In the hospital, a blonde figure lay. She had only a few minutes left to live. Her best friend, Selphie, was sobbing uncontrollably, so unlike her usual character. The deadly, life-taking sickness...cancer. If she'd found out earlier, then she may have been cured. Now, it was too late. She'd talked to everyone already, then told them to leave the room, her eyes lit with a sort of desperation they had never seen before. They heeded her plea and quietly left, closing the door behind them. Only Seifer and Selphie remained.
"Selphie, don't be sad...I'm glad you were my friend. You've always been there for me...I'm sorry, I wish I could do the same...You were my one and only best friend, and you always will be. Thanks for being there for me whenever I needed you, for cheering me up always."
"Seifer, I know you still love Rinoa, you always have." She stopped him from denying it. "You know you do, so don't lie...but, I wanted to ask you one question, before I die..."
Seifer looked at the deathly pale blonde lying in the on the hospital bed. "What is it?" he asked, not sure he really wanted to know.
"Have you...ever, in your life, even for a second, ever loved me?"
For once, Seifer could not think of anything to say.
*I've loved you ever since I knew you, Seifer...but you've never counted me as anything else other than a friend...would you care? Would you care if I died? I'd be happy for you if you were with Rinoa, but.......do you know that you're the only person I've ever loved? The only person I'll ever love?* She thought sadly. "Don't lie, Seifer, don't lie just to make me happy." Quistis said weakly.
".....no...." Came the final reply. *I'm sorry.*
Quistis nodded, her eyes seemed distant and far away. She closed her light-blue eyes for the last time. It seemed as though she was emotionless to his answer, too weak to come up with a reply, but out of the corner of one eye, he saw a single tear make its way slowly down her cheek. *Goodbye..*
"Selphie, don't be sad...I'm glad you were my friend. You've always been there for me...I'm sorry, I wish I could do the same...You were my one and only best friend, and you always will be. Thanks for being there for me whenever I needed you, for cheering me up always."
"Seifer, I know you still love Rinoa, you always have." She stopped him from denying it. "You know you do, so don't lie...but, I wanted to ask you one question, before I die..."
Seifer looked at the deathly pale blonde lying in the on the hospital bed. "What is it?" he asked, not sure he really wanted to know.
"Have you...ever, in your life, even for a second, ever loved me?"
For once, Seifer could not think of anything to say.
*I've loved you ever since I knew you, Seifer...but you've never counted me as anything else other than a friend...would you care? Would you care if I died? I'd be happy for you if you were with Rinoa, but.......do you know that you're the only person I've ever loved? The only person I'll ever love?* She thought sadly. "Don't lie, Seifer, don't lie just to make me happy." Quistis said weakly.
".....no...." Came the final reply. *I'm sorry.*
Quistis nodded, her eyes seemed distant and far away. She closed her light-blue eyes for the last time. It seemed as though she was emotionless to his answer, too weak to come up with a reply, but out of the corner of one eye, he saw a single tear make its way slowly down her cheek. *Goodbye..*