Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. I do love them though.

Rating: M for language

Summery: Seifer Almasy thought he had his life completely situated at Balamb Garden. Until a blast from the past reminds him what....Well, who he was missing. Seiner.

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Chapter 1

Seifer Almasy had been attending Balamb Academy since his seventeenth birthday--he was 19 now-- and had built up a stable reputation as the stuck-up, self-appointed leader of the Disciplinary Committee. Any time his azure eyes landed on you for more than a moment, you knew you were in trouble. His large tanned flunky, Raijiin, was the reason he was feared and his short, almost silent flunky, Fuujiin, was the reason they knew he was cunning. Nobody really knew the Almasy boy personally. That wasn't really their fault though, right? I mean, Seifer had made it rule that you were punched out for speaking to him for too long. He was easily annoyed, for your information.

Things had been stable for Seifer since he had come and things seemed to be fine this fine morning where our story starts as well.

Seifer had woken just like every other morning. Quistis Trepe-Seifer's teacher- had barged in and flipped him onto the cold, hard floor and yelled something about class-time. Seifer had groaned, gotten up, splashed water on his face, gotten dressed, and headed out to meet up with Rai and Fuu outside the classroom. "Wazzup Seifer, ya know?" The tall, black-haired man pushed off the wall with his large arm. Fuu just nodded.

"Hey guys," Seifer said still half-asleep. "Coffee?"

Fuu handed him his requested item and explained a simple fact as quickly as she usually could. "Late."

"Right, lets head into class guys." The blonde walked into the classroom full of loud, talking people of all shapes and sizes. He noticed Mrs. Quistis was leaned against her chalkboard talking to Zell Dincht.

Zell Dincht and Seifer Almasy had hated each other every since the day they had first met. The bully snickered-just to be snotty- at Zell as he walked over and sat down at his desk. The desks were built for two, but Seifer had never had a desk partner.

"Alright." He heard Quistis say and Zell walked, hands in his pockets, back to his desk and sat next to Selphie Tilmitt. "Class time!" Quistis said gleefully. "Oh, before we start though..." She paused as she noticed she officially had everyone's-including Seifer's-attention. "Zell's cousin in going to be joining us today because...?" She gazed over at Zell.

He stood. "Because the idiot isn't trustworthy to be at home alone, so my mom said I had to take him with me while she went two towns over for something."

"Well, there you go then." Quistis smiled. A loud rapping on the door told everyone that their guest was here.

Headmaster Cid entered. "Mrs. Trepe...Why is there a young man outside my office saying he's lost and can't find his cousin?" Zell hung his head as everyone snickered. Both the members of the staff gazed out the door and only the female of the two spoke.

"Zell's in here, young man, no need to worry. Please come in and introduce yourself." Everyone waited on the edge of their desks.

The male entered. He was around 5ft7 and a half in height. He had spiked-back, dirty blonde hair; shimmering chestnut eyes; mid-toned skin, and looked very flustered from getting lost. He wore a black, tight fitted shirt; a olive green vest that only reached his mid-waist in lenght, covered in random shaped pins of all colors; a belt with a piano-key pattern that hung off his hips; and pants that were the color of his vest, his shoes though were camo-print and had black laces. Every piece of clothing he was wearing had been stitched up and was beat-up looking. As for age, he looked around 17 and care-free as it got. He wrenched his black gloves between his long, thin fingers and waved awkwardly.

"Introduce yourself to the class." Quistis insisted sweetly as she pushed him a few steps forward.

Seifer swore he looked familiar and knew he'd recall once he got the kid's name. "I-i'm..."

He paused and gulped. "The names Hayner...Hayner Rhodes!" He said happily.

Seifer dropped his coffee to the floor and his mouth slid open.

Quistis paused and gazed over at him. "Are you alright?" She asked him. He nodded.

Seifer couldn't believe what he had just heard. Hayner Rhodes was Seifer's ex-boyfriend from Twilight Town. When Seifer couldn't stand of his life in Twilight Town anymore he had decided to run away and attend a new school as far away as he could get. The only problem with leaving was his rambunctious lover, Hayner. After a long, painful argument, Seifer had left and never heard from Hayner since. Here he was now, in front of Seifer's face...Smiling and living near where the blonde bully did. Apparently with Zell...His cousin.

"Tell us about yourself, Hayner." Quistes said as she allowed Cid to leave.

"No, let me." Zell stood with a look of disgust. "He's a junkie who's addicted to his BiPolar medications; has no friends; he's a recluse who only leaves his room when my mom asks him to; and he's got a se-"

"ZELL, STOP!" Hayner stepped forward stressfully. All the peoople in the class stared in horror and shock at the hazel-eyed boy in front of them and Seifer saw him latch onto his bottom lip with his teeth and back away from everyone's stares. "I-i..." He stuttered.

Zell sat and smirked at his cousin--whom he apparently didn't like very much. Hayner Rhodes turned and ran from the class room, throwing his hands over his mouth as a gasp of sadness escaped it. Quistis gave Zell detention coldly and turned to the rest of the class.

"Someone try and talk to him." He begged kindly.

Squall Leonhart stood and walked out of the room. "I'll do it." He said over his shoulder and let the wood door fall shut.

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I am gonna enjoy writing this. It's gonna be an interesting idea. Seifer and Hayner meet back up after two years of unsettled problems and separation changing them.

Shocker for ya'll...Hayner's got issues as Zell stated to boldly. :)

Enjoy. :D