Eleventh Link

[colorbymemory]

[Good morning SoL. Have a concerned-looking Namine.]

I haven't seen Kairi or Sasami for a while now. Has anybody else?

[She wanted to ask before but things have been...a little hectic.]

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[optimistickey]

Yeah... [Sora trails off a bit there.]

Do you need some company for a bit? [Maybe he does, too.]

[colorbymemory]

That'd be good.

[Just for a little while.]

[optimistickey]

Okay!

[He leaves his room, and after a little while, shows up at Namine's. Sora knocked before entering, but then does so slowly. He rubs at the back of his head.]

Hey there.

[colorbymemory]

Hello.

[She tries to smile a bit, because it's good to see him, but it's a little sad.]

[optimistickey]

[Sora's glad to see her too...even if it's under some pretty sad conditions.]

So... [He tries to think of something that doesn't involve talking about Kairi, at least immediately.] ...What've you been drawing lately?

[colorbymemory]

[That gets a slightly more genuine smile out of her.]

Actually, I've been trying some other things lately.

[She goes to her desk to look for one of those projects.]

Most of my drawings are for talking to Riku.

[optimistickey]

[Sora is glad to see her smile genuinely, and smiles back.]

Really? Talking to him how?

[colorbymemory]

[She gestures to the wall of pictures.]

We trade picture messages.

[optimistickey]

[Sora scans the pictures, smiling...he recognizes a few of these from things he and Riku did, too, or from big events around the Satellite.] How'd you guys decide to start doing that?

[colorbymemory]

It was during the week everyone was singing. We both got a little tired of it, so we decided to just use pictures to talk.

[Obviously, they hadn't stopped once the week was over.]

[optimistickey]

[Sora chuckles a bit.] I guess that week was pretty tough on Riku!

Still, this is pretty cool! Now you've got all these new memories of everything that's happened to keep as pictures, too.

[colorbymemory]

[Riku had seemed awfully put out.] I think it was.

They're good reminders, though there's nothing before that week.

[She's found what she was looking for. It's a small paper mosaic of him, Riku, and Kairi.]

I finished this just yesterday.

[optimistickey]

[Sora's face softens a bit at seeing Kairi there, too...he misses her a lot right now.]

This one's really nice. [He lowers his voice a little.] It'll be really nice when we're together for good again.

[colorbymemory]

[Namine's smile tones down a bit.]

It will.

Would you like to keep it?

[optimistickey]

[Sora doesn't realize what she says at first, and is a bit startled.]

Oh! Umm...I don't wanna take it from you if you've spent a long time on it...

[colorbymemory]

[It did take a while, but that's not the point. She doesn't mind if he keeps it.]

It's okay. You can have it.

[optimistickey]

[Sora looks pretty grateful.]

Really? Thanks, Namine.

[colorbymemory]

[Nami looks pretty happy.]

You're welcome.