A STUMBLE. kairi bit back the shout that wanted to slip past her lips. she’d landed wrong, she’d almost fallen over entirely. she had one hand gripping the hilt of her keyblade as she struggled to catch her breath. she was tired, & she knew that she had been going for far longer than she had originally intended,  but she wasn’t quite ready to give up.

     ❛ i want to try again. ❜

     she wasn’t sure if she was saying that to aqua or herself. was she telling her master the next step she wanted to take for her training, or trying to convince her exhausted body to pick her up so she could practice yet again? kairi wanted so badly to believe it was the former, but the work she had to put in to force herself upright was all but proof that i was the latter.

    ❛ i know i can do it! i just need a little more practice. ❜

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    there  was  a  heavy  fondness  in  aqua’s  eyes  as  she  watched  kairi  train  ,  her  mind  caught  between  the  strong  young  woman  she’s  grown  to  be  and  the  brave  child  carrying  flowers  and  light  in  her  eyes  she  once  was  .  when  kairi  stumbles’,  the  keyblade  held  loosely  in  aqua’s  hand  fades  to  light  and  she  begins  a  well  practiced  stride  to  her  apprentice  ;  placing  a  soft  yet  firm  hand  on  the  young  wielder’s  shoulder  in  much  the  same  way  eraqus  would  when  aqua  would  overexert  herself  in  her  training  days  .  

                 𝙱𝚄𝚂𝚃𝙴𝙳  .               ❝     Weeeellll  ………     the  instructor  I  started  the  lessons  for  went  missing  for  a  while  there  ,     it  just  wasn’t  the  same  .     ❞