Trust the Unseen ( Passion )
#64. doors - (which one?)
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, its characters, settings and the like. These words, however, are mine.
So many doors, leading to so many dangers.
Kairi looked up at the boy beside her; disguised, but no less her best friend. Riku. She wished he wasn't disguised, though. She knew she'd be more at ease, even if only a little if she could just get a glimpse of those confident aqua green eyes.
"What is it?" He asked, obviously catching her staring.
Damn -- and then there was his voice. "Nothing."
Riku sighed, his amber eyes giving her an exasperated once over. "I didn't think I was gone that long, Kai -- I can still tell when you're lying and what you're feeling."
She figured maybe he'd lay off if she decided to ignore that comment, but she could feel his eyes on her, waiting for the truth. Stubborn boy. Amazingly so, actually. He always managed to get it out of her; and usually, she would put up one hell of a fight, but she was scared, scared for the boy walking beside her, scared for the boy walking up ahead of them. Talking with Riku might make her feel better. "There's just... So many doors and I never know which one might be our last and it seems to be never ending. Doesn't it bother you?"
He looked relieved to hear that that was all that was bothering her. "I don't really think about it, honestly."
"How?" She muttered uselessly.
"Used to it, I guess."
She nodded, but added nothing.
Sensing she was still upset, he tried to turn the thought around. "Well, I mean, you don't have to think of it as the last door -- and I assume that by 'last' you mean the 'we might be done for' last?"
She nodded again, but hastened to add, "Not that I don't think that you and Sora can't--"
"Don't worry about it." He held a hand up. "Instead of that, I think of it as... The door that might lead me home. Maybe there'll be nothing behind it but the gate leading me back to you -- or I did, anyway, but since you're here now... Just home. If I pass through these doors, I'll be closer and closer until I'm finally there and once I am, I'll have everything to fight for... And that helps me beat anything. Besides, what're you worried about?" He asked incredulously. "I'll protect you with my life, nothing's going to happen to you as long as I'm around."
"That's what I'm worried about. I don't want you to be reckless and risk your life for me when you don't have to. I don't want to have to say goodbye again when I've finally found you."
"Then we better not screw up and head through the right door, right?"
"Right." She drawled, smiling and shaking her head. "So we're right back where we started."
