A/N: Hi guys! Just wanted to tell you guys I'm still alive! ^^' Here's a tiny chapter just until I can kill my writer's block...

Chapter 5

Yuffie tried to put on a brave face as Tifa answered the door at the sound of Cid yelling and swearing on the other side. Once the door was open, the man burst in followed by Sora and two unknown human teenagers. The little ninja was happy to see the group but it was hard to show as she couldn't stop thinking about Leon.

"Yuffie!" Sora called happily to her as he rushed over, his friends being dragged behind him.

"Hi Sora!" Yuffie gave a fake cheer and wave, trying to mask her true feelings. The boy released his friends and pulled her into a hug.

"Yuf, these are my friends Riku and Kairi from Destiny Islands!" Yuffie looked at the two teenage strangers, the red-haired girl waved happily and the white-haired boy gave a shy smile, his eyes darting to different parts of the room like he didn't want to be around so many people.

"Hiya, you two! I'm the great ninja Yuffie!" She puffed out her chest and gave her practiced speech. From here on, Yuffie had to force herself to focus on the stories and conversations with Sora and his friends until suddenly Sora asked a question that stabbed Yuffie in the heart.

"Yufs, where's Leon? I wanted to say hi." Yuffie's breath caught in her lungs, she didn't know what to say. Leon'd be angry when he woke up if he found out she told Sora.

"Leon is asleep." Cloud came to her rescue, "He caught a cold and is sleeping it off." Cloud and Yuffie noticed Sora and Kairi bought it but not the older boy, luckily he didn't say anything against them.

"Oh, okay. Well, I guess I'll say hi later…!" Sora chirped and the tiny group heard Tifa call them all to come eat. Yuffie sighed in relief as the three islanders went to the kitchen. Cloud didn't say anything to her, he simply put a hand on her shoulder before walking to the kitchen.

~KH~

Tifa silently slipped into Leon's room to check on him. She closed the door and headed over to his bed, a bowl of water and a towel in hand. She frowned as she came close to find him curled up on his good side, a tattered blue cloth gripped tightly in the hand attached to his good arm. She knelt beside him and set the bowl on the ground. Being so close, she could see the dried tear tracks leaking down his flushed cheeks. Turning to the bowl, she wet the towel and wrung it out. She then began to gently dab at the tear marks, he'd feel humiliated if he

knew someone had seen them; as it was he hated people seeing Rinoa's jacket.

Tifa began to dab at his forehead, wiping the sweat away; his fever still hadn't broken. His eyes slowly fluttered open to her touches, blue eyes cloudy and disoriented.

"…R-Rinoa…?" The name made the air catch in Tifa's lungs; the poor boy thought she was his dead girlfriend. Tears sprung to her eyes as she shook her head.

"N-No, Leon… It's only me, Tifa…" She told him softly as she laid the cool cloth on his head before running her fingers through his long, damp hair; it was sticky with sweat.

"….Oh…." The word was more of a depressed sigh than anything else as his eyes slid shut again. Unconsciousness took him again and the tears fell from Tifa's eyes. Leon was like a little brother to her and it ate at her heart to see him like this. She leaned forward and gave him a sisterly kiss to the forehead before standing.

"Sleep well, Leon…. Feel better soon…" She whispered to him before turning to leave.