Riku watched her expressions carefully, trying to read every nuance. At her comment on how she felt, his expression softened and a smile began to grow, only to be stopped a little short by the choices she offered him. He looked a little away in brief thought before the fading smile turned into a smirk. "Easy." He remembered that third thing when she brought up not being there.
He looked back to her with more smile on one side than the other, but it didn't quite qualify as a smirk anymore. "If you're just a shadow, then you're perfect for someone with darkness in his heart. ...But you've got to be something more than just a shadow. You helped me see the light, too." In both literal and figurative senses. Riku gently took her hand. "Don't they say if you love someone, you'll let them go if it's better for them? Sora's perfect for her. But someone needs to make sure you're taken care of." His emphasis had a sense of resolve.
Remembering the third and last point, he explained, "I won't remember this when I get back ...And you won't be there. But like I said in the meeting, DiZ gave me data to get Roxas, Xion and Ven out of Sora. If it works for Roxas, there's no reason it wouldn't work for you. And there's no reason I wouldn't try to get you out of Kairi, even if I don't remember anything that happened here."
"Besides. We'll forget, but the memories won't be gone. Isn't that what you said about Sora's memories once?" He gave her hand a little squeeze. "When I get you back, we'll just start from scratch." The smirk returned. "Who gets to fall for someone for the first time twice? ...A girl who's a shadow getting to know her heart and a guy with darkness in the heart he's trying to learn to follow. It works."
Long is good and needed! And you're talking about delays? XD
He looked back to her with more smile on one side than the other, but it didn't quite qualify as a smirk anymore. "If you're just a shadow, then you're perfect for someone with darkness in his heart. ...But you've got to be something more than just a shadow. You helped me see the light, too." In both literal and figurative senses. Riku gently took her hand. "Don't they say if you love someone, you'll let them go if it's better for them? Sora's perfect for her. But someone needs to make sure you're taken care of." His emphasis had a sense of resolve.
Remembering the third and last point, he explained, "I won't remember this when I get back ...And you won't be there. But like I said in the meeting, DiZ gave me data to get Roxas, Xion and Ven out of Sora. If it works for Roxas, there's no reason it wouldn't work for you. And there's no reason I wouldn't try to get you out of Kairi, even if I don't remember anything that happened here."
"Besides. We'll forget, but the memories won't be gone. Isn't that what you said about Sora's memories once?" He gave her hand a little squeeze. "When I get you back, we'll just start from scratch." The smirk returned. "Who gets to fall for someone for the first time twice? ...A girl who's a shadow getting to know her heart and a guy with darkness in the heart he's trying to learn to follow. It works."