I don't own Sora, Kairi or Namine. These belong to Square-Enix and Disney.

A/N - Namine's musings after CoM, not too late afterwards, I'd reckon.

Heartbeat

It's beating.

Thump-thump, Thump-thump.

Repeatedly, continuosely, eternally almost.

Thump-thump, Thump-thump.

The sound of Life, the sound of Existence.

The sound my own Body fails to emit.

The sweetest of sounds now so close and yet so far away as it's ringing in my ear.

Thump-thump, Thump-thump.

The sound of Reality, the sound of Being.

Inside that sound there is I, there is He.

There is She.

Thump-thump, Thump-thump.

Inside that rhythm, I exist. Appreciated, recognized… Remembered.

Thump-thump.

Loved.

Thump-thump.

How can heartbeats lie?

I was never there, never anywhere, and yet it's like it's calling my name.

Thump-thump.

Namine.

Thump-thump.

At the same time, it is also calling hers.

Thump-thump.

Kairi.

Thump-thump.

The one who was really there… the one who is.

The Princess, not the Witch.

Thump-thump.

He remembers her slowly, piece by piece. Forgets me, the way it was supposed to be. Letting me sink back into nothingness, into the void.

Into Oblivion, where our Memories together are a mere child's scribbles, scattered pages on the floor.

No Light, no Love, no Hope.

Not anymore.

Thump-thump, Thump-thump.

I'm sorry. Looks like I'll have to break our promise.

Thump-thump.

But it's ok, isn't it?

Thump-thump.

It's not like I'd have let you remember it anyway.

Thump-thump.

Even though I loved you…

Thump-thump.

Because I loved you.

Thump-thump.

Goodbye.

Thump-