NOTE: THIS STORY, DESCRIPTION, AND COMMENT SECTION MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN AND HEAVENSWARD.

Okay, now that that's out of the way, hello. I started this a long time ago while questing through A Realm Reborn and being absolutely enamored with Minfilia and her ever-exposed tummy, but upon finishing Heavensward, didn't have the heart to continue writing it. If you know, you know. But I recently finished Stormblood and am feeling better about writing about Minifilia, so I went back to read my old draft, enjoyed it, and decided to finish it. Oh btw, please don't spoil anything past Heavensward in the comments. Thanks. I'm currently working through Stormblood postgame myself, but let's keep the spoiler cutoff at Heavensward. (I really hope nothing happens during Shadowbringers/Endwalker that makes me feel bad about writing this, but I tried to keep it positive and wholesome.)

This was my first attempt at a 2nd-person story, first attempt at an ambiguous prey story, first attempt at writing in present tense, and first attempt at including an ambiguous amount of emotion behind the tale. So PLEASE tell me how I did. I think it turned out alright, but I'm always looking to improve. I want to write more POV stuff for this universe, so please let me know what you think and how I can improve.

Normally I like lovey dovey stuff, but I wanted to try and make sure that if you are reading this and you only think of Minfilia as a friend or leader, then you can enjoy this just as much as somebody who would read this and perceive it as a romantic gesture. How did you see Minfilia's actions in this story? Did I do a good job making multiple possibilities... possible?

Oh, and uh, in terms of continuity, this takes place during A Realm Reborn. Somewhere in the middle. If that doesn't convince you, then it's an AU where you're an adventurer forever and nothing bad happens. I also understand that, while this is a POV story, I still wanted to include details about things you wouldn't be able to see, so I hope that doesn't take you out of it. I tried to frame it in a way that makes sense, but c'mon, including cute details like Minfilia's expression was too good to pass up.

Either way, I'd like to not wait several months to upload another story. I graduated from college recently, so I'll have a lot more time for hobbies so I HOPE I can get some stuff out in a much more reasonable span of time.

Reference images for those not familiar with FF XIV:

Minfilia: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/9/99/Minfilia_NPC_Render.png/revision/latest?cb=20190716212314

Warrior of Light: That's you, silly! Either imagine your character or yourself.

The story belongs to me, but the characters are © SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. and you, the reader.

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