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@lightreigned​ said: “ i need you to live…cause if you’re gone then, i don’t know what the point of it all is anymore. ”

‘ sora.... ’ 

he flounders  ,  unused to the kind of  feeling  that he’s being hit with.  sadness ??  concern ??  nausea ??  riku doesn’t quite have a name for it  ,  &  instead settles with swallowing down whatever was crawling up his throat  &  placing his hand on sora’s shoulder  ,  gentle.  he exhales shakily  ,  unsure of what to say  ,  of what he can  possibly  say in response to that  ,  something so  ardent  .

‘ i’m not going anywhere.  or dying anytime soon, okay ?? ’ 

a beat of pause  ,  &  then he speaks again. 

“  trace !!  ”           @lightreigned​,   from  HERE.

“  OH,   THIS?  ”

ventus regards sora with kind eyes as the brunet’s fingers trace the gnarly scar over his heart.     it’s the first time that anyone has noticed it,  really,  much less cared enough to  ask  about  it.     he offers a breezy little laugh that he tries to muffle with his hand because it comes out  NERVOUS,   but he knows that sora can already tell what he’s feeling ... so what’s the point of hiding it?

“  for the longest time,  i’d  forgotten  about that one,  ”     he admits casually,  glancing down at the pinkish patch of skin.     “  it’s from when master xehanort pulled the darkness out of my heart that first time &  fractured  it.     when  VANITAS  was made.     i guess i forgot about it because of the shock of everything ... just like i forgot the event itself & vanitas had to  remind  me.  ”

he doesn’t like to think about vanitas.     it makes the scar throb beneath sora’s touch,  but he doesn’t wince this time ;    it does him more good to  accept  the pain that comes with the anguish of missing his darker half,  something that he has spoken to  no  one  aside from a few passing comments to terra during their late   night routine.

so he plays it off with another laugh,  wild & free like the wind.     “  what about  you,   sora?     got any cool scars  you wanna share?  ”

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From It’s Munday! -- Still Accepting!

@lightreigned​ said: ‘ everything – every single thing – reminds me of you. ’

‘ everything, huh ?? ’

riku can’t help but laugh  ,  shaking his head slightly.  he’d always known sora was one to wear his heart on his sleeve  ,  but  this  was new.  but it’s not like he’s much better sometimes  ,  so he doesn’t say anything for the moment  ,  arm draped over his knee for the moment. 

“  SORA.  ”

he doesn’t know this world.     he couldn’t have.     he doesn’t  want  to.     A  LOT  of things have happened that are  confusing,   but at this point roxas doesn’t care about any of them at all.     what matters is  SORA ;    sora’s  here,   sora’s  ALIVE  & he’s drawn closer & closer with every beat of their hearts as they intertwine once more.

suddenly the former nobody is  running,   & both keyblades drop from his hands & vanish,  forgotten.     so it had been true all along :    they are still  CONNECTED,   sora & roxas.     soul knows heart,  as it is meant to.     it’s proven because simply being close to sora like this again ... their emotions are getting crossed,  like sora’s heart has tapped into his own,   his own personal  TRUE  NORTH  to follow.

& ever devoted,  roxas had  followed  him  here.

this is not the reunion that he had expected.     his other looks as scared as the connection between them feels,  thrumming with anxious energy that increases the closer he gets.     that’s enough to cause him to skid to a halt,  leaving half of the rooftop’s length between himself & sora,  blue eyes suddenly shaded with ... uncertainty.     his  own  uncertainty.

is sora  afraid  of him?     does sora even  REMEMBER  him?

“  ... sora.     do you recognize me?  ”

the hood falls.     he waits.

‘ hey. ’ 

he nudges sora’s shoulder lightly with his own as they walk  ,  kicking at the ground a little bit with his hands in his pockets.  this isn’t the first time he’s done this  ,  hell  ,  he’s been asking this same question since he was  twelve  &  the answer never changed  ,  so why would it change now ??

doesn’t stop him from ever getting nervous about it  ,  though.

‘ sora. ’ 

dragonite spots him  well  before riku does  ,  &  riku  laughs  as she nearly crushes sora in a hug  ,  letting out a  delighted  roar.  it’s nice to be home sometimes  ,  to feel the sun  &  listen to the waves the way he remembers them.  still  ,  he’d intended  this  trip home to be a surprise.  he offers a wave as he makes his way over  ,  shaking his head with a grin.

so much for a surprise.