gigantomachy | kingdom hearts :: the scariest thing (Reply)

First writing in like ... two or three years. Uwaaah.

Kingdom Hearts fic. No spoilers besides a name-dropping. Fluff. Halloween fic. OT3?

the scariest thing
(it was a little rebellion)

It had really all been Kairi's idea. The boys just played along, both secretly relieved because it was awfully fun to do Halloween, and sometimes it was hard for even Riku to act tough and grown-up all the time. Besides, who can argue with free candy?

It was also her idea to go as the scariest things they could think of. Easy, right? They'd seen lots and lots of scary things in the last couple years. Choosing one would be the most difficult.

So when they gathered in the square, both Riku and Kairi had to grit their teeth hard to suppress the gales of laughter that threatened to escape at the sight of Sora. The long wig wasn't nearly as convincing as it could have been, what with the fat brown spikes poking out on top and all. The cardboard sword dragging along behind him was twice as tall as he was (easily), and while she had no idea what the black plastic bags tied around him were supposed to be, it was terribly funny.

With Namine's help, it had been a lot easier for Kairi to make her own costume, even if the end product was hard to walk in (she made a mental note to next year maybe not choose a costume that drug the ground quite so much), the headpiece was kind of awkward, and the paint made her face itch and flaked off her fingers all over her robes.

Sora and Riku both thought she looked pretty good, for a witch.

"Where's your costume?" Sora asked Riku, "or did you decide you were too good to dress up?"

Riku snorted. "I was. You guys showing up kind of killed it."

"Whatever,” Sora retorted. "What's that supposed to mean, anyway?"

After a pause, Riku simply shrugged. "Well, it's supposed to be the scariest thing, right? And I thought about it a lot. Xemnas and Ansem and Heartless and Nobodies and they were all tough, but they weren't that scary."

"I'm glad you think so. I kind of thought they were pretty scary," Sora muttered indignantly.

"Anyway," Riku continued, "I thought about it for a few days, and I think being alone without you guys is a lot scarier than any of them ."

There was a moment of utter stillness while the other two grasped for words. Riku kept his eyes downcast, scuffing the dirt with his toe without saying anything further.

"Yeah," Sora breathed, rubbing the back of his head, managing to look both touched and embarrassed. "I think I was in the wrong costume."

Kairi just laughed and took each of their hands in her own as she led them towards the beach. Sure, getting free candy would have been great, but there were things far more important, like cool nights spent around bonfires in the sand and friendship and the feeling of never ever having to be afraid again.

-fin
3.11.06
word count: 486

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Yay, cheese. I really need to get back in practice. T_T

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