kingdomdressing | (no subject)

[Well, he'll be enduring several scratches before he gets him pinned. When he does, there's a lot of struggling. As the darkness is absorbed, coming out of Sora and into Replica, the black tendrils pull away from his paled skin. His eyes are the last thing to change back.]

[Then... He passes out.]

[He's too full of adrenaline to feel any damage done to himself, though his rush is short-lived when Sora passes out so soon. He's got his fist cocked back and ready to break Sora's nose when he stops, breathing heavily as he stares down at the other boy.]

[He's out cold! The darkness has faded.]

[He's got Sora at his fingertips; could kill him outright if he wished. He doesn't though. He can feel the darkness thrumming through every inch of himself, and instead of focusing it on Sora he punches the wall behind him instead, blasting a hole into it with all that excess energy without looking away from Sora once.]

I saw what you did. You shoved me down so deeply that Riku and I couldn't even feel each other, so why, why would you bring me back now?

[Surprisingly, he seems to start coming to as soon as the excess energy is out of the way.]

[Would a few still-pissed slaps to the cheek help that happen a little faster?]

[His hand reaches up and snatches his wrist, so yes.]

[He leans in close, eyes narrowed and his voice low]

Why, Sora?

[His eyes crack open, pure blue as ever. When he sees where the eyepatch is, he can't help the small smile.]

... Y-you're back.

[Replica's eying Sora suspiciously now.]

Of course I am. I don't know what the hell you did, but you'd better start explaining fast.

Does this mean.... Riku's back..?

He's out cold at the moment, but he's still here. What were you trying to do, kill him?

N-no, never.

[there's a short cough.]

... He's... gonna be back to normal, right?

I'm not telling you a damn thing until you tell me what the hell happened!

I didn't mean to... make you leave. You just... You made me so angry, and I yelled, and... this place made you go away...

Yeah? Well I didn't go away. I was buried, so deep that I couldn't see or hear, or even come close to finding Riku!

I'm sorry.

... M'sorry.... [That's a weak cough, slightly pained.] I didn't want that...

Why not? You had Riku all to yourself. Why would you want me back if you hated me so much?

B-because... That wasn't Riku. That wasn't... him. Not the Riku I...

[Can he say it?!]

The Riku you what?

... I love him.

[This... This is probably the most dumbfounded you will ever see Replica.]

That's impossible. Love isn't real. It's just something made up so the candy companies can make money.

That's not true. He wasn't the same when you were gone. He was different. He was always smiling, but it was so... shallow. Like he was just smiling for the sake of smiling, and he's.. not like that. With you there, he's cautious. There's room to grow, and... get to know each other. He won't just give me his trust or love, and I have to work for it and think it's worth it to do that. I want to make him smile and laugh, because it's the most amazing thing I've ever seen or heard. I want to kiss him and... feel something real behind it.

There aren't any candy companies here, Replica... I'm serious about this.

[...congratulations, Sora. You've managed to earn some grudging respect from Replica. He's quiet as he mulls that over, sifting through each word but unable to find anything that feels false.]

You'll have to tell him when he wakes up, then. Whatever the hell you pulled to get me out of that hole I was in, it hurt like a bitch and knocked him out. You better remember something though. You can't love just one half of him. If you're gonna love him, you've got to love all of him.

Then you've gotta stop trying to kill me so I can.