I admit, I'm not a majorly romantic kind of a guy, but the idea of trying to make this challenge work sounded awesome to me. :3 I'm looking at it more as a writing exercise than anything else. I haven't filled in all one hundred slots yet, so requests are welcome. Check out xDarknessAngelx's challenge for a full list of rules and perhaps to try it yourself. :)
Prompt: (20) Heart
Pairing: VenSor; can be read as gen
Setting: KH3
Rating: K
Word Count: 349
"Ventus, right?"
The young boy turned to face Sora as he approached him. "That's right. You can call me Ven," he offered, grinning.
"Right," Sora mumbled. He looks like Roxas, is named Ventus, goes by Ven . . . Sora scratched his cheek apologetically as he realized he was staring. "Sorry, it's just, we haven't really had a chance to talk alone since you uh . . . got here." Sora chuckled, still somewhat nervous about bringing up the subject of Ventu—Ven having been inside his heart. But the other boy didn't appear offended, so he continued. "What, uh . . . How did you get there, exactly? Have we met?"
Ven looked upwards for a moment, reflecting, before he replied. "I was dying. You took me in so I wouldn't fade away." Something in the back of Sora's memory twinged, but he couldn't quite recall what it was. "I think . . . My heart found you because yours had found me once. I remember—the 'brand new heart' that joined with mine." Ven's contemplative look shifted into a smile. "I couldn't still be here otherwise."
Sora fell momentarily silent, a small frown lining his face. ". . . I wasn't alive when I was born." Ven's opened his mouth to speak, concerned, but Sora continued before the other boy could form any words. "I've never told anyone before," he confessed. "It took seven minutes for my heart to start beating. My mom used to call me her miracle baby. But I guess, my heart was just a little late meeting my body."
"I'm sorry, Sora," Ven sighed, shoulders hunched, but Sora shook his head and grinned at him.
"When my mom was pregnant, the doctors warned her my heart was weak, and that I wouldn't live very long, if I even made it at all. But from day one of living, it beat stronger than any other kids' on the islands. The doctors couldn't figure out why." Sora took Ven's hand in his. "You saved me, Ven. Thank you."
Ven smiled. "You saved me, too."
I do not like this pairing. XP But I like the idea of the first half of the convo and decided this would be a good place to put it. I still had fun. :)
- Star-Shaped-χ