[ Where Riku might have teased another boy for being a sap, might have tried to derail and cheer him by giving him a hard time, that's not what he does here - he's not Sora.
Vanitas is someone completely different whatever his connection to his friend, born of Darkness and starting to come into himself. The lessons that take a whole childhood to learn have been squeezed into a few months when all the rest of his life has known only the desolation of Xehanort's own making.
The fact Vanitas doesn't shrug him off tells Riku he isn't overstepping for trying to comfort him, that he hasn't crossed a line he shouldn't have. ]
It's okay.
[ Over time, Riku has come to the conclusion on his own that the Unversed that come off him like he's sloughing something off are connected to his feelings, slower to that conclusion because he doesn't think to ask. Vanitas has only ever been frank about what he is, and as he watches this sleek shape wind between their legs, he can't help following it out of the room.
Downstairs, he hears movement. Bruce.
No doubt, he's getting ready to prepare a meal. Less prepared, perhaps, to be thanked for this gift. ]
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Vanitas is someone completely different whatever his connection to his friend, born of Darkness and starting to come into himself. The lessons that take a whole childhood to learn have been squeezed into a few months when all the rest of his life has known only the desolation of Xehanort's own making.
The fact Vanitas doesn't shrug him off tells Riku he isn't overstepping for trying to comfort him, that he hasn't crossed a line he shouldn't have. ]
It's okay.
[ Over time, Riku has come to the conclusion on his own that the Unversed that come off him like he's sloughing something off are connected to his feelings, slower to that conclusion because he doesn't think to ask. Vanitas has only ever been frank about what he is, and as he watches this sleek shape wind between their legs, he can't help following it out of the room.
Downstairs, he hears movement. Bruce.
No doubt, he's getting ready to prepare a meal. Less prepared, perhaps, to be thanked for this gift. ]
Let's help him out with dinner.
...Need a minute?