Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 29 Apr 2011
Summary: 18 June 2000 edition.
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain, implied Kain x Cecil
Author Notes: admonition, noun;
1. Gentle or friendly reproof.
2. Counseling against a fault or oversight; friendly caution or warning.
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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Cecil didn't even have time to blink before he found the heavy, solid press of a man's flaccid sword nudging at the seam of his silk-clad bottom. Startled, the paladin jolted forward but he had just stood from his chair and his hip solidly collided with the desk that he had been writing on. Wincing, Cecil did not appreciate the low chuckle that followed his initial reaction and turned his head back to eye the dragoon behind him, nonplussed. Kain was unarmored, and hadn't even been on duty; where had he even come from?
"You've dulled to your surroundings. What if I had been an enemy? You're under my mercy, now."
The paladin felt a little bad about his initial assumption that Kain was simply being lewd, for it was now clear that his loyal guard worried for him, even if the blonde had bizarre ways of showing it.
"I'll try to be better about it. I suppose that I've just felt secure with you and your men watching over me so diligently."