ღ Seventh Keychain ღ Loss

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[No. No, no, no, no, no. This can't be happening. This just can't be--

The dreamscape this time around is dark. It's a twisted world, a strange pit that loosely resembles his childhood home of Destiny Islands. And he's just... Sitting there. Injured, to reflect the hard battle he fought back in the waking world. But it hadn't been enough, and there's a rip in his shirt to show as much. And there, right on his chest, peeking out of the rip in his shirt, is a black and red symbol, though only a corner can be seen.


He's just lost for the moment, staring straight ahead.]

...I... He really...




[[OOC: The symbol is only from his own perceived state and a reflection of what happened to him. Yup, folks, he lost his heart, making him permanently here until it's gotten back.]]

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[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[In the Darkness, she is there; as if she'd leave him alone. Mercury calls him by name, to gain his attention, to reaffirm who he truly is; perhaps both.]

Sora.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[The voice shakes him, and suddenly, he finds there are tears in his eyes. He tilts his head down to hide them, not having the strength to reach up and wipe them away.]

H-Hey, Ami.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She steps closer. She's so bad at this sort of thing; she wonders sometimes if perhaps she simply doesn't have feelings left to make those feelings reach someone else.

Right now, she wants the right thing to say despite that lack of expectation of being able to find it. She steps closer still, looks at him for a long moment.

Then she holds out a small blue handkerchief, wordlessly, holding it where he's sure to see it. It's a start.]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[He reaches for the handkerchief at first, but then changes his mind. Instead, he reaches up and grips her wrist. He's shaking, afraid, trying not to let the fear out into the open. Even though he whispers it.]

I'm scared.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't want the handkerchief; he wants her. Somehow that urge to make him happy becomes stronger. She lets him hold her wrist and even turns her hand to hold onto his arm in return, gripping as tightly as she's gripped.]

I don't have any intention of letting you be hurt.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[The returned grip is comforting. It reminds him that she is here, that she's not leaving him. That she cares, even if only a little. And the words... Even though they're meant to be kind, they only hurt worse. Because it's already too late.]

...I... I've already...

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She cares so much more than a little. She's just so utterly incapable of saying it properly. She sees herself in him, and that's enough; she'll look out for him as often and as long as she possibly can.]

Even if something already happened, there's a new way forward.

[It sounds like hope; but she'd call it nothing more than that gut determination to make her way forcefully.]

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Really...? [ She crouches by him, aware of the dream but still uneasy about the red peeking through his shirt. ] You're hurt.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...Y-Yeah...

[But he doesn't seem to care. Worse had happened than hurting. Much worse.]

...I... I'll be okay, though.

[Even though his voice cracks from uncertainty. Had anyone ever come back from losing their heart? He's not sure...]

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Do you believe that? [ She sits beside him, their shoulders close, looking at him sadly. ] You shouldn't say that unless you really believe it.

[ She reaches her arm up, hugging him around the shoulder. He's just like Sora...but even younger. Another Sora? Whoever it is, she doesn't like seeing anyone in pain, especially someone so young. ]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...No.

[He tenses when she gives him the hug. Contact like this isn't something he's used to. It's strange, and takes a moment to get used to, but then he's leaning on her. She's providing comfort, something he hasn't had in large doses until lately.]

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

It's okay. That-- [ That wound? What is it... ] --doesn't look like something you should go through by yourself.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...I wasn't alone when it happened. I... Took it for someone.

[It's not a normal wound, not in the slightest. But she won't get to see all of it.]

[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

[It's been too long.]

[He's missed out, and Sora's paid the price.]

...Sora.

[He starts walking towards him, then trotting. Breaks into a run, skidding in the gravel and sliding down to Sora's side, pulling him into a fierce hug. Holding him close and keeping him safe, keeping him safe why, why could he keep him safe?]

It's okay. It's okay.

You're okay, Sora.


You're fine.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[He nearly jumps when those arms go around him, but it's comfortable. It's Roxas and that means he's safe and comfortable and everything is okay now. He buries his face in his friend's should, trying not to let the tears fall. He has to be strong, right?]

...I'm scared.

[It's so easy to admit right now. To say it. He doesn't know what to do, he's panicking and afraid and he doesn't want to be like this.]

[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

It's okay to be scared; I'm scared too. [He can relate. He's been scared so many times, except he's never had the chance to believe he really was. Being around Sora- both of them, had changed that.]

I've been scared loads of times.

But you know who always got me through those times? Taught me it was okay to be scared?

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...What?

[He'll look up at Roxas. His eyes--always open books--are looking for some hope to cling to, some way to know he can somehow make it through this impossible to survive situation. If anyone has the answers, it's Roxas.]

[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

You did.

[And it's true. All the times he's had to be brave, it's always been for Sora. To disappear for him, for fight for him, to bleed for him-- more often than not, this has been for the Sora he's connected to, but he remembers sands and waves, and a small child wanting to stay in the dark forever. He remembers tears, and a small body in his arms, seeking comfort.]

[Whenever he has to be brave, it's always because of Sora that he can be.]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[There are no words. Instead, Sora buries his face in Roxas' chest. He draws in closer, just letting the tears fall. Because now it seems okay. He's safe, but it's okay to be afraid of things. So he'll just let the tears fall, and he'll quietly cling to Roxas.]

...Thanks.

[justabignobody.livejournal.com]

[Riku is unsure what to think at first; this place... it looks so much like the Islands; too much for his liking. But then he sees that figure sitting right in the middle it and senses...]

...Sora?

In which Ana TLDRs thoughts for once (And then fails at ellipses)

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[He's startled, and jumps a bit before looking up at Riku. No, not Riku. Not his Riku at least. Not the one he saved, not the one he lost his heart for, not the one he tried to ki-- This one is different, feels different, smells different. But still--it's Riku. And a Riku that seems safe and maybe, just for awhile, he can delude himself into think this is his Riku so he knows that he didn't lose his heart for nothing and everything will be okay.]

...R-Riku...?

<3

[justabignobody.livejournal.com]

Yeah... It's me.

[He hesitates a moment before sitting down beside him, feeling his heart tighten; the darkness he senses in and around him is just way too familiar, so similar to his own.]

What happened to you?

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...Dad... H-He... I was protecting you, but I...

[...He can't say it, so instead he shifts the hole in his shirt a bit to show of better the familiar black and red, just enough for him to see the beginnings of a thorny X through something.]

[justabignobody.livejournal.com]

[Riku's heart stops for a second when he sees that far too familiar emblem; it hurts to see Sora like this. He has no idea who this 'Dad'-character is or what Sora had protect (the other?) him, but right now that's not important right now. Not when his best friend is distraught like this.

He reaches up, carefully settling his hand on Sora's arm.]

It's all right. You don't have talk about it.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[Sora tenses--signs of the isolation he'd suffered through his life. But it's all it really takes, in the end, for him to suddenly cling to Riku. He needs to contact--to remind him that he's here, to remind him that there's someone that cares, to tell him Riku's safe, he isn't sure. He just needs it and is instinctively seeking it out.]

...I'm scared. I don't know what to do.