paradisalost | Thread: Missed me, Missed me [Sora and Riku]

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Thread: Missed me, Missed me [Sora and Riku]

Who: Sora (

from_twilight)
What: Meeting up after Riku's arrival.
When: After the conversation here.
Where: Sora's room 219
Rating: PGish?

His head felt light as he made his way down the stairs to the room. This was all wrong, this was not as it was supposed to be. This was all wrong. This was all wrong- it was all that ran through his mind. When Roxas? Yes- he... he had not been joking. Riku made a note to poke that guy later. Him and Kairi. What was wrong with Kairi too? She'd sounded so...

...This was wrong.

What was this place? Paradisa? Paradise?

It seemed that not only was there something wrong with Sora, but his own memories were a bit askew. Namine... Roxas. Those names sounded so familiar. Like he should know them... but somehow. It all escaped him. A lot was missing. It felt like it was. Some sort of hole in his recollection of events. However right now... Sora and Kairi were important. Maybe Sora would be able to tell him where Kairi was... had he forgotten her too?

After everything?

It seemed so unfair.

Stopping infront of the door, Riku lifted his hand to knock on the door, slouching a little awkwardly.

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The moment Riku had said that he was coming, Sora had started digging through his room. He dugged up all the notebooks that he had been using to take notes about the people here, about the things Roxas told him. All these notes were so he wouldn't forget anything more, because even without memory problems his memory was terrible.

Now he went tearing through the pages, seeing if he could find, well, anything about this Riku. Surely if this guy was his best friend like he said, Roxas would of mentioned something. He did have all of Sora's memories after all. He found a single line at the beginning of the first journal, the one full of things that Roxas has told him. 'Riku, a childhood friend' That was all that Sora knew about this guy. It didn't seem fair.

He threw the journal to the floor in frustration as he heard a knock at the door. Time to get this over with, though he dreaded how much he was going to upset this guy. Getting up, he went over to answer the door. It was a guy who was taller than him (who wasn't?) with long silver hair, but still looked to be about his age.

"Hi?" he said nervously.

At seeing Sora, Riku's face broke out into a look of pure relief and a smile, "Sora- you're really here thank god-" he stopped in mid-sentence. This... this wasn't like Sora was it? The nervous tone, the uncertainty. The lack of recognition.

...Pain crossed Riku's face, clear as day, before it was shoved carefully under a careful mask of some indifference. The hurt was still there.

"You really weren't joking when you said you didn't remember, huh?"

Riku shoved one hand on his pocket, fist clenching.

Watching Riku's face go from relief to being in pain was hard for Sora to see. The guy quickly tried to cover it with a look of indifference, but Sora had a feeling that he was still hurt. Whoever Riku was, Sora could tell that he cared about him. And Sora didn't even have the decency to remember who he was.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't." He hated this. Hated being the one to cause pain for these people, all because this place robbed him of memories. Why couldn't it have taken something else of his?

"I know that, we're childood friends. I know its not much but-" he stopped and looked down. That sounded so puny coming out, he could only imagine his own reaction if the roles were reversed.

...But Riku...

For a moment he found it hard to swallow the sheer shock of Sora's words, how he looked down at his feet- and Riku felt angry- how could he have forgotten him? And Kairi? What of her? This- the fist clenched and unclenched slowly as he counted to ten.

When he spoke again he forced his voice to be steady and even, "Hey-" he hesitated but then reached over to give Sora a slap on the shoulder. "Come on Sora. Don't make that face."

Because that hurt too.

"It's okay."

No but-

"It'll be fine. I've also forgotten some things."

"Riku..." The guy gave him a slap on the shoulder, and tried to make it sound like it was all okay. A small part of Sora doubted it, so much had gone wrong here. But - he had to cling to something right?

For Riku, he tried to form a small smile. No sad faces, right? Someone had told him that. Maybe it was Riku that did.

"You did too?" he asked. He wondered what sort of things.

Riku grinned, letting some silver strands fall over his eyes gently, then he reached over and ruffled Sora's hair- hard- letting out a laugh, "Yeah, this place is crazy isn't it?"

Right now, he was trying to get his bearings right, trying to figure out where to go from here. Acting as if nothing seemed the right choice for now. Sora... it hurt him too and it must have been hard for him, not remembering... Riku wanted to ask what else- no- who else Sora had forgotten but...

"How long have you been stuck here?"

Sora felt his head get shaken from the ruffling of his hair. Though instead of telling the guy to knock it off like he would of told most people, he just let it happen, even chuckled along a little. He had upset the guy enough, and he liked hearing the guy's laugh.

He stepped back to let the guy into his room as he thought about it. "I think about two months now." He crossed his arms in frustration. "This place is proving really hard to get out of."

Though he wondered, wouldn't Riku have notice him going missing for two months? Unless he meant something else.

"Two months huh?" No, Sora had not been missing from his world so it was strange... maybe something messed with time here. Riku dropped his hand and grinned down at the other, this was Sora alright. Maybe without any memories but it was clear to him. It looked, felt and acted like Sora. So this was no trick from the darkness.

"Really? Well, now that I'm here we'll figure a way out. You always were slow." he teased.

But no... Sora had taught him lots of things at the end... and- shaking his thoughts away, Riku glanced at Sora again. "Kairi's here too, you've seen her?"

"Hey, I'm not that slow!" Sora remarked back. Okay, maybe he wasn't the fastest thinker around, but come on. But he still continued to grin. "But fine, we'll find a way home together!"

On mention of Kairi, Sora scratched his head and looked away again. "Not really," he said honestly. "She says she's never met me. And the only reason I know about her at all is because of Roxas."

Roxas... Riku pondered, it was probably best to talk to him. Get to know him, make sure he was not somehow behind this whole thing... it... Riku flashed Sora a grin. "You bet. I'm not going to let you slack off anymore."

But yes, he had to see Kairi too, make sure she was alright.

"So how about a tour of the place since you've been here?"

"Slack off? What do you mean by that?" Sora demanded. It wasn't like he was slacking off before. But maybe, together him and Riku could find a way home. As well as deal with all the other problems here.

"A tour? Yeah I guess I could give you one," If there was thing Sora did know, it was the layout of this place. After all, he's spent the past two months looking in every nook and cranny for a way out. "What do you wanna see?"

Riku laughed, "Exactly what I said, Sora." he turned away from the other, smile fadding a little as he glanced down the hallway. Well, at least he was here.

"I don't know." The grin was back in place, "What is there to see around here other than rooms and corridors?"

"A lot of stuff," If this world was anything, it was huge. "There's a library, a pool, the kitchen, a game room, the gardens - even a village!" He waved his arms in a gesture to indicate how big this place was.

He just wish he could remember what sort of thing Riku would like.

Riku looked amused at Sora's arm waving. "Sounds promising. How about we start with the game room?" he reached over and patted Sora's head. This world did sound huge, but surely there had to be a way out of it hm?

Yeah.

Riku wasn't too picky right now, he wanted to familiarize himself with the grounds so he could move about easier.

Another pat on the head. It made him a little annoyed, but Sora supposed he would have to get used to that so he didn't say anything.

"Okay, game room it is!" He pointed towards the stairway that would get them closer. "Its on the first floor this way," He didn't go to the game room too often, but he knew where it was at. "In fact, anything that isn't a bedroom can be found there. Well, the rooms anyway."

Sora kept thinking of all the things he wanted to ask Riku. About him, their friendship, their past, their journeys -- he wasn't even sure where to begin.

It was too hard to resist ruffling Sora's hair when the other looked so damn... indignant about it. It made him grin and chuckle again. Riku didn't offer more information about himself right now because... well, he... had no idea what to say. When you have a best friend who knows everything about you- and he forgots- what can you say? Where do you start? Especially when his own memories were sort of fuzzy as well.

"Oh? And this place a lot of things? Almost everything?" It would be an interesting stay then. Not that he was planning to stay there always but...

...well.

"Almost," this place wasn't home. "It could use an ocean. And the sky never changes. Its kinda like Twilight Town that way," he said as he patted his hair down in vain. Then the first question he could ask popped into his head. "Did you ever go to Twilight Town?" Not much point comparing the place to it if Riku's never seen that world.

An ocean? That's true. "You said there is a pool, right?" At least they could swim, even though it wouldn't be like back home...

"Yeah." Riku paused. "I have been there." Though the details were kind of fuzzy in his mind. He had been looking for Sora, but- but-

-there was more, he just couldn't remember what exactly. And it bothered him. "Looking for you, if memory serves right." he added with a shrug.

"Yeah, I did," Sora nodded. "There was even a swimming competition awhile back, and someone mentioned having another one."

He couldn't help but notice the pause and a confused look come from the other boy. What was that for? "Yeah? Did you find me?"

"Yeah, I did, we went home. Kairi was waiting for us." Riku shrugged, his memory was fuzzy on some details but he was sure of that. They had gone home, he followed the other towards the game room.

"Another swimming competition? We should join if it goes through. See which one of us wins." he teased

"Thats nice, I remember the going home part." He placed his hands on the back of his head. Not that he could remember anything about Riku and Kairi, but he remembered seeing his island again for the first time in over a year.

"Yeah? You think so?" Sora probably was going to join anyway, but it would be fun to have Riku there too. "Hey, did we compete a lot like that before? Who usually won?"

Riku glanced back at Sora, grinning, "Me, of course." But in the end... Riku looked away. He wasn't bitter about that, Sora had taught him a lot after all. There was no reason to be bitter. Not now, this was another reunion. Even if the circumstances were less than ideal.

"But you're getting better. Maybe you'll beat me next time around."

"Really? You must be really good then!" Not many people were better than Sora at things. He was the victor in most competitions and battles he took part of. But if Riku was better, did that mean he was a keyblade master too?

"Maybe! I have gotten a lot better! We'll have to see!"

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