Was It Really Hatred? Pt. 2

Pairing: Roxas X OC 

Summary: These two have been at each other's throats for years. Never have they ever gotten along and they never plan to. But when the Halloween Dance comes around and they mysteriously meet, it reveals a surprising secret between the two. It leaves one of them wondering, "How did this war between us even start?"

“Roxas, our class is this way...” Hayner pointed as he nodded, “I know. But I wanna find Leon first. I gotta ask him about Star."

"Just find him at lunch. We don't have enough time to-"

"He's right there." Roxas pointed as he headed over, "Leon!" He turned to the two, "Do I know you?"

"No. We're juniors..." Roxas responded. "I was wondering how I can get in touch with your friend Star?"

"Through me." He said seriously. "What do you want with Star?" He replied, "I wanted to talk to her. We hung out at the dance and-"

"Whatever you have to say to her, you can say to me."

"What's the problem with meeting up with her-" Hayner began to argue, but stopped as Leon gave him an intense glare. Roxas continued, "I wanted to give her something...."

"Then I'll take it to her." He held out a hand to take it from him, but he refused, "No. I'd rather give it to her myself."

"Then I guess she's not gonna be getting--" Leon began as the PA system soon interrupted them, "If anyone had found a necklace the night of the dance that isn't theirs, please bring it to the office. The owner is looking for it."

"That must be her!" Hayner lit up. "She probably came back looking for it!" They quickly rushed off as Leon pondered, "Necklace?"

~

“Hey, Cid.” the teacher heard as Kaylie came into his office. He beamed, “Kayls! How you doing kid?”

“Pretty well.” she smiled. “You busy right now?”

“Always got time for you kid. You really saved my ass with deadlines last year. I owe you big time.” he told her as she asked, “Who was in charge of covering yearbook photos at the dance on Friday?”

“Yours truly.” he stated. “You want photos?”

“Can I see what you got?” she asked as he nodded, looking through his computer. “Sure, kid. You sure missed out. The dance was one of the best I’ve seen in years. You should’ve seen your substitute DJ too. Amazing.”

“Heh, Star? I’ve heard.” she smiled a bit happy at the compliment.

“Well, here they are.” he got out of his chair as she sat down and began looking through it. “Are you looking for something in particular?”

“I’m trying to find someone who was at the dance... He was dressed as a vampire.” she told him as he took the mouse from her and began searching, “Hmm, that’s gonna be a lil tough. Vampires are popular among you youngsters so there was a handful of them...”

“... oh, he had a full set! Dark hair, pale face, fangs, and even red contacts.” she remembered as he lit up, “Oh! I definitely got a picture of that guy! If we had a competition for best costume, he’d probably would’ve won.” He scrolled through the photos as she questioned, “Do you know who he was?”

“Nah, I was too busy taking photos to talk to each person getting to know them.” he scoffed. “Why so interested in this vampire?”

“Star hung out with him at the dance.” she said. “And she wanted to know who he was... to satisfy her curiosity. So I’m doing her this favor.”

“Oh, good. When you take her this picture of her unknown vampire.... be sure to give her the pics I got of her too.” he said going through the photos. She beamed, “Sure.” He looked at the clock, “Might take a while. I’ll write you up an excused late slip.”

“Thanks, Cid.” she smiled at him. “You’re the best.” He nodded as they continued to look through the photos.

“Do you see her?” Hayner looked around the office filled with multiple people. Roxas shook his head, “No...” He approached the secretary, “Excuse me... I found the necklace that was lost at the dance. Is the owner here still? I’d like to properly return it to her...”

“Yes... one moment.” she smiled. She turned to the waiting area, “Yuffie. Your necklace...”  Then something clicked in his mind.

“STAR!!” She pulled away from him, “Fi, of all times to-”

“My necklace~!” Yuffie, Kaylie’s best friend approached them. “You guys are a lifesaver! I’ve been looking for it all week--”

“Hang on.” Roxas stopped her from taking it from his grasp. “You aren’t Star... you were her friend distracting Seifer...” She flinched, but responded, “Yeah... but Star’s been pretty packed with stuff and asked me to look for her necklace for her. So can you please-”

“Sorry... but this is really important to Star. She would definitely want to get it back herself.” he said seriously as Yuffie began to get annoyed, “And she would, but she has a lot on her plate right now. She can’t get away from her things and that’s why I need to get it to her. She’s been super stressed without it!”

“Roxas... maybe you should just-”

“I want to return it to her myself.” he said strongly. “Just tell me where I can find her and I’ll get it to her right away.”

“What the hell is your problem?! Just give it to me so I can return it to her!” she scolded him as they soon heard the bell ring for class.

“If you’re not gonna tell me where she is, then I’ll have to find her myself.” he said leaving with Hayner following behind.

~

“WHAT?!” Kaylie growled as Yuffie told her what happened. They headed to lunch as she stormed over to Roxas and his friends enjoying their lunch, “Hey, dweeb! That necklace doesn’t belong to you!”

“It doesn’t belong to you either.” he said confidently as she responded, “But it does belong to a friend of mine and she wants it back! So hand it over!” He responded, “No. I’m only gonna give it to Star. It means a lot to her.”

“Which is exactly why she wants it back.” Kaylie fought as he said, “Then she would be the one asking me for it... not you, not Yuffie.” Kaylie growled, “You realize that you’re violating an order from the disciplinary committee. Give me the necklace before I get angry...” He ignored her as they soon heard, “What’s the problem here, Kayl?” She smirked as her brother and his gang approached, “These guys are violating a direct order I gave them.”

“Violating a disciplinary committee member...” Seifer sighed, writing up a few slips. “Looks like you’re all getting detention.”

“W-Wha?!” Olette panicked. “But that isn’t fair!”

“Are you arguing with us now? Maybe I should make it a whole week of detention....” Seifer threatened as she shut up, but the guys glared angrily. He continued on with his gang, punishing other students as Kaylie said, “I’ll get rid of those detentions... if you give me the necklace.”

“No.” Roxas said, walking away from her as his friends followed. She clenched her fist as Yuffie sighed, “Now what?”

“The only option.” she replied. “I have to be Star again...”

“Are you sure? It’s risky... especially if Seifer finds out about it.” Yuffie pointed out as she nodded, “It’s the only way to get my necklace back.” She sighed, “Okay, How about I take them to you after their detention? We could meet up somewhere your brother would never go...”

“The library.” she lit up. I’ll get dressed up as Star and meet you there.”

“Perfect.” she smiled.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

“Hey...” Roxas heard after school as he and Hayner headed to meet Pence and Olette to go to detention. Leon approached him, “Got a minute?” He nodded, leaving Hayner as he asked, “What’s up?”

“That necklace... you said it was Star’s?” Roxas nodded as he continued, “Where’d you get it?”

“She dropped it when she left. I tried to give it back to her, but she was long gone.” he explained as Leon said, “Look, besides the stage, she’s not a very social person. I dunno if anything happened between you two that night, but forget about it and think about this... That necklace is special to her and you’re depriving her of that important part of her life.”

“... I know. Which is why I want to return it to her right away.” he said. Leon gave him a look as they soon heard, “Leon!” Kaylie approached, glaring at Roxas, “Don’t you have detention?” He didn’t answer as she shooed him away, “Don’t just stand there, idiot! Go before I give you another one!” He left, giving her a glare as she turned to Leon, “What the hell was that?”

“Gathering intel.” he said. “You dropped your necklace and he was the one who found it. How does he know its so important to you?”

“... I dunno. Besides you and Yuffie... I only told....” she stopped as she shook her head, “No way. That idiot couldn’t be... no it’s not possible...”

“What?”

“N-Nothing. Look, Yuffie and I are bringing Star back so we can get her necklace back. So  if he asks you again, just lead him to us somehow ok?” He nodded as she smiled, “Thanks, Leon. I can always count on you.” She ran off before he could ask anymore questions.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

“Why would Star be here?” Hayner said two hours later as he, Roxas, Pence, and Olette arrived at the Twilight library with Yuffie. She explained, “I told you she’s been packed with stuff. She’s been studying her ass off. The dance was her only break in a long time...” She looked around and then at her watch, “I thought she would be here by-”

“Yuffie!” they heard as they turned to see Star, in a casual strapless top and a pastel skirt. She wore small black heels and matching sunglasses as she walked into the library. “Hey, sorry I’m late...”

“Star.” Roxas lit up, a large smile on his face as she turned to him, questioning, “Do I know you?” He soon pulled out her necklace as she lit up, “Ah! You found my necklace! Thanks so much! You don’t know how badly I’ve been looking for it!”

“Yeah, sorry it took so long. It wasn’t exactly easy to find you...” he said as he stood in front of her. She pulled her sunglasses up and cupped her hands, waiting for him to drop it in her hands when he froze as he stared at her blue eyes. “W-Wait... Kaylie?!” She flinched as he pulled the necklace back, “What the hell is going on?!”

“Damn it! I knew this wouldn’t work Yuffie!” she groaned as she began to tie her hair back up into pigtails. Yuffie gave her a look, “Kay-”

“Look, you were so set on giving it to Star so we only had the option of pretending to be her. And so I got talked into doing this.” she groaned as Roxas glared, “You could have just told me where Star is!”

“She doesn’t want you knowing where she is! She’s a really private person!”

“Well then we can meet anywhere!” he replied as she gritted, “Look, it’s not exactly easy for her to get here. Whatever you think you had with her, get over it. It was just a fling.”

“What do you know about it--"

“She has a boyfriend!” she shouted enraged causing him to stop, a bit hurt. “She finally got in touch with the guy who gave her that necklace and they started dating, alright? And they got into a fight yesterday when he heard she lost the necklace. She wants it back. ASAP.”

“.... then I’ll give it to her...” he said stubbornly as she groaned, “God, what’s your problem?!”

“I found it... I’ll be the one to return it.”

“She’s in college!” she told him. “She’s stuck in classes, her dorm, work, and club activities. She barely has any time to sleep. You really want to make her suffer more?!”

“I’ll deliver it to her myself then.” he offered. Before she could continue, he said, “Come on guys... Let’s go.” They left as Yuffie gave her a look, “What happened to the contacts?”

“I forgot you only gave me one pair and its suppose to only be used for a day.” she sighed. Yuffie did the same, “Well, at least you know how to improvise... but you’re digging a deeper hole...”

“I know what to do...” she said. “But I’m gonna need a lot... and I mean, a lot of help.”

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

“Huh?” Hayner said as class began the next day. He whispered to Roxas, “Looks like Kaylie’s not here..."

“So?” Roxas responded as he said, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen her miss school before...” Roxas shrugged again, “Why should we even care?” He shrugged in response, “I dunno... It just seems a little weird....”

“Bright side is we won’t get bugged by the disciplinary committee.” he pointed out as Hayner thought, “Whoa... you’re right. It’s usually Kaylie who picks a fight with us isn’t it?” He scratched his head, “Huh, wonder why that is...”

“She doesn’t like us, we don’t like her. That’s just the way it’s always been.” Roxas explained as he shook his head, “Nah, I don’t think so... I mean, I for one do not not like her. I mean look at her, she’s hot. You’ve got to admit that.”

“... No I don’t.” he said. “And what does that have to do with anything? She’s a jerk to us.”

“Well, I guess I could get a little too persistent sometimes with her... It’s understandable every now and then...” he pointed out as Roxas asked, “Well, what about Olette and I? She’s vile to all of us! The only one she doesn’t seem to have any hatred for is Pence.”

“I dunno. Maybe you should ask her...” he said as Yuffie, who was sitting right in front of them turned, “You know, maybe if you guys weren’t such assholes she’d be nice to you.”

“Why don’t you stop eavedropping and help your friend with that bulliyng problem of hers.” Roxas responded. She glared, “Well maybe it’s time you man up and grow an actual dick.” She turned back as the teacher walked in, stopping Roxas from giving a comeback.

~

“...” Kaylie laid silently on the bed as she stared at something in her hand. She bit her lip, unsure of how to react as she sighed, “... I knew it was too good to be true...”

“Kay!” she heard a familiar voice call as she entered the room. “Come on. We only got a few hours left. They’ll be here soon!” She nodded as she sat up, and put the photo back in her bag and headed off.

~

“Hey, so did you find out?” Roxas heard Hayner ask Olette as he sat down with them at lunch. She nodded, “I actually heard a few things. I heard a few of the students saying how she was sick.... meaning Seifer would be on their backs without mercy.”

“Kaylie always was the one holding him back, wasn’t she?” Pence smiled. “He’s only ever well not mean when she’s around.” Roxas cut in, “Are we still talking about the same Kaylie and Siefer? The ones who always pick on us every chance they get?”

“Well, if you hear everybody else.... Seifer seems to take it easy on them because Kaylie says something.” Olette pointed out. Hayner thought about it, “You know, its really true. I remember seeing Seifer and his losers picking on a kid and writing him up a detention slip when Kaylie cut in and ripped the slip in half.”

“And when she told the kid to leave, she and Seifer got into a spat about it.” he smiled. “She really can be nice.”

“Well what makes us any different?” Roxas questioned. “Sure, she’s nice to everyone... but why are we excluded?”

“... Only Kaylie would know that...” Olette sighed. She continued, “Anyways, I passed by Yuffie on the way here and she was talking to Leon about her. She said she was faking being sick in order to go see Star at her dorm. I heard she’s going to Twilight University.”

“University?! Wow, she must be a brainiac!” Hayner beamed.

“Well, now we know where to find her.” Pence said as Roxas smiled, “Let’s go after school then.” They all nodded.

~

“So... now the hard part...” Hayner said as they entered the university campus. They soon stood near multiple dorm buildings as he groaned, “How to find her...” Roxas sighed, “I guess I didn’t think this through very well... Sorry for dragging you guys along.”

“Don’t worry about it...” Pence said. “Anything for you buddy. We’ll find her.” Olette soon lit up, “And I think I might know how!” They all gave her a look as she pointed at a familiar looking guy walking  out of a dorm building.

“Leon!” Hayner called as they approached. He gave them a look, “Do I know you?”

“Yeah, yeah. We’re juniors, we’re unpopular, no you don’t know us. But we’re here to see Star! This is her building right?!” Hayner said as they looked at the building he was in front of . He said, “What do you want to see her about?”

“We went over this already!” Hayner groaned as Roxas moved forward, showing him the necklace. “It’s Star’s. We want to return it to her.” He gave him a look, “She’s been going nuts looking for that thing...” He moved out of the way, holding the door open for them. “Room 103.” They quickly rushed in and soon found the room.

“This is it...” Roxas said as he knocked on the door nervously. A surprise look appeared on their face as a guy opened the door. His bright blue eyes looked right through them as he moved his muscular arm up, combing his fingers through his spiky blond hair. He asked, “Who the hell are you guys?”

“W-W... Sorry...” Roxas said. “I thought this was Star’s room--”

“Hey, Star... were you expecting company?” he called looking into the room. At that angle, Roxas was able to see her familiar blond hair, long and silk like as she sat on her bed, book open and notebook in hand as she wrote down notes. She looked up as he recognized her brown eyes that shined the night of the dance. He smiled, “Star!”

“.... Do I know you?” she said moving her stuff out of the way and getting up off the bed. The guy moved a bit so she could face them as Roxas said, “Yeah. I look a little different.. I had fangs the night of the dance... and helped you with Seifer.” She seemed to hesitate as she looked at him, “... heh...” A smile formed on her face as she said, “It’s hard to recognize you without the dark hair and red contacts...” He smiled in response, “Figured... It’s really great to see you again.”

“I’m surprised you managed to find me....” she beamed. “Speaking of which... what are you doing here?” He soon held up the necklace as she smiled, “My necklace!”

“I fixed it too.... I know it means alot to you so I’ve been searching for you like crazy the past week.” he said as she said, “Thanks...oh, I still don’t know your name...”

“Roxas...” he beamed. “Oh, and these are my friends. Hayner, Pence, and Olette.” She smiled, “Oh so you’re the infamous Roxas...” He gave her a look as she continued, “Kaylie’s complained a lot about you.” He sighed, “Please don’t believe a word she says... She and I don’t really get along.”

“Don’t worry. As much as I love that girl, I don’t hold grudges against people I don’t know...” she stated. “It’s nice to meet you all.”

“It’s about time we met!” Hayner beamed. He wrapped an arm around Roxas’s shoulder, “This guy has been talking nonstop about you!”

“Hayner!”

“Who is this guy?” the guy who opened the door for them gave Roxas a look as she smiled, “Oh, sorry. Um, Roxas. This is Cloud... he’s my friend who gave me that necklace...” He flinched, remembering what Kaylie had told him.

“She has a boyfriend!” she shouted enraged causing him to stop, a bit hurt. “She finally got in touch with the guy who gave her that necklace and they started dating, alright? And they got into a fight yesterday when he heard she lost the necklace. She wants it back. ASAP.”

“Oh, I-It’s nice to meet you.” he gave a forced smile. “Star’s spoken of you a lot... You’re a really lucky guy...” He stopped and handed it to him, “I believe this was your gift to her....” He took it from him as he said, “Star?” She moved in front of him as he clasped it around her neck and she smiled, fiddling with it again, “Thanks so much, Roxas. You’re a lifesaver.”

“Don’t mention it...” he said.

“I hate to do this to you all, but we have a midterm tomorrow...” she said apologetically. Pence soon said, “Don’t worry about it. We just wanted to make sure you got that back.”

“It was nice meeting you Star!” Hayner said, heading for the door.

“Good luck on your midterm you two.” Olette said as Roxas seemed frozen for a moment, standing before Star and Cloud as he sighed, “Star-”

“Hey, Star! Guess what-- what’s going on?” a girl ran in the room as she stopped seeing the people there.

“They found my necklace, Tifa.” she smiled. “Oh, this is my roommate Tifa. Tifa, this is Roxas and his friends.”

“Oh, so this is Roxas.” she laughed. “Heard from Kaylie that you kept Star’s necklace hostage until you got to see her. If it weren’t so crazy, I’d think it was almost cute.” He gave a soft smile, “Well... that’s just me... We should be going...”

“Nice meeting you.” she said as they soon left. Tifa locked the door behind them as Star soon relaxed as she fell back on the bed she was studying on.

“Well, I think they bought it. “Cloud sighed.

“I’d say so. You both did a great job.” Tifa beamed. “At least from what I heard in the next room...”

“Thanks again you guys... I owe you both so much... again.” she smiled at them, sitting up as she looked down at the necklace hanging around her neck. Tifa sighed, sitting next to her, “I don’t understand why you didn’t just tell him you were Star, Kay.”

“I don’t like him, he doesn’t like me... we just don’t get along.” she stated as she gave her a look, “But you guys did get along. At the dance. You guys liked each other.” 

“And the key word being liked. As in past tense. It was all just a fling.” she said strongly. Cloud said, “It would’ve been easier than going through all this trouble.”

“This wasn’t trouble.”

“Kaylie.” Tifa scolded. “ You ditched school, came all the way out here, had Aerith do your make-up, she let you pretend to date her boyfriend, actually talked Cloud into pretending to be your boyfriend which is still pretty surprising, and to top it all off, saying its no trouble... when you know this whole thing has been stressing you out.”

“... Fine it was a lil trouble...” she said as Cloud groaned, “Well, I’m gonna find Aerith. I’ll leave this to you Tifa...” He left as she told her, “So... now its gonna be like Star never existed?” She nodded.

“And if Roxas comes back looking for her?” she wondered as Kaylie answered, “He’s not. Star’s unavailable now. He’s not gonna be interested.”

“Unavailable now is different than unavailable forever.” she pointed out as she sighed, “Well then she moved away.”

“Kay-”

“Hey, Kay.” they heard as someone knocked on the door. “They just got back on the bus. Shall we go?”

“Yeah.” she called. She smiled to Tifa, getting back up, “Thanks again for everything. Tell Aerith I’ll give her a call later. She really made all this possible for me...” She nodded, “One last thing Kay...” She stopped as she looked at her necklace. “He’ll know if he sees that...”

“That’s why I’m not gonna let him.” she said strongly. “I can’t screw this up again...”

“Screw what up again?” she wondered as Kaylie went silent. But sighed, “I have to go...” She left without another word.

~

“That’s good to hear.” Yuffie beamed as she, Kaylie, and Leon hung out as his place. “Everything worked out perfectly, you got your necklace back, we are now back to our drama-free lives!”

“Well as drama-free as an adolescent life gets.” Kay rolled her eyes with a smile. “Anyways, let’s talk about that party that you’re throwing next weekend Leon.” He gave her a look, “I don’t remember ever talking about a party...”

“Haha, come on Leon. You know you’ve been talking about throwing  a party to put Kaylie’s amazing DJ skills to use!” Yuffie went along with her as he sarcastically said, “Oh, you two mean the party that you’re throwing at my place because Seifer is too much of a douche to let you throw one at home and Yuffie’s place is too small for a party? Right. I remember now. That was just a few seconds ago.”

“Exactly.” She beamed. “What’s the point of DJ-ing if I don’t get to do it often. A party every now and then is perfect for practice.” Yuffie said, “So, who should come?”

“Everyone of course. How else am I suppose to network?” Kaylie said as she stopped herself, “Oh, except the disciplinary committee. They’d ruin everything. We gotta make sure no one leaks to them about this.”

“Alright, so Kay will handle the entertainment, I’ll take care of snacks and drinks, so Leon, you’re in charge of making sure the house has enough space for dancing and partying.” Yuffie said as he sighed, “Of course, I get the heavy lifting job.”

“Perfect. This will be a party to remember! And break!” Kaylie lit up.

~

“...” Roxas sat quietly at his usual table during lunch a few days after their trip to Twilight University. He soon heard, “Seriously?” He looked up to see Hayner, Pence, and Olette looking at him concerned. He said, “Where’ve you guys been?”

“Roxas, you’ve been dazing out a lot lately.” Olette said worried. “We told you we were all gonna meet at the office to help Merlin with some of the textbooks he needs moved.” He thought, “Oh... I guess it slipped my mind. Sorry...”

“Rox, I know it’s hard. Seeing Star and that guy of hers, but you gotta move on.” Hayner told him. “Get out there! There’s so many other girls in the world. You’ll meet the right one someday.”

“You’re right.” he forced a smile again. “I’ll be fine. Don’t worry.” The bell rang as they soon headed to class. Hayner soon lit up as someone passed by him, “Hey, cutie, I think you’re a lil off. You’re suppose to be running over here.” He opened his arms wide, as if waiting for her to come into his arms as she gave him a look, “Not even in your dreams, loser.” She left without another word as Olette rolled her eyes, “You were asking for that Hayner. You know she’d never give you the time of day.”

“Hey, anything is possible. And one day I may just get that date with Kaylie.” he smiled.

“She seemed alot nicer today don’t you think?” Pence said. Olette nodded, “Actually, I think I know why. Check this out.” She pulled out a paper from her pocket as she said, “Since I’m on yearbook, I hear a lot of things from Cid. With the winter dance approaching next month, the student body council has been going over details off it and they have decided to have Leon DJ. But I heard that since she missed her chance at the Halloween dance, Kaylie is now the DJ for the Winter Wonderland formal.”

“Wow... so maybe she just found out about it.” Hayner said. “No wonder that smile seems so much brighter.” Olette gave him a little shove as Pence said, “Well yeah, that definitely beat my theory.” They all gave him a look as he said, “Leon talked to me about it earlier. I guess there’s gonna be a huge party at his place this Friday and no disciplinary committee. Snacks, Drinks, Entertainment. Everything. We just need to show up.”

“You had me at no disciplinary committee.” Hayner beamed. “And Leon’s one of the most popular seniors! This is a great opportunity!”

“What does that have to do with Kaylie being nice? She’s apart of the disciplinary committee.” Roxas asked as Olette replied, “She’s friends with Leon. Obviously an exception and besides. We’ve already covered that she’s saved a lot of people from Seifer’s reign of terror.”

“... but she doesn’t like us... why should we go if she’s there?”

“She’s one girl. Come on. We can’t let her ruin our fun.” Olette said. “And she’s probably in too good of a mood to mess with us anyways.” He was quiet but sighed, “Alright, fine.” They all cheered in excitement.

~

“Oh, Yuffie.” Kaylie lit up after school on Friday. “Let’s stop at my place first. I keep forgetting to give you your clothes back.”

“Just keep them.” she shrugged.

“I can’t... not with my snoopy brother around. I don’t want to risk it.” she said. “I can’t even let a small chance of him finding out about me being Star go by. Which is why I need you to take my costume too.” She sighed, “Alright fine. But I am not stopping by my house. I wanna get to the party already! You know how sad it will be if the hosts are late to their own party?”

“Relax.” she laughed at her best friend. “We still got an hour.”

“And Seifer’s not there?”

“Nope. As disciplinary committee leader, he’s talking to the principal about how things are going with it. Suppose to be an hour long so we should be good.” she smiled. As they soon got to her place, they hung out in her room as she said, “Do me a favor and dump out all the stuff in my bag on my bed. I need my laptop and my headphones in there. I’ll get your stuff.”

“Got it.” she said. As Kaylie ruffled through her closet, Yuffie dumped all her schoolwork in her bag onto her bed as something caught her eyes. A photo. She stared at it as she soon heard, “Alright... your clothes, my costume, and my pair of contacts that I had to buy and they only had the ones that lasted a month.”

“... yeah... I don’t think I need those.” she rolled her eyes as Kaylie teased, “Well, save them for a rainy day when you need to pretend to be someone else. I promise you, you will have that day at least once.”

“Haha, fine.” she said as she took the bag of stuff from her.

“Did you find my headphones?” she asked heading over to her laptop. She picked it up as Yuffie shook her head, “No... but I did find this.” She held up the photo as Kaylie flinched. “Why didn’t you tell me... that your mysterious vampire was Roxas?” She looked away, unsure of what to say. The photo was taken at the dance. Her mysterious vampire posed happily with his three friends. The princess, zombie, and ghost were obviously Hayner, Pence, and Olette. It was no doubt that Roxas was the vampire she was with.

“It’s not important.” she moved past her, putting her laptop in the bag. She soon dug through her drawers, soon pulling out her headphones as Yuffie responded, “What the hell are you talking about?! You were talking about your mysterious vampire the entire car ride back from the dance! Even the week we were desperately looking for your necklace....” She was quiet. “I was beginning to wonder why you stopped talking about him when you got your necklace back... I thought you were just too busy with this party and homework and shit... but that wasn’t it.”

“Fi-”

“It’s because you found out he was Roxas.” she caught her. “Kay... what is the problem between you and Roxas?”

“Nothing.” she stuffed her headphones in her bag and zipped it up. She took the photo and threw it in her trashbin, “Come on. We’re gonna be late.”

“Kay-”

“Fi, we’re suppose to be hosting  a party. I don’t want to discuss this right now.” she stated as Yuffie sighed, “Fine. But we are gonna talk about it.”

“... Fine...” she replied as the two headed off.

~

“Damn... now this is one amazing party!” Hayner beamed as they walked into Leon’s place; groups of people already filling the house, the most popular tunes loudly echoing off the walls, tables full of snacks and drinks, everything needed for a party. “What’d I tell you guys?! Come on!” He rushed in, beginning to mingle as the rest of his friends went to enjoy the party. A surprise look appeared on Roxas’ face as he glanced at Kaylie DJ-ing on a small stage in the living room. As a large smile formed on her face, a familiar person entered his mind.

“Star?”

~