Hey, sorry this took me so long to write, I am glad to finally put this story to bed in the way which I have planned from the start. Yes this is the final chapter, so I hope you enjoy it and please review, I'd love to hear your feedback, although I understand this chapter may disappoint some readers. Thank you and Enjoy ^_^

Hope spent the entirety of his walk home in a dream state. Some people might have been scared to meet Noel in an abandoned warehouse but Hope wasn't, he was too happy just thinking about the person he'd grown so fond of. Serah and Noel had broken up, it was official, Serah had even said it herself, and this meant there was nothing to get in the way anymore. As Hope walked home alone several thoughts drifted through his mind, all of which about his newly single friend; the way their hair would feel when he ran his hand through it, the way they laughed, even thinking about the way they ate their food made Hope smile. For so long Hope had felt this way but it wasn't until now he had finally been able to accept it, the only things he worried about were what others would think and how Noel would react.

Hope finally reached his home, he quickly ran upstairs and into his room to do his homework. Hope was an exceptional student and he finished his homework in just under an hour. Hope quickly had a shower, before spending 10 minutes making sure his head looked just right. The silver haired boy got dressed in a hurry but took time to makes sure everything about his appearance was perfect, as always. By this time it was 4:45PM so Hope ran down the stairs and out the door and set on his way to meet Noel.

On the way to the abandoned warehouse, the exact same thoughts crossed Hope's mind as did on his walk home but this time he was hit with more pangs of guilt and angst. What if Noel didn't react the way Hope was wishing? If Noel reacted badly then it could ruin all of Hope's plans. Hope shook the thought from his mind, Noel and Hope had been friends for a while and Hope knew that Noel would never do anything to harm Hope.

After 15 minutes walking Hope reached the abandoned warehouse, he pushed the old rusty doors open and proceeded to walk inside. The warehouse was dark with glints of sunshine lighting parts of the building through windows at the top of the building. One ray of sunlight fed down into the very centre of the building and within it Hope could see a figure which he recognised to have Noel's build.

'Noel?' Hope shouted, receiving an echo around the warehouse.

The figure approached Hope .

'So what do you think Hope? Are you happy now?' Noel emerged from the shadows and was now metres away from the silver-haired boy.

Hope raised an eyebrow 'Wha…What do you mean?'

Noel closed the gap even further between the 2 of them and circled around Hope as he continued talking. 'Don't give me that shit Hope, you know exactly what I mean!' Noel's tone sounded somewhat harsh.

Hope began to fumble, he had an idea of what Noel was suggesting but it was a delicate situation if possible Hope wanted to avoid talking about it.

'I honestly don't know what you mean Noel, you're going to have to elaborate' Hope shakily responded.

Noel continued circling around Hope. 'I was so blind, for months I convinced myself that you didn't have feelings for Serah and that even if you did, you would never act upon them because you were kind, caring Hope Estheim and above all you were my friend' Noel stopped circling around Hope and now stood directly in front of the silver haired boy, glaring at him 'And look where trusting you has got me. Serah decided that it was time for our relationship to end, or at least that's what I thought' Noel began circling around Hope once again 'But then Snow told me he saw you making your way to Serah's house yesterday evening and all my suspicions were confirmed' Noel stopped in front of Hope again 'You're a real nasty piece of work, you know that?'

Hope hated this, it was taking all he had to stop himself from bursting into tears.

'Noel, please, I can…' Hope was interrupted by an aggressive sounding Noel.

'Explain? Explain what Hope? That you went to my girlfriend's house and convinced her to dump me, so that you could have a go at her yourself?!' Noel raised his voice significantly 'You were supposed to be my friend Hope! You betrayed me!'

'Noel, please, you have the wrong idea!'

'Don't you dare Hope' Noel shakes his head and laughs slightly 'Even after all this, you're still going to deny it? Just admit it Hope you have feelings for her!'

'No, I don't!' Hope was becoming distraught and agitated and was now raising his voice to match Noel's.

'Yes you do Hope you want her! Noel was now shouting and inching ever closer to Hope.

'No, I don't!' Hope was clearly become very distressed as he placed his head in his hands as to not look at Noel.

Noel was now mere inches away from Hope as he yelled 'Then why?!'

Without even thinking Hope lifted his head out of his hands and shouted at the top of his voice.

'Because I wanted you!'

There was an awkward couple of seconds silence as the 2 boys tried to take in what had just been said.

Hope couldn't believe that he'd just blurted it out like that, but he knew that now there was no turning back now he'd said it. The silver haired boy returned his gaze back up to Noel who was looking back at him with an expression of sheer confusion and surprise.

'It was you all along. Every time you thought I was staring at her, I was staring at you. It was your hand I wanted to hold, your hair I wanted to run my fingers through. I kept it to myself, I thought it was only a temporary thing and that it would pass, I never had any intentions of anyone finding out, especially not you or Serah. I didn't even know that I was…'

'Gay?' Noel interrupted 'Because I'm not gay Hope. What did you think was going to happen? That you would break me and Serah up and I'd suddenly become gay and fall madly in love with you? Is that why you came here today? Because you thought I was here to declare my love for you?! You broke me and Serah up, for this?!'

Hope was almost in tears, he had bared his heart to Noel and he could only watch as the brunette he so adored tore it apart in front of him. Barely fighting back the tears Hope managed a single sentence.

'Noel, please, y-you have to believe me, I never meant to break you and Serah up' Hope's voice was cracking.

'Save it Hope. I don't want to hear it. I'm not gay, and even if I was I wouldn't want to go out with a lying little backstabber like you!' Noel lowered his face so that it was inches away from Hope's, close enough to see the tears forming in the corner of the silver haired boy's eyes. 'Stay the hell away from me, I never want to see or talk to you again'.

With that, Noel barged passed Hope and out of the warehouse. As the warehouse door swung shut Hope's resilience dissipated, he lowered himself to sit down on the cold dirty ground before erupting into a flood of tears. Knowing he was finally free from his greatest secret didn't help to ease the intense pain he felt in his heart.

So there we go, this story comes to a close and hopefully now everything that was unclear has become clear, including the story title. I understand that this is an ending which some people may not have wanted but this was the ending that I had always planned from the moment I had started writing this fic. I understand that some people may have liked to seen a happy ending between Hope and either Serah or Noel but that's not what I desired. Feel free to leave a review, in fact I would leave to hear your comments, especially about whether you liked the way this fic turned out. As a final note, thank you for reading this story, I really hope that you enjoyed doing so ^_^