[ Save him? Is that why it felt like Sora kept calling to him? And the thing he said when Roxas had come back again. That he'd been waiting. He'd been looking all this time? He doesn't even know what to say when Sora takes his hands again. Is it just the Chroma exchange making them feel even warmer than before? ]

Sora...

[ Sora's always gone out of his way to save everyone he can. Roxas just never expected one of those people to be him.

But he'd hoped, didn't he? The dream, that time when something had kept trying to drag Sora into a deeper darkness. He can almost remember that, remember reaching out to Sora, to remind him how important he was. To share the last of himself, his most precious memories. The first time he really believed in Sora, not just because they were the same. But because Sora was Sora. ]

I remember... pieces... Sometimes I'm not sure which of them are actually real. But I think I remember finding you.

I remember you telling me we weren't the same. That I deserved to be me.

[ And it had meant everything to Roxas. ]