Author's Note: Greetings, readers. I've decided to write a serious mini-series of Final Fantasy VIII. Note, that this was conceived late one night. XD But I want to make this at least 3 chapters. This contains spoilers for FFVIII, of course. And I am a strong believer in Squall X Rinoa.

Disclaimer: I do not own legal rights to Final Fantasy VIII. It is property of Squaresoft/Enix/Whatever they call themselves.

Enjoy!

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To Be Magic

Chapter I: Everything That You Do

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A nice breeze drifted through the air of the night. Balamb Garden was sailing in the sea of water and the sea of stars. People were enjoying themselves in merriment over the defeat of Ultimecia, for former bane of all reality as they knew it. Squall Leonhart and Rinoa Heartily were spending time together… in romance, in confidence, in love. The lion and the angel were a perfect match created by the stars that they were gazing at.

Things have changed so fast… And I was able to keep up. I've learned that no one person by themselves can survive. People were created for one another. We need each other to survive whatever fate has in store… I had a façade of strength before I've met Rinoa, but that was because I've been hurt. I believed you could only live with the strength of self, but I've learned that you can only live with the strength of friendship. Love… is friendship taken to the next level. I always knew what I felt, confused, but I always knew… I was weak.

Things have changed so fast… And I was unable to keep up. I've known that no one person by themselves can survive. People were created for one another. We need each other to survive whatever fate has in store… I thought I was strong, whenever I would do the foolish things that caused trouble for everyone. For Squall. I believed I could solve anything with the power of friendship, and it turns out I was right. Love… is what I feel. Love… is how Squall would save me whenever I got myself into trouble. All this, but I still feel left out of his life… I am weak. Why am I weak? Is it that love has diminished all chances of me being strong? … I cannot be weak, what if Squall dies protecting me? I would never live with myself.

Squall and Rinoa contemplated their own thoughts. Squall seemed more positive than before. Rinoa seemed more negative than before. Squall looked at Rinoa with a smile, a smile of thankfulness. She really has helped me realize that we need one another's motivation to live, to risk our own lives for another. Rinoa, on the other hand, returned the glance, but not with a smile.

"Rinoa, what's the matter?" his expression changed to one of concern.

"I…I…" Rinoa began. Tears started to water in her eyes and her lips trembled. "I can't protect myself."

"But… remember our promise? Our promise in the Ragnarok? I will always be your knight."

"But what if you get killed… for me?"

"…"

"What if I become corrupted by my sorceress powers and kill you?"

"That… I am willing to die for you."

"Then I cannot live with myself."

"I-I'm sorry, I must leave now," she said quickly as she ran to her room, letting her tears flow a graceful stream of sparkles.

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What do you think at my first attempt at a romance/drama fic?