Fanfiction - Kingdom Hearts - Slack
Title: Slack
Fandom/Universe: Kingdom Hearts
Character(s): Squall, Yuffie
Rating: K+
“You’ve been working really hard lately.”
“Mm hmm.”
She sighed and continued to run a stubby nail-bitten finger along the edge of her glass. She turned her gaze towards the window, she watched as a handful of small white flakes floated gently downwards
“Its snowing.” She murmured.
He nodded.
“Yeah.”
She turned to him with a scowl on her not so beautiful face.
“You could be a little more enthusiastic y’know!” She complained.
“I’m tired Yuffie.” He replied, raising an eyebrow at her.
“What does that mean?” She demanded as she leaned in towards him.
“That I’m not fighting you. Snow is snow. It doesn’t matter whether it makes me happy or not - its going to happen either way.” He pushed out of his chair and turned to leave, but, like always, her hand found his.
“You’re changing. Again. Why do you keep running off with Cloud? Don’t you want to help us?”
He snorted.
“Help you do what? Play house?”
“NO! We’re trying to make this place habitable...Trying to return it to its former glory! We want to make it better!” She was growing more frantic by the moment. She could feel her voice shake and soon enough she was shaking him as well.
“Its pointless.” He gave a pull and tore his hand away from hers.
She glared at his retreating back and threw her hands up in the air.
“But we’re doing it for you!”
He paused.
“...Why?”
She turned away from him and clenched her fists by her side.
“Because...” She whispered. “Because you were so sad all the time. And because you didn’t like talking about it and because you said that once this place was back to the way it used to be you’d go back to being Squall again. And because...” Her voice caught. “Because we love you.”
Light footsteps. He was coming closer and she didn’t know what to do. She wanted to hit him for making her run around in circles all the time...but she also wanted to just hold him and tell him that he didn’t have to run anymore. But she was only seventeen and there was snow falling down oh so lightly outside and she couldn’t do anything because she didn’t know how. Because she was just a kid-woman trying to fit in with grown up things like coffee and cigarettes and SQUALL LEONHART, but she didn’t think she could do it.
“We?” He placed a hand on her shoulders and the question was there and it had always been there, lurking in the back of both their minds and she could tell him the truth, but she was seventeen and Aerith would kill her if she found even one cigarette in Yuffie’s room.
So instead she turned to Squall or Leon or whoever-the-fuck and smiled like a seventeen year old kid-woman.
“Yes we! Aerith and Cid and Cloud and...” Her voice faltered for a moment, but he was there to pick up the slack.
“You?” He suggested.
She nodded.
“Yeah...me.”
“I see.”
He sort-of smiled then and ruffled the hair on the top of her head.
“Thanks Yuf.” He told her softly. He watched as a blush spread across her cheeks and pretended to ignore it when her eyes lit up just because he’d thanked her, because she was seventeen and she wasn’t ready to tell him she loved him yet and because he could wait.
He would wait.
a/n: This place has been kind of dead lately, so i'm gonna try and add more fanstuff. Most of this will already be on FFN, but there might be some new stuff.
Fandom/Universe: Kingdom Hearts
Character(s): Squall, Yuffie
Rating: K+
“You’ve been working really hard lately.”
“Mm hmm.”
She sighed and continued to run a stubby nail-bitten finger along the edge of her glass. She turned her gaze towards the window, she watched as a handful of small white flakes floated gently downwards
“Its snowing.” She murmured.
He nodded.
“Yeah.”
She turned to him with a scowl on her not so beautiful face.
“You could be a little more enthusiastic y’know!” She complained.
“I’m tired Yuffie.” He replied, raising an eyebrow at her.
“What does that mean?” She demanded as she leaned in towards him.
“That I’m not fighting you. Snow is snow. It doesn’t matter whether it makes me happy or not - its going to happen either way.” He pushed out of his chair and turned to leave, but, like always, her hand found his.
“You’re changing. Again. Why do you keep running off with Cloud? Don’t you want to help us?”
He snorted.
“Help you do what? Play house?”
“NO! We’re trying to make this place habitable...Trying to return it to its former glory! We want to make it better!” She was growing more frantic by the moment. She could feel her voice shake and soon enough she was shaking him as well.
“Its pointless.” He gave a pull and tore his hand away from hers.
She glared at his retreating back and threw her hands up in the air.
“But we’re doing it for you!”
He paused.
“...Why?”
She turned away from him and clenched her fists by her side.
“Because...” She whispered. “Because you were so sad all the time. And because you didn’t like talking about it and because you said that once this place was back to the way it used to be you’d go back to being Squall again. And because...” Her voice caught. “Because we love you.”
Light footsteps. He was coming closer and she didn’t know what to do. She wanted to hit him for making her run around in circles all the time...but she also wanted to just hold him and tell him that he didn’t have to run anymore. But she was only seventeen and there was snow falling down oh so lightly outside and she couldn’t do anything because she didn’t know how. Because she was just a kid-woman trying to fit in with grown up things like coffee and cigarettes and SQUALL LEONHART, but she didn’t think she could do it.
“We?” He placed a hand on her shoulders and the question was there and it had always been there, lurking in the back of both their minds and she could tell him the truth, but she was seventeen and Aerith would kill her if she found even one cigarette in Yuffie’s room.
So instead she turned to Squall or Leon or whoever-the-fuck and smiled like a seventeen year old kid-woman.
“Yes we! Aerith and Cid and Cloud and...” Her voice faltered for a moment, but he was there to pick up the slack.
“You?” He suggested.
She nodded.
“Yeah...me.”
“I see.”
He sort-of smiled then and ruffled the hair on the top of her head.
“Thanks Yuf.” He told her softly. He watched as a blush spread across her cheeks and pretended to ignore it when her eyes lit up just because he’d thanked her, because she was seventeen and she wasn’t ready to tell him she loved him yet and because he could wait.
He would wait.
a/n: This place has been kind of dead lately, so i'm gonna try and add more fanstuff. Most of this will already be on FFN, but there might be some new stuff.