Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 19 Mar 2011
Summary: 10 March 2000 edition.
Rating: K+
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain
Author Notes: acquiesce, intransitive verb;
1. To accept or consent passively or without objection - usually used with 'in' or 'to'.
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 didn't exactly like what he was being asked to do, Cecil understood that Kain was a bit embarrassed and didn't want to run the risk of making a fool out of himself publicly. And there was a certain amount of pride in a man that would not tolerate displaying any faults to a woman, so asking Rosa was completely out of the question. It wasn't so terrible, practicing proper dancing with Kain to renew his fluency after a series of growth spurts that put the blonde two full heads taller than the younger boy. Kain just needed to compensate for the sudden change in height and, loathe as the prince was to admit it, his friend needed to get a better handle on his increased strength. It wouldn't do to hurt a lady when dancing with her.

Kain liked to practice a lot, and Cecil often found himself being twirled around his private room at odd times of day. At least the older boy was courteous about not doing this publicly. Their practices were rough at first, in no small part due to Cecil's natural urge to lead once they got into position; he managed to temper that urge with some serious restraint because the prince knew he wasn't the one who was having trouble and Kain needed to get down the basics properly again. Cecil wouldn't let him wear shoes after the first time, though, because Kain's feet were bigger too and it was less painful to be stepped on when there were no leathers making it worse. These sessions went on long enough that, although they always lacked an orchestra to time themselves to, Cecil thought he knew exactly what song was going through Kain's head after only the first step on any given dance.

The prince had only been horrified one evening well into their practices when there was a formal event and he had to pause and really think about what he was doing, because he had automatically taken up the hold on his partner that he normally took when he was with Kain as though he was expecting to be led. The only shallow consolation Cecil had was that he happened to have been with Rosa at the time, and she would not gossip about it and make fun of him for it.