Nightmare

[shadowedsolace.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm new to the community so I thought I'd try my hand at a drabble. This is my entry for the breaking contest.

Title: Nightmare
Word Count: 300

(Theme: Breaking
Title: Nightmare
Word Count:300
Pairing: Sora/Riku angst
*This takes place after KH but before CoM, in Traverse Town*

take care of her

Those words echoed through his mind. ‘Take care of her’?! Those were the last words he’d spoken. No tearful goodbyes, not even a “See ya.”

It had been three days since he’d sealed Riku in Kingdom Hearts and fulfilled his duty to close the doors to the worlds. Three days ago he’d returned to Traverse Town and locked himself inside this small room. Three days of drifting in and out of his dreams, finding reality a nightmare. Three days until he could muster up enough courage to attempt to face it.

Opening his eyes, he ignores the whispers saying go back to sleep, it’s so much easier to dream than accept the truth. He feels his eyelids grow heavy at the thought and quickly stands up and backs away from the bed.

Stumbling across the dark room his hand gropes blindly for the wall, trying to find his way towards the bathroom. Upon reaching his destination his hand runs over the light switch and flips it, filling the room with light.

Light.

His eyes burn with the tears and light as he forces them to open and adjust. Looking up into the small mirror, his eyes widen as takes in his puffy eyes, dark circles, and tear-streaked pale face.

‘Ha’ He can hear Riku’s voice clearly in his mind. ‘You can’t even last three days on your own. Some keybearer you are.’

“I know.” He says, his bangs hiding his eyes. “I’m weak. I can’t be strong without you. You left me alone! How could you do this to me?!”

His eyes widen as he looks at the shattered pieces of the mirror in the sink and his reflections stare back at him, all passing judgment.

And they were right; he was simply a shattered heart.

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Comments

[orisghost.livejournal.com]

Aww, I knew I was going to sad some sad drabbles with this idea... ;___; But well done! Riku reminds me of how he actually was at the end of the game, sort of making fun of Sora with 'I thought you were stronger than that.' And it's nice to see Sora expressing feelings other than oblivious happiness about everything. Even though he's far from an very angsty little guy, I like seeing people show him using his head and heart in more serious ways every once in a while. ^___^

[shadowedsolace.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't mean for it to be too angsty, but I didn't have enough space to write in Sora snapping back to his determined self. Thank you!

[purple-angel01.livejournal.com]

I loved that...I really did...

[shadowedsolace.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I would just like to point out that your icon is the cutest thing I've seen in quite a while. Stitch and duckies! *squeals*

[eternal-moonie.livejournal.com]

Very nice!