Authors note: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Or anything that has to do with it.
When I faded into that black mist and disappeared I thought I was dead. But if a nobody was never meant to exist, they can't really die can they? I'm weak for sure, but I'm still alive. And I...I don't know where I am. Everything around me is black, and I hear no sounds. It's felt like hours that I've been trying to gather up the strength to scream, but I'm scared that no one shall answer me in return. But now that I think about it, my fear isn't real in the end is it?
And with that, I let out a scream. A scream I've been building up for days, ever since Roxas became whole. Roxas made me feel like I had a heart and now I feel as if it has been ripped away from me. Funny how the things Nobodies do to feel whole always hurt in the end.
Roxas and Sora. I should have known that Roxas would always find his whole being. I should have told him everything I felt before he went away. But then, I'm not supposed to feel, right? Never have I had feelings linger this long. Maybe putting your whole being in an attack does that to you. Maybe I'll never get out of this blackness.
I just wish Roxas could be here with me. He would probably be able to help me. He could get me up and running in no time. He could do it. Roxas could do anything. I just wish I could be a little more like him. Then again, in the end I sacrificed everything for Roxas. Somewhere inside Sora, Roxas must have seen it happen! Roxas must know that I'm still here; I guess that's all that matters in the end.
I'm beginning to hear something. It's very faint, but I'm hearing it. Maybe there's hope in the end that I'm going to get out of this darkness. Or what if the voice is fading away? I can't seem to get my voice to start again. I'm beginning to feel something small and wet fall down my cheek. Is it a tear? It is. I'm desperate now! I need you Roxas, to save me, but you don't know what's happening to me. I wish you were truly here Roxas.
That voice! It's getting closer, but what is it saying? I can't make a sound and I'm beginning to regret that scream I made. More tears. I'm utterly and bitterly confused. I am just a nobody, and yet I have tears. Roxas must have really made me feel like I had a heart, because I'm beginning to believe it all.
And here comes the wave of pain again, and the tears. I feel as if I can get out of this darkness if I hear Roxas. But I don't think that shall ever happen. I should give up, but I don't want to deal with this pain anymore.
"Roxas…give…me…" I strangle to make out the last word, my throat screaming with pain. "Hope."
Out of nowhere I feel a hand, warm and trembling, wiping my tears. Could it be? No. It is not possible. The hand pulls away from my face, and its arms wrap around me, pulling me up and holding me against its chest. The figure loses its trembling motions, and its grip becomes tighter…stronger.
That voice…I know that voice. Yes. I know I'll be okay. You're here with me. It's you isn't it?
The darkness is lifting. And the scene plays out before me. The figure looks down at me, and as my eyes focus I see the man that I've been dying to see since the day he went away. Roxas. And happiness floods out of my body, as I pull myself up and we embrace. An embrace that I feel as if I waited a lifetime for. As the embrace ends, and I look into his eyes, I see the same longing. And I wish I could tell him everything that I felt from the beginning. But before I can speak, I am met with a kiss. And I feel invincible because I don't have to explain what I've been feeling. He's felt it all along. As the kiss ends, we stay there holding each other. Never wanting to let go.
"I love you Roxas."
"I love you Axel."
And in a blink of an eye, our bodies shift to what they truly are. And we are finally whole together. We are finally Sora and Riku.