Excuses


"You're such an idiot, Riku..." Xion's voice wavers as she tightens the bandages over his wound. He's in too much pain to do anything but smile at her slightly. "Why'd you have to jump in the way like that? I could've fought him off—"

"You could've gotten killed," Riku mutters.

Xion doesn't meet his gaze. "I don't want more excuses, Riku. I don't need—"

Riku cuts her off by squeezing her hand. "It's the truth, Xion. I'd rather die here than go on without you. It'd be... worth it."

"...Are you sure?"

"Absolutely."


Author: Sorry for the short hiatus, but with the school year winding down I had a lot of work to finish up. And I actually just got back from a trip, so I've got some MORE work to catch up on... So I won't promise that this will be updated regularly. But I'll work on it whenever I can!

To my reviewers:

MonMonCandie: I don't think Xion's ever shown crying for real. I get the impression that it'd take a lot to actually bring her to tears... but she does get sad looks on her face a lot.

XIIIXV: Yeah, it's sad that DiZ was so harsh about that.

DMGSilverAirHead03: They do show some emotions in the games, it's true. It's especially true for Xion, though, because (if I remember correctly) the replicas do have hearts of their own.

Espionage247: Oh yeah. I have a couple stories I'm rewriting heavily because I thought of things for them later on that changed everything. Re-writing is either the most fun or most troublesome part of the writing process... Usually a little of both.

See ya next time! ^^