Chapter 1
There was banging at the door. Squalls head was spinning as he sat up in his bed. His hand went down to support himself and he felt a body. Glancing down at his hand he was Rinoa passed out, drunk he assumed and in her underwear. Squall too was only wearing his underwear so before he answered the door he threw on his leather pants and a white muscle shirt. The person at the door knocked again before Squall could answer it. It was Zell.
"Heya buddy, have a good night last night?" Zell asked
"I don't even remember last night" Squall told Zell rubbing his spinning head.
"So it must have been good!" Zell laughed as he walked into Squalls dorm room.
"Don't go in the bedroom Rinoa is in there!" Squall warned
"Now why would I want to see my best friend's girlfriend naked, and lying in bed?" Zell asked sarcastically and Squall pushed him over and he fell on the couch. Squall heard him laughing as he went back into his room to finish changing and then go to work. Rinoa was up and was already changed; she smiled at Squall as he entered the room.
"Good morning sexy" she winked and giggled as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Squall smiled and kissed her gently before removing her arms so he could finish getting changed. Rinoa walked into the other room with Zell and they started chatting about the party they were at last night.
"I barley saw you around at all! Where were you the whole time?!" Rinoa asked slapping Zell's arm lightly.
"I was trying to hook up with this girl, Tiffany," Zell explained "she wasn't drunk so it was harder than usual" Zell laughed.
"You're gross. Get a girlfriend!" Rinoa said slapping him again, this time harder; Zell just laughed. Squall finally emerged from his room full changed, and with his gunblade at his waist. His head still throbbed but he dealt with it, he wouldn't be much of a commander if couldn't take a measly hang over.
"Zell don't you have a class to teach? And Rinoa you've class to attend" Squall said firmly as he walked over to the door of his room and opened it motioning for his friends to leave. Rinoa stuck her tongue out at him.
"Classes don't even start for another half hour anyway man" Zell explained and Rinoa just nodded along in agreement. Squall sighed
"Whatever I've got work to do, see you guys later" Squall said before leaving.
"Bye hun" Rinoa said with a little wave before the door shut behind Squall. Zell looked over at Rinoa's gleaming face as she stared at the door.
"You'd think he'd show a bit more excitement, since he got laid last night"
Rinoa slapping his arm, hard "What makes you think he got laid last night?" Zell just looked at her and raised an eyebrow. Rinoa rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Ok so he got laid big deal" Zell laughed and Rinoa frowned "You don't think I sleep with him too much do you?"
Zell stopped laughing, and tried to reassure his friend "Well how often do you sleep with him?"
"I'm pretty sure we did it every night this week" Rinoa said putting a finger to her lips thinking. Zell's jaw dropped, and Rinoa looked at him and frowned again "Too much?"
"Well no not exactly" Zell explained ", although that's more then I'd ever get, but I digress. It's not like you're just doing it for him are you?" Rinoa shook her head "Exactly, you like it too, so as long as it's mutual I see nothing wrong with this"
"But he always leaves so early in the mornings, sometimes I wake up and he's not even there. I feel so used and abused" Rinoa turned to Zell with the look of a wounded puppy.
"He's got a demanding job, and he has to start early. It's not like he doesn't make up for it though. I know you guys hang out a lot at night don't you?" Zell continued to explain to Rinoa.
"Yeah..."Rinoa said smiling as she thought about their nights together, and how gorgeous Squall was whenever he smiled "You're right, I shouldn't complain. I guess I just got the morning blues. Thanks Zell"
"No problem" Zell said, and then took a look at the time "We should get to class now" Rinoa groaned but followed Zell as he walked out of Squall's room.
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Squall was sitting at his desk in his office, on the third floor on the Garden. Working off some paper work about past missions, how the SeeD officer's handled it, and if there were any major injuries; the usual for Squall. And it was just as usually that his friends would come and bother him when he was trying to work; it was mostly Rinoa. Squall really didn't mind it, but he did have work to do and he knew that them being there was a distraction. Speaking of distractions, Rinoa was pretty much on cue, walking in to his office, probably just getting off of class.
She smiled as she skipped over to Squall's desk, leaning against it on her elbows, and showing off a little cleavage. Squall just stared at her patiently waiting for her to say something, but she just stared into his eyes and smiled.
"Can I help you Miss. Heartilly?" Squall teased
"Yes Commander, I've been a very bad girl" Rinoa said faking a pout "Punish me" She said that last bit as seductively as she could. Squall swallowed hard, which made Rinoa laugh. She walked over to his side of the desk and sat on his lap, straddling his hips and face him.
"Rinoa..." Squall warned
"Oh, come on, how hot would it be to have sex right here?" Rinoa whispered leaning her forehead against his.
"Come on Rinoa, I've got work to do" Squall told her seemingly unfazed. Rinoa sighed and moved her head back.
"Will it kill you to take a ten minute break?"
"Ten minutes?" Squall said smirking, and sounding intrigued.
"What wrong don't think you can go for that long?" Rinoa said daring him to. He smiled that wonderful smile only she got to see, which made her smile. Squall leaned forward and kissed her gently and quickly, teasing her, then leaned back into his chair. Rinoa leaned against him pushing her body against his and kissed his passionately. Squall returned it wrapping his arms around her. Then the door opened...
"Squall I've got that report on..." Quistis stopped dead when she saw, the position the young couple was in. She quickly turned around, as Rinoa fumbled off of Squall and stood next to him, her face beat red.
"Is it safe to look commander?" Quistis said, with a look of distraught on her face.
"Yes, Quistis" Squall said, looking down at his paper work, trying to make his hair fall far enough on his face to cover his blush. Quistis walked up to his desk and dropped a file on it. Rinoa said and awkward hello to Quistis then excused herself from the office. Quistis didn't speak until she left.
"Are you freaking kidding me?!" Quistis said pounding her whip on his desk. Squall didn't even flinch, just answered calmly.
"I'm sorry you had to see that Quistis, but she is my girlfriend..."
"That doesn't mean you should be having make out sessions when you're supposed to be working!" Quistis said sternly.
"I was taking a little break" Squall told her leaning back in his chair, hands folded and in his lap, as he looked up at her.
"What's that? Her pet name?"
"Quistis do you really think you have the right to be telling me that was wrong?" Squall asked slightly tilting his head.
"Yes, as a matter fact I do" Quistis told his furrowing her brow.
"Really? Because you know I heard about what you and Seifer did in the secret area, of the training room" Squall said blankly staring at her "Care to explain?" Quistis glared at him angrily.
"I hate that you've developed a sense of humour"
"Whatever" Squall mocked her.
"And besides I wasn't working when that happened" Quistis said defending herself, then she dropped the subject, and got to the point of why she even came to his office, "Anyway, just came by to drop of my report of the mission"
"How'd it go?" Squall asked picking up the file, opening and scanning it over
"Inconclusive, if there is terrorist group that is going to attack Timber we didn't find it" Quistis told him "My guess is that however hired SeeD to do this, won't believe we couldn't find it so, like it says in the report, I suggest that we send someone who knows Timber better than anyone" Squall looked up from behind the file.
"Who did you have in mind?"
"Rinoa"
"We can't she's not even a SeeD"
"But she's been through a hell of a lot more than most of the SeeDs here. Going through the Garden's program is just a formality and you know it" Quistis protested.
"Either, way she's not a SeeD, the client won't like it, and I'm pretty sure Cid won't either" Squall said back, closing, and putting the file away, in his desk.
"As the commander" Quistis said leaning her hands against the desk "I'm sure you can persuade the client that this is the best choice, and Cid will agree with you no matter what your decision"
"I'll have to think about it" Squall told her, nodding slightly.
"Well think fast" Quistis said turning around to leave "If those terrorist threats are true, Timber doesn't exactly have long"
With that Quistis left Squall's office, and left Squall with a decision to make...
