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[limitstorm]

Hey. This is Riku. Uh... leave a message, and I'll get back to you.

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[heartstorage]

'Support us'? Riku c'mon you're my best friend, not my parent.

[You lack the hair spikes to ever be his relative]

If you like doing it, you should still try to do it sometimes. We can all help out with munny!

[limitstorm]

[ eyeroll! ]

Aren't best friends supposed to support each other?

I know you guys can. Still don't know if I can even do anything down here, though--everyone's already taking care of the mutineers that came down here.

[heartstorage]

Sure, but not so much money wise! That's....parents and married couples sorta stuff.

So ask Ros! If she's your boss, she'd know.

[limitstorm]

Haven't gotten the chance yet, with everything going on. It wasn't first priority.

[ making sure sora, roxas, lea, and virgil were safe and warm were. ]

[heartstorage]

[He rubs the back of his neck]

Yeah, I guess.

But...if you like doing it, you should ask. At least, think about it?

[limitstorm]

... I'll think about it.

[ he looks down at his mug, not at sora. ]

[heartstorage]

...Okay.

[he looks at Riku for just a moment, before looking at his own mug; watching the steam slowly rise]

[limitstorm]

[ he frowns at that, feeling eye son him for far too long. ]

Something wrong?

[heartstorage]

[There's a pause. There's stuff he could say but...]




....I think I burnt my tongue.

[limitstorm]

[ . . . ]

You're a real dork, you know that?

[ he's getting up, going over to the freezer with a new cup. here, have some ice for your tongue, ninny 8| ]

[heartstorage]

Am not.

[It could happen to anyone!!]

[Buuut now that there's a good amount of physical distance between them? Sora's going for it. He sets his mug of cocoa aside and turns around so he's on his knees, looking at Riku.]

Hey Riku....remember that conversation we had a few weeks ago? You know, about you talking?

[limitstorm]

[ his spine slowly tenses up. ]

Uh--yeah.

[ he shifts his shoulders as he looks back to sora. ]

What about it?

[ riku knows why he's bringing it up, but he wants to hear it from sora's mouth. ]

[heartstorage]

Well....you said you needed a few days, but it's been a few weeks now.

[He'll keep looking at him]

So I guess, I wanted to know...if you were ready yet.

[limitstorm]

[ between getting sick and the move down there, riku's scarcely given a thought to it.

but with sora speaking, and christmas being so near... he's feeling more charitable. he shifts again, and exhales finally, furrowing his brows. ]

... I think so.

[heartstorage]

[Riku if you talking about stuff can be counted as a Christmas Miracle, that's not good.]

[But Sora immediately perks up. He had been almost expecting a "no"]

Really?

[limitstorm]

[ he walks back over, not looking at sora. ]

New Year's good as ever, right?

[heartstorage]

[he tilts his head a little]

Uh, I guess?

[Honestly, he hadn't celebrated in the past couple years. You know, what between coma and wars, the time would often slip away from him]

[So yeah, he's not quite sure what Riku is getting at]

[limitstorm]

[ okay he'll spell it out for you ]

Resolutions, Sora.

[heartstorage]

Oh! Those things.

What about them? Do you got one?

[limitstorm]

Yeah, I do.

[ ... handing that glass of ice over to sora. ]

Don't you?

[heartstorage]

What is it?

[He'll take the glass, taking a piece of ice in his mouth and sucking on it. Sure, he sets goals for himself. Find his friends, stop the heartless, stop Xehanort. But official New Years resolutions?]

...Not really. The last one I remember making was to get better grades in school.

[a beat]

I didn't do very good on that. [seeing how he...dropped out of the 8th grade o o p s]

[limitstorm]

Didn't me, Kairi and you all make that same resolution?

[ ... ]

Guess only Kairi lived up to it.

[ he takes in a deep breath, though, chewing on his inner cheek before shrugging. ]

I want to be-- [ he pauses and fixes his words, clearing his throat. ] feel worthy of my title.

[ because if he says be, sora'll hound him about it ]

[heartstorage]

Mmhmm, it was a competition. Let's not remind Kairi.

[She'll never let them live it downnnn. He looks over at Riku, swallowing that piece of ice]

But you are- [Okay, stopping himself here!]

What makes you feel you're not worthy?

[limitstorm]

[ he makes a frustrated noise, and then shakes his head. ]

... when we were split up--right after I opened the door to darkness, I never told you what happened, did I?

[heartstorage]

[Listen, don't argue he has to remind himself.]

No, you haven't.