Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts 1/2 (And its characters) is not mine.
These footprints... Are my own. Mine and mine only.
I've walked this beach countless times, looking out into the ocean, looking out to the sky, the setting sun... Looking out for just anything, anything to let me know who he is. 'He' is his only name, for I do not know who he is, and yet, I do. I know his laugh, for I can hear it in my thoughts; I know his features, his face, for they are in my sight, my memories. Vague and blurry, but they are there.
I know he lives, because his heart beats inside my own.
I know it wasn't always Riku and I, I know there was someone else. Brown hair, bright blue eyes, an affectionate laugh, and a goofy smile. No one else knows, but I do. These footprints were not always my own, and they were not ever just mine and Riku's.
Selphie says that maybe, just maybe, he is a dream.
But then, I think about the drawings in the cave, and that second heart beats to life once again inside me, beating alongside my own, matching the rhythym and then upping the pace.
Who am I giving the Paopu fruit to, and who is giving it to me?
I know he is out there, perhaps he is even with Riku, and they'll both be home soon.
A promise is whispered in the wind, and I know this to be true...
'I'll come back to you, I promise!'
End.