[ ...of course Sora would jump to that conclusion. Really, why is he even surprised at this point?

However, it's the calling his darkness special that really has Riku coming to stare to the other, completely ignoring that Cheshire Cat grin on his lips and wondering if... he really means that. ]

Special, huh?

[ Humming, Riku rests his head back against the mattress and stares up to the ceiling, an arm tucking itself behind his head to be used as a makeshift pillow. ]

I hated it, you know. A lot. I hated myself because of it. Made me think that I was a lost cause, that the light didn't want me. That I wasn't good enough.

[ Like he had been cast out of it for being "tainted" as he saw it. ]

But then I realized... that it's a part of me and that I don't need to be scared or ashamed of it. That's how it wanted me to feel... that's what it kept telling me to feel. It still does sometimes, even here, right when I think I have a better control on it.

[ Turning his head to look to Sora, he sighs a little then. ]

Before I found you asleep, I was sure I was going to die, you know. That I'd never see you again. Instead you're the one who I wonder if you'll ever see me again. Snoozing away. Tch, lazy.