It was hard not to be 'silly' sometimes. "Those who stole us told me that we weren't stolen at all... that our parents had given us to them. I knew it was a lie, I did. But... sometimes, late at night, you start wondering 'what if.'" He hated that he had doubted them, but he'd only been a child.
"Sora says many silly things like that," Riku said, tucking his hair back behind his ear. "I do not see what it is he sees in me, but I am grateful that he does." He didn't know what he'd do without the Prince's love and care anymore. "He does so hate when I'm hard on myself," he said with a little smile, remembering their first little tiff.