My Promise
By Kyle Reddell
SUMMARY: Sora angsts over Riku. :P
~*~*~ Sora...Sora...
It was a voice. Echoing deep within his heart, calling for him to wake from his sleep. The darkness...he was so lost in it. And he could hear her..her? No, he already promised his heart to another. She was calling to him...and what else could he do? He could present the illusion that he really did love her, that she was meant for him. Would that be the only way, though? Falsifying their relationship just to keep his other a secret? It didn't matter if his other had given in to darkness. He had as well...maybe they'd meet...
Maybe not.
Sora was thrown harshly back into reality, into Kairi's arms. She was embracing him, and he found himself embracing her as well. He supposed lying was the only way.
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Closing the door on him was the most difficult thing he'd ever done. He'd hidden his emotions though, in front of Donald and Goofy, Mickey too. He didn't want to show himself...reveal himself. He couldn't. Riku had told him, long ago..
"Whatever you do...don't tell anyone. I love you, Sora, and I don't want anyone else hurting you. If you tell them...they'll criticize you. Don't let them. Don't tell them."
..He wouldn't. He would play along with the little game he had woven with Kairi. He would toy with her just for his own personal gain. True, it seemed selfish...extremely selfish, but he was keeping his promise to Riku. He loved Kairi like a sister, but he loved Riku more. He loved Riku so much that he would give his own life to save him..he would end his own destiny to continue Riku's.
"Kairi!" Sora said, his voice laced with false love. "Remember what you said before? I'm always with you, too. I'll come back to you, I promise!"
"I know you will!"
Their hands slid apart, and the world's barrier had sealed them from each other. True, he would go back to Kairi. But he would go to Riku first. Riku had given himself to the world of Heartless, sacrificed himself for Sora and Kairi...he was gone now. But Sora wouldn't accept that......He would find a way to get back to him.
Back to Riku. Back to love.
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He sat silently at a table in the First District of the never-sleeping Traverse Town. A mug of some sort of drink rested in front of him, the beads of water forming and gently sliding down the side onto the table. Sora's fingers tapped lightly on the table. He was lonely and extremely tired. Perhaps he'd just drift off into sleep right here...
"Hey, Sora!" he heard a voice call out to him. A familiar voice. Opening his eyes, he turned his head i nthe direction of the voice. A lone figure stoof in the distance, his arms folded. A wind was picking up, carrying his precious silver hair with it. It was him....Riku.
"Riku!" He cried out in joy. Leaping out of his chair, he bounded towards Riku. Riku outstretched his arms, catching Sora as he ran into him. They both stumbled back a bit, but continued to embrace each other. "I'm so happy to see you," Sora said, his voice muffled from pressing his face into Riku's shoulder.
"You, too," he replied, and released the embrace. Sora looked up at Riku and smiled brightly, overjoyed that he was finally back. But his smile slowly faded.
"How can you-" Sora said, unable to finish his sentence. Riku brought his finger up and pressed it against Sora's lips, hushing him.
"Shh," Riku said. "Don't worry about it."
The district was empty now with the exception of Sora and Riku. It didn't matter who or what was around them. Sora was happy. Riku was here....
"Close your eyes," Riku said. Sora promptly did as he was told, lowering his eyelids. At that, Riku placed his hands around Sora's waist and leaned in. Sora knew what was coming, and put his hands on Riku's shoulders. They both leaned towards each other, longing to feel the precious kiss they had once known so well.
And their lips met, the slow, passionate kiss ensuing. They were one being at that moment; entwined in romance, frozen in the moment. Sora felt like he never wanted to let go. It was absolute ecstasy, being able to hold Riku in the manner he did, to love him the way he did. It was bliss.
He'd never let the moment end...
But no. Sora found himself standing alone. Riku was nowhere to be seen. Sora looked around. Nothing. There was nothing. But where...where could he have gone..?
"It...was a dream..." he whispered to no one. "Just a dream..."
He lowered his head and turned around. His keyblade was leaning against the table in which he previously sat at. He walked towards it slowly, his eyes affixed on it. He grasped his hand around the hilt, and raised it so that the blade was near his face.
"Keyblade," he said, his voice full of sorrow. "You've caused so much..."
He lowered the keyblade and walked back out to the center of the district. His sorrow was too great to handle, too much to comprehend. He was longing for Riku too badly.
"Be the cause of one more thing..."
He flipped the Keyblade around, so the tip of the blade was facing his chest.
"End my sorrow."
He told Kairi he'd come back to her.
And he would...
...as soon as he found Riku.
By Kyle Reddell
SUMMARY: Sora angsts over Riku. :P
~*~*~ Sora...Sora...
It was a voice. Echoing deep within his heart, calling for him to wake from his sleep. The darkness...he was so lost in it. And he could hear her..her? No, he already promised his heart to another. She was calling to him...and what else could he do? He could present the illusion that he really did love her, that she was meant for him. Would that be the only way, though? Falsifying their relationship just to keep his other a secret? It didn't matter if his other had given in to darkness. He had as well...maybe they'd meet...
Maybe not.
Sora was thrown harshly back into reality, into Kairi's arms. She was embracing him, and he found himself embracing her as well. He supposed lying was the only way.
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Closing the door on him was the most difficult thing he'd ever done. He'd hidden his emotions though, in front of Donald and Goofy, Mickey too. He didn't want to show himself...reveal himself. He couldn't. Riku had told him, long ago..
"Whatever you do...don't tell anyone. I love you, Sora, and I don't want anyone else hurting you. If you tell them...they'll criticize you. Don't let them. Don't tell them."
..He wouldn't. He would play along with the little game he had woven with Kairi. He would toy with her just for his own personal gain. True, it seemed selfish...extremely selfish, but he was keeping his promise to Riku. He loved Kairi like a sister, but he loved Riku more. He loved Riku so much that he would give his own life to save him..he would end his own destiny to continue Riku's.
"Kairi!" Sora said, his voice laced with false love. "Remember what you said before? I'm always with you, too. I'll come back to you, I promise!"
"I know you will!"
Their hands slid apart, and the world's barrier had sealed them from each other. True, he would go back to Kairi. But he would go to Riku first. Riku had given himself to the world of Heartless, sacrificed himself for Sora and Kairi...he was gone now. But Sora wouldn't accept that......He would find a way to get back to him.
Back to Riku. Back to love.
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He sat silently at a table in the First District of the never-sleeping Traverse Town. A mug of some sort of drink rested in front of him, the beads of water forming and gently sliding down the side onto the table. Sora's fingers tapped lightly on the table. He was lonely and extremely tired. Perhaps he'd just drift off into sleep right here...
"Hey, Sora!" he heard a voice call out to him. A familiar voice. Opening his eyes, he turned his head i nthe direction of the voice. A lone figure stoof in the distance, his arms folded. A wind was picking up, carrying his precious silver hair with it. It was him....Riku.
"Riku!" He cried out in joy. Leaping out of his chair, he bounded towards Riku. Riku outstretched his arms, catching Sora as he ran into him. They both stumbled back a bit, but continued to embrace each other. "I'm so happy to see you," Sora said, his voice muffled from pressing his face into Riku's shoulder.
"You, too," he replied, and released the embrace. Sora looked up at Riku and smiled brightly, overjoyed that he was finally back. But his smile slowly faded.
"How can you-" Sora said, unable to finish his sentence. Riku brought his finger up and pressed it against Sora's lips, hushing him.
"Shh," Riku said. "Don't worry about it."
The district was empty now with the exception of Sora and Riku. It didn't matter who or what was around them. Sora was happy. Riku was here....
"Close your eyes," Riku said. Sora promptly did as he was told, lowering his eyelids. At that, Riku placed his hands around Sora's waist and leaned in. Sora knew what was coming, and put his hands on Riku's shoulders. They both leaned towards each other, longing to feel the precious kiss they had once known so well.
And their lips met, the slow, passionate kiss ensuing. They were one being at that moment; entwined in romance, frozen in the moment. Sora felt like he never wanted to let go. It was absolute ecstasy, being able to hold Riku in the manner he did, to love him the way he did. It was bliss.
He'd never let the moment end...
But no. Sora found himself standing alone. Riku was nowhere to be seen. Sora looked around. Nothing. There was nothing. But where...where could he have gone..?
"It...was a dream..." he whispered to no one. "Just a dream..."
He lowered his head and turned around. His keyblade was leaning against the table in which he previously sat at. He walked towards it slowly, his eyes affixed on it. He grasped his hand around the hilt, and raised it so that the blade was near his face.
"Keyblade," he said, his voice full of sorrow. "You've caused so much..."
He lowered the keyblade and walked back out to the center of the district. His sorrow was too great to handle, too much to comprehend. He was longing for Riku too badly.
"Be the cause of one more thing..."
He flipped the Keyblade around, so the tip of the blade was facing his chest.
"End my sorrow."
He told Kairi he'd come back to her.
And he would...
...as soon as he found Riku.