Memories
Even in the world of dreams, Xion holds on to hope.
Hope that she'll be able to eat ice cream with her friends again. That she'll be able to sit with them at the clocktower. That they'll finally get to go to the beach together...
...And that she'll get to see him again.
Xion suspects that Riku's the one who misses her most—even if he doesn't know it.
His memories of her aren't gone, truly—only sleeping in his heart.
"Don't be sad," Xion mutters, gazing up at the sky.
Memories of you and me will always be together, forever...
Author: Twisting the line she said to Roxas into a RikuShi moment was fun, lol. I'll try to post a happy drabble next time, though, cause the sad and bittersweet ones need to be balanced out a little.^^
Drabble takes place between the end of Days and Riku and Sora's arrival in the world of dreams (3D).
And I tried to make something different out of an overused theme in the KH universe. I mean, seriously. If you played a drinking game with Chain of Memories using variations of the word "memory" you'd die. XD.
To my reviewers:
XIIIXV: I agree. I think the memories of her never truly went away completely, and that influenced his personality in KHII. As this chapter and other (as Sakura Scout calls it) phantomlimb!RikuShi moments show ("Unbreakable," "Eternity," and "Irregular Orbit") he does miss her.^^
vanitas1776: Thanks, I hope to do so!^^
Espionage247: Yeah, I agree.^^ I love the phrase, even though I can't fully explain why I like it so much. XD. It has a good ring to it, the idea that "forever" even isn't long enough, so it becomes "forever and a day." I'm glad you think so, and yeah-it is amazing that so many people like this.^^ RikuShi is a fairly new ship-though I think it's gaining ground fast! :)
DMGSilverAirHea03: Yeah, me too.^^ Can't you just see him trying to make their last day together special even if he doesn't want to think about why it matters to him? XD. Thanks for your review.^^
Till next time! :D