A/N: So sorry this took forever! I had a huge writer’s block for this story but hopefully now it’s gone…

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Chapter Ten – Roxas’ Theme

Namine went to the grocery store that morning without telling anyone to get some stuff for breakfast. She made sure to call her aunt and let her know what happened; thankfully her aunt was a very understanding woman and didn’t seem to mind, whereas her mother would flip. Namine got some bacon, eggs and sausages and was about to head out when she spotted someone familiar.

It was Roxas’ mother.

Namine hid behind the wall so she wasn’t seen and eavesdropped on the conversation she was having with some other lady. She looked really upset.

“Oh… that’s so sad… I’m sure he’ll come back…”

“He’s been gone for weeks now… I’m so worried…”

“Why haven’t you called the police?”

“I… I don’t know…”

“Why did he leave?”

“Because I’m a bad mother…”

They started to walk off, but Namine had heard enough. She clutched the bags in her hand tightly and looked at the ground.

‘His mother misses him… he needs to know…’

She arrived back at Kairi’s dorm. Kairi had given her a key to use because she and Sora had classes all morning. Namine opened the door as quietly as she could, but saw that Roxas was awake.

“Good morning.” Roxas said, heading over and taking the bags from her. He set them aside and kissed her.

“M-morning.” She still felt a little bad.

“What’s the matter?”

‘No… I can’t bring it up right now…’

“Nothing, I’m just tired.”

“Uh huh… come on, tell me.”

“Really.”

Roxas watched her as she walked over to the stove. Eventually he gave up, even though it was obvious that there was something going through her mind. If anything, the most he could do was lighten up the mood and make her forget all about whatever was bothering her.

Namine cracked the eggs and waited for them to harden in the pan. She felt like she hadn’t cooked in forever.

However, usually when she would cook it would be to relieve stress from Riku.

Reminded of those memories, she just felt worse. The silence between her and Roxas wasn’t helping, either.

“I had a great birthday, thanks to you.” Roxas said finally.

“You’re… welcome.” She managed to smile.

That was it. Roxas couldn’t take this anymore. He went over to her, grabbed her shoulders and turned her towards him. “Tell me what’s going on, babe.”

“Um… Roxas, the eggs will burn.”

“I don’t care.” His stomach grumbled. “Okay, maybe I do, but you have to tell me when you’re done.” He took his hands off her shoulders and crossed them, not leaving her side.

After they were done with breakfast, Roxas took both of their plates over to the sink and washed them. Namine sat there, deep in thought.

‘He’s not going to like it…’

So now it was time. They both sat on the bottom bunk.

“So tell me… what’s on your mind?”

“Um… well…”

There was no escaping this time. If she was going to do it, she might as well do it now.

“I saw… your mother today.”

Roxas turned his head and looked at the floor. “Go on…”

“Roxas, when are you going home?”

“Never.”

“Oh come on… don’t be stubborn.”

“Stubborn? They don’t want me there!” Roxas wasn’t sure why he was getting all worked up so quickly over all of this.

“That’s not true!”

“If I went back…” He tried to say it calmly, “…they would just be the same way. They tried to keep me in the house. They put bars on my window!”

Namine didn’t know what to say.

“Let’s just drop it… okay?”

“Roxas—“

“Drop it!”

His yelling scared her and she immediately agreed. Roxas got up and headed for the door. “I’m going for a walk.” With that, he left.

‘He didn’t even apologize…’

o.o.o

Roxas walked quickly down the street. People stared as went by; he obviously wasn’t happy. He mumbled to himself a few times. His blood was boiling.

‘How dare she… how…’

‘Ugh… what am I thinking? Namine doesn’t know anything… I shouldn’t have yelled at her…’

The fact he just left her there only made him angrier, but at himself. ‘Gosh, I’m such an idiot!’

“Roxas?”

“Go away.” He didn’t even bother to look.

“Excuse me?” The person sounded irritated.

“Maybe you didn’t hear me… I said—“ Roxas turned around. Xion stood there with her arms crossed. “Oh. It’s just you.”

“Just me? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“N-nothing. Look, I’d really like to be left alone.”

“Here.” She handed him a medium sized box wrapped in purple ribbon. “I didn’t get to see you yesterday for your birthday, so…” Her cheeks went red.

He had no choice but to accept it. “Oh… thanks…”

“Do you have time?”

“Um… not—“

“Great!” Xion grabbed his arm and darted off, forcing him down the street.

“Hey! Wait—“

They entered a small coffee shop. “Two please.” Xion told the host.

“What? Xion, what are you doing? I don’t have any money!”

“Don’t worry, it’s all on me.” They were seated. As much as Roxas really didn’t want to be here, he knew he would feel even worse if he walked out on her too… although he wasn’t sure why…

“He wants a latte, chocolate chip pancakes, and I’ll have…”

‘So she does remember…’

Roxas wanted to slap himself. ‘No, stop!’

“Roxas, are you okay?” Xion asked.

Those blue eyes staring at him threw him off for a moment. “F-fine…”

‘Why is she trying so hard?’

The waitress went to get their food. Roxas finally realized what was going on. “Wait, I already ate…”

“You can’t be full though…”

‘Why must I compete? What’s wrong with me?’ Xion thought to herself.

“Um… Xion… this is really nice, but…”

He didn’t feel right.

‘He couldn’t have completely stopped loving me… impossible…’ Xion wouldn’t let herself believe it.

Roxas tried to eat some, but got the rest in a To-go box. Xion paid and they left.

“Xion, I really should be getting back to—“

“Wait, there’s one more place I want to take you.”

“Huh?”

“Please, Roxas? I feel bad for not being able to celebrate your birthday with you… since we did it every year…”

‘Got him…’

“Okay…”

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‘I hope he’s alright…’ Namine thought to herself. Being in Kairi’s dorm was not the most entertaining thing in the world; all she had was a television to keep her company; even then it still amounted to nothing.

She heard voices outside the door. Kairi and Sora walked in.

“Hey, welcome back. How was class?” Namine asked.

“Boring.” Sora said. They looked around. “Hey, where’s Roxas?”

“He went… out.”

“Did something happen?” Kairi asked, concerned.

“N-no! We’re fine! He just needed some fresh air and I was too full to walk so…”

‘I don’t want to talk about it…’

Luckily for her they didn’t say anything else about it. They just sat around and talked about their classes.

“I really think Professor Boivert likes me.”

“If he does I’ll kill him.” Sora said.

“Eww…” Namine said.

“I’m serious! Every time… he always wants to call on me! He’s always looking at me… he teases me…” Kairi felt really uneasy. “It scares me…”

“Are you sure you’re just not paranoid?” Sora asked.

“No! I’m serious!”

As Sora and Kairi argued, Namine dozed off. The fact that it seemed like she and Roxas just had their first official argument was bugging her to death. Would he come back? Eventually she would have to return home to her aunt’s house.

She loved him so much.

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Xion and Roxas stood in front of Twilight Academy—where they went to high school.

“What are we doing here?” Roxas asked.

“Come on!”

Xion took him around to the side. The door should’ve been locked, but it wasn’t.

“Wait, wouldn’t we get in some sort of trouble for—“

“Since when did you become a little scaredy cat?” Xion teased, pulling him inside the school with her.

The hallways were empty, of course; everyone was still in class. Roxas felt really weird coming back here, especially with Xion. It brought back too many memories…

Good ones… bad ones…

He knew exactly where they were going as soon as they turned onto the next hallway.

The theater.

Xion checked first. It was empty. “Come on!” She whispered. Roxas had no choice but to follow—besides, he was being a little nostalgic himself.

One of his favorite places—the theater.

…long forgotten.

Xion jumped up on stage and looked out at the empty red chairs that filled the auditorium. The lights were dimmed. Roxas stayed on the floor just watching her from the side. A smile escaped his lips.

“Romeo, Romeo… wherefore art thou, Romeo?” Xion said dramatically, giggling afterwards. There was a piano on the right side of the stage. She went over to it, sat down and took a deep breath. She started playing.

The song she played sounded a bit sad, but comforting at the same time. Simply put, it was beautiful. Then he remembered…

“This… song…”

Roxas walked up on the stage. Xion just continued to play. He felt drawn to her…

Flashback

“Roxas, I wrote a song for you. Want to hear it?” Xion said, running over to the piano.

“A song?” He blushed.

“I call it… Roxas’ Theme.”

“She only wrote that because—“

“Shut up, Axel!”

Roxas stood next to her at the piano. As soon as the song started playing, he suddenly felt his heart beating faster than ever.

It sounded just like him.

End of Flashback

Roxas didn’t know what to say.

‘That was the first time… I fell in love with her…’

“I’ve… got to go...”

Roxas ran out of the theater. He couldn’t be here. He couldn’t do this.

“Namine…”

The ‘theme song’ rang in his ears. Xion didn’t stop playing. Roxas ran down the hall and out the doors. He stopped and took deep breaths.

“No… it’s… it’s nothing…”

It was like everything had just come back to him.

Roxas fell to his knees and tried to shake Xion out of his head. ‘Namine is waiting for me… I love Namine…’

No, he wasn’t in love with Xion… he was just…

…reminded of that time.

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Xion sat at the piano. ‘So he did leave…’

“Giving up that easily?”

Riku stood behind her, making her jump.

“Uh… well… look, Riku… I don’t think I should do this… I mean… he obviously—“

“Give it time. You hate Namine, don’t you?”

“Yes… I mean… no…”

“Things will clear up soon enough.” Riku smirked.

“You know… what you said last night…” Xion paused. “Nevermind…”

“Look, I’m only trying to help you out.”

“But why?”

He didn’t answer.

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A/N: Again, so sorry! I kind of got carried away with Maid Service… (which if you haven’t read that yet I suggest you do) but yeah. Review! I probably won’t update soon if I don’t get much support… you know how it goes. ‘Til next time!