Stormy Romance 7

Hello lovelies. Miss me? I hope you enjoyed my last post. In this one I’m going to try and bring some other pairings into the picture. Don’t worry I’m still keeping with the original pairing. Please R/R I need your opinions otherwise I can’t get any better.
Daemon Prince 7: Thank you I'm glad your liking the story so far. Yeah I’m getting mad at Larxene and Xigbar too but don’t worry they have an important role to play later on in the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men
Chapter 7: It’s a Date...I Think
(Roxas’s POV)
The afternoon passed like a blur and soon enough, I was in the parking lot, staring at my bike and thinking of what to do next.
“Maybe I could stay with Hayner or Pence?” mumbling to myself. Unaware someone was behind me.
“Did you know if you keep talking to yourself your personalities will split.” Spinning around quickly I saw Namine staring up at me with curiosity. She was classic school prep. With pretty blond hair, beep blue eyes, but no makeup, which I found odd but wasn’t complaining. Trying to play it cool I just went along.
“Really now? If I had another personality what would I name it?” striking a thinking pose wile stroking my invisible beard. Namine laughed lightly at my humor before looking away in an odd nervousness.
“Hey are you still busy later?” her bangs hid her face as she waited for my answer. Relaxing from my pose I thought about it. One more night on the beach wouldn’t hurt right? There are showers there. I’ll ask Hayner tomorrow if I can crash there.
“Nah I’m free. I took care of what I needed to do earlier.” Her face lit up at my answer.
“Perfect! I know this great band that’s playing tonight and I have two tickets.” She held up two tickets for me to see, “you want to come with me?”
I smiled at her. This chick never seems to quit. But then again she’s really nice when you get to know her. I realized she was staring at me, waiting for my response.
“Oh, sorry I spaced out there. Hehehe sure I would love to go.” this caused her to break out in a huge smile.
“Great! I’ll meet you there.” She started to walk away.
“Huh? Why are you meeting me there?”
“I need to get a ride from my mom silly.” She giggled at me as if that part was obvious.
“I could give you a ride,” gesturing to my bike, “I promise I won’t go too fast.”
The look of surprise on her face was priceless. Her mouth hung open in comical anime style.
“That bike is yours?!” if her eyes got any bigger they might’ve looked like blue jays.
“Yeah its mine, I drive it here every day.” I’ll admit it her being shocked that I drove a bike did pump up my ego a bit. I smiled and nodded as she continued about how cool my bike was. Maybe this evening won’t be a total bust, at least she knows bikes and isn’t some snarky bitch.
“That is so cool.” All manners gone she quickly ran to my bike trying to figure out how to get on. Chuckling I helped her on to the passenger’s seat. Namine began to laugh liked a little kid at the prospect of riding a motorcycle for the first. I smiled at her wile hopping on myself, turning the key to start it up. I was ready to go before I remembered the most important part of driving with a girl.
“Hey have you ever ridden a motorcycle before?” she quickly shook her head no.
“Oh, well its simple, all you gotta do is put on this helmet.” I instructed while handing her a helmet. I snickered to myself a bit. She looked at me in question first before putting the helmet on her sandy blonde hair
“What’s wrong?” she inquired, unbeknownst to her that the helmet was too big for her.
“Sorry but the helmet looks a bit loose one you,” adjusting the helmet trying not to meet her gaze.
“There better?” I asked as she shook her head a bit to check. The helmet was still a bit loose but it would stay on.
“Yep I’m all set.” She smiled at me.
“Alright grab hold and don’t let go.” I guessed she knew what to do next because no sooner had I said that her arms snaked around my waist and hung on tightly. Slightly blushing I revved the engine and drove off down the road.
“So where we going again?” I yelled over the wind.
“Oh right, were heading to Cid’s!” she yelled back.
“Why you yelling?” I asked in confusion.
“So you can hear me over the wind!” her voice screeched causing my ears to ring.
“What wind? We stopped two minutes ago.” I calmly replied while trying to fix my hearing. Realization had hit her when she looked around to see we were in front of Cid’s already. Thanks to her yelling we had drawn a crowd.
I couldn’t help but laugh a bit before turning to Namine to see if she was alright. My laughter was cut short when I saw her deep blue eyes drop a single tear. Seeing what I had done I brought her into a comforting hug, glaring at the people around us. The crowd around us quickly dispersed at once. We stayed like that for a few minutes; all the while she cried silent sobs. “I have to get her out of here before another crowd comes” I thought to myself. I quickly looked around to see if there was a place to sit down. I spotted a park bench a few feet away across from where we were. It wasn’t exactly the most comfortable place to sit but eh it’ll do. I parked my bike quickly and carried Namine gently over to the bench. We sat there for a bit until she finally started to calm down. Her breathing became steadier as her sobs lessened.
“Ssshhh it’s going to be ok.” I assured her wile patting her back. I hated these kind of situations I’m so awkward when someone is crying. She looked up at me with childlike eyes, searching for the truth in my words. I smiled back at her showing my sincerity. Suddenly without warning the right side of my face exploded in pain knocking me on the ground. I looked up to see a steaming Namine standing over me. Her teary eyes were replaced with ones of rage.
“That’s for not telling me we had stopped.” Her pale cheeks were red in embarrassment. I simply smiled at her.
“Alright I admit it,” slowly getting up, “I deserved that one. I am very sorry Namine.”
To add a bit of humor I bowed like some sort of foreign dignitary.  She cracked a smile at me.
“I forgive you, even if you are a terrible actor.” She smiled brightly. I laughed at her quip, walking over towards her.
“I’ve got to say you pack quite a punch.” I commented while rubbing my cheek. The five-finger silhouette of Namine’s hand could still be seen. She began to laugh genuinely as she observed her handy work on my face. I just let her have her fun. Maybe the universe was going to reward me for all the pain I’ve got through this week.
“Sorry,” she said quickly kissing my cheek. “Thank you the universe!” I cheered in my head as my face soon became redder than a tomato. Namine simply laughed and began to walk back towards Cid’s. I stood there frozen in shock for a second. That was the first time a girl had kissed my cheek. “It felt pretty nice,” I started to think but I immediately rejected the thought
“Earth to Roxas?” Namine waved at me breaking me out of my trance. I looked around to see she was already at the front door.
“Hey you can’t ditch me I’m your ride back.” I joked, running to her side. “I hope my blush isn’t that visible.” I begged the universe silently. We entered the club ready for a night of music and what ever came afterwards.
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“Hey there’s seat over there” Namine pointed out a seat that right in the Goldie locks zone. Not so far that we can’t hear the band but not so close that we can see there spit. A waitress showed us to our table. Now that we were sitting I could see how bit this place really was. It was a two-story building with a floor for tables and a wraparound balcony so no matter where you were you could see the band. Over on the far left side of the bottom floor there was small bar. This seemed to be crowded with your average workaholics who had a rough day at the office and came here to relax. All in all this seemed like my kind of place.
“What would you like to drink?” the waitress’s voice brought me back to reality. Looking quickly at her I was surprised at the face I saw.
“Kairi?” I asked in disbelief. Her face shone pale a when she saw it was Namine and I she was serving.
“Hi Roxas, so what would you like to drink?” she continued apparently determined to get away from us.
“When did you start working here?” Namine asked her.
“About three weeks ago, I’m saving for college.” She stated mater of factly
“Oh, of course.” We chorused before ordering our drinks. Once she left with our order we soon began to talk about college and what we plan to do for the future. Namine wanted to go to Hollow Bastion University to get a degree in cosmetology. This was a pretty hard school to get into if you didn’t have the right connections. I didn’t know what I was going to do yet
We continued to talk about random subjects and joked around when the lights began to dim.
“It’s starting!” Namine squealed excitedly. I just sipped my drink waiting for the show to start. The spot light shone down on an azure shorthaired woman with a blue guitar as she made her way to the microphone. She was dressed in jeans and a black rock shirt. Her eyes surveyed the crowd before she spoke.
“Good evening everyone, are you ready to have some fun!?” she cheered into the mic.
“We are “Keyblade Hero” and were gonna play for you tonight.” Right on cue the curtains behind her fell to reveal the rest of her band. A big man with spiky brown hair was on bass; a guy with long silver hair played drums and a girl with pink hair was on the trumpet. The big guy had a mic as well, which made me wonder if there songs were mostly duets or was he back up? But I didn’t have time to ponder this when the music started with a loud trumpet blast
(I do not own this song. Of Monsters and Men do)
Hey! Hey! Hey!
I don't like walking around this old and empty house
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you, my dear
The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake
It's the house telling you to close your eyes

Some days I can't even trust myself
It's killing me to see you this way

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Hey! Hey! Hey!

There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back
Well tell her that I miss our little talks
Soon it will be over and buried with our past
We used to play outside when we were young
And full of life and full of love.


Some days I feel like I'm wrong when I'm right
Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Hey!
Hey!

You're gone, gone, gone away
I watched you disappear
All that's left is the ghost of you.
Now we're torn, torn, torn apart,
There's nothing we can do
Just let me go we'll meet again soon
Now wait, wait, wait for me
Please hang around
I'll see you when I fall asleep

Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
All the while Namine and I cheered them on like there was no tomorrow. They were really good in my personal opinion. After three more songs the band took a quick break to rest up and probably get a drink. Giving us plenty of time to talk while we waited for them to come back out onto the stage.
“They are really good Namine,” I exclaimed taking a sip of my drink, “ thanks for inviting me.”
She simply smiled and gave me a big hug. I stood ridged at her sudden act. Looking around no one seemed to be paying us any attention so I hugged her back.
“You’re welcome. Thank you for agreeing to come.” I looked down at her to meet her smiling face. Seeing her like this caused me to smile as well. We quickly broke the hug and sat down once we realized how long we had been standing.
“So do you know any of them?” I asked absent mindedly, trying to pass the time.
“How did you know?” her voice echoed with shock.
“I figured it out when you cheered for them with more gusto than anyone else here. Even after they sang.” I shrugged. It was just a guess but it was pretty educated guess. Her gaze turned into one of fondness. As if I she were remembering good times.
“Yeah. I actually know all of them,” she pointed to the stage so I could get her point, “the woman with the blue hair is my cousin Aqua, the big guy on base is her boyfriend Terra, and the pink haired girl is Terra’s sister Lightning.”
“Who was the guy on drums?” This was really interesting; I wished I knew people in a band.
“That is Riku.” The way she said his name made is seem like they had some history.
“Really now. Riku? He seems like a fun guy.” My genius plan to find out her history began smoothly.
“Yeah he is. He was my best friend before I came to school here.” She looked as if to tell me if I asked her anymore about Riku she would start to cry. So I decided to change the subject; my so-called brilliant plan backfired.
“So which song was your favorite?” I asked trying to rebuild the burned bridge I had just created.
“The first one they sang “Little Talks” it’s my favorite.” I nodded my head in agreement. They song was excellently played and sung.
“I should buy some of their CDs then.” I looked around to see where they were selling them. I saw the booth for their CD’s by the bar. The line was totally packed. Namine giggled when she saw my reaction at the long line.
“Don’t worry Aqua usually sets a CD aside for me. You can have it. I’ve already got all there CD’s.” I smiled at her generous offer.
“Thank you Namine.” Taking her hand in mine I shook it politely.
“Well hello love birds!” a cheerful voice called interrupting us. Our hands quickly broke apart as we turn our attention to the silver haired boy in front of us.
“Damn you Riku!” Namine pouted, lightly slapping the new comers arm. He just laughed and shrugged it off. His eyes seemed to notice me for the first time, starting to narrow slightly.
“So I’m guessing your Namine’s date?” his tone didn’t fool me. He was jealous god knows why Namine is only a friend… Right?
“Were just hanging out.” she answered before I said anything stupid. Riku’s gave eased up on me but only by a fraction.
“So what you think a bout the show dude?” He inquired. I decided to give him my honest opinion.
“You guys tore it up on stage. I’m definitely buying your guy’s CD before I leave.”
Riku smiled at my answer. Yes one point for me in complimenting a probable rival.
“No need I’ve got one right here that you can have.” He tossed me a CD from his pocket. Riku seemed like an ok guy. He gave me a free CD for frigs sake.
“Hey Riku why don’t you join us for a drink before you head back up.” I invited, signaling for a waitress to come by.
“Sounds good. But I don’t want to intrude on your date.”
“It’s not a date Riku, and I don’t, mind it’ll be nice to catch up a bit.” Namine insisted moving her chair closer to mine to accommodate for Riku. We ordered more drinks and talked about the band and how thing are now with school and college until it was closing time.
“This was fun guys,” Riku looked behind me to see that the pink haired woman was signaling him that it was time to go, “I’m sorry but I’ve got to head out guys. This was fun we gotta do this again some time.” Getting up Riku handed me a card.
“What’s this?” I asked unsure of what he had just given me.
“That’s all our bands numbers,” he replied nonchalantly, “In case you find a better band we have to beat or if you just wanna hang.”
I gave him a gratifying high five. He smiled at Namine one more time before heading over to where his band was cleaning up.
“Thanks Riku.” I called after him leading the way to the front door. Once out side I took in a deep breath of fresh air. After a while the warm air and smell of booze got kind of irritating.
“That was fun.” Looking over to see Namine nodding her head in agreement. We walked over to my bike with smiles on our faces. Still high on adrenaline and good the times we had. We got on to my bike and drove off down the road.
“So where you want to go now?” I asked once we had come to a stop light. Namine tilted her head putting her finger to her lip. Thinking deeply about what we should do next.
“How about we go get some ice-cream.” She suggested; I nodded my head in agreement. Some sea-salt ice cream sounded pretty good right now. We drove to the nearest convenience store.
“The ice-cream is on me.” I stated, allowing no room for argument. Namine’s blushed a bit but didn’t argue with me. Paying for our ice cream we headed out side.
“How’s your Vanilla?” I asked after five minutes of quiet eating.  I had to start a conversation the silence was killing me.
“It’s really good. Sorry I’m not very talkative right now. I just…” her voice faded into a whisper.
“You just what?” interested in what she might be thinking. I was weird like that; if some one is talking to me and they get quiet it usually meant they had something important to say.
“Never mind, it’s getting pretty late we should head back.” She said, quickly standing up. I looked at her for a moment before shrugging my shoulders. If she didn’t want to tell me then it’s not my business.
Throwing away our wrappers I took her back to here house. Taking great care as to not wake of Xigbar. I don’t even know why I came back here, I don’t remember ever having a death wish.
“Thank you for the ride Roxas.” Namine smiled as she got off my bike and walked toward the front door. I walked up with her; it was the gentlemanly thing to do. Noticing this a flash of read made its way across Namine’s face.
“Hey Roxas,” she started nervously.
“Yeah Namine?” my full and undivided attention was on her.
“You know the thing I was thinking about back at the convinience store?”
“Yeah what about it?” this was getting really interesting from my perspective.
“Well the thing I was thinking about was this.” She played with her shirt nervously before jumping up quickly and pressing her lips against mine. I can’t remember what happened next; all I can recall is feeling warmth all over my body and it suddenly being over. I looked down to see a furiously blushing Namine quickly making her way inside her house.
“See you tomorrow Roxas.” She called before quickly closing the door. I made my way back to my bike, grinning like an idiot.
“Man I hope Xion is have as good of a night as I am.” I murmured to myself wile driving off down the road into the night.

Whew finished. I know what your probably thinking “wait wah?! Aqua is alive?!” it’s not like that. I decided to change things around. Instead of Aqua being Xion’s sister I made Aerith her sister instead. What can I say I wanted to put in a little TerraXAqua. Sue me. And Namine kissing Roxas! How will this affect the two friends?! You’ll just have to find out. Here’s a little spoiler the next chapter I going to cover how Xion’s night went
Stormy Romance