Mm... [He pauses, hesitating. To let Kairi see this, to know how much he's suffering thanks to this blasted shadow... but to know she's hurting, too. It's would have been too much to handle if he would even remotely let himself feel that pain. There's yet another thing that hasn't changed since between him now and the future him: no matter how much he denies it, there's a part of him that longs to be with his friends no matter how separated they are.
Riku pulls it together, forcing himself to keep moving, anyway.] Your own fault if you do.
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Mm... [He pauses, hesitating. To let Kairi see this, to know how much he's suffering thanks to this blasted shadow... but to know she's hurting, too. It's would have been too much to handle if he would even remotely let himself feel that pain. There's yet another thing that hasn't changed since between him now and the future him: no matter how much he denies it, there's a part of him that longs to be with his friends no matter how separated they are.
Riku pulls it together, forcing himself to keep moving, anyway.] Your own fault if you do.
...I'll see her the first chance I get.