He never realized how much Yuffie was apart of his life until she was gone. Leon was starting to miss those smiles, those sunny laughs, everything about her—

but he had messed everything up, of course.

"Leon," Aerith said, "have you talked to Yuffie yet?" Leon swallowed thickly, and walked past her numbly, choosing not to answer the question. Cloud's intense blue eyes followed the figure.

"Leon. Have you talked to her or not?" Cloud asked in a much more demanding voice.

And at that moment, Yuffie chose to walk in.

"Morning Cloud! Morning Aerith! Morning…Leon!" she said in a bright voice as she opened a cabinet, taking a spoon out as she sat down and began eating cereal.

The air suddenly became tense as Leon stole a glance at Yuffie, who was still carefree and chewing away at her Frosted Flakes.

"…Yuffie, we have training today," he said, hoping to draw Yuffie into a conversation, or at least a bout of complaints.

"…Mmkay," she muttered in reply, taking another spoonful as she stared out into space.

Then the Great Ninja Yuffie stood, dumping her bowl into the sink. "On second thought, Leon, I'll train by myself." With that, she walked out the door.

A flower-girl, an ex-SOLDIER, and the Gunblade wielder all stared out at the door after her.

"Leon, you have to go after her!" Aerith said. Leon walked numbly back to his room, ignoring her advice.

What am I going to do?

Yuffie sat on a chair in the library. She had managed to get up there by crawling up the wall and into the room before checking around her, making sure that no one-especially Leon- saw her.

"Avoiding Squally"-she still called him by his name when he wasn't there-"really sucks," she muttered, brushing off her shorts as she reached for a book on the shelf.

Especially because she was still in love with him, but that was beside the matter…kind of.

"But…Squally asked me to stay out of his life," she heaved a sigh, "so I probably should, right?" Suddenly Yuffie tossed her shuriken so it lodged in the ceiling. "ARGH! WHY CAN'T LIFE BE FRICKIN EASIER?!"

Yuffie looked upwards forlornly, her indigo eyes dark with pain. "Aww frickin…" she began to scale the bookshelf. "Stupid…frickin…shuriken…getting stuck…"

Training wasn't the same without Yuffie. Sure, Yuffie distracted Leon from training almost every second she had, but it just wasn't the same when she wasn't here.

He was—as he feared—beginning to miss her: her bright laugh, her sunny smile, those damn indigo eyes that he could drown in…

Leon sliced the air again with his Gunblade as he stopped, dropping the weapon as he stared off into the sky. Yuffie had pointed it out to him so many times. She had told him to enjoy it, because someday, it might all end. Yuffie.

YuffieYuffieYuffieYuffieYuffieYuffieYuff- She was the only thing on his mind, and he couldn't bear to hurt her anymore, and—

WHOA! Back up a second there! Leon thought, his stormy grey eyes actually wide.

This can't mean that I…love her?! And as Leon stared into the sky again, now sitting on a rock, he nearly hit himself. Oh shit, he thought, I just made things a whole lot worse.

Leon had hurt Yuffie.

Leon was in LOVE with Yuffie.

Yuffie was in LOVE with Leon.

Irony had a freakish, mean way of hitting people in the face, didn't it?

KYAH! There's the second chapter…I'm sorry it's so short TT I think the last one will be the end…? Meh, who knows…? Thankies:3