A/N: I'm not writing to Maintenance Guide/Manual for Lovely Narcissist yet. I have other fanfics I want to do first. Like this one. ^_^ It's another Slight fic, but focuses on Snow and Hope in this first chapter. Second chapter will be dedicated entirely to Sazh/Light.

I was originally just going to call this 'Silly L'Cie: Don't Tell, Won't Tell,' but decided on 'Silly L'cie: I Don't tell, You Don't Tell.' Just in case you were interested.

Pairings: Lightning/Sazh and (one-sided!)Lightning/Hope (You can interpret this chapter as mild Snow/Hope if you so desire, but I wrote it as them being friends. What you do with my words is your choice.)

Disclaimer: If I owned Final Fantasy, Sazh and Light would be an official pairing, Zack never would have died and Kuja would have been nice.

This is from a weird point of view, k? So follow along. Snow's point of view with 'you' being Hope. He isn't actually talking to Hope unless it's in quotation marks. Readers are now Hope…if that's how you want to see it.

You always watched her. She was the first one you buffed up and the last one you asked for help. Crushes, huh? I've been there; it's a teenager thing.

Don't worry, I'll never tell her. Neither will you, after witnessing today's events. Guess no one told you, huh? Well, we thought everyone knew, an unspoken relationship and a public secret. We wouldn't tell them we knew and they wouldn't tell us they were.

I wonder…how did you feel when you saw that simple act, that kiss on her wounded arm? Jealousy? Anger? Betrayal? Were you just sad?

Whatever it was, it must have been strong for you to open up to me about it.

"You uh-…ok there, partner?"

"I…I'm fine…" you responded, somewhat sharply. I'm used to it, at least you've loosened up some.

"Think we'll be able to find anything besides monsters here?"

You looked at me bemusedly, entertained by my habit of changing awkward subjects abruptly with little transition. What can I say? It's a habit.

You looked serious, more so than the situation called for. "What happened?" I ask without thinking. Of course, that wasn't a smart move. Now, you're probably going to get mad and not talk to me for the rest of the night. That would be awkward, as the others won't be back until morning.

To my surprise, however, you sat up, looking at your gloved hands, pondering what to say.

"I don't think they'd appreciate it if I told you guys, but you wouldn't tell the others, right?"

"What? About Sazh and Light?"

"How did you…-"

"Kiddo, everyone knows!"

"I didn't," you retorted, looking up, seeming hurt.

"Well…it kind of like an unspoken rule. Everyone knows, but no one talks about it. They don't know that we know and they won't tell us that they are. Simple as that."

"…"

"What's wrong now?"

You look up, face a vibrant pink. "I like Lightning…"

"I know."

Panic flashes in your face. "Do the others know?"

"No, no. They think you two just have a kind of…mother/son complex. You know…after all that's happened it's kind of expected…" My guilt was showing through. Why am I so transparent?!

I feel a hand on mine. Your hand. I smile sadly at the black and white leather glove.

"I don't blame you for that anymore… I know; I was stupid. It was an accident…"

"I'm sorry that I couldn't protect your mother," I say, meeting your eyes properly for probably the first time ever. "But I will do my best to protect you."

"L'cie don't need protecting, Snow," you smile. "But you can be my friend and support me."

"I'll do my best," I tell you, nodding.

A/N(2): I'll write a third chapter where Hope and Snow get together if someone reviews. IF. Not a big fan of that pairing, so if you want it, give me some motivation. If you ask just about anything, I'll probably deliver. Except lemon. No lemons for me, thank you very much. As mentioned in the Author's Note up top, the next chapter will be on Sazh and Lightning exclusively and should be up by Friday. Probably before then.

James Blanke: out.