[251]: "Vanishing" (Riku/Kairi)
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kh_drabbleTitle: Vanishing
Challenge: [251] Sobriquet
Word Count: 184
Pairing: Subtle Riku/Kairi
Rating: G
The night brings terrors.
There is no ground or sky, only darkness and a girl standing with her back to him. Between them is emptiness, the silence like a thick weight suspended. One more step and he would disappear. She is beyond his reach.
"Ansem," she says quietly. She turns, but her eyes remain in shadow, revealing only the thin curve of her smile and red hair. He wants to shout that she's wrong, but there's a part of him that will be held by it. Naming the cancer doesn't make it any less deadly.
"Kairi, I'm here!" he says instead. "I can help you!"
Her cruel laughter turns into a sob. "How can you do that?" Her pointing finger accuses. "You can't even save yourself!"
The princess has no mercy. Her words carve into his heart, like Shadows would.
"Riku?" He falls, or perhaps he rises. Direction has no meaning here.
Calming hands smooth his sweat-streaked hair. He pulls her close, saying nothing, because he no longer needs to. She understands. The battle is over, but the nightmares linger, for both of them.
Challenge: [251] Sobriquet
Word Count: 184
Pairing: Subtle Riku/Kairi
Rating: G
The night brings terrors.
There is no ground or sky, only darkness and a girl standing with her back to him. Between them is emptiness, the silence like a thick weight suspended. One more step and he would disappear. She is beyond his reach.
"Ansem," she says quietly. She turns, but her eyes remain in shadow, revealing only the thin curve of her smile and red hair. He wants to shout that she's wrong, but there's a part of him that will be held by it. Naming the cancer doesn't make it any less deadly.
"Kairi, I'm here!" he says instead. "I can help you!"
Her cruel laughter turns into a sob. "How can you do that?" Her pointing finger accuses. "You can't even save yourself!"
The princess has no mercy. Her words carve into his heart, like Shadows would.
"Riku?" He falls, or perhaps he rises. Direction has no meaning here.
Calming hands smooth his sweat-streaked hair. He pulls her close, saying nothing, because he no longer needs to. She understands. The battle is over, but the nightmares linger, for both of them.
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Date: 2011-01-12 06:33 am (UTC)