Disclaimer: I don’t own Kingdom Hearts I, II or CoM. Square Enix and Disney does.

Warnings: This chapter? I don’t think there’s anything too bad.

Author’s Notes: Five planned chapters – drabbles – for five days. The count down to Cassie-san’s birthday begins! She always says to me, Master, why don’t you write happy stuff? Well, this WILL have a happy ending. (furious nodding). I love my Ahiru. xD (and I love you more, Cassie. I Win . :3) Anyways, Anni, your HP fic will be... found... (cough) and Alyssa, your thing, too, will finished... when... I... find it...
This is why it’s dangerous to clean your unorganized and messy writing folder.

He feels empty – hollow, like his insides and emotions and everything else that makes him human have been scooped out. Riku sighs softly, and leans back against his headboard, his eyes darting about the dark. A soft glow comes from the window, giving him just enough light to see by. His room – around the same size as his one at home – is empty, just like him. Only bare essentials are here – a bed, a desk and a set of drawers. The rest is just space, full of shadows and confused thoughts. They surround him, and make his mind spin. Round and round and round his thoughts go, twisting and morphing as he re-looks at his entire life.

He thinks about his parents – how his father fell in love with another woman and left his mother, sending her into despair when he was merely two. She took her life, apparently, but the faint, not-quite-there memory of being held in her arms remains, and Riku doesn’t think someone that happy could have done that. But then he remembers how happy he used to be, and suddenly allowing the Heartless that swarm this castle to take his heart seems very appealing.

He also thinks about his friends – Tidus, Selphie and Wakka. The tall, pale boy – Seymour – who used to play with them as well sometimes, and dark haired purple lipped Lulu, who was just blossoming into a lovely young woman. He tries not to think about Kairi, or Sora. Especially not Sora. Sora makes his chest ache and his eyes cloud, and his throat clogs up painfully ad he had to resist the urge to cry. He thinks knows that if the other people in this castle hear he’s been crying they’ll mock him, laugh at him, and he can’t take anymore negative emotions, because, while he feels empty, he also feels ready to burst.

But then he remembers what Sora promised him - We’ll be together forever, Riku.

Bang! Goes his heart, and the tears pour forth.