Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 26 Feb 2011
Summary: 01 October 1999 edition.
Rating: K
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain, Rosa
Author Notes: affable, adjective;
1. Easy to speak to; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner.
2. Gracious; benign
Disclaimers: Final Fantasy IV is owned by Square-Enix and I in no way, shape, or form profit off of my writing. This is simply for my own pleasure, and may at any time be removed and/or modified as I see fit.
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Although he loathed speaking openly about his feelings, Kain knew that he needed a bit of help. And there were really only two people he would ever feel comfortable sharing with. Neither one of them would ever judge him, no matter what he said or did, nor would either interrupt him or push for him to make a snap decision, but the dragoon still found that it was easier to go to Rosa than Cecil. It wasn't that he loved the younger knight any less, but, for all of his kindness and generosity, Cecil probably acknowledged his emotions even less frequently than Kain. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that the smaller man accepted all of his consciously realized feelings readily, but anything that he hadn't noticed he rarely came to terms with until someone else pointed out his behaviors to him. Regardless, when it came to emotion, Cecil was very little help without needing to stop and think and talk, and Kain hated talking about such things. So he needed Rosa. She held the most empathy among them and she was subtle enough to be able to understand what the dragoon required without his needing to spell it out to her. Cecil would understand the blonde's reasons for not including him, would accept it like he always did.
