In this fic, i'm going for complexity points. basically, there's an entirley screwed-up love system, and Selphie plays matchmaker (don't worry her role won't be that big once it's time for the guys to have their... fun...) Yeah, so anway, enjoy!
~Selphie~
Selphie sat in a Garden SeeD comittee meeting. She was probably in the excact center of the room-three rows and five collums and she was in the center of both. In the front, of course, stood a podium where Squall stood if he had to speak, and a chair next to it if he wasn't speaking. Right now Quistis was making a speech that only required the teachers to listen, so Selphie wasn't paying attention. She was looking around the room. On the far right side of the first row sat Seifer, being his usual rebel self (but a SeeD rebel self now). On the other side of the front row was Zell, listening to Quistis even though he was only a mentor and not a full instructor yet. In the back row, second-to-the-left sat Nida, staring off in Seifer's general direction (and probably at him, if Selphie knew anything). Second-to-the-right was Irvine, completley checked out of the convorsation.
On her notebook that she had for taking notes about the meeting, Selphie wrote down the five names of the guys she knew in the room, which she had just found seated. She drew in lines to show the tangle of crushes and infaturations (and love, but she wasn't sure about that one yet). It looked like a perfect five-point star, missing a line.
*How do you untangle a love star?*
*Heey... maybe I can untangle this...*
*It'll be a delicate game, like pick-up-sticks, but I think it will work. But in a group of five, there can never be even partners.*
With that, Selphie began to write out a plan of how to fix it all.
~Irvine~
Irvine sat there in the meeting, thinking. He was bored of girlfriends. He wanted a change. He wanted a guy! He'd only had one or two before, but he couldn't say he hadn't liked it. He wouldn't have anway. And he knew who he wanted to win. Squall Icicle Leonheart. It would be a challenge of seduction, but that was the point. Since Rinoa was gone, ran off with some actor/model from Estar, Squall was open. No one had acted on it yet. Which meant, to Irvine, anway, that Squall was just waiting for someone to come and seduce him. Irvine was determined to be that person.
~Squall~
Squall sat in his chair next to the podium, blocking out Quistis's speech and watching the quiet pilot in the back row. Reminiscing, he couldn't remember how he never knew Nida's name. Now, it was all that he thought about. Squall spent as much time at the bridge as he could, so that he could watch Nida. Now, though, Nida seemed too shy to say anything to him, and it wasn't the kind of shy that Squall would have liked. Nida's attentions seemed focused on Seifer, it wasn't a secret. Squall just needed to show Nida that he was the better, not Seifer.
~Nida~
Nida stared lustily off at Seifer, holding the end of his pen absentmindedly on his bottom lip. Nida thought Seifer was so strong, so powerful, so dominating. Sometimes he felt so weak, he just needed a strong force, one like Seifer, to control him and to protect him. Everyone else seemed to see Nida's affliction, excepting Seifer, of course. Not that a guy like Seifer would ever go for a guy like him.
~Seifer~
Seifer was the only guy in the room who didn't have any obstacles in the way of getting the man that he wanted. He just hadn't done it yet. He was waiting for the right moment. He was certain that he could bring his little chickenwuss around to his point of view. He just needed the perfect oppertunity. He'd loved Zell for about two years now, and he was still waiting for the right moment. Of course, it would be assumed that anyone who had to wait around this long for his perfect oppertunity would be loosing hope, maybe never finding it, but Seifer was, charichteristically, still confident.
~Zell~
Zell had just finally decided that he was fully ready to move on from his last boyfriend, a relationship which had ended two years ago, a month or so ago. His last boyfriend, which had apparently left quite an impact on him, was a guy named Arin Kayne, who, last time Zell had heard from him, worked at the rental car station in Balamb. He had been a great mechanic, and Zell had always had a thing for professions that worked with their hands (and no, honestly, that wasn't a sick undertone.) Zell had been trying to get Arin to come to Balamb Garden for the longest time (as his friend now, not as his boyfriend), and he was thinking about suggesting to Squall that they get a competent mechanic to keep on board in case Garden breaks down. Maybe also one for the Ragnarok. It didn't really matter- since radio transmissions could be used now, as Adel didn't block them, and so whichever broke down could radio the other.
~Selphie~
Selphie put the finishing touches on her plan. It consisted of several steps. Some of the guys would become happy with their chosen path, and others wouldn't. It just had to be that way. These were her steps:
1. Find out how Seifer would want to get Zell to like him, and set that up
(if that goes well:)
2. Hint to Squall to go cheer up Nida, which he'll probably go do
(If that works:)
3. Find somebody for Irvine
Selplhie was fairly confident that this would work. That last step, though, was the one that bothered her. Where would she find a guy for Irvine? Someone that would correct his necessity for the flavor of the week and give him someone who satisfies him permenantly, through enough variety there? That was a question for another day.
~Selphie~
Selphie sat in a Garden SeeD comittee meeting. She was probably in the excact center of the room-three rows and five collums and she was in the center of both. In the front, of course, stood a podium where Squall stood if he had to speak, and a chair next to it if he wasn't speaking. Right now Quistis was making a speech that only required the teachers to listen, so Selphie wasn't paying attention. She was looking around the room. On the far right side of the first row sat Seifer, being his usual rebel self (but a SeeD rebel self now). On the other side of the front row was Zell, listening to Quistis even though he was only a mentor and not a full instructor yet. In the back row, second-to-the-left sat Nida, staring off in Seifer's general direction (and probably at him, if Selphie knew anything). Second-to-the-right was Irvine, completley checked out of the convorsation.
On her notebook that she had for taking notes about the meeting, Selphie wrote down the five names of the guys she knew in the room, which she had just found seated. She drew in lines to show the tangle of crushes and infaturations (and love, but she wasn't sure about that one yet). It looked like a perfect five-point star, missing a line.
*How do you untangle a love star?*
*Heey... maybe I can untangle this...*
*It'll be a delicate game, like pick-up-sticks, but I think it will work. But in a group of five, there can never be even partners.*
With that, Selphie began to write out a plan of how to fix it all.
~Irvine~
Irvine sat there in the meeting, thinking. He was bored of girlfriends. He wanted a change. He wanted a guy! He'd only had one or two before, but he couldn't say he hadn't liked it. He wouldn't have anway. And he knew who he wanted to win. Squall Icicle Leonheart. It would be a challenge of seduction, but that was the point. Since Rinoa was gone, ran off with some actor/model from Estar, Squall was open. No one had acted on it yet. Which meant, to Irvine, anway, that Squall was just waiting for someone to come and seduce him. Irvine was determined to be that person.
~Squall~
Squall sat in his chair next to the podium, blocking out Quistis's speech and watching the quiet pilot in the back row. Reminiscing, he couldn't remember how he never knew Nida's name. Now, it was all that he thought about. Squall spent as much time at the bridge as he could, so that he could watch Nida. Now, though, Nida seemed too shy to say anything to him, and it wasn't the kind of shy that Squall would have liked. Nida's attentions seemed focused on Seifer, it wasn't a secret. Squall just needed to show Nida that he was the better, not Seifer.
~Nida~
Nida stared lustily off at Seifer, holding the end of his pen absentmindedly on his bottom lip. Nida thought Seifer was so strong, so powerful, so dominating. Sometimes he felt so weak, he just needed a strong force, one like Seifer, to control him and to protect him. Everyone else seemed to see Nida's affliction, excepting Seifer, of course. Not that a guy like Seifer would ever go for a guy like him.
~Seifer~
Seifer was the only guy in the room who didn't have any obstacles in the way of getting the man that he wanted. He just hadn't done it yet. He was waiting for the right moment. He was certain that he could bring his little chickenwuss around to his point of view. He just needed the perfect oppertunity. He'd loved Zell for about two years now, and he was still waiting for the right moment. Of course, it would be assumed that anyone who had to wait around this long for his perfect oppertunity would be loosing hope, maybe never finding it, but Seifer was, charichteristically, still confident.
~Zell~
Zell had just finally decided that he was fully ready to move on from his last boyfriend, a relationship which had ended two years ago, a month or so ago. His last boyfriend, which had apparently left quite an impact on him, was a guy named Arin Kayne, who, last time Zell had heard from him, worked at the rental car station in Balamb. He had been a great mechanic, and Zell had always had a thing for professions that worked with their hands (and no, honestly, that wasn't a sick undertone.) Zell had been trying to get Arin to come to Balamb Garden for the longest time (as his friend now, not as his boyfriend), and he was thinking about suggesting to Squall that they get a competent mechanic to keep on board in case Garden breaks down. Maybe also one for the Ragnarok. It didn't really matter- since radio transmissions could be used now, as Adel didn't block them, and so whichever broke down could radio the other.
~Selphie~
Selphie put the finishing touches on her plan. It consisted of several steps. Some of the guys would become happy with their chosen path, and others wouldn't. It just had to be that way. These were her steps:
1. Find out how Seifer would want to get Zell to like him, and set that up
(if that goes well:)
2. Hint to Squall to go cheer up Nida, which he'll probably go do
(If that works:)
3. Find somebody for Irvine
Selplhie was fairly confident that this would work. That last step, though, was the one that bothered her. Where would she find a guy for Irvine? Someone that would correct his necessity for the flavor of the week and give him someone who satisfies him permenantly, through enough variety there? That was a question for another day.