..OH MY GOSH. I'M SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING IN TWO MONTHS. D: You all probably hate me now. ;A; But because of my long absence, I decided to post two drabbles today. :D I hope they make up for it..

Radiant Memories

~Twenty One~

F r i e n d s

"Okay, Yuffie. You could do this. Just be as quiet as a mouse." a certain raven-haired girl whispered to herself. She took a deep breath and slowly tip-toed towards the exit of the little house, praying that the floor wouldn't make any noise and praying that Cid, who was currently messing around with his computer, wouldn't turn around. Today was Yuffie's turn to wash the dishes, do the laundry and all those other house work. It was originally Aerith's job, but since she was sick, everyone in the house decided to take turns until she was better. However, this boy she met a few weeks ago- what's his face, um, oh yeah- Ren said he wanted to tell her something really important. And that kept her wondering all night.

The sneaky ninja was almost at the door, when..

"And where the hell do you think you're going?" Cid Highwind asked, eyes fixated on the huge computer screen before him.

Crap. "Uh.. nowhere, silly," she laughed nervously. "Just wanted to pick up.. a.. book!"

"You hate reading. And you suck at lying," he typed in a few keys. "You don't wanna do the chores, huh?"

"What? How dare you make me sound so.. so selfish and unresponsible! That isn't the reason why I'm trying to leave the house!"

"I thought you said you just wanted to pick up a book?"

Yuffie blanched. "Okay, fine. Well, you see, Ren wanted to-"

"Leaving the house- and for a boy? What're you gonna do together? Ya know, sixteen is a rather young age to- Ow!" the blonde received a smack on the back of his head before he was able to finish his sentence.

"We are not- Ugh!" she groaned. Then, a light bulb appeared on top of her head. "Hey, ass- Uh, I mean- Cid? We're.. friends.. right?"

"Friends? Are you retarded? Why would I wanna be friends with an annoying, loud-mouthed dumbass like y- Ow!" the girl, once again, hit smacked his head. "I was just kidding. We are friends. Kinda."

"Okay, good. So, as you know, friends do.. nice things for each other other, right? I don't know.. Cover for them, maybe.."

"Are you trying to tell me something? Cause I ain't catching up."

Yuffie sighed. "You know what? How about we make a deal: you don't tell anyone I left the house and I'll do the house chores in your place for your next three turns."

"Hm.. next five turns."

"Deal." They shook hands and the charcoal-haired teen ran out of the house in a flash.

Just a few seconds after Yuffie left, Leon entered the room.

"Hey, have you seen Yuffie? She's supposed to do the laundry." the swordsman asked.

"Oh, she left."

Stupid Cid LOL. Hope you liked it! :)