#how they interact together
One thing I really love about Soriku is that while there are substantial moments like when Sora falls to his knees crying in KH2 or Riku’s sacrifice in KH3, most of their moments aren’t big and grand and jaw-dropping. They connect in the small moments, the little comments and interactions. Like Sora wanting to talk to Riku after arriving in San Fransokyo in KH3. Or Riku calling Sora a sap in KH2. Soriku isn’t a ship made from a few key moments. It’s made from a 3 hour collection of interactions of two people naturally loving and caring about one another. It’s the two of them bickering over their height in Re:Coded. It’s Sora begging Riku to tell him his secret in Birth by Sleep. It’s Sora making Riku laugh with a silly face in KH2. It’s Riku asking Sora if he’s okay after the KHUX segment in KH3. It’s every single stinking time they sit on that paopu tree and watch the waves. This is how Sora and Riku say they love one another without saying they love one another.
