Three Simple Words Ending

Her delicate blue eyes fluttered open. Yet, she saw nothing. Hazily she rubbed her eyes with her hands. She opened them wide, now fully awake and focused, but still only saw black.

It was dark, everything covered in a coat of charcoal. W-Where am I?  She asked herself. All she remembered was falling asleep in his arms outside of the castle. Now she was in some black ditch, no signs on light anywhere.

It was also silent. No whistling winds or rustling bushes. No stars twinkling in the sky either. Not even a half of yellow moon. In fact, she couldn’t even tell where the sky started, or where the earth end. Everything was just a huge slur of black, Namine the only exception.

“Is anyone there?” she asked, her voice echoing, asking the question over and over until fading away back into silence. She was now scared, frightened of all of the darkness around her.

“Please! Someone answer me!” She tried to yell, but found that it only came out in a whisper. She crossed her arms around her chest, and slowly kneeled down to the ground. 'Where is this place?!' she thought frantically. She closed her eyes, hoping when she opened them, she would be back in his arms, safe and warm.

Once she opened them, it was the same. No signs of anyone or anything. She focused her eyes in front of her trying to make out any signs of a person. She sighed when she still only saw black. She held her knees up to her chest and rested her head on top.  She let her light blonde hair fall in front of her face, wishing that this nightmare would end.

'Where are you...?' She asked herself, thinking of the 13th member she loved. She looked up one more time, expecting to see nothing.

Instead she saw a small bright light grow larger and larger as it came closer to her. She stood up and rubbed her eyes from the small tears on the corner of them.
'No...It can't be.' She though, as she saw someone walking towards her. "R-Roxas?"

Sure enough there he was. His lemon yellow hair spiked to the side. He had his checkered wrist bands and a star-like blade chain. Instead of a black trench coat, he wore a tan over shirt, a black zip up one underneath and grey and black pants. What stood out the most though were his brilliant blue eyes, and of course, that smile. A bright light radiated off of his skin, every bit of him glowing.

“Roxas!” She shouted running up to the young boy. “You-You’re here!”

He smiled the sweet crooked smile she loved. “Hi Namine.”

Namine still couldn’t believe it. He was there, right in front of her. “Roxas…It’s really you!”

He chuckled and held out a small delicate red rose. “It reminded me a lot of you…And I thought that you could use some color in your room and all…’Member?”

Namine took the rose from his hand and smelt its sweet aroma. She gave a slight smile and nodded. She remembered their last conversation that they had. They were talking about that she had no color in her room. That all she had were her drawings tacked onto her wall.

“Roxas…I’ve missed you so much!” she said in a soft tone, and rushed up to hug him.

He put his arms around her and held her tight. “I’ve missed you too Namine…”

It was quiet for a long time once more, but Namine didn’t feel scared. She felt safe…happy, comfortable in his arms.

The area slowly began to light up; no longer was it pitch black like before. They soon found themselves in the large white room where they used to meet each other everyday.

'The room...He really is back! We're together again!'

“Roxas…?” She asked her voice soft.

“Hm?” He answered, looking down into her eyes.

She stared at him for a moment; she could feel her eyes begin to fill with tears of joy and sadness. “Don’t…Don’t leave me again…” She said in a whisper, burying her face into his shoulder.

He let out a small chuckle. “Namine…I never left…”
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The rest of the day she kept thinking about her dream.

What did he mean 'I never left.' Does that mean he's here? At the castle? Her eyes lit up with excitment as she walked down the halls. Maybe...Maybe he really is here!...No...Namine, it was just a dream... She sighed, knowing that her voice inside her head was right.

Roxas was gone, and probably was never coming back. There were no needs to get her hopes up now. He was gone, and she knew that she had to accept that. Sooner or later.

Namine made her way downstairs for lunch, trying not to think too much of her dream that she had. Instead she focused on what he was thinking of last night, and so many past nights before.

He's so quiet now...It's like he's somewhere else...What could he be-? Her thought was cut off as she found herself running into someone.

She backed up to see who it was. “Oh! I’m so sorry I didn’t realize I was-!” She looked up and saw the red, vibrant haired man with two small triangles under his intense green eyes.

“Axel? What are you doing here?” She asked, wondering why he was on this floor. The only room on this floor was Laxurene’s.

“Oh! I uhh…Well um…I lost my weapon see!” He began frantically. “I think it’s on this floor and I’m just looking for-!” His face started to turn the color of his hair while he was explaining this to Namine. He cleared his throat and took a deep breath. “Look kid, it’s none of your business. Now get out of here!” He said, extending one of his hands, directing Namine to go away. She could see a flower in his palm, and only giggled slightly as she walked off.

Axel and Larxene...Interesting. She thought as she walked down the stairs.

I guess they would make a good couple. I mean, they always seem to be flirting with each other...Why not? She thought as she walked off of the last step on the stair case.

Suddenly, Dymex came running, coming to a skidding stop when seeing Namine.
“Hey Dymex.” She said as she watched him kneel down, trying to catch his breath. “What’s that?”

“Oh this?” He said, holding up Xigbar’s eye-patch. “We managed to get it from Xigbar. Don’t say anything ‘K?”

Namine only giggle. “Okay Dymex. I won’t.”

Suddenly Luxord came running up from behind. “Run Dymex RUN!” He sprinted up the stairs, a mad Xigbar covering one of his eyes not to far behind.

“Oh crap!” He said as he jumped to his feet. “I gatta go Namine! BYE!” He shouted, as he sprinted up the stairs.

Namine only stood near the end of the rail, watching Xigbar fall on the white tile floor, un-able to make the sharp turn for the stairs. He jumped to his feet and ran up the stairs. “I’M GANNA KILL YOU GUYS!”

Namine heard a faint “What the-?!” From Axel, before hearing a loud crash. She only cringed then laughed, picturing what must have happened.

“Who is i-…What the HECK are you guys doing?!” She heard Larxene yell, before walking down the hallway, holding her stomach because it hurt so bad from laughing.  
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As usual, the pair was found outside of the castle, leaning against the large oak tree. He sat while Namine lay next to him on her back, her blonde hair spread across the green grass. Their shadows were casted from the moon, their every move copied by the darker images of themselves.

It was silent. Namine rolled over onto her stomach and stared up at him. Her dark blue eyes filled with concern and curiosity.

He seemed to be looking towards the moon, once again thinking about what he had thought of so many nights before.

She just sighed and looked the other way. She put her arms under her chin and rested upon it. She stared at the grass, and saw that all of the flowers were closed. She scanned through the flower bed, and noticed that one flower was out on its own. Her eyes widened when she saw it. It was a small, delicate, red rose, partly closed.

I must be dreaming... She thought as she shook her head slightly, and gazed back up at him.

“Hey…” She said, her voice soft and calm.

“Hm?” He said, still seeming to be somewhere else, his head still facing the moon.

“What’s wrong?” She asked, unsure if she should bring it up.

“What?” he asked, as he turned his head away from the sky. “Oh, uh, nothing's wrong Namine..."

“Promise?” She sat up, still looking straight at him.

He sighed and turned his head away from her. “I don’t like lying to you…”
“Then tell me. Please…”

“I can’t…I can’t handle it anymore.” He said faintly.

“Handle what?” She asked, confused and concerned.

“Look, Namine! I…” He let out a sigh. “I gatta go.” He began to stand up.

“What?” No, wait!” she said, jumping off of the ground. “Please!” She grabbed his arm.

“Namine…” He said faintly. “Please…I have to go.”

“Please!” She said, still holding his arm. “I already lost Roxas! I can’t handle loosing you too!” She said, knowing that this was true. She wasn’t about to let him leave her too.

“You never lost me!” He said turning his head back towards her.

“W-What?” She said, beginning to let go of his arm.

He sighed. “You never lost Roxas…”

She didn’t understand. “What are you-?”

She saw him raise his hands, and place them on the edges of his hood. Her eyes widened as she realized what he was doing.

He took his hood off, and there he was.

I... I must be dreaming again...This isn't real...It can't be... These thoughts raced through her mind, not beliveing what she saw.

“It’s really me Namine…Promise.” He said smiling faintly.

“Roxas…” She whispered. “It was you this whole time? Y-You never left?”

“Yea…” he began. “It’s been me… It’s just… I couldn’t handle being away from you Namine. I needed a way to be with you…Without anyone knowing…Not even you.” He said, looking into her deep blue eyes.

The young blonde just stood there, speechless.

“I can understand if you’re mad at me…” he said, turning his head to the side.

Then suddenly, he felt her arms around him. He could feel her tears fall onto his shoulder.

“Roxas…This is real.” She said faintly.

He wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly. “I’m sorry Namine…” he whispered into her soft blonde hair.

She hugged him tighter, a small smile crossing her face as a few last tears rolled down her face.

Roxas backed away a bit, just so he was able to see her beautiful face. Her arms were still around his neck, his hands resting on her shoulders.

They both couldn’t help but smile, and Namine slowly leaned forward and gave his a kiss.

Roxas could feel his cheeks beginning to turn red, but he ignored it, and closed his eyes. His hands fell off of her shoulders down to her waist, them holding each other as if slow dancing.

“It’s okay…” She said as they pulled away from the kiss.

Roxas turned his head slightly, ashamed. “No it’s not Namine… I hurt you… And that’s something I swore to myself that I would never do to you.”

Namine just smiled gently. “Roxas…I’m okay… It’s okay.”

“I wouldn’t have done this if I had known it would have hurt you that bad.”

“But Roxas… We’re together again. And I told you how I felt...Without even knowing it...I need you Roxas... I...I love you."

Roxas smiled. "I love you too."

They both knelt down back onto the ground, Roxas leaning against the large oak tree. Namine sat between his legs and leaned her head against his chest.

“Just to think…” said Namine, turning her head so she could look at him.

“What?” asked Roxas.

“Those Three Simple Words…” Said Namine smiling.

“Can make all the difference…” He finished it off, kissing her smile.

                        It can make all the difference in the world...