In no way am I associated with Square Enix. I'm just a fan of the FF series. Hope and Lightning

both belong to Tesuya Nomaru.

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It had been six years since the fall of Cocoon and a determined twenty-year old was on

his way to making a woman his. Hope was tall and handsome. All the hard work over the years

have really toned him. He could have any of the young ladies that surrounded him, but he had his

eyes set on the older soldier.

Lightning was at home, cleaning, when the door rang. "I'm coming," she hollared as she

made her way over to the front hall. She opened the door to her old charge, Hope. She smiled

and said, "Come in ,come in !"

That smile made him melt. Quickley wiping the stupid smile off his face, he entered. "Light,

I ummmmm... want to tell you something."

"Yeah, what is it ?"

"I uh...ummm...sorta..."

The woman was quickley losing patience, "Tell me already !"

The he just blurted it out, "I'm in love with you !" She was surprised. He continued, "I've loved

you since I first laid eyes on you." She didn't say anything for a while. "I'm sorry, if you don-"

His sentence was interupted with an embrace. "So you don't mind?"

She whispered into his ear lightly, "Of course not," He wasn't expecting this reaction. She looked

him in the eye, "You've become quite the man, Hope." She brushed away the hair out of his face.

He couldn't help it, she wasn't expecting his next move. He pushed his lips against hers. Her eyes

were wide for a moment and then after a moment she returned the kiss.

He enjoyed having the control over the kiss. As the kiss got deeper and deeper, he wanted

enterance into the woman's mouth. She felt his tongue touch her lips, seeking exploration.

Her moth opened and immediately his tongue rushed in. Their tongues danced and twisted

with eachother. He explored every inch of her mouth.

Now, his hands were running up and down her body. One eventually stopped at a breast

and gently squeezed it. She moaned a little in his mouth. He couldn't but smirk a little.

She broke away from the kiss and looked at him, "How about we take this upstairs ?"

Her seductive smile made his blood run hot and he quickly followed her up to her bed-

room.

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BWAHAHA Now ye have to wait for the next chapter to see what happens next ! xD