we're flying above the valley below | Ch 14
“Is she going to be okay?”
Sora watched Ventus lean even further over Aqua, holding tight to her limp hand. She’d passed out soon after reaching the Realm of Light, and hadn’t woken up since – not as they waited for Donald and Goofy to come pick them up, not on the ride back, not when they’d transferred her to a private room at Radiant Garden.
“Yeah,” Ventus repeated, “She just... needs rest.”
He reached up to cup her cheek, running a thumb under one eye, Light drifting from him and chasing away the shadows that kept trying to creep back into her skin. She looked sickly. It reminded Sora of that one time he saw Naminé, back before, only a hundred times worse.
“Good thing she has you looking out for her,” Sora said.
Ven blinked, glancing over to stare blankly for a moment before smiling softy, eyes drawn inexorably back to his Flightmate.
“She did this for me, once, when we first met. Now... I can repay the favor.”