Title: Best of You
Drabble #4: Getting to Know Me
Theme: Emotions
Pairing: Leon/Yuffie
Words: 231
A/N: Finally, Leon gets his own little chapter. Usually I don't write in Leon's perpspective 'cause I usually butcher his character. But I think this time I didn't do THAT bad of a job capturing his...Leon-ness, for lack of a better expression.
I think I'm on the edge of something new with you
Shout out don't drown the sound, I'll drown you out
You'll never scream so loud as I want to scream with you
-Something Corporate, "Hurricane"
Leon never thought of himself as a man of many emotions.
Anger, serenity, and disgust were pretty much the extent of his feelings. Anger over whenever another person lost their heart to the hands of a Heartless. Serenity whenever he was able to get away from it all and just be alone. And disgust when Yuffie double dipped her fries in his ketchup.
Yes, a man of few emotions indeed.
Lately, however, Leon had been feeling differently towards everything.
He used to crave solitude. Now, something felt wrong whenever he was alone. When he used to get mad that someone had died at the hands of a Heartless, he now secretly thanked the higher powers that it wasn't Yuffie...or Aerith. And now, when Yuffie double dipped her fries in his ketchup...he found the gesture strangely endearing.
Being a man of few emotions, Leon didn't know what to make of this. Things he once wanted now seemed...pointless. He found himself acting strangely, doing things he normally wouldn't. He was acting (as Yuffie so eloquently put it) "human." Leon inwardly chuckled at the memory of her expression when he'd ruffled her hair earlier. He quickly sobered when he realized that he'd liked the feeling of his hand tangled in her hair.
If being human meant feeling, then Leon surmised it couldn't be all that bad...as long as it didn't happen too often. He had a reputation to uphold.
A/N: So I lied. The first, third, fourth (which is this one) drabbles are related. The next one will probably relate to the other three as well. I didn't plan for this to happen, it just...did. But I have a plan! -laughs maniacally-
R&R