AU Ven...

[waywardwaking]

Wait, what? I don't even get to see the transformation? Come on mun. That's not fair!

You go to all this trouble to wake me up and make sure it all makes sense and then you want to throw my in a place without even seeing my home come back? And I thought Demyx was bad.

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[keyderp]

[Don't mind him. He may be staring a bit. And confused.]

[waywardwaking]

...Roxas?

[keyderp]

Umm. Actually, I was about to ask you that.

[waywardwaking]

Why? I don't look anything like Roxas.

[keyderp]

What? You look exactly like him.

Anyway, I'm Sora.

[waywardwaking]

Oh you're Sora! Hi I'm Ventus. [Thanks for letting me living in your heart for the best part of ten years!]

No wonder you look like Roxas. He is your Nobody after all.

[keyderp]

Hey, Ventus! [He looks confused for a moment, but decides to ignore the nobody thing in favour of something that's been nagging at him.]

Uh. We haven't met before, right? I... dunno you seem kinda familiar.

[waywardwaking]

[As much as he'd been wanting to meet Sora in person and thank him, the reason he'd kept his distance while searching for Terra was this question. He wasn't sure how to explain to Sora what had happened.

He took a deep breath and prepared himself for what came next.]

We've never met in person, but our hearts have been connected for a long time.

[keyderp]

[He blinks, less surprised than he thought he would be, and places a hand over his heart.]

Connected... [He trails off, waiting for the rest of the explanation instead.]

[waywardwaking]

[Ven nodded.] Sora, you remember when Kairi's heart was inside yours, don't you?

[keyderp]

Yeah. So... wait. [Processing...]


You're saying yours was, too?

[waywardwaking]

Yeah. My heart was released at the same time as you released Kairi's. I've been meaning to thank you because of how long I was there.

[keyderp]

Huh. [That gets a headscratch. He wonders how that keeps happening, even if he doesn't really mind.]

You're welcome! No problem at all.

[waywardwaking]

Great! [Well that wasn't as bad as he expected but he still wonders why Sora thought he was Roxas.]

[keyderp]

So... how come your heart needed a place to stay in the first place?

[waywardwaking]

[Check that. It's now bad again. How can he even explain this quickly?]

There was...an internal struggle.

[keyderp]

Okay... [Well Ven seems pretty uncomfortable.]

It's a pretty long story, huh.

[waywardwaking]

Yeah. Why don't I just say it's Ma--it was Xehanort's fault? [He's still thinking of him as his Master but manages to catch himself. He doesn't deserve that title.]

[keyderp]

[He pauses. That sounds like a long story in which people got hurt. The way Sora figures, an explanation can wait.]

You know what? ...don't worry about explaining. What matters is that you got better, right? Even if it took a while.

[waywardwaking]

You helped. Don't think I could have done it without you. But you're right. I'm awake now and that's what matters.

[keyderp]

Yeah! So what've you been up to?

[waywardwaking]

Actually a lot of things. Though mainly looking for my friend Terra. No one knows where he is so me and Aqua are looking for him. No luck yet though.

[keyderp]

Terra, huh. [He thinks a moment.]

What's he look like? Me and my friends will keep an eye out for him too.

[waywardwaking]

He's a big guy dressed kinda like me. [Yes that is the canon way Ven describes Terra.]

That'd be great, Sora. Thanks.

[keyderp]

Sure! You'll see him again in no time.