This series has had over 300 hits so far and received one review. I am a little confused as to why that is but I admit to being quite pleased. Perhaps I have merely one reader who keeps clicking on this story over and over? If so, precious reader, let me know who you are! I shall gladly write you a drabble or two for being so sweet. ;)
Fran & Penelo, Magic, for Kilraaj
"Thank you," the girl said afterwards, "for believing in me."
Her smile, though always bright, often had a curiously brittle quality Fran did not quite like. "I wouldn't," the viera quietly replied, "if there wasn't something to believe in from the first."
And now Fran had the quiet pleasure of seeing that smile of Penelo's, that soft, slightly anxious smile, be replaced by a firmer, wider one. "You really think so?"
Cocking her head to the side, Fran allowed herself a rare smile. "I very much doubt that we would have made it out of that area safely without your magic. After all, who else would have realized the proper way to put out the fire spell that Vaan's esper inadvertently left upon his head when dismissed?"
In all of Ivalice, there were many who said that there was nothing quite as thrilling as a proper Viera's gaze; now, Fran could add that there was nothing quite as charming as hume girl's laugh.