eleven (anon text) ♞ ❝you'll be smarter--more grown up and a better daughter or son.❞

[limitstorm]

Maybe this isn't the kind of thing anyone should be thinking about...

Does it make sense to celebrate a birthday after everything that's happened?

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[limitstorm]

[ he sighs, though it's not aggravated. ]

That's what I thought, too. What're you supposed to get someone who might not even know what they like yet?

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[heartstorage]

Well...if it's not a gift card, then I'm as stumped as you are. [He's not even good at getting gifts for Kairi and he's known her forever sheesh]

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[limitstorm]

I'll figure something out.

[ he rubs his neck. ]

Eventually.

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[heartstorage]

Yeah- of course you will!

Speaking of though...what do you want for your birthday?

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[limitstorm]

[ aha um ]

Actually... I'm not celebrating it this year. So, don't get me anything.

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[heartstorage]

Whaaaat?

[Hands on hips!!]

Why not?

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[limitstorm]

Well--I--

[ a sigh, then he looks at him in the eye. ]

I haven't celebrated it since we left Destiny Islands, okay? I just don't want the big party my parents used to throw me. It's... weird.

It's already on a holiday, anyway. What's the point?

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[heartstorage]

The point is it's your birthday! It's good to celebrate that!

C'moooon, we don't have to have a big party, but you oughta do something!

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[limitstorm]

[ siiiigh, rubs his arm. ]

Sora, it's not really a big deal. So I'm eighteen. Next you'll be talking about having a belated 'congrats on being a Master' party.

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[heartstorage]

Sure it is! Eighteen's an important age and you are too!

But you know, if you don't do something for you birthday, I might see what I could do about that Master party thing.

[SINCE HE KNOWS YOU'D HATE THAT MORE]

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[limitstorm]

[ ohmygod. ]

Okay, okay. If it's between those two, I'll do something.

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[heartstorage]

[Mwhahaha]

There you go! You won't regret it!

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[limitstorm]

I'm pretty sure I will! Birthdays with you have always been wild.

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[heartstorage]

Heh heh- you know it!

[Okay, that's settled. He'll make sure Riku gets a good birthday...somehow]

Hey Riku- let's try to get some missions together, okay?

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[limitstorm]

[ everything changed when the necromorphs attacked ]

Huh? [ he cants his head. ] Where'd that come from?

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[heartstorage]

[Darn fire nation necromorphs!!]

Well, it's just...[how does he put this] Remember when we built that raft?

We said that we wanted to see other worlds, and maybe find out where Kairi came from- and I wanted to do that stuff too! I did! But the truth is...the real appeal for me was seeing those other worlds with the two of you!

[But...that never seems to happen. Sora's seen a lot of new worlds, and they found out where Kairi came from. But...never that last part. He leaves that part unsaid though, he knows Riku knows it as well as he does.]

But I figure- this world is really big. So big that, even if you've been here a year- there's still gotta be stuff you haven't seen yet! And once we get back, there's a good chance we'll be separated again.

So...let's take this chance and explore this world together, okay?

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[limitstorm]

[ riku doesn't talk for a long while; when he does, he sighs. ]

You're...

[ such a sap. forgetting about something important.

there are many things riku could say, but what he does say is probably not said very often. ]

... right. We can keep this world safe while exploring, too.

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[heartstorage]

[With the long pause, Sora can't help but worry a little. Not that Riku wouldn't want to spend time with him. But maybe that there's something else that will make that idea a bad one]

[So when Riku finally agrees, he breaks out into a smile]

Right! We can do both. [he nods]

You've seen it from the Observatory right? There's so much down there- I bet we'll find a lot of neat stuff.