Kingdom Hearts fic: Fractured Moments - Day 5 - "Build"
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museficSummary: Sora, Riku, and Kairi consider the things they've built.
[Finally a fluffy one! With a tinge of sappy, tbh. Set late on the timeline, probably some time after "Bait." Established relationship at this point, after Kairi has become queen.]
“Of all the things we’ve built, I think this is my favorite.” Sora looked over at Kairi and smiled.
The sun was setting, silhouetting the construction in Radiant Garden. It was almost complete, the final phase of the planned improvements. Restoration of any of the older buildings that had been damaged, addition of new residential neighborhoods to accommodate people moving back, and finally new expansion of the magical transportation systems in Hollow Bastion.
It would take more magic to power, but would make things easier for all of the residents. Aerith, Leon, Yuffie, and Cid had worked out a clever way to charge materia to help keep the mechanisms working, and plenty of the magic-users in the city had volunteered time and energy to keep them running. They’d be available even for citizens who didn’t have magical aptitude.
“I don’t know,” Riku said, bumping his shoulder into Sora’s other side. “I think we made some pretty great sandcastles when we were kids. It’s pretty hard to top those.”
Sora laughed. “The ones that inevitably got wiped out by a stray blitzball?”
“We did design some impressive dream homes that way,” Kairi agreed. “I seem to recall that ‘rooms made of trampolines’ featured a bit more prominently than we wound up with in Hollow Bastion.”
“More’s the pity.” Riku sighed. “Though you did get your library, and all the secret passages you can shake a keyblade at.”
“And it’s even exactly the library I was always envisioning as a child. How about that?”
“What about you, Kairi?” Sora asked. “Do you think the sandcastles were the best, or the whole city of Radiant Garden?”
She leaned on the wall. “I think my favorite might be the raft. Remember?”
Sora looked up at the first stars just starting to appear over the city, and briefly saw a very different sky. Of course he remembered the raft.
“We never even got to use it,” Riku said. “And it wouldn’t have worked, anyway.”
“To find where I came from…” Kairi trailed off. “We couldn’t have sailed to Radiant Garden, it’s true. But it did work, in a way. Everything that happened led here, right?”
“With some detours. But yes.” Sora pulled her into a sideways hug, then reached over to pull Riku in as well.
Kairi leaned in, and stifled a yawn.
Riku laughed. “Point taken. Long day of testing magic systems.”
“And more tomorrow. Let’s head to bed.”
Riku had taken the center spot in the oversize bed, holding both the others close. Sora was half drifting off, and it looked like Kairi was doing the same on Riku’s other shoulder. They’d all fallen comfortably quiet a few minutes before.
Through half-closed eyes, Sora watched Riku lace his fingers with Kairi’s and bring her hand up to softly kiss. She didn’t open her eyes, but she did smile. Sora’s position didn’t allow for quite the same gesture, but Riku traced an aimless pattern against his shoulder and squeezed him tighter for just a moment.
“Of all the things we’ve built, I think this is my favorite,” Riku whispered.
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[Finally a fluffy one! With a tinge of sappy, tbh. Set late on the timeline, probably some time after "Bait." Established relationship at this point, after Kairi has become queen.]
“Of all the things we’ve built, I think this is my favorite.” Sora looked over at Kairi and smiled.
The sun was setting, silhouetting the construction in Radiant Garden. It was almost complete, the final phase of the planned improvements. Restoration of any of the older buildings that had been damaged, addition of new residential neighborhoods to accommodate people moving back, and finally new expansion of the magical transportation systems in Hollow Bastion.
It would take more magic to power, but would make things easier for all of the residents. Aerith, Leon, Yuffie, and Cid had worked out a clever way to charge materia to help keep the mechanisms working, and plenty of the magic-users in the city had volunteered time and energy to keep them running. They’d be available even for citizens who didn’t have magical aptitude.
“I don’t know,” Riku said, bumping his shoulder into Sora’s other side. “I think we made some pretty great sandcastles when we were kids. It’s pretty hard to top those.”
Sora laughed. “The ones that inevitably got wiped out by a stray blitzball?”
“We did design some impressive dream homes that way,” Kairi agreed. “I seem to recall that ‘rooms made of trampolines’ featured a bit more prominently than we wound up with in Hollow Bastion.”
“More’s the pity.” Riku sighed. “Though you did get your library, and all the secret passages you can shake a keyblade at.”
“And it’s even exactly the library I was always envisioning as a child. How about that?”
“What about you, Kairi?” Sora asked. “Do you think the sandcastles were the best, or the whole city of Radiant Garden?”
She leaned on the wall. “I think my favorite might be the raft. Remember?”
Sora looked up at the first stars just starting to appear over the city, and briefly saw a very different sky. Of course he remembered the raft.
“We never even got to use it,” Riku said. “And it wouldn’t have worked, anyway.”
“To find where I came from…” Kairi trailed off. “We couldn’t have sailed to Radiant Garden, it’s true. But it did work, in a way. Everything that happened led here, right?”
“With some detours. But yes.” Sora pulled her into a sideways hug, then reached over to pull Riku in as well.
Kairi leaned in, and stifled a yawn.
Riku laughed. “Point taken. Long day of testing magic systems.”
“And more tomorrow. Let’s head to bed.”
Riku had taken the center spot in the oversize bed, holding both the others close. Sora was half drifting off, and it looked like Kairi was doing the same on Riku’s other shoulder. They’d all fallen comfortably quiet a few minutes before.
Through half-closed eyes, Sora watched Riku lace his fingers with Kairi’s and bring her hand up to softly kiss. She didn’t open her eyes, but she did smile. Sora’s position didn’t allow for quite the same gesture, but Riku traced an aimless pattern against his shoulder and squeezed him tighter for just a moment.
“Of all the things we’ve built, I think this is my favorite,” Riku whispered.
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