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Final Fantasy 8 Modern Fanfic Part 1:
Three guys stood outside of Deling City Mall. Two of them were busy playing Triple Triad while the other just sat down, watching people go by.
"How long are we stayin' here?" Zell looked over to him.
"Don't worry about it. This is our break away from Balamb, so relax."
"Really Zell." Irvine added.
"Man, how'd we end up hangin' with you, anyway?" Zell stood up, dropping some of the cards.
"I told you I was going to Deling, and you both said you wanted to come."
"Oh yeah." Irvine nodded.
The young man who sat on the bench was Squall Leonhart. His two henchmen, Zell Dincht and Irvine Kinneas leaned up against a near-by wall watching the people bustling in and out. Squall was tall, handsome, and serious. Most women found that attractive. He and his friends lived in Balamb Gardens, but decided to take a trip to get away from things for awhile. He didn't know how long he would be there or what he would do. He didn't have much money with him, but managed to get a place staying with his half-sister, Ellone.
Squall dusted off his pants and stood up. Squall didn't really care for his appearance too much, but always looked nice. His hair was kept just so and he only wore his best clothes.
"Wanna head inside now?" Zell questioned.
"You guys hungry?"
"Yeah! Starved!" Irvine nodded.
"Hotdogs..." Said Zell.
Squall slightly smiled and shook his head, shoving a large glass door open. A flood of chatter filled his ears as he strolled through the mall's food court looking around for a place to eat. He gave a single nod in the direction of a Chinese food counter for Irvine and him, while Zell went to buy one of those "infamous hotdogs."
"Damn...that waitress kept staring at you, Squall!"
"You only been down here two days and already you've gotten over a million stares!" Zell said, shoving a spoonful of rice into his mouth.
"What's the big deal?"
Irvine shook his head and took a bite of his orange chicken. "What're you talkin about, Zell? The ladies are checkin' me out. Squall's known for never getting involved with a girl anyway. He's too lone wolf."
"He's gotta leave a trail of broken hearts wherever he goes." Zell commented.
"Yeah, yeah." Squall set his attention to his food now.
Meanwhile...
"Oh look Rinoa! There goes a cute one!" Selphie pulled on her arm.
Rinoa didn't even turn her head, just glanced with her eyes in the general direction of a young man walking by. He was cute, but went on walking.
"C'mon Rinoa...you have to do something! We used to go hunt for guys all the time, you remember?" Selphie said enthusiastically.
Rinoa Heartilly liked flirting, but only with guys she admired. She did used to enjoy looking for handsome young men now and again when she went to mall along with her best friend in the whole world, Selphie Tilmitt. Selphie was a ditzy, yet sweet girl. She was there to help Rinoa through everything. No matter what, Selphie seemed to stick by her. It hadn't been too long ago that Rinoa had broken up with her one time guy, Seifer Almasy. Selphie thought it was time Rinoa moved on with her life, and found someone new. But Rinoa had a problem being serious with anyone. She'd called up a few young men and been out on a few dates, but nothing more. She simply refused to allow herself to become attached to anyone. She kinda felt like there was a certian guy out there, waiting to meet her.
"Let's just go past the food court, huh? Look, it's lunch time. Guys flock to the food, you know how guys are." Selphie prodded.
"Okay, okay let's go." She sighed as she got yanked along from behind.
As the two girls passed through the court, Rinoa gave a casual glance as Selphie scanned the area relentlessly. Through the many faces, she picked out one.
"Rinoa, look look!" She pointed to a table at the edge of the food court, jumping up and down.
"Huh?" Rinoa looked around. "I don't see. Where?"
"Look directly ahead!"
"I don't know where you're pointing, Selphie."
"Geez, just follow me." Selphie began to casually stroll by in front of the restaraunts, peering at the tables as she passed. "Now, when I nudge your shoulder, he'll be to your immediate left."
Rinoa nodded, trying to keep a low profile. Suddenly she felt Selphie's elbow drive into her forearm as she turned quickly and looked.
"Where?" She whispered, getting rather disgusted now.
"Look! Two tables from the left!"
Rinoa silently counted the tables and before long she saw what Selphie was talking about. She almost laughed, her lips were soon graced with a smile as she saw a young man shoveling food into his mouth.
"Go on! Talk to him!"
"Hmm...no way!" Rinoa began to drag Selphie the opposite direction. As soon as they were away from the table, Selphie stood in front of Rinoa with her hands on her hips.
"You gotta go back there! He's soooo cute!" she whimpered.
"Yeah, but..."
"Rinoa...come on! You know you want to!" Selphie sighed.
"We're leaving." Rinoa turned and began to walk past the food court. She glanced back over at the young man and saw him staring. She pointed her finger to the roof of the mall. He looked up at the blue sky, throught the sky window, thinking, then looked back at her. Rinoa paused. She blushed a bright red and hid behind Selphie.
"Allright! Don't worry, I'm going with you. You gotta go over there now...look! He's standing by himself near that Chinese place!"
Rinoa took a deep breath. "Ok, you win. How do I look?" She fussed over her hair for a moment.
"Perfect! C'mon!"
Rinoa made her way over to him. Luckily he had his back to her for the moment so he couldn't see her walking nervously towards him. She held one of the straps of her backpack in one hand, the other dangling akwardly at her side. She tried to say hello as she stepped up behind him but it took her a moment to find her voice.
Finally he faced her, looking directly into her eyes. She stopped, stunned at how handsome he really was. She took a breath and smiled again, trying not to look nervous.
"Hi.."
"Hey..." He said smoothly.
"Um...I'm..sorry for staring at you...it's just you're really cute..." Rinoa winced slightly, she couldn't believe she had just said that!
He looked down, chuckling slightly. She noticed he was actually blushing. She continued to smile just as nervous as ever.
"It's cool.." he said trying to make conversation.
"Oh...oh! Sorry, I'm Rinoa..."
"Squall." He extended a hand.
She didn't want to do it but reached out and gave him her hand. He had a firm handshake so she gave one back. Soon the shaking stopped though, but neither was letting go. Just holding each other's hand.
After some awkward silence, he spoke. "Hey, would you like to join us?"
"Well..." Rinoa fidgetted, but Selphie took the iniciative.
"Sure, we'll sit with you! I'm Selphie!" She pulled over two chairs and sat next to Irvine. Irvine immediately introduced himself to Selphie.
"Nice to meet you, Selphie. I'm Irvine, and this is Zell." Selphie smiled and thought Irvine was kinda cute too.
They all sat there for about a half an hour, just talking. Then Squall turned to Rinoa and asked her for her phone number. He handed her a pen.
"Thank you.." She held the pen in her hand, shaking. Why was she so nervous? She soon copied it down and handed it to him.
"Thanks. I'll call you tonight, ok?"
"Sure. We'd better get going, Selphie."
"We gotta go anyways too." Squall said as they all got up.
He nodded and smiled as Selphie and Rinoa walked away in the opposite direction. Selphie had a huge annoying grin on her face as she poked her arm.
"Oohh, he's got your number! Lucky!"
Rinoa smiled as she looked back at him one last time.
Final Fantasy 8 Modern Fanfic Part 1:
Three guys stood outside of Deling City Mall. Two of them were busy playing Triple Triad while the other just sat down, watching people go by.
"How long are we stayin' here?" Zell looked over to him.
"Don't worry about it. This is our break away from Balamb, so relax."
"Really Zell." Irvine added.
"Man, how'd we end up hangin' with you, anyway?" Zell stood up, dropping some of the cards.
"I told you I was going to Deling, and you both said you wanted to come."
"Oh yeah." Irvine nodded.
The young man who sat on the bench was Squall Leonhart. His two henchmen, Zell Dincht and Irvine Kinneas leaned up against a near-by wall watching the people bustling in and out. Squall was tall, handsome, and serious. Most women found that attractive. He and his friends lived in Balamb Gardens, but decided to take a trip to get away from things for awhile. He didn't know how long he would be there or what he would do. He didn't have much money with him, but managed to get a place staying with his half-sister, Ellone.
Squall dusted off his pants and stood up. Squall didn't really care for his appearance too much, but always looked nice. His hair was kept just so and he only wore his best clothes.
"Wanna head inside now?" Zell questioned.
"You guys hungry?"
"Yeah! Starved!" Irvine nodded.
"Hotdogs..." Said Zell.
Squall slightly smiled and shook his head, shoving a large glass door open. A flood of chatter filled his ears as he strolled through the mall's food court looking around for a place to eat. He gave a single nod in the direction of a Chinese food counter for Irvine and him, while Zell went to buy one of those "infamous hotdogs."
"Damn...that waitress kept staring at you, Squall!"
"You only been down here two days and already you've gotten over a million stares!" Zell said, shoving a spoonful of rice into his mouth.
"What's the big deal?"
Irvine shook his head and took a bite of his orange chicken. "What're you talkin about, Zell? The ladies are checkin' me out. Squall's known for never getting involved with a girl anyway. He's too lone wolf."
"He's gotta leave a trail of broken hearts wherever he goes." Zell commented.
"Yeah, yeah." Squall set his attention to his food now.
Meanwhile...
"Oh look Rinoa! There goes a cute one!" Selphie pulled on her arm.
Rinoa didn't even turn her head, just glanced with her eyes in the general direction of a young man walking by. He was cute, but went on walking.
"C'mon Rinoa...you have to do something! We used to go hunt for guys all the time, you remember?" Selphie said enthusiastically.
Rinoa Heartilly liked flirting, but only with guys she admired. She did used to enjoy looking for handsome young men now and again when she went to mall along with her best friend in the whole world, Selphie Tilmitt. Selphie was a ditzy, yet sweet girl. She was there to help Rinoa through everything. No matter what, Selphie seemed to stick by her. It hadn't been too long ago that Rinoa had broken up with her one time guy, Seifer Almasy. Selphie thought it was time Rinoa moved on with her life, and found someone new. But Rinoa had a problem being serious with anyone. She'd called up a few young men and been out on a few dates, but nothing more. She simply refused to allow herself to become attached to anyone. She kinda felt like there was a certian guy out there, waiting to meet her.
"Let's just go past the food court, huh? Look, it's lunch time. Guys flock to the food, you know how guys are." Selphie prodded.
"Okay, okay let's go." She sighed as she got yanked along from behind.
As the two girls passed through the court, Rinoa gave a casual glance as Selphie scanned the area relentlessly. Through the many faces, she picked out one.
"Rinoa, look look!" She pointed to a table at the edge of the food court, jumping up and down.
"Huh?" Rinoa looked around. "I don't see. Where?"
"Look directly ahead!"
"I don't know where you're pointing, Selphie."
"Geez, just follow me." Selphie began to casually stroll by in front of the restaraunts, peering at the tables as she passed. "Now, when I nudge your shoulder, he'll be to your immediate left."
Rinoa nodded, trying to keep a low profile. Suddenly she felt Selphie's elbow drive into her forearm as she turned quickly and looked.
"Where?" She whispered, getting rather disgusted now.
"Look! Two tables from the left!"
Rinoa silently counted the tables and before long she saw what Selphie was talking about. She almost laughed, her lips were soon graced with a smile as she saw a young man shoveling food into his mouth.
"Go on! Talk to him!"
"Hmm...no way!" Rinoa began to drag Selphie the opposite direction. As soon as they were away from the table, Selphie stood in front of Rinoa with her hands on her hips.
"You gotta go back there! He's soooo cute!" she whimpered.
"Yeah, but..."
"Rinoa...come on! You know you want to!" Selphie sighed.
"We're leaving." Rinoa turned and began to walk past the food court. She glanced back over at the young man and saw him staring. She pointed her finger to the roof of the mall. He looked up at the blue sky, throught the sky window, thinking, then looked back at her. Rinoa paused. She blushed a bright red and hid behind Selphie.
"Allright! Don't worry, I'm going with you. You gotta go over there now...look! He's standing by himself near that Chinese place!"
Rinoa took a deep breath. "Ok, you win. How do I look?" She fussed over her hair for a moment.
"Perfect! C'mon!"
Rinoa made her way over to him. Luckily he had his back to her for the moment so he couldn't see her walking nervously towards him. She held one of the straps of her backpack in one hand, the other dangling akwardly at her side. She tried to say hello as she stepped up behind him but it took her a moment to find her voice.
Finally he faced her, looking directly into her eyes. She stopped, stunned at how handsome he really was. She took a breath and smiled again, trying not to look nervous.
"Hi.."
"Hey..." He said smoothly.
"Um...I'm..sorry for staring at you...it's just you're really cute..." Rinoa winced slightly, she couldn't believe she had just said that!
He looked down, chuckling slightly. She noticed he was actually blushing. She continued to smile just as nervous as ever.
"It's cool.." he said trying to make conversation.
"Oh...oh! Sorry, I'm Rinoa..."
"Squall." He extended a hand.
She didn't want to do it but reached out and gave him her hand. He had a firm handshake so she gave one back. Soon the shaking stopped though, but neither was letting go. Just holding each other's hand.
After some awkward silence, he spoke. "Hey, would you like to join us?"
"Well..." Rinoa fidgetted, but Selphie took the iniciative.
"Sure, we'll sit with you! I'm Selphie!" She pulled over two chairs and sat next to Irvine. Irvine immediately introduced himself to Selphie.
"Nice to meet you, Selphie. I'm Irvine, and this is Zell." Selphie smiled and thought Irvine was kinda cute too.
They all sat there for about a half an hour, just talking. Then Squall turned to Rinoa and asked her for her phone number. He handed her a pen.
"Thank you.." She held the pen in her hand, shaking. Why was she so nervous? She soon copied it down and handed it to him.
"Thanks. I'll call you tonight, ok?"
"Sure. We'd better get going, Selphie."
"We gotta go anyways too." Squall said as they all got up.
He nodded and smiled as Selphie and Rinoa walked away in the opposite direction. Selphie had a huge annoying grin on her face as she poked her arm.
"Oohh, he's got your number! Lucky!"
Rinoa smiled as she looked back at him one last time.