Kingdom Hearts: Saving Life in Another World

Interlude: Memory Snow

Sora and Subaru had rested for a couple of days, having pushed themselves a lot during the fight against the Mabeast and Elsa. Once rested, the two return to training with Sora beginning to teach Subaru more magic abilities so he doesn't have to rely on Shamak considering the risk Subaru has for abusing his gate anymore. As they were training for a bit, Subaru starts a bit of conversation while sparring with his master,

"So Master Sora, I have noticed Rem-Rem and you are closer than usual. I don't mean to pry but are you two possibly dating?"

"Dating? What does that mean?"

Subaru was completely taken aback by this, feeling like Sora and Emilia might be related by how dense they are regarding relationships. As the two were trading blows, Subaru started to explain to Sora that dating is basically a step ahead from very close friends, adding that couples kiss and do more stuff together.

Sora thought about it for a moment, trying to find people who would fit with this description. The only couples he can think about are Aladdin with Jasmine, Beast with Belle, Hercules with Meg, Jack Skellington with Sally, and Ariel with Eric. There were others he thought on yet he still doesn't know how the feeling itself feels.

Sora dodged a couple of Subaru's attacks before easily disarming him with one strong hit, catching Subaru off guard. As the apprentice was disarmed, he waited until his master told him what exactly he needed to fix for the next sparring match. Sora had thought about the entire sparring match and advised him to work on his defensive side.

"You have grown much stronger since the fight with the Mabeast, Subaru. The only problem is that you still don't have a strong defense. Even if your offense can one-shot any opponent, without a proper defense then you run the same risk. Attempt to work on your defensive side a bit more but other than that just keep on training. You have come a long way since we started training you."

"Thank you, Master Sora. I will do my best to work on my defense."

Subaru bowed to show respect to Sora, prompting Sora to bow in return in order to show the same respect towards his student. He still felt weirded out being called Master but he knows that it'll take a little longer to sink in before he can fully accept the title. As the two begin walking back into the mansion, Sora turned to Subaru and asked,

"I have noticed something, you don't call Rem the way you did a few days ago. What's with the sudden change?"

Subaru looks at Sora for a moment before looking forward, thinking about the conversation he had with Rem. He offered to help her with dinner and called her "Rem-Rem" like usual yet she looked at him with scary eyes before kindly asking if he could address her just as "Rem". Subaru had asked why only for Rem to say,

"The only one for me is Sora-kun. I respect you and will help you too Subaru-kun because you are the apprentice of Sora-kun but know that my heart goes to him alone."

Subaru had not thought Rem would really fall in love with Sora yet he didn't think much of it and quickly respected her wishes. He looked at Sora after recalling the events and his only response was,

"Rem had asked me to stop, though it was just a cute thing I wanted to give to her, I respect her wishes regarding how to address her since she is focused on you."

"Yeah, I'm aware. Speaking of being focused on, how are you and Emilia doing? I hear that you are going to take her out to the village for your date."

Subaru looked up at the sky, having recalled the plan he had for him and Emilia on their date thanks to the children in the village. He had gone scouting very early in the morning to see where he could take Emilia to just spend time without being disturbed. He dressed up in some odd outfit to hide his identity yet the kids with their dream eaters managed to figure him out and attempted to get Subaru to play with them.