KH: Past the Sky and Sea
Title: Past the Sky and Sea
Betas: The amazing and talented ladylore and lithele
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Characters: Sora, Riku
For: 30_friends
Theme: #4 ~ Walk Beside Me
Rating: PGish
Warning: None
Notes: Story is set on the evening before the game begins. It's one that got away from me. I thought I knew what it was about, and then it wasn't. XD I kinda like it though, even if it's different than I expected it to be. ^^;;; Comments are awesome and always appreciated, if you've time to leave them. ^.^
Past the Sky and Sea
The sun had just begun its disappearance into the ocean on that glorious spring day. As evening fell, Sora knew that their parents would begin to worry if they didn’t get back. Not that he cared about that - no, it was just that the one time he and Riku had fallen asleep on the beach and their parents had come looking for them, they hadn’t been allowed to come back to the island for a week, and Sora didn’t like being stuck in town.
On this particular evening, Sora would gladly have already been on his way back. Summer was coming, but it hadn’t quite arrived yet. The soft spring breeze made him shiver in clothes still soaked from falling into the ocean earlier. Sora was looking forward to getting into drier clothing, except for one small problem.
He couldn’t find Riku.
Sora had looked everywhere for him. He’d checked the secret spot, the ship, and the caves - he’d even asked the others if they’d seen him, but no one seemed to know where the silver haired boy had slipped off to while Sora had dueled with Wakka and the others. Now there was only one place that Sora could think of where Riku might be, and he ran hastily up the stairs and over the bridge to the tiniest of the Destiny Islands.
“Riku!” Sora called, approaching his friend. The sun glinted off the boy’s hair as he sat upon the crooked tree trunk, staring off into the distance. Sora jumped over the log, turning to face Riku with a smile. “I’ve been looking for you everywhere! Come on, it’s time to head back!”
Riku didn’t respond, simply gazed at the sun setting over the horizon. When Sora turned to see what was so captivating, the soft shades of pink and yellow stretching upwards toward pale blue sky and paler white clouds greeted him. In the center of it all, too bright to really watch, glowed a brilliant ball of light.
“It’s beautiful…” Sora said without thinking. He leaned back against the tree trunk, closing his eyes and feeling the last heat of the sun’s rays upon his face.
“Hey, Sora?” Riku said after a moment. Sora looked up at him, but the older boy had eyes only for the distance as he continued, “Do you ever wonder what it’ll be like, when we finally finish our raft? When we go to visit other worlds?”
Sora turned back towards the sky.
“Not really…” He replied softly. He paused before continuing, “Lately, I’ve been… Never mind.”
Riku at last broke his staring contest with the sun to turn and look at Sora. Sora, on the other hand, had tipped his face downward, hiding it from view.
“What, Sora?” Riku asked, watching his reaction. Sora’s head bowed a little further still. Then he shook it back and forth before looking back up with a wide grin that didn’t fool Riku for a second.
“Nothing.” Sora said, turning back to the horizon.
The tone of his voice was cheerful enough, but the undercurrent of confusion and disquiet couldn’t have been hidden regardless of how he tried. Riku studied him for a moment more before looking back across the sea. The luminescent sun had vanished, but its echoes lingered in the scarlet and tangerine lights of the afterglow. He stretched out a hand and cuffed the back of the brown haired boy’s head lightly as he jumped down from the tree.
“Come on.” Riku said, placing himself directly in his friend’s line of vision. “They’ll worry about us if we’re not back soon.”
“Yeah.” Sora replied, nodding. Some of the worry left his eyes, and more of it vanished when Riku favoured him with a grin.
“Race you?” The older boy offered, moving around the tree to get a better start position.
“You’re on!” Sora smiled a real smile then, and came to stand beside him. “Ready?”
“GO!” Riku shouted before tearing down the beach.
When they arrived at the dock, Riku didn’t even have to guess to know where Sora was. Sure enough, he was right where he’d been the entire time - by Riku’s side.
Betas: The amazing and talented ladylore and lithele
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Characters: Sora, Riku
For: 30_friends
Theme: #4 ~ Walk Beside Me
Rating: PGish
Warning: None
Notes: Story is set on the evening before the game begins. It's one that got away from me. I thought I knew what it was about, and then it wasn't. XD I kinda like it though, even if it's different than I expected it to be. ^^;;; Comments are awesome and always appreciated, if you've time to leave them. ^.^
Past the Sky and Sea
The sun had just begun its disappearance into the ocean on that glorious spring day. As evening fell, Sora knew that their parents would begin to worry if they didn’t get back. Not that he cared about that - no, it was just that the one time he and Riku had fallen asleep on the beach and their parents had come looking for them, they hadn’t been allowed to come back to the island for a week, and Sora didn’t like being stuck in town.
On this particular evening, Sora would gladly have already been on his way back. Summer was coming, but it hadn’t quite arrived yet. The soft spring breeze made him shiver in clothes still soaked from falling into the ocean earlier. Sora was looking forward to getting into drier clothing, except for one small problem.
He couldn’t find Riku.
Sora had looked everywhere for him. He’d checked the secret spot, the ship, and the caves - he’d even asked the others if they’d seen him, but no one seemed to know where the silver haired boy had slipped off to while Sora had dueled with Wakka and the others. Now there was only one place that Sora could think of where Riku might be, and he ran hastily up the stairs and over the bridge to the tiniest of the Destiny Islands.
“Riku!” Sora called, approaching his friend. The sun glinted off the boy’s hair as he sat upon the crooked tree trunk, staring off into the distance. Sora jumped over the log, turning to face Riku with a smile. “I’ve been looking for you everywhere! Come on, it’s time to head back!”
Riku didn’t respond, simply gazed at the sun setting over the horizon. When Sora turned to see what was so captivating, the soft shades of pink and yellow stretching upwards toward pale blue sky and paler white clouds greeted him. In the center of it all, too bright to really watch, glowed a brilliant ball of light.
“It’s beautiful…” Sora said without thinking. He leaned back against the tree trunk, closing his eyes and feeling the last heat of the sun’s rays upon his face.
“Hey, Sora?” Riku said after a moment. Sora looked up at him, but the older boy had eyes only for the distance as he continued, “Do you ever wonder what it’ll be like, when we finally finish our raft? When we go to visit other worlds?”
Sora turned back towards the sky.
“Not really…” He replied softly. He paused before continuing, “Lately, I’ve been… Never mind.”
Riku at last broke his staring contest with the sun to turn and look at Sora. Sora, on the other hand, had tipped his face downward, hiding it from view.
“What, Sora?” Riku asked, watching his reaction. Sora’s head bowed a little further still. Then he shook it back and forth before looking back up with a wide grin that didn’t fool Riku for a second.
“Nothing.” Sora said, turning back to the horizon.
The tone of his voice was cheerful enough, but the undercurrent of confusion and disquiet couldn’t have been hidden regardless of how he tried. Riku studied him for a moment more before looking back across the sea. The luminescent sun had vanished, but its echoes lingered in the scarlet and tangerine lights of the afterglow. He stretched out a hand and cuffed the back of the brown haired boy’s head lightly as he jumped down from the tree.
“Come on.” Riku said, placing himself directly in his friend’s line of vision. “They’ll worry about us if we’re not back soon.”
“Yeah.” Sora replied, nodding. Some of the worry left his eyes, and more of it vanished when Riku favoured him with a grin.
“Race you?” The older boy offered, moving around the tree to get a better start position.
“You’re on!” Sora smiled a real smile then, and came to stand beside him. “Ready?”
“GO!” Riku shouted before tearing down the beach.
When they arrived at the dock, Riku didn’t even have to guess to know where Sora was. Sure enough, he was right where he’d been the entire time - by Riku’s side.