Guess what? You get to meet Riku finally XD I love this chapter. It's one of my favorite in this story so far :)

Anyway, thanks to all of you who bothered to review for my last chapter, and I hope that more of you will be nice and review XD (Once again, I'm not joking. Please review.)

So yeah... the full title of this chapter is; EMO= Extravagantly Made Oragami...

Thanks for reading :)

~Sunechirei

"I can't believe you're leaving," Hayner muttered, looking down at his feet. "It's going to be so weird without you here."

We were at the airport, all four of us, saying goodbye to Pence and Olette as they were about to take off for their amazing summers. It had been a week since school had been let out, and some of the most crazy things had happened to me since then, most of which I don't even want to mention, so the fact that I was doing something somewhat normal was kind of a relief. Well, it would be if I weren't saying goodbye to two of my best friends.

Life really doesn't like me.

"Oh Hayner. It's not that bad. I mean, you're going to see us during winter break and what not," Olette said.

Ugh... the love tension between those two is so awkward!

I exchanged a glance with Pence and could tell he was thinking the same thing. I just wanted those two to get together already, then we can all move on with our lives.

"Well, we have to get going, don't we, Olette," Pence suddenly said, startling the two infatuated teens who were obsessed with each other. "I know that leaving these two is bad, but it would be worse if we missed our flights and had to pay for another one."

A smile played at my lips. Pence was always the most sensible out of all of us, not having been struck by love (Olette and Hayner) or stuck in an impossible situations (me).

"You're right... I guess," Olette muttered. She placed her bag on the ground and quickly hugged me, then Hayner. "I'll try and come back before summer's over and my classes start, but I can't guarantee anything. I will be back for Christmas no matter what though, so be prepared to see me in December!" There were tears in her eyes as she backed off. Pence muttered something along the same lines as Olette, though he didn't cry.

And then they left. Hayner and I watched them walk side by side down the hall towards security, and I had a nagging feeling that the next time I saw them, things would be very different on both of our ends.

Once the two were out of sight, Hayner and I headed out of the airport, and to my car. I had been so happy to get my car back from the pound. When I saw her sitting in the parking lot after my hellish day a week ago, I realized that Ellie could perform something close to miracles. My parents would never know that I had gotten in trouble with the law, even though pretty much everyone else did.

But that was behind me, and now, I was sitting in my car, my best friend by my side, listening to awesome music as we sped through the morning traffic. What more could I ask for?

Not this.

Hayner suddenly reached across his seat and turned off the music, before saying, "Dude, I'm feeling all depressed. I'm going to hang out with you at work." I was about to say that it wouldn't be a good idea, but Hayner turned the music on again, drowning me out, so I gave up.

Red and Hayner are going to meet each other... This was going to be interesting. I couldn't help but think that they weren't going to get along at all, and that my life today was going to be total hell, again, but then again, if Hayner and Red didn't like each other, then I wouldn't have to deal with my best friend associating with my business partner. That would be nice.

I pulled into the parking lot, and was surprised to see that there weren't many cars there. Then again, it was noon, so everyone was probably out getting lunch or doing something that they wouldn't normally be allowed to do at work. I shuddered thinking of all the things that could be done. It wasn't pretty.

"So, do you have VIP parking or are you one of the low people on the totem pole?" Hayner asked me suddenly.

"Um... my dad is the CEO. What do you think?"

Sadly, this question seemed to be rather difficult for the dirty blond to answer, so I gave up and parked as far away from my original spot as possible. That would screw with him.

"Roxie! There you are! I thought your little friends had kidnapped you!"

This was Red's greeting when Hayner and I walked in the door to the building. He was sitting on Naminé's desk, talking to her, but when he saw us, or, me to be more accurate, he slid off, and headed over to us, grinning.

"You are not going to believe what's going on right now!" Red practically chirped grabbing me by the shoulder, and steering me towards the stairs. "You've heard of Riku, right? Well, he's been home sick this past week, and now he's back. But he's doped out on cough medicine! It's hilarious!" As interesting as an accountant high on cough medicine sounded, I was too distracted by the fact that Red was, yet again, dragging me around, and touching me so informally. Normally, I wouldn't care. I had kind of gotten over Red's weird boundary issues a while ago(once again, kinda), but this was not something I wanted Hayner to see.

I really wish I had just dropped him off at his house!

"Look, um... Alex-"

"Axel," the man coughed, obviously irritated I hadn't gotten his name right, once.

"-I really don't have time for this. You see, my friend-"

"So this is the crazy red-head you were telling me about! Interesting." Irritation. Hayner's voice was filled to the brim with it. Not a good sign. Being ignored, watching your best friend be man handled by some guy, and being depressed were not a good list of irritants you wanted Hayner to have all at once. Especially not after nine in the morning.

It was so awkward in the room after Hayner said this. He and Red were having a stare down, causing yet another awkward situation between us. This was getting really annoying.

Suddenly, Red held out his hand, breaking the tension. "Well, It's nice to meet you…" he trailed off, waiting to hear what name he should be calling the sandy haired boy.

"Hayner," he said, taking Red's hand. "Hayner Mural."

Oh.

Dear.

God.

They're going to get along!

I was not expecting this to happen. This was practically the worst thing that could ever happen. Okay, maybe I was exaggerating a bit, but still. This could not end well.

"Um, Axel?" Naminé's sweet voice called from her desk. I smiled at the sound, glad that there was some jewel in the hell hole of my job. Over the past week, I had started to talk to Naminé, and I was really starting to like her.

"Yes Naminé?" Red replied, interrupting my thoughts.

"Well, I was wondering if we could... you know, finish our conversation before you go running up to make fun of Riku. It's very important, you know." She smiled at, me, I think. It was hard to tell with her talking to Red, but I couldn't help but think she was looking at me when she flashed that beautiful smile, and it caused me to blush.

Damn hormones.

Hayner nudged me, nodding his head towards Naminé, asking silently if she was the girl I had told him about. I nodded, unable to hide the smile on my face, and Hayner punched me in the arm. Either he was making fun of me, or he was congratulating me. I couldn't tell. Either way, he was going to be interrogating me about this later. It would be a lot of fun. Not.

"Hello? Earth to Roxie. Again."

I looked up, rubbing my arm, "What?"

"Riku. High. On cough medicine. Let's go!"

"Wait, what about your conversation with Naminé-"

"Done, done and done. Let's go!"

Then I was being dragged around, again. It was really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, annoying. Did I mention just how annoying it was?

So we headed to the elevator, well, I was more pushed to it by Red, and Hayner was following. The ride up was odd for me. Red and Hayner seemed to be getting along then I ever had with either of them, and I was stuck in the middle of them, with Red's arm wrapped tightly around my shoulders. I was trying really hard to get him off of me, but it was no use. That guy is just too much stronger than I am.

Finally, we reached the twelfth floor, and Red let go of me, thank God, before striding out with confidence.

"Dude, that guy is awesome. I don't see what problems you have with him," Hayner said to me as we followed Red down the hall towards Ellie's office. I wasn't quite sure why we were going to see her, but I didn't think to much of it, as I replied to Hayner;

"He's just... weird. I don't know. He seems to be cool if we were going to be friends or something, but I'm going to have to work with him for the rest of my life." I let out a sigh before continuing, "I just don't know if he actually knows what he's doing."

Hayner didn't say anything to this, and I could feel a tense air rising between us, confusing me greatly. Did I just say something to offend him?

"You actually like working here, don't you?" Hayner asked after a moment. I turned to him, ready to protest, but hesitated. One week. I had been working here for one week, and I was beginning to realize that I actually did like this place. Sure, the people were weird when Dad wasn't around, and sure, I was being forced to be here so my family doesn't lose the Strife Hotel business to someone else, even though I would be sharing the rights to the company with Red, but I wasn't as unhappy as I thought I would be. I couldn't believe I hadn't noticed this before. "Dude, Roxas, you have got to stop spacing out like that."

I jumped, not realizing that I hadn't been paying attention, and that we were at Ellie's office door already. Red was grinning madly, obviously excited to see this Riku guy acting all giddy. I couldn't understand why, however, as seeing someone high was not as fun as someone may think. Hayner certainly wasn't that funny when he was on something. It was then I realized Hayner was waiting for an answer to his non-rhetorical question that I had been ignoring.

"Yeah. I guess I do," I said, ignoring the strange look I was getting from the tall red-head.

"Thought so."

I couldn't understand why Hayner seemed so pissed off. I mean, it wasn't a crime to like your job, was it? So what if I was happy with the fate that had been forced upon me, at least I wouldn't become all depressed. Then again, it's possible that's what Hayner wanted, for me to be depressed, so he wasn't alone in that category.

Suddenly, I felt like a bad friend.

The feeling passed quickly.

Red was about to open the door, but it slammed open before he could even reach the handle, and Ellie came storming out, her fists clenched, eyebrows knitted, and a scowl etched onto her face. Now normally, Ellie was calm, though she had a nasty choice of language, and very full of herself. Right now, she was distracted and irritated, so much so, in fact, that she nearly crashed into Red on her way out of her office. However, she stopped, right before she hit him, and looked at the three of us standing in front of her doorway.

A demented grin spread across her face. "That man, is a legal risk. I need him to get the hell out of here." Her eyes were blazing now, looking like golden flames of irritation, and for some reason, I had a feeling she was talking about Riku. That would explain why Red had brought me and Hayner here, though how he knew Riku would be here was lost to me. I also hoped that Ellie wasn't always like this around Riku, because truthfully, she was scaring the shit out of me.

"Oh, Ellie. It can't be that bad. I mean, how-"

"I'm going to find Sora and tell him to get his fucking friend out of here before he causes someone to get hurt. I just finished the paperwork from when Marluxia and Larxene were here and I don't want another huge project waiting for me." Without waiting for Red to say anything, the woman brushed past me and stormed off, leaving a fearful trail behind her.

Hayner and I exchanged glances, then looked at Red. I was only somewhat surprised to see him smiling like a fool.

"This is going to be very, very interesting."

Pushing open the door, which had closed slightly when Ellie mad let go of it, we saw a very... interesting scene.

There was a man in there, whom I assumed was Riku, sitting in the window sill, staring out the window. His long, silver hair was a mess and cast a shadow over his eyes, and he seemed to be muttering to himself about something. He was wearing jeans and a baggy t-shirt, but other than that, I didn't see what kind of legal risk he was. He was just sitting there, not even bothering to look up when the door opened, which he obviously heard because it was squeaky (again with the non-oiled doors. Seriously, Dad?). Why would that bug Ellie?

Suddenly, the man looked up, his sea-blue eyes staring us down intensely, but filled with Sorrow.

"She hates me," he whispered, "I made her hate me."

Uh...

"Now I don't know what to do. I was hoping she wouldn't hate me so much, but she does. Why is that, Axel?"

Yeah, I was really confused. This was Riku? The guy who Sora was always raving about, the guy Kairi said was really hot-headed, though not as much as Sora. This was Riku?

Next to me, Red took a step forward, obviously trying very hard not to laugh, and said, "I don't know. What did you do to her?"

"I came here. And then I... Huh, I don't remember."

It was then I remembered he had been sick for the past week and was on medicine. I couldn't help but marvel at how stupid I could be sometimes. Red and Riku continued to talk, when Hayner poked me in the shoulder.

"Dude, this guy is really emo..." He said, his eyes wide with amazement. "I think he even beats my mom when she gets into a slump." I snorted at the comparison, but unfortunately, this attracted the attention of Riku, who seemed to think I was laughing at his misery. I guess you could say he was kind of right.

"You're not very nice, you know that?" Riku stood up, his expression suddenly one of anger, rather than sadness. "I'm in love with that woman but she hates me, and it's all your fault. All because you laughed at me."

So, Riku has a thing for Ellie who I think has a thing for me... this should get interesting.

"I think Ellie was mad at you before I showed up," I said nervously, taken back by how tall Riku actually was. Sitting down, he seemed to be normal, maybe five seven or five eight, but now I could see that he was almost as tall as Red, who towered over me. Suddenly, things seemed a lot scarier. Luckily, a cheery voice sounded from behind me, and I recognized it as Sora.

"Riku! Come on. I'm going to take you back to your house. Ellie's afraid you're going to hurt someone." Riku's face fell at the sound of Ellie's name coming from Sora. He sat down again, his sorrow suddenly returning, causing Red to snicker. I hoped that Riku would freak out on Red, like he had on me, but no. I was just so special that I got attacked for no reason.

This guy is so weird. I thought to myself, then remembered, Cold medicine...

Sora pushed past me, not at all stunned by his friends actions. I had a feeling he was used to this. "Come on you lazy bum. Ellie will stop being mad at you if you come with me. Okay?" Riku cheered up a bit at Sora's words, and he stood up.

"Roxie, Hayner and I will come too," Red chided, patting Riku on the shoulder, "To, you know, help."

Yeah. Right. I was 100% sure Red did not want to go to "help" with what ever Sora needed help with. He was probably only going to make fun of-

Wait! Did he say I was going too?

So, I thought Riku was a messed up person before, but now, sitting in his living room, I was completely convinced this guy was insane. Not just crazy, but insane. Insane! I don't think I can stress that enough.

The apartment was fairly small, and nice looking. There was one bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a sitting area, where I was, and it was extremely neat.

Except for the fact there were hundreds of origami lying around the place.

Swans, flowers, frogs, dogs, balloons, you name it, it was there. All lying on the floor like large confetti, or multicolored snow. Neither would have fit with the black leather couch, dark flat screen TV, books and CD's, and a sword collection that littered the living room, creating a rather depressing (or relaxing feel I guess...) in the apartment.

"I'm beginning to see why you complain about your work so much," Hayner said suddenly, picking up a paper rose. "This guy is just really weird."

"He is, but I've never met him before, so I'm just as shocked as you are about this whole... ordeal."

Suddenly, a knife flew over Hayner's hand, just barely missing his fingers, and dug into the wall near the window. Both of us jumped up, Hayner letting go of the flower he was holding, and stared in shock at Riku, who was standing in the kitchen doorway, his hand out. I should have guessed this, but who knew Riku could throw knives...

"Don't touch the origami!" The man hissed, straightening up. From the kitchen, I heard Sora exclaim, "Oh shit! Riku don't throw knives at your boss' son!"

"Emo..." Hayner muttered in my ear. "That guy is like, the definition of that word." If I had found my voice, I would have agreed with Hayner on that, but at that moment I was too caught up trying not to freak out, that my wonderful voice box wasn't working.

It was then Red came into the apartment. I heard him shout from the doorway, "Uh, Riku? What's with all the origami?"

"I was bored. Being sick is really boring you know, so I looked up things to do when your bored and it came up with paper folding. It's so much fun! I didn't even know there were so many things you could fold before last week, but now, I'm a master at everything. Everything!" Riku let out a maniacal laugh, which turned into a coughing fit. Once again, awkward.

"Alrighty then, Riku. I think it's time for you to go to sleep," Sora said, rolling his eyes and pushing Riku towards the bedroom. Riku tried to protest in a whiny voice, but Sora silenced him with a smack over the head. "No. Seriously, Riku. Go to bed! I don't want to have to babysit you all night. I have a date with Kairi. Now go, before I get Axel to help."

Riku muttered something, but obliged, heading to his bedroom and slamming to door shut behind him. The four of us who were left all looked at each other, before Hayner asked, "Is he always so emo?"

We all laughed at that. Quietly though, so Riku wouldn't come out again.

"No. Not usually. I mean, he went through a phase like that during high school, but he got better when he was seventeen I think." Sora said, collapsing on the chair near the T.V. "He's just messed up because of his medicine."

"That's good." I muttered finally finding my voice. Three pairs of eyes turned to me questioningly. "Well, if I had to deal with Riku when he acted like that everyday, I have a feeling I would kill him."

"I agree," Red added, smirking at me, "Emoness is just not something I would want around the office all the time."

"You know," Sora said, "I don't think I know what emo means. What do you guys think."

Um... that's not random at all. I thought to myself. But Sora had a point. What did "emo" mean?

"I think it has something to do with emotions." Hayner said in a brilliant moment. "Think about it. Emo. Emotions. What do you think?"

I watched Red ponder this for a moment, "Hm... well, it could be short for 'emotional.' You know, because emo people are so emotional."

"That makes sense!"

"Doesn't it?"

"Uh, yes. That's why I said it makes sense."

"Well sorry. I don't really remember how to speak spunky teen."

"Dude, you seem like you wouldn't know how."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well-"

This was too much for me. Red and Hayner were having probably the stupidest conversation on in the world, and I really didn't want to listen to it. Unfortunately, I didn't get to yell at them, because Sora decided to pick that moment to say something;

"Hey, guys," he grinned as he said this, holding up a purple and gold paper crane, "What if EMO stands for 'extravagantly made origami?'"

We all burst into laughter.

So, my friend, Withnospaces, read this this morning before I posted it, and when she read the colors of the oragami that Sora holds up, she yelled "Woo! Go Collins colors!" I find that hilarious because purple and gold are my school's colors, and I didn't even realize that when I wrote this XD I feel so smart sometimes.

Anyway, thanks again for reading, and please, please, PLEASE review. Thank you.

~Sunechirei