1. Falling asleep in the library wasn’t a good idea. Even if it was more silent than normal cabins, they didn’t have comfortable desks and chairs to sleep in. Kairi rubbed her eyes, trying to remember which fairytale she was reading, hoping for another connection to the worlds she had heard of, when she sat up and a blue coat felt off her shoulders.
Kairi yawned and picked it up, noticing the familiar pattern. “Fakir?”
“It wasn’t me,” the dour knight replied. Then, as if offhandedly remembering he liked her, “The idiot thought you would be cold since you were reading ‘the Snow Queen.’”
2. Kairi was out in the woods, surreptitiously practicing her keyblade technique. She would become stronger, like Riku and Sora did. But maybe after she finished the basics—another swing and she spun to find Mytho looking on silently.
Kairi, feeling sheepish, tried to hide jewel laden keyblade behind her. “Hi Mytho! What are you doing here?”
“Birdnest,” was all he said. Holding out a fallen branch and showing off a few scratches from where he fell trying to keep it secure in the tree at the price of his own balance.
“You’re hurt!”
Mytho looked down at his scratches. Then back up. “Ah. ...is that a sword?”
“Yes,” Kairi said sheepishly. “I was practicing. But we should get you back to Fakir or the hospital—!”
“To protect?” Mytho asked, completely ignoring her concern. Kairi had begun to understand Fakir’s frustration for caring about someone who had no regard to their own safety over others. But then, she had grown up with Sora.
“Yes. I wanted to use my keyblade. Like that time with the heartless.” A small flinch crossed his face, and Kairi knew it probably wasn’t from his injuries. She sighed. “I’m trying to get better.”
Mytho was silent, then, with the expertise made innate in him, he threw the branch up and caught it to hold out like a makeshift sword. “I could show you.”
3. Kairi didn’t know how Mytho convinced Rue to let her watch them dance the pas de deux from Swan Lake, but she was glad he did. Rue, for her part, was pleasantly civil before they started, and only as visibly possessive of Mytho as far as it was Odile’s role.
When they finished, Rue made a dismissive farewell and went off to change.
“That was wonderful, Mytho. How did you get Rue to agree letting me watch?”
Mytho looked on where Rue had disappeared. “It’s because you’re her friend too.”
4. When Mytho held the pet rabbit Rabi gave him for Christmas, Kairi was always a little amazed at how very gentle he was. It was as if, when his attention was on it, the rabbit was his entire world.
And then Mytho held it out to her, murmuring softly. “Please. I know you will be gentle with it, even if its heart beats so fast.”
5. When Mytho kissed her hand she wouldn’t say it was a surprise—okay, it was a complete surprise but somehow she felt it shouldn’t be, because it was very slow and formal and if she had just been paying attention...
“Have I upset you?” he asked, still knelt down and holding her palm.
“Not-well, it’s more—why did you do that?”
“I wanted to,” he responded in all innocence. “Is that all right?”
Kairi was suddenly reminded the Nobodies weren’t quite the same, and felt a little relieved. There were some things she just didn't want to explain.
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Kairi yawned and picked it up, noticing the familiar pattern. “Fakir?”
“It wasn’t me,” the dour knight replied. Then, as if offhandedly remembering he liked her, “The idiot thought you would be cold since you were reading ‘the Snow Queen.’”
2. Kairi was out in the woods, surreptitiously practicing her keyblade technique. She would become stronger, like Riku and Sora did. But maybe after she finished the basics—another swing and she spun to find Mytho looking on silently.
Kairi, feeling sheepish, tried to hide jewel laden keyblade behind her. “Hi Mytho! What are you doing here?”
“Birdnest,” was all he said. Holding out a fallen branch and showing off a few scratches from where he fell trying to keep it secure in the tree at the price of his own balance.
“You’re hurt!”
Mytho looked down at his scratches. Then back up. “Ah. ...is that a sword?”
“Yes,” Kairi said sheepishly. “I was practicing. But we should get you back to Fakir or the hospital—!”
“To protect?” Mytho asked, completely ignoring her concern. Kairi had begun to understand Fakir’s frustration for caring about someone who had no regard to their own safety over others. But then, she had grown up with Sora.
“Yes. I wanted to use my keyblade. Like that time with the heartless.” A small flinch crossed his face, and Kairi knew it probably wasn’t from his injuries. She sighed. “I’m trying to get better.”
Mytho was silent, then, with the expertise made innate in him, he threw the branch up and caught it to hold out like a makeshift sword. “I could show you.”
3. Kairi didn’t know how Mytho convinced Rue to let her watch them dance the pas de deux from Swan Lake, but she was glad he did. Rue, for her part, was pleasantly civil before they started, and only as visibly possessive of Mytho as far as it was Odile’s role.
When they finished, Rue made a dismissive farewell and went off to change.
“That was wonderful, Mytho. How did you get Rue to agree letting me watch?”
Mytho looked on where Rue had disappeared. “It’s because you’re her friend too.”
4. When Mytho held the pet rabbit Rabi gave him for Christmas, Kairi was always a little amazed at how very gentle he was. It was as if, when his attention was on it, the rabbit was his entire world.
And then Mytho held it out to her, murmuring softly. “Please. I know you will be gentle with it, even if its heart beats so fast.”
5. When Mytho kissed her hand she wouldn’t say it was a surprise—okay, it was a complete surprise but somehow she felt it shouldn’t be, because it was very slow and formal and if she had just been paying attention...
“Have I upset you?” he asked, still knelt down and holding her palm.
“Not-well, it’s more—why did you do that?”
“I wanted to,” he responded in all innocence. “Is that all right?”
Kairi was suddenly reminded the Nobodies weren’t quite the same, and felt a little relieved. There were some things she just didn't want to explain.