Phil's reaction to Forever leaving is going to break me tomorrow.
Either way he does it, in the light-hearted way where he makes fun of us for being sad and tells us his thoughts out of characters (I'm actually curious if CC Phil knew beforehand or nah that this was it), OR if he goes more into the character aspect and just laments and tries to make plans to save him that are ultimately futile because we know as the audience that even if Forever comes back, which isn't guaranteed, it won't be for a long while, OR hell maybe doesn't talk about it at all OR some combo of the choices;
Either way, it's gonna destroy me. I love sugarduo so much, both cc and q!cubtios. q!Philza especially because he really cared and trusted q!Forever utterly and wholly, and was trying so hard to be the voice of "We can save Forever, It's not over yet" when everyone else just wanted him dead, and just their general growth as friends-
I'm just... I'll miss them and I know Phil is gonna make me sad about it one way or another.
michael: okay, so hear me out--
clarisse: no
michael: No?! I've not even said anything yet
clarisse: no. we STILL have dish duty from your idea two years ago. I AM NOT DOING DISHES UNTIL I DIE.
michael: well that's debatable. ANYWAY. what if--
Kairi is Riku's friend too, she's the person that everyone feels safe confiding in their deepest dark secrets and for Riku it's quite obvious what that is.
And she is on his side and knows all about his feelings for Sora. In fact, she is constantly hoping that one day they'll be together as both of them talk to her about their feelings.
Only in Sora's case, he's unaware of his own feelings towards Riku.
She is the person that helps tie the two of them together. Riku is recklessly in love and Kairi knows how to look after him to make sure he doesn't do anything too stupid.
When Riku goes to the quadratum to find Sora, it takes some time but he finds Sora. They hug and end up revealing their feelings for the other, but unfortunately for Riku he did not study about the Quadratum enough to find a way out.
So together they are lost in the quadratum until Kairi shows up to save both of them as she has gotten stronger through training with Aqua and knows how to get out of there.