Title: Best of You
Drabble #3: Getting to Know You
Theme: the little things
Pairing: Leon/Yuffie
Words: 285
A/N: I dunno, this idea just came to me all of a sudden. Somehow it just screamed Squffie.

And I'm learning that the little things make all the difference.

He'd been acting weird lately.

Ever since her 18th birthday a week ago, he'd been treating her differently. Instead of waking her up at the crack of dawn to train, he let her sleep in. Last night after dinner, he washed the dishes even though it was her turn to wash them. Hell, he even gave her his ice cream sundae after she had clumsily dropped hers.

But that was nothing compared to what happened next.

"Hey Squall, have you seen my Conformer anywhere?" Yuffie asked, rummaging around in her dresser. "I can't find it, and I swear I left it in here somewhere -- " She stopped abruptly as she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Found it," Leon answered, holding up the once missing weapon.

"Um, thanks, I guess," Yuffie said uncertainly, noticing that he hadn't bothered to correct her. This was new.

"No problem, Yuf." Yuffie's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. Judging from the expression on Leon's face, Yuffie knew she must've looked ridiculous. But this was too much. First he didn't correct me. Now he's calling me Yuf? I think I need to lie down, she thought, feeling unsteady on her feet. "Something wrong?" he asked.

"It's just that I--that you--with the ice cream and the--you did the dishes when it wasn't--Yuf?"

Leon's lips quirked upwards. "I think you need to lay off the ice cream sundaes. You're not making any sense."

Dear God, was that a smile? Yuffie didn't think her poor heart could take anymore. "Yeah, I'll keep that in mind," she answered, sounding dazed and confused.

Leon reached out and ruffled her hair before turning and striding out of the room. "Don't forget, three hour training session at noon in the water way," he called over his shoulder. So there was the Leon she knew.

Yuffie stared after him. If this was how he reacted after her eighteenth birthday, she couldn't wait to see what he'd do when she turned twenty-one.

A/N: Yeah yeah, Leon was OOC, but that's the point. I got to disc 3 of FFVIII, and I swear, Squall goes from, "I am an asshole who hates all, beware!" to "OMGZ, Rinoa, I'll save you! Don't die on me now, kthxbye." I just thought that was kinda funny. By the way, these drabbles aren't meant to be connected, this one just happened to relate to the first.

As always, R&R!