Those words alone seem to somehow choke Riku's heart as silence falls over and he really allows them to sink in. To hear them... Sora has said something similar, although not in the way that Ven is saying them. This is... different, so very different in the way that Ven says it and it's why his heart feels as though it's squeezing in his chest as he stares to the blond.
But he knows... he knows the fears, the insecurities that Ven has regarding such a decision and, to be honest, he has those himself... or at least has claimed that's what any of this could possibly be between them: a reaction to the marks they share on their wrists.
But... it can't be just that, can it? Even before this moment, before the revelation of who his soulmate was, he and Ven got along just fine, surprisingly well, in fact. Was that simply because of the bond they share? The bond they're locked within with each other regardless of what either of them might want?
It was all more than that... wasn't it? ]
Even if there wasn't a bond, even if soulmates didn't exist... [ He doesn't want to ask this and yet, he does. ] ...would you still look at me this way? Still want me to be here? Still want me?
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I want you here with me.
Those words alone seem to somehow choke Riku's heart as silence falls over and he really allows them to sink in. To hear them... Sora has said something similar, although not in the way that Ven is saying them. This is... different, so very different in the way that Ven says it and it's why his heart feels as though it's squeezing in his chest as he stares to the blond.
But he knows... he knows the fears, the insecurities that Ven has regarding such a decision and, to be honest, he has those himself... or at least has claimed that's what any of this could possibly be between them: a reaction to the marks they share on their wrists.
But... it can't be just that, can it? Even before this moment, before the revelation of who his soulmate was, he and Ven got along just fine, surprisingly well, in fact. Was that simply because of the bond they share? The bond they're locked within with each other regardless of what either of them might want?
It was all more than that... wasn't it? ]
Even if there wasn't a bond, even if soulmates didn't exist... [ He doesn't want to ask this and yet, he does. ] ...would you still look at me this way? Still want me to be here? Still want me?