***** Forgetfulness & Forgiveness *****
A fanfic by Vick330 (the MadScientist)
I tried to update this fic, just before fanfiction.net had problems this past summer, and it got all messed up. So, I decided to edit it some more, and this is its second posting. Many thanks to those that reviewed the first version, and if you want to read this one, you'll find a few minor differences.
************Disclaimer***********
Squaresoft owns the rights to Final Fantasy VIII, characters, and situations. And as long as nobody tips them off, I'll keep on writing fanfiction! Woo-Hoo!
This is a work of humor, it is in no way intended to offend, or criticize people's lifestyles. Read only if you are open-minded, and have a sense of humor, because I really don't want to get flamed, I'm very sensitive :(.
And this fic is NOT a statement of my feelings towards the characters, for I LOVE them all, in true life I ADORE Rinoa and Quistis, it's just that @#$% Dr.Odine that I hate with all my heart! And yes, there is some very, very, very light yaoi. Remember that this is all for fun ^__^
********** I - Forgetfulness **********
"But, Selphie, honey..." Pleaded Seifer, barely ducking a flying spoon.
"Don't you honey me! You insensitive @#$%!" Said his diminutive wife.
Seiphy, their four-year-old daughter, joined in, "Daddy's been baaad!"
The poor guy ran out on the street, he didn't have a clue what it was that had caused his wife's wrath, and reasoned that having his skull bashed-in, if Selphie decided to use heavier projectiles, wouldn't help him find out.
"And don't come back unless you're ready to make amends!" yelled Selphie, knocking the door shut, and causing a few frames to fall from their hooks.
Seifer knew that the woman of his life was spirited, and prone to extremes. He resolved to let her cool off, still wondering at what had caused this explosion.
In all truth, he didn't mind those outbursts, which were part of Selphie's personality, for he loved everything about her. They had a good marriage, and a beautiful little girl. His energetic wife had taught him to laugh, and life with her was never boring. So a few eccentricities were perfectly tolerable.
He decided to visit Zell, who had become a good friend over the years. They were practically neighbors, and he reached his destination shortly. What he witnessed left the tall guy open-mouthed.
Zell ran out of the house, skillfully dodging several flying plates. Fujin appeared at the door, "BEGONE!"
"But, Fuji-wuji," pleaded Zell "I don't know what's wrong."
"YOU SHOULD!"
"Come on, let me inside, I didn't finish my hot-dog." said the blond guy.
"PROBLEM!" she yelled, shutting the door with rage, and making the windows rattle.
Zell suddenly noticed his friend's presence, "Huh? Seifer? Watcha doin' here?"
"Could you believe that Selphie did the same thing to me?" Said the tall guy.
"Man! At least Fujin has no depth perception, makes it easier to dodge her projectiles. What did you do?"
"I don't know, same as you. Listen, let go to Raijin and Rinoa's, it's always quiet there."
They made they way to their friends' house, it was a short walk, and when they got there, a familiar scene unfolded before them.
"Yah know, Rinoa, yah know!" exclaimed the big guy, as he desperately attempted to evade the fruits his wife was throwing at him.
"I said OUT! I can't believe that you forgot!" yelled the dark-haired woman, a dangerous flame in her eyes.
"But what did I forget, yah know?"
"COME BACK WHEN YOU'LL FIND OUT!" and with that the door was slammed, causing a few shingles to detach themselves from the roof.
Seeing his two buddies, he said, "Hi guys, yah know, I..."
"Don't bother to explain, Raij, the same thing happened to us." Said Seifer, putting a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder.
Zell punched at the air, "Man! Did our wives plot this? I sure wish we knew a cool-headed woman, so we could ask for her advice."
The three of them: "Quistis!"
But when they reached the blonde woman's residence, they couldn't believe their eyes, for the picture was becoming all too recognizable.
Quistis dashed though the door, closely followed by an empty box of paper-tissues.
"But Nida, what's wrong." She asked.
Nida appeared, crying profusely, "You really don't remember? *Sobs* after all the wonderful years we've been together? *Blows nose* you're so mean to me! *Sniffles* you didn't use to be so mean to me! *Whimper* I need to be alone and write in my *Sobs* diary *cries*
And he shot the door close. Afterwards the shades were drawn all around the house, and sad music could be heard playing on the stereo.
The three guys to Quistis: "Not you too!"
"Nah! Don't worry about it. He'll be all happy when I'll come back later. What are you guys doing here?" inquired Quistis.
After the men had explained the events of the morning, they all decided to go see Squall and Irvine, for the two guys had a wonderful relationship, and never quarreled.
But guess what? That's exactly what they were doing that day...
Irvine: "Squall Leonhart! You're an insensitive big meanie! I should have listened to Rinoa, and run away with Zell, when I had the chance!"
Seifer/Raijin/Quistis: "Zell?"
Zell (sweatdrops): "Er...I...Heehee...I don't know what he's talking about. Must be another Zell, it's quite a popular name, you know."
Seifer/Raijin/Quistis: "?"
Meanwhile, the two guys' quarrel was far from over...
Squall: "..."
Irvine: "Is that all you have to say?"
Squall: "..."
Irvine: "Look who's talking! I wouldn't be so cocky mister!"
Squall: "..."
Irvine: "Oh no! This time you've gone too far! YOU'RE SO CRUEL!"
The cowboy broke in sobs, and banged the door close. Squall realized that there were spectators, and acknowledged them.
Squall: "..."
Seifer: "What?"
Zell: "He wants to know what we're doing here."
They explained the situation to Squall, and they all decided to do the sensible thing, and go seek the enlightened counsel of an experienced, respected, and wise man, whose rational, pertinent, and judicious advice could always be relied upon.
Unfortunately, Ward was on vacation, and thus they went to see Cid Kramer.
As they got near Garden, Cid came running out, incredibly fast for a man his age, several blue icicles barely missing him.
Cid: "But Edea, darling!"
Edea: "Don't you dare address me! First you train kids, KIDS, to kill me, and then you take me for granted! You'll never change Cid Kramer!" ::cries copiously::
Cid: "Just tell me what it was that I forgot, and I'll make it up to you."
Edea: "YOU MEAN THAT YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER?" [Lightning flashed from her fingertips, Cid got out of the way with unexpected speed and agility]
Once Edea had left, crying her heart out, the Headmaster saw the rest of the gang. Explanations were given, and they all went to Balamb for drinks.
***** ***** *****
At the Balamb's Bar terrace...
Seifer: "This is really weird, anyone has an idea about what's going on?"
Squall: "..."
Seifer: "Well, you have a point there, Squally-boy."
Cid: "I don't understand this, it's not our wedding anniversary, or Garden's opening day, or Ultimecia's Victory Holyday."
Zell: "You know, this reminds me of last year, when we all got together here, at this same terrace."
Raijin: "Yah know, it was because of the way we all paired up, yah know."
Quistis: "Yes, we met to clear the air, and decided to be friends."
Cid: "Right. Say, Seifer, how long have you and Selphie been together?"
Seifer: "Well, Seiphy is four years old, she was born a year after Selphie and I got married, and we had been dating for a year before that. So that would be six years."
Raijin: "Yah know, I remember taking Rinoa, on our first date, on a day like this. Yah know, about six years ago, yah know."
Zell: "Yeah, I remember that Selphie and Rinoa were kinda crushed, when Squall and Irvine announced their love, and started dating. Now that I think about it, Fuji and I started dating at about the same time..."
Cid: "Now that you mention it, Edea and myself had our first date twenty years ago, around this time of year."
Squall: "..."
Zell: "Are you sure about that, Squall?"
Seifer: "Yes! I remember now! We all had our first real dates on the same day, after you guys came back from Ultimecia's castle!"
Cid: "Oh, yeah! It coincided, several years apart, with Edea's and mine!"
Quistis: "And we met here last year, and decided to make it a special occasion."
Raijin: "Yah know, what date was that, yah know?"
Squall: "!!!"
Quistis/Cid/Seifer/Zell/Raijin: "YOU'RE RIGHT! IT'S TODAY!!!"
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Will our friends amend themselves? Will they save their relationships? Will Love prevail?
Read on to find out...
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A fanfic by Vick330 (the MadScientist)
I tried to update this fic, just before fanfiction.net had problems this past summer, and it got all messed up. So, I decided to edit it some more, and this is its second posting. Many thanks to those that reviewed the first version, and if you want to read this one, you'll find a few minor differences.
************Disclaimer***********
Squaresoft owns the rights to Final Fantasy VIII, characters, and situations. And as long as nobody tips them off, I'll keep on writing fanfiction! Woo-Hoo!
This is a work of humor, it is in no way intended to offend, or criticize people's lifestyles. Read only if you are open-minded, and have a sense of humor, because I really don't want to get flamed, I'm very sensitive :(.
And this fic is NOT a statement of my feelings towards the characters, for I LOVE them all, in true life I ADORE Rinoa and Quistis, it's just that @#$% Dr.Odine that I hate with all my heart! And yes, there is some very, very, very light yaoi. Remember that this is all for fun ^__^
********** I - Forgetfulness **********
"But, Selphie, honey..." Pleaded Seifer, barely ducking a flying spoon.
"Don't you honey me! You insensitive @#$%!" Said his diminutive wife.
Seiphy, their four-year-old daughter, joined in, "Daddy's been baaad!"
The poor guy ran out on the street, he didn't have a clue what it was that had caused his wife's wrath, and reasoned that having his skull bashed-in, if Selphie decided to use heavier projectiles, wouldn't help him find out.
"And don't come back unless you're ready to make amends!" yelled Selphie, knocking the door shut, and causing a few frames to fall from their hooks.
Seifer knew that the woman of his life was spirited, and prone to extremes. He resolved to let her cool off, still wondering at what had caused this explosion.
In all truth, he didn't mind those outbursts, which were part of Selphie's personality, for he loved everything about her. They had a good marriage, and a beautiful little girl. His energetic wife had taught him to laugh, and life with her was never boring. So a few eccentricities were perfectly tolerable.
He decided to visit Zell, who had become a good friend over the years. They were practically neighbors, and he reached his destination shortly. What he witnessed left the tall guy open-mouthed.
Zell ran out of the house, skillfully dodging several flying plates. Fujin appeared at the door, "BEGONE!"
"But, Fuji-wuji," pleaded Zell "I don't know what's wrong."
"YOU SHOULD!"
"Come on, let me inside, I didn't finish my hot-dog." said the blond guy.
"PROBLEM!" she yelled, shutting the door with rage, and making the windows rattle.
Zell suddenly noticed his friend's presence, "Huh? Seifer? Watcha doin' here?"
"Could you believe that Selphie did the same thing to me?" Said the tall guy.
"Man! At least Fujin has no depth perception, makes it easier to dodge her projectiles. What did you do?"
"I don't know, same as you. Listen, let go to Raijin and Rinoa's, it's always quiet there."
They made they way to their friends' house, it was a short walk, and when they got there, a familiar scene unfolded before them.
"Yah know, Rinoa, yah know!" exclaimed the big guy, as he desperately attempted to evade the fruits his wife was throwing at him.
"I said OUT! I can't believe that you forgot!" yelled the dark-haired woman, a dangerous flame in her eyes.
"But what did I forget, yah know?"
"COME BACK WHEN YOU'LL FIND OUT!" and with that the door was slammed, causing a few shingles to detach themselves from the roof.
Seeing his two buddies, he said, "Hi guys, yah know, I..."
"Don't bother to explain, Raij, the same thing happened to us." Said Seifer, putting a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder.
Zell punched at the air, "Man! Did our wives plot this? I sure wish we knew a cool-headed woman, so we could ask for her advice."
The three of them: "Quistis!"
But when they reached the blonde woman's residence, they couldn't believe their eyes, for the picture was becoming all too recognizable.
Quistis dashed though the door, closely followed by an empty box of paper-tissues.
"But Nida, what's wrong." She asked.
Nida appeared, crying profusely, "You really don't remember? *Sobs* after all the wonderful years we've been together? *Blows nose* you're so mean to me! *Sniffles* you didn't use to be so mean to me! *Whimper* I need to be alone and write in my *Sobs* diary *cries*
And he shot the door close. Afterwards the shades were drawn all around the house, and sad music could be heard playing on the stereo.
The three guys to Quistis: "Not you too!"
"Nah! Don't worry about it. He'll be all happy when I'll come back later. What are you guys doing here?" inquired Quistis.
After the men had explained the events of the morning, they all decided to go see Squall and Irvine, for the two guys had a wonderful relationship, and never quarreled.
But guess what? That's exactly what they were doing that day...
Irvine: "Squall Leonhart! You're an insensitive big meanie! I should have listened to Rinoa, and run away with Zell, when I had the chance!"
Seifer/Raijin/Quistis: "Zell?"
Zell (sweatdrops): "Er...I...Heehee...I don't know what he's talking about. Must be another Zell, it's quite a popular name, you know."
Seifer/Raijin/Quistis: "?"
Meanwhile, the two guys' quarrel was far from over...
Squall: "..."
Irvine: "Is that all you have to say?"
Squall: "..."
Irvine: "Look who's talking! I wouldn't be so cocky mister!"
Squall: "..."
Irvine: "Oh no! This time you've gone too far! YOU'RE SO CRUEL!"
The cowboy broke in sobs, and banged the door close. Squall realized that there were spectators, and acknowledged them.
Squall: "..."
Seifer: "What?"
Zell: "He wants to know what we're doing here."
They explained the situation to Squall, and they all decided to do the sensible thing, and go seek the enlightened counsel of an experienced, respected, and wise man, whose rational, pertinent, and judicious advice could always be relied upon.
Unfortunately, Ward was on vacation, and thus they went to see Cid Kramer.
As they got near Garden, Cid came running out, incredibly fast for a man his age, several blue icicles barely missing him.
Cid: "But Edea, darling!"
Edea: "Don't you dare address me! First you train kids, KIDS, to kill me, and then you take me for granted! You'll never change Cid Kramer!" ::cries copiously::
Cid: "Just tell me what it was that I forgot, and I'll make it up to you."
Edea: "YOU MEAN THAT YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER?" [Lightning flashed from her fingertips, Cid got out of the way with unexpected speed and agility]
Once Edea had left, crying her heart out, the Headmaster saw the rest of the gang. Explanations were given, and they all went to Balamb for drinks.
***** ***** *****
At the Balamb's Bar terrace...
Seifer: "This is really weird, anyone has an idea about what's going on?"
Squall: "..."
Seifer: "Well, you have a point there, Squally-boy."
Cid: "I don't understand this, it's not our wedding anniversary, or Garden's opening day, or Ultimecia's Victory Holyday."
Zell: "You know, this reminds me of last year, when we all got together here, at this same terrace."
Raijin: "Yah know, it was because of the way we all paired up, yah know."
Quistis: "Yes, we met to clear the air, and decided to be friends."
Cid: "Right. Say, Seifer, how long have you and Selphie been together?"
Seifer: "Well, Seiphy is four years old, she was born a year after Selphie and I got married, and we had been dating for a year before that. So that would be six years."
Raijin: "Yah know, I remember taking Rinoa, on our first date, on a day like this. Yah know, about six years ago, yah know."
Zell: "Yeah, I remember that Selphie and Rinoa were kinda crushed, when Squall and Irvine announced their love, and started dating. Now that I think about it, Fuji and I started dating at about the same time..."
Cid: "Now that you mention it, Edea and myself had our first date twenty years ago, around this time of year."
Squall: "..."
Zell: "Are you sure about that, Squall?"
Seifer: "Yes! I remember now! We all had our first real dates on the same day, after you guys came back from Ultimecia's castle!"
Cid: "Oh, yeah! It coincided, several years apart, with Edea's and mine!"
Quistis: "And we met here last year, and decided to make it a special occasion."
Raijin: "Yah know, what date was that, yah know?"
Squall: "!!!"
Quistis/Cid/Seifer/Zell/Raijin: "YOU'RE RIGHT! IT'S TODAY!!!"
-------------------------------------
Will our friends amend themselves? Will they save their relationships? Will Love prevail?
Read on to find out...
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