Radiance of Time

:: number ten. promise ::

"Heyyy, Squaalllieeee." The ninja called, voice ringing throughout his ears. And much rather, the household itself.

Leon cringed when she entered the room. This would only lead to trouble. She was an energetic mess and for lack of better words… he just woke up.

"Squallie!" Yuffie leaped into the bed, landing perfectly in a sitting position as she faced the swordsman. "I need to talk to you."

Leon sat up in bed, rubbing his eyes. "What is it?" He asked, groggily.

"Do you believe in promises?" She asked plain and simply, the question hanging in the air. Yuffie leaned in with big puppy-dog eyes with a child-like curiosity to it all.

Now suspicious of how innocent she just turned, Leon forced himself to wake up by rubbing his eyes once more and yawning. "Yes." He responded, just as plain and simply as she.

"Do you believe that if a person promises something… they should keep that promise, no matter what?"

"Yes."

Yuffie narrowed her eyes, grinning devilishly. "I see. WELL, It reads HERE that ten years ago you made me a promise and it's written here in INK."

Leon eyed the tiny piece of paper from her hand and immediately snatched it, narrowing his eyes. "This is Crayon."

"Does it matter?" She asked. "Go on, read it. Out loud."

Leon sighed, running his fingers through his hair. "I…" He paused before continuing, narrowing his eyes in disgust. "Squallie, promise that if Princess Yuffie Kisaragi's lips has not been de-flowered by her tender age of sixteen that I, Squallie, shall bestow such a gift upon her tender… lips."

"Gosh, Leon. Read it with more EXCITEMENT."

"Tender age of sixteen?" He snorted, now smirking. "Yuffie, I never made this promise. You made this up."

"Lies." She hissed. "Don't try to get out of it! Come on!"

"Well, this was written with a green crayon…" He mumbled, now pointing to her shorts-pocket. "And oh look, a green crayon."

Yuffie's jaw dropped. Now she had to be on her feet and quick! What to do, what to do.

And so, Yuffie did the only thing that made sense in the moment and slapped him. "SQUALL LEONHART!" She shrieked, "HOW DARE YOU MAKE MOTIONS TO MY FAMILY JEWELS!"

Leon just simply held his cheek, in awe of the freak-out that the girl was going through at the moment.

"i am a delicate flower, and while I'm pouring my HEART out to you about PROMISES, you're just looking there! Of course. It all makes sense."

She immediately began to storm out of the room after pretending a tear fell down her cheek, and with a slam of the door, she left.

And Leon actually laughed.