Click. Click. Click.
Riku closed his eyes and smiled, lifting his face to the ceiling. He had felt it lately. The darkness in his heart was getting stronger. It was slowly consuming him again and he was scared.
He was afraid that he would be taken again and that his world would be destroyed again.
That he would lose Sora again.
They had all just found each other again and he didn't want it to be lost. Kairi had been so happy to see them. They had been inseparable, the three of them, since they came home.
But she was Kairi. As soon a they got home, things went back to their old ways. She was all over Sora and that made Riku mad. He was jealous. Sora was too nice to tell her to back off so he allowed the girl to hang on him, a smile ever present on his face.
Everyone else on the island had been excited to see them too. Tidus and Wakka and Selphie. They had all started hanging out again. But recently, Riku had made himself less and less present. He didn't want the darkness to spread as far as it could. So he secluded himself away from everyone. He wanted to be with them. He missed them all. But he couldn't chance it.
Click. Click. Click.
He opened his eyes slightly and stared at the ceiling, toying with the gun in his hand. He clicked the barrel one more time before lifting it slightly. He stared at it and put it lightly against his temple, tapping it there lighlty.
He missed everyone and was happy to be around them but none of them seemed overly excited to see him. He was just there again.
Except Sora. Sora had been so happy to be reunited with everyone, but he still tried to get closer to Riku. He had noticed that the older boy was shrinking back but he didn't know why. So he got closer and closer and that was what scared Riku the most.
He didn't want the world to be enveloped in darkness again but he wanted Sora close to it even less. Sora was his light and he didn't know what he would do if it went out.
He closed his eyes again slowly, a small tear sliding down his cheek as he clicked the gun again. If he wasn't there, then he wouldn't have to worry about the darkness. He wouldn't have to worry about losing his world, his friends. And he wouldn't have to worry about losing Sora.
He smiled a bit wider at this as more tears fell. Sora would be safe. He nodded slightly to himself. And just before he pulled the trigger, his light itself called out to him.