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➤ ` RIKU. ( litoredeem )
Shoresides that feel like dreams beneath footsteps. Yet to be determined if it were the sort he even wanted to wake from. It was… okay to say that he was comfortable here, right? Where it’s warm and bright and inviting, and the smiles even more so. When he hears her voice, he thinks he could even belong here again.
❝ And what’s that supposed to mean? ❞ It’s so easy to smile around Kairi, to fit his knuckles to his hip and cock his head. ❝ Last I checked, I’m not the slacker when it comes to getting out of bed. ❞
The actual ‘slacker’ in question, sure enough, was nowhere to be seen. Probably still drooling into his pillow. Leaving the two of them to stand within this early sea breeze. The time passed between now and halcyon days can be easily measured by said breeze, how much of their hair gets caught up in it. Now he’s watching her tuck it behind her ear to show him her sincere eyes. He’d missed out on so much of her.
❝ Not early enough for you to get your sugar fix, huh? ❞ He turns to resume his earlier stride, expecting her to follow. ❝ That’s one way to wake up, I guess. ❞
Follow she did, quickened steps lining up with his shortly thereafter, gait matching longer strides. Nostalgia filled imprints left behind in the sand, the same way seawater did, transient and fleeting.
❝ ' I guess ' ? You trying to say something about popsicles ? ❞ She's feigning offence, hand held over her heart in mocking agony. Even as she huffed, shifting the worn stick in her mouth, she found herself incapable of hiding a smile at his words. ❝ I'll have you know I mentioned sea salt ice cream to Selphie after I came back, and she told me she wanted to try her hand at it. She left a sample at my house yesterday and asked to know what I thought. I'm just doing my duty as a residential taste tester. ❞
Maybe one day, when able to pay a visit to Twilight Town, she’d bring some for kids there to compare traditional to the island variant... Sora’s known Hayner, Pence, and Olette long before she had, but Riku never met them, did he ? It settled it then, who she’d ask to accompany her.
❝ As for being early, it means I thought you'd still be at home getting rest. ❞ Vaguely, Kairi gestured back over the shoulder towards the docks, to the Mainland. ❝ I was even going to drop by later. But it looks like you're fine. I must've been worried over nothing. ❞