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The final addition to the three part Kingdom Hearts fic.
“I should have known he wouldn’t come.” Aqua said to herself as she wistfully skipped a rock on the pond. She hadn’t been able to focus all day, and whenever she ran into Ven, he quickly made an excuse and went somewhere else. She couldn’t really blame him for that; after all, he’d confessed to her without realizing it was her, or even that he had confessed. He was such a pure hearted boy, and she’d always cared for him very strongly for that, but she never thought that their feelings for each other would take this shape. She couldn’t be sure about Ven, but Aqua knew that her feelings for Ven had always been exceptionally strong; after all, one of her happiest memories was seeing Ven wake up for the first time after his arrival at the Land of Departure, and she hardly even knew him. And in actually getting to know him, in seeing that bright and optimistic boy emerge from the sorrow of his amnesia, those feelings only grew stronger. And when she found him sitting here, all by himself, looking so sad and worried again, what did she do?
“Aqua.” Ven’s voice shook her up, and she almost fell down into her namesake as she watched Ven slowly approach her. He had such a stern, serious expression on his face, an expression that was as un-ven as it could get. She stood up, and he stood before her, head bowed in supplication. “I’m sorry Aqua about my behavior last night. I wasn’t mad at you, I was mad at me. I was so immature, I didn’t even realize what I was saying to you, and when I did, I realized how stupid I must have looked to you, like some stupid kid who’s got a crush on their teacher or babysitter or something like that.”
“Ven.” Aqua put her hand under Ven’s chin, and lifted his face up so that he’d be looking her in the eye. “Do you really think I’d look down on you like that?”
“Well, you said you’d told Terra, and he thought that you needed to talk to me, to let me down easy…” Ven’s voice drifted as a smile crept onto Aqua’s face.
“Are you kidding? He wanted to tell you that you were a total stud!” With that, all tension was gone, and the two young keyblade wielders laughed as they dropped to the ground, looking up at the starry sky side by side. “Ven,” Aqua said as she turned her head to Ven, and he did the same in turn. “Maybe it was stupid of me, but the reason I didn’t say anything while I was in my armor was because I wanted to know what you were really thinking. What you think, and how you feel really matters to me.”
“So…you don’t think I’m just some dumb kid who’s way out of his league?” Ven said, feeling hopeful for the first time all day.
“Never. Right from the very moment I met you, I knew you were someone really special, and if I’d been a little more mature, I’d have known why.”
“Really?” Ven raised an eyebrow. “You thought I was your special someone when I could barely say my own name?” Ven laughed as Aqua blushed.
“Oh, you know that wasn’t what I meant!” She shoved at him, causing him to roll over onto his face, and she laughed as he spat out a blade of grass that got caught in his mouth.
“So, what now?” Ven said, his expression somewhat pensive. “I mean, what do we tell Master Eraqus?”
“We tell him what we’re going to tell Terra, that we’re together.” Aqua saw the bemused look on Ven’s face, and ran her hand through his hair. “Come on, it’s not like there’s any rule that says Keyblade Apprentices or Masters can’t fall in love, and even if there was, what makes you think I’d pay any attention to it?”
“Really?” Ven said with a cocky smirk. “Honor student Aqua would break the rules just to be in a relationship with her younger, shorter friend?”
“Hey!” Aqua said with faux-hurt in her voice. “Just because I’m studious doesn’t mean I’m a total goody-goody.”
“Prove it.” Ven said, his declaration standing on its on.
“Fine.” Aqua stood up, tapped the bit of metal on her shoulder, and summoned her armor. She then summoned her Keyblade and tossed it into the air, transforming it into her Keyblade Glider. “The Lanes Between are a bit too dangerous for me to take you all the way to another world before you’ve gotten your armor, but I’m sure we can slip in and out of the Land of Departure before anything could happen. And yes, even that much is against the rules.”
“Really?” He stared, mouth hanging open. “You, you’d do that for me?” Ven was shocked, amazed even, at how far Aqua was willing to go just to show him what she’d do for him. But as he looked at Aqua’s rather elaborate Keyblade Glider, he became uncertain. “Um, where do I stand?”
“Oh.” Aqua looked about herself, realizing that she hadn’t actually thought about that at all. Still, she came to a quick decision, not wanting to lose the rush of the moment. “Just stand right behind me, and hold on tight.”
Ven blushed a bit, but did as he was told, wrapping his arms around Aqua’s waist, clad as it was in cold hard steel. As she took off into the sky, approaching the Lane Between that connected their world to all others, Ven’s grip grew tighter.
Aqua could feel her face heat up as it turned red, and she knew that it was not from the cold of the altitude they’d reached.
“Aqua.” Ven’s voice shook her up, and she almost fell down into her namesake as she watched Ven slowly approach her. He had such a stern, serious expression on his face, an expression that was as un-ven as it could get. She stood up, and he stood before her, head bowed in supplication. “I’m sorry Aqua about my behavior last night. I wasn’t mad at you, I was mad at me. I was so immature, I didn’t even realize what I was saying to you, and when I did, I realized how stupid I must have looked to you, like some stupid kid who’s got a crush on their teacher or babysitter or something like that.”
“Ven.” Aqua put her hand under Ven’s chin, and lifted his face up so that he’d be looking her in the eye. “Do you really think I’d look down on you like that?”
“Well, you said you’d told Terra, and he thought that you needed to talk to me, to let me down easy…” Ven’s voice drifted as a smile crept onto Aqua’s face.
“Are you kidding? He wanted to tell you that you were a total stud!” With that, all tension was gone, and the two young keyblade wielders laughed as they dropped to the ground, looking up at the starry sky side by side. “Ven,” Aqua said as she turned her head to Ven, and he did the same in turn. “Maybe it was stupid of me, but the reason I didn’t say anything while I was in my armor was because I wanted to know what you were really thinking. What you think, and how you feel really matters to me.”
“So…you don’t think I’m just some dumb kid who’s way out of his league?” Ven said, feeling hopeful for the first time all day.
“Never. Right from the very moment I met you, I knew you were someone really special, and if I’d been a little more mature, I’d have known why.”
“Really?” Ven raised an eyebrow. “You thought I was your special someone when I could barely say my own name?” Ven laughed as Aqua blushed.
“Oh, you know that wasn’t what I meant!” She shoved at him, causing him to roll over onto his face, and she laughed as he spat out a blade of grass that got caught in his mouth.
“So, what now?” Ven said, his expression somewhat pensive. “I mean, what do we tell Master Eraqus?”
“We tell him what we’re going to tell Terra, that we’re together.” Aqua saw the bemused look on Ven’s face, and ran her hand through his hair. “Come on, it’s not like there’s any rule that says Keyblade Apprentices or Masters can’t fall in love, and even if there was, what makes you think I’d pay any attention to it?”
“Really?” Ven said with a cocky smirk. “Honor student Aqua would break the rules just to be in a relationship with her younger, shorter friend?”
“Hey!” Aqua said with faux-hurt in her voice. “Just because I’m studious doesn’t mean I’m a total goody-goody.”
“Prove it.” Ven said, his declaration standing on its on.
“Fine.” Aqua stood up, tapped the bit of metal on her shoulder, and summoned her armor. She then summoned her Keyblade and tossed it into the air, transforming it into her Keyblade Glider. “The Lanes Between are a bit too dangerous for me to take you all the way to another world before you’ve gotten your armor, but I’m sure we can slip in and out of the Land of Departure before anything could happen. And yes, even that much is against the rules.”
“Really?” He stared, mouth hanging open. “You, you’d do that for me?” Ven was shocked, amazed even, at how far Aqua was willing to go just to show him what she’d do for him. But as he looked at Aqua’s rather elaborate Keyblade Glider, he became uncertain. “Um, where do I stand?”
“Oh.” Aqua looked about herself, realizing that she hadn’t actually thought about that at all. Still, she came to a quick decision, not wanting to lose the rush of the moment. “Just stand right behind me, and hold on tight.”
Ven blushed a bit, but did as he was told, wrapping his arms around Aqua’s waist, clad as it was in cold hard steel. As she took off into the sky, approaching the Lane Between that connected their world to all others, Ven’s grip grew tighter.
Aqua could feel her face heat up as it turned red, and she knew that it was not from the cold of the altitude they’d reached.