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I think I already did, he just doesn't realize it yet, Lakayna thought to herself. She smiled.
"Thanks Axel," she replied, "You're probably right."
On the inside though, Lakayna was anything but cheerful. She wanted to tell him, but was still unsure of her own feelings. She didn't want to come out until she was completely sure, because then it would mean absolutely nothing. This caused her great greif. Her heart was conflicted. She knew the consequenses of getting into any kind of relationship deeper than friends, at least with her. Her other side had always been trying to take ovee like it had that one time before. Remembering that day made Lakayna shiver slightly, even in the warmth of the sun. So looked out over the water again, but something seemed off; a presence coming that shouldn't be there.

Axel smiled a little at Lakayna, then gave Lux an odd look. He said, "Unbirth? Never heard of them, and more than likely never will see or care for them. I just want a normal life again, and the last thing I need to worry about are creatures that aren't even born yet." He wasn't being mean, but he actually has something of a life now and he doesn't wanna live it worrying about unborn babies or something along those lines.

The petite blonde smiled when Riku put his hand on her head and she peered up at him, curious as to what he was going to say. The silvernette told her that he simply wanted an idea and that he now had one. He assured her that she could relax and sleep on it. But Namine wasn't sure if she needed to. She knew how she felt and she was pretty sure she knew how Riku felt. But she needed to know for sure if she was going to decide.

She opened her mouth to speak but Riku moved his hand along her hair and she blushed faintly, closing her mouth. When she was positive that she wouldn't stutter when she spoke this time, her pale lips parted and her voice echoed in the air. "That was only one question, wasn't it? Didn't you say you had two? And when you ask the next one, I've got one of my own for you." The petite blonde smiled up at him and the fluttery feeling her stomach made itself known once more. She always felt it when she was around Riku.

Riku chuckled and the sound of his laugh caused Namine to smile. And then his hand was behind her neck, keeping her there when he leaned in and placed his forehead against hers. The girl's breath caught in her throat and as he glared playfully at her, she had to remember how to breathe. Silly. She could face Heartless and Nobodies alike but when it came to a boy... Taking a breath the girl listened quietly to his question and watched as he pulled back and nodded his head back towards the corner. He then spoke again, clarifying the earlier part of his question.

Namine knew the answer instantly. Though she wished her answer was anything but. She wanted to say no, that Roxas would be alright with it and that he wouldn't mind a bit. But the petite blonde knew better than that. Roxas wasn't the type of boy to give up. When he wanted something, he normally did his best to get it. The girl sighed before giving a slow nod of her head. "Yes... You probably will be," she said quietly, looking into his eyes. "Roxas doesn't normally give anything up and if he cares about me the way I think he does he'll probably be angry that I'm with you. I don't want you to be a problem, but you probably will be. That doesn't mean I don't want you around; because of course I want you to be with me. Roxas will... well, he won't give up. He's my friend, and of course I love him but... I think he and I have a slightly different love for each other." Namine said, giving another small small sigh. The petite blonde really didn't want the two boys to fight each other; she wanted them to get past their differences and be friends. But boys would be boys and there was nothing she could do to change how either of them felt about the other. How it all played out would be up to them.

Namine blushed. Had she said that? That she wanted him to be with her? Oh, she hadn't meant to admit that! She'd just been thinking and letting her emotions speak through and that was the result. The petite blonde lowered her eyes for a moment but she soon looked back up at Riku. The affection in his teal eyes both startled and pleased her and the fluttery feeling grew stronger yet. When he finally closed his eyes he seemed to be more in control of his emotions when he spoke.

"Um, n-nevermind." Namine said hurriedly, a blush rising to her cheeks. Her question had been something she needed to konw the answer of, but she figured she could wait. She wanted to know how Riku cared for her. Like he cared for Kairi; as a best friend? Or... something else?

"Alright," she agreeded. Namine knew that Kairi was probably dying to know what had happened, what was going on with Riku and she wanted to reassure her Somebody that the silvernette they both cared about -- in different ways -- was alright. Riku released her and the girl gently pushed off of him, standing up right. It felt odd after their long embrace; like she longed to be back in his arms. She fought off the feeling and spun around to go back the way they'd came.

Riku's hand folded around hers and stopped her from walking. She turned back to him and noticed that he was looking of in a different direction. He began to walk, giving a light tug on her hand as he began to head off in a direction opposite from where they came. The direction opposite of Roxas. The petite blonde noticed this, but didn't say anything about it. Instead she walked silently alongside Riku feeling content and carefree. The boy cared about her -- she wasn't sure what he cared for her as, but he did care about her -- and she cared about him too. That was all that mattered.

The smile that played on her lips dissapeared slowly when they walked in a spot cast in the shadow of the building. The sense of Darkness on the Islands was close to zero, or had been. Now, it was stronger. A movement ahead caused her eyes to lock onto it, but there was nothing there. The girl gave a small shiver. She was only being jumpy. Of course nothing was on Destiny Islands. The Darkness was surpressed, the Heartless gone. Surely the Darkness she was sensing was just a trick of her mind.

To distract herself from thinking too much about Heartless and everything that belonged to her past, the girl spoke. "Riku, before we get to the others... I guess I'll ask my question. I was just wondering, what you... cared for me as? Like... a best friend? Or... Oh, I don't know. Nevermind, you don't need to answer. It was silly of me to have asked." Namine said, her words were quick due to her being nervous. As the walked along, she now gazed at the ground, too scared to look up and see what emotion was playing on Riku's face.

Kairi nodded to the red head and said, "Yeah I agree with you there Axel." Axel then nodded a goodbye, and Kairi waved to him as he walked away.

It was just her now, everyone else had walked off to somewhere. It suddenly felt a lot like last year, and it filled Kairi's heart with loneliness and sadness. True she had had Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka for company then but they weren't the same as Sora and Riku. Kairi had been stuck here all alone for a year with no clue as to what her best friends were up to and how they were doing. And right now it kinda felt the same. Kairi stuffed her half eaten lunch into her bag and got up. She decided to do what she did last year whenever she was alone, which was wander aimlessly around the campus until the bell rang. That way she'd at least look like she was headed somewhere and not look like a loner. And maybe she'd find some of the others as she walked around. She shouldered her bag and exited the cafeteria. She looked at her feet as she walked, lost in the thought of her somewhat depressing pervious school year.

Lux let out a cry"No not a pep rally anything but that!!!" He said"I'd rather deal with Unbirth but not a pep rally..." He continued on, then he thought about it"I'm just gonna stay out here I really dont want to deal with that... so many annoying people cramped together in the bleachers." He said sitting there in the grass. Then he stared up"But if your wondering and Unbirth is one of three Heartless, Nobody, and Unbirth... they are all very similar but Unbirth are.."He said stopping to think of what to say"They are in essence, the opposite of human life." He said solemnly sitting there.