Midnight

It is past midnight as Riku casually walks across the battle-scarred dance floor, a smirk on his face. He sits down on the stairs, gazing out over the city full of skyscrapers.

Sitting beside him, Xion giggles a little.

"Aw, isn't it romantic? Guess everyone here will live happily ever after, huh?"

Riku snorts, trying to hide the slight blush that has spread across his face. Xion frowns, punching his shoulder.

"You can't tell me you still don't believe, can you? After everything we've done?"

Rather than an answer, Riku pulls her over to give her a kiss.

Author: Cookies go to anyone who can guess the Disney film this drabble was inspired by! ;D (Hints are "city full of skyscrapers" and Xion's statement that Riku still doesn't believe in happily ever afters...)

As for where it falls in on my timeline... I think it'd be post-KHIII, actually. Assuming, of course, that there'd still be plenty of battles left to fight even after Xehanort is defeated.

To my reviewers:

XIIIXV: Yeah, that's one of the versions.^^ (Greek myths usually have several different variations, and all are equally accepted. :D) As for the cutscene, I'm not sure EXACTLY when it happens, but it's the cutscene right after the scene where Riku steals the munny Roxas and his friends worked so hard to earn. Riku asks, "I still don't know why we had to take his munny-what're we going to do with it?" and DiZ answers, "We could always buy some sea-salt ice-cream." Riku says nothing in response to that-and I swear, Sakura Scout's interpretation of that silence was heartbreaking. D:

vanitas1776: Yeah, I think those chapters are the ones that tug at my heart the most, too. Mostly because I feel that "being forgotten" is one of the worst fates that can happen to someone... And I like playing with the concept of how Riku's memories of her never truly went away entirely. And as much as it hurts to lose your most precious person, I'm sure it'd hurt even worse to just have an empty, memory-less hole sitting in your heart for reasons you can't even remember.

Mirae-no-sekai: I thought so, too.^^ It's eerie, the parallels that can be drawn...

Espionage247: Yeah, I love the haunting feeling.^^ Thank you, and I hope you like this one too!

Till next time!