Maleficent is already scheming backstage while all this happens, yet with this she has indeed nothing to do.
It also doesn't have to be a connection...
I've gotta agree with the rest, I'd really just be best (and more peaceful around the fandom parts) if the romance is left ambiguous. and people just...
It could be Ansem's data or Roxas' or Xion's newborn hearts in terms of foreshadowing, although it could also be just a sparkle from Ven's heart that...
Everything that we say, feel, hear, and every emotion that well all go through, whether its happiness or despair.........is because we are human, and what are we if not human?