@komoryd said : they've settled into a tentative ease he hadn't felt in a very long time, seafoam eyes closed in radiant mirth opened once more to catch sora's gaze. dream touched youth raised his chin in slight challenge, but his eyes became warmer, lips curling into a secret smile as starlit lash fell in lazy wink.
❛ wha ‘ ? c ‘ mon , don ‘ t be silly ! i totally got peter ‘ s permission to use tink for this ! ❜ did he really , or did sora simply use a portion of his own leftover fairy dust to get riku up here ? sure , he ‘ s a fancy keyblade master now &. could easily use his own magics to float up here , just like sora could himself , but then where would the ‘ wow ‘ factor be ? would the stars be as pretty from atop this clocktower had light &. dark duo taken the easy way up ? definitely not ! sunshine chosen is willing to bet it wouldn ‘ t be as special up here either , because if he ‘ s being truthful to the depths of pure heart , riku looks especially . . . well , perfect here ; like his personal star despite the endless sea of them twinkling in night sky above. &. sora still manages to stare at him like one , too , as though he ‘ s suddenly some lovestruck schoolboy ( suddenly ? please , you know how long these feelings have been overflowing in abundance. ) whose heart breaks into a sprint the moment his crush drifts near. boy light finds himself stealing gazes from riku when he thinks he ‘ s not paying attention , becoming much too cocky , loosing himself in sparkling seafoam greens , a dream sora ‘ s sure he ‘ s lost himself to until riku matches that gaze. blink , blink. reality sets in , as does the floret of pink flushing freckled cheeks. dramatic shaking of head , silver bell laughter bubbling from lips in a poor attempt to save himself , though if he really wished to do so , he ‘ d use words in his defense , but there ‘ s nothing of the sort. no amount of magic could save him here , huh ?
❛ i was staring again , wasn ‘ t i ? ❜ guilty as charged. hand comes to rub the back of head , playfully nudging riku ‘ s arm with elbow. when you ‘ re here , the stars are just a distraction from the real thing. it certainly doesn ‘ t help that master looks unto him all smug like , either , like he can read sora ‘ s mind &. reveal how completely &. utterly enamoured he is in this moment ; for the rest of eternity , for that matter. ❛ riku , i -- i just like being up here with you , that ‘ s all. when i ‘ m with you , s ‘ like everything suddenly doesn ‘ t matter ‘ n that the world isn ‘ t relying on us to swoop in &. save the day , you know ? ❜ perhaps such a mindset is dangerous for him. for a boy whose whole life is devoted to protecting others no matter the risks , it may be a bit selfish , but then again , when everything is said &. done &. when they finally manage to vanquish darkness far , far away , maybe it won ‘ t be so selfish after all. &. then every night , they can keep returning to this quaint little place where previous troubles seem to melt away under light of clocktower &. luminous twinkling. please make it so ; i ‘ m so tired of only dreaming in the place of want. ❛ a - and stop lookin ‘ at me like that ! it ‘ s cheesy ! ❜
