A Moment in Time
In his dream, he sees someone sitting at Sora's usual spot on the paupu tree. When he gets there, though, he finds a girl instead—a girl he feels like he should know.
"Who... are you?
She smiles sadly and gives him a question instead of an answer.
"Riku... What do you want outta life?"
He's caught off guard by the fact that she knows his name, but not surprised.
Instead of answering her question, he moves into his usual spot by the tree and closes his eyes, enjoying her presence for a moment in time before she disappears.
Author: Um, right... Veerry slight spoiler warning for KH3D. It's just a tiny little scene that I referenced, nothing major... It's so sad, though. DX
Anyway, this entire shot is based off of the tiny, moment-long look of sadness on Riku's face during that scene. It's only there for the briefest moment, but it's there nonetheless. I've been watching lots of cutscenes all day, lol...
This one, like yesterday's, is that good old phantomlimb!RikuShi I love so much. ^^
To my reviewers:
DGMSilverAirHead03: Thanks, I'm glad you think so!
Amatus: KH tropes, lol. You know, it's true. I didn't even THINK of that when I wrote it, but... Sea-salt? Tears? Sad characters? Whoa. Mind=blown. And I have no idea, but oh well. It's all cool. ;)
vanitas1776: I should've mentioned that... oh well. It's a phantomlimb!RikuShi, during the time between KHII and whenever they bring her back. More than likely it happens very shortly after KHII when he's settling into island life again. ^^ And that's fine, I understand.
Sakura Scout: To hear that from you is awesome, because your chapter on ice-cream is one of my favorites. ^^ I'm glad you liked it! :D
See ya next time! :)