Naoto-Hika: I do not owe Final Fantasy XIII, Versus XIII, and the Characters. I am sorry it took me a while to post this chapter out. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you!

Hope, Lightning, Noctis:Thanks for the reviews!


Hope whipped his eyes as he ran away from his friends. He tried to see where he was going but everything was a blur. His face was red from the tears that fell. He almost tripped until he felt a hand grab his wrist. He blinked as he was pushed against the person. Soon both of his wrists were being held. He struggled to get free. He wasn't sure who it was and didn't want to find out.

"Dammit Hope, stop it!!" the was yelled in his ear ear as the grip on his wrists were tightened. Hope flinched, as he knew that voice way to well. He stopped struggling and he let his head hang.

"Let me go…" he said as the tears came running down his face at top speed. With no movement of the other person letting go, he yelled louder so that they could hear him better. "LET ME GO!!"

"NO!" The voice yelled back at him. "Why did you run away, Hope?" Hope raised his head as he felt the grip on his wrist loosen. He pulled his wrist away from the other person's hand and got loose. Instead of running again he turned around and buried his crying face into the strawberry pink hair chest. He wrapped his arms around her waste so he had something to hold on to.

Lightning blush a slight pink. Usually she would have pushed him away and killed him on the spot but for some reason she didn't, instead she wrapped her arms around him.

"Hope…what happened?" she asked concerned. He didn't answer. All she heard were sobs. Hope legs gave out under him. Lucky for him, Lightning was still holding him. She knelt down slowly so that he could sit down. His grip around her waste became tighter.

"W-Why did you say yes?" he asked in between sobs. Lightning looked down at him as his face was still buried in her chest. She didn't understand what he meant.

"Yes to what?" she asked confused.

"To Noctis…" Hope replied. Lightning turned her gaze away from the crying Hope to the ground. She didn't know what he was trying to say.

"What did I say yes to?" she asked herself as she adverted her eyes to her engagement ring. She blinked as she looked back at him.

"Are you talking about the engagement?" she asked. Hope tightened his grip more as he heard the word "engagement". He didn't want to believe it was real, she was going to get married.

"Hope…," before she could say anything else, Hope crashed his lips with hers. Lightning's eyes shot open while turning a bright red. As for Hope, if he was blushing, it didn't show. His face was already red from the tears that came down his face.


Noctis looked at vanille, who was sitting down on the steps with Lightning's shoes next to her. He was leaning against the car he was borrowing from Quinn. He sighed as helooked at the direction Lightning had run off to. Vanille looked up at him and smiled slightly.

"So, how was your date?" she asked as Noctis looked back at her. He returned the smile with a small one.

"It was great," he said. "How long have you and Hope been waiting out here?"

"Hm," she pulled out her phone to look at the time. "About an hour and a half." She replied. Noctis blinked as he tilted his head.

"He really needed to speak with her. What did he want to tell her?"

"Uh…," Vanille smiled nervously. She wasn't sure if she should tell him the truth. Instead, she would do what she knew how to do best, lie. "He wanted to talk to her about his mother."

Noctis raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Why would he run away from her if it was only to talk about his mother?" he asked mainly himself. Vanille heard the question.

"Hmm, maybe the thought of talking about it again was to frightening," she said. Noctis looked around wondering if that was the case. It sounded a good reason but something didn't seem right to him.

"He looked at her hand before he ran away and blinked. Why would that make him run away from her if he was here to tell her about his mother?" He couldn't help but think that Vanille was covering up the real reason and he was going to find out.

"Poor kid, he couldn't tell her how he felt?" Noctis said as he turned to look at Vanille. She opened her eyes wide as she looked over at him.

"H-how did you know?" she asked. Noctis batted his eyes. He figured it out in one try. Vanille covered her mouth. He didn't know till now. He respired as he looked at the ground, he bolded his fist and before he knew it he had started to run in the direction Hope and Lightning ran. Vanille stood up quickly as she followed him. She had to stop him somehow.


Lightning pulled away from the kiss. Her face was still bright red. She didn't understand what just happened. Everything seemed like a dream. She looked to the ground trying to take everything in. She now understood why he ran away once she made it back home. He had feelings for her.

Hope looked down at her ripped dress as he wiped his eyes. He stared surprisingly before he glanced up at her. He parted his lips to say something but shut it quickly. He had kissed her and she was already engaged. He had to apologize first before he asked her anything.

"I-I'm sorry Light…" he said making her coming back to reality. She looked at him. He looked around thinking of another way to break the silence.

"Um what happened to your dress?" he asked as he touched her dress nervously. Lightning looked at her dress and then at his hand.

"I ripped it so that I could catch up to you…" she stated as if she didn't care. "Serah's going to kill me once she sees this dress…" Hope blinked as he looked at her. "It was hers. I borrowed it for my date," she said while looking at him. She smiled slightly as she wiped the last tear that came down his cheeks.

"I'm sorry…," Hope said in a low voice. Lightning shook her head as she stood up from the ground. She helped him up as she exhaled

"Don't worry about it," she said. "Look about,"

"Hope! Lightning!!" a girls voice called out, interrupting Lightning .

"Huh?" Lightning and Hope said at the same time while looking back at the two people who were running towards them.

"Vanille, Noctis? What are you two doing here?" Lightning asked. "I thought I told you to wait at the house." Noctis didn't reply, instead he was staring at her ripped dress.

"What happened to your dress?" he asked as he looked up at her. Lightning gave him an annoyed look.

"I ripped it," she said with her arms crossed over her chest. Noctis raised an eyebrow.

"Why would you rip your dress?" he asked. Lightning rolled her eyes. She wasn't happy. She didn't understand why. Yeah they didn't listen but that wasn't a good reason to start yelling at them, was it? She sighed as she looked over at Vanille and Hope.

Noctis noticed she was now looking over at the other two. He suspired as he started to speak, "What…," before he could finish asking her his question, Lightning had interrupted him.

"I'll tell you later," she said as she looked back at him. "For now let's just go home." She smiled faintly. Noctis watched the other two for a few more second before he looked back at her and nodded.

"Alright."


Hope headed home with Vanille after Noctis and her caught up to him and Lightning. They did talk a little before they said their goodbyes to the engaged couple.

Hope and Vanille walked in silence. Hope was in thoughts of what happened between Lightning and him. Vanille on the other hand, wanted to know what happened between the two. They seemed different to her somehow. She watched Hope and couldn't help but ask.

"Hope?" she called his name, trying to get his attention. With no response, Vanille tapped his shoulder and said his name again. She still didn't receive some type of answer from him. She sighed as she pushed him lightly.

Hope blinked as he looked over at Vanille. She smiled as he tilted his head.

"So did you tell her?" she asked. Hope blushed as he shook his head.

"No, I haven't…," he replied, "but I did kiss her…" Vanile batted her eyes. Hope shifted his eyes to the ground. "But I'm going to tell her when I'm ready."

"You better hope that prince of hers doesn't find out. He seemed pretty mad when he found out that you were going to steal Lightning from him," Vanille said teasingly. Hope blinked but grinned.

"I'm going to steal her no matter what from him," he said with a grin. Part of him believed he could while the other part believed he couldn't do it. Vanille and Hope reached Hope's house.

"Goodnight," she said with a smile. Hope returned the smile after he stepped inside the house.

"Night Vanille," He said as he waved. Vanille waved back and started to head home.


After saying bye to Hope and Vanille, Noctis carried Lightning on his back. He wasn't going to let her walk on her feet with no shoes. She protested but he wouldn't listen. Lightning exhaled since no matter what she said, he still wouldn't put her down. She had wrapped her arms around his neck as she started to think of a way to explain what happened today. She wasn't sure on how to tell him about the kiss with Hope. Lightning didn't want him to find out by someone else.

Noctis looked at Lightning from the corner of his eyes. He knew something happened but was unsure of what it was. He sighed as he soon reached her house.

"Keys?" he asked as he reached the door. Lightning blinked as she looked at him confused.

"What?"

"Keys?"

"Oh, there's a copy above the door," she said as she pointed to where it was. Noctis looked where she pointed to and reached for it. He grabbed the key and opened the door. He closed it after he entered. He walked to the couch and sat her down. He sat beside her as he took hold of her feet.

Lightning flinched as she looked at Noctis. He looked at her and smiled slightly. She returned the smile but let it disappear quickly. She looked at the ground while letting herself fall back in thoughts.

Noctis stood up and headed to her bathroom. He opened the cabinet and grabbed the first aid kit. He headed back to the living room and sat down as he grabbed both her feet.

"Light, is something wrong? You haven't said a thing," he said as he started to clean her feet with medicine. Lightning watched him. She had cut her feet while running after Hope. She groaned as her feet started to sting from the pain.

"Noctis, we have to talk…," she said as she looked away. He voice didn't sound like it normally would. Noctis ignored tge difference in her tone and looked up at her. He had a feeling this wasn't good.

"Is she going to call off the engagement?" he thought to himself. He respired as he looked down at her feet. He went through the first aid kit and grabbed the bandages. He started to wrap her feet.

"I'm listening," he said not looking up. Lightning narrow her eyes.

"I love you…and I don't blame you if you want to break up…," she said trying to stay calm. She couldn't cry, she didn't like being weak. Noctis raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"What are you talking about?" he asked as he looked at her. Lightning took a deep breath as she looked at him.

"I...Hope kissed me," she said as she looked away. Her voice was low and filled with guilt. She didn't really know why. It wasn't her fault, or was it? Did she lead him on somehow?

"What?" Noctis said as he stared at her with confusion. He wasn't sure if he heard her right.

"I said Hope kissed me," this time she said it a little louder. Her voice still held some kind of guilt while also sounding annoyed. Noctis started to laughed. Yeah, he didn't like that fact that Hope kissed his girl but if he wanted to cheer her up he would have to ignore that part for now.

"Why are you annoyed?" he asked. Lightning glared at him as she punched his arm while blushing. He wasn't going to leave her after all. She smiled slightly as she was happy; she still had her prince.


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