Well I was very gently informed that claiming that this fic contained some slight angst was a case of false advertising! so I've changed that now... (thanks Jediempress). I'm afraid its just going to get angsty-er (?) from now on.

Thanks to for the quotes in this. They're mainly Squall's except for one.

Disclaimer: You know the drill...


Alone: not with others.

'I'm… all alone…'

He'd always pushed people away, stopped them from getting close.

'…Squall is cold and anti-social…'

As a child he'd learnt that people were just going to leave, so why love them? Why care about them? You only got hurt in the end.

'...I don't want friends who won't be around tomorrow...'

He was better off alone…

'... I don't believe in relying on others...'

Over time, certain people, certain situations had made him see that it was worth it. It was worth risking the pain. Loving others was worth it.

'... You're-going-to-like-me! You're-going-to-like-me!'

Only… they were all gone.

'... As long as you don't get your hopes up, you can take anything... You feel less pain...'

He'd risked loving again only to lose everything, all at once.

'I'm… all alone…'