It was a regular day for Squall. Rinoa has formed a habit of following him wherever he went and wouldn't leave him alone. As he left his room, he spotted Rinoa and walked away from her as fast as possible. Unfortunately, she ran after him. "Squally! Don't walk too fast!"
"What do you want, Rinoa?" Squall asked, irritated.
Rinoa pouted, "Well, hello to you, too. Can't I just say good morning without having to listen to you whine at me all the time? I mean, you never take me out or kiss me anymore!"
Squall sighed. Yep, it was another regular day. Looking around for someone, he ignored what his so-called girlfriend was saying. Rinoa also noticed his ignorance and frowned. She tugged on his arm and he glared at her. "Come on, Squall. You don't listen either. What's happening between us?"
"…I don't want to talk about it," Squall answered, pulling out of her grip and walking towards the elevator. The door opened to reveal Quistis, all dressed and ready for their next mission.
The blonde tilted her head and looked at Squall. "Well, good morning. What's the matter?"
"Nothing," Squall murmured, saying no more.
"You're lying, you know," Quistis retorted, and sighed. "For once, why don't you open up? I don't want an unsociable partner for this mission. You better start talking now."
The gunblade expert shrugged, letting out another sigh from Quistis. As the elevator door opened up, Quistis turned her back to Squall. "Well, if you do decided to talk, then tell me. We meet at the front gate in 8:00 hours."
Squall watched the blonde beauty go and he wished that he was able to express his feelings, but he couldn't. Muttering to himself, he headed to the cafeteria and plopped himself between Selphie and Irvine. Zell looked around. "Hey, aren't you going to wait for Rinoa? She headed to your dorm to see if you'll go down to breakfast."
"Haven't seen her around," Squall answered, unemotionally. Irvine looked at him strangely and cleared his throat. The sharpshooter pointed at where Rinoa was. She was frowning and heading towards the table. "Well, if you haven't seen her, here she comes now."
The gunblade specialist moaned. Unfortunately, Rinoa also heard the moan and swatted Squall on the head. "You jerk. Why do you always stay away from me? What? You don't love me anymore? Is it another girl?"
Selphie stood up and brushed herself off. "Um…Squall, don't you have a mission today? Quistis is waiting for you at the front gate."
"…" Squall also stood up, leaving his breakfast untouched. "Yes, I guess she is. Well, I should be going now. Bye, guys. Bye, Rinoa."
The others watched him go. Selphie whispered to Irvine. "You think he's got it that bad for Quistis?"
Irvine smiled and whispered back. "I'm not worried about that. What I'm worried about is if Rinoa finds out. Whatever will she do?"
Rinoa saw the two whisper and went near them. "What's wrong? What is going on here? Am I the only one who doesn't know what's happening?
"Actually, Rinoa," Zell stated, "You aren't the only one who's clueless about the situation."
"That's it! I'm going to go and see him before he goes!" Rinoa exclaimed, stomping towards the front gate, anger flowing.
Selphie, Irvine, and Zell looked at each other in alarm. They didn't think Rinoa should do that. What if Squall decided to…?
Outside, Quistis was tapping her foot on the ground, waiting impatiently for Squall to come out. She definitely wouldn't leave without him, since she had a confession to make before the mission took place. That was why she told him to meet her a few minutes earlier. She hoped he would listen to what she has to say. It was already hard enough that he was Rinoa's boyfriend. Quistis saw Squall come out of the entrance and composed herself. Her azure eyes held no emotion that she felt right then and there.
Squall got close to her and nodded. "Well?"
"Squall." Quistis said, taking a deep breath.
"What?"
The blonde beauty seemed troubled, to Squall's point of view. He had an urge to hug her and take all her problems away, but decided to control himself. Quistis calmed herself down and looked up at the smoky gray eyes. "Before we go…I know you love Rinoa deeply…and…"
"Who told you I loved Rinoa?" Squall smirked.
Quistis' heart skipped a beat. He didn't love Rinoa? This had to be a dream. Starting over again. "I just wanted to say that…well…Squall…"
Squall crossed his hands on his chest, listening intently, "Well?"
"I love you!" Quistis cried out, then running towards their train. At first, Squall was taken aback. He didn't know how to react. Does he tell her that he loved her too? Or should he wait? Shaking his head, he decided to tell her when he finished his mission. They can't afford to be mushy about these things when something is in their way. Thinking too deeply, Squall followed the direction that Quistis ran to, not noticing the raven haired woman standing behind him, who heard every word Quistis said.
Rinoa stood there, aghast and clenched her fist. "I knew it was another girl. Quistis, you'll pay terribly for this, I promise you. You're going to pay. If I can't have Squall, then no one else will."
Irvine was also watching, the young man with a cowboy hat stood listening to what the raven haired woman was muttering to herself. The young sharpshooter sighed. Knowing Rinoa, she probably will do something horrible. He better watch what she's doing before something terrible will happen to Squall…or even worse…something might happen to Quistis.