First Friend

For the KH3 Countdown Challenge.

Day 9 - Friendship

It was kinda funny how Sora had never really met his first and oldest friend face-to-face before.

Sure, he had vague, fuzzy memories of talking to Ventus as a kid, but that was different from actually, you know, talking to him. Out loud. In person. Face-to-face. Like how most normal friendships went.

To be fair, though, most of Sora’s friendships were anything but normal these days. How many people had been hanging out inside his heart before he’d begun this rescue mission again? Sheesh, he really could start charging rental space like Donald had suggested. Bunch of freeloaders.

Not that he ever would. They were his freeloaders, and he would give them shelter for as long as they needed. It was the least he could do after Xehanort had ruined their lives. Ruined the lives of his beloved friends that he was determined now more than ever to restore.

And that meant it was time to return Ventus to his rightful body, and that thought both excited him and scared him. Ventus had been with him ever since he was a baby. What kind of person would he be without him?

“What will Ventus think when he sees me?” he couldn’t help but ask.

Because Ventus was this… well, this legendary figure, almost. With him since the day he was born. A Keyblade wielder long before he’d become one. A hero to be admired from afar, even while, ironically enough, he rested inside Sora’s heart.

How was he supposed to approach that reintroduction? Sure, maybe he should be more worried about the fight that was probably gonna happen if he wanted to save Ventus’s body and restore his heart. Getting back each and every one of the people Xehanort had stolen from him hadn’t been easy so far, and Ventus wasn’t about to be an exception.

But for whatever reason, he was more nervous about seeing Ventus face-to-face for the first time than he was about the upcoming battle.

Aqua patted his head and smiled, like she always used to pat Ventus’s head. She’d smiled a lot after her rescue, really.

“He’ll be thrilled to see you, I’m sure,” she said. “And Sora?”

“Yeah?”

“Call him Ven. It’s what all his friends do.”

Sora returned her smile. “Okay.”

Be mine

Hello everybody! I am very honored to be one of the people contributing to the Sokai/Rokunami fanzine @twosidesfanzine

In hopes of hyping the fanzine up even more, I’d love to share a deleted scene from my new fanfic “Be mine” that wrote for this project! It acts as a prologue to the rest of the fanfic and while the rest of the fanfic is still understandable without any problem, this scene just adds the icing on the cake :D

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Please enjoy!

“I can do this!”

Sora took a deep breath and squared his shoulders as he looked across the old wooden bridge to the crooked paopu tree and the girl sitting on it. His mouth ran dry.

“I can do this,” he reassured himself, a little less confident as he saw a slight breeze starting to play with her hair, gently rocking it back and forth until she tucked it behind her ear, throwing a short glance back over her shoulder at the same time. Despite their distance, he saw her face light up with recognition and she happily waved at him. Sora swallowed hard.

A stab into his side reminded Sora of the presence of his best friend and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Riku raise his hand in greeting. Immediately, Sora’s hand shot up as well and he waved frantically at Kairi. He didn’t get to hear her soft giggles when he saw her shoulders shake gently, but to his dismay, he couldn’t say the same about his best friend’s snickers.

“Smooth.”

Sora only graced Riku with a scowl before turning his attention back to Kairi who had turned around again to stare at the horizon, waiting patiently for him. As she always did.

“I can’t do this, Riku.”

“Yes, you can. All you need to do is walk over to her, offer her a fruit and bite into it.”

“What if she says no?”

He turned back to look at Riku who sighed and crossed his arms. At the gaze that he threw him, Sora felt himself shrink even more.

“You must be kidding me. Do you really think she could say no? The girl who drew your face on her lucky charm? The girl who was stubborn enough to hold onto the idea of you when everyone else had long forgotten you? The girl who wouldn’t leave your side for days after your last big fight?”

Subconsciously, Sora’s hand flew to his stomach and rubbed the tender spot on it as he threw another look in Kairi’s direction.

Everything Riku said was true. And yet he couldn’t help but be nervous. Sora knew Kairi cared for him, that much was obvious, but he also knew how much deeper his feelings ran: he was ready to commit to her and it excited and terrified him at the same time.

“Hey.”

Riku squeezed his shoulder lightly.

“Don’t worry, she’s just as crazy about you as you are about her, she’s only better at hiding it. Now go,” he said as he gently pushed Sora towards the wooden bridge, “she waited long enough for you.”

Sora nodded.

“Thank you, Riku.”

Taking a deep breath, Sora squared his shoulders once again and walked ahead until Riku called him.

“Hey, Sora! Haven’t you forgotten this?”

Confused, he turned around, just in time to catch something in his outstretched arms.

A paopu fruit.

He threw a last appreciative smile at his best friend before pocketing the fruit and running off towards Kairi.

To be continued ;)

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