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Kingdom Hearts fic: Fractured Moments - Day 10 - "Pattern"
Summary: A conversation while cuddling on a beach.
[Set after the fic-that-isn't-yet, the trio consider what "happily ever after" means.]
“So, when are you going to go on some grand adventure that you need to be rescued from?” Kairi asks.
It takes a moment for Sora to register that she’s talking to him. She’s been petting his hair, and Riku’s curled up at his back with an arm thrown over his waist, so he’s been contentedly dozing in the Destiny Islands sun.
“What do you mean?” the words come out a little sleep-heavy.
“Well, we have a pattern, don’t we?” She doesn’t stop petting his hair. “I disappear, and you and Riku come find me. Riku’s still out there, so you go looking for him, and I join you when I get tired of waiting. Riku goes off alone again out of misplaced noble intentions, and we have to go drag him back—”
Sora feels Riku smile against his neck. It’s a bit of a rueful smile, probably, but at least they’ve made it to the ‘we can laugh about it’ stage.
“—So as far as I can tell, it seems like you’re overdue for a turn.”
“Seriously, Sora,” Riku says, breath moving against Sora’s ear. “When do we get to rescue you?”
Leaving is absolutely the furthest thing from his mind right now. “Are you trying to get rid of me? Because you’re going to have to try a lot harder than cuddling on the beach to do that.”
Kairi laughs, and tugs at a spike of his hair. “How can we go on an adventure if we don’t have a quest?”
“I’d rather we all go on an adventure together.” For some reason the admission feels… big, as soon as he says it. It shouldn’t. Together was always the goal. That, and getting them all on the same page about it. But maybe it was admitting that goal wasn’t the end.
Kairi’s hand stills for a long moment. “I’d like that,” she says, finally. “I like this. It’s just…”
Riku pushes himself up on one elbow, leaving his arm over Sora to look at Kairi. “We don’t have to give up one to have the other.”
Sora nods. “And we never will.”
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[Set after the fic-that-isn't-yet, the trio consider what "happily ever after" means.]
“So, when are you going to go on some grand adventure that you need to be rescued from?” Kairi asks.
It takes a moment for Sora to register that she’s talking to him. She’s been petting his hair, and Riku’s curled up at his back with an arm thrown over his waist, so he’s been contentedly dozing in the Destiny Islands sun.
“What do you mean?” the words come out a little sleep-heavy.
“Well, we have a pattern, don’t we?” She doesn’t stop petting his hair. “I disappear, and you and Riku come find me. Riku’s still out there, so you go looking for him, and I join you when I get tired of waiting. Riku goes off alone again out of misplaced noble intentions, and we have to go drag him back—”
Sora feels Riku smile against his neck. It’s a bit of a rueful smile, probably, but at least they’ve made it to the ‘we can laugh about it’ stage.
“—So as far as I can tell, it seems like you’re overdue for a turn.”
“Seriously, Sora,” Riku says, breath moving against Sora’s ear. “When do we get to rescue you?”
Leaving is absolutely the furthest thing from his mind right now. “Are you trying to get rid of me? Because you’re going to have to try a lot harder than cuddling on the beach to do that.”
Kairi laughs, and tugs at a spike of his hair. “How can we go on an adventure if we don’t have a quest?”
“I’d rather we all go on an adventure together.” For some reason the admission feels… big, as soon as he says it. It shouldn’t. Together was always the goal. That, and getting them all on the same page about it. But maybe it was admitting that goal wasn’t the end.
Kairi’s hand stills for a long moment. “I’d like that,” she says, finally. “I like this. It’s just…”
Riku pushes himself up on one elbow, leaving his arm over Sora to look at Kairi. “We don’t have to give up one to have the other.”
Sora nods. “And we never will.”
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