofy grin.

Roxas and Namine exchanged glances. Roxas then pulled out his cellphone and dialed a number.

"Hey, security, we have a fanboy near our dressing rooms. Remove him," Roxas said into the phone.

"I'M NOT A FANBOY!" the man yelled, "I'm here to see Namine!"

Roxas looked at Namine, asking if she knew the man. She simply shook her head. Roxas sighed and went back onto the phone.

"Yeah, come as soon as possible to remove him," Roxas said once again.

The man took the phone out of the star's hand and pressed the end button. He sighed and looked exhaustively at the two.

"I'm Dr. Demyx. I'm here to talk to Namine about her father. He's at my hospital and needs a kidney donated. We often ask relatives to donate one, but he told us he had none. After a bit a research, I found out about you. Would you be willing to donate one to your father?" he said clearly.

Namine's eyes widened. She just stared at Demyx. Roxas noticed this tension. Namine then spoke.

"Can I talk to him before I decide? And will you be doing any tests on me?" she asked.

"Well, we will check if you're complete healthy before we do the surgery," Demyx explained.

"Alright. I'll go with you," she said quietly. She then turned to Roxas, "Will you come with me?"

Roxas blinked once and nodded.

"Kairi, I'm sorry!" Sora repeated.

Kairi just gave him a cold glare. They were talking in his car as they drove to the studio.

"Sora, do you know how many people I have to call AND mail now? Instead of apologizing, help me fix it alright! This is my wedding!" Kairi shouted.

Sora was silent. Kairi felt awkward in the sudden silence. Kairi stared at Sora. Sora refused to look at her because he had to keep his eyes on the road. He spoke once again.

"Right, this is your wedding. It's not like I'm paying for it. It's not like I'm a big part of it. It's not like it's something that belongs to both of us," Sora muttered.

Kairi was silent. There was that silence again.

"Sora, I'm sorry if I'm acting like a major bitch. I'm just stressed and all. Please. Just understand," Kairi pleaded.

Sora's angry expression became softer. He let out a sigh.

"I want to be angry at you. But I can't. I guess I just love you too much," Sora said with a smile.

Kairi smiled back. They had reached the traffic light, which was red. As Sora pulled to a stop, Kairi reached her hand toward the radio to change the station. The song that was currently playing was Roxas and Kairi's song when they were dating. She knew Sora hated to hear it. Sora then used his right hand to stop her hand. She looked up at him, confused. Sora gave a small smile.

"It's okay. You really like this song and I just got to grow up and deal with it," he replied.

She smiled and held on his hand. She knew that Sora was the right choice for her. There was a little spec of doubt in her though. There was something inside of her telling him that this wasn't enough. There was more to it.

"Hi, dad."

Namine said as she entered her dad's room in the hospital. Roxas stood outside with Demyx. They wanted to give Namine alone time with her father. After all, they haven't talked in years. Namine's father walked out on the family when she was eight.

"So why'd you go so far to find Namine?" Roxas asked.

"Ah, well, her father has been really growing on me. He's such a great guy. I like him so much that I want him out of this hell hole as soon as possible and hope to never see him again here. I don't want to him to suffer," Demyx said with a sigh, "By the way, what's the deal with you and Namine now?"

Roxas blushed and looked away, "Nothing. We're just friends."

"Really? After you used her and all? And what happened to that ex of yours?"

"I've tried contacting her, but I just can't. And Namine forgave me. She's really sweet like that. We're really good friends."

"Oh? So she's available? Maybe I'll ask her out then..."

Roxas glared at him, "Don't you dare. Don't even think about it."

Demyx chuckled, "See? You totally want her. You chose helping her over getting your ex back. That's something."

"How do you know so much?" Roxas shot.

"I read magazines, you know."

"Scary."

It was then Namine came. She held a composed face. Demyx and Roxas turned their attention to her.

"I'll donate my kidney," she said softly.

Demyx nodded and walked away with her. Roxas stared at the fading figures. He could feel Namine was scared. Scared of what?

Olette didn't get it. First Hayner is all "I WANT TO BE WITH YOU!" Then, the other night happens.

Olette cried into Hayner's arms. He held her tight.

"I'm so sorry, Hayner. You were right. Roxas is just a big jerk and I don't need him," Olette sobbed, "I really want to make it up to you. Can we hang out? We could go back to dating, but try it for real."

Hayner was silent. Olette looked up into his eyes. By looking into his eyes, most of the time, she could tell how he was feeling. This time, the emotion seemed empty.

"Actually, I don't think we should date either. Can we just be friends?"

What?

It made no sense to her. She sat in class, staring at Hayner who sat in front of her. She paid no attention to the teacher's words at all. Hayner slowly turned to look back at her and noticed she was staring.

"Olette, eyes on the teacher. This is important stuff," he whispered.

Olette blinked twice and looked at the teacher immediately. Things didn't seem so different. Why did she feel like he ripped a big piece of her heart out though?

Namine was lying down on the hospital bed. She was wearing the patient gown as well. Roxas sat down on a chair near the bed. They were currently talking about Namine's father.

"So why are you doing this? You know, donating this kidney to him?" Roxas asked.

"Because I love him," she said simply.

"Yeah, but he left your family when you were eight. Don't you hate him or anything?"

"I could never hate him. I can tell he never liked me. But he tried. He tried to love me. It's okay that he couldn't. After all, I do remind him of my mom."

"You two do look alike," Roxas said, recalling the photos.

Namine nodded, "He couldn't bear to be with my mom anymore. It was really too much for him. I understood that he had to go. I just wish he stayed longer."

Roxas didn't know what to say. He couldn't relate to her at all. Playing characters similar to her wouldn't cut it either. Namine noticed that Roxas was at a loss of words and spoke again.

"What about your parents, Roxas? What are they like?" she asked.

This caught Roxas off-guard. "Ah, well, I'm not that close to them really. I spent most of my childhood with the nanny. I don't really talk to my parents that much."

Namine frowned, "That's not very good. Family bonds are important. You should call them up or something."

"Like I would. They're probably too busy or something. Why would I even want to call them up?" Roxas sighed.

Dr. Demyx entered the room at this point. He motioned for Roxas to leave. Roxas left reluctantly. When asked why he had to leave, Demyx just replied with "Patient-Doctor confidentiality". Roxas watched from the window what was happening. He could only imagine what they were saying.

Through the window, he saw Demyx approach Namine. He could see the unsteadiness in Demyx's body language. Demyx began speaking. Namine held a unreadable expression. She only nodded slowly and looked away. Demyx began to pat her on the back as she covered her face with her hands. Roxas had no doubt that she was starting to cry. Roxas wanted to go up to her and make her stop crying so bad. He wanted to help her. However, he did not move. He felt so helpless when she began shedding those tears.

As he waited outside for their conversation to finish, Roxas took out his cellphone and looked through his contacts. He then found the number he was looking for and pressed send. He waited for the person to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Hi, mom," Roxas greeted.

"Roxas, is that you? Wait, you're actually calling me up? Are you alright? Is it another money thing? If it is, I'll gladly hand over some more thousands."

"No, mom. I just wanted to call you up...to talk," Roxas said, scratching his head.

His mother was silent. Roxas was unaware is she was happy to hear from him or not.

"So what's new Roxas? Tell me," she asked.

"Ah, well, Olette and I broke up," Roxas began.

"Oh thank god," she said with a relieved sigh.

"Mom!"

"Well, dear, she was never good for you. She seemed too much of a friend than a girlfriend when you two were together. Just saying."

"Whatever. Anyways, um, my manager, Sora, is getting married to my ex-girlfriend, Kairi."

"How wonderful for them. I did like Kairi. She was nice. Though, she wasn't good for you either. She seemed attracted to you only because of your looks."

"Well, I am sexy, aren't I?" Roxas said with a smirk.

"No matter how I answer that, it will sound wrong. So do you have any new women in your life now after you and Olette broke up?" his mother asked, "No prostitutes right?"

"Well," Roxas began, looking toward Namine, "I'm friends with this girl. She's...amazing. She's just so sweet and pure. She...I can't describe her."

"AWW! You like her!" his mother exclaimed, causing other female voices to appear in the background.

Roxas sighed as he heard his mother's friends asking about Roxas and Namine. The chatter ended quicker than he expected though. His mother began speaking to him once again.

"Roxas, what's her name?" she asked.

"Namine," Roxas replied.

It was then a silence came. Roxas was surprised to not hear anything coming from his mother. His mother was very talkative and acted like a teenage girl at most times. He began to worry.

"Mom? You there?" he asked.

"Roxas, tell me what her last name."

Roxas never heard this tone from his mother before. He quickly told her Namine's last name. His mother was silent again. Roxas was getting nervous. What did his mother know about Namine that he didn't? His mother spoke once again.

"Roxas, don't fall in love with her."

"What? What are you saying, mom?"

"Roxas, I'm not going to tell you, but you can get the story out of her. Just ask about how her mom died. That's all you need to do."

The dial tone was the next thing he heard. He looked down at his cellphone. She hung up on him. This was scaring Roxas. What the heck was going on?

Hayner, Olette, and Pence were walking back to their separate apartments. Pence and Hayner were talking about something about this year's Struggle. Olette wasn't really listening. Her mind was preoccupied.

"So, Pence, mind if I move back in with ya?" Hayner asked.

Olette's ears went alert at this. She felt a bit in pain to be watching this conversation.

"Sure. Why? Are you two in a fight or something? Or did you guys break up?" Pence asked.

Olette opened her mouth to speak, but she couldn't find the words to say. Hayner looked over to her, seeing the expression on her face. Once their eyes met, Olette could feel that Hayner wanted her to say something. He wanted her to say what she felt.

"Hello? No answer?" Pence asked.

Hayner looked back at Pence, "It's something like that."

Olette shut her mouth, biting her lip. She honestly didn't know what to say.

Roxas walked into Namine's room in the hospital. She had changed back into her street clothes. This caused a surprised expression to form on Roxas's face.

"Why are you dressed like that? What about the surgery?" Roxas asked.

"I'm not donating it to him anymore, Roxas," Namine said quietly.

"Why?"

"It's complicated."

"Come on, I can keep up," Roxas insisted.

Namine just shook her head. She then let out a smile.

"My dad will just have to have a kidney donated from someone else. No biggie," she said.

Namine began to go over to the corner, picking up her bag. Roxas recognized the bag. It was the bag she always took with her. The one her necklace fell out of. His mother's words came back into his mind. He shook his head, hoping to dispel the thoughts.

"So, Namine, if this isn't too much to ask, can you tell me how your mom died?" Roxas asked, unsteady.

Namine froze. She turned to stiffly to face Roxas. Biting her lip, she hesitated whether she should tell him. She avoided eye contact.

"I can't tell you right now."

"When can you tell me?" Roxas questioned.

Namine closed her eyes, as if she were trying to wake up from a bad dream. She opened them once more, looking a bit more confident.

"When the time is right."

A/N: Demmy~ I just noticed my chapters are getting longer o.o If any you happen to dislike long chapter, let me know, I guess. Also, did anyone notice that Roxas's mom is Fuka (my oc)? She acted a bit more seriously here though. The next chapter will be focusing on Namine, Hayner, and a bit of Sora.

Rosorace Ecclesia: ...I actually had fun writing that scene xD

iRhyme: Glad you liked the ending ^__^

riceball793: xDD I loved writing that line.

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