Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 03 Feb 2011
Summary: 02 September 1999 edition.
Rating: K+
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Cecil x Rosa, implied Kain x Rosa
Author Notes: chagrin, noun;
1. Acute vexation, annoyance, or embarrassment, arising from disappointment or failure.
transitive verb;
1. To unsettle or vex by disappointment or humiliation; to mortify.
Disclaimers: Final Fantasy IV is owned by Square-Enix and I in no way, shape, or form profit off of my writing. This is simply for my own pleasure, and may at any time be removed and/or modified as I see fit.

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In some respects, he was intensely disappointed in himself. Cecil knew he was far from perfect, but it took some impressive self-delusion to have never noticed how his best friend felt. The paladin couldn't help but think that things would be so much the better had he not been blind to Kain's wants, yet at the same time the young king of Baron wondered what could have changed. A paladin he might be, but he was not so pure in his heart; as much as Cecil loved Kain, as much as he valued his friend, he could never have been so selfless as to allow those whom he cared for the most to leave him behind in life.