Yuffie sighed and glanced sidelong at Leon. They were manning the hotel for the day; with both Aerith and Cid off on errands. Really, Leon could do it by himself, but Yuffie was bored and she figured he would get lonely if he was left alone all day. Or at least, he might, if he wasn't Leon.

She wanted to touch his hair again, stupidly, insanely. It wasn't like she wanted so much to be near him, and touch him. It wasn't like she had a crush on him or anything stupid like that. It's just that his hair was so soft when she touched it; it was hard to believe. She had begun to wonder if she had just imagined it feeling that way.

She wanted to pet his head, as if he was a dog, basically.

She tore her gaze away from his head and stared at the door, willing customers to come in. No one answered her silent call. She made a mental note to work on her telepathy.

They had been sitting there for what felt like days, what was probably really only a few hours, if even. Yuffie had a way of stretching tales and time, and she knew it as well as anyone else. Leon had hardly said a word in all that time, and she was getting tired of talking to a wall.

Maybe, she thought, she should just leave.

But she didn't want to. Not yet.

"Do you think we'll ever go home?" She asked.

Leon closed his eyes, and said nothing. Yuffie looked at him, wondering if he was thinking, or if he was just ignoring her. Had her question made him sad?

"I don't know." He said at last. He opened his eyes and looked at her. Like that first time they had met in Traverse Town, she was again startled by the intensity in his eyes. "But I believe in Sora. And if Sora succeeds, then everything should go back to the way it was before, so I guess what I really mean to say is yes."

"Everything should go back to the way it was before?" Yuffie repeated, thinking of the pagoda, of Godo. "But the dead can't be resurrected." She said quietly.

"No. That's true. Not everything can go back to the way it used to be. And no doubt our home will look very different when we finally get back there; after Maleficent has made her lair there for so long."

Yuffie nodded. "But that doesn't matter. We can always rebuild. Everything can go back to the way it was before if we work hard enough."

Leon looked away, having apparently said enough for the time. Yuffie had to admit, he had said a lot, especially for him. She smiled at him, even though she didn't think he saw, looking the other way as he was, thanking him for his words.

"Leon? When we get home, let's put in our everything to rebuilding our home." She said. "Let's try really hard to put things back where they belong."

She wasn't really sure, but there maybe, she saw a glimmer of a smile.