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by: Danchipettokinsirei/Sakana Nekono
date:2005.05.04
characters: Zidane, Garnet, Eiko, Cid, Hilda
pairing: Zidane/Garnet
pages: 28
type: romance,serious
Summary: Zidane is now considered as a hero for the population. He goes to a shop where the manager said that being a hero is sufficient and that he should stop being angry because he is not king. These words make Zidane thinks about his relationship with Garnet.
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His thoughts are interrupted by a sad Eiko. She explains that Cid and Hilda are often arguing and she thinks this is her fault. Zidane told her that Cid and Hilda must be worried and that having a family is the happiest thing.
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They went to the castle wher they heard the King and his wife talk about Eiko. They are worried but they know that she is strong enough to protect herself. Eiko shows herself and ther reunion is interrupted by Garnet who announced that Eiko has disappeared.
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Later Dagger and Zidane are talking about family. Dagger revealed that her parents were very nice with her, even if they were not her true parents she felt like they were because she thinks that blood relationship is not essential.
Zidane asks if friends can be a family, when she answered that yes he suddently asks her to marry him.
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He told her what the manager said. For him being a hero is not sufficient , he wants her to be his family and he knows that for that he have to be king. She is anxious that responsabilities will suffocate him. He said that it won't because he will do anything to be with her.They kiss.