Fast Food Madness: The Epic Return V2

Roxas let himself blend in with the crowds of people walking the streets of the city, not caring. Whatever. If Namine was done with him, fine. He was different, and like he originally thought, he wasn't the same person she had fallen for. Roxas couldn't really blame her for wanting him to stay away from her. But thinking that thought alone made the blond fight the sadness swarming inside him.

 

A few days later...

Namine slept in her bed, in a light state of slumber. It was the middle of the night, and outside her home, everything was silent. That was a good thing, because she was easily woken these days. She hadn't gotten a decent night's sleep ever since the events at the cemetery, and she was sure by now that she looked tired all the time. But thankfully, her parents were away on a business trip, so they couldn't see her and be worried about her any longer.

 

Roxas moved through the snow in silence, stopping when he was in front of Namine's window. He had an idea in mind; he didn't know if it would work, but he was going to try. The last few days he had been thinking, and he decided he needed to set things right. Roxas already had his guitar strapped around his back, and he positioned it in his arms correctly, getting ready to play. Even if it was the middle of the night.

 

Namine rolled over in her sleep, facing towards her bedroom window. Over the past few days, she had thought about Roxas a lot. He hadn't called or texted, so she figured that perhaps he had given up. It wasn't like Roxas to give up that easily, but he wasn't exactly the person he used to be.

 

Roxas positioned his hands for the song, his eyes moving from his guitar to Namine's window in front of him. In the silence, he began to play the song.

"Hey... Whoa-ooh
I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul, yeah"

Roxas glanced down at his guitar, continuing to play the correct notes before looking back toward the window, his voice and guitar carrying in the silent air outside.

 

Namine heard a noise, something like a catchy rhythm. She sighed and pushed herself out of bed, tired but not overly groggy, since she hadn't been sleeping deeply. She listened for where the sound was coming from and took a few steps over, realizing it was coming from...outside? Now she was very curious. She stopped in front of her window, frozen at the sight of what was going on in the frozen world outside. Roxas, standing out there...singing and playing guitar?

 

"I know that you are something special
To you, I'd be always faithful
I want to be what you always needed
Then I'll hope you'll see the heart in me."

Roxas sang the song, his hands moving faster with the chorus. He looked up at Namine and continued.

"'Cause I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase, you're the one I wanna hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul, yeah
Your beautiful soul, mmm yeah-ah..."

 

Namine blinked three times, just to make sure that she wasn't hallucinating. When she realized that this was for real, her hands found the window. She unlocked it and then used both her hands to open it, feeling the cold air impact her but not caring. She could hear better, and the cold air had a way of waking her up, anyway. I can't believe this, she thought, caught of guard. I thought he had given up, but here he is. In the middle of the night. She just looked at him for a moment, contemplating whether she was glad he was there or not. It only took her a second to realize that she was indeed very glad to see him.

 

Roxas didn't take his eyes off the girl in the window, singing to her with his heart. He continued to strum his guitar, playing the song he had written over the past few days.

"You might need time to think it over
But I'm just fine moving forward
I'll ease your mind
If you give me the chance
I will never make you cry
C'mon let's try"

 

Namine exhaled a silent breath, looking at the boy standing in the snow. It was dark, so she couldn't see his face extremely well, but it was a full moon and the sky was cloudless, so that helped quite a bit. She didn't care about any of that though; the lyrics he was singing...they were nice. And she knew he wouldn't sing anything that he didn't mean.

 

"I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna to hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul..."

Roxas squeezed his eyes closed as he carried out the note, then putting in little scats as he strummed. The last few days had been emotional and miserable, and he couldn't do anything but think of the problems he caused between him and Namine. This, was his way of fixing it.

 

Namine felt her eyes getting moist, though the cold, dry air from outside helped correct that problem. Tearing up was a reaction she couldn't control, not with what Roxas was singing to her. Ugh, stop it! she told herself. You're falling for him all over again...he's only gonna hurt you! She shut her eyes, setting her hands on the window sill. No--She had never fallen out of love with him. Even after everything he said and did, she would always love him. And, no matter how harshly he spoke to her, apparently he would always love her too.

 

"And am I crazy for wanting you?
Baby do you think you could want me to?
I don't wanna waste your time
And do you see things the way I do?
I just wanna know that you feel it too
There is nothing left to hide."

Roxas started walking through the snow, getting closer to the window and the girl in it. His strumming continued without fault, the boy having rehearsed this a million times before his performance.

"I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul..."

 

Namine blushed at the bridge, the words impacting her harder than any other part of the song. She lifted a hand to her lips, lowering her gaze to her hand on the windowsill as tears appeared in her eyes. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do: hug him for the sweet song he was singing, or hit him for all the pain that he caused her. In a strange way, she wanted to do both.

 

"You're the one I wanna to chase
You're the one I wanna to hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your soul
I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul, oh-oh
Your beautiful soul, yeah-eah-eah"

Roxas closed his eyes as he continued, his hands moving gracefully and skillyfully. He carried a high note before putting in a small scat, then letting his hand strum a few more times. On the last note, the music faded out. Roxas opened his eyes as silence finally greeted him, looking at the girl in the window.

 

Namine had her eyes on Roxas as the song ended, her hands both back down on the window sill again. He had really caught her off guard, showing up in the middle of the night and playing a beautiful song. She took a moment to compile her thoughts, gazing at Roxas while she thought things through. After that, it just wouldn't feel right to turn him away. It hadn't felt right in the first place, and this time, she knew she couldn't avoid him. She didn't know if she really wanted to, anyway.

 

Roxas stood where he was, not sure if he should move or even speak. He had spoken all he could, from his heart, just moments ago. Everything that had happened over the course of two weeks, even the course of almost three months, he wanted to try and make things right again--even if it meant trying to act different, for Namine's sake. Roxas loved her too much to let her go, and he wanted her back before she got too far away.

 

Namine bit down on her lip lightly, bending over slightly so that her voice would go through the screen instead of into the upper part of the window that was glass. "Go to the front door," she said softly. "I'll let you inside." It was freezing cold outside, and she could feel that just from standing by an open window. She could only imagine how cold Roxas must have been, and despite her hurt, she didn't want him getting sick.

 

"Okay," Roxas replied quietly with a nod. He positioned his guitar so it was against his back before walking through the snow, his feet making a soft crunching sound every time he took a step. Well, at least Namine didn't shut the window on him and go back to bed; that was a good sign...

 

Namine watched Roxas walk away as she lifted her hands, pushing down the window and then locking it once again. She didn't know what was to come, but it was time she and Roxas dealt with this. First, though, she was concerned about Roxas' health. How long had he been in that frigid weather? Maybe I should make him hot chocolate, she thought, heading down the hall so she could get to the front door.