Another time and space - Part six; I love you
a Final Fantasy IV fanfiction (Edge x Cecil)
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"Don't leave"
It took Cecil forever to realize what Edge had said, but then his eyes widened and he opened his mouth to ask why the hell he would leave the prince just looked at him with sad eyes and he realized that he shouldn't talk until the young man was done.
"I know you're probably thinking, why would I leave?" Edge trembled slightly and he pulled his fingers through his hair with a nervous laugh. The young could feel his tremble, through the place where his leg connected with the other's. He could feel it and somehow he understood how troubled the young man was about it.
"I know you wouldn't leave… probably. Not because of something like this, but…" This time Cecil couldn't help but laugh, asking him why he would tell him not to leave if he knew he wouldn't be going anywhere.
"Besides, I can't go anywhere in the state I'm in right now…" He remembered the other with a sad smile. Edge just blushed and stuttered about not meaning it like that. Then he looked away and the knight could barely decipher his mutters about things going completely wrong like this.
"Then why would you tell me not to leave?" Cecil softly placed his hand on the other's leg and hoped he would calm down a bit. He really looked nervous and if anything, he'd rather not see him have a breakdown over something that hadn't even come into Cecil's own mind jet.
"Because I don't want you to leave!" Suddenly Edge looked back at him with eyes so fierce the knight started to understand why the young man's opponents always feared his attacks. Half in panic, the prince started blabbing about some incoherent things, until finally his friend cut him off to ask him to calm down.
Slowly, the prince took a breath and looked at the floor, not sure why he had wanted to do this again, but then he shook off his doubts and started to explain everything from the beginning.
"So you never got to tell your parents what you really thought about them?" Edge nodded and blushed as Cecil sighed in understanding. He looked at the hand that was still on his leg and he hoped his friend wouldn't realize the blush was partly because of that particular hand.
"And our fight reminded you of that…" Edge's eyes widened as he felt the hand move over his leg. He knew it wasn't meant the way it felt, but still! That blush just didn't want to listen! Quickly he turned his face away from the knight and hoped he hadn't seen his face. If anything, it was all just way too embarrassing and the prince didn't like embarrassing.
"Edge, look at me." A pair of soft fingers was placed against his chin and though he didn't want to, he turned his face to Cecil and looked him in the eyes. As the man told him he wouldn't go anywhere and he didn't want to leave Edge behind either, his heart skipped a beat.
It was the way the man looked at him, his eyes full with feeling, adoration and love. It was his eyes that made Edge wonder if maybe this had been his best plan yet. And it was his eyes that made him look away again.
"Edge, don't look away. I know this is embarrassing, but…" Edge tensed and for a moment he wanted to just stand up and walk out of the room. The more the other man said to him, the stronger his heart was beating. His hands were clutching his pants tightly, trying to hide the trembling of his body. It just wasn't fair!
Outside the room, Rydia stood like frozen, her fist in the air as she had just wanted to knock on the door when she'd heard the men talking. For a moment she had feared that they would start fighting again, but when she came to check on them, their soft voice had made her hesitate.
She knew both Edge as Cecil well. She'd known them as long as they had known each other and she wasn't really surprised when she'd discovered their love for each other. Cecil had fiercely denied at first, but in the end he had admitted it with a bright red face, unable to not feel embarrassed that he'd been so easy to read.
On the other hand, Edge wasn't even really aware that Rydia knew about them. He always thought that her comments and critiques had been just for fun, but in truth she'd been trying to make them see their love's feelings.
"Just tell him, Cecil…" the girl dropped her arm in order to push her ear against the wooden door. She wanted to know what was happening and honestly she was a bit disappointed she hadn't been able to sneak in so she could observe them. It would be fun to see their faces when they finally discovered each other's secret…
Slowly Rydia retreated her head, but soon her eyes widened and her heart started to hammer inside her torso. Had she heard right? Was it really what she thought she'd heard? It couldn't be could it? Had he really said it?
Without thinking, the young girl pressed her ear against the wood once again and listened carefully. It was silent inside, but then she heard that voice again; soft, but unafraid. It was Cecil…
"I love you."