The One I Came To Love

Rinny Leonheart

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy Eight or its characters. Squaresoft and Square-Enix own them.

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The One I Came To Love

The eyes that once taunted me

The names you gave me

I did not appreciate it

You said you were sorry for the pain that you caused

I see it now

How you truly felt

You accepted me as yours

And I did to you

Now you're gone


The face that I once hated

More than life itself

Shall become a memory in my heart

You left me with nothing

But the memory of your kiss on my lips

The memory of your body

Pulsating against mine

The memory of your voice

Whispering into my ears

Tender wishes, tender kisses


Things started off great

But then you went to her

I couldn't stand it somehow

We were meant to be together

When you two went your separate ways

I was there to comfort you

You accepted me there

You took me there

For the first time in my life, I felt loved

A love I never knew until you


But things got worse for us

You became ill

Dr. Kadowaki said you had cancer

"Absurd!" I had shouted

You were too strong

You couldn't die on me yet

We had just begun to be

You stayed strong for me, said things would be alright

The months passed by

You became too ill to make love to me anymore

I didn't mind

Even when we were told there was nothing that could be done

I wanted to save you

If only I knew about it earlier

You wouldn't be buried

Ten feet below me


I watch your grave for an hour each day

She has come to see you as well

We sat in each other's company and thought of you

I never thought it would happen again

But it has

I have fallen in love again

With her

The years have long passed

Should I move on?

I can't ever forget you

But I can't be like this forever

It only seems right

But living without you

Is killing me

She understands us

I want to be happy again

Would that be betraying you?


You're probably laughing at me from your resting place now

I've decided to marry her

We have a child on the way

A boy

We have decided to name him for you

Are you happy for me?

I wish you hadn't left me

But you had no choice

If only I had seen this coming

Then maybe things would have been different

Things change people

Your death changed me

I'm a father now

My son

He looks just like you

The eyes, the hair

The same smirk

Like you have been re-born

A miniature vision of you

I hope he becomes strong

Like you were and always will be


You were the one that I came to love…