WHAT.

WHAT WHAT WHAT? D8 *extreme sadface*

God, you've made me cry. ;_; This fic is so incredibly amazing. Words cannot describe it, seriously. Talk about a twist of fate... and then you rip my heart out multipile times. ;_;

Ignore me, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm just going to go sulk in the emo corner.

This is just so sorrowful and beautiful. Gah... *is having trouble finding the right way to describe it through the sadness*

you nearly made me cry ._.

this story is so bittersweet and sad. It's really heart-wrenching.
Especially since if somethings would just have been the tinest bit different, it would probably have a happy ending.

Life isn't fair *sniffs and kicks the car-driver* I hate you ._.

and amazingly well written! Really really well done!
I really loved reading this, thanks a lot for writing and posting it!

Write more~
and I think I need to go find a fluffy story now *cough*

thanks again <3

Alright, so I'm finally getting around to reviewing this.
I knew when I read this that I should have waited at least a day, because I had read a very sad fic just the night before, and stumbled on another one by accident that morning. So I knew I shouldn't be reading anything sad, but I couldn't help it, it looked so interesting. You truly broke my heart, and I was sulking around the house for the remainder of the day.

But I love sad stories, so that's not really a bad thing. You managed to pull at my emotions so deeply and the ending was just so unexpected. I was expecting Leon to die in the car crash or something, but the twist involving Cloud and what really happened was unexpected, though looking back I see the foreshadowing, which is really cool.

I think that if Leon had never come back, it wouldn't have been quite as sad, as there would've still been hope. I don't really understand why Leon couldn't make a bit of effort to be with Cloud, but I guess if you think about it logically or financially it makes sense, though it hurts a romantic like me. I think maybe you should've elaborated a bit more on his reasons for leaving though.

There was one part I felt dragged on for a bit too long, and that was Leon's thoughts on Cloud. I read this over on Lj originally, so I remember it was in part B. I think maybe if that section was spread out while something else was taking place it would've held my attention more? Or if it had been condensed a little.

I can only think of one other time a story was this heart-wrenching, so all-in-all, beautiful writing and great job.

(And cue a deep breath on my part.)

Wow. This was a stunning piece to read. The emotions and characterisations just made me want to cry... Though I couldn't even do that by the end of it.

I felt incredibly sorry for Tifa too, actually.

Christ, I've got no idea of what to say. There's this awful twisting feeling in my stomach after reading this and I hate you for writing it and I'm jealous of you because you wrote it and I love you for it, all at once. And now all my English skills I have gained over the years are waving goodbye. I think I'll quit whilst I'm ahead.

Thank you for writing something so fantastically heart-wretching.

wow, such a sad story but told so beautifully. Excellent work.

THAT WAS SO DEPRESSING! I'm so sad now. Incredibly well written if I do say so myself. I really feel for Cloud though. I mean, eyes, life, love, and Lee still walks away. Not that it's Leon's fault either... but still. *sobs* I cried actually.

-Spark

Oh...my...God...

I can't even cry. That was so beautiful, so sad...it's just...I don't usually read long oneshots but this...I sat here and read it and couldn't tear my eyes away...

I felt like I was going to cry, but I couldn't. I just COULDN'T. It was so amazingly beautiful and heart-breaking and...I can't believe how it ended. I'm still trying to find a loophole, trying to hope that Leon will turn back but oh...

Oh my God...I can't...just...wow.

You are amazing...

OMG!
I can't believe you split them up in the end!
I loved this story but, dude!
TT_TT

That, was amazing. You poured so much emotion in those words–and all of it was so sincere–that it was truly heartbreaking.

:3 This is definitely one that I'll recommend to friends, and something I'll come back to read–all 30,0+ words of it.

Oh my god, I hate you!! I cried my eyes out because of this story,and I've never cried over fanfiction before. But it was so beautiful,and so typical of reality being an ironic, viscious bitch. Seriously. Ah, my soul is in so much pain right now...oh, the agony! You're so cruel...the things authors will do to their characters...I just wanted them to have some semblance of happiness after all they went through and they couldn't even get that. It's just not fair. I'm going to go finish bawling and sic all my friends on you after I coerce them into reading this. (sniffles)

I really enjoyed reading this. I simply /loved/ the irony of it all, what with the first paragraph being incredibly misleading, and only realizing this halfway through the story.
You planned the entire thing really well too. I found the scene where Leon and Cloud talk about eye colour harmless the first time I read it. But when I scanned through it the second time, I found it so ironic I almost started laughing. They're almost like little tidbits :3
The ending had me feeling down for quite a while. I half-expected a happy ending, but this one ties up the entire thing nicely too.

I thought this was really great. There was foreshadowing before the revelation that Cloud had given his eyes to Leon, and the characterizations were pretty good (though I though Tifa should have been given a bit more depth as to what finally made her break off the engagement).

Then I got to the ending and thought, "Bull." I have no problem with the tragic "we can't be together" ending, but Leon's reasoning was so vague, basically, "We just can't." No good reason, no "Here's the number where I'll be staying, let's keep in touch," no explanations or even a definite location. (I know you got into the money thing, but I found the "there will never be enough money for me to come back" to be a cop-out; I mean, Leon came back once.) Despite all of Leon's angst and sorrow, he comes off as callous to me because without a solid reason why he and Cloud can't be together /ever/ it's like he's just giving up when things get hard (not that their relationship as depicted was ever easy).

There are two things that would resolve this problem for me: one, would be if you edited this to include a good reason for why Leon's dropping Cloud. I don't know what you would have in mind besides the financial thing. (Maybe the uncle is terrible homophobe? But their love should make Leon want to conquer that difficulty.) Two would be a sequel, even if it was just a letter or two from Leon explaining things.

Even if the changes are never made, I'm still adding this as a favorite story. The emotional depictions are painfully well written, and the plot and characterizations are just what yaoi fangirls like me love (the angst, and the sensitivity and vulnerability... sigh!)

OMG.
OMFG.
That... is so incredible. Wow.
But why did it have to be so sad? *sniff*

oh my gosh...that was amazing! i normally don't read oneshots, but a friend pointed this out to me and it was totally worth the read!! good job. (i luv the ending)

angst. pure angst.
why? why that in the end, they weren't together? is there something wrong? why leon think that cloud could move on? i don't want him to move on, darn it! i just wish they could be happy together. and they belonged to each other. and even in this cruel world, they should have each other, warmth from their embrace. and cloud did /not/ fall in love easily with anyone. it /had/ to be leon, and him only. and cloud think that the pain when the love began nothing compared to when it's end? i don't think it's ended. it would always be there, lingered on his heart, could never let him go. and no matter he wished to god for him hated leon, he never could. because he /love/. and one true love would never have any end, no matter how hurting, heart-breaking, desperation feeling he had. because there's always memories, and warmth, and comfort he always could find whenever he searched for it.

how could leon think that he didn't deserve cloud? before the accident, he kept asked, 'what could i do to deserve cloud' right? and after it, it only worsen? why? when there's a love, and there's love, and it's one true love, because his love for cloud was his /life/, and at last cloud love him back, /want/ him, why did it ended up like this?

is that because you want it to be real? but sometimes, even in the real life, magic happens, and it bring happiness. and even if in the real life happiness didn't exist (i'm not thinking that way, though) shouldn't you think /that/'s why people make fanfiction and alternate universe? to make the world where the characters could be live a happy life?

And i won't apologize that i bugging you. because, like, they should be happy, and i want it /here/, not on your /other/ stories.

hn. you make me felt all these feelings. great, just simply great. oh i love angst! XD i love torturing myself, and i realized i love it when i came back on 'normal' mode, not on 'emo' mode. hn. last thing i should say, thanks for writing a fic as great as this. hope you could be success on your novel. hm... :)