to unrealistic?! NO WAY THIS STORY IS SO AMAZING THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN HOLY CRAP IT IS BRILLIANT I wish I could write like this. I live the way you write inner thoughts and that you repeat the lonely person line. It so amazing

This is one of the best pieces of fic I have ever read in my life. It's really upsetting that this doesn't have more favourites or reviews or more recognition.

I feel deeply connected to this. It's thought-provoking, realistic, and makes me happy, sad, weird etc at the same time. It's a slice of life, and I see the characters grow, and I can feel them change. and it doesn't upset me, and it's almost hilarious at times, and, oh i can feel everything.

I know this review is probably incoherent, and i'm late to the party 9 years later, but this really, really hit me. i just finished this fic, binge reading it and now it's 4 am, and

at first i thought it was sth crack like, but then the thoughts rushed in and it is really, really amazing. really, philosophic, even. made me think as i read and sora and riku grow and become closer and change i probably repeated myself but i dont care

I don't know how to convey this through text, and you may have already left this account and moved on, but i really, really hope you see this: i really appreciate this fic, i really do. THIS IS AMAZING LET ME SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU it is, and will be, my life.

TLDR; this is incoherent and i'm pretty sure this changed my life in some way emotionally and please, continue writing with your talent

I don't know if you'll ever see this author but this is genuinely one of my favorite works of fiction I've ever read. read it back in 2010 ish for the first time and I regularly come back to it when I just need something to warm me up. I love this story, I love the way you've written these characters, and it will always have a very special place in my heart. thank you

Words cannot describe how much I loved this fanfic. I'm surprised I never found it earlier. It is the best soriku fanfic I have ever read and it honestly reads more like a book than a fanfic. The characterisations were phenomenal, everyone felt so real. And the emotions this fic invokes...so happy yet sad at the same time and so realistic. Their developing relationship mirrored my own high school relationship very closely...(insert both war flashbacks and treasured memories). Thank you for writing this, it was beautiful.

A friend told me to read this and I’m so glad they did! Ugh I’m sobbing. I’m not the biggest fan of your writing style but man... your plot and story and characterizations are fucking amazing. I loved this story so much. Thank you for writing it!

I don't even have the words to describe how much this story affected me. It just left me broken, but in a happy kind of way? Like a lot of other people said, you managed to capture what it means to be human, to grow up, to love, to hate, to wonder about what the heck we are doing here on this small lost planet in a vast universe. I am just blown away, and I have to admit I shed some tears in this last chapter, which is something that does not happen often. The characterization was really interesting and Riku's internal monologue frightened me in how relatable some of his thoughts were... I loved the scenery too, I could exactly picture and feel and smell every detail of the environment despite the fact that English is not my mother language (I speak French ! And yours was excellent ! ). You have a golden mind and an incredible talent, and if you have become a writer I could totally see your work being studied in literature class because seriously, so much symbolism! (I am actually a bit envious hehe, your writing is too clever ;) ) So here I am , I'm usually too anxious to leave reviews but I just had to with this one. You kind of made me fall into an exstitential crisis, buuut I am not going to complain; far from that, you actually made me reflect on many things that I took for granted, and I am thankful for that. Keep up the good work, you are seriously one of the most talented writers I have had the pleasure to encounter.

It's been 7 years since this pic was completed and I still think about it one to two times a week. What are those few Fanfictions that you read as a kid or teenager that really sticks with you.

...Riku's mother is Jenova.

Well, that explains it.

How To Get The Crazy Fangirls Off Your Back: Give them Roxas instead.

Boohoo! It's over! I was sort of hoping that it would never end but that would never happen. I really liked your story. You made Riku very relatable to me...his small problems, and those annoying long description of every thing that a person would actually think was amazing. I'm kind of mising that France senior trip even though I was not part of it. Those side talks of Roxas with Sora in French (lightning speed lol) was quite funny. But half way I begin to wonder why Axel was even there. Man...his trip must have been quite boring to him. Sadly, he was never mentioned again after that trip and I have no clue what his relationship is like with a 44 years old Roxas, which was disappointing. And the time skip at the end was quite random. I thought you were going to end the story with Riku and Sora dying side by side with no shoes on.

Honestly my favorite fic on this site. I can't even tell you how many times I've read it.

I can't believe I've never reviewed this before. Maybe because every time I read through it I want to, but think that I already have, but anyway.
This fic. This fucking fic. It floors me every time I read it. When I was fifteen and I first read this, I thought I was in a similar place to Riku, and that in some level it made me a deeper person. Somewhere along the way I realized that we're all in a similar place to Riku on some level and I just. I love him so much. I love the way you built him, and the way he's built himself, and all of the things that he hates about the world and hates about himself.
It's been years since I first read this, and I must have gone through it at least half a dozen times. You feel like you grow with him. You feel like you open up and learn and see with him. I always come out of it with a slightly elevated affection for moths and a weird kind of optimism. Maybe that's Sora's effect. Or maybe it's because Riku with his loathing tendencies still made it out in the world and Roxas found Axel even if it wasn't in the same way as Riku found Sora. And Kairi, I'm so happy with what you did to Kairi. There are so many fics out there that treat Kairi like she's a piece of garbage and one would have expected Riku to treat her like a piece of garbage but he didn't and she somehow managed to worm her way into their space and I love it.
Reading this is just such a human experience. You get a lot of fics now where there's some angsty plot with action and danger or overcoming some sort of outside force, and so few people focus on the inner ones. Even with all Sora's baggage and philosophical debates about the meaning of life and talking of suicide, this didn't feel like an angst fic. It felt like hopping into and witnessing a little bit of life, and it was truly a privilege to do so.
Riku probably wouldn't like me, for thinking that I've gotten so much out of this as I have. There aren't a lot of fics, or even books out there (which I'm also wondering why this isn't one and why you aren't a famous author) that resonate with me the way that this does, and for so long.
Thank you. Thank you for this. It changed my life a little and admittedly influenced a lot of my own writings. I'm so glad this is here.

it's been a while since i've last reviewed, but we're gravy, right?
i think we're gravy.

i was in love with this fic 5 years ago, and i'm still in love with it now. i don't know how you managed to capture both the plight of the human experience in one character, but it was an amazing thing to witness. even though riku was so far removed from practically any and every living thing (save for moths), we were still able to gather such a well-rounded view of humanity. i dig that. i dig it a lot.

how were you able to craft such drastically unique characters? like, idk. that's something i've always struggled with, perhaps not superficially (as in, in describing their actions in certain situations), but how were you able to tap into their minds? they each had such differing internal philosophies, but you managed to give each character the same, incredible amount of detail.

this was a wonderful read. i enjoyed it so, so much.

Wow. Just, wow. This is an amazing fic. I wish I had the conviction to write a story this long and this good. Wow. You are amazing!

I loved this story. There was so much honesty and raw humanity. It was painful and beautiful. I do believe that Riku is on the spectrum of social disorders or autism. He was so aware of the world and so trapped in his own perceptions, disconnections and social awkwardness. Every Riku needs a Sora. You did such a good job of bringing them to life, making itheir internal worlds real and important. You are an amazing writer. Thank you!