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Namine opened her blue eyes slowly, groaning for the light that was pouring in the room from the window. She felt dizzy and disoriented and her body was sore. She couldn't remember anything from last night's party and what most terrified her was the fact that she was in an unknown place.

"Where... am I?" Her tremulous voice reflected all her anxiety.

"Ugh what happened? My head is going to explode." Carefully Namine got into a sitting position; she touched her forehead and felt a bandage covering it. Her eyes widened when she remembered the accident.

Two yellowish orbs flashed predatory in her mind. Pieces of yesterday started to flood her frenzied mind while her body trembled uncontrollably from the fear and shock, her little hand clutched the sheets tightly.

Namine looked around her. It was more than obvious that she wasn't in her home neither a place she knew.

The room was pretty normal in size, it had light gray walls with nothing hanging on them. The bed where she was sitting had baby blue colored sheets and matching pillows, the closet in front of her was big enough for two person but it was practically empty, beside her was a small wood bureau with a pair of black sweatpants and matching sweatshirt, next to the closet was a door and to her left was a window with light blue curtains and another door. There were no mirrors, she noticed.

Behind one of the doors she could hear a slight unintelligible murmur. With all her concentration she tried to decipher what the voice was saying but only could catch pieces of the conversation.

In the hallway just a few steps from the room where the fair-haired girl rested Roxas was calling someone.

"I already told you, it was an accident!" Roxas' voice said a little too loudly trying to stay calm but failing epically.

"You say so dude but you just got involved in something you can't control." Axel reasoned with his hot-headed friend.

"And what did you expect me to do, watch her bleed to death."

"No, but you could help her and leave her in that place or called someone with her mobile. It wasn't necessary bring her to your place, you know."

"Anyway just tell me, are you going to help me or not?" Roxas huffed while massaging his temples.

"I don't have another option, do I? I'll be at your place in like 2 days, try to think in a plan and Roxas... don't do something stupid, got it memorized?"

"Yeah yeah, see you Axel." He said ending the conversation and keeping his phone inside his pocket.

Seconds later Roxas entered the room eyeing Namine's fragile form sat on the bed. He didn't move more than just two or three steps in front the door. She turned her head to the door to see who entered; neither of them said a thing they just stared at each other.

"Where am I?" she asked. Her voice was hoarse.

"At my place." He replied monotonously.

"Why am I here?" She was indeed surprised that she was in his house.

"Because you're injured and I don't know where you live."

"Why am I injured? What happened last night?" Namine said raising her voice.

"Does it matter?"

"Why did you help me?"

"Do I have to have a reason?" He said annoyed. She was getting on his nerves quickly.

"..."

"...I left spare clothes in the night table. The bathroom is the door beside the window if you want to shower." Roxas told her before turning to leave.

"Wait!" She suddenly said.

"What?"

"Eh I..."

"Just clean yourself." He said slamming the door when he went out.

"Why the hell did I say that?" Namine thought bringing her knees to her chest.

Slowly the girl did her way to the bathroom. Her legs and arms felt like they weighed a ton.

She closed the bathroom's door behind her. It had cream colored tiles, the shower and the bathroom furniture were white and there was a full-length mirror where she could see her mistreated state.

Her beautiful blue dress was now dirty, ripped and blood stained giving her an appearance of horror movie actress. She ran her hands onto the dress and realized how dirty she felt so she carefully took it off. Her flaxen hair was dirty and messy and her arms and legs had bruises and cuts everywhere but what attracted most her attention was the mark on her left shoulder. It was like an X with pointy corners, the same symbol Roxas had in a charm, imprinted on her milky skin with black tint. With her index finger she traced the drawing.

"When did this thing appear?" She said to herself still touching the mark then she sigh tiredly.

The girl left the spare clothes with her discarded dress on a towel rail and opened the faucet of the shower while she entered into it. The warm water made her wounded skin tingle with relief.

Namine stayed there until her fingertips were like raisins, she felt so relaxed and calm that she didn't want to leave. After a few minutes more she came out and wrapped her body in a towel that she found in a drawer then without paying much attention she put on clothes, brushed her hair and folded the pants to her knees to not drag it and left the bathroom to meet with Roxas.

The girl walked in the hallway slowly taking in her surroundings. The place was small, most probably an apartment and was practically empty.

She could hear a sound coming from what she supposed was the kitchen so she headed there. There, leaning on a counter was Roxas clad in a white shirt and jeans. It was an average kitchen with a small wood table in the middle.

"Take a seat." Roxas ordered her before drink the last gulp of the milk he was drinking. Namine did what she was told.

They sat across each other a few minutes in complete silence until the boy said "So, how are you feeling?" He said awkwardly.

"F-fine thanks... ahm what am I exactly doing here?"

"Are you uncomfortable or something being here?" He said leaning his head on his hand.

"Could you give me a proper answer instead of another question?"

"Maybe, maybe not." She rolled her eyes at his response.

"What happen yesterday night?" She asked shifting her hands under the table.

"You had a car accident."

"What were you doing there?"

"Just walking." He said looking in other direction.

"Why did you help me? You hate me." She put special emphasis in the word hate.

"Did I have another option? It's common sense to help people in distress. It doesn't matter if I dislike you or not." He said matter of fact.

"So you stroll in the streets in the middle of the night alone and help people just for hobby?" She said arching a brow in incredulity.

"A simple 'thank you' was more than enough and for your information it's a very popular hobby nowadays." He countered her with a cocky smile. She frowned.

"..."

"If that's all-" The boy walked past her straight to the door but Namine stood up immediately and grabbed him by the wrist.

"Roxas please wait!" She said in a rush then everything happened too fast for her to register it.

In a second her back was against a wall, the boy's hands were at sides of her head and his face was inches away from hers.

"Don't. Say. My. Name. Didn't I already tell you that? Now listen carefully ok, I helped you and that's all you have to know." Roxas hissed.

"No, you listen to me. Something, I don't know what but something happened yesterday and I demand you to tell me!" She pushed him away from her and yelled. Something clicked in Namine's mind. It was a mix of anger, fright and a necessity of answers that made her act that way.

"So now you're demanding me?" He said obviously mocking her.

"Please I'm just trying to give sense to everything." She bent her face, her bangs shadowed her eyes but he could hear that she was in the brim of crying.

Painfully slow Roxas let go the air in his lungs with a sigh. He surely as hell was going to regret it and soon.

"If you want answers first you have to tell me what exactly is what you remember." He muttered tired, leaning on the table.

"What I remember… I don't know exactly but… I remember driving to my home until something jumped in front of my car and I tried to avoid it, that's how I crashed. I went out of my car but my leg was trapped and when I finally got out a… monster with yellow eyes appeared. Then you came and killed it." She said looking straight at his eyes.

"That's all?" Roxas asked. The question itself made Namine think that there was more than what she could remember.

"That's all. Well there is something more. When I woke up I discover this symbol." She said hopeful to find some answer, showing him the mark in her shoulder skin.

His cobalt eyes widened a little in shock and disconcertion, his muscles tensed and his hand gripped the edge of the table, his mind went wild trying to find a way to explain her. "What the hell? That mark... Why did she have it? It's senseless! Roxas calm down, panic isn't going to help." He thought then he said. "Are you going to believe everything I say?"

"Ye...yes." Namine answered hesitant. His voice was somber and send chills through her spine.

"The creature that attacked you was a heartless and it's basically a mass of darkness. Its unique purpose is to chase and devour hearts."

"They eat...hearts?" Namine grimaced at the idea of that thing eating her heart.

"Not the organ if that's what you're imagining. How do I explain it, what they eat is your very essence. All your dreams, desires, memories, all the things that identifies you, the light in you, they take it away from you."

"So I would be dead if you hadn't rescued me?"

"Worse, your whole existence would have disappeared. It would be like you never existed. People who held memories of you will eventually forget."

"That's awful. How can such things exist and how can you fight them?" She was horrified with his words.

"That's because I don't have a heart anymore."

"You're n-not human?"

"I AM human well maybe half of one." Roxas chuckled somberly like mocking of himself.

"What do you mean?"

"I renounced to something in order for my wish to been granted."

"Your wish? Is that really important?"

"That's none of your business. I already told you enough."

"Wait, what's with the mark?"

"You don't have to worry about it. It'll disappear in a few days, maybe."

"I see…" Namine's back slid down the wall until she was sitting with her knees close to his chest and her arms wrapped around her legs as if trying to stay whole, her breathing was heavy and slow and her eyes were wide open. All that Roxas had told her was too much to take.

"Hey are you feeling ok? Did you need water or something?" Roxas asked, advanced tentatively and knelt beside her.

"I want to go home." She stated quietly, looking straight at his eyes pleadingly.

"Ok, I'll take you there. By the way this is yours." He took a small blue device from his jean pocket and handed it to her.

"My mobile phone… thanks." She said emotionless retrieving her belongings.

Seconds later Roxas left the kitchen leaving a shocked Namine sitting on the floor and clutching at her phone like dear life.

Was he saying the truth? What was going to happen now? Is this the reality or just a bad joke? Everything was going to return to the normality like nothing?... Roxas and she would be what they were before yesterday, only lab partners? She really hoped so.

God it took me a while to upload this chapter but is finally here, I took some inspiration in the movie and books of "The Hunger Games" that I personally recommend n.n

Now that I think it isn't a chapter with action just a lot of dialog but somehow I like it hehe I thought it would be good to clarify some things before the real action begins.

Well I would greatly appreciate if you leave your opinions, constructive criticism or suggestions oh and thank you very much to all those wonderful people who added "Intertwined Lights" to their alert list or favorite list, I truly appreciated it.

That's it for now until the next update: D!