So here's angsty Yuffie back. And this is a slight explanation of why she's been so angsty (well, not really... sorry). I'll explain if people don't get, just drop me a line.
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Yuffie.
Smile: to assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, favor, or amusement, but sometimes derision or scorn, characterized by an upturning of the corners of the mouth.
She'd talked the talk, making people believe that she was alright…
…but dark thoughts, despair had been nibbling at her for months.
She'd pretended she was just fine, acting the optimist they all thought she was.
She'd scoffed at Cloud for being so… so very black, with his brooding and his talk of darkness…
…all the while aware that she was pointing out failings that she was more than guilty of herself.
It was well known that people pick faults in others that they see in themselves.
She'd hated being cliché.
She'd done all that and had felt like a fake.
Had lied to the people she cared about most.
Feigning hope and belief where she'd had none.
Talking about a future she hadn't really believed in.
But now... something had changed.
Something had lifted the darkness in her heart and she'd been able to smile again.
Properly.
No lies, no pretense.
Just genuine happiness, genuine hope.