Some parallels about SoKai's characters in Blank Points (also Kairi's in Kingdom Hearts I). Sora wants to stay with Kairi in this secret ending, but he feels the weight of responsibility on his shoulders, and does the right thing, and opts to go out to save those who are connected to him.
Likewise, Kairi wishes Sora didn't have to leave her (and you can see some strain in her eyes, I believe). But she also chooses to be selfless, put on a brave face, and see him off with a smile and her lucky charm.
But since I didn't know if people would only want me to compare two instances from the same thing, I decided to choose Kairi from Kingdom Hearts I, as well, where we clearly see her pained to see Sora disappear there (this also doubles as her Kingdom Hearts I arc of being afraid of change). But in the end, she lets go, accepts, and is able to learn to face an uncertain future with a smile on her face and belief in her heart.
Summary: Separated by mysterious circumstances, twin brothers Sora and Roxas embark on parallel odysseys to defeat the four Elemental Titans unleashed by the sinister god of death and save the goddesses whose last hopes reside with them.
I originally conceptualized this AU back in 2020 when I commissioned the amazing @rainbow-taishi for this artwork, but I never knew quite where I wanted to start until my friend, Phoenix, suggested I just start where the action began, which is how this story finally came to be ❤️
Thank you again to Jin for bringing this AU to life and doing such a beautiful job on everything from the costuming and backgrounds to the character expressions and parallel posing ❤️💙
And of course, thank you to my friends, Phoenix and Alja, for all their support 🥺❤️
A friend asked me, why do I like Sokai.
And I’ll admit, most of my response is just me and probably compensating for the lack of content from both the canon material and from fandom in general.
But here are my overly intense feelings from an emotional outburst. There are swears
It begins, how most things do when you are young, with a boy rescuing a girl. Boy likes girl and girl is fun supportive and a bit mysterious. Boy is clumsy unsure, funny and fierce. It's a classic story what is not to like when you are young. And then the twist! Her heart was with him all along. Then as I grew older I realized just how hardcore Sora is for Kairi. He braved hollow bastion with a wooden sword against swarms of heartless. She was the last thing that kept him from being truly broken after losing everything and all his work is for nothing, Sora gave up his life for her. A heartless, you don't come back from that. Without the keyblade (which as far as we could tell back then was the only one) there is no going back from being a heartless.
And it all accumulated in 3 where Sora outright demonstrated that he would rather not exist than be in a world without Kairi.
Holy fuck. Sora is not a knight in shining armor, he's not the chosen one and he's not the prince. There is no legacy to him. For all intents and purposes, Sora having the keyblade and his role in the worlds was a mistake. And Kairi. Kairi is a princess of light. An integral part of the universe to remain stable. WIth light so powerful it can traverse the darkness unharmed, call people back from the realm of darkness and even bring them back from being a heartless or keep them clinging to life after death.
Her very presences is like a sun in a solar system. But Sora didn't have these feelings because she was a princess. But because she was Kairi, all the way back when he drew him giving her a paopu. When CoM came. Namine basically just placed herself where exactly Kairi was in his heart. And when Sora heard that person who was dear to him was in danger or lonely in need? The kid went nearly berserk and took down everything around him Org XIII knew that in order to get what they wanted out of Sora, a heartless killing machine, they had to incur his wrath and keep Kairi hostage. But even then, Sora's warpath leads him directly to their base and even then, Kairi called him by forming the bridge. Their story is endearing and sweet and precious But also incredibly tragic. As shown in 3. Sora would rather die than be in a world without her. And told us outright that he was tired of losing her. And I am more than sure Kairi is tired of losing him.
On the cusp of their developing feelings, at each stage of their relationship, they are torn away. As though the universe is against them and their SIMPLE and CLEAN feelings for each other.
A love so pure it bends reality.
But takes a terrible toll on one or the other. Kairi gets left behindSora feels her hand constantly sliding through hisThe older I get the more heart wrenching it is to watch these twoKairi found safety in Sora when her own world was destroyed. Because he shined so bright.
But Sora is willing to condemn himself to the darkest pits of hell for her. And Kairi has an unwavering belief in Sora so strong it keeps him tied to the mortal plane and to her.
This is a love that surpasses the gods and only the deepest laws of the universe can affect them only so barely.....So yeah... that's why I like them
Two Sides is a fanzine celebrating SoKai and RokuNami from Kingdom Hearts! This zine will arrange art and writing to donate to the Best Friends Animal Society charity, a non-profit organization that works to protect dogs and cats from kill shelters as they try to find these animals loving homes.
Applications now open! Please feel free to ask us questions!
Sora tries to get his feelings across, but fears Kairi will misunderstand.
AO3 ff.net
“Kairi, I love you!” Those words weren't new to Sora. Since they were little he told the girl he loved her. He told it to all his close friends —which were basically just Kairi and Riku. Sora said it quite a lot, being too young to understand the true meaning of love. It was true, though, the trio loved each other a lot and they said so.
The young boy hugged his red-haired best friend tightly, making her giggle. “I love you, too.” Then the last of the trio approached them. “Hey, what about me?” Kairi turned to the slightly older boy and gave him a hug, too. “You know you're the best, Riku. And we love you a lot!”
“Yeah!” Agreed Sora, hugging them both. The kids laughed, before going to their next adventure on their little island.
It stayed like this for years until the day Sora began to think differently about love. And Riku, too. The guys stopped saying it to each other of course, but they kept saying it to Kairi and Kairi kept saying it to them.
Eventually Sora couldn't help but feel jealous every time Kairi said these words to Riku. They even had a little contest going how many times they got to hear it and the one who got these words from Kairi the most, won.
Now that he's a grown up —well, if you consider seventeen grown enough— Sora rarely said the l-word. It was weird saying it to Kairi and meaning it just in a friendly way. No, that's impossible now. If he said it to Kairi now, it was his heart speaking. But since Kairi heard it so many times from him, he knew she couldn't tell the difference.
It took a while till he even realized what his feelings for Kairi meant. That this was true love. That she's the one. And when Kairi told him she loved him, his heart beat faster and he couldn't help but hope she'd also mean it in a romantic way. But this hope was crushed, every time she told Riku the same. Now Sora deeply regretted using these words mindlessly and as often as he did.
He wanted to make Kairi understand what he felt for her. Of course there's always the fear that she might not feel the same. That their friendship will end because of that. That she might be so uncomfortable with him around that they won't see each other again. Just thinking about it felt like his heart's being squeezed to death.
But at the same time he couldn't just keep going like this. Soras love for Kairi was as big as the universe and he wanted to show her! He wanted to make her feel special. He wanted her to know that she was the only thing he cared about in his life. He just wanted to be with her. Forever. And beyond.
The worst thing was, he couldn't even ask her if she wanted to share a paopu fruit with him, because they already did it as kids years before they've heard about that sharing one will intertwine their destinies. He was so embarrassed when he found out, then he started to be happy about it and now he utterly regretted it.
But there had to be more ways to tell someone they love them, right? Well, at least now he knew that Riku was no help at all, because when he asked him for advice he just said he needed to figure it out himself.
Though no matter how much the thought about it, he still had no idea what to do. He couldn't keep this up a second longer! His love for Kairi was growing too fast and if he couldn't finally tell her so he might do something else he will regret forever.
So this time with no plan in mind whatsoever, he just told her so. “I love you, Kairi.” He said with all his heart, hoping Kairi will understand this time, but her giggle told him otherwise. “I know.” Slightly heartbroken, he tried again. “No, I mean...I love you!”
“I know, silly. I love you, too.” Sora did his best not to feel anything at her words, because she clearly didn't mean it like he did. “No, you don't understand!” He said desperately, watching her expression turned to one of confusion. “I really do love you!” Kairi clearly didn't didn't know what to say, so there was no other way than to use his last resort.
He grabbed her shoulders, ignoring her surprised look. “I'm sorry.” He said, before kissing her and putting all his heart into it. It was like a dream come true and he barely even felt Kairi kissing him back. They were both very breathless when they parted and Sora felt the need to say it again. “I love you.”
To his surprise she started giggling again. He could feel his heart slowly breaking into tiny pieces, thinking she's making fun of him. “I know that, Sora.” Sora had absolutely no idea what to say and just stared at her with wide eyes. “Did you really think I never noticed? You were only saying this to me the last few years and your eyes always told me the whole story.”
The brunette blinked dumbfounded. Was he really that obvious? Well...at least his feelings got through to her, right? “So that means...?” Kairi nodded and now he knew what she meant with his eyes telling her everything. Because now her eyes did the same. “I love you, too.” Sora was paralyzed for a few more seconds before he could finally act.
When he was finally able to move again, he enveloped her in a tight hug and picked her up, spinning them both around. “Kairi!” Said redhead squealed and wrapped her arms around his neck. The two teenagers laughed, even when Sora lost his balance and ended up on top of each other on the sand.
Sora broke her fall with his body, making her lying on top of him. But it didn't stay like this, because Sora quickly turned them both around so he's on top. He nuzzled his face in the crook of Kairis neck, still hugging her tightly. And he won't ever let her go again. “You have no idea how much I love you, Kairi.”
“I think I can imagine it.” Kairi giggled, hugging him just as tight.
So... Do you prefer calling it Sokai or Kaiora? I lean more towards the latter because it roles off the tongue easier and is just fun to say. Granted, I only know of one other person who uses Kaiora and I haven't run into them sense.
You think so? I actually think Kaiora is more of a mouthful so I prefer Sokai instead xD But I’ve also encountered Sokai first and I’ve only seen one or two people write Kaiora, so I naturally lean towards it :)
The only thing annoying about it is that sometimes posts show up in the Sokai tag when people typed “sokay” in their post and I always get confused for a second before I realize that it has nothing to do with Sokai or Kingdom Hearts whatsoever xD
