Shadows
One morning when Riku is washing his face, he glances up to look at his reflection and she's there, behind him, a benevolent smile on her face.
He blinks as soon as he sees her, and when he opens his eyes again she's gone. He can't remember what her face looked like, except it was familiar, but her smile stays with him.
The shadows don't feel quite so creepy after that—he knows the specter haunting him is kind, not evil—but he's filled with sorrow and longing instead.
He wants—no, he needs to remember her.
He knows she's important to him.
Author: This one's best read after "Echoes" because it's a follow-up to that. ;) Phantom-limb RikuShi again... I love that too much for my own good. ^^;
To my reviewers:
vanitas1776: I'm sorry about that, it might help to read the other drabbles, but like I said it's a condensed version of a longer drabble I had to cut a lot out of (it almost hit 150 words... ^^; ) I'm sure that's where the confusion comes from... I'll put the long version in the extras, so you can tell me if that one's less confusing when we get to that point. :) And that sounds fine, I'll try to find time to review them for you! ^-^
See ya next time! :)