kh_drabble | Memory's Ghost

I know I haven't been updating the Memories nor the archive lately, and I'm really sorry. I'm just getting caught up with a lot of other things and getting really frustrated with them. But I'll do it. Eventually.

And to whet your appetites:

Title: Memory's Ghost
Word Count: 113
Notes: Apathy is a great emotion to write with. Implied Squall/Rinoa, implied Leon/Yuffie. Because I can so not do pairings. And ambiguity. *glee*

Somewhere inside he still thinks he can hear her screams. Somewhere inside he still thinks he can see her tears, feel her hands (never strong, always delicate, and always, always soft and firm) pushing him away, pushing herself into danger.

Somewhere inside, he still thinks he can hear her last words.

"Just go."

And even as he looks at the other girl, sitting beside him and grinning so cheerfully, like nothing could go wrong with the world, nothing has gone wrong, so long as he's still alive...

He still thinks he sees her in her.

"Squall..."

"For the last time, Yuffie, it's Leon."

He still thinks those beautiful black eyes are looking back at him.

They still do.

But she's no longer there.