Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 28 Apr 2011
Summary: 07 June 2000 edition.
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain, Kain x Cecil x Rosa
Author Notes: rubicund, adjective;
1. Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.
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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With the well of superiority that went with his status as a thirtieth generation noble, people tended to assume that Kain simply didn't blush. Usually, they would be correct. The blonde did not even bat an eyelash if he was being rebuked, he never seemed overtly affected by embarrassment, and he wasn't bashful by nature. Cecil knew better, though, because there was one thing that got Kain flushed, and that wasn't something that many people would know. Kain was, when all was said and done, loyal. And Cecil was one of the only two people that the dragoon was intimate with. The only flush that ever dusted his cheeks was from pleasure, and even then it wasn't darker than a tinge of pink. Cecil, on the other hand, knew that he colored comparatively easily. The younger knight was partially convinced that his pallor was the problem, because even the slightest heat on his cheeks seemed to leave fiery color, and Kain's darker complexion hid that. Fortunately, the only ones who could really make him blush were his wife and his guard, and it did not matter if they knew his weaknesses.