Snow
-Squirrel Tamer

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

Chapter 2: Stories




Point of view: Squall/Leon(whichever you prefer)





"She's outside again."


Even as I say this I know that Aerith already knows. Its not a surprise anymore, she's done this for ten years now.


"She's got to stop doing this."


"Why?" Aerith asks me, "What's so wrong with wanting to play in the snow?"


"Because she's sixteen."


"Which means she's still a kid."


"I know, but she has to start acting like an adult."


"Why can't she stay a kid forever? I'd give anything to be her. She barely even remembers that day."


"I can't believe its been ten years..."


I shake my head, trying to clear it. Ten years away from home...It's been way too long...


"I need to get out of this world..."


"Haven't you heard anything from King Mickey lately?"


"He's gone. I haven't seen him in two months. The Heartless probably got him."


"Don't say that!"


"You know its probably true. The Heartless take everything, in the end they always win."


Aerith doesn't look at me. I can see her eyes fill with tears. I want to comfort her, but I can't. If Cloud were still here he could. But I can't. I don't remember how.


"I'm going outside."


She doesn't answer, I didn't really expect her too.



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I'm staying in the shadows. I don't really know why. But something in me doesn't want to let Yuffie see me.


She's grown. She's not a six year old anymore, and yet we all still treat her like one. Maybe its a way of trying to convince ourselves that nothing has changed.


She's holding something. A bear.


Siru.


He was Kairi's bear, a present from her parents. I shouldn't have let him take Kairi. I should have said no and run as far as I could. I felt like they all hated me when I gave her to him...but I was fifteen, I didn't know any better.


I wipe a tear from my eye, I'm very glad that no one can see me. Squall Leonhart doesn't cry...I mean Leon doesn't cry.


The truth is that I actually hate that name. Leon. I hate him because he's stronger than me. Leon will always be stronger than Squall.


I found that out when the Heartless took Cloud.


"Squall?"


"Leon."


I mentally curse myself. While I was thinking I wandered out of my hiding spot allowing Yuffie to find me.


"What are you doing out here? You always said that you hated the snow."


"I do hate it."


"I don't think that you really hate it."


"What do you mean?"


"I-" She starts but then stops almost as if she's afraid to talk to me.


I sit down next to her and notice that she's shivering. I take off my
jacket and give it to her.


She stares at it for a minute, surprised. Then she smiles at me and wraps it even tighter around her body.


"Thanks."


Neither of us says anything for awhile, just stare at the snow that's falling just as hard as ever.


"Do you remember when you were fifteen and I was six? Do you remember the time when you had to babysit me and Kairi?"


"Yeah, why?"


"Because the whole time we were awful and made it a bad night until I ended up almost falling out of a tree. But you caught me. Then we all went inside and you told us a story. One about snow. Kairi fell asleep before the ending and you thought I was asleep too. But you kept on talking and your eyes lit up. You were so happy, you really loved that story."


"It was just a story."


"But it seemed like it was more to you."


"You're thinking too much."


"But the look in your eyes...I remember the first time we ever saw it snow here...you're eyes were lit up...just like when you told us the story..."


I didn't know what to say. Maybe she was right, maybe I really did love the snow. At least, maybe Squall did.


"Thanks Yuffie," I tell her, "Thanks."


And I can tell that she knows I mean it.

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A/N: Woah! I actually wrote another part to this. I changed my mind, this story is going to be a Squall and Yuffie fic. Don't expect a lot of smooching or anything like that. I'm more of a one kiss per story type of person. I think it makes it better.


Hope you enjoy it. I enjoy writing it. So now I'm going to juggle three fics. Yipes! Wish me luck!