Rinoa sits quietly watching the street in front of her house, he's a few minutes late but that's alright. Five minutes pass and she sees Squall drive up and park in front of her house. She smiles happily and waits for him to approach her. Angelo is outside and he begins jumping up and down on Squall trying to get his attention. Squall continues to walk up to the front door, still ignoring Angelo. Finally he gets to the door and pushes Angelo on the ground. Rinoa looks at him with a horrified expression, "What are you doing?!"
"Your dog is pissing me off."
"I'm sorry? What am I supposed to say to that?"
"You know what; I don't feel like dealing with this right now." Squall turns to leave.
Rinoa doesn't believe her eyes, he's actually leaving. She watches him walk down to the street and quickly get into his car. He drives away fast, not even bothering to look behind. Rinoa is stunned for sometime, but she eventually comes to her senses. Tears begin streaming down her face, and she sobs loudly into her hands. She quickly runs down to the street where she thinks he will pass. She stands on the corner, hoping to get a glimpse of his car. She never sees it. She stands there a few moments in the streetlight, crying. She runs into her house, by-passing her father's questions.
She runs upstairs, jumps face first onto her bed and cries quietly into the pillow. She knows he's not mad at her, but why can't she stop crying? She had an awful day in the first place, though that's to be expected on Friday the 13th with a full moon above and a couple days away from Halloween. She lies like this for a while, thinking of what to do next. Just then the phone rings. She lets the machine pick it up.
"Rin? Hey, sorry."
She waits for him to continue.
"I know you're there, pick up, please?"
She stays put.
"Look, we need to talk."
She stands up slowly and picks up the receiver. "What?"
"I'm sorry."
"I know you're sorry! What I don't know is what happened. Why did you do that? Were you mad at me?"
"No."
"Then why take it out on me?"
"I didn't."
"Yes, you did Squall." She shifts impatiently waiting for his reply
"I needed to cool down."
"Look, you need to—"
"I love you Rin."
She stops for a moment. Should she take that as an apology? Her heart tells her yes, but her mind tells her he needs to hurt. She sits in silence. She knows that not giving him love is the worst thing she can do right now.
"I love you too," she replies, she can't do it. She needs him; she can't stay mad at the wonderful guy on the other end, no matter what he does. He could rip her heart out, and she would still want him just as much. She lies in silence waiting for his reply.
"I'm sorry."
"I know…"
"Do you want—"
"No, I don't know if I want to see you," She interrupts him anticipating his question. "I need to cool down for a little while. I'm still a little confused."
"I need you."
"I need you too Squall, but you just walked away, and didn't even bother to look back!"
"I'm coming over."
"Wait, what?"
He hung up the phone, not saying another word. She sits staring at the phone, dumbfounded. She places the phone back in its cradle and lies down on the bed.