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[shadowedheart]

Who: Riku and friends
Where: Various places, mostly in Verens
When: Early part of the month
Format: [ like this. ]
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Summary: Riku doing stuff and things with others.

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[shadowedheart]

[ ...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.

[oathkeeper]

[Sora curls onto his side and watches Riku as he speaks, being a surprisingly good listener. He feels a deep ache in his heart when Riku goes on. He realizes that him and Riku never really talked about these things face to face back home. There was always something in the way or something happening or them being split up over and over. So to hear this from Riku, it makes him ache. Maybe he does have a second chance to be here for Riku better than he had been in the past.]

What I've learned-- What we've learned is that light and dark go hand in hand, there's no light without the darkness and the other way around too. It's two halves of a whole...

[The brightest lights cast the darkest shadows. There's no way the light would reject Riku. Riku would just have to decide which way he wants to walk.

He can't help but reach out to take Riku's hand in his, fingers tracing little circles over the back of it. Then he squeezes gently.]

It's special because it makes you strong enough to see the light and the dark for exactly what they are. You can find you way through the darkest places.

[And one day Riku will be strong enough to find Sora in the deepest darkness before it's too late.

He can't help but frown at Riku's last comment, though.]

And you know I get cranky when I don't get enough sleep, give me a break. Where you that worried I wasn't gonna wake up? [Then, quieter-] I'm glad you watched over me. That you didn't go away.

[shadowedheart]

[ Riku comes to gently look to Sora as he explains his own thoughts on the matter. It's funny because... had this been right when he had first arrived within this world, the bulk of this might have fallen on deaf ears. But now? Now with it having been a few months since his arrival here and having more or less secluded himself away every now and then whenever he needs a moment to recharge in a manner of speaking, he can fully hear what Sora is saying... not cherry picking what he wants to hear.

Gently, he rolls onto his side, facing Sora and reaches out for Sora's other hand... the one that he bit, yeah. Allowing the pad of his thumb to carefully brush over the spot that might very well bruise a little, he brings Sora's wrist to his lips and brushes a feather soft kiss against it. ]

I couldn't leave you.

[ A beat. ]

Who else would yell at you for deciding to take a nap when I told you to take care of Kairi?

[ And... he just might be grinning a little behind that wrist he holds. ]

[oathkeeper]

[Sora is expecting to wince when Riku takes his wrist to his lips but it's such a feather light touch Sora's barely even sure that Riku kisses his bite mark. It's a little tingly instead. Which makes him smile warmly, blinking expectantly at Riku as he just squirms at the given attention. A puff of laughter escapes his lips.]

I got enough flak from Kairi for that, I don't need even more from you.

[And he's poking Riku's cheek with his finger.]

[shadowedheart]

[ With the softest sort of laughter tickling against the inside of Sora's wrist, Riku presses one more kiss there before he lets go and settles himself on the mattress there. ]

But I should technically give it to you double since she's not here, right?

[ Nice going there, Sora.

But Riku comes to tuck an arm back under his head to be used as a makeshift pillow and allows his eyes to close behind that blindfold, humming a little as he does so. ]

Thanks for today, Sora.

[oathkeeper]

Heh. Guess so.

[He lingers his gaze on Riku just a moment longer. He smiles softly because even if he can't see Riku's whole face because of the blindfold, Riku looks a bit peaceful.

He yawns out and then scoots closer to Riku because with no blankets he's gonna do that. He shuts his eyes.]

It's what I'm here for.

[shadowedheart]

[ With Sora more or less settling down as well, Riku hums again and lazily drapes an arm around the other, making sure to peek an eye open and ensure that he's actually using his bundled up shirt as a pillow; don't let him sleep shirtless like this for nothing, Sora. ]

Careful. I might never let you go.

[oathkeeper]

[He's using it, he's using it! Sora has it tucked neatly under his head just like Riku intended. Sora is quite happy.

What Riku says has Sora blinking. Didn't Riku say something like that before... But- He said...

Sora shifts close and maybe pulls his head off the shirt a little. Only to rest close to Riku's shoulder, lips just barely touching the skin.]