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Lakayna couldn't sit still very long. Though she wanted to stay beside Axel, she felt like she needed some fresh air. The air inside the cafeteria smelled like bleach and some other unidentifiable cleaning agents. They burned Lakayna's nose and she just wasnted to get out. So, like many other students, Lakayna wnet outside onto the school grounds. She leaned against the brick wall, hands behind her back, as she soaked up the warm rays of the sun.

Lakayna heard Lux coming, but pretended to act startled. She looked over at him.
"You scared me," she said with and exasperated sigh.
She could see that Lux's banadana was loose, and she knew what he was hiding. It had been his past that had intermixed with Kairi's before, she recalled. She didn't say anything about it though, preferring that people told her upfront if they wanted others to know about it.

Kairi, who appeared to be just sitting at the lunch table but had in fact been talking with Naminé in her mind, was surprised when Lakayna suddenly got up. Kairi then realized she was just buying her lunch. Kairi would have gone and bought it for her, but didn't get the chance to since she had been contacting Naminé. Lakayna returned and began to eat so Kairi finished what she was doing before she saw Riku, getting her lunch out. She pulled out a small paper bag from her book bag. Kairi really didn't care for the food here and wanted to save her munny so she brought her lunch. She pulled out a sandwich from the paper bag and began to eat.

When Lakayna had finished eating she got up again. Before Kairi could ask her where she was going Lakayna was walking out the door to go outside. Kairi was unsure wether to follow her or not, but then decide to just stay where she was and finish her lunch in case Lakayna came back. Everyone had left except Axel. Kairi wished Sora was there with her, but at least Axel was there so she wasn't alone. Even though the cafeteria was full of noisy it was very quiet between her and Axel. Not liking the silence between them Kairi looked up at the other red head and asked, "So Axel, what class do you have after this?" Kairi knew that it was a lame question but it was the first thing that popped up in her head to get a conversation going.

Namine had been expecting Riku's words to make at least some sense yet nothing did. She looked straight into his eyes as he spoke, trying her best to understand his words. In the beginning they did and her breath came as a small gasp when he paused after saying he felt as though part of him were still in the Darkness. The petite blonde knew what it take for Riku to admit that. He didn't normally admit his weaknesses to people. He normally never spoke of his feelings at all.

Namine was at a loss of what to say. For a moment, she just continued to look up at him, her blue eyes shining with concern and a look of alarm on her face. And then she pressed herself against him like before, her slender arms wrapped around him and holding him tighter. She could understand what he meant by saying part of him still felt like it was in the Darkness. Namine was still in the Dark. Trapped in it. As Riku continued to speak, she remained close to him and it was only when he finished that she pulled back again to look at him.

Honestly, she had no idea what he was talking about towards the end. He wanted to what? The worlds were trying to stop what? Namine was curious, but it didn't matter whether or not she knew what he was talking about. What mattered was that Riku was scared. Scared that everything he had would be torn from him. "Riku, no. Nothing's going to happen to us. To any of us. You can be whoever, whatever you want! You're free from the Darkness... it's not coming back. And if it does, we'll be ready. We'll face it together. You won't loose anyone, Riku. And I will not loose you."

For a while, Riku didn't respond. He only looked down at her as she looked back up at him. Then the silvernette sighed and leaned back against the wall, pulling her with him. She found herself leaning forward against him, pressed up closely against his chest. A light pink stained her porcelain cheeks and she forced herself to ignore the fluttery feeling that came from the pit of her stomach.

Riku then spoke and she looked up at him as he did so. Her pale lips were pulled down into a slight frown and she gave a light shake of her head. "No, it doesn't." The petite blonde agreed. "But what's done, is done, Riku. It's over. You're here. Now. Riku, you had a choice. You could've chosen to remain in the darkness but you didn't. You chose to come back to the light." The girl paused, hating the look of fear that shone in Riku's eyes. He was trying to hide it -- and doing a pretty good job -- but it was still there. In an unconcious effort to try and soothe him, Namine raised one of her hands and placed it gently against his face.

Lux shrugged"It's kind of easy to tell at least for me..." He said and could see that she seemed a bit freaked by the whole thing"But dont worry no one will find out from me your secrets safe with me." He said putting the bandanna up to his eyes and covering the his black eyes. He looked himself up and down, the school uniform was dumb... he'd have to do something about that later.

“And I thought the Darkness was bad…xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIt doesn’t even compare to this Hell.”

"Thank you, Namine," Riku whispered as he opened his teal eyes. He smiled at her and dropped his hand to his side and allowed hers to be free from his palm's warmth. He didn't care if she would let it drop or if she would keep her ow hand there for longer. It felt nice and RIku knew that either way Namine understood a little more about what was going on in his mind. The silvernette let out a sigh. He was content now and would be until he saw the girls again in Biology or saw Roxas trying to con his way between the two beings.

Riku realized that Roxas would be a problem, but he didn't let it show on his face. It was obvious that the male Nobody was infatuated with the blonde still in his arms and it would be a problem as soon as Roxas realized Riku was getting closer to Namine. Riku wouldn't do anything to hurt the younger boy but he would make it clear soon that it wasn't Roxas' place to be with the petite blonde.