Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy or Square Enix. If I did, why would I be writing this? There would already be enough love for my favorite characters.
Caught Up
Chapter One – Set Up (Zidane)
"Bartz! Squall!" I called, waving my hands above my head. "Come over here!" Bartz was over in an instant, dragging a reluctant Squall.
"What is it?" Bartz asked cheerfully, as I peeked through the crevice in the rocks, laughing again.
"If it's stupid, I don't want to know." Squall said, boring as usual. What a tool.
"Zidane is never stupid!" Bartz announced. "Now, what are you looking at?" He wrestled me away from the crevice and glanced through. "The waterfall? Is that it?"
"No, lean your head to the left!"
"This way?"
"That's your right."
"Pfft. I knew that." He leaned left, and promptly started laughing. "You were looking at Warrior of Light?"
"No, farther!"
"…Terra?" He asked quizzically.
"She's bathing~"
"Zidane, you're a pervert!" He said, slapping my head but still chuckling. "Now you've just become stupid. Really!" He said, tapping my head.
"Well, there's a difference between a ladies man and a pervert!" I said, pushing Bartz aside to look at Terra again.
Squall, who hadn't spoken up till now, tapped me. "The difference is that one thinks he's classy, and the other knows he's not."
"Whaaaat?" I grinned, punching him lightly. He responded with a stone to my head. "Ouuuch, Squally, that's so mean!" Again, he responded with actions, walling up the peephole. "Squall, no! I need to be a ladies man!"
"More like you just want to look at naked girls." Bartz smiled. "That's so lame, dude. You really should just respect her privacy."
"You're both poop-heads! You both have brown hair!" Squall rolled his eyes. Bartz fell down laughing.
"That's so freaking funny! What the heck do you have, if you've got blonde hair?" Bartz wiped tears out of his eyes, trying to catch his breath.
"Um, what are you talking about?" I stopped laughing to turn around. Terra. "What's so funny?" She queried.
Squall glared at the two of us, turning courteously to Terra. "Nothing you really need to worry about. Guy jokes." He stood up and took her hand. "Let me take you back to camp."
When they were out of earshot, Bartz punched me. "She blushed! I bet you couldn't get her to do that!"
"I could! If she caught me looking at her, her whole face would be red!"
"Like you want her to catch you!" Good point. "Anyways, you couldn't make anyone blush." He got up, holding out his hand to me. "This sexy beast," he said, pointing to himself, "could make anyone blush. I've just got that kind of charm."
"Right. A girl wants a guy who wears the same skirt that she does."
"Shut up! It's manly!"
"Nothing says manly like heeled boots."
"Yeah. Was that sarcasm?"
"Could you tell?
"I'm sure I could make anyone blush! Even…Warrior of Light!"
"You're on, Bartz!"
Just another day in the life of a ladies man.
