I realized something about the couples...

All the pictures contained herein are from one of the KH Mangas.  The SoKai picture I believe is from one of the Reverse/Rebirth chapters of the CoM Manga (rar, correct me if I'm wrong).  The Namiku Picture IS from the CoM Manga and the Rokushi picture is from the Days Manga.  (I did edit out some white space in between them though.)

I was writing something the other day and I couldn't help but notice the differences between all the different pairings that I write for my fics.

My SoKai is almost like a relief to everyone (myself included) that Sora FINALLY got it through his head that he can, in fact, tell Kairi that he does like her.  Kairi knew from (at the very least, the beginning of my fic, if not before—probably before.) that she liked Sora.  However, she just chose not to say anything to him for fear of him not returning the affection/not wanting to be the first to say anything.  Therefore, now that they are together, they're like, the perfect happy couple.  They obviously love each other, they'll tease each other, they don't excessively make out with each other in public; instead, they'll hold each other's hands, they'll watch out for each other, he'll bring her over for dinner, she'll bring him over for dinner.  Riku and Roxas will tease the heck out of them.  They're cute, they're happy.  Both of them are Keyblade wielders and both are very powerful (well, Kairi's getting there) and will eventually make a very kick*** team.  They’re the ones that you see dancing at the school dance completely oblivious to the world around them for one song, then laughing with all their friends the next.  Sometimes, it’s a little awkward to be around them because you’ll feel like a third wheel, other times, it’s not.  It’s like, just happy-making (to use a Westerfeld term) to see them be around each other.  (At least, when you’re not just face-palming how oblivious they can be sometimes)

 

Namiku is special.  Namiku has always been special. Rarmaster and I talk all the time on how you can never underestimate the power of the Namiku (or, for short, just them (accompanied by a little hand-flick to generalize where they are)).  When I write one of them in a scene, it’s fine.  Like, for instance, Namine will be having a completely rational conversation in her head and then Riku shows up and, all of a sudden, her thoughts just go pshew! and they’re only half-coherent.  Riku’s pretty much the same way.  They’ll make contact with each other in a scene and they’re thoughts will just go exploding into fluff and I have to yell at them to focus.  Namiku is like, a bi-polar couple.  They’ll be incredibly fluffy one minute, then really down-to-earth the next.  Both of them are too smart (and too powerful) for their own good.  They bicker, too.  Yet, they’re not an unstable couple.  They’re honest and upfront with each other.  They’re not afraid to tell the other what’s on their mind.  They have yet to actually kiss, but when that scene comes, well, yeah… *ignores their fluffiness* They protect each other very effectively.  They’re also the ones where if something happens to one, the other’s gonna go on a murderous rampage.  Yeah, that’s Namiku.  And I feel like this paragraph isn’t doing them justice…

Compared to the other two pairings, Rokushi is very quiet and subdued.  Like, I’ll be writing and Namiku will make it very obvious that they are a THEM.  SoKai does the same thing, just in different ways.  (Though, Namiku seems to want to make it more obvious than it actually is.  Go figure.)  Rokushi, on the other hand, is just simply, quieter.  Like, if you were to look at them, you’d just guess that they were really good friends.  But, yet, they share many moments together in private.  Both of them are very private people I suppose.  They’re also the most competitive of the pairings.  They’re the two that you will see sparring to better themselves one day, and to compete with each other to see who is better the next.  Both are very efficient on their enemy destruction. Then, looking deeper, you realize just how much Roxas cares for Xion and vice versa.  He will quietly come up behind her and put his arms around her and tell her how beautiful she looks.  She’ll come up to him and slide her hand into his and then they’ll stay like that for several minutes before they realize that there’s something else to be done.  THEY are the couple that you’ll never feel like a third wheel around.  (Though Axel begs to differ).  There is less tension between them now that all the feelings are out in the open.  Because of all the stuff that they have done for each other already, they are quite the unstoppable force.