Title: Best of You
Drabble #5: Occurrences
Theme: Realization
Pairing: Leon/Yuffie/Riku
Words: 456
A/N: Ooooh, the ever popular love triangle. Dundundun. Enjoy. Excuse any grammar/spelling mistakes, I'm afraid I was much too excited about this latest chapter I forgot to proof read
There is nothing quite as fickle as the human heart.
It never occurred to her that she could ever get over Leon. She always just thought that she'd wait for him until he came to his senses...(note: see forever).
It never occurred to her that she could possibly end up with someone else. She remembered "marrying" Leon back at Hollow Bastion. She had blackmail on him (he'd spent two hours on the phone talking to Rinoa while he was supposed to be babysitting Yuffie), and he had no choice. They walked down a makeshift aisle in the Kisaragis' foyer, and Cloud -- although stifling much laughter -- read the vows. Aerith had picked the prettiest flowers from her garden for the boquet. Cid was the ring bearer. Now that Yuffie thought about it, years later, she'd had blackmail on those three as well. She had to admit, being a six year old ninja with super stealth had had its perks.
It never occurred to her that anyone else could ever make her feel this way. Sure, there had been other guys around Traverse Town, but they were nothing more to her than sparring partners. Technically, Leon was a sparring partner too, but he'd been her friend and crush first.
"Hey Yuffie, I'm bored."
Yuffie snapped out of her reverie. She'd been lying on her bed in the Green Room, staring at the ceiling. She sat up and watched as Riku swaggered in the room. "So?" Yuffie challenged.
"Entertain me."
"Pervert."
"C'mon, Sora and Kairi kicked me out of the Yellow Room and I'm completely and utterly bored to tears."
"That's not my problem."
"As long as I'm bored, I am your problem."
Yuffie said nothing and flopped back down on the bed. Moments later, Yuffie found herself upside down as Riku picked her up and swung her haphazardly over his shoulder. She was quite displeased to meet Riku's butt face to face. "Put me down!"
"Not until you come up with some crazy idea that will put me out of my miserable boredom."
"I said put me down!"
"Hmmm...nope, don't think so." He began to walk towards the balcony, where he then took (what seemed to Yuffie from this point of view) a death defying leap. She screamed, and he laughed, coming to land gracefully on his feet. "Didn't think I'd drop you," here he shook her around a bit to taunt her, "did you?"
"Fine, I'll hang out with you, just put me down!"
"Good." He let her down carefully. "Let's go grab something to eat at the cafe, now that you've come to your senses."
Now that she could think properly again without Riku's butt in her face, Yuffie unconsciously picked up her train of thought.
It never occurred to her that she'd let anyone (even Leon) toss her around like that.
Then again, Riku had never occurred to her before, either.
Uh-oh.
A/N: Perhaps I get much too excited at the thought of manipulating these characters' emotions. But it's fun.