[There's not many people Ven has asked to stay with him. In fact, he hasn't asked anyone to be with him at all. With Terra and Aqua, it's easy to make promises with each other that they'll be together always only to be torn apart. With Sora, Ven has only been planning to sleep long enough until his heart has restored -- but not once has he actually told anyone what he wants.
Not like this.
So, it's always been different with Riku, long before their marks managed to appear and drew them together. Before, they were friends - not close enough, but they did get along. Their first meeting clicked well and they told each other things they haven't told anyone else before. How did this mark come to get in the way and set them apart?
When Riku asks him that question, he isn't surprised. Despite his own carefree nature, despite how similar he can really be to Sora in terms of naivety and energy, Ven has always been a little more on the serious side. He has learned to think and to use his wits most of the time to help him out of a pinch, and thinking about this isn't any difference.
If things had been different, would he still look at Riku this way?
A question he had asked himself the moment he realized who his soulmate is, who it bounded him to, and one he always asked himself when Riku had begun to pull away from him.]
Yes. [While the answer may be simple, it's straightforward - it's not a lie. His eyes look right into Riku's.] Even if this doesn't exist - even if there wasn't a bond that pulled us together - you'd still be the only person I want.
[Because Riku is the first person to talk to him as Ventus. He had never looked at him as anyone else, despite Ven's fears. Because this feeling that Ven has for Riku now isn't a feeling that can only be developed through a bond but through connection and actually talking to him. Just like how it was in the beginning before they realized their marks.]
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Not like this.
So, it's always been different with Riku, long before their marks managed to appear and drew them together. Before, they were friends - not close enough, but they did get along. Their first meeting clicked well and they told each other things they haven't told anyone else before. How did this mark come to get in the way and set them apart?
When Riku asks him that question, he isn't surprised. Despite his own carefree nature, despite how similar he can really be to Sora in terms of naivety and energy, Ven has always been a little more on the serious side. He has learned to think and to use his wits most of the time to help him out of a pinch, and thinking about this isn't any difference.
If things had been different, would he still look at Riku this way?
A question he had asked himself the moment he realized who his soulmate is, who it bounded him to, and one he always asked himself when Riku had begun to pull away from him.]
Yes. [While the answer may be simple, it's straightforward - it's not a lie. His eyes look right into Riku's.] Even if this doesn't exist - even if there wasn't a bond that pulled us together - you'd still be the only person I want.
[Because Riku is the first person to talk to him as Ventus. He had never looked at him as anyone else, despite Ven's fears. Because this feeling that Ven has for Riku now isn't a feeling that can only be developed through a bond but through connection and actually talking to him. Just like how it was in the beginning before they realized their marks.]