The Perfect Square
Summary: AU Roxas is madly in love with Kairi, who already has a boyfriend. He then convinces Naminé to be his girlfriend to make Kairi jealous, but who does he really love? Roxas x Naminé
Disclaimer: The storyline is mine but Kingdom Hearts isn't.
Hi guys! It's a miracle that I'm updating again, huh? Warning though: don't hate me for this chapter! Haha!
Chapter nine was difficult for me to write because it deals with scuba diving, snorkeling and other fun stuff that really fascinated me back when I used to live in the Northern Mariana Islands, before I moved to Canada. I was only ten years old back then so I never got the chance to try these underwater activities. Anyway, for this chapter I'm going to feature a grotto, because they are really beautiful. For those unfamiliar with the term, I provided a definition below!
Grotto: is often a small cave near water and often flooded or liable to flood at high tide. (Wikipedia)
I hope you guys enjoy this chapter because I think it's a fun one, filled with lots of character and relationship development as well, and Happy Halloween! Don't eat too much candy. Haha!
Chapter Nine: An Underwater Escapade
Another day with the gang, it's finally the weekend, late Friday evening to be exact, which means the day-off for everyone. It's been a tiring week, working for five days and it's about time the gang enjoys and makes the best of their vacation. Olette of course won't waste a minute of their summer and already has plans up her sleeve.
"Guess what guys?" Olette merrily walked into the living room where everyone was currently enjoying popcorn and watching their primetime dramas as she just got off the phone.
Everyone just looked at her as if it was a rhetorical question and waited for her answer.
"I booked us a boat at Daybreak Point! Which means…" Olette paused while her eyes sparkled.
"Which means?" Naminé raised a brow while flipping through a magazine she was currently reading. More like scanning through just for the pictures.
"Which means… we can go snorkeling and scuba diving all day tomorrow!"
"REALLY?!" the boys' eyes sparkled as much as Olette's eyes.
"Really! Anyway, our day would start early tomorrow morning, and we'll have a boat driver waiting for us!"
"Wow, you mean Daybreak Point, as in the beach with a grotto?" Naminé cheered, while Kairi nervously hid behind the bowl of popcorn she was eating. Naminé didn't fail to notice that Kairi tensed up right beside her. "Something wrong, Kairi?"
"Well I don't want to ruin your fun and all, but I can't exactly swim." Kairi informed.
"Nonsense!" Olette exclaimed. "By tomorrow, you learn for sure!"
"Hey, since scuba diving is a little extreme, Roxas and I will go snorkeling with you, right Roxas?" Naminé shot a wink towards Roxas.
"Uh, yeah, we'll accompany you, Kairi." Roxas scratched his head, a little red.
"And we can take pictures and explore caves!" Naminé cheered.
"Really? I love that stuff! I'll join you guys with the snorkeling too," Sora gleamed.
"Aww, is everyone snorkeling? We were supposed to go scuba diving." Olette pouted.
"I'm scuba diving no matter what," Hayner raised his hand.
"Count me in too. I've always wanted to try scuba diving." Riku joined in.
"Then it's settled! Seven in the morning, we're out of the house guys! Daybreak Point is about an hour drive and I also bought water proof cameras in advance." Olette confirmed. "Hayner and I will also take care of the food, so don't worry about that. See you all in the morning!" and everyone headed towards the bedrooms for the night.
--xx--
"What a long drive." Roxas sighed as he got out the car.
"We wouldn't have taken forever if we didn't make all those pit stops." Naminé crossed her arms.
"I know! What did you eat this morning, Hayner?" Olette glared.
"Can't you all just lay off on me? It was an awful morning for me already." Hayner sighed while rubbing his stomach.
"Whatever it was, don't eat it again." Olette patted his back and they all gathered their belongings. As soon as everyone was out of the car they met up with their boat driver and picked up their equipments for the day.
"So since the four of you will be snorkeling, you guys can just head over to the grotto, while we go scuba diving in the open waters." Olette told Roxas, Naminé, Kairi and Sora.
"We'll meet up around lunch?" Naminé asked.
"Yup, see you then!" Olette waved.
As soon as everyone changed, Roxas, Naminé, Kairi and Sora picked up their gear and cameras. "This is going to be so much fun!" Naminé exclaimed.
"I know! It's been so long since we did anything fun." Roxas cheered along.
Meanwhile Kairi was getting a little more nervous as they walked closer to their destination. "It'll be fine, Kairi." Naminé assured as she held her shoulder. You'll have the three of us to swim with you!"
"Thanks guys." Kairi nodded.
To reach the grotto the group had to walk down a stairway that led to the underwater cave. It was getting darker and darker as they neared and Kairi reached for Sora's arm to calm her fears. As they got closer they could hear the small splashes of waves get louder, which only excited Roxas and Naminé even more. Thrill seekers.
"Wow." Sora stared in awe.
"Isn't it amazing?" Naminé stared at the view. The water was a very deep blue, blending with a bit of aqua green and looked quite inviting. It was a bit chilly down at the grotto, which made the four shiver a bit.
"Is the water freezing?" Kairi's eyed widened.
"Don't worry, once we're down there, we're going to swim to an opening that leads to the ocean where Olette, Hayner and Riku are." Roxas said.
"Hey," Naminé called out. "Instead of jumping off the ledge we're on now, let's go a bit lower to where the water is, so we wouldn't have to dive." Naminé suggested lightening up the mood for Kairi.
Once they reached the bottom rocks, everyone wore their goggles and snorkels. "Ready?" Naminé grinned. "I'm going to jump now!" Naminé jumped while Roxas and Sora followed after her.
"Come on, Kairi!" Naminé yelled.
"We'll catch you!" Roxas and Sora assured with open arms.
"Okay, I'm jumping!" Kairi said nervously and took a deep breath as she went for it. Roxas and Sora caught her and held her hands to keep her balanced in the water.
"Now, that wasn't so bad was it?" Sora chuckled.
"Easy for you to say," Kairi pouted.
"Let's get this day started!" Naminé swam ahead of them.
While swimming, once in a while they would swim up shore to talk to each other. They got closer to the end of the grotto where it led to the ocean. Once they reached the warmer waters, an unexpected tide came towards them, threatening to separate the four. Roxas had his tight grip on Kairi and Naminé reached for the closest person to her, which was Sora. He was also holding onto Kairi, but their grip loosened as the tide reached them.
The tide wasn't a very huge one, but it did separate them a little. Sora and Naminé swam for shore immediately.
Naminé inhaled as much air as she could, "That was a close one!"
"You got that right," Sora panted for air.
"Roxas! Kairi! Where do think they could be?" Naminé panicked.
"Look, right there!" Sora spotted them just swimming above the water.
"Roxas!" Naminé yelled towards them.
"We're okay!" Roxas yelled back.
"Great!" Naminé sighed thankfully.
"Where are we exactly?" Sora wondered.
"Hmm, look I can see the shoreline. We got dragged pretty close to the beach." Naminé observed. "We should head for shore."
Sora nodded and Roxas and Kairi followed.
"That was an experience," Roxas laughed while they were all lying on their backs on the sands.
"You can say that again," Naminé laughed along. "Too bad I never got to take any pictures."
"I saw a cave nearby that is just a swim away. Want to check it out?" Sora asked.
"You bet!" Naminé got up, dusting herself. "Are you coming along, Roxas?"
"Hmm, you want to go Kairi?" Roxas faced towards her.
"I think I need to some find some composure for while. You guys go ahead." Kairi said while rubbing her temples.
"Sora and I will go then. Don't leave a girl behind, Roxas!" Naminé tapped her foot.
"But, I – " Roxas was cut off as Naminé kneeled beside him and began to whisper in his ear.
"Hey, this is your chance to talk to Kairi, right?" Naminé winked and lightly kissed his cheek before she got up. "We'll be back soon! I just want a few pictures." Naminé bid them goodbye and Sora ran with her to the waters and began to swim.
"So," Roxas turned to Kairi.
"Yeah?" Kairi asked.
"Um..., do you like... shells?"
--xx--
Meanwhile, Naminé and Sora were swimming around corals and schools of fish, while Naminé was taking pictures of anything that amazed her. She loved the ocean and tropical creatures. Then she noticed that Sora was pointing that they were near the cave he saw earlier. They soon reached the cave and walked around for a bit. It was a very small cave and Naminé assumed that it was only created recently.
"Look, a bottled message," Sora picked up.
"How old fashioned. People actually still send these?" Naminé giggled and observed the bottle. It looked old and the ends of the paper were brown.
"Too bad it never got sent since it got washed up here." Sora laughed.
"Might as well just throw it again then." Naminé suggested. Sora shrugged and threw it back to the water.
"You know this is where I first met Roxas and Olette." Naminé began.
"…In this cave?" Sora was surprised.
Naminé laughed, "No silly. Fine, I'll be more specific. It was last summer just before first year of college began and I sighed up for scuba diving lessons and I met them."
"Really? That's pretty cool. It sucks you guys couldn't go scuba diving today, huh?"
"Not a big deal. We're barely half-way through summer, so we'll have lots of time to do so." Naminé smiled while taking a seat at a flat surface to rest. "So how did you meet Kairi and Riku?"
Sora also sat down beside her, "Riku has always been my best friend since we were five and Kairi and I were in the same marketing class. She told us she was new around, so since then we've been hanging out with her."
"Wow, and love grew between her and Riku?" Naminé asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I guess it did." Sora was a little startled since it Riku and Kairi dating is just an act. "How about you and Roxas? Been lovebirds since college began?"
"Nope." Naminé replied while hugging her legs. "We hated each other to tell you the truth. Olette became my best friend though and her long-time boyfriend is Hayner, who is Roxas' best friend, so we were stuck together in every outing. You can pretty much connect the rest of that story."
"Ah, the unexpected hook-up." Sora laughed.
Naminé chuckled nervously, "You can say that."
--xx--
"So, how's your mom doing?" Roxas asked, swirling the sand with his fingers while sitting up.
"She's doing great." Kairi replied, nodding.
Awkward silence.
"Um," Kairi also played with the sand, "How's your mom?"
"She's doing great too." Roxas replied.
Silence.
Both continued to swirl their fingers on the sand.
--xx--
"You play the guitar too?" Naminé asked. "You have got to show me a few songs sometime."
"No problem!" Sora smiled.
"Oh my, it's way past lunch." Naminé looked at her watch. "The others must be looking for us!"
They swam quickly and found Olette and the rest with Roxas and Kairi. "Olette! How was scuba diving?" Naminé asked as soon as she met up with them.
"Not what I expected." Olette grumbled and shot death glares toward Riku and Hayner.
"What happened?" Naminé curiously asked.
"I was just telling the story to Roxas and Kairi here, but anyway, while we were underwater," Olette sighed, "Riku experienced a little problem and noticed that his oxygen tank was hooked loosely around him and then it ended up getting caught around some rocks."
"So while I was trying to get it loose from the rocks," Riku continued for Olette, "My oxygen tank came off me completely. I panicked since I was going to loose air and held onto Hayner."
Sora and Naminé gasped.
"Yup. Unfortunately his grip was on my oxygen tank and that got pulled off of me too." Hayner told.
"So anyway, I was left to save these two butts and our scuba diving was cut short since Hayner and Riku lost their tanks." Olette rolled her eyes.
"But, how could have this have happened?" Naminé raised a brow.
"Simple. It's Riku." Kairi nodded.
"It's Hayner." Roxas nodded.
"I see…" Naminé figured.
A/N:"ZOMG, more Sora and Naminé moments?" Muahaha -evil laugh- It will just keep on coming guys! Yay, for plot development! No complaining guys, Roxas and Naminé will shine soon enough. Lastly, if you guys are wondering the time frame for this story, the third week of their summer has just passed.
Sneak peak of next chapter: The gang attends their first summer college party! See you until then!