#bc the world riku is talking about was symphony of sorcery

[whyarewecalledtheshipname]

Here is the year old draft (im still wheezing sheesh):

lol super short lil thing i jotted down based on the idea sora can hear in-game world music.

tweet credit: @remousapelli on twitter

Edit: credit also to @marcelinarose whose random post reminded me of this omg

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Sora was humming along with the world’s song, his arms crossed behind his head as he walked beside Riku.

Sora turned to Riku, and a thought popped into his mind. “I wanna hear our song,” Sora blurted out.

Beside Sora, Riku glanced at him with slightly wide eyes before looking away. “Our what?”

Sora tipped his head back to gaze at the clouds in passing. “Our heart song. You know—” And Sora hummed the four beats.

Riku started to say something, but he cut himself off. “…We…would have to go back to that world—“

Sora got his head out of the clouds to hop in front of Riku, so Riku would listen to Sora’s next words. “No we don’t! We could do it right now! We’ve done it before.”

Riku at least seemed to be listening, if not completely taking Sora seriously. “Do what?”

Sora felt himself pout, but couldn’t reign it in to make his face match his clenched fists. “You know. Just listen.”

Riku didn’t seem to want to do it. Sora assumed maybe Riku felt silly about the idea.

So Sora led the way the best way he knew. “Look! I’ll start. Just follow my lead.” And Sora made a big show of taking a deep breath, closing his eyes, putting a hand to his heart, and waiting.

In the quiet of the world’s song, Sora heard Riku make a tiny sound of laughter under his breath, but Sora refused to break his concentration for the sake of talking back.

A few moments passed, and Sora heard nothing different. The music of the world they were currently in continued to play, and Sora felt himself pout again.

He broke and opened his eyes, determined to give Riku a piece of his mind for not helping.

But Riku had copied Sora’s pose to a T. His eyes were closed and relaxed. Sora didn’t see a single flutter or twitch in Riku’s lashes. There wasn’t any lingering tease on Riku’s lips (Sora watched them for a long while to make sure). And Riku’s hand rested gently on his chest, his fingertips brushing right over his heart. He had followed Sora’s lead.

Riku suddenly smiled, before opening his eyes in surprise. “Sora, I hear it!” he whispered, looking to Sora, as if to make sure.

“Hm.”

Riku’s head tilted, as did his eyebrows as he gave Sora a look of mild confusion. “…Do you hear it, now?”

“Hm?”

Riku smiled for some reason, and the notes finally became strong enough to snap Sora out of whatever doze he’d been slipping into.

“Wha—? Oh! Yeah! I hear it!” Sora laughed and looked to the clouds again. But even with the song, they no longer held his attention like before.

Sora found his gaze falling back to Riku, who had also turned to the clouds. He had followed Sora’s lead.

Sora felt himself smile, and the notes of their song chimed softly for the rest of their walk.

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riku, on the outside: haha ok sora whatever you say

riku, on the inside: why does he call it our heart song why did he say we’ve done it before should i even try it what if i can’t hear it what if it doesn’t work does that mean he doesn’t like me or that i don’t like him what—

Edit: gah i left this draft untouched so i forgot to "explain" that the reason riku could hear dearly beloved in that moment was bc sora was being full on in love with riku when he realized riku was genuinely trying to do as sora asked, and when riku was just being in love with sora being sora, hence the smile, sora could hear the song as well. Basically, when they're mutually just. Sap mode, lol

I LOVE THEM SO MUCHH 😭😭😭😭