[He tightens his hold on her, resting his chin on top of her head, and she can hide her face all she wants but Riku can tell she's crying and it hits him like a punch to the gut.
Maybe this is why he hadn't gone to find her, maybe even why he'd subconsciously been avoiding it a bit. It makes it all too real, too awful and final, and there's something squeezing painfully in his chest that's making it hard to breathe and suddenly he's not sure he can stand anymore.
So he doesn't, he uses the hand still clutching at the door frame to steady himself as he lowers the two of them to the ground, and then turns to collapse back against the wall. He gathers Kairi up, pulling her against his chest and wrapping his arms fully around her.]
...I'm sorry, too.
[The words are barely a whisper, his voice hoarse, and there's a burning behind his eyes that he tries to ignore as he squeezes them shut.]
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Maybe this is why he hadn't gone to find her, maybe even why he'd subconsciously been avoiding it a bit. It makes it all too real, too awful and final, and there's something squeezing painfully in his chest that's making it hard to breathe and suddenly he's not sure he can stand anymore.
So he doesn't, he uses the hand still clutching at the door frame to steady himself as he lowers the two of them to the ground, and then turns to collapse back against the wall. He gathers Kairi up, pulling her against his chest and wrapping his arms fully around her.]
...I'm sorry, too.
[The words are barely a whisper, his voice hoarse, and there's a burning behind his eyes that he tries to ignore as he squeezes them shut.]