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Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 11 Mar 2011
Summary: 19 February 2000 edition.
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain, Rosa, Kain x Cecil, implied Kain x Cecil x Rosa
Author Notes: redress, transitive verb;
1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
3. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
noun;
1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
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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He'd been remiss in how he had handled himself, and Kain knew it. Yes, he loved Rosa dearly. She was his first friend when he'd been growing and they'd stuck by one another without question for the entirety of their lives. She'd been with him through thick and thin, and she knew how he thought and the meaning behind every one of his actions. As far as he was concerned, she was the only woman for him. That didn't excuse what he'd done to Cecil. And it didn't make up for blatantly ignoring the hints that the younger man liked him just a little more than most would consider appropriate. Cecil was too thick to figure himself out easily, but he'd let Kain get away with incredibly raunchy things while they were growing, things that would have gotten them both a sound beating had anyone ever found out, things that more than proved that Baron's adopted prince held the older blonde close to his heart.

The dragoon hadn't been willing to do what was right so soon after he'd done so much that was so wrong, but he'd cleansed himself of his weaknesses and now he felt that he could do what he should have done long, long ago. His arrival back to Baron was met by obvious happiness from both the king and queen, happiness that turned to shock in the former and amusement in the latter when Kain pulled the smaller man to his chest and kissed him soundly on the lips. It was several minutes before the dragoon took a step back from the now dazed paladin, releasing surprisingly soft blue lips in the process, and finally took notice of the nobles that had been holding court with their king. Well, he would have preferred privacy, but Kain wasn't going to stifle himself any longer. Some things were just more important than a smear on his image.