Now, as promised here is chapter 2! I had originally posted this on my dA account (see RelentlessRoxas...I know Im not that creative with usernames) but it got too tedious so I turned to fanfic! w00t! Anyway, as always please read and review this and Roxas?

Roxas: The author does not own Kingdom Hearts, but is still annoying.

Me: WHY YOU LITTLE! COME BACK HERE YOU PUNK!

Chapter 2: About Time

It was cold outside when I left the Papau Café. Even though I had my black hoodie on, the wind was still able to pierce through the thin fabric. All I could think about was her.

Her face…

The way she smiled…

The way her cheeks turned blood red when she blushed…

Her eyes…

oh her eyes…

It was like you could swim in the tree-like brownness of them…

Pull it together man! You've only known this girl for less than a couple of hours and you're already crushing HARD on her!

As much as I hated my inner monologue, it had a good point/argument. I mean, I've never felt this way around a girl or lack of being around her. It was like time just stood still and it was just me and her in the room. I had to shake the picture of her face out of my mind or else I felt like I was going to lose it. I pulled out my phone to check what time it was. 2:41. I told my parents that I'd be home by dinner time which is usually around five-ish. So that left me with about two hours to walk around town.

The town of Midgar was relatively large and had a lot of shops and store to browse along with a number of restaurants and cafés. Walking down the sidewalk, I surveyed my surrounds. People were bustling around as if this were Times Square. Love it or hate it, you could easily blend in with this town. I usually tried to do just that: blend in. In school I had a good number of really good friends, not as many as compared to the more popular kids, but I was very much content with my small clique. To me, I didn't need to associate myself with tens of kids because it meant the larger the number, the more problems you'll have.

It was the end of December, and we only had around three days left of our winter vacation from school. As I continued to be lost in thought down the sidewalk, a familiar voice was calling out my name. "Oi Roxas! Over here man!" I could emidetly tell who the voice belonged to. Shouting at me was one of my best friends Hayner. He had a leather jacket on and skinny jeans and his hair was always a dark blonde stringy type of hair.

Next to him, I could make out two other figures by the door. The one on his left was a slightly big guy with a red jersey on and long baggy pants. He was wearing his signature Dogtown hat which seemed to always be on his head no matter what. Whether it was a Sunday church sermons, a graduation party for his brothers, or a date with a girl. That freakin hat never left his skull.

Finally on the left of Hayner was a girl, a girl with a very slender figure with long dark brown flowing hair. She had on a coat with fur trimming all around it and a skirt for some reason. Didn't she know it was winter?

"Roxas! You wanna come in the parlor with us for some hot fries?" Pence said, he was always thinking about food.

"Yeah come on Roxy" Oh how he blushed so hard every time Olette called him that. "It'll be fun, besides Hayner said he was paying!"

"Whoa whoa, back it up. First off I never said I was paying for the food because knowing Pence he's going to eat the whole buffet." Pence shot him a mean but playful look and he was about to argue but gave up "Yeah, I probably would."

"And second you know he hates it when you call him that Olette." She blushed a little. "Right, sorry Roxas. I forgot." Honestly I could've cared less. She can call me whatever she likes. Olette and me, along with Hayner and Pence have been friends and known each other for about thirteen years. Once high school started, Olette I guess registered as 'girl' to me. Before when we were just kids, she acted like one of the guys but now she turned into a beautiful, attractive girl! As Hayner bluntly put it one night when he and I were hanging at his place: "I'd totally hit that man." True, Hayner had expressed feelings towards Olette previously but she had never returned the favor. A part of me figured it was cause she might like me, a long shot, but still it was a burning thought in the back of my head.

"Hey Roxas! Dude pay attention, I asked you a question." I snapped out of my daze. "Huh? Oh sorry Hayner…guess I was daydreaming again." Hayner was giving money to the clerk to pay for our food.

"Yeah no kidding, anyways…like I was saying. What are your plans for winter break?"

I hadn't really thought about that at all. Christmas vacation was coming up in a couple of days and we had about two weeks off school.

"Not sure, I know my parents are going out west to see my dad's parents but there not taking me because air-fare is too expensive because it's the holidays. So they stuck me with my grandma as a babysitter. I swear man, a bomb could go off in the house and she still wouldn't hear it."

Everyone busted out laughing at my joke, unfortunate they knew all too well that it wasn't a joke.

"That's the best news I've heard all day man!" Pence exclaimed wiping tears of laughter from his eyes.

"What are you tal-" "Think about it Roxas, you could sneak out and come over for my bonfire party. I hear Namine is going to be there too." He winked at me. "Why are you still hung up on her man? She dumped me, plus I don't have ANY feelings for her anymore."

"That's bull and you know it Roxas!" Hayner noted. "That was only like two months ago, there's no way you're over her already." Olette still didn't say anything about Namine. I think she kinda was jealous of her or something else.

Okay so MAYBE I do still have some-sort-of feelings towards her, I mean we did date for about a year and a half…that's got to mean something. But what about that other girl…crap what was her name? I just met her not like two hours ago…KAIRI! That's it!

"I don't know Hayner. I might invite this girl I met today…if that's cool with you Pence that I bring someone to your bonfire." Olette's smile on her face quickly disappeared.

"Oh yo-you met a girl today Roxas? What's her name?" "Haha why are you so curious Olette?" Hayner interrupted." You jealous of this new girl huh?"

"I am not!" Her tone was very defensive, plus she blushed a little.

She DOES like me…I knew it!

"Forget Hayner Roxas, what's her name though?" Olette once again asked.

"Kairi. Her name is Kairi. I met her today while I was getting a bite to eat at the Papau Café." A weird look on her face so followed.

"KAIRI? Long auburn hair? Pretty? Blue eyes?"

I take it as she knows her…great

"Uh yeah that fits her description perfectly, I'm assuming you know her?" "Yes I know her. I met her freshman year in my Econ class. I guess you could say we've become pretty good friends." Her tone was almost a sad one.

"Oooooh Roxas's got a new girlfriend! Man you are so screwed! You know you can't go out with her cause she's friends with Olette!" "What does that have to do with anything Hayner?" I asked, once again Olette's face seemed to drop even lower at this point. Wrong move man.

"I didn't mean that to sound like it did Olette." "No…no it's cool…really. I mean Kairi's a nice girl. She would be a good match for you." She was faking a smile, this really kinda hurt me inside to see her like this.

"Anyway! Are you going to call her Roxas?" Pence said with French-fries still in his mouth. "I don't know man…I gatta think about it. That might be moving kinda fast don't you think. Ya know for a first date when I just met her today and your bonfire is next week?" This just got a hell'ave a lot more complicated. As usual, can't seem to catch a brake anymore.

"Well enough about me, what about you Olette? You're going to Pence's bonfire party right?" She nodded her head and smirked.

Awkward silenced filled our table until…"Well I'm done eatin so lets head out!" Hayner announced as he got up from his seat. He grabbed Pence's arm to signal for him to come along as well. "He-y hey! I wasn't finished with that!" His voice trailed off as the two headed out of the restaurant. Leaving me alone with Olette...this should be interesting.

"Sooo…?" Was the only thing I could think of saying.

"Yeah?" A smile formed on her face. "I'm glad they left…it gives us more time to spend…together Roxas…" She took my hand and placed it in hers.

"Roxas can I ask you something?" "Uh sure? Shoot." "Well I was wondering if you weren't doing anything THIS weekend…if you might want to come over to my house and watch a movie or something…?"

Is…is she asking me out? How am I supposed to respond to that? I mean don't get me wrong she's hot and all but we've been friends for as long as I can remember.

Going against my better judgement…"Sure Olette! That'd be fun." I tried to fake a smile. "GREAT!" She took my hand, and much like Hayner did to Pence, dragged me out of my seat and made a bee-line towards the exit.

"Hu-h Wai-" was all I could mutter out but she didn't hear a word I said.

We were now outside the restaurant and it was starting to snow lightly.

"Hah Olette what's got-"

Before I knew it, she pulled me closer to her. "Shhh. Don't talk. Just kiss me." Sure enough I felt myself gravitating even closer towards her lips. She closed her eyes and kissed me, nothing fancy but still…SHE KISSED ME!

We held the kiss for what seemed like a decade. It was unexpected to say the least but was…nice. She pulled away and just stood there smiling at me, staring into my gray eyes. But her smile soon faded and she quickly turned away from me.

"I'm so sorry Roxas…I didn't mean well actually I did mean to do that. Well I've been meaning to do that for a while now and I jus-" Out of nowhere, I grabbed her shoulders to spin her around and kissed her again.

What is going on with me? I never do anything like this?

"Wo-wow Roxas! Where did that come from?" Her cheeks were turning a bright red once again. "I-I don't know Olette. Just seemed like it was the right thing to do I guess." "Roxas…I've like you for a long time…and I just didn't know how to say it because I didn't know how you would respond. Plus when you mentioned Kairi, well then I just kinda let it go…"

"Let what go Olette?" Now I was curious. "Let go the fantasy of us…us being together go." She played with her hair by running a finger through it coyly. I have to admit, it was rather cute to watch.

"Well I should get going, I have to be home for dinner soon." Her smile subsided and I quickly took notice. "But you can text me tonight and then we have this weekend to look forward to!"

"Right…right! Yeah we do! Well I guess I'll talk to you later tonight then…" "Yep. Later Olette!"

I turned away and started my journey back home on the sidewalk with way too much running through my head. It's not even 6 pm yet and I'm already having a complicated day!Just hope things at home are chill…please be chill…

I put my headphones in and started to scroll through the artist names. Satisfied once I passed over Apocalypitica and quickly selected their string cover of Nothing Else Matters. That song held much symbolosim in my own life…it was a contradiction in the sense that something as heavy and distorted as a Metallica song could be tamed and changed into something even more beautiful and calming.

That's how I viewed my own life sadly, once I admitted to myself that I was very jaded in that of I tend not to trust people or let those I care about into my life. As once stated: "You have to trust someone to be betrayed." This acted as my motto for life. Like the song, a curse and a blessing.

My thoughts on Olette were slowly passing as she also made her way back home with similar thoughts in her head as well. I didn't turn around to see her go, not sure why but I just continued walking down my intended path. If my thoughts are this messed up…I wonder what's going through her head right now…

Olette's POV:

I just stood there and kissed him! I couldn't believe I FINALLY did that!

I turned away…nervous that it wasn't right for friends to kiss like that and I was about to go run away from him and make a mad dash for home. When all of a sudden I feel this hand on my shoulder spinning me back around.

"I'm so sorry Roxas…I didn't mean well actually I did mean to do that. Well I've been meaning to do that for a while now and I jus-" I was stuttering at this point before I felt his lips touch mine.

Did HE just kiss ME? Wait HE kissed ME back! YAY!

Those mere seconds were seconds of bliss, absolute bliss.

"Wo-wow Roxas! Where did that come from?" I stood there speechless, in a state of ecstasy shock.

"I-I don't know Olette. Just seemed like it was the right thing to do I guess." He was smiling and his cheeks were turning red. I closed my eyes and smiled back at him. I think he saw my smile as a sign that he was blushing and didn't even realize it.

I still stood there…in even more shock. I've never seen this side of Roxas ever before in my life. It was his, his more romantic side. One that was only described to me well not technically described to ME but I overheard a conversation between Roxas and Hayner. Where Roxas was describing how his first date with Namine was.

I hated her. Right from the start, mainly because she had what seemed like a fantasy for me to ever possess which is his heart and his love towards myself. The emotion behind his voice that day was almost unheard of, he was like a giddy little kid who got a free lollypop that was bigger than his head. He went on to tell of how pretty she was and how much they had in common and the fact that they were hanging out for over four hours but it felt like only minutes to him.

Then to top it all off of my hatred towards her, she goes and dumps him for no bloody reason! Not one! He put his heart out on the line for her and after about two years of being together meant absolutely nothing to her…that witch.

Okay I can do this! Just tell him how you feel Olette…

"Roxas…I've like you for a long time…and I just didn't know how to say it because I didn't know how you would respond. Plus when you mentioned Kairi, well then I just kinda let it go…"

He responded quickly. "Let what go Olette?"

Now I nervous as ever trying to form normal sentences at this point.

"Let go the fantasy of us…us being together go." I said as I ran my fingers through my hair. I hate it when I do that. I always do that whenever I get nervous. How's he going to respond to that one…please don't hate me Roxas…

"Well I should get going, I have to be home for dinner soon." My heart sank. I moved too soon! I knew I shouldn't have said anything none the less KISS him!

At this point I'm trying so hard to hold back tears when he said "But you can text me tonight and then we have this weekend to look forward to!" A big goofy grin formed on his face now.

"Right…right! Yeah we do! Well I guess I'll talk to you later tonight then Roxas…" Still stuttering and playing with my hair…awesome.

"Yep. Later Olette!" And he turned his back to me and made his way home.

Why can't relationships ever be easy? I thought to myself as I stood there in a daze just watching the person I care most about walk away from me.