Riku had been keeping a constant vigil over Sora since the younger boy had arrived. He was a dutiful guard, never once slacking on his watch over him as the boy slept peacefully on the bed Riku was given weeks ago.
Maleficent had done him a huge favor in wiping Sora’s memories away once he was brought to Hollow Bastion kicking and shouting in Riku’s arms. Riku had merely shushed Sora, cooed at him, and tried his best to placate the irate keyblade wielder before the boy fell like a sack of potatoes to the floor with the witch’s magic.
Worry had seized his heart momentarily before Maleficent explained it was just a simple sleeping spell. The anxiety flooded out of him in such a rush it made the young man dizzy. The woman then placed a glowing hand over Sora’s closed eyes, held it there for a moment, and then retreated from the room with a gentle: “You’re welcome, Riku. I do hope this pleases that rotten little heart of yours.”
Riku didn’t deign a reply.
He merely scooped the unconscious boy up in his arms and carried him away to his rooms. Lonely were the many nights he spent here, the loss of his friends eating away at him constantly.
When Riku ran into Sora in Traverse Town, he was elated, but jealousy came roaring to the forefront when Sora was soon surrounded by what he would later learn to be the King’s court magician and guard.
Anger and jealousy had warred inside his chest when the stupid duck had claimed Riku wasn’t able to go with them, and instead of causing a scene then and there, Riku had chosen to tactically retreat. Maleficent had been kind to him when he had arrived at her doorstep --befuddled and excited in equal measure to be in a new world-- but he valued her opinion even if there was something underhanded about it.
“If you desire the boy so much, simply take him,” she had instructed.
The thought of just… forcing Sora to go with him made Riku’s stomach hurt, but after several incidents of back and forths with the younger boy during trips to multiple other worlds, Riku was now able to admit he missed Sora more than he valued the boy’s freedom and consent.
Riku didn’t even wait for Sora to become alone before snatching him up. He sent Heartless in droves to distract the dog and duck (he never bothered to learn their names, they were just obstacles in the way and needed to go), and while they swarmed the pair, Riku dragged Sora through a door of darkness back to Maleficent’s home.
Sora, being Sora, had been excited at first to see him, making Riku’s heart flutter for a moment with happiness before the boy asked to return. His “friends” needed him.
Anger soured his delight immediately.
Childishly, Riku shoved Sora, making the boy stumble to his knees where he looked up at him with such wide eyes as if he couldn’t believe Riku would do such a thing.
And the confusion and trust in those blue eyes made Riku’s breath catch.
A heat bloomed in his chest and Riku clasped the front of his shirt in a fist.
“What about Kairi?!” he shouted. “What about me?!”
“You’re important too, but they need me right now!” Sora had tried to defend. “Riku, please…”
Riku scoffed. Tears had burned in the corners of his eyes as Maleficent’s previous words came rushing back.
He has no need of you now.
But now here Sora lay. Asleep. Peaceful. Completely vulnerable.
Riku ran a hand through spiky chestnut hair.
“You’ll see, Sora,” he whispered, trying to keep his voice low so as not to disturb his best friend. “It’ll be better now that we’re together again. We’ll have our adventure. We’ll never be separated again. I promise it’ll just be us from now on.”
It’ll be just like it was supposed to be.
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I WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE COMIC >:))))))
I did warn you…
Okay so idk if a lot of people know this, but Damian was originally given up for adoption right after he was born before his story was reconned.
So in this comic, Damian is 9 years old and in the foster system in Gotham, unknowing who his parents are. He’s never stays long in a home because he’s very aggressive. He’s smart though, so he orders a DNA testing kit to hopefully find a relative to take him. Imagine his shock when he finds out his father is Bruce Wayne.
So this 9 year old walks into WE by himself, toddles up to the secretary, and asks to see Bruce Wayne. The secretary is like “haha okay, let me help you find your parents.” And Damian is like “you can. My dad is Bruce Wayne.”
And then Tim shows up!! And he’s like, “who’s your dad?”
And Damian is suddenly really nervous and shyly passes Tim the DNA test results. Tim looks them over, and Damian thinks he’s going to get turned away. But then Tim smiles at him and asks him if he has time for a drink.
Damian basically explains his life story over a cup of hot chocolate to Tim. Tim listens and tells him that he’ll make sure Bruce sees it and gives him his number if he has any questions (Damian doesn’t have a phone). Damian gets up to throw out his cup but Tim is like “oh I can throw that out for you. Talk to you soon!”
Cut to the BatCave where Bruce is staring at the DNA test results. Showing him and Talia as the parents. Tim stands behind him. “I doubled and tripled checked.” He says. “Not to mention he’s the spitting image of you.” He mumbles under his breath, knowing that Bruce isn’t in the mood for jokes right now. Alfred places some Tylenol beside Bruce using his butler powers to sense his on coming headache.
“And you said he walked into the lobby by self?” Bruce asked.
“Yeah, he said he took the bus.”
“Oh dear,” Alfred comments, “that is certainly not safe for a boy his age in Gotham. I wonder if his social worker knows about that…”
So the next morning, Damian finds that he’s out of custody from his foster parents. And he’s like “but I didn’t do anything this time!” And his social workers like “no, they’re getting charged with child endangerment. We already have a place lined up for you.”
Lo and behold, his new foster home is Wayne Manor. And he meets Bruce for the first time and he’s really nervous. And Bruce has to turn away because he almost starts crying. And Damian asks Alfred if he did something wrong and Alfred’s like “no, he’s just very happy to see you.”
And that’s basically it. But I also have this idea of how he discovers his Dad is Batman.
He comes downstairs in the early morning for a snack before going back to sleep to find Red Hood raiding their fridge. He runs to Bruce and he’s freaking because fucking RED HOOD broke into their house.
And Bruce groans and is mildly annoyed about and Damian is like “???? Does this happen often????” Bruce brings him downstairs and Red Hood is still there, but making a grilled cheese with his helmet off.
“Jay, how many times do we need to tell you know masks in the house?”
“I dunno. How many fucking children are you going to adopt?” He gestures to Damian hiding behind Bruce.
“He doesn’t know yet, Jay. I was going to wait until he was more comfortable.”
Jason is a little sheepish because he did give the kid a bit of a fright, so he turns around to apologize and introduce himself. And instantly is like “holy shit, that’s a bio kid.”
“Language, Jay…”
“Don’t language me, where the fuck did he come from???”
“What is happening??!!” Damian finally yells.
And then Bruce shows him the BatCave.
I did warn you I’d talk your ear off. I came up with this circa. 2018 - 2019 but I feel like I finally have the skill to draw it. And I honestly fell in love with it again, so I might lol.
Edit: I did it
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I finally have chapter two of the fic up! I hope you decide to give it a read.
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Characters: Sora, Riku
Rating: T
Pairing: Sora/Riku
Words: 1,422
Summary: Sora wakes up and Riku shows him around Hollow Bastion.
Riku clenched his jaw, feeling a muscle in his cheek twitch from how hard he was tensing it. At the twitch, he forcibly made himself relax so as not to show his tension to Sora.
“Oh. Okay.” Sora popped a fruit into his mouth and chewed on it thoughtfully. “So, what? We just wait for her to be found?”
“When Maleficent finds her, we get to ride a real pirate ship to go get her!” Riku said with forced enthusiasm.
Please, pay attention to me, he thought. Forget about Kairi. It’s just us, now.
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