though I did what I thought I had to do, I still lost you

Pea requested an Aqua fic and then I listened to this cover of her theme and got sad.

Aqua, gen, canon verse, post kh3 and detailing what ten years alone might have done to her.

Aqua sat on the shores of Destiny Islands as the sun crept above the horizon, closing her eyes in relief. She relished the warmth. It'd been so long that she'd forgotten the simple pleasure of the sun on her skin, of the crown of her hair growing hot, of the way freckles would crop up. How it felt to capture that sun in her skin from a day spent out, or how water could be the exact same temperature as her, so that it felt seamless to wade through it. It seemed so strange now that she could forget such tangible, real sensations.

 

She'd forgotten the way scent could permeate everything. Terra's cologne lingered, bright in her memory. Ventus and how he smelled of citrus when she had hugged him earlier, fresh from borrowing Sora's shower.

 

( She worried them, she knew )