Kiss From A Rose: The End


Disclaimer: I do not own anything part of Final Fantasy VII or music from Seal.

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This is the last of the series of songfics for Yuffie and Vincent. The song is Seal's 'Kiss From A Rose'. I hope you all enjoy this one, for those of you who have been waiting for the epilogue!

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It's been three months. Three months since she woke up. She's been living with me all this time... and I'd have it no other way. I have to admit, I'm slowly starting to open up towards the public. And I know for certain it's her influence. Many times I've taking off my cloak and walked through the town, walking through the town was already an issue before. I feel so... different now.

Cloud and Tifa moved out a week after Yuffie's awakening. They come over and visit quite often, after all, they're just a few houses away. Yuffie was always ecstatic when she heard the news that they were coming over. In fact, Cloud contacted me through the PHS the other day, telling me they would visit today. She'll be happy to hear the news, and I'll be happy watching her jump around the mansion eagerly. I chuckled at the thought.

I've been laughing a lot more, lately. I remember why I would never before... I would be too concentrated on my thoughts of Lucrecia. I haven't laughed in so long it had become a habit not to. I sigh... if it were not for Yuffie... I would still be stuck on my thoughts of being able to atone for my sins of Lucrecia. She took that habit out of me.

There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea
You became the light on the dark side of me
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.


Suddenly a loud bang came from my door. Normally, my hand would probably move directly towards my gun holster... yet I was used to this by now. Yuffie. Every morning when she wakes up, or noon, when she prefers to wake up, she would barge into my room loudly. I believe she's never afraid of waking me up instead, since I always get up before her.

"Vinnie!" She yelled loudly. I cringed, my sensitive ears twitched.
"Yes, Yuffie?" She seemed more... eager, than usual.
"Look outside!" She exclaimed as she rushed over to me, looking out the window beside me. How did I not notice this before?

I heard Yuffie take in a huge breath after she opened the window, breathing in the fresh smell of the first snow of the winter season. She sighed in content, and turned to me, with a bright smile on her face.

But did you know
That when it snows
My eyes become enlarged and
The light that you shine can be seen.


"You know, I really love the snow..." Her smile widened and she gave me a small, firm hug. She did this every once in a while. But somehow, it seems different this time. I felt her releasing me slightly, yet she stopped and slightly lifted herself up. Something warm touched my cheek. A tingly sensation had been left after the warmth dispersed. She had given me a small peck on the cheek. I'm speechless, I really have no idea how to react. This definitely wasn't something normal.

"I'm going to go outside!" She exclaimed happily. I was too busy trying to overcome my shock to notice she had already released me and was at the door of my room, about to leave. I heard the door open and close, then loud footsteps rushing down the stairs, and another opening and closing of the door.

Moments later, I heard my named called out to me from outside the window. It was Yuffie. I peered down at her, seeing her flailing her arms at me as she jumped up and down. A common greeting from her. I chuckled and I gave her a small wave. I stopped as I noticed a single rose growing out of the snow, a few inches from her feet. It was impossible, yet it was there in front of me, in its beautiful red. I glanced at Yuffie, and the rose, and it all made sense. I smiled.

Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grave

Yuffie always made me smile, at least once, every day. She gives off an aura of happiness, especially around me. And it affects me so much. I do not complain of the feeling, though. I looked around out the window, Yuffie had ran off somewhere. I took another look at the rose, this time longer. It was beautiful, it was at the time of its peak, all its petals were perfectly arranged, it stood tall, and it seemed to call out to me. I started to make my way out of my room, and towards the bright snow outside as well.

Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grave


I still remember the time when Yuffie had told me the reason of her runaway. Though I know it was only a coincidence, I couldn't help but think that she had been expecting me to save her, as if it was all set for us to meet on purpose. Perhaps I hadn't thought of it that way before, but now I do.

I feel elated knowing that she had turned down all those courters back at Wutai... because now she's here with me. Though those incidents had occurred, everything is alright now... everything is alright.

There is so much a man can tell you
So much he can say.

You remain
My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby.


There was a time when we went off towards Nibel Mountains once more, together this time, after she had recovered from the attack there when we met. For me, it was a regular weekly patrol. For her, it was a 'journey for revenge' for her incident up in the mountains where she and I met. I chuckled at the thought.

When we had found a few wolves, she immediately started the battle. I admit, during the whole battle I was risking myself. I kept concentrating mostly on what Yuffie was doing and what her surroundings were like, in case she had run into any danger. Though it was dangerous, and I knew it, I still couldn't stop myself from checking up on her. At that time, I was still stuck on Lucrecia.

To me you're like a grown addiction that I can't deny
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?


I wanted to distance myself from Yuffie after I felt this attraction towards her. It seemed as if I was slowly starting to think of other things rather than just Lucrecia. When I was with AVALANCHE, I started to think less of Lucrecia as well. But when I saw Sephiroth for the first time with that group, everything came back, and I didn't mind. Everything was so dark in my mind, I felt ashamed. I blamed Yuffie for the loss of Lucrecia, once... which was absolutely absurd. So I began to distance myself from her, again. But now I see, what Yuffie was doing... she had been saving me this whole time, and I'm so thankful towards whatever brought her to me.

Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grave.


I stepped outside to the front yard... which had been decorated by Yuffie, much to my displeasure. The flowers, I didn't mind too much, if it was what she wanted. Yet, when she had mentioned lawn chocobos, I just had to say no. The next day, she bought them anyway.

"Vincent Valentine!!!" I heard Yuffie call me urgently and angrily, and quickly turned towards her, only to find that she was already diving at me, tackling me. I held my ground and caught her, stumbling back a few steps, grunting.
"Yes, Yuffie?" I sighed, "You did not need to tackle me."
"I did too! I called you like, five times and you didn't answer me!" Yuffie slipped out of my grasp and pouted at me. Suddenly I felt the cold breeze blow through me, colder than ever.
"You... did?" I asked to make sure. I must've been too lost in my thoughts.
"Yes," She put her hands on her hips, "You're thinking about somethin' aren't ya?" Why is it she can read right through me? Oh. Right. She already figured out the enigma of me. No point in lying.
"Yes, Yuffie, I was," I saw her eyes flash with uncertainty and concern. I regret my answer, perhaps I should've lied.

Her frown deepened, and suddenly she wrapped her arms around me, and gave me yet another peck on the cheek. I think the first snow is affecting her. That's two times, in the same morning.

"Vinnie... I hope you're not thinking of Lucrecia again. And don't think about lying to me, alright?" I nodded slowly, not sure what to say to that. Her frown turned into a bright smile, and she released me once more, and ran off.

I've been kissed by a rose on the grave
I've been kissed by a rose
I've been kissed by a rose on the grave
... And if I should fall along the way
I've been kissed by a rose
... Been kissed by a rose on the grave.


Well, now I know, no matter what I tell her, she'll be able to know what I really mean. I can't even think about lying to her... I wonder... should I be happy that she knows me so well? If I'm not, why do I have a fuzzy feeling in the pit of my stomach?

If she can guess what I'm thinking... why hadn't she said anything before when I was thinking of Lucrecia... and said I wasn't? Why didn't she walk off like she did before when I was thinking of Lucrecia? She sat with me silently, pretending to be occupied with something that I knew didn't exist. I guess... she became my moral support, unconsciously.

There is so much a man can tell you
So much he can say
You remain
My power, my pleasure, my pain.


I shook myself out of my thoughts. I looked around and noticed that the snow had stopped falling, though I could feel that it would fall once more soon. My eyes rested upon Yuffie, who had been staring into nowhere for quite a while. I didn't know whether I should go up to her and ask her what was wrong, or if I should stand here and observe. She always brings so many questions into my head. Perhaps she is my enigma.

To me you're like grown addiction that I can't deny, yeah
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby


The snow started to fall again, yet Yuffie hadn't jumped for joy like she had done earlier today. Perhaps it was because it wasn't the first snow. My answer did not sound pleasing.

Suddenly, Yuffie had begun to fall to the ground. My eyes widened as I quickly ran towards her, a million thoughts running through my head. Was it the cold affecting her? Perhaps she was wearing too less for this weather. Was it me? Had my thoughts hurt her? I don't know anymore.

And finally, it seemed as if an eternity had passed, yet I reached her, and quickly kneeled down next to her.

"Yuffie, are you alright?" I asked her, trying to push the urgency in my voice down. Her eyes opened in confusion. Just like when she opened her eyes from her coma... this time, it seemed different.
"What do you mean, Vinnie?" She tilted her head at me though she was lying on the ground.
"You fell... so..." I couldn't really find any words that would've expressed what I felt when I saw her fall. Suddenly, she laughed.
"Vinnie, I was falling on the snow so I could make a snow angel!" She exclaimed, and I felt all the worry in myself turn into anger. I didn't know why I was so angry.
"Yuffie, I was worried about you, you know," I told her with an obvious aggravation in my voice. Immediately, she frowned and turned away from me, looking forward and lowering her gaze, like a child which had committed a crime. She seemed so innocent, all the anger disappeared, and a hint of a smile appear across my face.

But did you know
That when it snows
My eyes beome enlarged and
The light that you shine can be seen.


We stayed like this for a while. I wasn't sure what to say to show her that I wasn't angry anymore. She seemed lost in her own thoughts, she seemed to be in regret. Suddenly, a small wind blew, perhaps it was the wind I caused when I had ran towards her in such a quick speed finally catching up to me. Along with that wind, it carried the rose petals of that single rose, which had finally succumbed to the winter season. The petals brushed past my face, and my lips. It had left a familiar tingling sensation upon me, and I knew what that feeling was.

Baby
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grave.


As I look at Yuffie, my smile grew wider, and more apparent. I feel, strange, as if a dawning feeling of realization was finally hitting me. And it was.

"Yuffie," She turned towards me and blinked in surprise at my smiling expression.
"Vinnie?" Vinnie. That was the name she called me ever since she met me. That was the name I hope she'll always call me by.

I took a quick glance at the rose petals which lay dying against the white snow, and I glanced back at Yuffie. Despite how the rose had succumbed to winter, it seemed as if Yuffie is the rose which blooms in winter. No, it doesn't seem so, it is so. Winter is her season to prosper, and, I suppose, it is my season as well.

Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grave.


"Yuffie," I began, and paused to take a hold of her hand and sit her up straight, "I love you."
"Vinnie... oh my gosh..." She pushed herself on to me again, and this time, I fell to the ground, embracing her, "I love you too. I'm so happy to hear you say that!"

Her face was so bright, glimmering with happiness, at that point, I knew what to do. I slowly brought her closer towards me, and then it was confirmed. The sensation I felt of that rose petal, as it touched my lip, was of something familiar, as I felt the same tingly sensation as Yuffie's lips parted from mine as we slowly sat up from the ground.

"Yuffie, will you marry me...stay with me forever? I know it may seem soon for you, and I have not yet gotten a ring for you... but-" I was immediately cut off.
"No buts, Vinnie, of course I'll marry you!" She exclamed happily. And once again I found myself lying on the cold snow ground, with Yuffie lying against my chest, in yet another embrace.

It seemed like a blur, but the next thing I knew, I felt that tingling sensation once again upon my lips, and then I heard a loud whooping noise and a loud 'Oh my god!' as I turned to see Cloud and Tifa. I groaned, and my human hand rubbed my forehead as Yuffie got off me and sat next to me on the ground, blushing furiously. I sat up as well, and smirked, mentally slapping myself. How could I forget? Cloud and Tifa are coming over today. Yuffie, despite her lowered head, her eyes had still been looking at me. I turned to her and offered a small, comforting smile. It would be alright. I wrapped my cloak around Yuffie and picked up the remaining rose petals, leading everyone into the mansion. Indeed, everything would be alright.

Yes, I compare you to a kiss from a rose...

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Well, that's it! The end! Sorry if it seemed corny or anything... but I decided to leave angst out of this one, after all it's the epilogue. I hope you all enjoyed it though, either way, especially if you like Yuffie and Vincent fluff. Thank you guys so much for reading my story!!!