Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy or any of the characters mentioned in this fanfic.

A/N: Squall and Lightning at times might be OOC. Chapter 2 will be posted when I feel I like it.

Summary: Lightning follows Squall after he decides to separate from the rest of the group. Lightning then starts to have a discussion with Squall. You have to read to see what it's about. The group includes Cecil, Vaan, Laguna, Lightning, Squall and Yuna.

Part 1: Why Not Try

Walking back and forth for what seemed like hours after following Laguna's "great sense of direction" the group stopped to rest while Laguna tried to think of an excuse so it doesn't look like he was leading them in circles. But he was caught before he could say anything when he heard a voice say "You have no idea where we're going do you?"

Laguna turned around to see who said that and it was the pink haired gunblade wielder Lightning. He just gave her one of his trademark chuckles while asking "What, do you still have no faith in me?"

Lightning replied "Faith in your sense of direction absolutely not, faith in as a reliable comrade that's still up for debate."

"Wow straight to point as always, you know words cut just as deep as any knife and I thought we were friends" responded Laguna.

Can't you be serious for one second you've been leading us around in circles for who knows how long and you keep making jokes" said another voice approaching the site of the conversation.

It was Squall with a cold stare pointed towards Laguna as he walked closer to the both of them. Lightning looked back and forth at Squall and Laguna as she watched their conversation as if it was a tennis match and she was trying to follow the ball during the rally. "If you can't lead properly then there is no point in sticking around I'm outta here. I'd rather be on my own than run in circles for what will probably seem like the rest of time."

After that Lightning yelled "Squall wait you can't just go off on your own."

"Just watch me" he said while walking farther away from the rest of the group.

She ran after Squall to get in front of him and asserted. "At least let me go with you no one should be travelling alone anymore it's too risky and we need everyone to help bring an end to this cycle."

Squall just sighed and answered with "Fine but you better not try to get in my way or get my going around in circles like that moron did." He pointed towards Laguna who was smiling and waving goodbye to his friends as they looked at him.

She says "Don't worry I won't you can count on that."

"Alright then let's get outta here while we can." He said to her.

Lightning trailed a little behind smiling in secret at the fact that it would just be him and her alone with no interference from the others. After walking together silently for a few minutes before either one of them said anything and surprisingly it Squall who broke the silence. "So…why did you decide to come with me instead of staying with the group?" he asked her.

"Well I…I didn't want to stay with them because you would be alone and I mostly couldn't stand another minute with Laguna." She responded.

"Yeah don't blame you for that but I actually prefer to be alone." Was his reply.

"Oh." She thought to herself while bowing her head in disappointment.

Squall noticed and said "Thank you for tagging along it really is quite nice having some else to talk to."

"No problem" she responded happily.

Another couple of hours passed before they decided to stop and make camp for the night near a river. A roaring fire was cooking the fish that were caught earlier while Squall and Lightning got their tents set up. Squall noticed that Lightning was having a little trouble with her tent and walked up behind her to help her while she lowered her head enough that he couldn't see her blush because of how his chest pressed against her back. After he secured her tent he walked over to the fire to see if the fish were done and called her over to eat. While walking over to the fire she thought to herself.

"Ok Lightning just ask him already he can't hate you for being a little curious."

After sitting and taking a few bites of the fish she started to try and ask her question.

"Hey Squall."

"What" he said back to her.

"Why do you always try to be by yourself, I mean it's not like you don't trust us but still you always walk off to be alone why is that" she implored a little bit afraid of what the answer might be.

He paused a little before answering. "You're right it's not that I don't trust anyone, I try to be alone all the time because…"

"Yeah what is it" she asked.

"Nevermind" he said trying to finish eating

"No please tell me, if it's a secret I promise not to tell another living soul" pleading for him to finish answering her question.

"It's not that it's a secret I just don't want to talk about it" he said with a little bit of anger in his voice.

"I'm sorry I didn't know it was like that, just forget about it, it's no big deal" she said noticing the anger in his voice.

Squall looked at her and began to finish answering her. "It's because I don't want to get attached to anyone while knowing the fact that if we lose then we lose our memories and we have to fight to regain them I just don't want to go through that even once."

Lightning looked at him in amazement not expecting that kind of answer. After a brief moment of silence she began to speak.

"You know there is something that Laguna said that was actually pretty useful advice."

"Yeah and what was that dare I ask."

"He said that in life you need to make use of every moment you have and live it with no regrets."

"Wow Squall said, I can't believe that he actually gave useful advice"

Lightning laughed and then said "Well everyone has their moments his was just a lot later than anyone or himself expected."

They both just laughed for a few moments and then went back to eating before she spoke up again.

"Squall can I ask one more question" she asked with her lowered so he couldn't see her blush.

He answered "Yeah sure."

"Well I…I was just wondering …how would you react if a girl were to…you know confess her feelings for you."

"Oh, well I would be a bit surprised, excited and a little sad."

"Sad why" she inquired a bit baffled.

"Well it has to do with why I try to always be alone I just don't want to get attached to anyone and have the chance of losing my memory of that person."

But still even if there is that chance you can still try to make every moment count with that person." She said trying to make sure that her voice didn't crack.

Squall ended the conversation by telling her that he'll take the first watch and he started to look around while Lightning got into her tent enraged at the way the conversation took its course not being able to confess her feelings.

"Well there's still time no need to rush" she reasoned to herself before she fell asleep.

Part 2 will be posted soon but review this one first please so I can make the next better.