-The darkness had eaten into him. Tainted him; used him. Nothing could cleanse him now. He was…uncleansable…
There was little point to living. What was the point, when-
"Riku? Riku? Riku? Riku? Are you angsting? I think you're angsting. I know when you're angsting 'cos you get a line across your forehead juuuust here." –poke-
-a great big black abyss; a void that sucked in all happiness and joy. He wasn't allowed to be happy; didn't deserve it; didn't-
"Riku, are you sad? You shouldn't be sad. Its okay, I'll help you get happy again. I know the secret to happiness. I'll go get it from the freezer!"
-falling deeper and deeper into nothingness; it hurt to live. He realised that now. There was nothing left for him here; he didn't deserve to live. After what he had done, he only deserved-
"Okay, I got it! You only have vanilla 'cos I ate all the strawberry yesterday…heehee, sorry! I'm sure you don't mind, you prefer vanilla anyway, and it's your angst we're trying to de-angst right now, so that should be the priority. Open wide! Say 'Ahhh!'"
-redemption that would never be served; lives that could never be retrieved. He couldn't help thinking 'Why me?' when he saw happy children playing. He didn't have many happy memories from his childhood. His Dad beat him and his Mum-
"C'moooon, Riku. Just open up!" … "Riku!" –huff- "Fine! I'll have to eat the ice-cream!"
-spinning steadily out of control-
"You really don't know what you're missing, this is really good ice-cream."
-falling, falling…-
"Mmmmm…mmm…wow, this is so good, ice-cream is amazing…"
-darkness that wouldn't…-
"Whoops! Heehee, I spilt ice-cream on your bed. Sooorry, I'll just…oh, oops…umm…should I go get a towel?"
-darkness that just wouldn't…-
"I wish there was ice-cream on my bed…"
-DARKNESS…THAT WOULDN'T…-
"…I love ice-cream."
-Oh for fucks sake-
"Sora! Stop it!"
"Stop what, eating ice-cream? Do you want some? Have you stopped angsting?"
"…"
"Do you want a hug?"
-falling, falling, falling…-
"Well?"
-crashing back to reality-
"Awww, Riku wants a hug!" –pounce-
-…reality wasn't as bad as he'd remembered…-
"…opps…there's ice-cream in your hair…"
-…or maybe it was…-