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Chapter one

I feel the warm liquid, falling down from my nose then onto my hand, it was blood¡¦ I was bleeding¡¦ But I might¡¯ve been bleeding more in my heart. The fact that I¡¯ve lost my instructor¡¯s license¡¦And not deserving the love that I¡¯ve been willing for. In fact, Rinoa, who has made a totally new space in Squall¡¯s mind, is going to get married with Squall in few weeks¡¦.I envy you, Rinoa¡¦ I really want to ask you how you got the cold-hearted mysterious guy. He was never mine¡¦. Or was that meant to be from the beginning?

I looked up so that the bleeding will stop. I tried to look at the sky clearly but I couldn¡¯t. I feel dizzy and everything that I see somehow, looked foggy to me.

So I kneeled down on the cold sand. My legs were restless that I couldn¡¯t even support myself to stand up. My eyelids were getting heavier. I tired to open my eyes and stand up but, my body fell back on the cold sand. Now, I could barely hear anything that¡¯s around me. I heard a footstep rushing towards where I am. And dimly, I heard someone calling out my name. But I couldn¡¯t say a word¡¦ And all the things went black¡¦ Just plain black...

¡° Instructor, what are you¡¦.¡± Said a voice and knelt down to look at the blond. ¡°Oh damn, she¡¯s bleeding¡¦ Quistis, can you hear me?¡± The voice said again, slightly slapping the girl¡¯s face continuously. ¡°Wake up¡¦.Please¡¦.. Hyne, no¡¦. I think I need to get her back to the garden¡¦¡± the voice said and held the restless blond in his arm and started to run.

Infirmary Office

¡°Hello?!~~~ Dr.Kawadoki!!... Are you there? Instruc¡¦..c¡¦. I mean, ¡¦.there¡¯s an urgent patient here!¡± shouted the blond guy.

¡°Oh dear¡¦. What happened?? It¡¯s late at night¡¦. Whaat¡¦.Seifer?? You came back? Ms.Trepe?!!! Ok¡¦. I¡¯ll handle this ..Thank you Seifer, and mind if you put Ms.Trepe on that bed over there?? Hurry¡¦.¡± Said Dr.Kawadoki, trying to clam herself down.

-An hour later-

Dr.Kawadoki let out a heavy sigh, walking out of the room; her footsteps were heavy and giving a strange looks on Seifer. ¡°Is there any problem with, inst¡¦ Quistis??¡± asked Seifer.

¡°She¡¯ll be fine¡¦. Did you harm her or ¡¦.¡±Said Dr.Kawadoki, looking at Seifer strangely. ¡° No¡¦.. While I was walking around the beach at night for a walk, I found a person lying down on the sand¡¦ So I went there and found Quis¡¦..ti¡¦s¡± said Seifer.

¡°My god¡¦..¡± Dr.Kawadoki sighed, with full of worries on her face. Seifer watched Dr.Kawadoki ¡®s reaction carefully, as if he knew something about this incident. Well actually he knew a little about Quistis.

Few months ago

¡°Seifer Almasy¡¦.. Wondering around this town for ages¡¦. Don¡¯t you want to be back in the Garden? Being against the world, was that fun?¡¦And your so-called Romantic dream¡¦ Well unfortunately, your mistress was defeated by a Seed¡¯s hand and vanished¡¦..¡± Quistis walked around Seifer, slightly giving a glance at him with her usual clam voice, trying to persuade him to go back to the Garden with her. ¡°Enough¡¦. People don¡¯t want me there anyway¡¦¡± Seifer said with his annoyed look on Quistis.

¡° Our headmaster Cid, wants to talk to you¡¦ And I want you back in the Garden.¡± Said Quistis, shooking her head down slowly and continued, ¡°I know you¡¯re going to laugh at the words that I¡¯ve just said, but I¡¯ve got to get you back in the Garden. Oh! I almost forgot, Raijin and Fujin are just waiting for you to come back¡¦.¡±

¡°What does that have to do with me?? They betrayed me¡¦.. And went to the guy, whom you had a huge crush and an interest in¡¦ And now, they want me back?? Hah¡¦ Why don¡¯t you go and speak to the wall instead?¡± Blabbered Seifer, walking away from Quistis.

¡®¡¦.. Go and speak to a what?!.... Squall said the same thing to me before¡¦.¡¯Quistis ran up to Seifer and blocked his way. Seifer looked at her madly.

¡°Let me go¡¦.. I ain¡¯t going back to Balamb¡¦I¡¯ll stay here¡¦¡± said Seifer, trying to soothe his anger down. ¡°I can¡¯t let you be like this¡¦ You don¡¯t belong to this town. It¡¯s not the right place where you should be.¡± Quistis approached back at him. ¡°Leave me alone¡¦. Whatever it is¡¦ I might go back to the Garden if I want to, but I don¡¯t need anyone to fetch me up¡¦Like you, instructor. Well to be honest, I was about to go back¡¦But since you turned up; I¡¯ve changed my mind¡¦ I¡¯ll wonder around this world for a little bit more.¡± Seifer turned to Quistis with his insulting look and arrogantly said. Quistis gave no reply or objection this time. She stood still glaring at him, as if she decided to step back. She knew that this wasn¡¯t going to be easy, despite of that, she decided not to give up. ¡°Well then m¡¯lady instructor, will you excuse. I hope that we won¡¯t meet again...¡±said Seifer, cherished that he has finally won her. But was it his mistake? Quistis said, ¡°Well then, perhaps we could at least have a tea somewhere?? I think this¡¯ll be the very last time I¡¯m going to see you so¡¦¡± Seifer turned back while walking away from Quistis and stopped. ¡°A tea you said??¡± asked Seifer with one of his eyebrow up, which indicated that he¡¯s quite amused by Quistis¡¯s reaction.

Back to infirmary

¡°Seifer?? So¡¦ You¡¯re back¡¦. At this late night¡¦. I guess you¡¯ll have to see Headmaster Cid this morning.¡± Said Dr.Kawadoki. ¡°¡¦.. Yes..¡± Seifer shook his head down and sighed. ¡° I guess Ms.Trepe will have to be with you as soon as she recovers¡¦ I hope..¡± added Dr.Kawadoki. ¡®Wait a sec¡¦ I hope?? Dr.Kawadoki, did you just said *I hope*?!!¡¯ Seifer looked at Dr.Kawadoki and asked, ¡°Is there something wrong with her?¡± ¡®Of course, you¡¯ll say¡± no¡± but I already know that she¡¯s sick¡¦ ¡® ¡°No¡¦ She¡¯ll be¡¦..¡± Dr.Kawadoki stopped and watched his Green eyes, as if his eyes tell her that he knew everything. He stood up and said ¡° Well then, have a good night.¡± Seifer bowed politely and silently went out of the infirmary.

He walked around the Garden for a while. ¡®Well¡¦. It¡¯s a long time since I last fought with T-Rexes, hmm¡¦¡¦. And this is the place where I first got trained by in..s¡¦I mean, Quistis¡¦Haaa¡¦ Sometimes, I have hard time calling her name¡¦ Instructor Trepe¡¦Well I¡¯ve never called her in her proper name¡¦. But now, I wish to call out her name in front of her. Quistis Trepe¡¦. Thank you for bringing me here¡¦ If it wasn¡¯t you, I could¡¯ve got lost, wondering and being against everyone I knew¡¦¡¦¡¯ Seifer looked around with his green eyes, recalling his own memories, but his memories weren¡¯t that sweet ¡¦It was something else that he couldn¡¯t explain.

That night, he walked and walked.. And somehow, he stood in front of Quistis¡¯s room. As he opened the door, he smelled the sweet scent of Quistis¡¯s perfume that she used to put. Her desk was nicely cleaned and the other side of the desk there was pile of reports which weren¡¯t finished yet. He looked at it for a while and found a picture of two little blond kids. The guy in the picture was really young. Blond hair, green eyes with a mischievous smile holding a blond girl¡¯s hand.

¡®That¡¯s¡¦ me and Instructor¡¦. Wait¡¦ When was this¡¦ Whoa.. It¡¯s like ages and ages ago¡¦.Why would she want to keep this kind of thing anyway?? Let me try to remember why and how we took this picture¡¦¡¦.¡¯

10years ago

¡°OK ¡¦ Quistis ¡¦ Smile¡± said Edea, smiling calmly at Quistis. ¡° I don¡¯t like taking picture alone¡¦.¡± Grumped Quistis with her arms folded. Then a blond guy approached her and gently putted his arms around Quistis¡¯s shoulder and said, ¡°I¡¯ll be with you.. OK CHEESE!!¡±

Edea smiled at Quistis and pressed the shutter. ¡°I¡¯ll never take picture again.¡± Said Quistis coldly and walked away. ¡°She¡¯s just upset that she has to leave you guys¡¦Seifer, mind if you cheer her up??¡± Edea said, rubbing Seifer¡¯s cheek gently. Seifer smiled back and ran after Quistis.

¡°Hey!!~~~ Q¡¦uis¡¦ errrr¡¦. Hello??¡± Seifer murmured, scratching his head trying to look what Quistis is doing. Quistis rubbed her eyes for a while and looked at him.

¡°Why¡¦ are you looking at me like that??¡± Seifer asked. ¡°You look so dumb today..¡± Quistis said quietly. ¡°I heard that you¡¯re leaving¡¦.Well that¡¯s good for you anyway. You get to be with your parents¡¦ You get to have your own mom and dad.. What else¡¦¡± Seifer said, carefully looking at Quistis. ¡° Just shut up!! ¡¦ Go away, I want to be alone now.¡± Shouted Quistis, her nose and eyes were getting red. ¡°You used to cheer me up whenever I fought with Squall¡¦ And I think, I could cheer you up this time. Because ..Till now, I haven¡¯t get to say thank you or anything. I¡¯ve just teased you, make you unhappy¡¦.. So¡¦¡± Seifer mumbled, with full of tears in his eyes. ¡° Don¡¯t cry Seifer, you¡¯re making me cry¡¦.¡± Quistis cried hugging Seifer tightly. ¡° Promise ¡¦ Me.. That we¡¯ll meet again, Quistis¡¦ Oh here, take this¡¦ It¡¯s a necklace, I used to keep this but, I¡¯ll give this to you now.¡± Seifer said, giving his necklace to Quistis.

And two days later, Quistis left silently, without telling all those friends she had.

¡®Oh Quistis, my dear, take this with you. It¡¯s Seifer and you¡¦ ¡® Edea said giving her a picture of him and her.

Seifer smiled at the picture and putted it back to where it was. He sighed quietly, and lied on Quistis¡¯s bed. ¡® Quistis¡¦¡¦.¡¯ And he fell into a deep sleep.