Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns all the characters, and I only own Cal...
Author's notes: Hey! This is my first fanfiction ever. I've always kinda wanted Selphie to pair up with Zell, cuz they're so much alike, so I decided to write this! A few of my ideas came from a Chinese TV series called Moments of Endearment. Hope you guys like this fanfiction! R&R.. flames are always welcome. I look forward to reading your reviews.
--Chapter 1: Decaf and a Breakup--
~*~*~*~*~
Selphie Tilmitt skipped down the hallways of Balamb Garden, humming a cheerful tune to herself. She rounded the bend in the hallway and saw the sign that read "Cafeteria". All of a sudden, her stomach growled. Selphie stopped in mid-skip, and frowned.
"Damn you," She muttered, swatting at her flat belly. Then she glanced at her watch. "It's three-thirty ALREADY?! TIME FOR LUNCH!!" she yelled, attracting the curious looks of students nearby. Selphie sighed, yelled "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT?!" and skipped into the cafeteria.
Once inside, she stopped and looked around. Spotting her friend Cal Rowlands sitting at a table by himself, she tiptoed stealthily until she was right behind him.
"BOOYAKA!" She screamed into Cal's ear.
"AHHH!!" Cal jumped about a foot in the air and his coffee spilled all over the table. He whirled around. "WHAT THE HELL DO YO---" recognition dawned. "---oh. Hi Selphie..."
"Hi! Whatcha doin' here? Oh I bet you're eating! Haha that's what the cafe is for huh? Silly silly silly me. Well I'm hungry too! Mind if I join you for lunch? I'm starving! And really REALLY hungry too! Oh that's what starving is huh? Silly silly silly me!!" Selphie cried, all the time jumping up and down.
Cal groaned and put his hand to his forehead. As much as he liked Selphie, sometimes her endless amounts of energy gave him migraines. Where did it all come from?? He often wondered about that. He pulled out a chair for her. "Why don't you just sit down and then calm down a little, ok? I'm gonna go get some napkins and get a new coffee," he gestured at the spilled contents of his coffee mug. "I'll be right back." He turned around and started to walk towards the food counter.
Selphie giggled. She sat down in the chair, only to bounce back up a second later. "Wait Cal!! Can you get me some coffee and a donut too? Chocolate coated with chocolate sprinkles pleeeease." She closed her eyes and licked her lips with anticipation at the thought of the sugary sweet pastry.
Cal stifled a chuckle. Sugar. Of course. Selphie and sugar went hand-in- hand. He smiled and turned back to Selphie. "Sure. What kind of coffe? Normal or decaf?"
All of a sudden, a silence settled over the cafeteria. "Did he say the 'D' word in front of Selphie Tilmitt?" One guy asked his girlfriend in hushed tones. She nodded gravely. "Uh-oh," he whispered. "He doesn't know how much trouble he's in..."
Cal looked around. Why was it so quiet all of a sudden?? Then he heard a low growl. He whirled back around and jumped. Selphie's face was mere inches away from his own. Cal took a step backwards. What was going on?
"Decaf?" Selphie whispered in a dangerously soft voice. "Did I hear you say decaf?? Cuz I must've heard wrong, buddy." She jabbed at his chest with her finger and stepped closer to him. Cal backed away again and rubbed the back of his neck nervously with a hand.
"Well, no, not really. Because I just thought---"
"YOU THOUGHT?!" Selpie yelled. Half of the cafeteria's patrons jumped in their seats. "WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO THINK?!? HOW DO YOU CALL YOURSELF MY FRIEND IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I WON'T TOUCH THAT DECAF STUFF WITH A TEN-FOOT POLE?!?!"
Cal chuckled nervously. "WowlookatthetimeIgottagoseeyalaterbye!" And ran out of the cafeteria as if a pack of Mesmerizes were hot on his tail.
The second he got out of sight, Selphie burst out laughing. The look on Cal's face had been priceless! If only she had brought a camera! She made a mental note to herself to start carrying a camera with her wherever she went. If only she had taken that picture of Cal, then she'd be able to show it to Quisty, and Zell, and Squall, and Seifer, and Irvine too!
Selphie gasped. Speaking of Irvine! He had called last night to say that he had something important to ask her, and if she could meet him in his dorm at 3:20 the next day. She looked at ther watch. 3:45! Late! She took off as fast as Cal had gone out of the cafeteria. As she rounded the corner, she ran right into a strong solid wall and fell to the ground.
"Fuck!" The wall swore. Wait a second, Selphie thought. Walls didn't swear. She shook her head, looked up, and almost burst out laughing. The "wall" was none other then Zell Dincht. "Why don't you ever watch where you're going?" Zell yelled with irritation literally stamped all over his tattooed face.
Selphie giggled and got up. She threw her arms around his neck and shouted in his ear, "SORRY!!" and ran down the hall, leaving her merry laughter ringing in Zell's ears.
~*~*~*~*~
"Hyper freak," Zell muttered as he walked into the cafeteria. But now that he thought of it, Selphie's hyper personality was just one of the things that Zell liked about her. Whoa! Zell thought. Liked about her?? Where did THAT one come from?
'Admit it, Dincht." a tiny voice in the back of his head said. 'You know you've liked her ever since that time at the orphanage.'
Zell sat down at an empty table and started thinking. It was true, it had all started one day...
--FLASHBACK--
It was a beautiful afternoon, and two little kids, around the age of five or six were playing on the beach.
"Hey Zelly!" A brown haired girl waved to a short blonde boy her age. "Wanna play with Teddy and me?" The blonde boy was about to agree, when a taller blonde boy walked past.
"Playing with stuffed animals, Cry-baby Zell?" He smirked and shoved him.
"HEY! Stop that, Seifer!" the brown haired girl yelled.
"Whatcha gonna do about it? Huh?" the boy named Seifer laughed and shoved the brown haired girl hard, so that she fell backwards into the shallow water. She choked on a mouthful of sea water and started crying, hugging her teddy to her.
"Don't shove Sefie, you big bully!" Zell snarled and rushed at Seifer with hands clenched into tiny fists.
"I can shove anyone I want! I can shove you too!" Seifer cried proudly, tripping Zell as he rushed forward and shoved him to the ground. Zell's eyes got wet and tears threatened to fall as he sat on the ground in front of the bully of the orphanage. After a while, Zell muttered "Forget it..", got up and started to walk away when he heard a scream from behind him.
He turned around quickly. Selphie was standing behind Seifer, attacking him with Teddy. She held it like a weapon, and hit him over the head with it time and time again. Zell started laughing, he just couldn't help it. Seifer tried futilely to protect himself with his arms, finally giving up and running away. Zell ran over to Selphie and threw his arms around her.
"YEAH SEFIE! You showed him who's boss!" Zell shouted enthusiastically. Selphie returned the hug with a surprising feriocity. Together, they walked back towards the stone house.
--END FLASHBACK--
'And since that day, you've been in love with Selphie Tilmitt,' the tiny voice concluded. Zell groaned and put his head down. He knew it was all true, even though he hated to admit it. How can I love Sefie? She has a boyfriend, you know. Zell thought. I couldn't steal her away from Irvine! That's just wrong, to betray a friend like that. There's no way she can ever know I like her.
~*~*~*~*~
Selphie stopped in front of Irvine's dorm door. She patted at her hair and brushed down her skirt. When all was ready, she knocked. A minute later, Irvine opened the door, dressed in his usual clothing of brown soft leather and a cowboy hat.
"Irvy!" Selphie ran forward and gave her boyfriend a big hug. But when Irvine didn't return the hug, Selphie disentangled herself from him and gave him a look. "What's wrong?" She asked worriedly.
"Nothing, nothing," Irvine sighed. "Come in, I have something really important to tell you." Selphie bounced into the room and sat down at her usual place on the bed. But Irvine, instead of sitting down at his usual place next to Selphie, sat on the desk chair, the one furtest away from the bed. Selphie frowned. Something was wrong...
After about ten minutes of silence, Selphie could take no more. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG, IRVINE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME?!?" She bellowed. Across the room, Irvine winced. "Ieinkweoudseoerpeol" Irvine muttered, turning away. What the--- Selphie was confused. "What? Say that again... slowly."
"I. Think. We. Should. See. Other. People." Irvine drew the sentence out slowly. Then he waited for the explosion.
Selphie's mind whirred. That couldn't be right. What in Hyne's name is he thinking? He must be kidding. That's it, he's kidding!! Not a very funny subject to joke about... She forced a laugh. "Very funny, Irvy. Can't you find somethin' else to joke around about? And not our relationship?"
Irvine sighed. "Selphie... I'm not kidding." He said softly, looking down at his boots.
Selphie. Irvy NEVER calls me Selphie! It's always Sefie... or sweetie... or something! Never Selphie! Selphie's eyes filled with tears as she realized he wasn't joking.
"Selphie..." Irvine walked across the room and touched her arm.
"Don't." Selphie stood up and ran out the door.
Sighing, Irvine sat down on the bed and put his head in his hands.
Selphie ran blindly down the hallway, trying to hold back her tears. She was aware that students were jumping out of her way here and there, and some even swearing at her, but she didn't care. Until she ran right smack into someone.
For the second time that day, she was knocked onto the floor. "Whoa Sefie. You alright?" Zell knelt down next to the brown haired girl sitting on the floor. "That's the second time you ran into me!" Then Selphie looked up, and Zell realized that she was crying. "S-s-sefie," Zell stuttered. He never was any good around girls that were crying. "I-i'm sorry, I didn't mean to run into you! Are you ok? W-what's w-wrong??"
Selphie looked at Zell. His eyes were blue pools of emotion. Concern, caring, and something else, (was it love?) was reflected in his eyes. She shook her head hard, causing her flipped hair to bounce around her head. "I'm fine," she lied, getting up onto her feet. "I just need a little time alone." She looked at Zell pointedly.
"Oh... ok. I guess I'll see you around then..." Zell muttered unhappily. Selphie forced a smile at him and walked towards the Garden entrance. Zell started to turn away, when a sudden thought struck. Are you sure you wanna leave her alone like that? I mean, she does look pretty crappy. He turned back around and looked at Selphie's retreating figure. He frowned. She didn't look at all like the usual Selphie Tilmitt. Instead of skipping around humming like she usually did, she dragged her feet on the floor with her head bowed.
She doesn't look like she's paying attention to where she's going, Zell thought as she bumped into a blonde girl. ("Ouch! Watch where you're goin, bitch!" ".....sorry." ) Maybe I should follow her just to make sure she doesn't get run over by a car or something. So Zell started to follow Selphie as she walked out into the Aucauld Plains.
When Zell stepped outside, he noticed how cold it was. After all, it was almost December. He worried that Selphie's short yellow jumper wouldn't keep her warm, so he jogged back into the Garden to grab a jacket for her. When he reached his dorm room, Zell reached into his pocket and got out his key. He opened the door, only to find that his jacket wasn't in its usual place on the coatrack.
"Have you seen my jacket?" Zell asked his roommate, Cal, who was sitting on his bed reading a book. Cal shook his head, his eyes never leaving the book. "FUCK! HYNE DAMMIT!" He swore passionately, causing Cal to jump.
"Borrow mine," Cal gestured to his long trenchcoat which was resting on the back of the deskchair.
"Thanks!" Zell shouted as he ran out the door.
Zell sprinted all the way to the path in the Aucauld Plains, and swore under his breath. Selphie was nowhere to be seen. He continued down the path, growing more and more worried as the minutes passed by. Where could Selphie have gone??
~*~*~*~*~
A/N: So! What do you think? It's great? ok? Sucked?? please review and give me some ideas, although i already have a rough outline of the whole story. Its my first fiction, so don't blame me if it sucked!!! .
Author's notes: Hey! This is my first fanfiction ever. I've always kinda wanted Selphie to pair up with Zell, cuz they're so much alike, so I decided to write this! A few of my ideas came from a Chinese TV series called Moments of Endearment. Hope you guys like this fanfiction! R&R.. flames are always welcome. I look forward to reading your reviews.
--Chapter 1: Decaf and a Breakup--
~*~*~*~*~
Selphie Tilmitt skipped down the hallways of Balamb Garden, humming a cheerful tune to herself. She rounded the bend in the hallway and saw the sign that read "Cafeteria". All of a sudden, her stomach growled. Selphie stopped in mid-skip, and frowned.
"Damn you," She muttered, swatting at her flat belly. Then she glanced at her watch. "It's three-thirty ALREADY?! TIME FOR LUNCH!!" she yelled, attracting the curious looks of students nearby. Selphie sighed, yelled "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT?!" and skipped into the cafeteria.
Once inside, she stopped and looked around. Spotting her friend Cal Rowlands sitting at a table by himself, she tiptoed stealthily until she was right behind him.
"BOOYAKA!" She screamed into Cal's ear.
"AHHH!!" Cal jumped about a foot in the air and his coffee spilled all over the table. He whirled around. "WHAT THE HELL DO YO---" recognition dawned. "---oh. Hi Selphie..."
"Hi! Whatcha doin' here? Oh I bet you're eating! Haha that's what the cafe is for huh? Silly silly silly me. Well I'm hungry too! Mind if I join you for lunch? I'm starving! And really REALLY hungry too! Oh that's what starving is huh? Silly silly silly me!!" Selphie cried, all the time jumping up and down.
Cal groaned and put his hand to his forehead. As much as he liked Selphie, sometimes her endless amounts of energy gave him migraines. Where did it all come from?? He often wondered about that. He pulled out a chair for her. "Why don't you just sit down and then calm down a little, ok? I'm gonna go get some napkins and get a new coffee," he gestured at the spilled contents of his coffee mug. "I'll be right back." He turned around and started to walk towards the food counter.
Selphie giggled. She sat down in the chair, only to bounce back up a second later. "Wait Cal!! Can you get me some coffee and a donut too? Chocolate coated with chocolate sprinkles pleeeease." She closed her eyes and licked her lips with anticipation at the thought of the sugary sweet pastry.
Cal stifled a chuckle. Sugar. Of course. Selphie and sugar went hand-in- hand. He smiled and turned back to Selphie. "Sure. What kind of coffe? Normal or decaf?"
All of a sudden, a silence settled over the cafeteria. "Did he say the 'D' word in front of Selphie Tilmitt?" One guy asked his girlfriend in hushed tones. She nodded gravely. "Uh-oh," he whispered. "He doesn't know how much trouble he's in..."
Cal looked around. Why was it so quiet all of a sudden?? Then he heard a low growl. He whirled back around and jumped. Selphie's face was mere inches away from his own. Cal took a step backwards. What was going on?
"Decaf?" Selphie whispered in a dangerously soft voice. "Did I hear you say decaf?? Cuz I must've heard wrong, buddy." She jabbed at his chest with her finger and stepped closer to him. Cal backed away again and rubbed the back of his neck nervously with a hand.
"Well, no, not really. Because I just thought---"
"YOU THOUGHT?!" Selpie yelled. Half of the cafeteria's patrons jumped in their seats. "WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO THINK?!? HOW DO YOU CALL YOURSELF MY FRIEND IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I WON'T TOUCH THAT DECAF STUFF WITH A TEN-FOOT POLE?!?!"
Cal chuckled nervously. "WowlookatthetimeIgottagoseeyalaterbye!" And ran out of the cafeteria as if a pack of Mesmerizes were hot on his tail.
The second he got out of sight, Selphie burst out laughing. The look on Cal's face had been priceless! If only she had brought a camera! She made a mental note to herself to start carrying a camera with her wherever she went. If only she had taken that picture of Cal, then she'd be able to show it to Quisty, and Zell, and Squall, and Seifer, and Irvine too!
Selphie gasped. Speaking of Irvine! He had called last night to say that he had something important to ask her, and if she could meet him in his dorm at 3:20 the next day. She looked at ther watch. 3:45! Late! She took off as fast as Cal had gone out of the cafeteria. As she rounded the corner, she ran right into a strong solid wall and fell to the ground.
"Fuck!" The wall swore. Wait a second, Selphie thought. Walls didn't swear. She shook her head, looked up, and almost burst out laughing. The "wall" was none other then Zell Dincht. "Why don't you ever watch where you're going?" Zell yelled with irritation literally stamped all over his tattooed face.
Selphie giggled and got up. She threw her arms around his neck and shouted in his ear, "SORRY!!" and ran down the hall, leaving her merry laughter ringing in Zell's ears.
~*~*~*~*~
"Hyper freak," Zell muttered as he walked into the cafeteria. But now that he thought of it, Selphie's hyper personality was just one of the things that Zell liked about her. Whoa! Zell thought. Liked about her?? Where did THAT one come from?
'Admit it, Dincht." a tiny voice in the back of his head said. 'You know you've liked her ever since that time at the orphanage.'
Zell sat down at an empty table and started thinking. It was true, it had all started one day...
--FLASHBACK--
It was a beautiful afternoon, and two little kids, around the age of five or six were playing on the beach.
"Hey Zelly!" A brown haired girl waved to a short blonde boy her age. "Wanna play with Teddy and me?" The blonde boy was about to agree, when a taller blonde boy walked past.
"Playing with stuffed animals, Cry-baby Zell?" He smirked and shoved him.
"HEY! Stop that, Seifer!" the brown haired girl yelled.
"Whatcha gonna do about it? Huh?" the boy named Seifer laughed and shoved the brown haired girl hard, so that she fell backwards into the shallow water. She choked on a mouthful of sea water and started crying, hugging her teddy to her.
"Don't shove Sefie, you big bully!" Zell snarled and rushed at Seifer with hands clenched into tiny fists.
"I can shove anyone I want! I can shove you too!" Seifer cried proudly, tripping Zell as he rushed forward and shoved him to the ground. Zell's eyes got wet and tears threatened to fall as he sat on the ground in front of the bully of the orphanage. After a while, Zell muttered "Forget it..", got up and started to walk away when he heard a scream from behind him.
He turned around quickly. Selphie was standing behind Seifer, attacking him with Teddy. She held it like a weapon, and hit him over the head with it time and time again. Zell started laughing, he just couldn't help it. Seifer tried futilely to protect himself with his arms, finally giving up and running away. Zell ran over to Selphie and threw his arms around her.
"YEAH SEFIE! You showed him who's boss!" Zell shouted enthusiastically. Selphie returned the hug with a surprising feriocity. Together, they walked back towards the stone house.
--END FLASHBACK--
'And since that day, you've been in love with Selphie Tilmitt,' the tiny voice concluded. Zell groaned and put his head down. He knew it was all true, even though he hated to admit it. How can I love Sefie? She has a boyfriend, you know. Zell thought. I couldn't steal her away from Irvine! That's just wrong, to betray a friend like that. There's no way she can ever know I like her.
~*~*~*~*~
Selphie stopped in front of Irvine's dorm door. She patted at her hair and brushed down her skirt. When all was ready, she knocked. A minute later, Irvine opened the door, dressed in his usual clothing of brown soft leather and a cowboy hat.
"Irvy!" Selphie ran forward and gave her boyfriend a big hug. But when Irvine didn't return the hug, Selphie disentangled herself from him and gave him a look. "What's wrong?" She asked worriedly.
"Nothing, nothing," Irvine sighed. "Come in, I have something really important to tell you." Selphie bounced into the room and sat down at her usual place on the bed. But Irvine, instead of sitting down at his usual place next to Selphie, sat on the desk chair, the one furtest away from the bed. Selphie frowned. Something was wrong...
After about ten minutes of silence, Selphie could take no more. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG, IRVINE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME?!?" She bellowed. Across the room, Irvine winced. "Ieinkweoudseoerpeol" Irvine muttered, turning away. What the--- Selphie was confused. "What? Say that again... slowly."
"I. Think. We. Should. See. Other. People." Irvine drew the sentence out slowly. Then he waited for the explosion.
Selphie's mind whirred. That couldn't be right. What in Hyne's name is he thinking? He must be kidding. That's it, he's kidding!! Not a very funny subject to joke about... She forced a laugh. "Very funny, Irvy. Can't you find somethin' else to joke around about? And not our relationship?"
Irvine sighed. "Selphie... I'm not kidding." He said softly, looking down at his boots.
Selphie. Irvy NEVER calls me Selphie! It's always Sefie... or sweetie... or something! Never Selphie! Selphie's eyes filled with tears as she realized he wasn't joking.
"Selphie..." Irvine walked across the room and touched her arm.
"Don't." Selphie stood up and ran out the door.
Sighing, Irvine sat down on the bed and put his head in his hands.
Selphie ran blindly down the hallway, trying to hold back her tears. She was aware that students were jumping out of her way here and there, and some even swearing at her, but she didn't care. Until she ran right smack into someone.
For the second time that day, she was knocked onto the floor. "Whoa Sefie. You alright?" Zell knelt down next to the brown haired girl sitting on the floor. "That's the second time you ran into me!" Then Selphie looked up, and Zell realized that she was crying. "S-s-sefie," Zell stuttered. He never was any good around girls that were crying. "I-i'm sorry, I didn't mean to run into you! Are you ok? W-what's w-wrong??"
Selphie looked at Zell. His eyes were blue pools of emotion. Concern, caring, and something else, (was it love?) was reflected in his eyes. She shook her head hard, causing her flipped hair to bounce around her head. "I'm fine," she lied, getting up onto her feet. "I just need a little time alone." She looked at Zell pointedly.
"Oh... ok. I guess I'll see you around then..." Zell muttered unhappily. Selphie forced a smile at him and walked towards the Garden entrance. Zell started to turn away, when a sudden thought struck. Are you sure you wanna leave her alone like that? I mean, she does look pretty crappy. He turned back around and looked at Selphie's retreating figure. He frowned. She didn't look at all like the usual Selphie Tilmitt. Instead of skipping around humming like she usually did, she dragged her feet on the floor with her head bowed.
She doesn't look like she's paying attention to where she's going, Zell thought as she bumped into a blonde girl. ("Ouch! Watch where you're goin, bitch!" ".....sorry." ) Maybe I should follow her just to make sure she doesn't get run over by a car or something. So Zell started to follow Selphie as she walked out into the Aucauld Plains.
When Zell stepped outside, he noticed how cold it was. After all, it was almost December. He worried that Selphie's short yellow jumper wouldn't keep her warm, so he jogged back into the Garden to grab a jacket for her. When he reached his dorm room, Zell reached into his pocket and got out his key. He opened the door, only to find that his jacket wasn't in its usual place on the coatrack.
"Have you seen my jacket?" Zell asked his roommate, Cal, who was sitting on his bed reading a book. Cal shook his head, his eyes never leaving the book. "FUCK! HYNE DAMMIT!" He swore passionately, causing Cal to jump.
"Borrow mine," Cal gestured to his long trenchcoat which was resting on the back of the deskchair.
"Thanks!" Zell shouted as he ran out the door.
Zell sprinted all the way to the path in the Aucauld Plains, and swore under his breath. Selphie was nowhere to be seen. He continued down the path, growing more and more worried as the minutes passed by. Where could Selphie have gone??
~*~*~*~*~
A/N: So! What do you think? It's great? ok? Sucked?? please review and give me some ideas, although i already have a rough outline of the whole story. Its my first fiction, so don't blame me if it sucked!!! .