Wandering endlessly through paths that lead to nowhere through the dark, how can you not feel alone?
She says she thinks she's broken.
"If it's about being different," Riku says with quiet conviction, his hands curled tight at his sides, "That doesn't mean you're broken."
Can he really convince her, just saying that it's not true? Riku doesn't believe just saying it is enough, it's not convincing without some form of proof. But he... lacks something concrete he could point to, so he would have to rely on persuasion. Kairi would have known how to relate in a way that was just the right amount of vulnerable and sincere. Sora would have known without conscious awareness of how to worm his way into the deepest parts of her heart.
He would have made it easy, reaching her.
"Sometimes, people you love go away."
Riku takes her by the hands, doesn't clasp them tightly, he just lets his thumbs fall soft on the soft part between thumb and fingers.
"You're not broken for wondering why, for wishing they would come back."
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She says she thinks she's broken.
"If it's about being different," Riku says with quiet conviction, his hands curled tight at his sides, "That doesn't mean you're broken."
Can he really convince her, just saying that it's not true? Riku doesn't believe just saying it is enough, it's not convincing without some form of proof. But he... lacks something concrete he could point to, so he would have to rely on persuasion. Kairi would have known how to relate in a way that was just the right amount of vulnerable and sincere. Sora would have known without conscious awareness of how to worm his way into the deepest parts of her heart.
He would have made it easy, reaching her.
"Sometimes, people you love go away."
Riku takes her by the hands, doesn't clasp them tightly, he just lets his thumbs fall soft on the soft part between thumb and fingers.
"You're not broken for wondering why, for wishing they would come back."