Riku's steps faltered so that he almost tripped there on the walkway. "Tonight?" he repeated. As in, this evening? In a few hours?
"Oh no! Sora!" Gah! "I accepted an invitation for the both of us to attend a small gathering this evening. Nothing too taxing... poetry, food, conversation. But it is tonight." Was it possible to do both of them? They were both really important! "I am being sent further details of location and time later this afternoon."