in my head, i wished you knew what you had.

no lines in this sand, i want to stay here until the end. then you said living here's a d e a t h sentence. indie post ddd riku blog. not spoiler free & nsfw. read pages beforehand.

[priismdrops-archive-deactivated]

The male in front of her surely looked familiar. His silver hair triggered a memory from long ago - very blurry and fainted. A memory of the dusked sky and sound of waves. The feeling of nostalgia flooded within her veins as soon as his voice mentioned that she was that woman.

               “I remember that I’ve met two boys on an island                 long ago. I do recognize you. You sure have grown.” 

[dawnbound]

“I guess drinking all my milk as a kid paid off? I can’t say the same for my friend Sora, though, he’s a bit vertically challenged.” He laughs a little bit, smiling back at her. “You never did let us know your name back then, would it be too late to ask now? I’m Riku, if you don’t quite remember.” Now that he’s focused on her, he notices she’s wearing clothes sorta similar to that man who came before her. Was she a keybearer as well?

[dawnbound]

@papilia

“Ah, you’re...that woman who visited the islands when we were little...” He doesn’t have the faintest memory of the woman ever giving her name, only mentioning something about Sora protecting Riku if he messed up someday (funny how well she predicted that one, now that he thought about it). “...Long time no see, I suppose.”

[dawnbound]

“That mission DEFINITELY could’ve gone better...”

[dawnbound]

cont. from here.

“Just be more careful next time, yeah? Don’t want you getting hurt over not looking where you’re going, sir.” He was assuming the guy was older than him, and it wasn’t even on the basis of the fact that he had grey air either, seeing as the keyblade mastering himself heard enough going gray jokes throughout his life to never want to put someone else through that brand of misfortune. 

“Terrible first impressions aside, I’m Riku. Where am I, exactly?”

[photondebugger]

“Maybe you’ve just gotta coat yourself ‘n some ice! Like a big ol’ popsicle! Then you’d be a Rikuicle!” Okay, maybe not that. As funny as a frozen friend was that was probably just as bad as an on fire friend, “All I’ve got to combat your problems are a couple of Firagun Bangles. Nothin’ totally fireproof though, unless you wanna decorate yourself ‘n ‘em.” Yikes, Mega Flare? Just what were they learning anyway…? It probably didn’t help that Lea was probably already a master of fire moves too.

“Hey, I’ll have you know my fashion choices aren’t always vests and pants!” Sora leaned forward a little, “But yeah, it is kinda weird when you say it out loud. But don’t sweat it so much! You’ll probably get used t’ it ‘n time!”

[dawnbound]

“Yeah that sounds like a real cool idea, Sora. I’d much rather just chill elsewhere whenever they decide to attempt to have a human bonfire, honestly.” He shrugs a little, before sighing. “S’not like they really need to me to teach them, sans the time Lea held his keyblade wrong and snapped his wrist...” The older boy tried really hard to hold back a snicker, but he failed miserably. “Those two are a literal hot mess sometimes.” 

“I didn’t exactly have time to go shopping for a new wardrobe while the worlds were going to hell, y’know. That and I just plain don’t have the time to go get something new, or have magical fairies to gimme new clothes magical girl style whenever I need.” Master Yen Sid mentioned something about a princess dress, didn’t he? Shame he missed it.  “I hope I don’t need to. There’s no need for anyone to call me it, really.”

[dawnbound]

Yawns obnoxiously loud.

“I’m a keyblade master now, why do I have to get up at the crack of dawn for high school....”

[belspectre-a]

With everything that was going on, she hadn’t sensed the male that had been standing overhead – something she would have normally picked up on with ease. Once the man jumped down from his perch, she suddenly realized a few things.

To start with, apparently there were more people with keyblades than she had initially thought. And secondly, since she hadn’t even noticed him until he had spoken, she was dangerously close to using too much of her energy. If she couldn’t even do something as simple as sense another person, then she was in deep trouble. Turning towards her new ally, she gave a quick nod.

“If.. you wouldn’t mind. Apparently, I’m in a little too far over my head..”

It would probably have been wise to warn him of her fatigue, but she was lucky to say as much as she had. She was a lot more worn out than she had realized – but, she couldn’t stop fighting now, especially since someone had stepped in to help.

[dawnbound]

“It would be pretty rude of me if I didn’t do anything after offering, yeah?”  

Well Riku’s generally pretty rude on a regular basis but that was exclusive for anyone he knew personally or if he was in a hurry, naturally. If someone was in danger, he wasn’t gonna give them a hard time until after, maybe. 

“Just back me up until you’re back on your feet, yeah? Don’t hurt yourself.” 

He’s not too sure about her strength, and definitely doesn’t want the girl to overexert herself anymore than she already has while fighting the monsters on her own, so he stands in front of her before he strikes; he wants to keep close to her until he’s absolutely sure she’s okay enough for him not to be too concerned by a stray heartless, so he just attacks whatever’s close enough for his keyblade to reach and uses magic for anything else that isn’t nearby, for now. 

[belspectre-a]

“Fine, don’t believe me, but when you need help don’t come cryin’ to me.”

[dawnbound]

“As if I’d cry over somethin’ like that, tch.”

[dawnbound]

“Close but not quite..” The program on the monitor replied with a tiny giggle. “Not to worry, Kairi is fine based upon my last scan. My presence means nothing to her well-being. You can rest easy, Riku.”

“Uh, pardon? Forgive me but...what does that mean, exactly...? Are you like, a program? I remember the king mentioning something about the journal being a computer world or something but he never explained...” Even more confusing nobody things, it seemed. “That’s not something I get told, lately, ahah...even if you’re not the exact Naminé I knew, you’re as nice to be around as ever.”

[oathkey]

“I’ve been…?” Sora turns to face him completely, tilting his head a bit to the side out of confusion. The way he seemed to be having difficulty expressing the problem made it seem like it was a lot worse than he said.

“Huh? Are you gettin’ upset over that?” Why would Riku find that to be such a problem? I mean, true, he did do exactly that, but it was under excusable circumstances! “You’re my friend, Riku! Why wouldn’t I be?”

[dawnbound]

“It’s not...I still feel like I haven’t properly done anything to exactly redeem myself for all of the stupid I’ve managed to do in the past year or two.” He sighs, holding his head in his hands. This all sounded better in his head, just like always...

”I almost got you and Kairi and just about everyone else in existence killed because I decided to be even more of a jerk than usual...you can’t stomach the idea of forgiving any form of Xehanort so why...” He couldn’t finish his words, because now they sounded just plain stupid; it all just wouldn’t process properly for him, it didn’t matter that they were best friends since childhood...he messed up real bad, and yet everyone was acting like it was nothing...he’d rather be punished than feel like this, honestly. At least then he’d be getting what he deserved. 

[photondebugger]

“Ooooh. Yeah, he kinda does do that a lot, though I wouldn’t think Kairi tagged along on that. Maybe y’should jus’ bring fireproof clothes!” Maybe she just liked making Riku’s life harder?. Probably not.

“Hey, it’s a pretty fancy title! Might as well get some use outta it! I could’ve called you worse things.”

[dawnbound]

“Unless you know an anti-fire spell or a shop that sells stuff that’ll keep me from burning alive, I think I’ll just have to tell them to chill or make them using a strong ice spell or seven. Should’ve known mentioning mega flare was a mistake...” Those two heard one thing and then they were hell bent on doing it...redheads were such trouble... 

“Not really my kinda thing, y’know that...” He sighs. “It’s just...weird. I don’t feel like a master. I just feel like same ol’ Riku, fashion choices nearly as bad as yours.”

[voidkey-deactivated20160318]

There was a twinge of anger that bubbled deep within his chest at the mention of stealing the stupid kid’s face. It wasn’t his fault he no longer looked as he did when he was originally created, whatever had happened to make him appear as he did was completely out of his own authority. What the hell does this guy think he’s getting at for pointing the finger at him for that? It wasn’t going to get him anywhere besides closer to death.

Vanitas managed to step to the side away from the magic attack, but didn’t make it out of the way of the second strike. He hissed quietly under his breath, swiftly moving to the side before shooting his own round of Blizzaga at Riku.

“I’ve been alive much longer than Sora has, why do you insist on saying I stole his face?” The boy dashes in for another swing of Void Gear. “And don’t make promises you can’t keep, kid. You’ll just end up hurting yourself.”

[dawnbound]

The conversation is distracting him from focusing purely on the battle at hand, but he has to know what the hell’s going on above all else; Sora’d willingly put himself in danger for the sake of those trapped in his heart without a second thought , so he had to get some kind of clue that wasn’t one of Sora’s involuntarily violent outbursts or the nightmares that plagued him, right? 

“How unfortunate someone hasn’t put you out of your misery yet, then.” Riku was talking big, but he honestly had no real hope of winning at the moment. He just hoped Sora would wake up before it got too serious, just like always. The ice spell misses anywhere serious but still grazes his leg, and he has to stumble back in order to properly block against the next strike. 

“You underestimate me. If I get hurt, it’s irrelevant so long as you get the hell out of my best friend’s heart...and I refuse to give up until you take you very last breath, whatever you are.” Big talk or not, he’s not gonna let the other boy take him down without a real fight; he was strong and fast like Riku, sure, but it was nothing he couldn’t handle for just a little while. Riku puts all the force he has into pushing back against the blow, before letting go at the last moment to try and get a low kick in before the other can attack again. He was pretty much physically the same as Sora, give or take some muscle, how the hell was he barely able to keep up more than a couple defensive moves here and there...? He’d just have to write it off as a result of all the darkness...evil as it was, it was still pure power at its core.

[dawnbound]

“I didn’t even need a costume to scare all the kids away from my house, and got to keep all the candy for myself, heh.”

[dawnbound]

oathkey replied to your post:w hen h e su c c

RIKU HOW D O U EVEN SAY IT STRAIGHT FACED LIEK HT HAT WHAT

you should be straight up succin’ deez nutz, sora

[dawnbound]

w hen h e su c c

[dawnbound]

“Huh? Uh, yeah, but is something wrong?” Sora blinks curiously – was there something Riku hadn’t told him?

“Not...necessarily. I just wanted to talk the two of us since...y’know. You’ve been...” His face scrunches in thought, a little frustrated because he can’t seem to find the right words that would seem fitting for him, most of what he wants to say is anger but he doesn’t want Sora to think his best friend is mad at him without any provocation. 

“--You’ve been awful chill around the person who tried to kill you and the girl you like so much because he got jealous.” There, he said it.

[dawnbound]

“You should be.”

“Got me shakin’ in my keybearin’ sneaks.”