middaeg | [closed] you're only everything I ever dreamed

[He doesn't verbalize it, but Riku is equally interested in the egg and excited to eventually see what comes out of it. But it's so much fun and easy to tease Sora about his own.]

Just make sure you get a good grip on it.

[Despite its size, Riku finds it easy enough to lift, especially with the added help of Sora to help support it. Luckily, the feel of the egg's shell is hard and sturdy to the touch and not slippery.

But...being able to see clearly around the egg, especially with the way they have to face the egg and thus each other, is another matter entirely.]

We're going to need to watch our footing. [And crab walk.]

[Sora's long rabbit ears twitch and swivel as if he's listening for anything that might make him lose his footing too. This is a precious item in their possession and the last thing he wants to do is lose it or have it crack and break. He'd feel so horrible forever if that ever happened... This is their new egg child.]

Just go slowly, okay! Let's get it back to the house and get it wrapped up in some blankets.

[Tiny careful steps... Tiny careful steps!]

Right. [He nods in agreement, although it's possible for Sora to miss it, what with the egg being a barrier between them.

Doing his best to match his tiny steps to Sora's, they inch along the path. Too bad Riku doesn't see the small pot hole in the ground coming up on his side of the road.

His heel catches on the edge of it, causing his leg to bend suddenly. Suddenly standing lopsided, his grip on the egg begins to slip.]

[It must be pretty funny to see two teenage boys trying to hobble down the street with a giant creature egg. But no one is laughing when Riku suddenly catches his heel in a hole in the road.]

Riku?! Ahh--! [He lets out a pitched rabbit-like yip.] Riku!!! Watch out!

[Sora is yelling and at the same time he's trying to get a better grip on the egg as they start going sideways. Easy! Balance! Balance out!!]

[There's definitely a moment of fear where Riku is sure that the egg is going to slip from his fingers as he tries to resettle his balance. It doesn't happen. But it's a close call.]

Stop...yelling. I've...got it.

[Reaffirming his grip on the egg, he slowly begins to lift his foot out of the pot hole and place it down on the flatter surface of the road.]

There, not a problem.

[Aside from the racing of his heart and the sweat beading down his face. No problem at all.]

[Phew... Crisis averted! But that doesn't mean it wasn't scary. Sora's long rabbit ears twitch a lot as he tries to calm down as well.]

That was close...

[Luckily Riku was able to pull through. He had no doubts. Well- maybe like One Doubt.]

We're not too far from home so let's just be super-duper careful...!

[Riku bites back a retort about how he's being super-duper careful. That hole in the ground had come out of nowhere! But instead he just grumbles a little under his breath, feeling a new rush of determination to get this egg home in one piece.

And, several minutes and a couple of close calls later, they manage to reach the door to their house. That they can't open while still holding the egg.]

Let's set it down so one of us can open the door. Then we can carry it in.

[This is one adventure that Sora didn't know he'd be having with Riku. Egg adventures as egg parents is a lot of stressful work already and they've only just started. But he nods and carefully sets down the precious egg with Riku before Sora turns to open the door up so they can go in.]

Okay, okay. There, should we keep it in your room?

[Things have to get easier once the egg is settled in its new home. After all, how hard could looking after it be?]

Yeah, we can do that. We should probably set up a soft place for it to lay. Like a nest of blankets. That way it can also stay warm.

[Hefting the egg back up as a team, he turns and begins entering the house backwards.]

[Slow and steady wins the race. Sora's usually so bad with slow and steady but he's really determined not to break or hurt this egg. It's a precious baby!

Once they get it into the bedroom Sora is careful to set it down and then he immediately starts to root through Riku's things for 'nest' items.]

Hmm!! What can we use, Riku? I wonder if we'll need things like straw and soft clothes?

[He breathes a quiet sigh of relief once they gently place the egg down on the floor of his room. But the relief quickly evaporates once Sora starts going through his drawers.

First Roxas and Ven...]

Hey--Sora! I don't think the egg needs straw. That's more for horses. And I said blankets. [He rushes forward to push closed a drawer that Sora is starting to open.] That's my underwear. Really don't think we'll need that.

[Sora's fingers were nearly wrapped around a pair of Riku's tidy-whities?! He yelps and retreats when the drawer is pushed, his ears shooting straight up and his cheeks getting a little pink.]

Ahh-?! No way!

[He quickly goes back towards the egg. He puts a hand over it to feel how warm it is again.]

Alright, all of the blankets we can find, then! I don't want the egg to lose this warmth.

[One embarrassing situation mostly averted, Riku walks over to his bed and pulls off one of the blankets.]

I have this extra blanket we can use. Do you have one you could spare, Sora?

[He carries it over to the egg and begins tucking the blanket around it.]

Yup! I'll go grab it!

[Sora will momentarily sprint out of the room and grab his blankets before returning with them. It seems Sora just wants to give the egg all of his blankets. This is him taking things very seriously. Even if that leaves him without his blankets.]

Here we go!

[Sora starts to tuck the egg in.]

[That's a lot of blankets.]

Sora...did you pull every blanket off your bed?

[He knows him too well.]

Just one or two would be enough. I don't know if the egg can get too warm, but there's no reason to go overboard, just in case.

[There's no such thing as too much blankets!!]

Yeah, why not! I can just sleep in here too.

[Like he's going to move right in with Riku while they hatch a monster egg. It's fine, isn't it?]

I just really wanna make sure to keep it warm enough!

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[Riku's response is to facepalm.

Yep. Classic Sora. Why would he expect otherwise?]

Where are you going to sleep, exactly? With the egg?

[And for that Sora tilts his head.]

I can't sleep in here once in a while? Come on, Riku!

[What's wrong with sleepovers??]

I could always stay with Vanitas or Kairi too.

[Why is he still such a kid?]

Fine. [Sigh.]

You can sleep in here if you want to, but I don't want to hear any complaints about there not being enough space.

[He could understand Kairi...but Vanitas? Man, Sora moves fast...]

[If Riku doesn't want him to bunk here he'll always go to his other two bondmates. That's just a no brainer for this little monster.

But Riku agrees! He's ecstatic and he throws his arms in the air!]

Alright! It'll be just like when we were kids!! You won't hear a single complaint from me, promise!

[He can't help the small smile that teases his lips as he witnesses Sora's enthusiasm. Okay, so maybe it won't be so bad. They'd had a lot of sleepovers as kids.]

You should bring your pillow in here. I don't have an extra.

[He really is excited. They haven't had a sleepover since they were pretty little. It'll be like old times. And spending time with Riku is always special to Sora.]

Alright, give me a second!

[And he hops out of the room again to go grab his pillows too. He returns with two of them, hopping like a rabbit again.]

This is gonna be pretty great, Riku.

[By the time Sora comes back into the room Riku is seated on the floor next to the egg with his blanket and pillow. While his bed could fit them both, he's thought of a better idea.]

I just thought maybe we can keep the egg warmer at night if we sleep surrounding it.

[This is totally how body heat works right?]

[Sora tilts his head in question... Look at those rabbit ears twitch.]

Uhh... Are you sure about that, Riku? Wouldn't it be better if you were on the bed?

No. I don't mind sleeping on the floor. We'll have more room this way and with all the pillows and blankets it'll be comfortable.

[He shrugs.]

You can sleep on the bed if you want to, Sora.

[He is determined to guard this egg even in sleep though.]

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