A/N: I still own nothing of Kingdom Hearts, only this one shot. This one shot takes place one year after they had moved to Traverse Town, while Leon is visiting other worlds. Yuffie has her first crush on... someone. She is writing an interesting letter to Leon. Enjoy reading. :)

Thanks: celticskyedancer, my first reviewer, and SecretAgent, my beta reader.

~ "I'm getting too old for this shit." ~

It was almost 6:00 pm. There was only silence in the Small House. Cid was still at work and Aerith was busy in the kitchen, probably preparing dinner or something of the like. It was a good thing that at least one person here knew how to cook, so they wouldn't starve. And Leon... he wasn't even here. Who knew where he was now.

Yuffie looked intently at the blank paper that lay in front of her, on the spotless wooden table. She scratched her head with the pen she held in her hand, being just as absent-minded as she looked at the moment, and sighed once again. A deep crease appeared on her forehead while she was thinking.

This was much harder than she had thought at first. Writing never had been her cup of tea. She always wrote pages full of rubbish. When she, for example, started writing about ghosts, she ended with something like a toothbrush in a sock. Often she didn't have the slightest clue how that had happened, but it had happened somehow.

Sometimes she wondered why Aerith had taught her to write anyway, because she knew too that Yuffie only wrote rubbish. Was it to keep her busy and quiet? In that case, it did work. Not that she admitted that.

How the hell should she start? Perhaps the right approach was: don't think too much and just do it!

She put her pen resolutely on the paper and began writing. The tip of her tongue stuck out of her mouth automatically.

Dear Squall,

She had decided not to call him Squallie anymore, even though it sounded so sweet. She was eight years old now, so she was already too old for that. She was no longer a child. What would he think of her?

Okay, and how should she continue now? Oh, she knew it already.

I know what you'll think when you read this, while rolling your eyes. You'll think, "It's Leon," in a very dry Leon-way, which, unfortunately, is something I can't imitate yet. I'm working on it, though.

Yuffie giggled. He always said the same words to her and she knew very well that every time he was getting more annoyed with her, although he didn't show it. Probably because he thought that she would use that against him, which she actually would.

But I'll just keep calling you by your real name, you know, because it fits much more with you. You're the silence before the St- Squall, vague and somewhat gloomy (As always. Seriously, most of the time I don't even understand the half of what you're saying, that is, if you talk!), but also beautiful to see. You're also a real Squall when you're fighting the Heartless, or when you're training in the Secret Waterway. I think Aerith's more like a cute bunny and Cid's a grumbling and cursing grizzly bear.

That last image almost cracked her up; a grumpy grizzly bear with a toothpick in his mouth. It was too hilarious for words.

She hadn't seen the brunet swordsman for months now. She wondered how much he had changed and what he was doing right now. Did he let his hair grow longer, instead of getting a haircut? Would he miss her as much as she missed him? Probably not, but she still hoped he would.

I hope you're alright and you haven't received a new scar, so you have a big X on your forehead, like... forever. Lol, X marks the spot! But if you do, then it won't be such a problem, cuz you can hide it with your hair, so Melody won't see it. That would be so shocking to her. Hmm, that makes me wonder, would there be anyone with an X-shaped scar on his forehead? Cuz that would be totally awesome!

She was rambling again, she couldn't help it. Wait a minute, why was she writing this letter in the first place, when writing wasn't really her cup of tea? It wasn't because Aerith was trying to keep her quiet, but why then?

Anyways, the reason I'm writing this letter is because Cid's far too lazy to do it (what a surprise!), and Aerith is far too busy with cooking right now. Plus you had asked me to keep you informed of what's been happening here in your absence. I had to write down everything that kept me going... or something like that.

Well, this time I was a bit distracted by your impressive scar, so I must confess that I didn't quite follow you. Yeah, sorry about that. (No, this time it wasn't your stormy eyes, I'm afraid.) And your voice hypnotized me a bit. You know, at first I found your scar pretty scary, but now I think completely different about it. It is actually quite sexy and cool and mysterious. It fills in what you already have at looks.

Yuffie started to grin, as she continued. It was time for some fun.

And now to the point. Let's see, there were almost no attacks of Heartless in the three Districts, except the one that made Cid lose one of his legs in such a painfully way that it made Aerith scream. I didn't even dare to look what exactly was happening after that, so I can't give you any details. So in the end, we have lost more than we received (In case you were wondering, it was his right one)...

...

Kidding. Haha, I got you with that one, didn't I? Man, I bet you wanna kill me now, or at least beat the crap out of me. But I know that you love me anyway.

Or that was what she was hoping for.

Seriously, Cid and a few other men, who now have also become a member of the Resistance, and even the three cute ducks who run the item shop - I don't know their names. Never bothered to learn them -, have personally ensured our safety, so there is not much to mention, I think. Except the fact that Aerith now is working as a part time babysitter and that I, the best ninja that ever will be, have discovered the secret liquor cabinet of Cid, all by myself! Cid's eyes nearly fell out of their sockets, so I think he was pretty surprised. He begged me to promise to say nothing to Aerith, because he was afraid that she would burn everything flat. He also mentioned something about her smile. It would be devilish. I bet he was rambling.

Haha, Cid really is funny when he goes begging people. He nearly kissed my feet when I asked him (Seriously!), but that's beside the point.

I don't know whether I should keep it a secret. I mean, it does have a bad influence on my education if I have a drunk as an example, right?

So I already told Aerith about it. She's waiting for Cid to come home and then I can watch the show. You really are missing a lot of fun here.

She knew very well that Cid wouldn't spare her today. He would probably kill her right away, when he entered the house. Maybe it was a good idea to write her testament after this letter. Not that she owned that much, only a picture of her parents, where she's sitting on her father's lap, and she would take that one with her to her grave.

She listened for a short moment to all the sounds she could hear, her breath bated. Aerith was still in the kitchen and she probably would stay there for a long time. That was a good thing, because this way, she wouldn't get interrupted by anyone.

I know it's kinda mean of me, but sometimes I just hope that you won't find Rinoa ever. I guess now you wanna know why. Well, I've been thinking too. It's because I wanna marry you when I grow up and I don't care that you're nine years older, because in real love it doesn't matter. Well, that's what Aerith said and I believe her, so I'll be waiting here for you.

Did you know that there are countries where girls have to marry men who sometimes are even thirty years older? So in this regard nine years is almost nothing.

Yuffie looked at the last paragraph, while frowning. Then she blushed slightly. What was she talking about? She crossed through it, so he couldn't read it. Not that she had planned to let him read this anyway. It was more something like a diary page for her. Then she continued,

I hope you'll come back soon. Everyone misses you. But I don't, of course. I mean, you're so quiet; it's kinda hard to notice you, even when you're standing next to me. Not that you do that very often. Actually, all you do is ignore me all the time.

She was wondering why. Did he hate her for some reason, or was it something else? Maybe he was a little bit scared of her. After all, Leon was kinda strange and vague. Who knows what he was thinking.

Well, I think I'm gonna stop now, 'cause this letter is getting far too long; almost two whole pages! I've never written this much in my whole life. It's still a wonder that my hand doesn't hurt yet.

She heard the door slam. Cid was home... Uh-oh. She'd better get outta here if she wanted to live.

Oh shit (yeah, you've got that one right, that's Cid's influence on me) I can hear Cid yelling. He's at home and he sounds pretty mad. I'd better get going, 'cause he's screaming my name in a very angry and scary way. Bye bye.

So lots of kisses and hugs, (believe me, once you're back again, then I'll personally hug you to death! That's a promise, so you can't escape from it, heehee.)

Yuffie Kisaragi

"YUFFIE!" he shouted loud. The whole house seemed to shudder as he rushed toward her, like a mad rhinoceros.

She quickly got up and ran away, not thinking about the letter anymore. Cid didn't really sound like he was in a good mood today. Little did she know that that was a big mistake of her.

Cid cursed when he reached the table and sat down to catch his breath. "I'm getting too old for this shit," he murmured. Then his eyes fell on the letter Yuffie had written. "What's this?" He grabbed it and started reading. "Well well. What do we have here? A love letter."

A grin appeared on his face when he realized that he could use this letter as black-mail, any time he wanted. It could be of use sometime...

Yuffie would pay for telling Aerith about his secret liquor cabinet.

He put the letter quickly in his pocket when Aerith entered the room. He would get Yuffie later.

"Wow, you seem to be in a very good mood today," Aerith noted, eyeing his grin.

"Let's say that I discovered that luck's finally on my side."

Aerith smiled, guessing that business went good, or something. "That's good to hear. Dinner will be ready in ten minutes and after that I'd like to have a word with you."

"'Kay."

She turned to leave again. He knew what she wanted to talk about.

A/N: Thanks for reading. Hope you liked it. ^-^ R&R!