Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 26 Feb 2011
Summary: 10 December 1999 edition.
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain, Rosa
Author Notes: clinquant, adjective, noun;
1. Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
noun;
1. Tinsel; imitation gold leaf.
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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Rosa sat at the edge of the lake under a tree, pleasantly cool as she watched her boys wrestle in the water. It was the growing season on the farms, and the sun was unbearable as it crested the sky these days. She was in a light dress, the lightest she could manage at her age, as she fanned herself with the little folding fan Kain had gotten her for her last birthday, and the light breeze across the water helped as well. She couldn't get away with joining them in the water anymore – it was too improper and she didn't want to grieve her mother – but no one seemed to notice or care that she still went with them to the lake.
And even though she couldn't join them, she found the greater pleasure in watching, anyway. With eleven years to his name, Cecil was tiny but surprisingly quick in the water, even if he wasn't nearly as strong as Kain, and managed to splash the older boy quite a bit before Kain could catch him. It didn't matter to either of them, because they were having fun and cooling off. The sun reflected off of the water as they played, glittering against their skin, making both boys look so ethereal and otherworldly, like they were beyond the reaches of mortal men. It was whimsy on her part, and Rosa knew that Cecil would be burned if he stayed out much longer for how fair his skin was, but she could not bring herself to say anything. Her boys were so happy like this, she couldn't find it in herself to stop them.