Simply amazing... beautiful! It makes me sad though... :(

Short, simple, clear-cut, striking, awesome. My favourite line:

He was the unfinished painting―the one with so much potential with every brushstroke, with every choice. It took only a single mistake to mar it past recognition.

OMFG. You've just summed up Riku's whole character in two sentences. ;_; I LOVE YOU. *Asplodes*