If anyone has noticed that in the first chapter, there was a line with bold and italic writing. I used it to show that particular line. If anyone of you is wondering why then I should tell you that I imagine these kinds of lines and they touch me deeply so I strike them out to help you notice them. There is also one line in here which I have mentioned like the above one.

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Fourth Flower: Talk about feelings and SMILE!

Roxas got out of the shop, whistling with a skateboard in his hand. The sky was bright with some clouds. He looked up to the sky and sighed, "Don't you think it's a perfect day to be outside?" he looked back.

"Why do I have to come with you? Naminé was frustrated because of going out in the broad light of the day, not for herself but for the skater boy who was whistling while walking in front of her.

"I don't want to go with you! I want to go back in the shop!" she stomped her foot on the road and scowled. Roxas stopped and looked back at her. "Didn't you hear what Aerith said?" he asked with raised eye brows.

Flashback!

"I will, but on one condition," Aerith smiled. Roxas pouted, confused by what Aerith said. She looked at Naminé playfully and giggled. Naminé continued working on the counter even though she knew that Aerith was staring at her. "Umm…Naminé? You can stop working now," Aerith said and Naminé stopped and looked at her. "It's okay, I'll manage myself," Aerith said and shooed her from behind the counter and made her stand beside Roxas. Roxas noticed this. He took some steps away from Naminé and grabbed his skateboard to hide his face behind it. He didn't know why, but his face felt red.

"Then what should I do Miss Aerith?" Naminé asked politely. "Please don't use 'Miss' with me. Just call me Aerith," Aerith smiled and Naminé nodded.

"Aerith, can I go now?" Roxas asked, checking his watch. "Yeah, you both can go now," she said and turned her back towards them. Roxas and Naminé looked at each other for a split second then back at Aerith and asked together, "Both?"

Aerith turned back to look at them with a surprised look. "You don't expect me to let you go alone, Roxas?" she asked him. Roxas sighed. "Aerith, I am no longer an eight year old kid. I am eighteen and I can take care of myself," he was clearly impatient to go out in the fresh air. "I know, but I can't send you out without Naminé. This poor girl will be alone in the store," she gave Naminé a kind look. Naminé blushed. "I'll be fine. You don't have to do anything for me," she said hastily. Aerith ignored this and instructed Roxas to take care of Naminé before pushing them outside.

Flashback ends!!

"Of course I did," the annoyance was clearly visible in Naminé's voice.

"So you should know that if I don't take you outside with me then I couldn't go out and if I don't go out, I'll be a laughing stock for Hayner for the entire summer vacation," Roxas shrugged and kept on walking.

"She didn't say anything like that!" Naminé rushed by his side. "That was her main idea but she didn't say it. She has a habit of hiding her true reasons behind words," Roxas smiled while looking straight ahead of himself.

"But how did you know it? I mean, how can you understand her so well?" Naminé asked in light tone. "That's because she's my mother," Roxas informed and Naminé stopped walking. "Mother?"

"I mean, she's like my mother. She has raised me since I was a kid. You see, every one of us from the store is an orphan," Roxas said it in such a tone like it didn't matter. "I'm sorry," Naminé said and Roxas stopped walking.

"Why are you apologizing?" his eyes were round and confused. "I didn't know you all were orphans. I thought that you all belonged to rich families," she said and turned her face away. Roxas laughed. "Most people get the same impression as you do. They always took great care of us. We never complained about anything. Kairi and me don't even know from where we belong. Others have a fairly well idea about their backgrounds," the last line was said with a shrug. Naminé stared at the ground.

"Umm…is Kairi your girlfriend?" Naminé asked shyly. "Of course not! We are just friends," Roxas said hastily. "Oh…" was all Naminé could manage to say.

"Naminé? Why don't you smile?" Roxas asked as they started walking again. "What?" Naminé asked, not getting his question.

"I mean, I know I haven't known you much longer but still this thing has been bothering me. What's restraining you from smiling?" Roxas asked out of genuine concern. For a long time, Naminé didn't respond and Roxas thought that she didn't want to.

"I don't see any reason to smile," Naminé said lightly. Roxas was surprised but he didn't stop walking. "People smile when they are happy with what they got. They smile to appreciate it," Naminé sighed. "I, on the other hand, have noting to appreciate so what's the point in smiling?" she shook her head.

"You have a life," Roxas said gently. "Huh?" Naminé didn't expect such kind of answer. "You got to live and that's the biggest thing to appreciate. You get to experience new things, meet new people, see new sceneries, what else could anyone wish for?" Roxas kept on talking and all Naminé could do was hear him. "I can't say that people have don't have dark secrets or dark lives but that reason is not enough for them to stop smiling. Haven't you heard that line, A smile can illuminate the darkest of night? So all you gotta do is smile," with this said, Roxas grinned broadly.

"It will take some time with me," Naminé sighed. Roxas stopped smiling. "Well, why don't you get yourself a hobby that makes you happy?" this time, Roxas took a different approach. "Like my hobby and my passion is skateboarding. Whenever I'm on a skateboard, going down the alley, feeling the wind rushing through my hairs, I can't stop but be happy and smile," just the thought was making Roxas smile. Naminé stared at him.

"That was what I first thought, make a hobby. Everything related to arts made me happy so I absorbed myself in making pictures, drawing, and painting. I thought that this will make me happy. But I was wrong. Even painting doesn't make me happy enough to smile," Naminé said gently. Roxas was now in a tight situation. He didn't know what to do anymore. They passed a balloon stand and the ice-cream parlor which sold the best sea-salt ice cream ever!

"ROXAS! YOU ARE LATE!" someone screamed from behind. Naminé turned to see Hayner and Pence standing there and there was another guy with flaming red hairs and tattoos on his eyes. Apparently that guy was screaming.

"Sorry Axel," Roxas rushed towards him. Naminé didn't know what to do. She just stood there and watched. Hayner whispered to Pence and he walked towards her.

"Hi Naminé! You know me don't you? I'm Pence from the store," he greeted her. "Nice to meet you Pence," Naminé greeted him with a blank face. "Hey, wanna eat some ice cream? It's my treat," Pence said happily. Naminé knew that he was trying to be nice with her and she liked this feeling. "Sure," she said and walked with him towards the shop. "You wait here and I'll be back in a jiffy," Pence said and walked inside the door. Naminé looked at the colorful balloons. She wanted to buy them but she didn't have any munny so she shrugged off the thought and stood across the road.

"Hey Roxas, was that blonde girl your girl friend?" Axel asked Roxas as he readied his skateboard. "No, why would you think that?" Roxas replied. Axel shrugged. "Forget it. I'm just glad that she isn't," Roxas stopped in his tracks. "Glad?" Roxas asked with a weird expression. "Forget it," Axel said in an ordering manner.

"I want my ice cream!" Roxas said pointedly to Hayner. Hayner, who was busy with his cell phone, looked at him and said, "Pence has gone to get them," Roxas knew about Pence's laziness so he decided to help him. As he excused himself and walked towards the ice cream parlor, he thought about Naminé. She was standing just a few feet away and she kept staring at one direction. Roxas who had never seen her stand still, slowed in his tracks. He watched her pale skin in sunlight and her violet eyes shining by the sun rays. He had never seen anything so beautiful.

"Get a grip Roxas Unmei!" he slapped his cheeks in a sudden realization. Roxas continued his walk towards the shop and pretended to ignore Naminé, which was very difficult for him.

As he reached the shop, he watched Pence paying for the ice-cream and talking merrily with the old man. Roxas didn't want to interrupt them because he knew that the old man had no family and he really liked kids. He always treated them gently.

"Watch your step!" there was an unfamiliar voice from behind and CRASH! Roxas looked at Naminé who was standing with a surprised look. He noticed her staring at the balloon stand. After watching her, he looked back. The balloon stand was on the ground and the man who ran it was scolding some young children who kept staring at the ground. All the balloons which were once tied to the stand colorfully were nowhere to be seen on ground. They were all floating in the air and towards different directions. The sky was soon filled with colorful balloons of different shapes. At first Roxas looked at the colorful sky and then automatically his eyes looked at Naminé.

He was momentarily stunned.

Naminé was grinning broadly while looking at the sky.

Roxas stared at her with a very surprised expression. She could smile and the thing she chose to smile on was the colorful sky. A heart balloon floated towards her and she grabbed her. It was of yellow color.

Naminé looked at Roxas and her grin vanished. They just stared at each other. Both of them were standing on different sides of the road, but exactly the opposite of each other. There was a strong rush of wind and it touched both of them. Roxas felt like, everything had just disappeared. It was just the two of them, the wind and the balloons floating on the street between. As the wind touched Naminé, her hairs flew a little and she put them behind her ear. But all the time, they didn't break their eye contact.

Then she smiled at him and looked away at the balloons that were floating away. Roxas didn't know how to respond to her smile. He could've smiled back but something told him that that smile would've been useless. There was a lot of difference in their smiles.

"Roxas, let's go," Pence said to him but Roxas didn't even look back. "Roxas?" Pence asked again but Roxas was staring at Naminé who was playing with the balloon with a little smiled on her face.

Roxas had never seen anything so beautiful before.

If he had the choice of comparing the sunsets of Twilight Town and her smile, he would definitely choose her smile.

Because then it would be a choice of comparing a sunflower and a rose.

Where obviously she was the rose.

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OKAY! My slowest AND the longest chapter so far. I know it was VERY late but I had some other business in my mind. I apologize for the delay in the chapter. But HEY! The little moment between Roxas and Naminé might make it up to you.

I also lost the inspiration for this chapter. The balloon thingy looked very good when I was planning this chapter and the talk between Roxas and Naminé was very difficult to plan. I had three main things to add in this chapter. 1st: their first ever talk. 2nd: Naminé's first smile and 3rd: something which I shouldn't mention right now. It will kill all the twist and curves for the later story.

Personally, my favorite part was the whole balloon scene and her first smile. I am working on a Naminé x Roxas one shot which according to me is going to be my best one EVER! I will complete it first then move forward for the 5th chapter. So, get ready for the delay, again.

Does anyone of you watch or read BLEACH? Just a casual question. Cuz if you are a crazy fan like me, then my one shot might attract you.

Enough of my blabbering for now. Review and tell me about this chapter to make my day!

Jane!