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Part 1 of Morituro , Part 9 of KH Drabbles
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2022-09-17
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Triptych of Twilight

Summary:

Three drabbles on the end of Roxas's life and what comes after.

Notes:

I promise I'm still working on my multichapters, but my health problems have been acting up more than usual and it's been really slow going. in the meantime, have some pain

Chapter 1: Summer's End

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

"Sora..."

Roxas took in the sight of the boy in front of him, asleep in blissful ignorance of the steep cost of his continued existence. A cost Roxas was forced to pay whether he wanted to or not.

"You're lucky."

Or maybe Roxas was just unlucky. Not that it mattered when it wouldn't change anything either way.

There was nothing more he could do. No way left to fight the inevitable.

"It looks like my summer vacation is..."

He couldn't accept it, but it didn't matter if he did. It was Sora that everyone wanted, and Roxas's life was...

"...over."

Notes:

this is the first in a trio of drabbles exploring the inevitability surrounding Roxas's death by taking a look into his thoughts during the events of the series. I also plan to do one of these drabble sequences for each member of the Sea Salt Trio. when? who knows. eventually or whatever

Chapter 2: Event Horizon

Chapter Text

Meeting Sora again was unlike anything Roxas had imagined.

He hadn't expected all the connections in Sora's heart, but when he saw them, he understood two things:

One, none of this was Sora's fault, and two, it was never about Roxas to begin with.

It was too late for him to fix things, but Sora still had a chance.

He'd need all the help he could get, though, and that meant Roxas needed to trust Sora instead of fighting him for the right to be his own person.

"You make a good other," Roxas said.

He hoped it said enough.

Chapter 3: Fade to Light

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

"You deserve as much as I do to be your own person," Sora said, and Roxas was taken by surprise.

Nobody had ever told him that before.

"Sora, see?" he said. "That's why it has to be you."

Because Sora had been the one to make the connections that brought everyone together.

Because Sora was the type of person who could look at Roxas and never see a reflection of himself.

Because it truly couldn't be anyone else.

So for the third and final time, Roxas gave a part of himself over to Sora.

But this time, he was content.

Notes:

sticking to the 100 word limit for this last chapter was a struggle. I wanted to include so much more of this scene but I just didn't have the room. maybe someday I'll write an expanded version of this chapter without the word count restriction, but for now, Roxas's side of things is done

as always, you can find me on tumblr as @fragmentsofsorrow, and I'll see you next time with Triptych of Memory

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