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The sand was soft against her bare feet. She made no noise as she padded silently along the shore to the lapping waves. She didn't stop when she got there, but walked unhesitatingly in, despite the chill of the evening air. The waves washed around her ankles, numbing her feet as she sat on the dock and stared up at the stars and the crescent moon.
Her red hair fluttered in a light breeze, tickling her nose. She tucked it behind her ear, and wondered where he was.
It pained her, almost physically, to look up at the myriad of stars and wonder which he was on. Yet she was drawn irresistibly to the night sky, like a moth to a flame. Kairi missed him too much to ignore the aching in her heart.
It pained her too to think that with every breath she took, he might be drawing in his last. That every time she smiled, or laughed, he might be taking a blow that would cause him pain. She hated to see him – or even think of him- in pain.
And whenever she saw a shooting star, her heart skipped a beat and she wondered whether he was there. It terrified her to think that that might be the world he was on, the world falling into darkness. She knew he could never save each world individually, and she knew that he knew it too. It was a never-ending crusade, and she just wished he would come home.
And tonight was no different from any other night. Her heart ached dully as she gazed at the sky, looking for answers, wishing he would come home.
A star fell across the sky, and for the first time since they'd been separated, she made a wish.