Serah had to give it to the Guardian Corps, the military really. She hadn't thought something so ugly looking when laid out in front of her could look so amazing when being worn. But as she watched her older sister slowly getting ready for the evening she came to the conclusion that it wasn't the fact that the GC Officer's formal uniform was being worn that made it look good, but who was wearing it. In this case specifically, Lightning.
Never had Serah realized how proper her sister's usual work attire was. She had always assumed that Lightning had dressed as she had to make some sort of statement, to prove herself, to show she wasn't your average girl anymore, that she wasn't Claire anymore. But really she had dressed quite closely to code, her jacket was in fact just a slight variant on the actual officer uniform, and it seemed the only real differences were a few colors and that she didn't wear both rank shoulder pads.
"Serah?"
Serah's eyes quickly flicked to the source of the voice as she was broken from her thoughts. Staring down at her was her sister ready for the Guardian Corps Annual Commemorative Ball, something which Serah, despite Lightning being in the Corps for a number of years, had only been told about a week ago.
Quickly reprimanding herself for losing focus again Serah flashed a quick smile. "Ready to go?"
Lightning gave a firm nod and opened her gloved hand towards her little sister and it was as Serah took the offer that she saw a quick look of worry wash over her sister. "You're… sure you're okay with this?"
Serah gave the hand a reassuring squeeze before pulling Lightning into a loose hug (Fal'Cie forbid the flawless material of her uniform get wrinkled before they even arrived) as she giggled slightly at how someone who could take charge in battle at a moment's notice had such confidence issues. "Of course Claire, why wouldn't I want to go with you? This means everything to me."
"But the last time you said that-"
"Don't you dare bring him up."
Lightning stopped momentarily, blinking a few times in surprise at the sudden change in tone as Serah let go and walked over to the bedroom door stepping partly into the hallway. "Come on, don't want to be late." Still slightly stunned Lightning turned on her heel and quickly followed Serah out of the bedroom and towards the front door.
AN: So a couple things. This is going to be a fill for a prompt over at the FFXIII Kink Meme. pretty much the prompt-er(?) wanted the scene from FFVIII where Squall and Rinoa dance except Lightning and Serah. This will also be Farroncest, basically I'm addicted to the stuff, sue me :P and this 'chapter' is really me getting some stuff out of the way, albeit subtly, so I can do the prompt with nothing stupid distracting me.
General structure of this story is 'This - Dance Chapter - After the Dance (may contain smut, not sure yet)