[ The guilt, the shame, the regret, the pain that Riku carries with him... he has no right to lash out at Arden with any of it, he knows that. Deep down, he does. Yet he does. Because to be brought to this world moments before he gave into the darkness he had been struggling to contain within his heart, to know that he hadn't been strong enough to subdue Roxas, that that had been the only way he could win for Sora's sake... how weak and pathetic he is and so what right does he have to be here with Sora when he should be walking in darkness?
It's funny, because he thought he could walk towards the dawn, he made that choice, refusing to accept light or dark and yet... darkness always follows him. It's always right there. Even here within this world. Maybe he's wrong about the dawn. Maybe the darkness truly is where he belongs.
When Arden moves to touch the crystallized Sora, Riku feels something well up within him and he goes to smack Arden's hand away from Sora but comes to pause just before he can. Something... something inside him doesn't feel right.
Fingers clutch at his chest, twisting within the fabric of the shirt borrowed from Cloud and he finds it difficult to breathe for a second. Emotions... this must be a result of everything that's trying so desperately to push its way to the surface. His lashing out at Arden... it doesn't seem to have done any good in the sense of keeping things under control and, rather, is allowing things to come to the surface... things that Riku tries so hard to keep pushed down.
Without a word to Arden, he turns to leave, trying not to stumble on the way out as he does so because he just... he needs to get out of here... go somewhere, anywhere, just not be right here right now. ]
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It's funny, because he thought he could walk towards the dawn, he made that choice, refusing to accept light or dark and yet... darkness always follows him. It's always right there. Even here within this world. Maybe he's wrong about the dawn. Maybe the darkness truly is where he belongs.
When Arden moves to touch the crystallized Sora, Riku feels something well up within him and he goes to smack Arden's hand away from Sora but comes to pause just before he can. Something... something inside him doesn't feel right.
Fingers clutch at his chest, twisting within the fabric of the shirt borrowed from Cloud and he finds it difficult to breathe for a second. Emotions... this must be a result of everything that's trying so desperately to push its way to the surface. His lashing out at Arden... it doesn't seem to have done any good in the sense of keeping things under control and, rather, is allowing things to come to the surface... things that Riku tries so hard to keep pushed down.
Without a word to Arden, he turns to leave, trying not to stumble on the way out as he does so because he just... he needs to get out of here... go somewhere, anywhere, just not be right here right now. ]