#(siblingsoflight)

So incredibly strange.

Dark eyes blinked, as they stared down at a few flowers gently blowing through the wind on that very day. Aqua and Ventus had been inside, but he had excused himself to get fresh air. It felt almost suffocating to be back somehow at the Land of Departure, and with so much going on as well.

So many decisions to make ...

And he had ended up choosing to be here until he'd want to move into his .. he supposed, boyfriend's home.

And a small 'family' too would surround him at that rate. At the very least he had gained a new lease on life ...

Wandering with no clear location in mind was something Riku enjoyed. It helped him clear his head, part of his mind engaged with finding paths (exploring), while another part was free to wander in its own way from thought to thought. Freedom in moving, walking, taking in a bit of peace instead of always feeling the light tension of his hand ready to call a weapon at a moment's notice.

The sound that drew his attention seemed strange, though. Out of place. He hadn't quite caught what it was, but had a general idea of the direction. Not a bird, certainly, but maybe another animal drawing his curiosity, changing his direction.

Then that noise. Impact. Something that sounded terrible, actually, a thud and a crack and then again. Again. By the time he'd rounded a corner--

The sight shocked him into stillness. Temporarily, quickly, but it was enough to see what was making that sound, to hear the crack of knuckles and more with the impact. Surprise still enshrouded him, Riku unable to fully raise his voice, leaving him with a harsh croak that was too soft to be heard. "Hey. Sora."

"Beefing with a cat?"

"Now why would I be beefing with--"

Vani froze as Hikari meowed at both boys.

"Oh heeeeeyy, kittycat, hiiii, wassup."

She hadn't scratched the bitch out of him when he'd tried to pet her last or anything. Nooooo sirree.

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Some days he didn't mind having his helmet off - this was such a day. He could feel the wind blowing his dark hair gently, and it felt ... nice? He didn't know how to coin it. Perhaps, freeing. Even he very well knew he could have been mistaken for his brother ...

He swiveled around, after feeling he had observed this world aplenty for the Organization's daily maintenance. How he hated it but ..

No doubt, it'd pay off in the end, right?

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He'd bitten off more than he could chew, and despite how readily he charged in, he knew it. Fighting Heartless alone wasn't anything new to him-- he'd felled one-thousand of them on his own before. But ever since the war ended... His strength felt like it was slowly being sapped away. It was nothing new, he'd been knocked down to zero and had to climb his way back up three times now, but it was no less frustrating.

Or dangerous.

Larger packs of Heartless were rare after the end of the war, but not impossible. Sora had been unlucky enough to have run into one of these packs, and despite his best efforts, he'd ended up taking several nasty blows-- one to his head resulting in him blacking out.

.. Yellow hues stared, taking in her form as she had been shuffled onto the couch within their living room. Hesitation clung to the boy's form, but he pressed onwards to step closer, to observe her. ''So you are .. Celeste. My ..." He stopped himself from saying such a word ; it would only prove as awkward.

Sora hadn’t been acting right. He was quicker to anger, even in moments where he seemed perfectly fine, his memory was constantly flicking in and out, and there were moments where he seemed… Darker than his usual bubbly self.

After everything, something had to give. Under the suggestion of Yen Sid, Sora made the dive into his own heart to find the source of the problem. He’d been in his station of awakening with nothing but silence on the outside for some time before…

He jerked, breath hitching as his upper body lifted just slightly as if pulled by a string connected to his chest. Darkness began streaming from his heart, until a burst of shadows broke free and began to coalesce on the ground beside the bed where Sora’s body rested. The boy dropped back down, grimacing as he slowly began to wake up.

And the shadows that emerged grew and shifted— becoming the shape of a large monstrous figure for just a moment before shrinking down into a more humanoid shape. The shadows slowly calmed around them, revealing a face nearly identical to Sora.

Vanitas.

He shifted as soon as he was able too, scrambling back with wild eyes that darted around as if he believed that everything and everyone was out to get him.