It has been indeed an eventful night...
Rinoa is still backtracking her experiences in the victory party... Quistis chatting with other students, Selphie dancing with Irvine, Zell eating all the hotdogs...
and finally, her kiss qith Squall... most probably the best day of her life... she can still remember his promise... he'll be her knight... no matter what happens... she cant sleep because those sweetest moments kept running through her mind... she wants to turn back time and repeat it all over again until she gets tired of it... she wants to wait for the sun to rise and wake everybody up so there's a new start for her life... she wants to wait for Squall to wake up and hold her again... hear the sweetest words from him... and in return, show him how much she really loves him...
she gazed upon the stars, wondering if Squall is still awake... if he's doing the same thing... wondering if he's looking at the same star she's looking at right now...
she misses him so much...
she wants to be with him in every moment of her life...
every second of it...
even right now...
right now Squall's lying on his bed, thinking about nothing but Rinoa...
he wanted to visit her... he wanted to check out if she's still awake or sleeping... he wanted to talk to her more...
like Rinoa, he cant wait until the sun rises up...
Rinoa cant take it anymore... she can feel her heart beating, longin for Squall... but she doesnt want to disturb him... although she wanted to see him... badly...
she walked up to his room, ready to knock... Squall heard the footsteps, rose up and sat on his bed, ready to stand in case someone would knock... Rinoa changed her mind because she doesnt want to disturb squall so she just grabbed the knob, as if stopping herself from knocking very sadly...
the doorknob clicked slightly and hearing this, Squall rose up and opened the door... there in front of him is Rinoa who suddenly looked up to him with her heart beating ery fast...
"hi.." she said shyly, smiling a little..
"hey.." Squall replied quite surprised to see Rinoa...
"uhm..." Rinoa looked down swaying a little shyly...
"what is it?" Squall said as he raised Rinoa's face lightly and looked into her eyes... givin her a comforting smile...
"err... well, you see, i cant sleep... and uh..." Rinoa said until she had the courage to tell him "can i sleep in your room for tonight?"
Squall gave her his charming smile and grabbed her arm lightly, leading him into his room then closed the door... "yeah... sure... you can stay here..."
Rinoa gave him a smile... "thank you..."
Squall allowed Rinoa sit on his bed and he sat on the floor gazing on her angelic face...
Rinoa stared at his eyes for quite a while and took his hand, and rubbed it with hers...
"I cant sleep, thinking of you..." she said as she blushed...
"same here..." Squall replied and gave her his beautiful smile...
"it's just for tonight, really... maybe tomorrow i'll be able to sleep in my room..." Rinoa nodded to assure him that it's true...
"well, what about me? i wont be able to sleep without you... just knowing you're not with me makes me sad..."
gazing into his azure eyes, she squeezed his hand a little and kneeled down on the floor, embraced him and kissed him softly... feeling so happy that she's with him at last... Squall kissed back and embraced her on the waist... Rinoa pulled back, her forehead on Squall's forehead, and giggled a little... "Then I'll be here... remember that... nothing can stop me from being separated from you... even if no one's here, I'll still be here..." Rinoa smiled and kissed him again passionately...
When both of them pulled back for air, Squall carried Rinoa in his arms and placed her on his bed, while still having his eyes on hers... then he too lied down beside her... then he took her in his arms and hugged her as if assuring her that she's safe and he'll never let her go... then Rinoa embraced him on his neck and smiled as she closed her eyes gently to sleep, feeling the warmth of Squall's embrace...
For once, Squall felt good about life...