Fast Food Madness: The Epic Return V2

The next day...

Roxas was in his room, strumming his guitar to try and relieve the stress that had built up inside him within the last twenty-four hours. When he heard his phone ring, he stopped and furrowed his eyebrows as he reached for his phone. If it was Namine again, he was just going to throw his phone across the room. She had called and texted him repeatedly yesterday, but he wasn't going to talk to her; he didn't want to. Her betrayal was taking a toll on him, the pain eating into his core.

 

Namine was in her bedroom alone, finishing with the last of her packing. After she had arrived home in tears with Chad yesterday, her parents had made a rash decision to take her on a vacation to Hawaii. They said she had been too stressed lately, and she needed to get away from city life. Namine took it in apathetically, not protesting nor getting excited over it. Their plane was leaving in a few hours, so they would leave for the airport shortly.

 

When Roxas picked up his phone and saw that it was Kairi, he blinked in surprise, setting his guitar down on the bed beside him. "Hello?" he said, arching an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Hey, Roxas. It's Kairi," the redhead greeted, sitting in her kitchen with Nathan, the guy she had met a few months ago. "I'm glad I could get a hold of you." She hadn't seen him in a while, but that wasn't the reason why she was calling.

"What for?" Roxas replied, not really in the mood to have a cheery chat with his friend right now. He just wanted to be alone. Not even Kairi was going to cheer him up; he wasn't very happy with her either, for what she did to Sora.

 

Namine zipped up her suitcase, hearing her mother calling from the living room. It was time to go, or they would miss their flight. She sighed and headed out to see what was going on, the girl not looking forward to leaving under such strange circumstances.

 

Kairi glanced at Nathan, who gave her a nod in encouragement. "I heard about what happened with Namine yesterday," she said softly into the phone, her voice showing her sympathy and sadness at what occurred.

Roxas ran a hand through his hair, sighing. "Kairi, I really don't want to talk about this right now," he told her, his aggravation evident in his voice.

"Please, just hear me out, okay?" Kairi begged gently. "There's been a mistake." Roxas had no idea that the guy he saw with Namine the day before was actually her cousin. When he found out, he'd probably feel terrible, but she wanted nothing more than for him and her best friend to make up.

 

Namine headed out to the living room, but she noticed that her mother was now speaking to somebody on her cell phone. Business call. The blond turned around and headed back into her room, scanning the area in case there was anything else she needed. Of course, she didn't want to leave New York City, even if it was just a week long vacation. Then again, she didn't really want to stay, either. She didn't know where she wanted to be, only that she desired to be happy once again.

 

Roxas arched an eyebrow at Kairi's statement. A mistake? "What do you mean?" he asked, sitting up, no longer leaning against his headboard.

"The guy Namine was with yesterday was her cousin Chad. He missed Christmas with her, so he went to see her," Kairi explained.

"Her cousin, huh?" Roxas rolled his eyes. "It seemed like a lot more than that to me." She kissed him on the cheek and had her arms wrapped around him. A cousin? Unlikely.

 

Namine numbly packed her mp3 player into her purse, though she hesitated throwing her cell phone into the bag. She wasn't going to use it. Nobody would call her, except maybe Kairi. And though Kairi was her best friend, Namine didn't want to discuss this with her. It was bad enough that she had asked her to talk to Roxas about everything, since she had really put Kairi in the middle of things. She knew her friend didn't' mind, but still, it wasn't a position she wanted to put her best friend in.

 

Kairi shook her head slightly at Roxas's words, hearing his bitterness. "No, Roxas, you have it all wrong. Chad and Namine are really close," she told him gently. "That's probably what you saw, not what you're thinking of."

Roxas furrowed his eyebrows, his heart having skipped a beat at Kairi's words. Could it be true? "You sure she didn't put you up to this?" he asked, and he heard Kairi's sound of disbelief on the other line.

"Roxas, please remember who you're talking about," Kairi said, glancing at Nathan before looking back down at the table. "This is Namine. She's too sweet to do such a thing."

 

Namine looked to the doorway when her father came in, the man giving his daughter a look that said he was concerned. He wordlessly walked up and gave her a kiss on the top of the head before nodding towards the suitcase on the bed, silently wondering if Namine was done packing. The blond girl nodded and watched as her father lifted the baggage and carried it out of her room, towards the waiting car.

 

"Her cousin?" Roxas checked, staring down at his legs. If this was true, he had some serious apologizing to do.

"Yes," Kairi confirmed. Only silence greeted her on the other end of the line, and she knew Roxas had seen the light.

"I gotta go. Thanks, Kairi." Roxas hung up the phone and leaped off his bed, darting out of his room and down the stairs to the front door. He had to see Namine, and beg her to forgive him for his mistake.

 

Namine exhaled a silent breath, looking over her bedroom. Ty was already in his cage and ready to go; he was going to come along for the trip. It would be complicated with the plane, but Namine's parents felt like she needed a companion. Oh, how badly she needed that. They couldn't know just how much she needed it, since she had never told them the full story about Jeff. She shook her head and grabbed her purse off her bed, cell phone inside.

 

Roxas grabbed his shoes and stuffed them on, grabbing his coat and heading out the door, slamming it shut behind him. He hurried across his yard in the direction of Namine's house, pulling his coat on. He knew he deserved a lecture for his actions, and he would accept it wordlessly. He needed it after all he assumed.

 

Namine turned and picked up her guitar, which was in a hard case so that it could be transported on the plane. Something told her she would be playing music a lot during the week, since it was her coping mechanism. What was she coping with? Well...everything. Everything that happened over the last two months, and what had just happened yesterday. And missing her grandfather on top of it. She sighed sadly and exited her bedroom, heading for the front door. It was time to leave.

 

Roxas walked down the street and turned at the corner, proceeding down another. He willed himself to slow his pace, aware that he wasn't running a marathon; he was simply going to see Namine and apologize. But that was important to him. Regardless, he walked anyway, heading toward her house.

 

Namine walked out the front door, shutting it behind her with her free hand when she noticed her mom waiting by the taxi. Her dad was driving a car with Ty as his passenger to the airport, so they would all meet there. Namine's mom had packed so much luggage that it would have been impossible for her and Namine to fit in the car, which explained their need for a taxi. She looked to her parents and her dad carefully took the guitar from her and set it in his car. Then he shut the door and moved to get into the driver's seat, while Namine and her mother entered the cab.

 

Roxas stuffed his hands in his coat pockets as he continued down the street, only a few blocks away from Namine's home. He hoped when he got there she would at least let him explain himself, and not slam the door in his face. There had been scenarios like that on TV, and he remembered thinking how embarrassing and disheartening it would be to have that happen in real life.

 

Namine shut her taxi door hesitantly, looking around outside as the cab sat still. She felt sad when she realized that nobody was out there, and one person in particular still wasn't speaking to her. He wouldn't be coming, this time. It was too late. She closed her eyes and felt the taxi pull away from the curb, starting down the road in the direction of the airport.

 

It was only a few minutes until Roxas finally reached the home, but he stopped on the sidewalk, in front of the path that led to the porch. What could he possibly say to her that would sound logical? He wasn't sure, and he was hesitating...because he knew how wrong he was for what he did.

 

Namine had her ear-buds in by now, listening to music as she gazed blankly out the windows. She was done thinking things over. She tried her hardest to make things alright again in her life, and she had failed miserably. Whatever. Life would go on, even if she was left behind. That's how it always worked. She pulled out her phone and texted Kairi a message, one that said she'd be in Hawaii for the next week. Once that was done, she turned off her cell phone, the girl having no plans of turning it back on.