#also the part when he teases ven was so cute

[daybreak-academy-fanfic]

Someone to Watch Out for You: Chapter 12

Open the Door

Summary: In which the stars start blinking out, one by one, and two wielders join the fight against darkness. Word Count: 2,535 First | Previous | Next ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆

The bed was incredibly cold without her- perhaps that was why he woke up so late that night. Ven rolled his body over so he was laying face down in Sabrina’s bed. It always had the faintest hint of lavender to it.

“Sabi…” Ven whined into the pillow. “Where’d you go?”

There wasn’t an answer. Curious now, Ven moved his head to the left. She wasn’t in that direction, so he turned his head to the right. A relieved sigh escaped his lips at seeing her by the window. 

Ven got comfortable again as he simply admired her. She looked so ethereal in the moonlight. The light framed her hair like a halo, the paleness making her own skin appear closer to a pearl white. If Ven didn't know any better, he almost would have assumed he was still asleep. Another fleeting idea and he thought she was Snow White instead. That line of thought woke him up quite a bit. Where did it even come from?

Figuring that this was any time as any to get up, Ven worked his body upward and gave a yawning stretch. Sabrina still did not react. Her attention was far too focused on something outside. It wasn’t the first time he’d seen her so focused that she completely ignored everything else around her, but what could have been so interesting outside at this hour?

Ven got out of the bed with another groan, then moved over to Sabrina’s side. He brushed his hand against hers before placing his head on her shoulder. It got the tiniest bit of movement from her -her finger daring to lace around one of his before deciding against it-, otherwise she remained still.

"It's late." Ven mumbled as he buried his face in her shoulder. "Go back to bed."

"Something's wrong."

The knight immediately lifted his head back up. His mouth formed a rather sincere pout as he questioned, "With us?"

Sabrina's face immediately twisted into disgust.

"No, you moron." she immediately spat. She pointed up at the sky before telling him, "Look."

He obeyed her simple instruction, looking up at the stars. And that was when he saw it. A star started to blink in and out of existence for a moment then, in one last act of desperation, glowed twice as bright before going out completely.

"It's not a supernova." Sabrina darkly said. "It's a world falling to darkness."

A part of him wanted to question how she’d know that. The other part of him knew it was because she was incredibly perceptive when it came to hearts. Especially those that belonged to worlds. A little lesson or two from books Mickey had ‘borrowed’ from Yen Sid also helped.

“It’s not the first world that has fallen recently either.” Sabrina then told him. “That one proved to be the seventh I’ve noticed.”

“You think there are more?”

“Call it a hunch.”

Ven nodded. He looked back up at the stars with a renewed interest. His fingers danced in between Sabrina’s as he thought things over.

"Can we do anything about it?" he asked, turning to her.

Sabrina gave a soft snort. "Of course that's your first reaction..." she mumbled to herself. With a shake of her head, she instead said to him, "I don't know. But every time I see it, I think about this world. My world. What if we're next?"

This time, Ven completely laced his fingers into hers and held on tightly.

“You wouldn’t let that happen. We wouldn’t let that happen. You have my word.”

Sabrina gave a thin smile.

“I hate when you’re determined.” she informed him. “Everything about you just about changes and it’s incredibly annoying.”

“You mean cute.” Ven teased, giving her a wide grin. “I mean annoying.” she asserted. Ven laughed just before pressing a small kiss at her temple. The resulting light pink blush only made her glow even more under the moonlight.

The next morning, Ventus was allowed to join the royal family for breakfast. Well, it was most of the royal family. Oswald hardly ever left his outpost at Mickeyjunk Mountain. Sabrina once told Ven that, while he wasn’t there in person, he had enough monitors at Mickeyjunk to keep tabs on everyone anyway. It made Ven wonder just how much Oswald saw on a normal day- especially the things he and Sabrina did.

Breakfast went along rather well. Ortensia and Sabrina mostly chatted with each other about things that needed to be done around Wasteland. Every so often Ortensia would bring Ven into the conversation, but it wasn’t anything that lasted more than a minute or two. While the girls were debating coupon usage at local stores and who was able to distribute them, one of the bunny children snuck an envelope on Ven’s lap.

Ven gave the bunny a nod of thanks before carefully tearing the envelope open. Inside was a letter from Queen Minnie. As he read the words she wrote, his face started to fall.

“Ventus!” Sabrina snapped. Ven jumped at her voice. He hadn’t realized the girls had been staring at him for the past minute or two.

“Sorry.” he immediately apologized, sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck.

“Is someone sending you anonymous love letters again?” Sabrina asked, craning her neck to get a peek at the letter. “I thought we dealt with that already.”

“No, no.” Ven disagreed with a shake of his head. “It’s from Queen Minnie.”

“Oh really?” Ortensia piped up. “What does the queen want? Must be urgent if she couldn’t wait until you were home.”

Ven recoiled. After some moments of debate, he looked to Sabrina.

“Remember last night when we talked about the stars?”

Sabrina raised an eyebrow. “Yeah?” she agreed. “And?”

“King Mickey has noticed it too. He left last night, and Minnie fears he might have gone to the Realm of Darkness to stop it.”

“The Realm of Darkness?” Ortensia and Sabrina repeated in unison, each with their own level of surprise and fear.

“Is he insane?” Sabrina questioned first. There was no hiding her disgust in the matter either.

"It has to be serious." Ortensia said. "He wouldn't go to a place like that without knowing there would be consequences."

"What can we do?" Sabrina asked Ven. His heart skipped a bit in seeing how determined she was. To him, there wasn’t a doubt on why the Keyblade chose her.

"Absolutely nothing!" Oswald thundered.

The trio turned their attention to the rabbit as he entered the cafe. Oswald was absolutely fuming. He slammed his hand on the table so hard, it made Ven jump. “If that rat thinks he can cleanse his sins by throwing himself into danger, then he deserves to get lost in the Realm of Darkness!”

“I would have done the same.” Sabrina countered.

“You aren’t that stupid!” Oswald shot back.

“No, but I am that stubborn.”

That only seemed to annoy Oswald more.

“King Oswald, if I may,” Ventus spoke up, very quickly earning a death glare from said rabbit, “I could look into it as well, if not more than in Sabrina’s stead. It’s my duty as a Keyblade wielder. For all we know, we three are the only wielders left. We have to protect the other worlds from falling into darkness.”

“First of all,” Oswald hissed, “I ain’t the king of nothin’, so drop that honorific from your vocabulary immediately. Second, you could be destiny-entrusted toenail clippers for all I care, and I still wouldn’t let either of you leave! What if both our world and Disney Town falls to darkness because you two decided to play hero? I won’t risk it. I won’t lose this world again!”

After another spirited fist slam on the table, the air between the four became tense. Sabrina decided to stand, breaking the tension only slightly so she could stare Oswald down.

“Papa,” she started.

“Don’t you ‘papa’ me.”

“How much do you trust me?”

There wasn’t a shred of hesitation before the rabbit said, “Enough that I’d let you guide me blindfolded, walking backwards, and trekking up a hill in six feet of snow.”

“Then trust me on this; we’ll come back. Our worlds won’t fall to darkness. Ventus is right, we have a duty, and it’s time we fulfil it before other worlds are lost. And, quite frankly, you and I both know I’d leave without permission in a situation like this. Either way, you are not the one making the choice here. Just trust me -trust us- and let us go.”

Oswald stared at her. Sabrina’s own gaze was unwavering in her choice.

“Fine.” Oswald growled, casting his eyes down. “You have a day to get your things together. Any longer than that and I’ll make a way to have you two stay behind.”

A small shred of relief made its way onto Sabrina’s face. She moved from her chair over to Oswald, kneeling in front of him to place a very tiny kiss at the top of his head.

“Thank you Papa.” she said to him in a soft voice. “We’ll be back as soon as possible. You have my word.”

Oswald grimaced, but made a quick grab for her hand just so he could squeeze it. In a voice even lower and softer than hers, he said to her, “You better.”

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With Keyblade in hand, Sabrina stood at the edge of one of the cavern’s ledges. She looked up at the angel carving with a dark glare.

"Are you sure about this?"

Sabrina blinked, her concentration broken, as she turned to the source of the voice. She couldn’t even begin to guess how long Ven had been standing there. She wasn’t incredibly fond of how worried he looked either.

"It has to be done." she asserted with every air of authority she had. It usually wasn’t much, but she had a talent for bluffing. Too bad Ven was getting really good at reading them.

"I meant about leaving." he said back to her- his tone flat and just bordering on concern. His assertion made Sabrina stand a bit taller.

"I'll reiterate; it has to be done."

Ven tried with all his might to hold back a grin. He stood in the presence of a wielder whose heart was tied with the heart of a single world. A stubborn young woman who had little qualms about picking fights in order to protect her beliefs. Each time she let a little piece of her true self be known to him, the more Ven found himself falling in love with her all over again. If he had to take on a dangerous mission, he was honored to have her by his side.

"Have I mentioned how much I loved you today?" he mused out loud.

"About seven times.” Sabrina quickly said. “Going on eight. I tune most of them out nowadays."

Ven laughed. Giving a half smirk of her own, Sabrina returned her attention to the angel carving.

Carefully, Sabrina raised her Keyblade to the chest of the carving. A small keyhole appeared at the command. Sabrina tightened her grip on the Keyblade before a bright line of light shot out of its tip. The light connected with the keyhole- a small click sound letting them know that the hole had been sealed. As Sabrina lowered the Keyblade, small sprites started to come up from the ground and the cavern walls. Coming in either a shade of blue or green, the sprites danced around the caverns, finding their way over to Sabrina and wrapping around her like they were hugging an old friend.

Ven gawked in wonder as the sprites flew about. He almost didn’t notice that a large mound of them started to form in front of Sabrina.

“You know what to do from here,” she said to the mound. The mound bobbed for a moment, almost like a little nod, before the sprites scattered off again. Very few lingered in the caverns after.

“So,” Ven mused, “How long have those things been around?”

Sabrina turned around to face him, hitting him with a particularly mischievous smirk.

“You mean you never noticed them before?” she asked- her fake innocence not lost on him in the slightest. “If you couldn’t notice the Guardians or the stars’ lights going out beforehand, we might actually be in trouble. Your lack of observation is rather concerning, Ventus. You know that?”

Ven gave her a grin, throwing both his hands behind his head in his own act of innocence. Despite herself, she gave him a near genuine grin back.

. . .

They left Wasteland a little after the clock struck noon. Together on the Gummi Ship, Sabrina and Ven took off to the Lanes Between.

“Start with Yen Sid.” Ortensia had whispered to Ven just before they left. “He’ll know what to do.”

The mysterious tower Yen Sid resided on was a hard find, but not impossible. Sabrina and Ventus went up the stairs to the old wizard’s main chambers. He was simply sitting at his desk.

"Ah, yes. I've been expecting you two." he greeted. “Ventus, Sabrina. I assume you have also been roused into action due to recent events?”

“Mickey’s gone off to the Realm of Darkness.” Ven agreed. “We want to help him. Go after him if need be. Either way, we can’t remain idle when the worlds may be at risk.”

“Yes,” Yen Sid nodded. “Indeed Mickey has traveled somewhere he may not come back from. But alas, where you two are most needed, you can not follow.”

“Which means?” Sabrina questioned with a quirk of her eyebrow.

“If you two wish to accept it, I have another quest for you to undertake.”

Sabrina and Ventus gave each other a quick side glance. Soon after, they gave an affirming nod. They already made it this far- it was too late to back out now.

“Whatever it is, we’ll do it.” Ven told him.

“Within reason.” Sabrina added as well, just to make her standards clear.

“Excellent.” Yen Sid nodded. “There are many tasks that need to be completed before you two embark on this journey. The first is potentially the most simple. Three good fairies, who have lost their world to darkness long ago, have agreed to craft a new Keyblade armor for Sabrina. However, it will be your job to train her in how to summon and utilize it to its full potential, Ventus.”

Ven immediately gave a nod of agreement. “Right.”

“Furthermore, it would be wise to show her how to summon the Keyblade glider as well. There may be instances where you are not able to reach the Gummi Ship, or have to split up for other matters.”

“Got it.”

“And Sabrina, I trust that you have begun preparations to secure Wasteland’s security during your extended absence?”

“Yes sir.” she agreed. “Out of the three I can think of, there is one last security measure I'd like to have in place before departure.”

“Excellent.” Yen Sid nodded. “In that case, you two may leave when you feel most prepared for the journey at hand. Good luck, and may your heart be your guiding key.”

[embraceyourdestiny]

who's your favorite out of the wayfinder trio? do you have any specific headcanons for any of them?

honestly normally i’d say terra but I have such a soft spot for all of them and like them a lot for different reasons so it fluctuates. right now I’d day ven because I’m paying a lot of attention to him right now : I’ll do headcanons for all of them

aqua: I’m so glad aqua canonically bakes, that’s so cute. I like to imagine that her and terra were very competitive when they were younger like riku and sora and aqua took winning Very Seriously, though she never had bad sportsmanship because that’s most important. I also like to imagine she was a craftsmaker long before she made the wayfinders and that was the epitome of all her practice :) maybe everyone was encouraged to learn a skill/have a hobby since terra also did woodwork and ven loved the stars and space (he even had a telescope! amazing that he actually went to space later :]) for a little angst, she might have a hard time returning to it after kh3 and leave her tools alone, or she could dive head first in it to cope! She probably makes everyone trinkets eventually and later works with xion to incorporate shells.

I think aqua might be the best swimmer of the three of them too and thus being competitive challenges everyone to swim at destiny islands. Hayner is passionate and keeps up though he’s not as good as a swimmer as aqua. Axel is bad at swimming and she teases him about it. Terra is pretty good but her and riku have a rivalry and they go back and forth with wins and ties. She can’t wait until she can compete against sora and Kairi once the time is right.

terra: as I mentioned I love to think of terra doing woodwork and maybe even metalwork. He canonically made that wooden sword and it was pretty good quality so it’s more canon than headcanon but I like it a lot I have to mention it. Terra is probably the “muscle head” of the three of them, meaning he actually likes working out and is passionate about it. Aqua sees it purely as training and essential to life but is indifferent to liking it or not. Ven is a bit of a baby and taps out pretty early (‘I’m fast! There’s no need to be strong too’ ‘yeah but imagine if you were fast and strong’. ‘That kind of thinking is why you always lose at spars and why we can toss you around so easily’ ‘yeah you weight nothing’ ‘hey!!!’) But terra actively likes working out and health related stuff. He finds it interesting and reads a lot of books about health and working out (sometimes even while working out!) They all have a healthy diet as per their culture and terra tries to cook and experiments a lot. Terra canonically doesn’t like sweets so I like to imagine aqua and terra have spats about it every so often, and in general lol. They’re both very headstrong as we see in bbs so I wouldn’t be surprised to see that stubbornness in their everyday lives too. I’m back on forth on how all of them react to spicy food but I’d say generally ven takes it the best.

Terra really likes destiny island once being there isn’t so hard (cuz trauma ya know). He enjoys sunbathing in the sand, the smell of the flora, the beautiful skies, the beautiful town, all of it. He visits often and usually just walks silently by himself, thinking nothing and everything. Surprising to him he finds solace in alone time after the initial shock of things wears off. It’s hard to be with others sometimes and all he had was himself for a while so he learned to live with it. (Ven loves being surrounded by others and aqua hates being alone). Terra has terrible nightmares and he has a hard time adjusting after 3 (as do they all). I also looooove terra being friends with naminé so so much easily one of my favorite kh friendships I hope it becomes canon!!

ven: ven is. a special boy. that’s not a headcanon it’s just true lol. I have thoughts that he was able to see roxas and xion’s lives as one of the parts of the ‘great adventures’ he saw in his dreams. Though he enjoys being around a lot of people he also values alone time, though he doesn’t count when he has 1 on 1 time with sora as being surrounded by people, or roxas, and they spend a lot of time together. I absolutely love ven being sora’s protective big brother esp bc it’s canon! His nightmare armor tried to protect sora and I think their whole relationship is so sweet I can’t wait to see it develop after 3 :). As I’ve been posting I like the idea of isa and ven being friends. Also can’t wait to see him and lea again too! So many good moments and reunions waiting for this boy.

I think ven is the most okay after this specific endeavor but once he remembers the age of fairytales things get Very Hard for him. So much guilt and badness inside of him he even (hallucinations?) pukes darkness. Normally he’s fine but sleep is the worst. Insomnia. The worst nightmares. He develops a fear of sleeping and he hides it well until he collapses. It lasts a while. It’s hard but they make it through together. He always holds guilt and regret in his heart of strelitzia. He feels sick to his stomach when he sees flowers and bright sunlight and can’t stop feeling like petals are stuck in his throat. (Why is he always getting sick??)

His biggest supports are the heart mates, to his surprise xion and naminé the most. Sora and roxas are the most relatable but they’re also more like brothers so xion and naminé friendship is a gift. Esp bc they’re his age (no more being treated like a kid!!) Also I like snarky rude kind of a brat ven! He has so much anger and can be a jerk when hurt and I enjoy that about him. I think him saying he “didn’t ask to be sifted apart nice and neat” says a lot about him and I wish people talked about it more, esp for how (understandably) harsh he is to vanitas. Being “pure” light doesn’t mean he’s “pure” and I think viewing his character like that is interesting. Oh and the twilight gang get a kick out him and he turns hayner onto frisbee for a while (to pence and olette’s demise since he won’t shut up about it for a few months lol. They get a enough buzz in twilight town that they actually manage a tournament and hayner wins though so it’s not for naught lol)

I could probably think of more but I think this is too long already lol. You can send another ask if you want more or specifics!!!

[sketch--booked]

I wanna complain about how the ninja treated Zane in the first few episodes real quick. Specifically in Home. Since I have some beef with the ninja.

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So remember that one time Zane froze the entire monastery without effort? Yeah, that was kinda cool,

Now I begin to get angry, You’ve been warned--

And the ninja, understandably, were upset and I can get that.

But then you see how they all kinda just--- treated him really badly all the time. I get it,, he’s got weird traits and does very “Zane” things (being unfazed to be in the bathroom with somebody, legitimately not understanding comedy and laughing at odd things, at least Nya and Jay weren’t watching a horror or slasher movie, and his famous sitting-in-the-fridge scene) but like--

They really gonna do this??

Laugh at the guy for what he wears and throw around the food he made for them? Even Wu, may I add.

Can I also call attention to Jay, who throws something at Zane.

AND LOOK AT HIM--

That is not a face of comfort? By any means?? Zane shows a very little range of emotion, in the early seasons especially. But when Jay throws his own food at him, he frowns. THAT’S EMOTION,, HE’S NOT HAPPY,,, THIS ISN’T A JOKE NOR IS IT FUNNY TO HIM.

And they just--Don’t even do a double-take.

I’m bewildered at just how horribly they treat him, in this scene specifically. Not one of them, NOT EVEN WU, takes a second to think about how Zane might feel in this moment??? IN FACT, If you listen carefully, you can hear Nya and Jay belittling him.

“He looks so cute in his apron!” and “Look at his face!”

THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THEY’RE BEING CRUEL LIKE WTF THIS MAKES ME SO MAD--I HOPE THEY WENT TO BED STARVING.

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So after this god awful display of friendship that makes me want to slap all the other ninja, we get the infamous Falcon scene.

Zane has his general neutral kinda-angy-lookin’ expression. So we can’t really tell what he’s feeling in this moment, but it’s his actions that follow that say everything.

He sees the falcon and is intrigued by it and actually smiles. Which is good! That’s emotion! Well done, Zane, you’re learning!

NOW IT’S THIS BIT---IS WHERE I GET REAL JUST---HHHHHMMM It’s in this moment, I wonder if Zane knows what a toxic friendship isghghgh I jest--

Zane is smiling when he sees the falcon fly off. He likes the bird but he lets it leave.

But then---

Zane takes one brief look back to the sound of his friends and without a second doubt he BOOKS IT--

So from initially seeing this, you get the instant feeling that he would prefer to follow a mysterious bird into possible danger, than go back to his friends who are still laughing in the distance. He obviously was going to return back to them, they tease his lack of returning later in the episode WHICH I HOPE TO GET TO. But that does say enough about his actual feelings towards the rest. 

Strange, possibly evil bird---or my friends who’re probably going to continue to laugh at me.

It’s a nobrainer that he’d follow the bird??

He’s not truly upset at them, I don’t even think that Zane has the capability to really be angry ngl,, but he still chose the bird over his “family” and that’s what makes me so angry at the ninja. 

And to those who say “He’s not upset at the ninja, he’s just curious and the fact that he essentially ran away from them, doesn’t mean he dislikes them” I say,,, That is fair. And I will, for the sake of not looking like a dick, argue for that.

It’s clear that Zane likes to know stuff. In the beginning, he’s been the smart one. Even in this episode Kai says “We like the guy, he’s really smart..” then complains about him being weird. And later down the line he’s shown an interest in learning, being the only one in season 11 to actually read about the desert of doom and the Mechanic himself saying he’s an inquisitive nindroid in season 12.

So it’s understandable if Zane was simply sating his curiosity. But how can you tell me that the previous event was not a deciding factor in choosing the bird instead..

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I would now like to jump forward to when the ninja are at Lloyd’s tree-house (Can I point out that the first place the falcon took zane, was a tree-house. And the last was a tree house?? Anybody? okay just me--). 

And when they ask him how he found it; he tells them it’s because it danced. Jay then jokingly asks if it was a coo-coo bird, promoting everyone to--

IF YOU GUESSED “laugh at him” YOU’D BE CORRECT, HOW DID YOU GUESS???

When he does his info dump thing they don’t even bother, they just shrug in unison--which ngl I do find funny ghghgh

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Now that’s where you’d think the Zane bullying stops right?

NOPE,, TIME TO BURN DOWN THE MONASTERY (this is a cool shot btw)

This is a good shot too, because it sets up that Zane will be a focus, and you can already assume it’s because, in some essence, this is Zane’s fault.

But then they go all out on him. They straight up tell him this was his fault, that he shouldn’t have followed the bird, he shouldn’t have been curious or try to help, that everything they had here is gone, and yell at him to his face “A teaching moment? What’s wrong with you? Don’t you get it? Everything is gone!” and it’s because of him.

In this moment they are taking out every frustration they had with him. They’re taking out every moment he’s gone into his own world and making their lives harder and that their home is gone because of him.

This is one of the very first, and very few times all the ninja have pitted against just one of their team. And it hurts. Because Zane’s reaction to this, his response to being treated horribly, having his food thrown at him like he didn’t spend likely hours making and planing it, like he doesn’t do the chores they probably wont do (taking out the rubbish earlier in the episode), is to go back to them like he wasn’t hurt by this at all. 

And y’know what could’ve solved this entire thing? What could’ve prevented the exclusion and the explosion that is their friendship. Communication. On both sides, neither of them communicated with each other. The ninja didn’t openly express their feelings towards Zane TO Zane, only Wu and probably Nya. And Zane never expressed anything, ever, like--literally nothing. His moment of most emotion is in episode 7 dammit.

And I just--This is an issue that’s followed through even to the new seasons. Honest to god some of the only times I can recall him actually expressing how he feels about something, is with Pixal, and when Kai persuades him to break his morals and cheat in the slug race. God please help me find more examples because I cannot remember anything else (I’m ignoring Decoded for the time being since the last episode of that was almost entirely “Zane therapy time”)

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Imma end it here because my rant juices have stopped flowing and I haven’t slept in many many long hours and I really would like to collapse right about now.

So i’m not saying Zane has it worst, he probably doesn’t,, but what I’m saying is that Zane had a tough time in the beginning especially. After Kai became properly a part of the group, it was Zane that they outcasted. And because they wouldn’t actually talk to him about what they all thought. They didn’t take the time to understand him and only realized they missed him and how badly they’d been treating him when he was gone.

In the start, they were bad friends, they were horrible in fact. Zane tried, or didn’t. Where he didn’t understand people or social cues, he understood being kind and doing the right thing. 

The ninja did however work from this. As of this episode, they tone down the mistreatment and make a bigger effort to get the guy. And it’s all explained and finished in episode 7.

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Overall, I really like this episode! I think the characters were great! I think the humor was great! I think the progression was great! I dunno why some o’ yall think I don’t like something because I hate it. I can hate-love something, and you’ll find there are a lot of things I hate-love in ninjago.

[thesolotomyhan]

Narcos: Dating them would include:

Chepe’s expression is me while I stare at my laptop when my head cannons don’t write themselves. I managed to finish this one first and I hope I wrote him well @fleurfatale89​ ! :)

Tags: @fandomnerd16​ , @visintaes​

Warnings: NSFW!

Oooohh, Chepe,, let me just say- What A Man, how could you not love this Cali king

The smoothest mf, let me tell ya, even when you’re married to the man , he has you blushing all the time

Like, whenever he has the chance, he’s whispering the most dirtiest shit in your ear just to see you squirm as he just smirks-

But whenever he’s feeling all mushy, he’s giving you the most heartfelt compliments, just- the way you look up at him and smile makes his heart flutter-

I low key see him still maintaining that sassy and hard exterior he has but when you’re around him, he’ll melt and become the softest man in the room

Like, whatever you need, he’s doing it for you with no argument whatsoever, it doesn’t matter who he has in front of him,,, 

He’s dropping everything to do whatever you need from him- 

He’s definitely thinking about your future’s all the time,  how he not only wants to marry you but also grow a family with you- I can’t, I just know Chepe is a family guy-

ok, anyways, you’ll be walking into the room where he’s talking about negocios, and he’ll forget about whoever he’s talking to and give you fucking heart eyes

He’s calling you over and pulling you into his lap as he relaxes into his chair again, 

“Ahora sí, sigue diciendo lo que vos tiene en mente”

No one has the balls to tell him if you can leave so that they can discuss business, and if they do, ohhhhooho,

He’s giving that death stare and just saying

“Vos puede decir lo que tiene que decir enfrente de ella” - a power move*

You have to have the utmost respect when your in the room and on the ground you walk on, alright-

Dates with Chepe are simple, like they’ll consist of café and fast food in New York

but in Cali, it’ll be like a Mariscos “restaurant” ,, but again sencio

This man is ordering the whole menu for you both, if he’s taking you out, he wants to make sure you eat well :)

But either way, you’re both always laughing and having the best time together, it doesn’t matter to him where you’re both at, he just wants to see you happy :))

Late night walks through New York- yes please-

Like can you imagine, he takes you to see like New York City at night,, at the top of a building or over the waterfront and he’s just hugging you from behind as you both admire the view, but he’s too busy just watching you, you’re his best view 🥺

When you’re taking your late night strolls and it gets cold, he’s giving you his ugly signature yellow jacket to keep his cariño warm

Fuck, when the jacket is too big for you, he’s laughing at you because you look so cute, as he kisses your forehead-

Ugh, the Cali parties, that’s where he loves to show you off, always having an arm wrapped around your shoulders, and the fucking smile he has because he has the most beautiful woman in his arms,,,

He tries his best to not leave you unattended at these parties,,

Like, when he’s not discussing things with the rest of the gentlemen of Cali, he’s sitting right next to you with you tucked into his side-

I can see him whispering into your temple at how he judges everyone that comes into sight when he gets bored,, it’s a fun pastime he has with you, because when he makes a particular rough comment, your playfully hitting his chest and scolding him

To outsiders it looks like you’re just a playful couple but little do they know that Chepe just roasted the shit out of them

Being best friends with Pacho, another yes, he fucking adores your relationship with Chepe

“Ella es la única que tiene vos agarrado por los huevos, Chepe,,, que mujer, la adoro”

The fond look Chepe has as he looks at you talking with Gilberto or someone,,,, just, the laugh Chepe lets out as he looks back at Pacho-

Ooohho, cuddling on the couch,,,

Nothing beats the feeling of just watching a movie or something with you in the comfort of your cozy home

Godd, when you fall asleep on top of him when it gets really late, the way he’ll smile and pick you up and take you both to bed,,, his forehead kisses are the BEST, im gonna cry

Or the way you run up to him when you hear the door open after he comes home from killing some people

He laughs as he picks you up by one arm and twirls you around,,

Meanwhile, your trying to make sure he’s alright and not hurt,,

“Calmese mi boñita, estoy bien, ya le llegue”-ughh

Can you imagine the way he’ll look at you when you wear his shirts around the house,,,

The first few times you did it, he was so confused as to where his cleaned shirts would go but ohohoho, when he called you about this problem and saw you walking into the room, wearing his shirt, his heart melted

“Lo quieres? Perdon, mi amor, no sabia que te la ibas a poner hoy”

He’s laughing as he shakes his head and comes to pick you up,,,

“No, no, déjalo,se te ve mejor a vos, mi angelita "

Soft!Chepe has my heart. 🥺

NSFW:

Buckle up because Chepe, takes any excuse for having sex with you

You’re having a bad day? He’s making you feel better. You’re mad at him? Forget it, he’s making you question what the problem even was. You're happy? Let’s make the day even better for you.

Whatever the reason, he has an even bigger reason to have you in bed

Lingerie is this man’s weakness,,, holy shit

Like he thinks you wearing his shirts is the hottest thing ever, but you know what tops it off?

When you unbutton said shirt and you have his favorite lingerie underneath-- ohhh, he just died by the sight of that-

Like, I imagine him coming home and you’re quickly leading him to sit down on a chair to welcome him home,

Once he’s seated, you’re backing up to unbutton the shirt, with the new lingerie he bought you recently,

Chepe is immediately leaning forward to pull you on top of him,

“Hijo de puta-, ven para aca, mi bonita” -

Heavy makeout sessions before he has you screaming his name? Another yes.

Nothing gets him going than seeing you slowly starting to lose your patience with him when he doesn’t hurry to relieve the growing knot you feel

“Chepe,, amor”

While you’re desperately squirming and trying but failing to unbuckle his pants when he moves your hand out of the way,,,

“Que mi bonita? Dime que necesitas?” as he’s giving you kisses around your face-

The buildup is what he lives for, caressing every part of your body,

The way you squirm and try to grind your hips to his-

Praising you for your beauty every time he takes a new article of clothing off of you,,

The way he’ll hold your leg when he finally pushes into you-

Chepe would plant his hands near you head as he thrusts into you because he’s able to see how you react and just admire how you throw you head back

He’ll be slowly but roughly thrusting into you while leaving marks on your jaw, thats his favorite place :) because there’s really no way to hide his marks on you

Buttt, *ahem* you know he’s using his hands to stimulate other places, the way you open your legs a little further gets him going

when your enojada with him,, he’s going down on you for as long as he wants, my man is not stopping until your crying from pleasure-

,,, making sure you even forget why you were mad at him in the first place

“No que estabas encabronada, bonita? Y ahora, mirate”-

Fuck, the way his mustache f e els-

He loves it when you run your fingers through his hair, it reassures him that he’s making you feel good

He’s definitely leaving marks on your inner thighs too,, like he’ll tease you by inching real slow to your core all while maintaining eye contact with you, the fucking smirk he’ll have,-

He has no problem having you top him,, he even encourages you to do it, honestly, it’s one of his favorite positions...

God, the way he’ll laugh when your hips stutter and you plant your hands on his chest to steady yourself

“Siguele, mi amor, no pares”

The way he’ll wrap his arms around your waist and start to kiss your chest as he helps you bounce on top of him-

Have you seen his fucking arms? 

No, but lowkey, going back- he really loves having frustrated sex,

Like, everything happens so fast, you’ll be arguing over something as your anger rises and you start to walk out the room and the next thing you know, he’s grabbing you and roughly kissing you

He’s taking off your clothes as he doesn’t stop kissing you and walks you to the bedroom, while you’re hurriedly trying to take his off as well, like even though you want to stop him because you’re mad, you can’t at the same time,,,

I can see that he’ll playfully throw you on the bed and drag you to the edge-

“Aver si sigues de cabrona conmigo, preciosa”

The way he’ll silence before you even have time to give him a witty remark,,

He’s not giving you time to adjust, he’s relentlessly pounding into you as you arch your back into him

And the way he’ll wrap one of his arms under your back and push you into him even more as his thrusts don’t stop-

Nothing excites him more when he feels how you harshly scratch his back and loudly moan his name

 the chuckle that comes out of him when he sees just how responsive you are to him

Wow- Chepe just acts like a horny fucking teenager all the time, but man does he deliver, my man knows how to please 😌

[mercurypilgrim]

I saw the sexy ABC *waggles eyebrows* How about... B for Ven and Malavai :D and Z.

( From this post )

B = Body part  (Their favourite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

If you asked Ven what his favourite part of Malavai’s body was, he would immediately say ‘the arse’ and get a smack for it.

In reality, while there’s not a part of him he doesn’t like, his favourite has to be his throat.

There’s just something that really appeals to him about being able to bite there, to bury his nose in the crook of his neck, to feel the pulse under his tongue and to breathe him in.

It’s intimate and open, and he won’t ever forget the feeling of when Malavai would ask him to put his hands around his throat and squeeze.

He often leaves more marks than he means to, the downside of his sharp teeth. Still, neither of them really mind.

For Malavai, his favourite body part of Ven’s would be his back, his thighs and his hands.

He likes tracing the tattoos on Ven’s back and watching how his skin prickles and moves under his fingers. He volunteers to work out knots after a hard day, and it’s satisfying to dig his fingers into muscle and feel Ven go pliant and relaxed under his touch. Sometimes, there are adorable, funny noises too.

He also likes his thighs, specifically his inner thighs. That one is just a small kink, but Ven has nice thighs and Malavai is happy to have his head in between them.

While Malavai often wakes up to marks on his neck and throat, Ven wakes up to them on his thighs.

His hands.

Ven is a physically powerful person, and a lot of that power is directed by his hands. To have those hands that wield blades and end lives being so gentle and affectionate is a heady feeling, and Malavai likes feeling them on him. Resting on his hips, holding him down, brushing a thumb over his mouth or using a hand over his mouth to keep him quiet, brushing over his cheek, or having them around his neck... it’s intimate and a rush.

Z = ZZZ  (… how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

Malavai falls asleep first, much to Ven’s amusement.

There’s a lot of teasing about being old and sleepy, followed by some insincere apologies and fond cuddling.

Ven has far, far too much energy to fall asleep right away, and likes to watch Malavai’s eyes droop as he fights the losing battle to stay awake after they’re done. Ven finds it really cute.

Malavai holds it together long enough to clean up before falling asleep, but Ven finds himself drifting off later, holding his lover close and listening to him breathe.

He does sleep in longer than Malavai does though, and it’s not unusual for him to wake to Malavai reading in bed, wet from a shower and running his fingers through Ven’s hair while he waits for him to regain consciousness.

[oveliagirlhaditright]

Do you know of any precanon fics in which Sora first realizes he's in love with, or has a crush on, Kairi?

That’s actually a really good question. I feel that I haven’t read many like this? I think I’ve read a few about Sora meeting Kairi... but I don’t think most of them move far enough along to show him falling in love with her after that. Or if they do, they’re AUs. That seems to be a time not really touched on much by the fandom.

Let’s see if I have anything that somewhat qualifies at all...

This fanfiction, https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3131685/1/Melting that’s about what it would have been like if Sora and Riku were stranded at the Dark Margin longer, has some of that. As it has flashbacks about Sora and Kairi’s life. Like, I think there’s a scene where a young Kairi falls asleep in Sora’s arms at the beach. And there’s a line like, “He was holding the girl he’d come to realize he loved, in a few years time”. And then in the next flashback--that’s after that event--I think Sora has realized that.

There’s this cute, one-shot... but I think it’s an AU. Because I think we all know Sora fell in love with Kairi when they were young. But I dunno. With KHIII maybe retconning that, one could maybe see this as more canon-esque now. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6326975/1/Simple-Instructions

This one https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6123196/1/The-Third-Wheel-Effect maaaaaaay does something like that--though full disclosure: I haven’t read it in years, so I don’t remember--as it’s Riku’s PoV after Sora and Kairi get together... and about how he’s okay with it, and thinks it was inevitable, because they were always pulled to each other like gravity. But if it goes any further into it beyond that, I don’t recall.

There was a fanfiction I read years ago--on how Sora and Kairi met--where when they were in kindergarten, Sora saved Kairi from being bullied by these kids saying “People from Destiny Islands don’t have red hair”, but I don’t remember where it is anymore... and I don’t know if it showed them older and falling in love at all. It may be in “V is for Violet” by WishingDreamer5 on fanfiction.net, but don’t quote me on it.

In this story of mine https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/20111551 (that was my attempt at writing Sora saving Kairi at the end of KHIII before Re:Mind came out, that has all the flashbacks in it), I wrote a “what if Sora didn’t at first like Kairi when they were children” type thing, and maybe you get to see the journey of their relationship because of that? 

In this story https://archiveofourown.org/works/18773989/chapters/44539129 by ParadiseAvenger, there’s a line about how Sora’s loved Kairi since they were children... but you may not want to go through this whole fic, with many trigger warnings, just for that (I say that with love, as I enjoy ParadiseAvenger’s work. But I also know she’s not for everyone).

And then there’s also White Knight https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6277200/1/White-Knight by aradian nights, who’s an old friend of mine. It’s a canon/AU (that’s technically AU, but has so many canon elements--where it gives you “an I can’t believe it’s not canon” feeling--that it may still appease you. And this is still one of my favorite KH fanfictions of all-time, so I might gush about it here (also, spoilers for this fanfic, if you care). Basically, there’s a Realm of Light and a Realm of Darkness (kind of like in KH, but different. There are also in-between realms, I guess, but we never see them in the fic). Master Xehanort is the Master of the Dark Realm and Master Eraqus is the Master of the Light Realm (and like in canon, they used to be friends... but not anymore). Most of the story takes place in the Dark Realm and with the characters who live there (Sora and Kairi live in the Realm of Light, so you don’t really get to see them much. But more on that later). And Master Xehanort is a full-on dictator--with plans to take over the Realm of Light, of course--and he keeps people in line by taking people’s loved one’s hostages so they’ll do his bidding... And he has gatherings where people who break the rules are whipped or killed, and everyone in the Dark Realm has to watch (so there’s definitely some darkness to this fic. But I don’t think it’s Game of Thrones dark or anything like that. Think The Hunger Games, maybe... though Naminé, who’s insane in this for plot reasons, though still a heroine/sympathetic... can do some off-putting things, where she hurts herself or others. So be warned there). The story mostly follows Terra, Ventus, Aqua, Naminé, and later Vanitas, who all live in the Dark Realm. Oh. And Xion and Riku. And Roxas ends up in the Dark Realm later, too. And the main pairings are Terqua, Vennami (the author of this is actually a RokuNami fan--and there’s even some RokuNami ship tease in here--but she did this to challenge herself to see if she could do a Vennami crack pairing, and thus this whole story was born. And it’s marvelous), and VanAqua. Though there’s some other ship tease in there, too. But back to the SoKai... Both Sora and Kairi live with Master Eraqus (Sora’s trained to be a Keyblade wielder with him, and Kairi also tried to... but was unable to really wield any weapon. But everyone was okay with this, because they sensed she was an important light person they needed to keep around and were happy to protect her). And at one point, Master Xehanort kidnapped Kairi to create Naminé, as Nami’s the key to his plans... and he dropped her back on Eraqus’ door again, half-insane. And while other people who lived with Eraqus (like Roxas) tried their best to make Kairi feel better--and to protect her, because after this, Xehanort’s always sending men to try and kill her, because she’s getting in the way of his plans/Naminé--Sora’s the best at it... and you can sort of see how they’re falling in love with each other this way. And there’s this cute scene where they’re both musing over how their lives are too weird... and I won’t spoil all the reasons as to why they’re having that conversation. And Sora temporarily dies in this, and asks Ven to tell Kairi he loves her... but he’s able to come back in the end. But just note that while this story has its last chapter, it never got its epilogue--and never will (because the author doesn’t like this story much anymore, because she wrote it when she was thirteen/doesn’t really remember what she wrote/has moved on, etc.)--so in some ways, you don’t get full closure (though you still do get closure). At least not on, like, two subjects, so it’s sort of a gut punch in that way. But over time, I’ve come to realize that maybe it was the perfect way to end such a story. Oh. And they’re are Final Fantasy characters in this, too.

Edit: This one by ParadiseAvenger (that I think you can read, no problem, as this one really has no trigger warnings) has Sora thinking about how Kairi had always caught his eye at one part. https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/19324915/chapters/45968650

[lyssala]

Still I Find You There Next to Me

Pairings: Terra/Aqua, Kingdom Hearts

Setting: A month after the ending of Kingdom Hearts 3; No explicit spoilers but I mean you can infer what happens at the end if you read this haha

Rating: K+

Notes:  Happy Valentine’s Day <3 I had to write something cute, and I’ve had this idea with the phones and social media in my head since I found out it was canon hahaha I was going to keep it all fluffy and not really go into the healing aspects of what needs to happen after 3 but alas, I couldn’t help it haha I think they’d need a lot of time, so that reflects here (but it’s also me so you know it’s still sappy as hell) I’ll do a real healing fic eventually, figures my first Post-3 fic would be about essentially their Instagram. The title is from Imagine Dragon’s “Next to Me” which is one of my favorite, favorite songs for them <3

AO3

Even though Terra considered himself to be more asleep than awake he could still hear the birds chirping outside his window, he could feel the sunlight on his eyes as it shone in through the window. His blanket was making him feel a little hotter than what was a comfortable temperature, another sure sign summer was coming in full force. Still, it wasn’t enough to make him want to open his eyes, or leave his bed any time soon.

He probably wouldn’t have either if it wasn’t for the sudden annoying buzzing that was rattling against his nightstand.

Terra groaned as he reached a hand to his face rubbing his eyes. It thankfully stopped, making him try and fall back to sleep even though it was probably later than he should be in bed. He usually just waited till someone was too impatient to wait for him and either knocked on his door, gently kicked him, or jumped on him depending who the impatient one was that day. His eyes were still so heavy he knew he could fall asleep again, and he planned to.

Until the buzzing echoed once more.

He rolled over, still half asleep but noticed the other side of the bed was empty; not that he was surprised, he would’ve gotten some kicks or nudges by now. Terra tried not to feel sinking disappointment, swinging his hand to the night stand to grab the phone he knew was sitting there. He blinked his eyes open, looking at the screen as he tried to adjust to the growing sunlight in the room. Terra could see the new messages icon and he pressed it though he mostly wanted to toss the phone back down.

He saw Aqua’s picture next to way too much text to comprehend in his state of still being half asleep. From what he could tell it was just the plans for the day; who was here, who was away, if there was anything urgent they needed to get to within the day. It ended with another message asking him to wake up already. He snorted as he dropped the phone in his lap, reaching both his hands up to his face.

It was silly she felt the need to send him a message when she literally slept in the room across from his, and when the night was a little too dark, his. It happened more often than not these days, to the point where he missed seeing her face when it wasn’t the first thing he saw in the morning. One hallway didn’t seem very far away; it never did when they were kids, finding ways to pass notes, communicate without words so Master Eraqus didn’t wake up and catch them, always knowing where the other was. But it did when he still felt like if he blinked she’d be gone.

He sighed as he pushed himself up in bed. She could’ve just gotten him, but she was hell bent on making him use this thing. He picked it up again, scrolling quickly through all the little pictures near the text box to pick the thumbs up to send back to her. Close enough right?

Terra dropped the phone again stretching his arms over his head as he kicked his legs out of bed. He almost left the damn thing sitting there, but it was still too early to get lectured by Aqua on why having ways to communicate like that was important. He supposed he understood that concept, after all he did like knowing he could reach any of them in a matter of seconds, that he could scroll down and see pictures from where the kids were, what they were up to. Terra just didn’t want to be the one constantly being bugged with it; especially when someone lived in the same home as he did.

He grabbed the phone and slid it in his pajama pocket, making his way to open his door and out into the hallway that would lead to the staircase. The castle was so familiar it was almost like they never left. It was admittedly really eerie at first and Terra found himself staying up late at night, unable to bring himself to sleep. But it got better when Aqua would come and talk to him as they slowly mended what had been hurt, when more feet and voices filled the otherwise empty rooms, when she started falling asleep next to him, making it easy to sleep through any night knowing she was safe.  

He walked into the empty dining hall, but that wasn’t too much of a surprise. The table was too long for the few people that lived here; they only every used it if many others were visiting but that settled down significantly once everyone got accustomed to their lives. So they preferred the smaller table they set up right in the kitchen which judging by how the room smelled someone already started cooking.

He had two guesses, but judging by the messages on his phone one was highly favoring the other.

Terra pushed open the kitchen door, his stomach growling at the sudden aroma of bacon mixed with fresh coffee grounds, toasting bread, as eggs sizzled on the oven. He expected it to be Aqua standing in the kitchen and he wasn’t wrong. Her back was to him as she poked at the bacon, but he could tell she was still in her pajamas, apron tied around her back just like the one she used to wear on her cooking days. He found himself smiling even despite being up before he wanted to be.

“Morning,” he said, closing the door behind him so he didn’t scare her.

Aqua turned her head, a smile already on her lips. Her eyes were bright this morning, probably because she was always happier when she was able to do something for someone else, this case making breakfast. He loved it, he loved seeing her like this; it was one of the reasons he did keep getting up every morning. If she still looked at him like that, than he couldn’t be as horrible of a person as he thought he was sometimes.

“Morning, sunshine,” she said, that teasing tone on her lips, just like when they were younger. “Sleep in enough?”

Terra walked over to the counter in the center of the kitchen, leaning up against it so he could face her better. “Yeah, would’ve slept in more if I hadn’t been assaulted with blocks of text first thing in the morning.”

Aqua chuckled, scooping some of the bacon onto a nearby plate to cool. “It was that or send Ven after you.”

Ven was a big fan of tackling Terra awake, which wasn’t annoying as much as it was alarming depending how deep of a sleep Terra was in; and sometimes painful, Ven seemed to be growing nonstop since they came home.

Terra felt his stomach knot up slightly. He probably shouldn’t say; they didn’t really talk about it once the sun was up but the words were already on his lips. “I, um, didn’t hear you leave this morning.”

She hummed, but was moving to scramble the eggs better. “I knew it was my turn to cook breakfast, so I figured I’d get a head start. Plus when you sleep, you sleep like the dead. Believe it or not I did try, to see if you wanted to help me, but I figured it was better to let you sleep.”

That did make some of the tension leave his body; sometimes he couldn’t shake the feeling that he’d do something to push her away again. But the more reasonable part of his brain tried to remind him she did have to cook breakfast for a few people or that she never liked to wake him up when he fell asleep or that she didn’t want the kids to get the wrong impression. Granted, he was never quite sure how to tell her judging by their glances and snickers they already had the wrong impression.

“So you thought waking me up by having the phone nearly vibrate off the table was better?”

“You have to get used to using it someday, Ter. Also…” Aqua turned to him, placing one hand on her hip as she waved the fork in her other hand at him. “Can you respond with more than just one thumbs up? That doesn’t tell me anything.”

Terra snorted. “I assumed it told you I was fine with it.”

“I would, if I thought you read it.”

“I did read it.”

Aqua arched her eyebrows, though she looked more amused than mad.

“Okay, I skimmed it.”

“That’s what I thought,” she chuckled, turning back to remove more bacon from the sizzling pan. “If you couldn’t tell from your brief overview, we do have a busy day.”

“Got it.” The smell in the kitchen was starting to get unbearable; he didn’t realize how hungry he was until he had to stand there not eating anything.

Aqua reached up to the cabinet to get a plate for the first batch of eggs while Terra leaned in to grab a piece of bacon. It shouldn’t have surprised him she was fast enough to swat his hand away before he could actually touch the food. “Be patient,” she tutted, scooping the eggs onto the plate before getting the pan ready for the next set.

He took the plate from her hands, moving the place it on the counter near him so he could hand it to her again when she was ready for it.

“I don’t know why you’re so resistant on having the phone,” Aqua said, adding even more bacon to the pan which really didn’t help his stomach from growling.

He noticed she had the oven on too which meant there was also something she was baking. Gods, he hoped it was that cinnamon bread she used to make; it was just the right amount mix of sweet and doughy. “I’m not resistant to it.” It was mostly true. “I just don’t see why we need to use it when we’re in the same house. Away on missions sure, but not when we’re a staircase away.”

“Convenience,” she said, wiping her fingers on her apron. “I’m cooking I couldn’t leave the food to come up and tell you all that. Also I know you and if I tried to give you all that information while you were still half asleep you’d never remember it. Now it’s there for you when you’re ready.”

Those were valid points; figures, Aqua always thought out everything. That was probably why she liked it so much, she was a lot more organized than he admittedly was. “Fine, you win. It can have its uses.”

Aqua turned her head to him, giving him a grin that reminded him of when they used to spend all day outside adventuring in the forests, of the stories they told each other late at night under the stars, it reminded him of home. This was his home, with her, it would always be with her.

She gestured for the plate again and Terra had to remember where he was and what he was doing. He reached for it, passing it to her, but her other hand was at his lips, holding up a piece of bacon. Aqua took the plate while he took the bacon, biting into it with a crunch. She lingered for a moment, watching him with the same smile on her lips. Maybe after everything they went through, both during those twelve years and the weeks after, maybe she could feel what he felt; the reminders of the past as they lived their lives together again but new in a way, different, better even. He might’ve even asked her if the door hadn’t swung open.

“Morning, Masters!” Xion smiled as she waved both her hands at them.

He probably wouldn’t have asked Aqua, but there was a part of him that wanted to. Maybe that alone was a sign of improvement; that he even felt good enough to even want to know how she really felt.  

“Good morning,” Aqua said, scooping the eggs onto the plate to pass back to Terra.

He glanced over to the door as he popped the rest of his bacon in his mouth, raising his hand in a silent greeting to both Xion and Roxas, who was trailing behind and looking significantly less perky than Xion did.

The toaster dinged as they pulled out seats from the small table.

Aqua looked over to Terra probably to ask if he could get it but he was already moving that way. He grabbed a plate off the counter and pulled the hot toast out. They were still a little short, so they’d need to toast more. As if reading his mind, Aqua tossed him the bag of bread she had near her. He caught it, setting to the new task.

It was hard at first, when they came home. Terra was afraid too much damage was done, that he and Aqua would never operate how they used to, how they knew to read each other so well words weren’t always needed, the trust that came with that. It took a little bit, but every day he felt his relationship with her improve and that was enough to be thankful for.

Once he pressed the toaster on again he turned back to Aqua, but she was busy humming to herself as she cooked up more eggs and bacon. He vaguely recognized the tune but he couldn’t place it. Instead he looked over to Roxas and Xion who were lounging at the table while they waited. She was showing Roxas something on her phone, her voice quiet but still pretty peppy for the hour. Roxas on the other hand had his head on the table as he sleepily tried to follow what she was saying.

Boy, wasn’t that a familiar image.

“Please tell me breakfast is ready.” The door swung open, though it was always hard to miss Lea any time he made his entrance. He was also still in his pajamas, his read hair tied back for the time being.

“Morning to you too,” Terra snorted.

“I mean it as my most sincere good morning, especially to the beautiful chef.” He reached over to rub at both Roxas and Xion’s heads. “Morning, squirts.”

Roxas grunted in response while Xion laughed looking up from her phone as Lea flopped down in the chair across from them. That only left one judging by Aqua’s message of who was here today.

“Terra, would you mind?” Aqua asked, holding out the plate of eggs.

“Got it.” He grabbed it moving to place it on the table. “Would one of you mind setting the table?”

“I can,” Xion said, placing her phone down so she could stand up.

Terra reached over her head to grab the plate of bacon Aqua was holding out to him; though not before slipping another piece in his mouth.

“I saw that,” Aqua said, though she wasn’t looking at him, opening the oven door to check on whatever was in there.

“Where’s blondie?” Lea asked, stretching his arms over his head.

“His door was still closed when we walked by,” Roxas said, though his head was on the table so it was a little mumbled.

The oven went off as Aqua pulled out the bread pan that was in there, the sweet but spicy smell of cinnamon filling the air. She left it on the oven top to cool but she must’ve seen him watching her because she looked over to him.

“What?” she asked. “Didn’t think I remember?”

It was an innocent comment but it made a smile pull at his lips. He opened his mouth to say something, anything about how it meant a lot she remembered but the toaster dinged and Xion was scurrying around him with a stack of plates and glasses. There were only three more people on a daily basis, even more than that on the days the other kids visited; still, the extra people caused a new level of chaos sometimes.

He reached over to pull out the toast dropping it on the plate with the others.

“Sorry, am I late?” Ven yawned, though Terra hadn’t even heard Ven come in the room.

“As per usual,” Lea said.

When Terra turned back to plate the plate of toast on the table Ven was sitting down, another yawn on his lips as Lea reached up to push at Ven’s head.

“Where’s Chirithy, Ven?” Aqua asked, scooping the steaming bread from the pan.

“Sleeping,” he answered. “Like I wish I still was.”

“You’re all so dramatic. It’s not that early.”

“Says you,” Terra snorted, reaching for the plate that had the newly sliced bread on it.

Aqua pulled it away from him, a knowing look in her eyes. “It won’t make it to the table if I let you take it.” She gestured to the fridge instead as she moved around him to get to where everyone was already sitting.

He rolled his eyes but she still knew what she meant. He reached in to grab the glass of orange juice, as well as the jam and butter; at least by the time he turned back to the table it was time to eat. He placed the items down and took the empty seat at the end.

Coffee, why didn’t he think of making any? He needed that more than ever if this day was going to be as long as Aqua said it was. He pushed himself away, about to stand up when a steaming mug was placed down in front of him. Terra looked up as Aqua sat down next to him, placing her own coffee in front of her; the only difference being his was black and hers probably had enough sugar to wake up everyone in this room.

“Thanks,” he said, unable to keep from feeling the smile from pulling at his lips.

Aqua hummed in response but the small smile was all he needed.

“Pass the orange juice, please,” Ven asked as Xion was done pouring hers.

“Only if you pass the jam.”

“Got it!”

“Hey, Rox, lift your head, you’re drooling on the table,” Lea said, and judging by the way the table shifted slightly also must’ve nudged Roxas in the legs.

“Coffee, first,” he said, but did pick up his head, hand weakly reaching for some bacon.

“What? Wanna stay shortstuff your whole life?”

“I’m not short! You’re unnaturally tall.”

“Everyone eat the eggs too,” Aqua said as she pulled her phone from her pajama pants pocket, placing it on the table next to her plate.

Terra leaned back with his coffee, opting to wait for the kids to fill up their plates; he didn’t need to lose any fingers today. Aqua seemed to do the same, taking careful sips from her mug as she watched on.

“Don’t you dare eat all of that bread,” Terra said seeing Lea take more than one piece.

Ven snickered while he piled some eggs on his plate to appease Aqua. “Terra is serious when it comes to Aqua’s baking.”

Xion giggled into her orange juice glass and Terra tried to ignore the heat rising to his face at being called out by teenagers.

He cleared his throat instead, noticing Aqua was watching him from the corner of her eyes. “You’ve eaten plenty of things she’s baked, do you blame me?”

Ven paused for a second, just long enough for Roxas to reach over and steal a piece of bacon off Ven’s plate. “Hey!” he snorted. “Get your own.”

“Roxas, please eat something other than bacon,” Aqua tried again, but he listened, reaching for a piece of toast and eyeing the jam still in Xion’s hands.

Terra’s phone buzzed in his pocket, making him reach in to pull it out as everyone who regularly needed his attention was sitting at this table. He glanced at the screen though it wasn’t really anything, just a late notification that Xion posted a picture to their group feed. It usually wasn’t anything serious, just people updating each other with what they were doing or where they were.

Since the kids were still digging into the food, he tapped on the screen, opening the feed up. Xion’s post was from a little earlier, the sunrise outside her window. She had some sweet words to say at the bottom about how pretty it was. Since he had nothing else to while he waited he let his thumb scroll down the screen bringing up more pictures.

Aqua’s hands were near his plate, placing a piece of bread there. Terra looked up to thank her but she was already gathering food for herself. He placed the mug down and replaced it with the warm bread that tasted as good as it smelt. He tried to focus on the pictures he scrolled by like Kairi taking a selfie with Riku in Radiant Garden as they worked on their mission or Lea posting a picture of Roxas passed out on the couch last night teasing him about his particularly long training day or Isa tagging his friends in a selfie with that ice cream they adored probably to make them jealous or Ven sharing his late night snack from last night that looked more like a repeat of dinner than a snack. But Terra found it hard not to savor the soft bread, the memories of watching Aqua bake as he sat up on the counter trying to carve something into a bit of wood. He could barely think of something that didn’t have memories attached to her, and he always knew he’d never want it to be any other way. He just wasn’t exactly sure how to say that, if he even had the right to say that.

He popped the last bit of bread in his mouth as he continued to look down at his phone, knowing it was better than letting those thoughts linger. He was about to put it down and get his own food but he stopped when he saw Aqua’s face looking back up at him from his screen. It had to have been from yesterday since she was outside with the blue sky and sun shining in the background. She had the phone tilted so she could both get herself and one of the flower gardens in it. He recognized it easily, it was the one Master Eraqus used to take care of, where he would go to relax or take them for lessons if the day was particularly nice. Aqua started to take care of it when they got back, maybe as some way to make things seem normal again at first but now judging by the smile on her face and the glimmer in her eyes it was more of a pleasurable thing for her. Clearly, she was proud of her work.

Terra made a note to go out there next time she was working and make sure he complimented her on it, but for now he pressed his thumb against the button that would add another like to the ones that were already there under her picture. He didn’t usually interact even that much, just choosing to look when he felt like it but for her, he made an exception.

His plate slid closer to him, this time with much more food on it. Terra placed his phone down with just enough time to see her hands moving back to her own food. “Thanks,” he said, reaching for the first piece of bacon he saw.

Aqua was carefully eating her eggs but she waved him off, eyes drifting to her phone as it lit up.

The kids were still talking amongst themselves, Roxas looking at least a little more alive now that he was nearly done with his toast, watching the uneaten bread on Lea’s plate and clearly trying to gauge if he would catch Roxas taking it or not. Ven was at least attempting to eat the eggs as he held his phone up in his other hand, eyes reading over something.

Aqua’s fork hit the plate a little too loudly making Terra look back to her, making sure everything was okay. She seemed to be alright as she looked at her screen, but her eyes were wide before a smile started to pull at her lips. He almost wanted to know what she was looking at with the way her smile was so soft, eyes bright in what seemed like a sort of adoration. Terra didn’t want to nose into her business, but he did happen to see the picture he was just looking at on her phone. Maybe she got a nice comment or something, which was good; he wanted to see her happy like that all the time.

Even as he watched her he still couldn’t believe after everything she went through, the things she suffered she still could manage to to smile like that, to have her face light up at the simplest things. Yet here she was a ray of sunshine in every room she went, making him believe that everything would be okay again. He wasn’t even sure he had a word to describe how beautiful of a person she was, how she always was. Even though it had been in the heat of the moment, and the height of every emotion he had felt, he meant what he said the first time he saw her again; he couldn’t remember a time she wasn’t the brightest light in his life.

Terra didn’t realize the kids went quiet till Ven started choking back his laughter. Terra glanced away from Aqua but no one was looking at him. He went back to grab the buttered toast on his plate, taking a bite out of it as Ven was placing his phone back on the table. He was absolutely trying hard not to laugh, which was suspicious in its own right, but maybe someone just sent him something funny.

Lea had his phone up to his face, eating another piece of bacon while Roxas made the dive for the cinnamon bread; not fast enough as Lea quickly hit Roxas’ hand making the blond retreat with a groan. “Well,” Lea said, placing his phone back down. “Nice knowing you, Ven, you had a good life.”

Xion had one hand over her mouth as she stared at her own screen, though she was grinning. “Ven,” she gasped.

“What?” he asked, trying to look innocent but instead he looked like he was about to burst into hysterics. “I’m not wrong.”

“What did you do?” Terra asked, arching his eyebrows.

Ven merely shook his head. “Nothing.”

Roxas peered over to Xion’s phone, choking when he saw whatever they were all looking at. “Holy shit, you’re going to get killed.”

“Roxas,” Aqua warned, but it lacked any sort of force probably because she was more curious as to what Ven did.

Terra always found it a little funny when she corrected any of the kids’ harsher language since she was the one who used to curse the most in training. His phone vibrated next to him so he took another bite of his toast before looking over. Terra probably should’ve known better when he saw Ven tagged Terra in a picture but he still opened it up anyways. He figured it was maybe just something stupid, some funny joke poking fun as Ven was known to do.

Terra bit into the last bit of his toast just in time to see his own face, same clothes he was wearing right now, plate still full of food. It had to have only been taken moments ago since his eyes were still watching Aqua. She looked the same as she did when she was staring at her phone, smile and bright eyes even visible in the picture. What he hadn’t noticed, what made him ultimately choke on the bread he was trying to eat, was the way he was looking at her. If he thought she was watching her phone was adoration it was nothing to how he was looking at her, complete with the sappiest smile Terra wasn’t even aware he was capable of making.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, the caption was.

@terra hasn’t stopped looking at her like that since we got home :P

Terra wanted to snap his head up and tell Ventus that absolutely wasn’t the truth, but in all honesty it probably was. Terra did lift his head trying desperately to ignore the heat that was crawling up to every crevice of his face only to see Ven shoveling the rest of his food into his mouth.

“I get the shower first!” he said, effectively booking out the room as fast as he could. Smart kid.

Terra was pretty sure he couldn’t look at Aqua now even if he wanted to but he was aware she was still looking at her phone.

“You sure you and Ven aren’t related?” Lea asked, breaking the other piece of cinnamon on bread in half.

“Yes, why?” Terra said, clearing his throat so that his voice actually came out.

“Cause he’s about as close to as an annoying little sibling as you can get.”

“How would you know?” Xion asked.

Lea passed the other half of the bread to Roxas, who happily took it, before Lea leaned in as he stood up from the table. “Cause I have two of them.”

Xion and Roxas made some whining noises, though his was a little more muffled.

Lea gave them a wink before heading to the door. “See you in a little bit,” he said waving absent mindedly, the other two scrambling to follow him; probably to tease him right back.

Then it was just Terra and Aqua, and he pretty much wanted to sink right down into the ground. He didn’t really have any excuses and the explanation was something he wasn’t quite ready to address head on but he also couldn’t just sit here in awkward silence with his best friend; that was somehow worse.

He looked over to her, just as she was glancing up at him. Terra opened his mouth to say something but she didn’t really seem mad or anything. She was surprised maybe and her cheeks were also a little red, like she was embarrassed about it too.

“Ah,” he said, tapping his fingers against his legs. “I was just…wondering what you were looking at, you know…” He gestured to her phone like that explained what he was trying to say. “It seemed to make you happy.” Terra probably shouldn’t be invading her privacy if he already embarrassed her, but no other words wanted to come.

“Oh,” she squeaked slightly. She reached up to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear looking away from him. “It was just…you…well, you’ve never liked one of my pictures before. It surprised me, but it also made me happy, is all.”

Terra blinked at her. None of that was anything he was expecting, that it was something he did that made her smile like that. He spent time wondering if he missed his chance at making her happy, that he could even still do so after everything that happened but that something so small made her face light up made him feel like maybe he was wrong.

Maybe these phones weren’t as bad as he thought they were.

Even though he still felt like his stomach was in his throat he picked his phone up, finding the camera and flipping it to face him like he saw the others do. Terra leaned in slightly to her, hoping his intentions were clear.

A smile pulled at her lips, and she leaned in to meet him, her cheek so close to his he could almost feel her grin. He held the phone up, trying to find the right angle on the screen; if he was doing it poorly Aqua never told him. Terra snapped the picture and leaned back to his chair while Aqua laughed lightly.

“What are you going to do to him?” she asked.

“Oh, you’ll see.” Terra stared at the picture on his screen, both his and her faces, both smiles; happy, they looked happy. That’s all he ever wanted, was for her to have everything she wanted. He knew she made him happier than he knew how to say. If he somehow made her happy still, then he’d do so every single day until he built up his courage to tell her that she had always been his world.

Terra watched the picture as it posted to his feed.

Aqua must’ve got the notification because she snorted in laughter, eyes bright when she looked up. “I like that picture of us.”

He couldn’t help the smile on his lips, maybe it was still really sappy but he didn’t quite have it in his heart to care right now. “Me too.”

@ventus just wait till it’s your turn for training today, buddy, we’re going to make it real fun.

[nadziejastar]

I was really bugged by the RAX reunion in KH3. It treated them like the shining BBFs everyone seems to remember them as instead of the dysfunctional group where everyone had issues that they were in Days. Isa being accepted by Roxas and Xion despite not having a proper apology, let alone a competent redemption arc seems like an extension of that mindset. They ignore the actual history of the characters in favor of cutting to eating ice cream together without addressing anything

Me too. I feel the exact same way. It felt SO lame and unsatisfying to me. I definitely got the feeling that KH3 was mainly concerned with pandering, not good storytelling. And since the Seasalt trio is so popular, they didn’t care about how they were characterized, or trying to do any of the characters justice. Look at part of a private message I just got from someone:

“As for the LeaIsa relationship, alas, many lovers of their couple and Saix /Isa fans would not like to see more content with Lea x Isa, Saix will always be in a losing position before the same Roxas, which, besides two blades, has interesting character and story. Saix, even now, is considered by some to be a boring character, which no longer makes it so popular. SeaSaltTrio will always be the main trio in the franchise because of their popularity, however I also don’t want to think because KH3 hinted at the further development of Isa and Lea, however I still doubt that he will have the same role in the story as Lea, unless of course also will not give keyblade.”

See, here we are. This person is telling me that Roxas is more popular, so I should stop caring about a “boring” character like Saix. No one likes him. Obviously Roxas is soo much more interesting. I mean, he has TWO Keyblades, ya know? And the Seasalt trio are just more popular, so I guess I shouldn’t care that KH3′s story was poorly handled. And I shouldn’t care that Lea was not written in a realistic manner that did justice to his tragic backstory. I should just be happy that he hugged Roxas and Xion and ate ice cream with them, because that’s going to fix all of his issues. 

I actually liked Roxas and Xion in Days. I’m playing it again right now, actually. And I still like them. But I hate the fandom version of them, and I hate the KH3 version of them. And Saix is a Xehanort clone, LOL. That was SO obvious to me the entire time I played. It’s not fair to compare him to Roxas and Xion, who aren’t. 

“Well, I would not say that Isa and Saix are too different. Isa still had a sharp tongue and could even say caustic and offensive phrases even from evil, but because of the lack of heart in Saix, these qualities simply found an even more negative trait.”

This person thinks Isa and Saix are no different. Isa is sarcastic, so that means him being EVIL is totally in-character. One scene where he teases Lea and calls him a loser makes him evil. I guess Ventus is evil because Zack said to come back when he’s a true hero. And Ventus joked how that means never coming back. Isa only got one scene where he wasn’t possessed by Xehanort. How can you even judge him like that?

I can’t believe so many people actually didn’t see Saix as another Xehanort. It’s honestly mind-boggling to me. It was just THAT obvious. The way KH3 downplayed Isa’s possession, was insulting to the audience’s intelligence. Is KH3 actually an accurate depiction of how the fandom interpreted Isa? Is that how we ended up with the abomination in KH3? I honestly don’t know. But if it is, Jesus Christ…

“I don’t know where you saw the similarities between Ven and Roxas, but Ventus is shown as a cute and friendly guy who even during UX events was a pacifist and a good boy. Roxas, on the other hand, even has anti-heroic features, a serious and silent character.”

Yet, this person sees NO similarities between Roxas and Ventus. LOL! Stuff like this makes me so exasperated with the KH fandom at times. I don’t know what game they played, but I played 358/2 Days. And Roxas was a cute innocent kid like 99% of time. He was angry at the end of the game. But he wasn’t an anti-hero. I think that’s the fandom’s head-canon of him. But that was NOT what I saw of him in Days.

[luxsea]

For the character ask, ven and riku!! 😆💖💖

*axel voice* two? >:Oand youre hittin me with my faves too oh boythis is a bit long and ranty so im putting it under a read more

ven

How I feel about this character: ohhhhhhhh thats my boy right there. thats my ultimate comfort character, my son, my stars, i really really love him a lot, can you tell? idk why im so drawn to him, i guess hes kinda the goal of how i wanna be as a person, kind hearted, strong willed, a great sleeper. i just think hes neat

All the people I ship romantically with this character: absolutely no one idk thats just how it is. i think its bc of his weird transcending age and i see the heart hotel as fam 

My non-romantic OTP for this character: ive fabricated the perfect dream friendship that is ventus and roxas but nomura teased it and left it out just to spite me. ive got so many headcanons i need fulfilled, all the mischief and the pranks, the identity crisis talk, anything, WORDS, not this blank stare secret telepathic convo 

My unpopular opinion about this character: im guilty of callin him a baby i guess but i get it, its fun and harmless but people do infantilize him in a way and that does.. shadow parts of his character. he’s a complex character just like everyone else. hes really cute and sweet but also devoted, brave, self-sacrificing and rlly badass. like, i never believed in the whole traiter ven theory but i did rlly like it bc it was like the first time i saw ppl putting him in a more serious light… even if it was kinda fucked up. i do think the way terra and aqua treat him sometimes with their whole older sibling/parental role is why ppl see him as such a kid. even tho he’s technically grandpa with amnesia and eternal youth. i love kingdom hearts.  

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: besides the roxas interaction, idk, im just..this sounds weird but im glad my fave is a character that is certain to have a future in the series. im just so excited for him, to learn even more about him and to see him grow, learn about his past, deal with the trauma of being in every keyblade war ever.. ouch. hmm i do want them to address his pure heart, bc technically he’s a prince of heart then? not even sora is like that, with all the darkness extracted out of him into another person. they gotta touch on that more. also more vanitas interactions that go farther than what we got in kh3.

reeku

How I feel about this character: top 10 anime crushes, i wish i was joking but whenever i think of him i cant help but remember when i was like 8 playing kh1, i would restart my ps2 over and over just to rewatch the opening and see him. i had such a huge crush on him and i still do. hes another big comfort character. also i think hes the most well written kingdom hearts character. i could literally write a book on him but i wont. yet.All the people I ship romantically with this character: im diehard soriku endgame actually, i have never invested more brain power and love into a ship as i have with this one, it just brings me so much comfort and joy and everything about it is so tender, sweet and devoted. it doesnt matter how you see it, they love each other so much and that love is the power that keeps the series going, the motivation to protect one another, to yearn to grow to love. i m gay. My non-romantic OTP for this character: oh gosh i might just list a few. rikus a bit complicated bc most of his relationships with others havent developed far so ill just list some interactions i wish to see more of. kairi!! i long for the bond they used to have in kh1, roxas, i find this one funny but they could bond so much after the loss of sora, xion too!! i loved their interactions in days i need more, namine too. mike mouse! thats his dad,, theres a lot more i just rlly want riku to have more friends he deserves all the loveMy unpopular opinion about this character: idk if this is unpopular but these are hot takes i see that kinda make me lose my mind. ppl thinking he has no room for more character development? that his story is over, that he should have actually died in kh3 bc hes done, as if thats what you do for a character once theyve been developed past a certain point, it just makes no sense really and it seems ppl have other motivations for these opinions like they wanna get rid of him bc they fear how far he will go in a way. real bad takes. im one of those ppl that believe riku is gay, theres not beating around it thats just how it is. there is no convincing me otherwise. also i want him to grow his hair out again.One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: he has reached the height of just one phase of personal growth and development. his story is far from over, there are still open ends with him, secrets he is keeping, things the series CONSTANTLY is hinting at. ofc, i want a soriku confession, some kind of openness of their feelings or at least some kind of adressessing of how much they care about each other. tho i dont wanna let myself down for future games, i know for certain there will be plenty more surprises. 

[squiishiichaos]

How I Would Revise KH3

I’ve seen quite a few of these going around since the game was released, and I thought of waiting to release it, but  since it’s already written--these are just some ideas from one writer to the fandom of changes I, personally, would’ve made in order to make KH3 more epic than it turned out to be. 

Please Note: SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

1.  I’m sure a lot of people took issue with the teasing Sora took early on from his friends, not to mention the scolding he got from Yen Sid, but it actually sets up nice for scenes later on, explains the Odd Behavior of the Organization toward Sora in this game, and really could’ve been used for some great character and relationship development. 

Because after being almost Norted in 3Ds, I believe our Golden Boy would likely have some issues he needs to work through.  Beyond getting back all of his main character super powers and becoming the next New True Keyblade Master, he almost became one of the Organization.   That has to be a hit for someone who has spent the last 9 games practically the poster boy for Guardian of Light. 

Having him feel self-doubt and evolving that for the fights later on in the game would have made him feel less flat as a protagonist. 

Especially when we have Marluxia and Larxene showing up everywhere, basically ignoring him like a flea, and telling him, “we’re not here for you.”  After all the threat he’s posed to them--after knowing he’s part of the many lights gathering for their clash at the final battle--you’d imagine that they’d be more inclined to engage him and give him a better reason to fight than, “oh, these princesses here may be made of Light, we’re not really sure and we’re kinda just seeing how it goes down.”

Have Sora feel the impact of those interactions.  Like, “I’m not even worth their time,” level impact. Hell, have a scene in the gummi ship post world, calling up Kairi on his new phone, saying, “Hey!” And have her immediately dropping the smile she got, putting on a face and asking, “Sora, what’s wrong?”  When he tries to say, “I’m fine!” and dismiss it, have her tell him he’s not.  Say, “you wouldn’t be calling me if you were.”   

Have Sora try to call Riku and not be able to get ahold of him.  Just dialing and dialing and dialing, and him feeling neglected and abandoned.  Have Kairi speak to Riku on the phone, because it just so happens to be during one of their breaks in the Dark Realm, and her discussing Sora’s odd behavior.  Make them care, damn you!

*AHEM* Moving on...

2. Riku & Mickey save Aqua early on.  Like, I’m talking Prologue level, KHII.9 early on. 

In the realm of darkness, when they run into the Demon tide, after Riku escapes because of his Replica and Mickey gets trounced, have Aqua appear as the master of those Heartless. 

Since Mickey is hurt, Riku fights in his place and gets walloped after a short playable fight where you get her to half-lifebar and it ends.

As Aqua goes to finish him off--because new keyblades are hard--Mickey shouts out, “Aqua, don’t!  Think of your friends!”

As Aqua gives her monologue about being abandoned and forgotten and alone, have him go, “No one’s forgotten you!  Ven and Terra still need you!” 

“Need me?  Where were they when I needed them?!  Where were you?!  You don’t know what this pain I feel is like--to be forgotten and dismissed--none of you do!” 

Then have Riku chime in, “I do.”  As he stands up and readies his keyblade for another battle, have him stare her down and say, “I once gave up everyone I cared about for Darkness, and I struggle every day to keep it at bay.  But in every darkness, there’s an even stronger light. If you won’t fight the darkness yourself, then I’ll fight it for you!” 

After you finish the initial battle, instead of immediately getting back her light, the duo subdues her and they bring her back to the realm of light. 

Have a Futaba (obligatory Persona 5 reference, sorry) moment for Aqua.  Let her ascent back to Light mean something!

At first, she feels like she failed Ventus and Terra.   Nothing anyone says can help that.  And they all are trying to get ahold of Sora, but he’s busy and he needs to be there!   When he finally answers his phone in the gummiship, Riku tells him the good news and he hops back to the Tower. 

When he arrives, Ven’s heart reacts to Aqua and she immediately reacts.  But Mickey, Axel and Kairi don’t know.  They’re still riding on the moment Aqua smiled for the first time because she found out that Kairi was okay!  That she’d done something right!  Maybe she wasn’t a failure?

But then Sora walks in, and she does not trust him.  He looks like Vanitas and that face haunts her.  After all that darkness, she can’t see him--she only sees those glowing yellow eyes and that sardonic smirk, and it takes all of them holding her back to keep her from casting anything more than a measly couple of low level spells at him before they all tell her it’s okay!  That it’s Sora, the key to Ventus’s awakening.

And Aqua goes up to him, and they’re both apprehensive, but eventually she takes a nice long look, sees through the mirage and smiles, tearfully, at him. 

They agree to go help Ventus while Mickey and Riku stay behind to help train Kairi and Axel.

****Before we continue, I need to make a minor addendum here.  

No Hyperbolic Time Island bullshit for Kairi and Axel.  

They are on the fucking ropes to get ready for this shit.  Thrown into the literal fucking fire, training day in and day out every second of every day to get ready for the throw down they’re now part of.  

Every previous cutscene of them is more emotional because they’re exhausted, slouching against a rock, a wall, a chair, a fucking bed!  They don’t even know what time it is, but they’re sitting there, chatting away and crying because this is the hardest they have worked in ages, and they don’t know if they can do it anymore.  Merlin is merciless.  Yen Sid is biting.  They are on a crunch and there is no time for playing around!  

****Make those scenes so much better for everyone.  They were wonderful, their interactions, but make them real, fuckers!  This is a warzone, and this isn’t DBZ!

*AHEM*

3.  Aqua awakens Ventus. 

After her and Sora find Ven, they begin a ritual of waking, but Vanitas feels Ventus’s heart pulsating inside Sora and he attacks.  Sora tells Aqua to keep reaching for the connection while he holds him off. 

Obviously, Sora gets his ass kicked.  Absolutely destroyed. 

Aqua steps in to protect Sora/Ven, and kicks the ever loving shit of Vanitas, but then he fakes his defeat and sneaks up on them as they rush to finish the waking. 

As Vanitas goes to strike Aqua, the last vestige of Ven inside Sora commands the teen around and gives him one deciding blow before his heart exits Sora and leaves for its home.  Vanitas--knowing he’s finished here--leaves, promising them the fight of their lives come their next meeting. 

Ventus awakens and him and Aqua share a cute scene where Aqua tells him she’s sorry for being late and failing to protect him.  Ventus is just like, “Aqua...it’s alright.  You saved me, and now, we can find Terra together!”

Sora breaks the mood when he swoops in, and Ventus goes apeshit (because it was his heart reacting, not his actual conscious >.>)!  Fucking pulls out his keyblade, ready to put down Vanitas for the last time, but Aqua is like, whoa, it’s just Sora!  He’s been keeping you safe in his heart this whole time!

And Sora, confused, is like...the fuck?

So, Aqua suggests he go back alone and they’ll follow along soon enough.

4.  Back at the tower, Riku asks Sora how it went, and Sora recounts his near death experience at the hands of Ventus while Riku is like, Darkness plays tricks on people, as does sleep.  Give them time, they’ll pull through. 

5. Now, with 2 out of 3 found, Roxas and Namine (and Xion) still missing, it is crunch time, people!   So, I had a few playable options I thought up.

First off: Yen Sid’s tower becomes a hub world.  If you leave the hub, you can fly off as Sora to do the Disney worlds and restore balance and peace while he continues to level up his Main Character Plot Armor Powers.

Second Choice:  You can choose to bring Riku or Mickey with you on these missions, but they’re just kinda there as links.  Like, the Sora, Donald and Goofy screen time should not be revoked, so they’re kind of just finisher commands that show up randomly while the 2 of them are doing recon on the Organization. 

Third Choice: You can play as Kairi and Axel and spend ludicrous hours trying to beat Aqua and Ventus while running for your goddamn life at Yen Sid’s tower.   Legitimately, I’m talking, Beginning of Birth By Sleep and KH1 style battles.  You get a potion or something if you win, and you can kick ass as everyone’s 2 favorite Redheads.  *BONUS* Kairi finally gets to be a badass.

6. Once all the remaining Disney worlds are complete, we get to the FINAL PART: 

7. PREPARATION TIME, BABY!

For starters, Nomura, show them, ya know, actually preparing!

Ven and Aqua, sweating, clearly having just finished sparring or practicing magic and shit, talk about Terra and have their Wayfinder Moment.  I liked their dialogue choices here, so, keep those the same, just make it feel more excited and build the anticipation!

Axel sits on his tower, his new clothes beside him as he contemplates the fact he’s almost earned them.  Saix shows up and that all happens, with Axel calling his keyblade on him, and Saix being like, “Yeah, okay, save it for the morning, when you’re at your best.”  With a sidelong look at the suitcase he’s clearly ignoring. 

Donald and Goofy practice together, and the King arrives to commend them on all their hard work.  To be honest, I don’t even remember if there’s a scene between the three of them here, and if there is, cool!  If not, then, shit, put one in.  

Now.  The big shit. 

The Destiny Trio.

We cut to them all sparring on the shores of Destiny Islands.  Kairi has learned a thing or two from Aqua, but she also packs a real punch.  Riku utilizes his dark flare and other like abilities to enhance their light and build resistance to such attacks--teach them how to prepare.   Sora is his normal badass self, dodging, attacking, and being a good sport.   Mind you, this probably all devolves at some point into a fucking hysterical mess when Kairi drenches the boys with Waterza (which she just learned, the badass), and Sora tackles her into the Ocean as payback while Riku tries really, really hard not to die of laughter. 

After they’ve recovered, Riku excuses himself to sit on the beach so he can have his little chat with Repliku while Kairi and Sora go over to the tree and talk.   

When Kairi grabs the Paopu fruit, it’s just one--because it says share a paopu fruit, not two, you dipshits--and Sora was about to reach for it, too.  The two share a smile as they’re like, “This way, no matter what happens tomorrow, we’ll always have each other.”  

They share it, and then Riku--who is a fucking ninja, apparently--shows up and places a hand on both of their shoulders like, “It’s about fucking time.”   Sora and Kairi share a impish little smile and together, they hold up the shared Paopu to him.  He’s at first taken aback, but he softly smiles and the SCENE ENDS!

8. In the Keyblade Graveyard (I swear I’m almost done), here are the changes I’d make.

First off, when everyone is attacked and whisked off and Sora finally gets that moment where the self-doubt reaches its final form, have him, I dunno, react to losing his friends before Kairi!  Like, calling out names and reaching for them and growing increasingly terrified!   Especially after he just watched all his friends get wrecked by Terranort. 

I would completely erase the Final World Bullshit, because it felt like they just put it in there as a way to explain the fact Sora’s story was coming to an end and Kairi heart stuff when they didn’t know how else to do it, and that just felt sad.  BUT IF I MUST KEEP IT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY, then I propose that you don’t talk to Namine in the land of the Dead.  You instead talk to Chirithy and Strelitzia or whoever the fuck the other chick was, and then you gather yourself together and Sora tells Chirithy, “my friends are calling me back!  I have to go help them!”  While Digimon’s Kairi is like, “yeah, cool, but if you die again, ain’t no one coming up here to save you, dude, so don’t be fucking stupid.”

Since Riku has natural resistance to Darkness (thanks to his backstory) and Kairi is apparently God in this game, Sora only saves Donald and Goofy while they save Ventus, Aqua, Axel and Mickey separately.   Then, together, the whole group goes back to the graveyard, and instead of going through fucking time travel paradoxes that make no goddamn sense, Nomura, the characters regroup and are like, “okay, now, it’s time for the final showdown!”

9. The Gauntlet of Endless Cutscenes

Riku beats up fake Riku himself without Sora, but Sora shows up in the end to help hold off Xigbar while Repliku tears fake Riku apart for the whole Namine scene.  Sora is like, “you good, bro?” and Riku’s like, “Sure, gonna go kill Ansem,” and they part ways. 

Aqua and Ventus beat up Terranort themselves.  They are the ones who release his soul back to his body as Sora arrives to provide backup against Vanitas.   Terra, Ven and Aqua fight Vanitas while they tell Sora to go assist the others. 

Axel and Kairi fight together--for real, though.

Give these 2 badass Redheads the chance to kick some serious ass against Xion and Saix.

Sora arrives and they’re both worn out because they’re new to this and keyblades are hard, so he wards off Xion until Saix does his thing, then the rest is PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, except Kairi doesn’t get kidnapped. 

Because Roxas, Xion, and Sora stop that shit in their tracks (because I want Kairi to be the Touched by Fire badass she always deserved to be, dammit), but when they fail, Kairi swings at him and Xemnas does his teleportation bullshit and knocks her out because, goddammit, she did her best!

Xion and Roxas tell Sora to go while they beat down Saix, and then there’s the Sea Salt trio’s reunion. 

Sora goes to Riku and Mickey (I skipped him because Mickey needs no one’s help, and I would assume Sora went there first to help him and he was like, “the fuck?  I don’t need you!  Go assist everyone else, ya dunce!”), and when he tells them that Xemnas took Kairi, Riku chastises him for his sloppiness. 

Together, they defeat Ansem, Xemnas and Young Xehanort, after which, when Xehanort pulls out Kairi, we get a blast to the past of BBS while the 3 of them try to get her back without delay.  But, Xehanort uses his newly forged no name keys to hold them off while he imbues Kairi with a piece of himself for the final showdown (Because I think DarkKairi is the only way you can kill her and it be okay.  Also, they did hint at the whole princesses of light choose the light bullshit in the Disney worlds, so fuck it, if Nomura can’t keep his canon right, fuck you, I don’t have to keep it right, either, so there.)

This leads to Sora refusing to fight another of his friends, because he has done enough of that in this revised version, and dammit, he can’t do it again!  So, Riku does it for him, because he won’t let anyone else he cares about fall to the darkness. 

But he gets his ass handed to him.  Sora, seeing this, has to fight.  Like the Brother My Brother scene from Pokemon the First Movie (may it rest in peace).  

After the ensuing melee forges the final key--because who the fuck needs Xehanort, am I right?--Xehanort (hah) goes to put an end to Riku and Sora, but Kairi steps in and protects them, sacrificing herself in the process.   

Devastated, Sora goes after Xehanort while Riku stays behind with the other warriors to stop Kingdom Hearts. 

Shit pans out as seen, and after the final battle, Sora mourns Kairi and says he’s gonna go find her.  Shit pans out as seen and Riku still tells them to let him go, but he also leaves him with a snarky, “and if you get lost again, I’ll just pull you out like I always do,” roll of the eyes and everything. 

BRO HUGS FOR EVERYONE!

10.  Okay, so the Ending. 

Everything is the same, except that Kairi and Sora both disappear as Riku leaves the others behind on the beach to go see them.  Leaning against the branch they sat on, he picks up a fallen paopu, looks off into the distance and there’s a glimmer in his eye before the screen

Cuts

To 

Black

ROLL CREDITS!

[yo-namine]

Last KH3 playthrough post! Endgame spoilers are below the cut.

Just a warning: This post is REALLY long and contains, um… opinions.

I’m glad the final battle trailer scenes happen right off the bat. I had no idea what would come next, and it made the experience that much more interesting.

Why do none of these keyslingers know how to block? First Aqua tries to shield Ven with her own body, then Sora does the same for Kairi. Just hit square, guys.

ZETTAFLARE DONALD ILU SO MUCH

The way Riku and Aqua stepped up to Sora’s side made me think they were going to be party members in another demon tide battle, but nope. Boo.

I’m surprised that Aqua just… let the demon tide take her? What the hell?

Sora loses Kairi, Donald, and Goofy and just… crumbles. He completely gives up and says it’s all over. Riku almost starts to try to soothe him, but instead, he gets up, tells Sora that he knows that’s bullshit, and then faces off against the demon tide (which was polite enough to wait for Sora and Riku to finish their conversation before attacking, by the way). It’s like a moment of tough love, and it’s actually what I was expecting Roxas to do back when I assumed he would be the one to show up in the Graveyard and pull Sora back on his feet. I wasn’t expecting a bunch of reassurances like “no, you’re not worthless, we can still do this, everything will be okay” but rather, “Get up, we’re not finished here.”

So Riku confronts the heartless and Sora just… watches in horror as they take him, too. And he doesn’t even fight back when they turn and come for him. And then the screen cuts to black and shows the final line of the prophecy, and… That was a really effective way to end that scene. Damn.

Yeah, I don’t know how to play chess, but I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to just conjure extra pieces from thin air, Eraqus. That was a nice line from him, though, about light from the past. Like, “The light doesn’t need time travel bullshit to kick your ass because HEARTS.”

Sora fucking died. Sora actually, literally fucking died. He goes to the Final World because he died. Holy shit.

The Final World is beautiful, and the music is lovely, too. The first thing I did after getting control again was take some selfies of dead Sora, ngl.

Sora’s been to the Final World before in his sleep, and Chirithy just let him pass through lmao.

Who is the first star that Sora talks to here? At first I thought it was Xion, but she says a “somebody” sent her to the Final World, so… Strelitzia? Ava? Skuld? lol I like that Sora just sits down next to her like this conversation’s the most normal thing ever. He’s dead and talking to another dead person, and he just rolls with it. I love this kid.

Some of the optional star conversations really got to me. One of them says that their friends replaced them after they died (“That was my seat. That was my place at the table.”). There’s also one that was apparently a child looking for their father, and that one actually made me tear up.

I’m not sure who the one who talked about being “identical” was. I think a third talks about their mentor, and perhaps that was a past keyblade apprentice? Another says that people teased them and a friend about being an item, and they pulled away from the relationship, and the other person never closed the distance. All of their little stories are just… sad. Jesus.

Naminé has a star! I missed her star on my first playthrough, but I replayed this part just for her scene. I wish I’d gotten it the first time, though. She clarifies that Kairi’s the one keeping Sora tethered to the world of the living. And god, Naminé’s words are so sad. She truly doesn’t think anyone really misses her or that she matters at all. But Sora says that he and the others (including “someone else special,” who I think may’ve been Xion?) miss her and want her back. AND she mentions her conversation with Terra from the orchestra! Holy shit, WHY was this conversation optional? That was important story stuff that explained why Lingering Will shows up when we rehash the fight in the Graveyard. Naminé came through for everyone in a pretty major way, and if you don’t talk to her star (which is VERY easy to miss), you’d never know it. Though… I guess that’s kind of fitting in a meta way. Naminé helping people from behind the scenes and not expecting any credit, I mean. Still, I wish I hadn’t missed this on my first playthrough. Anyway, Naminé’s “Let’s just say I’ve got your back?” was really cute. And then Sora thanks her and gets all flustered. “That’s not the official thank-you!”

I’m… still not clear on what exactly the power of waking is or how it differs from restoring someone’s heart the old-fashioned way (i.e. taking a Keblade of Heart to the chest), but okay.

JIMINY SURVIVED ALL OF THAT JFSKLFFJL

I liked going through the different worlds to save all of Sora’s friends. It was a nice callback to KH1, when you visit different worlds in End of the World, and when you get to Realm of Chaos and have to rescue Donald and Goofy from Ansem SoD’s heartless… ship… thing. It was really annoying fighting the same boss over and over again, though. It wasn’t difficult (save for one instance where the lich spammed aeroga and pinned me against the ceiling. I only survived because it triggered rage form.), and I get that it was just a series of symbolic battles, but I dunno, maybe just giving him less HP for me to have to mow down would’ve made it less tedious.

So the power of waking is “traversing hearts to reach worlds.” So I guess that’s what Sora was doing while falling through the different Stations of Awakening and then arriving in different worlds.

“There’s no saving you.” Fuck, okay, after finishing the game, this line in the sleeping San Fransokyo hits a lot harder. You think Kid Xehanort knows that Team Nort is planning to snatch Kairi and use Sora’s desire to save her to ultimately destroy him? Because if so… ugh.

Sora and Kairi’s little spin when they reunite is so cute.

“I feel strong with you, Kairi.” Awww but also UGHHHHHHHH because I know what’s coming. And then Sora has flashbacks to Eugene and Anna sacrificing themselves for someone they love, and I’m not 100% sure why. Is it just foreshadowing his sacrifice for Kairi? Is he afraid that her rescuing him will cost her her own life? Whatever it is, Kairi seems to read Sora’s mind and says that he’s safe with her. And again, that’s really sweet, and I like that her PoH powers are FINALLY being explored in some way, but fuck, knowing how this all ends makes watching this scene so painful the second time around.

I was so confused when Sora was revived and we started replaying that confrontation scene in the Graveyard. The first time I played it, I was very seriously considering skipping the cutscene and reloading my save because I thought I’d gone the wrong way or something, but then Lingering Will showed up and the scene changed. Phew. I guess we went in a little time loop there. But wait, if everyone’s aware that Sora revived them, then they must remember how they were taken in the first place, right? If that’s the case, why the hell did Ven run up to Terra a second time? Why didn’t anyone stop him? Why did Aqua have to look “Terra” in the eye a second time to know it wasn’t him? Am I to assume that if Naminé hadn’t summoned Lingering Will, these dingdongs would’ve all lost their hearts AGAIN?

I’m so over demon tide boss fights, but damn if that battle theme doesn’t kick ass.

EPHEMERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY SHIT, OF ALL THE THINGS I NEVER SAW COMING. He helps Sora use the keyblades of all the fallen wielders from the first war to fight off the heartless, and you use the names of all those KHUX users who won that KH3 contest as attacks. Oh my gosh, what a sweet tribute. I like thinking that Larkey’s keyblade helped, too. <3

Oh god, when KH1 Riku showed up and Forze Del Male started playing, my entire life flashed before my eyes. I DID NOT want a rehash of that fight. I was relieved that I didn’t have to, but I was also just a little disappointed because that Xehanort shadow that emerges from him looked like a cool potential boss. I feel like there are actually a lot of scenes that happened in the Graveyard that would’ve worked better as actual battles or gameplay, tbh.

Also, that Forze De Male remix was hot as hell.

R.I.P. to all of fandom’s “Yen Sid is useless” jokes. What a way to go.

“You’re a whole pint by yourself, Sora.” I LOVE THIS DUCK SO MUCH.

I like that the maze tries to force you to choose between helping Riku or Mickey first like it’s some tragic moral dilemma. Like oh gee, let me think: Best written character in the series, or corporate icon Ricky Rat? That said, I actually did go to Mickey first just because I couldn’t get past the moving wall puzzle lmao. I wish this area had had a few more puzzles, though. I felt like I breezed through it way too fast.

Riku is really nerfed as a party member. He was CONSTANTLY KO’d in my fight against the Norts. Like damn dude, even Kairi stayed conscious through her battle (all 5 seconds of it, but still).

Repliku tears himself away from his own vessel and leaves it. For Naminé. Fuck, I didn’t expect that at all. What a great scene, and what a better ending for a character whose story I thought ended in CoM. I loved that.

Didn’t love that Riku and Sora just left Naminé’s vessel facedown in the dirt, though. Like… at least prop it against the wall or something guys, geez.

I like that you get a sort of farewell scene between the heroes and all the main villains of the series. It may’ve been a little fanservicey, but oh well. I’m not so hot on it from a story standpoint. Like I know we’re doing the anime thing where “I defeated you in battle, now we’re cool” but it still felt… odd. But at least it’s not as obnoxious as what comes up later with Master Xehanort.

I liked Larxene’s take on this especially, how she’d rather be destroyed than be a Nort. Why she joined up in the first place is still a mystery… And her answering Sora the way she did implies that the Norts aren’t just possessed mind slaves. They do have agency, though I guess that was clear from Even and Demyx turning against them, now that I remember it.

Building on the agency thing, I liked Vanitas’s scene with Ven. Ven wanted so badly for Vanitas to come to the light, but… It really wasn’t what Vanitas wanted for himself. “We decide who we are.” “I did decide who I am.” It’s tragic, but I like that it showed that not everyone was getting a happy ending from this game, and that there are some people you just can’t save.

COME GUARDIAN WAS TERRA’S HEARTLESS AFTER ALL. FUCK YES. I love that theory and I’m so happy it turned out to be correct!!!!! 

And then we finally get a Wayfinder reunion!!!!!! 

“What final words do you have for your superior?” Okay, I know this game is rated E10, but I half expected Axel to just look up and say “Fuck you.”

Xemnas and Axel’s conversation was so meta. Axel bragging about how popular he was, Xemnas calling Axel’s keyblade a joke. Like… Damn, they really paid attention to fandom over the years, didn’t they? I just wish they’d paid this much attention to all the fans who wanted a good storyline for Kairi. Anywho, Xemnas destroys Axel’s keyblade, so we lose two Lights from this scene. I’m kind of grateful that happened, actually. Having Axel lose his spot made it a little easier to accept Kairi losing hers. But only a little. Kairi getting kidnapped AGAIN was still stupid and contrived.

Unlike the other Norts, Xion’s apparently not acting on her own free will when the fight starts. Sora telling her “You can stop now” seemed to break something within her. And then Xemnas turns to attack her, and Sora’s heart reaches out to someone, and then BOOM. Roxas shows up to sass Xemnas and save the day!!! 

I barely did anything in that Isa fight, lmao. I tried to land a few hits on him, but then I realized Roxas could handle him just fine alone, so I just hung back with Xion and cast cure here and there.

I’m disappointed that there’s almost no interaction between Roxas and Sora beyond a couple of nods, tbh. It’s kind of a weak payoff after all the fuss Sora made about wanting to save Roxas at the start of the game. That was what Sora decided to fight for “with all his heart,” and then once Roxas is back, we just keep blazing ahead with the story without a moment to appreciate the fact that he accomplished his goal (or rather, someone else accomplished it for him).

Aww, Xion looked so left out when she stood of to the side and started crying. It was almost like she was hesitant to join Axel and Roxas after she came so close to almost killing both of them. She didn’t even reach for the other two when Axel pulled them into a group hug, she just kept her hands clasped tight together and sort of curled in on herself. Aw, honey. Anyway, I’m glad these three will get to be together again.

I half expected Riku to snap “ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?” when Sora tells him that Kairi’s been kidnapped.

I liked both Xemnas and Ansem SoD’s sendoffs. Kid Xehanort doesn’t give a shit that he lost, though, he just fucks off back to the past knowing damn well what’s about to happen. And to that, I again say ugh.

And then we get… that scene. What the fuck did Xehanort mean by “You need motivation.”? Motherfucker, we are already out here in the Keyblade Graveyard having this showdown. Kingdom Hearts is looming above us. Sora just got done killing all ninety-seven billion Xehanorts. This fight is happening no matter what you do. This doesn’t make any fucking sense. Having Xehanort kill off Kairi was stupid and unnecessary and pointless and lazy and truly horrible, horrible writing. And see, I can’t even give Nomura the benefit of the doubt here because he actually had Xehanort call Kairi Sora’s “motivation.” That was it. That was the only reason Xehanort killed her. Not because she was a keyblade wielder who was in the way of his goal, not because she was a Princess of Heart whose power could pose a threat. Not because of anything Kairi did or who she was as a person, but because she was a THING that was important to Sora. Fuck that. Fuck that entire scene, fuck everything about it, fuck everyone who gave that writing decision the green light. Fuck it. And knowing how this game ends (with Sora apparently sacrificing himself to save Kairi), Kairi now has more motivation than EVER to fight to get him back, but you know Nomura won’t give a shit when it comes time to write scenarios for KH4. He’s just gonna throw Kairi back on the islands and have Riku be the hero. Riku will find Sora, they’ll have adventures together and apart, they’ll continue to grow as characters, and then they’ll go home to where Kairi’s just sitting pretty, waiting to be the perfect reward for everything Sora’s accomplished. So there you go, that’s Kingdom Hearts IV. I just saved you $50 in the future (not adjusted for inflation).

Just. Jesus Christ, of all the idiotic tone-deaf bullshit… To have so much self-awareness while writing Naminé’s dialogue in the Final World and Axel’s scene with Xemnas in the Graveyard and then NONE OF THAT WHATSOEVER when it came to writing Kairi’s final scenes… That’s unreal. It’s almost unbelievable, but I really shouldn’t be surprised. Nomura’s pulled this shit before, so oop @ me for actually expecting better from him. Lesson fucking learned.

Anyway, after we get past all that stupid sexist bullshit that I actively hated, Sora gets ready to leave for the next area. I like that Donald and Goofy literally pick him up off the ground and help him stand, and that they go with him afterward. I just love the Trinity Trio in this game so much. They feel so much like a family now, and since I’m clearly never ever ever ever getting any decent Destiny Trio development, that’s a nice comfort. The other keyslingers stay behind to keep Kingdom Hearts shut, and Xion tells Sora that she can sense that Kairi will be okay, which… Yeah, alright. I just saw Xehanort slash into her back and shatter her into thousands of pieces, but no, I’m sure she’s fine. flskjdf Okay, sorry, I get what that scene with Xion was trying to do, but it just doesn’t make any sense? Xion is Sora’s replica, not Kairi’s. I could buy that she can sense Sora’s heart, but she has no real connection to Kairi’s at all, so how would she know that Kairi’s okay? Maybe she was just saying that as a way to comfort Sora, like a “she’ll always be in your heart” kind of thing, but even that feels off. Like that’s the kind of thing you say to someone a couple weeks after the funeral, not right there at the crime scene. Oh well. I guess it was sweet that she at least wanted him to hear that.

Then we get to Scala ad Caelum, which was kind of a letdown, really. I was hoping to get to explore the city, but you really just have one large area that’s ultimately just a battlefield. The boss battles weren’t much of a challenge at all, and you don’t even have to defeat them all, which was disappointing, but eh. The only tense moment was when Xehanort triggered Sora’s rage form in the final battle, but Donald and Goofy kept me healed up enough that it wasn’t much of a problem.

Xehanort uses the “one sky, one destiny” line from Kairi’s letter. Like it’s not enough that he killed her, he’s gotta plagiarize her, too. Dick.

Donald and Goofy help Sora ward off Xehanort’s final attack! Like they literally, physically help him push back against it! I love these half-pints. <3

Eraqus! He asks Terra to look after his other apprentices for him, aw.

Xehanort gives Sora the X-blade, and there’s no “sorry I killed your friend” or anything. He just goes on to be at peace with Eraqus. Seriously? This dude abuses Ven, hijacks Terra’s body, throws Aqua into the Realm of Darkness, murders Kairi, and he still gets to pass on peacefully into the next life with his bff? Come the fuck on.

Hearing “Always On My Mind” again was nice. That was always one of my favorite tracks from KH1.

Okay, after rewatching the ending cinematic, it makes a lot more sense to me. Riku suggests that they all go back to Yen Sid’s place to figure out how to save Kairi (which… why are we all acting like this is something that can just be undone? She wasn’t taken into darkness by the heartless like before; Xehanort struck her down. We didn’t see her heart leave her body or anything, she just shattered. To me, that looks like an E10-rated game’s version of death.), but Sora knows what he has to do. It wasn’t until the second time through this ending that I realized he was already planning on waking her heart at the expense of his own life. Knowing that, it’s a little odd that Riku just lets him go with a roundabout way of saying “I believe in you.” Kairi’s supposedly Riku’s friend, too, isn’t she? And he knows how to wake sleeping hearts, too, so why couldn’t he go with Sora to find her? 

I loved seeing the Wayfinder Trio laying flowers at Eraqus’s memorial. I also like that keyblades are apparently used specifically for this when the wielder has passed on. That’s a nice bit of world building. And Chirithy is reunited with Ven after all (who apparently remembers them)! Aww. I still don’t know how the hell Ven exists in this timeline, but still. Aw.

I love Xion’s new outfit, and that she and her boys got to go back to Twilight Town together. I’m not so hot on Isa being there, though, and I’m really put off by how chummy he and Roxas seem. I know these scenes are taking place after a little time has passed, so maybe there was some tension between them at first that we just don’t see because it’s not particularly relevant, but still… Anyway, a shadow passes over them for a moment, and I think it must’ve been the gummi ship arriving to pick them up and take them to a party on Destiny Islands. Nice.

When I got to the scene of Naminé waking up in Radiant Garden… I actually started sobbing. Like that’s embarrassing to admit, but that scene hit me so hard. Just watching her open her eyes, and then seeing Dilan and Aeleus lead her out to the courtyard where the ship lands. Seeing her smile when Riku holds out his hand to her… I started crying while typing this up just remembering it, haha. I loved that moment so, so much. I’m so happy she gets to be her own person, that Ansem helped restore her to finally give her a life of her own after everything he put her through. I love that Riku’s the person to welcome her onto the ship, that he’s doing this for the Replica who gave up the vessel for her, but also because she’s been his friend, too (albeit largely off-screen). And the final shot of her laying her hand so gently in his... Holy god, what a finale shot. That scene ALONE was worth the thirteen year wait for me. I am truly stunned that that was part of the ending, that Naminé—of all characters—was the final person they built up to. That was just so much more than I had ever hoped for for her.

And then the actual final scene. You have all the main characters playing on the beach. Xion and Naminé are finding seashells; Riku, Roxas, and Terra are running around doing… something; the Twilight Town kids and Goofy and Donald are making sand castles; Lea, Ven, and Isa are playing frisbee. And then everyone stops to look at Sora and Kairi on the paopu tree. Sora vanishes, and you see Kairi start to slowly curl in on herself as the scene fades to black. And… upon rewatch, I actually like this ending? I was confused the first time I watched it because I didn’t have Kid Xehanort’s words in San Fransokyo fresh on my mind at the time, but when I went back and watched all the scenes together, I understood that Sora woke up her heart, and him “abusing” that power took its toll. I’m alright with us actually not seeing him do this (or at least, I’m not bothered by that by itself. I’m really bothered that it happened like that after Kairi got fridged the way she did, but on its own, it’s fine.). I’m upset that Sora’s gone, but truthfully, I was sort of expecting it. And like I said in my tirade about Kairi’s writing a few bullet points up, you know he’ll be back. It’s just really upsetting to know that Kairi now has to live with the guilt over the fact that he gave up his life for her, and that—as far as she knows—she’ll never see him again. And you just know that Nomura will absolutely, positively not let her do anything about it come KH4, to which I can only say, again: UGH.

I don’t care about Braig being Luxu, bye.

I think I’m still too raw from the emotional highs (and lows) of this game to really analyze everything as clearly as I’d like. There’s still stuff I want to talk about, but I’ll save that for another time. I can’t deny how much I enjoyed everything that happened before Kairi got fridged, but man, that one point really sours a lot of this game for me.

But yeah, that’s all for now.

[plumedesimili]

Dive to Heart

Word count :  1200 Read on AO3 | FFNet

At first, there was just Ventus.

He wasn't really lonely - first of all, he couldn't exactly feel time flowing here, and loneliness and boredom were strangers here. If anything, he would have said he was conscious, without really being.

He could remember his life, all the steps that led him here, all the names and faces of those he loved, and he knew he longed to get out of here and to find them again, but he didn't have anything against this place, so he just waited.

And then, she came. The place would change according to his host's mood. When she first stepped in, the place was an Island - it was Ventus's favourite place, where he could bathe and enjoy the sun.

"Oh… Hello. May I ask who you are?"

She looked nice, and a bit intimidated. Scared, also, perhaps. He grinned at her.

"My name's Ventus, Ven for short!"

"Nice to meet you, Ven. I'm Kairi. Where exactly are we…?"

"Nice to meet you too! I hope you won't find the truth too weird, but this is Sora's heart."

"Sora's… Heart? Why are you… No, wait, then why am I… Oh."

Ven sat on the sand, still smiling.

"Won't you tell me your story? I'll tell you mine, too!"

She went first, telling a terrible story of a storm, of a door on that very island, of friends coming to save her, and of darkness trying to harm her.

After listening to her, he comforted her. She was quite shaken up. What she needed was some smiles, some jokes, and a lot of good mood. His story could wait a bit.

Time flowed differently here, and she was gone before he ever had the chance to tell her how he ended up in that heart. Her body was calling for her. She was being set free.

"Will I ever see you again?" She asked with a sad voice.

"I hope so! I'm not sure you will remember me, but I hope your heart will. Let's meet again one day!" He grinned as she disappeared.

But as soon as she was gone, he fell on his knees, his chest aching in a whole new pain. It felt as if a part of him was being torn away. The island disappeared, replaced by the Dive to the Heart. But as soon as he stepped on the colourful glass, it cracked, and the cracks leaked of dark fumes. Darkness was surrounding him, trying to absorb him. To destroy the place. To destroy Sora. It took shape of monsters, and he fought them with all his strength, but he knew that wouldn't be enough. Sora needed more Light, or it would be over.

And suddenly, Light there was. Warm, comforting, taking the shape of a hug, of pure love, chasing the Darkness away. It wrapped around Ventus, too, and although it used no words, he understood the message. And he knew whose light it was.

My heart won't forget you. The Dive to the Heart was restored, and he smiled at the girl drawn on it. Sora was a lucky one.

For a while (although he couldn't tell how long), things were back to normal. His peace was back, his timeless days spent at the beach, in a house (Sora's home), or snoozing off on the Dive to the Heart. But at one point (when?), things started to change again, although it was so subtle Ventus didn't realise it at first. The colours of the mosaic were fading away, really slowly. Faces started to get blurry. One day, Ventus noticed that the picture changed - there was a new face, a blonde girl, looking a lot like Kairi… But she wasn't Kairi. And yet, she took her place. Who was she? What was she doing here? The whole place felt sad. Sora's heart was sad, and Sora might not even be aware of it.

And then, Kairi was back, but the colours weren't. They kept on fading away. The place was getting sleepy, as if Sora was asleep - but his heart shouldn't be losing its colour, losing its light, should it? Helpless, unable to know what was going on, Ventus couldn't do a thing but wait. He was good at that. After all, there was no time here.

Kairi started disappearing again, not being replaced, just vanishing. The whole place was basically black and white by now.

Until the day it all came back - well, not all of it, but most of it. There was a blinding light, and then the colours were back, Kairi's picture was back, and a newcomer was here. She looked a lot like Kairi, but in a different way than the girl that had replaced her. She looked quieter. Darker.

"Am I getting a roommate? Hi!"

She stared at him with awe.

"Roxas?"

He didn't understand the question. Roxas? Was it a name? Or perhaps they didn't speak the same language? He put his hand on his chest.

"Ventus. You?" He pointed at her slowly. She smiled, shaking her head.

"I'm… I'm Xion. Is this… Sora's heart? Who are you really?"

So she knew where she was. That was surprising. But at least they talked the same language, which was great.

"A pleasure, Xion! Please call me Ven. Do you like the beach?"

"The… beach?"

The place changed for his favourite Island. Although this place was not his, Sora's heart was pretty conciliant with his locations requests.

"If we are to talk, best to do it under the sun! Alright, who goes first?"

"I would like you to tell me who you are, if you don't mind. And why you are in Sora's heart. I have no memory of you from Sora, but… You just look so much like a friend of mine."

He told her his story, and she listened. He even included the part about Kairi visiting, thinking that perhaps Xion had met her before.

And she told him her story, and that explained a lot about what happened recently. She was the reason the colours faded away - well, some of them. Sora's memories had been stolen from him, and sent into two puppets, Xion, and Roxas, who apparently looked just like him. Roxas might even have been the reason behind that terrible pain he felt before: when Sora lost his heart, a part of Ventus might have gone too to ease his host's pain.

"I think he will join us soon." Smiled Xion, and her eyes were shining bright at this thought. "He just needs a bit more of time, but he will soon realise this is the only way."

"So are you going to be… permanent resident? Long-term ones, at least? It won't hurt to have some company."

"I think so. I wasn't meant to exist. I don't even know why I am here, when I should have returned to nothingness…"

"Well, you have a name and memories, it's not like that could vanish just like that!" He grinned at her, and she looked at the horizon, thoughtful.

"I wonder… Will he remember me?"

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" His grin grew bigger as she frowned, trying to understand what he meant. With a soft nod, he showed something behind her. She turned around, to see a boy standing there, lost.

"How could it be? I've only been there since…" His chuckles interrupted her.

"Don't try to understand time around here, it makes no sense. This is a heart, after all. Not real life. Can't you see where we are?"

The beach was gone, and the Dive to the Heart was back. Full. Restored.

"This heart is complete again. I guess I'm an extra, now. Go greet him, okay?"

She took a few hesitant steps towards the newcomer, while Ven remained lying on the ground, staring at the black nothingness above him. Sora's heart was complete. How was he doing? His heart had been through a lot, lately. Then, again, lately could mean for this last decade or so. Ventus didn't even know how old Sora was now. Perhaps he was an old man by now. He hoped he had been reunited with Kairi.

He spied on the two others. That was wrong, but there wasn't much else to do. And Xion looked so nervous, that was cute.

"Ro...xas?" Her voice was barely a whisper. Lucky they were in a completely silent place, or her words would never have been heard.

He looked at her in silence. Ventus caught a glimpse of his face. Man, we really could be twins, he thought, amused.

"Do you know… Who I am?" Once again, he was silent. Ventus worried about Xion. What if he really couldn't remember her? That would be really sad. He couldn't imagine what it would feel like if Terra or Aqua forgot about him. He pushed this thoughts away and sat up to have a proper look at them.

Xion was facing Roxas, but she was staring at her feet, as if she couldn't face him. Which was probably why she was panicking at his lack of answers. Had she looked up, she would have understood pretty quickly.

"Pssst, Xion! His face is probably more interesting than your feet right now!" Whispered Ven in a grin. Xion, balled her fists and finally dared to look at Roxas.

He was very still. And from his gigantic cerulean eyes streamed down a river of tears.

He remembered her. He was just so shocked, so astounded to finally find her again that he couldn't move or talk.

"Roxas?" She reached out for him, hesitantly touching his bare hand from her gloved one. That seemed to wake him up.

"Xion? Is that… really you?"

"It's me. For real." She smiled at him, and she looked so happy and sad at the same time that Ventus sworn to himself that if Roxas didn't move in the next five seconds, he would be the one to hug her.

Of course, that was unnecessary. Roxas threw his arms around her, and they stayed in that embrace for a very long time. Ventus did his best to ignore how much he missed Terra and Aqua. Aqua gave the best hugs.

"And… who are you?"

After their endless embrace, that involved a lot of giggling, crying and unintelligible words, Roxas finally let go of her and started to be interested by Ventus. He jumped back to his feet and held a hand out to Roxas.

"Hello, clone of mine!"

"Clone…?"

If he had taken Ven's good looks, he apparently didn't get his sense of humour. Ven smiled.

"Well, you and I sure look alike alot. My name is Ventus. You're Roxas, right? Xion told me a lot about you. Mostly nice things."

"Mostly?"

"He's teasing you." Laughed Xion. "Sora saved Ven years ago, after Xehanort tried to turn him into a weapon." That seemed to amuse Roxas, who scoffed. "Yeah, tell me about it."

Ventus crossed his arms. "So this is the Sora's Heart Weapon Club? Sounds fun! By the way, guys, there's something I'd like to ask you…."

This time, it was Ven who was uneasy. He wasn't sure he should be asking, but this could be his only chance to know.

"You wouldn't happen to know anything about my friends, Terra and Aqua?"

Roxas shook his head. "Sorry. Never heard of them. But we haven't existed for long, so…"

"Wait, Aqua's name rings a bell." Ven looked at Xion, full of hope. She was frowning, as if trying really hard to remember what it was. "Before I left the Organization, I had a look at their reports. That's how I found I was a… whatever. There was a mention, only once, to an armour they kept locked somewhere… And it was called 'Aqua's armour'. That's the only time I've seen that name, though. All I know, and it's because I overheard Xigbar mentioning it, was that Xemnas was looking for a room called 'The Chamber of Waking', and that it was connected to his past. Sorry, I wish I could have been more helpful…"

Ventus grinned. "You've told me enough, don't you worry. I'm sure they are safe. As for this room…" His grin somehow turned into something a bit more mischievous. "I can't really explain how I know it, it might be something I heard in my sleep somehow, but I think that's where I am… My body, at least. If anything happened to it, I'm sure I would know it. So I'd say this room is safe for now, although that's just suppositions. That aside… Would you guys like to swim a bit?"

The beach was back, the sun gently warming them up. Ventus threw himself into the water with no hesitation, and the two others quickly followed him.

"Look, we made it to the beach… I wished Axel were there, though." He heard Roxas whisper to Xion. Ven grinned and splashed them.

"Okay, guys, rule number one: this is Sora's heart, so no negative thoughts! We gotta make the kid happy, got it? Keep the dwelling for once you're free!"

They both smiled and started playing with him. Ventus quickly stared at the fake sky. Let's hope we will be free, though.

They played a lot. Talked a lot. Since time was not an issue, they didn't really know how long it had been, but one day, Ventus started feeling a little dizzy. The house turned back to the Dive to the Heart.

"Ventus, are you okay?" worried Xion. Ventus found it really hard to focus on anything, and he knew it could mean two things. Either his body was dying, or…

"I think I'm waking up, guys. I'm sure you'll soon be free too, so… See you on the other side!"

He felt really cold, as he was fading away. Cold, and a bit scared as well. He grinned at them, hiding his true feelings.

I hope I'm really not just dying were his last thoughts, as he completely disappeared from Sora's heart.

[toranyx]

Welcome To Madness

Okay, hello! I know I haven’t written anything for...quite some time, but guess who’s back and got some ideas! Now, this isn’t FFXV related (don’t worry, I still love that game and will probably be writing some for it) but I got Kingdom Hearts a couple months ago and...I fell in love. I finally got caught up with all the games, but while I was playing Dream Drop Distance, I...kinda came up with a crack fic idea and it went from there.  There will be spoilers for KH in here, so please read at your own risk if you haven’t finished all the games!  Also big shoutout to @wolfgoddess77 for being a sounding board, and being supportive! Also thank you to two others who read and gave me feedback as well, you know who you are!  So without further ado, I hope you enjoy the first chapter to this new series!  And here is a link if you wanna read it on AO3 Chapter One: You Named Them What?

Ven glanced up from the command board game he, Terra, Aqua, and Roxas were playing as he heard familiar bickering voices. He grinned happily as he looked up to his big brother and sister. “They're back!” He cheered.

Terra and Aqua smiled down at Ven, giving him a nod. They could pause the game to greet their friends; the two boys were doing an...interesting way to get their mark of mastery and they were curious to what it was and how it was going. They stood as well and started making their way towards the door, watching Ven as they watched him rushed over. Roxas had glanced over, standing as the others did, placing his hands in his pockets. He was curious to what the fuss was about...but knowing those two, it could be anything.  

  Soon the bickering duo made their way through, this time Riku could be clearly heard. “You named it Pookie.” “I named him Pookie!” Sora said, crossing his arms as he stared at Riku. “And what’s wrong with Pookie?! It’s adorable, and sweet, just like him. You named yours Blood Fang! Have you even seen your dream eater? If anything, it’s a dream leaver!” Riku let out a small sigh and shook his head. “That’s so lame; you’re lame.” Why he was best friends with Sora sometimes escaped him in moments, and this was one of them. Who named something Pookie?! “Uh…” Ven asked as he looked between his two friends. “Pookie...and...Blood Fang?” Riku and Sora looked over to Ven, the latter grinning and tucking his hands behind his head. “Our Dream eaters! Don’t worry, they won’t hurt you; they aren’t nightmares like their other counter parts! They actually help us fight, or they help protect us, they are actually really cool and-” “And we need them for our mark of mastery.” Riku finished. “They are useful, and some are pretty cool but these are our first ones.” And suddenly a Meow Wow and Komory bat appeared in random colors. Ven let out a small gasp before he started walking forward, cooing at the meow wow. “Cool!” Roxas eyed the bat for a moment before moving forward, offering it (him?) his hand. He had never heard or seen anything like this before. Axel always told him of things he needed to know, but as he glanced over to Terra and Aqua, it seemed they were just as in shock as he was. So these had to be new...that was good to know. “So...why are you guys fighting?” Roxas couldn’t help but ask. He had seen the pair fight for games and if they wanted to win but this...was different, or it seemed different. “Sora keeps naming them cutesy names.” Riku said with a shake of his head. “They are so much more than that, and they are strong! Hell, Blood Fang helped me in a tight spot!” “AND mine worked with me!” Sora cried out. “They are cute and adorable and loyal so why not name them something like that!” “Cause it’s dumb and no one wants to be called Pookie!” Riku said to Sora. “ Pookie disagrees!” Sora said as he cuddled his Meow Wow. Aqua tilted her head slightly, kneeling down to study the creatures. “How do they come into being?” She asked. She had never heard of such a thing before, but the way they were speaking it seemed they made them...or chose them by chance to name them. “Ah! Me and Riku can make them using certain...dream particles that nightmare dream eaters drop!” Sora explained as he placed Pookie down on the ground. The little creature gave a cry that could only be disappointment and Ven quickly went over to give the creature a scratch behind the ears. Pookie gave a cry of joy, rolling over in bliss and Ven let out a laugh. “I can’t pet you, buddy, if you keep moving!” Pookie let out another noise before he stopped, standing up on its hind legs to lick Ven. Aqua frowned thoughtfully at what Sora had explained...it sounded like… “We share an inventory for the most part; spells, munny, action skills except ones that are only for us, and then the dream eaters themselves give us certain abilities as long as we have them equipped.” Riku explained as he watched Blood Fang rub his head against Roxas’s hand. “Similar to our melding commands,” Terra said as he nodded. That was...kinda making sense, except they only ever had to level up their skills to keep said abilities. If the creatures were the one to harbor the skills, then it made sense that they kept them as it went. Still weird, but it made sense. “Yeah!” Sora grinned. “So...let me get something straight,” Aqua finally said as she looked to Riku and Sora. “You two share resources...which it takes to make these dream eaters.” “Yeah?” Sora answered, unsure where this was going. “And we level them up by giving them more of the items and adding a command style, yes.” Riku answered, raising a brow to the blueberry mom. “Sora and I have been making our own.” “Your own of the same creature?” Aqua asked. “Yeah? Why?” Sora asked with a tilt of his head. “Can you share them? The dream eaters, I mean.” Aqua asked, wanting to clarify before she brought up something that she noticed. “Yeah! We can have two to a party just like all the others! I can have Blood Fang if I wanted, and Riku could have Pookie! We’d still have all the abilities the other unlocked and the spells!” Sora grinned. “Then why in the world aren’t you two just sharing resources for the other dream eaters and just have the one?” Aqua asked. That was such a waste and it meant if there were rare ones, they would be hard pressed to find the resources needed. Granted, it would mean exp as they did but… Riku and Sora were silent for a moment, and even Ven turned his attention away from Pookie for the answer. “BECAUSE HE CAN’T NAME THEM!” The two best friends yelled at the same time. Aqua couldn’t help but sigh. Children. She is surrounded by children. Roxas, though, slunked away from the group, pulling out his phone and dialed a certain number. Some of this was so cool, and the fact most of the other keyblade holders didn’t know what they were meant he could tell Axel something he didn’t know! That didn’t happen often. “Axel!” Roxas whispered once his best friend answered. “You gotta get over here!” The excitement was clear in his tone. He wanted his best friend over, to see all this and experience it. “Rox...I’m a little busy with a job from Saix…” Axel said, the regret a little clear with a sigh. He was always stuck with the...icky jobs and this one was no different. “Icky job, huh?” Roxas asked with a wince. He knew Axel said most jobs were, but sometimes he wondered how much his friend actually did… “You know it.” Axel answered. “But Axe, you really need to! You won’t regret it!” “I dunno, Rox…” “Hey, you took me out a bunch of places saying how cool they were! What was it you said? “You gotta trust me, got it memorized?” Roxas said with a grin, throwing back old words at his best friend. That didn’t happen often and he loved it every moment it happened. “Hey, you loved the skateboarding trip.” Axel pointed out. What Roxas didn’t know was he was making a portal. He did tell his best friend that and he wasn’t about to break that promise. “Yeah, I did.” Roxas laughed. “Seriously, Axe, get over here!” “I’m right behind you.” Axel grinned as he stepped through the portal of darkness and snuck up on Roxas. Roxas jumped slightly and then hung up his phone, grinning up at his best friend. “Sora and Riku found something pretty cool. They’re called dream eaters!” He then explained the concept to his best friend, moving over to where Pookie and Blood fang were hanging out. Apparently Sora and Riku had to go and changed their dream eaters. “Wait. So you’re telling me...they seriously named them Pookie and Blood Fang?” Axel asked, his grin growing. Oh man, the teasing that could be had. “Well, Sora named Pookie Pookie, Riku named Blood Fang Blood Fang.” Ven explained as he continued to rub Pookie’s belly. He knew of Axel already and didn’t mind the red head being around. He had his siblings so Roxas having his big brother over wasn’t too big of a deal. Not like Axel or Roxas admitted that side of their relationship but whatever. “Oh, Rox...I totally owe you are years worth of ice cream. This is brilliant.” Axel laughed as he kneeled down to pet Pookie. That’s when Roxas realized what he did. And yet he was torn. He just signed up Riku and Sora to so much teasing...but part of him couldn’t care less. Ah well. Let everyone know what he had to go through with Axel.

[ambootyos]

Cast A Spell On Me Pt. 7

Part 6

A/N: Heya! Feedback is welcomed, enjoy!

Characters: Finn, Dalton, Will, Marty, Luxe (OC), Ophelia (OC)

Word Count: 1,595

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“Do I really need to explain anything?” I asked, already embarrassed that they’d walked in on us.

Ophelia nodded. “Um, yes! That obviously wasn’t Will. So, have you finally started dating someone?” She asked.

I groaned, and shook my head. “No! I hate him. I am definitely not dating him.” I scoffed, causing Finn to chuckle.

“Well, I know ‘ow ‘ya relationship ‘wif Will goes. And ‘vis is ‘ow ‘ya treat a guy ‘ya can’t stand..so ‘ow would ‘ya treat a guy if ‘ya were actually datin ‘im?” He teased.

I rolled my eyes. “Oh, haha. Look guys, not everyone is like you two. You know, perfect relationship.”

“So you are in a relationship?” Ophelia chuckled. I scoffed in response and shook my head.

“No! I hate that guy, like I really hate him. I just-I don’t have to explain myself to either of you!” I exclaimed.

“Does Will know?” Ophelia asked.

I shook my head, and frowned. Feeling guilty for what I’d just done. “No..and don’t say anything to him. He hates the guy more than I do.”

“Ah, did Will sleep ‘wif him too?” Finn chuckled.

I breathed a laugh. “No. And I’m serious. Not a word.” They nodded in agreement, and Finn pretended to zip his lips.

“Our lips are sealed.” Ophelia added. My stomach tightened when I remembered when Marty had used that phrase earlier. I shook it off, not wanting to think about it anymore.

It was a huge mistake. I don’t know how I’m gonna act around Will now or what I’m gonna say to him if he finds out. Is hiding it from him worse than him finding out? I made him promise not to lie to me, was this the same? Was it worse?

I can’t focus on this now. I have to work.

I’ll worry about it later. I don’t have a choice.

“Calm down. You’re not helping anything by pacing around the room.” Dalton scoffed, as Will paced around my living room, still freaking out about what he’d seen.

“Easy for you ‘ta say, you didn’t just see ‘va person you hate most in ‘va world, ‘aving sex with ‘va most important person in your life..” He hissed.

Dalton threw his hands up in defense. “Easy! I’m not the one you’re mad at.” He chuckled.

Will’s face hardened, when he glanced out the window, and saw that Marty was home. Dalton followed his eyes, and shook his head. “No.” He stated sternly, but Will ignored him completely, and stormed out the door. Dalton groaned in annoyance before following him.

“Ah, Will, to what do I owe ‘va pleasure?” Marty smirked, pretending to be clueless. Will grabbed him by his jacket, and slammed him into the side of the house.

“You know why ‘m here.”

Marty chuckled. “Right, ‘va whole Luxe ‘fing. I gotta say, why don’t you just leave ‘slamming me into a wall’ ‘ta her? It’s so much hotter when she does it.”

Dalton smacked his forehead, knowing things were only gonna get worse from here. It’s why he never talked to other witches.

“What did you do?!” Will exclaimed, still refusing to believe it.

Marty chuckled. “Aw Will..you can’t guess? Oh, ‘vats right, you probably don’t know ‘wha Luxe sounds like when she’s not faking it. Well, allow me to elaborate.” He started, before pushing Will off of him, and smirking. “I f*cked her. And it was..unbelievably amazing. She’s..so much ‘betta ‘ven I expected. She’s been ‘wif you so long, I thought I’d have to teach ‘er some ‘fings. But..she knows exactly ‘wha she’s doing.”

Will clenched his jaw. “How? Did you use some kind ‘ov spell? ‘Wha?” He asked.

Marty cocked his head. “Oh, Will..I didn’t ‘ave to. She wanted me. ‘Ov course..she didn’t want you ‘ta know. But, your lack ‘ov boundaries ‘as already ruined ‘vat.”

“Oh, please. You were dying ‘ta tell me ‘vis.” Will hissed.

“I promised Luxe I wouldn’t. I intended to keep ‘vat promise.” Marty replied, causing Will to roll his eyes.

“You would’ve told me. ‘Ya only slept ‘wif her to p*ss me off.”

Marty scoffed. “‘Ya give yourself too much credit. When I was ‘wif her, giving her ‘va greatest time ‘ov her life, I ‘neva thought ‘ov you.” He mocked, before smirking ear to ear. “She sure as ‘ell didn’t.”

Will clenched his fists, trying to keep calm. “You ‘fink she’d like ‘ta know we were ‘aving ‘vis talk?”

Marty sighed, and his smirk faded, as he started to get annoyed. He cocked his brow. “You ‘fink she’d like ‘ta know why? You ‘fink she’d like ‘ta know about your spying?”

“I could just tell ‘er you’re ‘va one ‘vat told me. Who do you ‘fink she’s gonna believe?” Will replied.

Marty chuckled hatefully. “Vat’s ‘va difference between me and you. You lie ‘ta get ‘wha you want. Me? I ‘neva ‘ave to.” He replied, before smiling. “Since you can tell ‘ow she’s feeling, be sure ‘ta let me know, just ‘ow many times she misses me, when she’s ‘wif you. I’d like ‘ta know just ‘ow interested she is before I make my next move. Which I will be doing.” He added.

“You ‘nd Luxe are done.” Will hissed.

Marty scoffed, and rolled his eyes. “Oh, sure we are.” He smirked sarcastically, before looking at Dalton. “It’s cute you’re hanging out ‘wif him. ‘Va only difference in me, and Mr. ‘I’m too good ‘ta talk ‘ta ‘ova witches’ is he hasn’t slept ‘wif her yet. But, he wants to.” He chuckled, before walking to his door, and sighing. “If you guys aren’t gone soon, I’m gonna have Aleister deal ‘wif you. He’s not as nice as me.” He smirked, before walking inside.

“Let’s go, you aren’t helping anything staying here.” Dalton sighed, as he put his hand on Will’s shoulder, attempting to calm him down. Will jerked away. “Stop trying ‘ta help me. We aren’t friends. We ‘neva will be.” He hissed, before storming off.

Dalton rolled his eyes, before leaving as well, but he decided not to go back to my house. Not with Will acting the way he was. He knew that if he wanted to talk to me, he’d have to speak to me alone.

He stopped by my work, and smiled as he walked in, I furrowed my brows, and sighed in annoyance when I saw him. “Okay, first of all, why are you here? You’re supposed to be at my house. And, second, how did you know I worked here?” I asked.

“Well..Will has become quite annoyed with me, I don’t wanna cause a ruckus, or anything. And, this place seemed very you. Not to mention, your car is out front.” He smiled. “Why do you seem nervous? Guilty almost.” He said, suggestively, he of course knew what was going on, but I was clueless.

I rubbed the back of my neck. “Um..I’m not. Shut up.” I said nervously. “Also, if you wanna stay, you need to buy something.” I shrugged. He smiled, and picked up a single, black dahlia flower. He sat it on the counter, along with the money for it. I rolled my eyes as I checked him out.

“Okay. Fine. You can stay, what do you want?”

“Just saying hi, also why don’t you keep the flower?” He asked, before putting it in his mouth, and leaning over the counter. I blushed, and chuckled slightly, before taking the flower and playfully rolling my eyes.

He sighed, pretending to be disappointed. “You’re supposed to take it with your mouth Luxe. It’s supposed to be flirtatious.” He teased.

“I’m starting to see why Will got annoyed with you.” I joked.

“You aren’t getting annoyed with me, are you?” He asked, before sighing. “Because if you are, I’m definitely gonna have to leave town again. Everyone else hates me for sure.”

“No, I’m not annoyed with you, not yet anyway.” I teased. “It’s just been a..weird day.” He cocked his head.

“Well, I’m all ears. If you wanna talk about it”

Before I could say anything, Finn walked in from the back. “Luxe, ‘ya can ‘ead ‘ome if ‘ya want. Me ‘nd Ophelia can handle ‘va rest ‘ov ‘va day.” He smiled.

Dalton furrowed his brows, studying Finn’s face. “Do I know you from somewhere?” He asked. Finn’s face hardened for a second, before he smiled softly, he just shook his head, before walking away.

Dalton shrugged it off, but I was a bit concerned by it, but it was probably nothing, so I ignored it. “So, since you’re off now..can I take you out for a drink maybe? I know a place.” Dalton smiled.

I breathed a laugh. “Sorry..I can’t. Another time, for sure. Like, next time you break into my house.” I said, as I rubbed his arm. He nodded, and hooked his arm with mine.

“Can I take you home at least?” He asked, I nodded, and chuckled.

“I’d love that.”

“Finn? Is something wrong?” Ophelia asked.

He sighed, and fiddled with the pendant of his necklace, Ophelia’s gaze fell to the pendant. Most people, including her, knew it as ‘The Eye Of Balor’ knowing this, made her stomach churn when she noticed him touch it. She cleared her throat.

“Finn..”

His hands fell as his side, and he licked his lips. “I know, me ‘nd you, were supposed ‘ta be done ‘wif magic, and everyfing ‘ta do ‘wif it. But..somefing tells me..magic isn’t done ‘wif us.”

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@missingmywing, I think Tumblr ate my response to your ask so I’mma put it here! 

So, here’s some post-canon headcanons for my favourite KH crackship; Frosted Earth! Hope you enjoy!

Terra stays in Radiant Garden after being un-Norted, he can’t really handle returning to the Land of Departure after all of the things that have happened since he left it, murdering his kinda dad-person, choking his best friend, being an instrument in a few evil ploys (poor baby’s had a rough decade, someone please hug him), he just can’t handle it. Aqua and Ven are very understanding about it, letting him deal with his issues in the relative safety and peace of Radiant Garden as they focus more on restoring peace to the worlds and getting the Land of Departure back into order; they may also be a bit busy focusing on training the new Keyblade wielders but that’s beside the point.

The Apprentice’s are very accepting to his presence; Aeleus pretty much takes him under wing (big mountain man is great, I love him, need to write brotherly fluff) and ensures that he’s doing alright and managing everything ok, he makes sure Terra’s not staying in his rooms alone. Dilan and Braig (who, along with Ienzo, I headcanon as being the main ones to help TX with all of the not-good shenanigans, at least willingly but that’s a thing for later) are a little odd but at first, but eventually warm up and relax until they reach a nice point where they can tease and be comfortable around each other. Ienzo’s going through all of his adolescent and teenage years at the same time and that’s a fun time for everyone, it’s actually simultaneously really hilarious and immensely frustrating, so he doesn’t really have an opinion of much of anything besides, ‘I have all the emotions and I don’t know how to deal with any of this! Why wasn’t I better prepared?!’. Even’s on board with the idea, he’s curious to discover what parts of TX and Xemnas came from Terra and what parts came from the evil grandpa gremlin (Ienzo’s words not his, he uses it when he has to talk about Xehanort because it amuses him and angers Ienzo quite a bit when he hears it).

How I see the relationship starting is this; Terra has a lot of conflicting thoughts and feelings about the last decade+ and doesn’t really have a lot of people that he feels comfortable talking about them with, he needs someone who will listen to him without trying to tell him that he wasn’t the one to really do all those things, ect, and no one around him will really do that. So, he goes to Even, who he remembers ranting to on numerous occasions about a variety of things, and starts to talk at him. It starts of small at first, just a one-sided conversation about the restoration efforts and the others but it eventually evolves into talking about what he actually wants to talk about. Even is really good of this kind of thing, as he listens without comment and remains quiet while Terra talks until he finishes discussing with himself what’s bothering him and afterwards gives his opinion on the thing, showing that despite being focused on whatever he was doing while Terra talked he was listening closely and examining each and every word he said from each angle.

Eventually Terra has to talk to him about their ‘relationship’ (it wasn’t a very good one, An Old Hurt and An Alternate Reasoning go into my ideas of it a little bit). It’s a very stilted and awkward conversation for Terra but he does it and feels a bit better afterwards, until Even shrugs and says something along the lines of ‘yes, that did happen. I’ve accepted it.’ Terra’s stunned by how easily Even shrugs off this thing that’s been bothering him for weeks and may have tears in his eyes as he demands to know why Even isn’t angry, isn’t condemning him, is just allowing him to send so much time with him. Even’s a science man, even though he’s only able to feel things incredibly strongly, he goes for the logical responses so that he’s not letting his emotions make decisions that he’ll regret at a later date; he doesn’t want to condemn Terra because Terra’s doing that enough himself and now that he knows who Terra is as an individual without the additional Xehanort bits, he’s a lovely, naïve young man who’s had his good nature taken advantage of and has suffered for it immensely. Even likes Terra for who he is, he wants him around, despite the hurts that TX and Xemnas inflicts on him.

Things just progress from there, slowly and surely from friendship and understanding to something a bit closer and more intimate. And here’s the part where I dissolve into happy goo and imagine cute domestic scenes playing out, Early Mornings is great example of this, subject wise)

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▹ ☆ ☆ ☆  Quiescentgale’s 200+ follower milestone follow forever  ☆ ☆ ☆ ◃

✭ I just wanted to say Wow, thank you everyone who supported me upon this blog. I only made this blog just a little over two months old, (08/07/2017) and I’ve already reached this far, and I feel so loved and welcome. ;v; I could cry in happiness for this moral boost, because I always have a small fear, perhaps I am not doing Ventus any justice.  And I very much insecure if I could get this muse down, as he is traditionally not someone whom I usually RP as. Until my best friend nudged me, (even if he left me hanging high and dry xD). More encouragement from  several good friends, including my best friend who continues to support me to play Ventus how I am comfortable with him. For this Thank you everyone.

  ✭ I also apologize if I have made a lot of people uncomfortable with me, humoring with Anons, or being... such a dork, a chatter box who can’t seemed to have a mute button.. or maybe the way I played Ventus not subtle enough we don’t click, but he’s too bright and vibrant. I’ve come to a resolution that, this is my interpretation of Ventus, a bright, innocent, curious and energetic boy, who often hides behind a smile, put others in front of him. A pacifist who is mischief and playful, give hugs for everyone and wants to be their friends. For this, I wanted to make an appreciation for those who followed and supported me from the beginning, because of you guys, I’ve made it this far. But... but... I STILL QUESTIONED! Why are you following me?!  i’m just your dork extraordinaire.

This post is going to be long ;v;. Please bear with me.

Banter credited to @lunastusx but I probably destroyed it with my hideous edit in text LOL.

   ▹ ☆ ☆ ☆  Special appreciation to my dearest who continues to support me throughout from the very beginning and still. I wouldn’t be here without you.  ☆ ☆ ☆ ◃

@akuserru - I know we had some differences or somehow we’re plain opposite in personality, but I wanted to thank you for putting up with me. You broaden my world for AU KH, and inspired me through out our RP. You helped me to develop my Ventus, and I love to always making threads with you, especially when I look up to you and your writings. I wanted to draw out a lot of motivation from you. You’re the handful of individuals who I continues valued and looked up to, especially the well thought out and in depth your AU Axel had come from. Not everything is black and White, the grey that tells most of the story <3.

@brokenkxy - our muses may clash a bit, angst and drama everywhere like a bad case of a cold, but I love everyone bits of it. The moment we talked and gotten to know as muns, everything went down perfectly. Your Roxas is brilliant, and I enjoyed each time yours and mine clash. You’re a sweetie as your muse <3.

@hxartsmith - You’re the few Sora blog who tolerates my existence xD, no lie. I don’t know how you can put up with me, but I love having a bromance with your Sora and my Ven, and how Ven is picking on yours and get his just dessert lmao. You’ve stuck with me since the beginning, and I wanted to say, thank you <3.

@lunastusx - Karei, you’ve been there for me since my Lass blog and here you are, on along with my Ven too. Even if you’re busy with doing things that isn’t on tumblr or discord, I always enjoyed our interactions, our chat, heck even our VaniVen <3 and I love your edits, they are brilliant. Thank you for being there along the ride. thank you for being of the most first amazing Vanitas I’ve interact with.

@bite-x-the-x-bullet - You giant ass, you left me high and dry, so I’m gonna drag yo ass here in this mention xD. Because one, you’re my best friend and baby bro~ and two, you nudge me into this fandom, now I found new will to live >D, that doesn’t mean I forgive you for ditching me. >T regardless I should thank you for your encouragement and giving me confident, ilu <3.

@the-tender-princess - lil sis you know I have to mention you in this <3, I really enjoyed Yuuki and Ven being dorks and fighting with ice cream lmao. That stuff made my day! Please continue to bother him, whilst he can invade your inbox and spams Yuuki full of love xD;;. You oughta get on me yo, you’re  making me lonely.

@vcidgear - You’re one of the best person I could RP with in Au setting, be it on threading here on tumblr or discord. I love your Vanitas, he’s both cocky and protective, and court to the point it’s painfully flat cold teasing xD. You’re a lovely mun and I love talking to you and be braining ideas or just  generally talking. So thank you for sticking by me since day one <3.

@thebetterhalfofwind - You, you you awesome person. Your Vanitas is so amazing, and I just love you, your portray of him was spot on, especially the innocent part. You’re the few rare Vanitas who isn’t bad boy type, but retain what he is, how he was made from pure darkness that has nothing else to lose or experience anything but pain. I was so pleasantly surprised you followed me back and I love each of our threads, regardless if it’s x amount of numbers <3. Thank you, thank you so much for interacting me with me from the very beginning.

@oblivion-witch - You’ve stuck around with me since the beginning, the first me to crush me with massive wall of texts, the one who made me loved Naminé and Ventus as a ship whether it is platonic or romantic. Our thread gives me feels, fluffy and exploring more into Ven’s mind. I feel inadequate if I didn’t give you a quality reply and it often taken me longer to reply back... or gets buried underneath all others xD. But it gets funnier as it goes on... Nami getting that mischief side, it’s like... discovering new things all over again. Vee, thank you for sticking by me.

@vxstexrth - you’re a wonderful Terra, even though you are busy, I enjoyed our threads, and how much of a dork our Terra and Ven are. Thank you for tolerating me, even if I’m an annoying bundle of hyperness. Expect me to pester you more when you get back.

@zakkusurifea​ - You’ve been with me since the very beginning, and I love your Zack and often I feel comfortable with us mesing around and having fun. Zack and Ven food fighting was my favorite. Your support really lighten my spirit, so thank you so much for sticking with me this long. I hope we continue to support each other <3.

@corruptedkey / @verdantwind​​ - Soap you are the most wonderful friend, if my best friend position wasn’t already taken I would have happily given you this spot. Instead, I’d like to call you my closest confidant ;v;. Your writing blows me away, your perspective is very much spot on and each time we write a thread, I always look at my notification if I’ve receive your reply. I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with you and our muses interaction.

@notturnomelodico​ - You’re such a lovely mun ;v;, each time we talked in IM, it always makes me giggled a bit and lighten up my mood. I especially love our muses dynamic, even if it’s a little odd and out of places. And I’m slow as heck, I love to threading with you and look  forward to your reply... even if I’m a slow as a snail oTL. Thank you for your support <3.

@animustenebrae​ -  You crazy mun and muse lmao. Your art is just beautiful and visually chilling. I love what you’ve done to Venitas stark contrast to Heartless version of himself. I can’t help but grin each time there’s interaction between them or us casually talking. I swear you’re just pure crack xD.

@brave-puppy​ - As you made your Zack, in a way you also helped to support my Ven blog with your kind words. Sometimes we thread and ask like heck and sometimes we don’t. I enjoy seeing your Zack on my dash. Especially his reaction when Ven does something silly xD. Your tag when you reblog my promo, made me happy <3, so I’d like to thank you. Thank you~

@dorkprinceoflucis - aaaaaaahhh, yoooou! I really, really enjoy talking with you on IMs, it was funny and hilarious. Your Noctis is adorable, and when we discuss out the plot or plans for them, I couldn’t help but be a giggling dork. They are perfectly cute bundle of fluffy dorks. I really looked forward to your replies and see our muses development >3.

@gnectics / @dethiux​ - I cannot even put to words how detailed and mind boggling brilliant your posts are. I always, always checked my dash if I get your replies. You’re the few who allowed my mind to explore outside the box, your AU crashing with my Divergent verse was just mind blowing. THANK YOU so much for allowing me to open more possibilities. I know there’s a limit what a person can do, or there’s a limit how far you can do with our muses, please be patient with me and i promise you stories, drama, angst even comical relief. I thoroughly wanted our muses to develop as the story unraveled. Talking with you was a delight and I’d love to casually interact as a mun to mun or as muse to muse. You’re a lovely person and a great writer! Don’t forget that <3.

▹ ☆ ☆ ☆ Shout out to those who reached out to me and interact with me through RP or talking in general. Your support and encouragement inspire me.  ☆ ☆ ☆ ◃

@alongxthexroadxtoxdawn @onthewaytosmile @thewindywielder @oathkeepinginoblivion @prince-kivuli @nobodytoplaywith @thetaintedemotion @vexenchillingworth @thelightissilenced @tatarian-memory @tanabata-haze @valorhearted @sora-pugnxre-mxlum @divewingheart @roaringheart @venven-vani @sirkururugisuzaku @enter-the-darkness @goodbooi @akweh @angelusxtenebris @forgottenwind @nightlightsora @flamingkeyblade @moonismsvii @crimoso @elegantxassassin @kingdommark @cloakedbookworm @sharpteethsharpclaws @restcration​ @quackhealer @queen-of-disney-castle @soraingtofreedom @listenwellallofyou @chosen-boy @invertxgo @helperlion @justhisnobody @faithfulreplica @the-family-guardian @kyouminaine @teardownheaven @thepaststillhurts @keysoflight @darkprinceofjustice @liightisms @brown-eyed-trickster @king-x-carnage @funiisms @mirroredwaters @skiaquas @superiorofthein-between @ax-terminator @coeursouriant​ @xvxnitate

▹ ☆ ☆ ☆  And to Mutuals... even though we don’t interact, I really wished we could interact together sometimes and you all deserve some love too~  ☆ ☆ ☆ ◃

@buginthenightsky @spellweaviing @specimen-s @hallowedhearts @heartseekingfreedom @dancingflcmes @scatteredcrayons @arpeggxo @thegaleandlance @keycursed @cloakedpride @pyrcmantic @vainmark @nctycurprcxy @sassy-keyblade-master @esmeraldc @halfxblxxd  @sketchedinnocence   @electrodesonmyheart @one-dxstiny @seasaltseeker @tiimeless-key @problem-free @bxsteriiisms @noxtalgie @liningpxeces @scphiroth @crookedkey @rcmncnt @watchfulforeteller @piictograph @kcyblademaster @son-of-regis @mccnbladed @adoreshunny @adventurouswind @keysofthekingdom @mortiferumhelianthus @ricochcted @lxghtened @nightmaresend @bondsinthedark @xspellweaver @fata-et-fatorum @aquae-melodiam @eoschosen @faithfulheir @noctiisms @prudense @ekinoyo @noctislucisrp​ @memoriesxofxflames

✭ Thank you everyone for your love and support, your kind words and willingness to interact with me has given me courage, and aspired me to keep going. And thank you once again for tolerating my silly self, who really is just a dreamer, a dork and someone how loves everyone x3. i hope you all have a great day, and I would send everyone positive energy and lots of love <3 <3 <3. I probably missed out... a few people D;....but all the same I love you peeps too!