People are different in person versus text and chat, and that is just a simple fact of life. Well, normally, anyways. I know I'm different, but that's because I'm just so naturally shy around other people, normally. Butwhen I'm texting and chatting with my friends, I act completely different. Out of character, if you want to call it that. Then again, I was more outgoing around my friends…. Though, why I was even bothering to think about this, I had absolutely no idea.

Anyways, I'm Naminé Nomura, age sixteen, supposed prodigy (mostly in art). My best friends were (still are) Kairi Nakamura, whom I met because our teacher way back when we first met coincidentally always partnered us up for just about everything ( it helped that we always sat near each other in every class we had together), and Xion Fair, whom I met at the library one day in sixth grade. We're a trio of best friends, and we always promised we'd never break apart, so I always held onto them for dear life. They were like the ones who held me together when I was about to fall apart, truthfully. I really did care about them, and they cared about each other and me.

Actually, we were quite a scene when in public, still are, but not quite as much as back then. Whenever I was with them about a year or two ago, we tended to hug or hold hands as we walked through the halls or the mall. Adding to this, Kairi is a huge flirt (I don't think she's really aware of it, either) so sometimes she would kiss Xion's cheek or mine in a playful way, and sometimes pull one of us into her lap. We even sometimes jokingly called each other "honey" or "sweetie" or "dear" or even "babe", though I normally didn't when we were around a lot of people, I blush easily. Adding all of this together, some people used to think we were a threesome, and I mean in a sexual way. It stopped bothering us after a while, and everyone stopped thinking it when Kairi started dating her boyfriend. I think they did, anyways. I never did finalize that thought…

Wow my thoughts were scattered… So I simply sighed as I unpacked the last of my things into my dorm room. I nearly always got there before Kairi and Xion (who I happened to always room with. I think Kairi's parents had something to do with it) meaning I was the one who got the single bed, they got the bunk beds. Every single year.

I heard my phone ring and I reached for it, seeing an all too familiar name on the screen. I accepted to message and read it, an amused look on my face and I simply chuckled.

From: Kairi
To: Naminé

Please tell me you haven't gotten to the room yet, Nami! Please!

I chuckled and sent her a reply quickly.

From: Naminé
To: Kairi

Sorry, Kairi, I got here a while ago! I'm almost done unpacking, silly!

As I looked at my phone again, I noted that I had an unread text, so I opened it. I smiled when I noticed it was from Xion herself, but that wasn't exactly unexpected.

From: Xion
To: Naminé

You're already in the room, aren't you, Naminé?

From: Naminé
To: Xion

Yup. Sorry, Xion! You know I love you, regardless!

I locked my phone after I sent it, knowing that there was no point in responding to any more texts they would send, they were going to be here soon, anyways.

I heard my phone ring again and I simply glanced over and then smiled as I saw who was texting me, Roxas. Roxas was my best guy friend; we met back in seventh grade when he was a new student and I was assigned to show him around. Truthfully, we didn't get along much in the beginning, but after a while we started to become friends. A lot of girls like him, though, so it's partially awkward being around him. Girls glare at me all the time when he grabs my hand to drag me somewhere.

From: Roxas
To: Naminé

Hey, are you at school yet? I want to see you!

My smile grew softer as I read his text. I want to see you, I echoed in my head, giggling slightly. … Before you say anything, I don't like Roxas, I swear. He's just a ladies' man anyways, as he loves flirting with girls. The text meant absolutely nothing.

From: Naminé
To: Roxas

Yeah, I'm at the school. Just finished packing actually. I want to see you, too. Let's have everyone get together later on, kay?

Everyone meaning everyone else who was in our group of friends. Yes, I have more than three best friends, thanks.

There are seven of us, including me. There's Kairi; Xion; Roxas; Sora, who's Roxas' twin brother and Kairi's boyfriend and I met him with Kairi and Xion one day when we were at the arcade; Riku, Sora's best friend who was with Sora at the arcade that day; Axel, who's Roxas' best friend for life; and, of course, me! Together, the seven of us went to a boarding school together, Twilight Academy, situated a few miles outside of the beautiful Twilight Town. I was so happy that I had them as my friends… they were probably the best friends anyone could ask for!

My heard turned slightly when I heard a key wiggling in the door, and I plopped onto my bed, waiting expectantly for one of my roomies to barge in. When the door banged open loudly, in came Kairi and Xion. I giggled and waved, "Hey, guys!"

They turned when they heard me speak and the door closed (forcefully because… well, it hit a wall and rebounded), Xion's subdued face broke out into smiles and they both basically tackled me onto my own bed. We rolled around a little bit until I got both of them off me, and we were lying down together, the two of them on either side of me. We broke into a sudden fit of giggles and I clasped my hands with the two of them and took a deep breath.

"We missed you Naminé! We agreed no more vacations ever again, unless we're all together like we usually are! Separate vacations are bad!" Kairi shouted before pulling me into a hug tight enough so that I could just barely breath.

"I-I missed you" a gasp for breath, "too! C-can I breath, now?" I choked out, struggling to get out of Kairi's death grip. I swear she could kill someone with her massive hugs of excitement.

Kairi snickered, "No, Naminé, you can't breath anymore!" to prove her point, she squeezed harder. I stared at Xion my eyes pleading for help, but she was just laughing. Traitor.

"K-Kairi!" I squeaked out and said girl giggled before letting me go, finally!

"Sorry!" she shouted, patting my head playfully, "You know how excited I get, though!"

Oh, yes, I really did know.

I punched her arm playfully (not like it would've hurt her, anyways), "Yeah, yeah, just unpack you two! We're meeting the boys later!"

They both laughed and nodded, turning around to unpack as I turned on my laptop and sat on my bed, patiently waiting for my two best friends to finish putting their stuff away.

When I turned on my computer, I stared at my screen for a second before opening my wonderful Internet, my homepage automatically being Facebook. Before you say anything Kairi got me to make an account, and for the longest time it went unused. Then Kairi decided that she was going to set Facebook as my homepage, and she made sure that I always signed on, because she thought it was a waste having an account but not using it. Never quite got why, still.

E-Mail: iColor Password: crayons

As I signed on, my page was suddenly filled with updates, as expected. No matter how much Kairi harped at me, I never used Facebook during the summer. I stared at all the updates, and smiled at Roxas'. It was actually kind of sweet.

Roxas Strife is excited to see his friends again! Especially a certain blonde…

I blushed slightly at the sight. Was he trying to flirt with me or something? How weird, I never really expected him to flirt with me. I doubt he actually was, anyways, he was just being his normal self. So, pushing the thought aside, I glanced at the comments.

Sora Strife You're talking about Naminé, aren't you?
Riku Takahashi Of course he is, Sora
Axel Kaji Roxas has a crush! Roxas has a crush!
Roxas Strife Shut UP, guys!

I snickered slightly and clicked on the comment box, quickly typing my own comment and sending it as soon as I finished typing.

Naminé Nomura Aww, don't tease him, Axel, that's not nice! And I'm excited to see you, too, Roxas!

I had just reread the comment when Kairi suddenly asked, "Is this year going to be the year?" I made a little noise that normally meant that I had no idea what she was saying. She sighed and I felt my bed move a bit, knowing that she had flopped down on my bed, "The year that you and Roxas get together, duh!"

I turned my head and gave my not-so-intimidating glare, "Kairi, shut up. We don't like each other like that, for crying out loud! We never have, never will. He's a heartbreaker, anyways… and all I'll allow us to be is friends, that's it."

"Who says that he wants it to stay that way?" Kairi sang out randomly, and my frowned deepened, "Naminé, think about it, he really seems to like you and everything… I mean, I know he's dated a ton of girls and stuff… but you have to give him a chance if he asks you out, you know!"

I rolled my eyes at my red-headed best friend, "Who says he wants to ask me out in the first place?" I questioned before turning back to my computer and checking status updates quickly before we left to meet up with the boys.

Axel Kaji thinks that Roxas needs to admit his crush on a little blonde girl

I raised my eyebrow at this and shook my head, laughing inwardly. Axel was so silly; he always did stuff like that. It really didn't surprise me at all; he was just that friend that teased you mercilessly, no matter who you are and how much he likes you. That's who he was. I still glanced at the comments, wanting to see with there was anything amusing there.

Roxas Strife How many times do I need to tell you to SHUT UP?
Sora Strife Awwwww, my little brother has a crush!
Riku Takahashi Isn't Roxas older than you, Sora?
Sora Strife Shut up, I can dream…
Roxas Strife Shut it, Sora. This is where I wish a dislike button would be created, damn it.

I saw something below the status update change, so I glanced back up with an amused smile on my face. After reading what was there, the smile slid off my face and became a frown again.

Kairi Nakamura likes this

Kairi Nakamura I know, right, Axel? Same goes to Naminé!

I turned and glared at the red-head sitting atop the top bunk, who was sitting in front of her laptop giggling her head off, "Not funny, Kai-face!" I said, using the nickname the absolutely hates before throwing a pillow at her head. She shrieked and dodged it, before throwing it back at me. I dodged the incoming pillow and it hit the wall, sliding down it onto my bed. My frown deepened into a scowl and I turned to my computer, clicking on the status update bar.

Naminé Nomura is declaring a pillow war!

And with that, I sent it, and not even five seconds later a pillow was launched at my head. I laughed and grabbed a pillow, chucking it at her head, which she deflected with another pillow.

After our little pillow war that Xion refused to be a part of (she just sat on her bed and shook her head at us, while laughing), I grabbed my key and phone and stuck them in my jean pocket, Kairi grabbed her purse, and Xion put on her tiny backpack and we finally left the room.

"Where are we meeting the boys again?" Xion asked as the walked down the halls of our building together.

"The normal spot, of course," I said, a smile gracing my face again.

Kairi laughed loudly, and said equally as loudly that she thought it was obvious and wondered why Xion even had to ask. Xion herself merely shrugged in return, and it was clear that she herself wasn't quite sure why she asked, either.

I laughed at their antics and pulled out my phone as I felt it vibrate in my pocket. I made a quick note in my mind that it was from Roxas, and figured that it was probably him asking where we were and when we were getting there.

I was right.

From: Roxas
To: Naminé

Hey, where are you guys? When are you getting here? We're all here except you three!

I hit the reply button and quickly typed up my reply before sending it again.

From: Naminé
To: Roxas

We're walking over right now. We should be there in about five minutes. Be there soon, so calm down, okay? Haha, just teasing you.

"Was that from Roxas?" Kairi suddenly asked and I just nodded, "What did it say?"

I gave her a look that just screamed 'seriously?' and explained that he was just wondering where we were and such things, and I noticed that Kairi looked a bit disappointed before striking up a conversation about how her vacation was.

You see, for our vacations, we all went back to the places we were born, rather than staying in Twilight Town or traveling together or whatever. Don't get me wrong, we had wanted to travel together, but out parents wanted their children to themselves for the summer. None of us can necessarily blame them; we were gone the whole school year and spend almost every moment of summer together, normally. But, anyways, Kairi went back to Radiant Garden, Xion left for Destiny Islands, and I myself returned to Traverse Town.

Kairi summarized her summer by saying, "It was fun, and I spend a fair bit of my time running around the city going shopping, though I hung out with my friends, Aerith, Yuffie, and Leon mainly. But it was highly repetitive after a while, honestly," she finished, rolling her eyes and shrugging her shoulders, "What about you, Xion?" she added.

Xion didn't speak for a few moments, before somewhat cheerfully stating, "I went to the beach nearly everyday, and mostly spent my time on a small island a little ways off from the mainland. I spent a lot of time with Tidus, Selphie, and Waka. Watched quite a bit of Blitz Ball… nothing too amazing, honestly," she finished before glancing at me, indicating it was my turn to share my summer story.

My slim hands messed with the hem of my shirt for a bit as I responded to the unspoken question, "Well… I didn't do that much… I drew a lot and spent some of my time with Rikku, Paine, and Yuna… that's just about it. A normal, boring summer."

"I still find it odd that you have another friend named Rikku, who has a completely different personality to boot!" Kairi exclaimed, probably having thought about that when I said my female friend's name, "I think it's a little ironic, don't you, Xion?"

Xion shrugged, "Riku isn't an uncommon name… not really, anyways. It isn't that ironic, I believe."

I was about to say something else when a shout came from the general direction in front of us. I looked up and smiled brightly when I saw the guys sitting underneath a huge tree that was in the grassy area on campus. I laughed at Sora's antics when I saw him jump up and down, his amazingly spiky brown hair flopping everywhere, before simply resuming it's spiky form. I always wondered how it could possibly do that.

While Sora was hopping up and down, Riku was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, though they opened when Sora started shouting even louder, looking calm and collected as per usual. I didn't see Axel on the ground so I instinctively looked up into the tree, and sure enough, there he was, sitting on a tree branch waving at us. And then there was Roxas. He was sitting on the ground with his back against the tree, saying something, probably along the lines of 'shut up', to Sora.

The three of us sped up subconsciously as Axel jumped from the branch he was on, Riku pushed away from the tree, and Roxas stood up, brushing himself off. We all started walking towards each other slowly before speeding up more… and more… and more… until we were in a fast paced run, even me. I hate running.

Sora and Kairi were ahead of everyone, which was understandable because they were dating, and almost tackled each other to the ground. Well… more like Kairi jumped on Sora and he had been leaning forward to grab her, causing them to sway back and forth uncertainly before steadying themselves and kissing gently.

When I actually noticed them kissing, I slowed down slightly and blushed at the sight, only to be grabbed around my waist and pulled into a warm embrace. I knew by just the scent that it was Roxas who grabbed me, so I chuckled slightly and hugged him back, "Hey, Roxas," I said, lifting my head and smiling up at him. "It's nice to see you."

He smiled broadly back at me, "It's nice to see you, too, Naminé."

"Aww man, I get no one to hug me first!" came Axel's loud, gruff voice. I laughed again and untangled myself from Roxas, walking over to Axel and hugging him, since Xion was slightly distracted by Riku (they were talking about… something or other), and Kairi and Sora were still kissing.

"I'll be the first girl to give you a hug so far," I said and he chuckled, hugging me back. I could hear Roxas laughing behind me, as well.

"Not quite the same since Roxas grabbed you first, but whatever. I get a hug from blondie!" he said, unwrapping his arms around me and patting my head in a teasing manner.

I let my arms drop to my sides and smiled up at him before glancing at Kairi and Sora. I rolled my eyes, understanding that they hadn't seen each other in months, but this was ridiculous. I coughed really loudly to get their attention, and they tore apart, both blushing slightly.

"So… erm… where are we going?" Sora asked with a chuckle at the end.

I spared a fast glance at Riku and Xion, and they were paying attention so I shrugged, "I… don't know. Anyone have any ideas?"

Everyone was quiet for a little bit, before Roxas spoke up, "Well, it's getting kind of late… why don't we go out to dinner? We can each pay for our own thing, like we usually do."

Everyone else nodded, except for me. I lightly blushed, "I… didn't bring money with me like I normally would've…"

Roxas smiled at me and put his hand on my shoulder, "Don't worry, I'll pay for you." I started to sputter rejections to the idea, but he said, "It's only polite for the guy to pay for the lady's dinner. Don't worry, I can pay, Naminé! Just nothing too expensive," he winked playfully at me and I blushed all over again.

I stared down at my feet and muttered an okay. Even with my eyes on the ground, I would basically see Kairi smirking knowingly at me. I heard Sora and Axel laughing, but I think they were laughing mostly at Roxas… I hoped so, anyways. Riku and Xion were nice, they didn't laugh or anything.

At the place we were eating, there were coloring sheets for little kids, plus the tablecloths had pieces of white butcher paper on them. My group, being the weird people are, demanded we all get crayons and pieces of papers. Well, I didn't actually say anything, they did. I mentally thanked them, though; I really wanted crayons, at least.

We were seated in one of those 'c' shaped booths, and I ended up sitting next to Kairi, with Xion on the other side of me and Roxas somewhat across from me. Sora sat next to Kairi and Riku next to Xion with Axel across from her.

Kairi almost immediately took out the red crayon of the small packet and started writing a massage in my line of view. Obviously, it was for me. I started to doodle as she did that, until she elbowed me – quite painfully, if I may add – in the side. My head snapped to her and I attempted to glare, but it didn't have too much of an affect, because she just pointed to the message, a smirk on her face. I frowned and looked at the message written in Kairi's loopy and neat handwriting.

Nami, Roxas has it bad for you! It's so obvious now! You can't deny it, muhahaha! Just admit you like him and you guys can live happily ever after!

My frown transitioned into a scowl as I took out a blue crayon and wrote her a message in my small, curvy handwriting, as well.

Kairi, stop it! He doesn't like me, he was just being a nice friend, that's all! And for the last time, I truly do not like him, okay?

Kairi read the initial message and shook her head writing something out yet again. I felt Xion poke me in the arm, though, so I looked down at the paper again, noting that she wrote to me in black crayon.

I'm sorry to say this, Naminé, but I have a feeling Roxas does like you. All the signs are there, you know…

Kairi scribbled out what she was originally writing, and rewrote something else.

Thank you, Xion! At least you get it, unlike Miss Stubborn here! Naminé, he likes you. Get used to it.

He doesn't like me. End of conversation!

Okay, Naminé.

Oh just think about it!

I said end of conversation! And I will not think about it, there's no point!

BUT—

No!

"You girls seem to be scribbling furiously," Roxas said, obviously amused by my angry, embarrassed state and Kairi's annoyed, highly frustrated state. I could really blame him… our intense writing must've been amusing everyone, after all.

"J-Just a little… moment we were having…" I muttered before starting to doodle again.

Dinner resumed somewhat peacefully, with Sora joking around, Kairi lightening up, Roxas and Axel making fun of… whatever they were thinking about, and Xion and Riku talking happily. I listened to my friends speak, allowing an odd feeling of calm to wash over me as I continued sketching.

When we got back to the dorm, I immediately walked towards the bathroom, "I'm going to shower first, okay?" I called behind me as I walked into our somewhat nice bathroom. I heard the other two mutter 'yes's as I closed the door behind me and locked it.

I stripped myself of my clothing and turned on the shower. I waited for it to heat up before stepping in and letting the warm water wash over me, small droplets hitting my shoulders, back, and skull.

As I hummed, I couldn't help but think back to what Kairi and Xion said. About Roxas liking me. I just couldn't believe it… it was, honestly, very hard to believe. I'm a Plain Jane, nothing too special about me in my eyes. In addition, I knew Roxas very well. The way he acts around girls he likes is stoic… he tends to come off as jerkish and rude. He's being sweet and kind to me, so it honestly didn't make sense for him to ever like me.

With that, as I scrubbed in my shampoo, I finalized my thoughts with a simple 'he doesn't like me'. I was perfectly fine with that. I don't like Roxas; he's my best guy friend for crying out loud! Can't a girl and a guy be friends without having people bother them about dating? Apparently not, and I was a little disappointed about it.

After washing out my strawberry scented shampoo and my vanilla scented conditioner out of my hair, I stepped out and wrapped a towel around myself. I walked out of the bathroom and pulled out my clothing from my separate drawer of clothing, one of three. I walked back into the bathroom before Kairi could teasingly start whistling at me, and changed quickly into light blue shorts and a white tank top. I hung my towel after getting my hair as dry as it was going to go with using just a towel, and walked back into the main room, "Whoever's next, your turn," I called out before sitting on my bed and grabbing my laptop.

"Me, me!" Kairi shouted and ran into the bathroom, "Jeez, Naminé, it's a freaking sauna in here! You take way too hot showers!"

I rolled my eyes. You'd think she'd be used to that, but nope, she still wasn't, after living with me for years, "Just wait for the room to cool down then, Kairi!"

There was a loud nope and the door shut, leaving Xion and I sitting on our beds. Xion was reading a book as I opened up my laptop and turned it on. The black-haired girl and I sat in a comfortable silence as I opened up my Internet.

Instead of just one tab popping up, though, two of them did. One was Facebook, and the other tag said… 'Swirls of Pink'. I raised my eyebrow at the name and clicked on it. Kairi probably got on my computer and added that as a homepage, knowing her. I blinked, slightly shocked when I saw a blog that was tastefully colored different shades of pink, but not just any tastefully pink blog. It was Kairi's blog. Honestly, it wasn't too surprising… she is Kairi, after all.

I looked at the first (and, as of now, only) blog there, and sighed, deciding to read it. She was my best friend, and if she was making me read it, there was no doubt in my mind that everyone else had to read it, too.

Before I read the actual blog, though, I decided to read her 'About Me' section.

About Me:

Hi there! I'm Kairi Strife! This is a private site, so anyone reading this knows what school I go to! I'm 16, and my two best friends in the entire world are Xion and Naminé! I have an adorable boyfriend named Sora, and three other best friends, Axel, Riku, and Roxas! I'm not a fan of school, to be completely honest, but this entire blog will be about just that, school, and the drama that goes along with it! See you there!

I chuckled, it was just like Kairi to have us in her 'About Me' section. As stuck up as Kairi may or may not seem, she cares deeply for all of us, and includes us in everything. She really is a sweet girl! I simply smiled and turned my attention to the actual blog portion of the website.

Title: 4 Boys, 3 Girls, 2 Semesters, 1 School Year
Mood: Excited
Listening To: "The Salt Water Room" – Owl City
Eating: Lays!
Location: Dorm Room!

Hey everyone! I just moved back into my dorm earlier today, and classes start the day after tomorrow! Today I met up with my BFFs Xion and Naminé, we had much fun! Nami and I had a short pillow war, because I annoyed her with my Facebook post, tee hee!

Afterwards, though, we met up with the guys. I was so excited to see Sora we almost fell over by the sheer force of out collision! We kissed for a good… few minutes or so. Don't worry, it was just straight up kissing! We were separated by Naminé, who had coughed loudly enough to ruin our sweet moment. Don't be jealous Nami, you'll find Mr. Right very soon (he's so much closer than you think)!

And, Axel, I'm sorry about totally not hugging you! My boyfriend comes first, sorry! Haha, I'll give you a hug next time I see you!

After that, we all went out to eat, and there were pieces of butcher paper on the tables! And crayons! CRAYONS! I was so excited! Nami, Xion, and I had a short writing war about a certain blonde boy liking Naminé, but were stopped by that certain boy (cough, cough Roxas cough, cough). After, we had a nice, as peaceful as a group can get, dinner. Although, it wasn't that peaceful when Axel "accidentally" threw a roll at our super rude server, and Riku tripped him out of spite! Too much fun, too much fun!

Tomorrow we should be getting our schedules, which I'm psyched about! I just know I'll have at least one class with each of my friends! Haha, I may dislike school, but I definitely don't dislike classes with my friends! Especially when I get to pull random pranks with Axel, or pass notes with Xion and Naminé, or be forced to study in Study Hall by Riku, or "secretly" holding hands with Sora! Oh man, I love my friends!

That's just about all for now, everyone! See you in my next blog (which should be tomorrow)!

Love,
Kairi

Comments:

Axel
Nah, it's okay, you need time with you boyfriend! But you better give me a hug like you promised, got it memorized? But when I hit that guy in the head, haha! The look on his face was priceless!

Roxas
How many times do I have to say I don't like her? Today was a lot of fun, though; we have to do it again soon, which I know we will!

Sora
Haha, our moment was sweet, wasn't it? Love you, Kairi!

Xion
You're so weird, Kairi! It's awesome you created a blog though.

Riku
That guy was way too rude. He deserved a roll to the head and a face-floor collision.

I shook my head and typed up my own comment in response to the blog.

Naminé
Again, he doesn't like me, Kairi! Get that through your head! But, like Roxas said, today was a lot of fun! I was seriously about to throw a crayon at out server, but the crayon didn't deserve it, haha!

I could just tell this school year was going to be awesome.

Well, at least, I hoped it was going to be. You know what they say, it's always calm before a storm.

A/N: I know, I haven't uploaded anything in a long time, and this is most certainly not the story I promised you guys, but I've been working on this chapter slowly for the past few months, and I suddenly got the urge to complete it. And then my friend and I came up with a plot for it and... well... it's going to be finished. Nothing else for a while, I'm sorry! This is just center stage right now for some reason... this story over all interests me a lot. Let's see where I can take it.

Yes, it is another High School AU story, which I'm aware most people aren't too fond of... but I simply adore them. I can't help it... maybe I'll write a somewhat IU story some day if people really want me to. Depends on if I ever get the actual inspiration for it.

- Rei

Sora and Kairi are too sickeningly cute. I'm glad

~Grey

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