Destinies Intertwined (Lightning x Male Reader)

Chapter 09: Suteki Da Ne

"Lightning, wait!" I called, but she was already gone. I stood there for a moment, frozen by shock and horror, before it turned to frustration. "Aargh! How the hell could I have been so stupid?!" I asked, hitting myself on the head with my fist. "I have a great thing going with Lightning, happy with what I've got, no complaints, and then I get I get caught kissing you." I looked at Sofia. "And throw all that down the shitter!" I nearly felt like hitting myself on the head with Indomitus, but I had left my sword back at the house we were staying.

"(Y/N), I'm really sorry." Sofia said, not having moved from her spot on the bench. "This is all my fault." As much as I wanted to let loose on her, agree that this was her fault and use that to let out some of my frustration, I couldn't. Sofia was my friend, despite what had just occurred, and I didn't do that to a friend. Very slowly, I breathed in through my nose and deeply exhaled. I did this for a few minutes, until I felt my anger die down at least at a manageable amount.

"Don't worry; we'll be able to fix this mess... I hope." I said. "And I'll help." she said. I was about to say that there was no way in hell, but before I could she said "It's my fault Lightning thinks you cheated on her now, so it's my responsibility to set this right." I looked at her for a long while, before sighing and sitting down on the ground, crossing my legs. "All right, what do you suppose we do?" "I'm no specialist in relationships, especially ones I'm not part in. So we need the help of someone in the group, someone who has that kind of knowledge."

I found myself nodding in agreement, and I thought of who might have thought knowledge. It wasn't Hope, I could be wrong but I don't think he's ever gone out with anyone. Fang was considered but discarded as well; there was no way we could tell her something like this and hear the end of it. The same followed for Snow, he would also probably tell everyone anyway. "That leaves Sazh and Vanille, and as far as I knew Vanille had never had anything to do with relationships." I told Sofia.

To my surprise she smiled and said "Oh? Take my word for it, we should ask her. She's helped a relationship improve before." I raised an eyebrow and asked "Really? And who was it?" "Can't tell; it's a secret." she said, and I groaned since I knew she wasn't going to tell. "Alright, there is Vanille. But what about Sazh? Can he help?" I asked. "I don;t see why not. He was in enough of a relationship to get married once upon a time. I'll guess he and his wife must have hit at least one bump in their time together." she suggested.

I nodded. "All right, we'll go ask Sazh and Vanille. But before we even try that, I'm going to see if I can fix this myself." With that I stood and walked back, the Cie'th smart enough to not bother me right now. Once we got back to the house I asked "Hey, Snow! Do you know where Lightning is?" He blinked and said "Yeah, she came back a little while ago, and headed straight for bed. She was acting weird though, and I could swear I heard her actually crying."

I froze. I had actually made Lightning cry ? Just how bad was this? "Hey, you wouldn't happen to know what it was that she was so upset about, would you?" he asked. Deciding to play innocent, I said "Not a one. But now that you mention it, I've been getting rather tired too. Good night." Before he could say anything I went into the bed room, and saw the shape of Lightning on the top bunk of the bed closest to the bathroom. Briefly I thought about waking her up, but quickly decided against it. Waking her up was not going to help her feel any better.

"So, are we gonna go with my plan?" Sofia asked from behind me, and I sighed. "Fine, we'll ask them tomorrow." She nodded and I walked to the bed opposite of her, taking the bottom bunk. She didn't say anything, so I guessed she was either that mad at me or she was actually asleep. Whichever one it was, I wasn't going to get anywhere near fixing things tonight. It took a long time, and it was well past the time when all the others had gone to bed, but I managed to fall into a fitful sleep.