Island Days
A/N: After posting You're Home I decided to write some drabbles and one-shots about what it might have been like for Sora, Riku, and Kairi growing up on the Islands. And I kind of wonder, what influence would Ven have on Sora now that he's resting inside of Sora's Heart.
This first little one-shot is set the night Ven's Heart went in Sora's.
EDIT: Fixed some grammar and spelling errors :)
The moment her son was born, Naomi knew he was special. His dark spiky hair was just as bouncy and stubborn as him and his brilliant blue eyes shined with curiosity and compassion, but what really proved to Naomi that her little piece of the sky was special was on a very normal night when he was just four years old.
She was washing dishes while waiting for dinner to finish cooking and for her son to come home. He was out late tonight with his best friend, Riku. The two were watching the stars – Sora, she knew, had always felt a strong connection to the shining lights in the sky. Naomi wasn't worried. Sora knew the rules and he wouldn't wander into the ocean in the middle of the night. He was a good boy.
Naomi heard the timer on the oven go off, signaling that tonight's dinner was done. As she was pulling the lasagna out of the oven and set it on the counter, she heard the front door open, telling her that Sora was home. Pulling out a knife she asked, "How was it, Sora?"
After a few moments of silence in which Naomi had been cutting up the lasagna, she frowned, put the knife down, and turned to her son.
"Sora?"
The four year old jumped and blinked startled blue eyes at his mother.
"Huh? Oh…um good."
"What happened?" Naomi probed.
"He's not sad now." The answer startled Naomi. It didn't exactly answer her question, but…
"Who's not sad? Riku?"
"No. Not Riku." Sora's mother racked her brain trying to remember who else Sora was with often enough that he could be talking about.
"Tidus? Wakka?"
"No. Him." Naomi was getting desperate to figure out who on the Island he could be talking about.
"Him who, Sora?"
"Him. The boy I'm connected to. He's from a whole other world! But, he was really sad because he had to leave his friends and go to sleep again for a long time. He's with me – in my heart so he's not so sad now." Sora smiled a sad heart wrenching smile that had Naomi determined to make sure her little piece of the sky never smiled like that again, and she was concerned with who he could be talking about.
Time went on and slowly the incident faded from Sora's memory, but Naomi never forgot. Twelve years after that night the memory was pulled sharply to the front of her mind when Sora was standing in the door with scars adorning his arms and legs and he was smiling that same sad heart wrenching smile.
So, tell me what you thought!