It's been a few weeks after we've defeated Kefka; the world was slowing becoming normal once more and everyone seemed happy again. So far everything was still in the world of ruin, but as we sailed in the sky above the world, we could see the lands slowly form back together the way they should've been all along. As the days passed, everyone was talking about what they would do once they'd get back home; I didn't want to think about that though. I didn't feel good when I thought about leaving my friends, and when I saw the look on Locke's face, I could tell he didn't feel so good either.
One day, after a full month had passed, Cyan came into the lunch room, where most of us were eating, and he called for our attention.
"Listen please; thy has something to tell thou all!" He explained in a loud voice but gentle tone.
"How long are you going to keep to that accent, my dear friend?" Sabin asked from the table next to me. He grinned at Cyan with seriousness in his voice, but I only giggled sightly because I thought it was funny.
"Thy don't know what thou is talking about." Cyan looked at Sabin with question, but Sabin only rolled his eyes and sighed heavily, making me laugh harder.
"Never mind...what do thou have to say to us?" Sabin asked him, jokingly using Cyan's own accent, and once again I giggled, which made Cyan stare at me strangely. Locke bumped elbows with me to get my attention back on Cyan.
"Our Setzer friend has said that we'll be landing in Tharnasa soon." When those words left Cyan's mouth, Relm jumped up from her seat excited, and exclaimed with an excited woo. Cyan turned slightly to the doorway, keeping his eyes on all of us. "Yes, so all who'll be in Tharnasa should get ready. Thanks for thy time." Cyan then left the room, and once Sabin knew he was out of ear-shot range, he laughed a hearty laugh.
"Oh, that Cyan! I wonder if he'll ever speak like we do. Probably not...anyways...Relm, you might want to go tell Strago and get ready to leave."
"Ok then! I'll get ready right now! I'll tell the old man later." Relm jumped out from her seat and rushed out the doors, laughing slightly on the way out. Sabin rolled his eyes again and I laughed a little.
"That silly, silly little girl. Someone needs to tell Strago." Edgar got up from his seat, which was next to Sabin and Mog, the little Moogle.
"I'll go tell him. And I'm still not sure why you're here with us." Edgar wondered, looking at Mog. He started walking out the doors when Mog followed him and Sabin laughed.
"Little guy really likes my brother. Wonder why..." Sabin stared after them for a few seconds before he returned to his food, eating really quickly, which I looked away disgustingly.
"Man! You eat like a..." Locke started but stopped when Sabin looked up at him with eyes saying, don't go there. Locke stumbled on his words for a while before finishing his sentence. "Um, um...like a bear! Yep, you eat...like a bear."
"That's because I am a bear, right Terra?" He bumped my arm with his fist and I looked at him offensively.
"Hey, I didn't know at first! I told you I was sorry." He laughed and I rolled my eyes to Locke who looked away ashamed and a little embarrassed.
"And I told you, I take that as a compliment! That's long and gone anyways." Sabin cleaned off his plate with his finger and shoved it down his mouth, taking it back out clean. He got up, picking up his plate with one hand and slapping me on the back with the other. "Right now, we're friends, the war is over, our enemy is dead, we are going home..."
"And you put your licked finger on me back." I glared at him which made him stutter uneasily. He slapped my back a couple more times and laughed on his way out the door. Locke shook his head distastefully and I continued my glare on him.
"Oh, Sabin...hey, quit glaring at me. What did I do?"
"Don't talk about him being a bear. He's not a bear Locke." I told him unhappy but Locke put his hand onto mine and smiled.
"You know it's alright. Calm yourself already; Sabin told you he doesn't care." I couldn't contain my smile, so I smiled back at him. He put his arm around my shoulder and his other hand on my hand instead.
"Besides...that's just a memory we'll remember forever. A good memory, not a bad one..."
"There you are, you two." I jerked a little which made Locke removed his hand and arm from me. I looked to the doorway and saw Celes coming our way.
"Oh, hello Celes. I was just calming Terra about the time she called Sabin a bear."
"You called Sabin a bear?"
"I did not! I thought he was a bear, I didn't call him a bear." Locke pushed me friendly on the shoulder, so I pushed him a little harder which made him fall out of his seat, and both me and Celes laughed.
"At least you laughed..." Locke got back up into his seat, straightening his bandana on his forehead. "...but that wasn't funny."
"Sure it was. You deserve a push sometimes Locke." Celes smiled in agreement to what I did and sat down beside me.
"I don't deserve a push out of my seat! Now, why were you looking for us Celes?"
"Yeah, is something wrong?" I asked a little worried. Celes saw this and smiled in comfort.
"No, not really. I just want to know if I could get an opinion from you two...if you have one at least."
"Oh, ok. Sure. Um...don't tick off Terra or she'll push you out of your seat, which hurts more than it seems..." Locke explained jokingly, but I put my head on the table smiling embarrassingly.
"That's not what I meant, Locke!" Celes took out her dagger from her sheath, put it on the table, untied the sheath, and threw it at Locke who laughed once he caught it.
"Ow...I know that. I'm sorry, to you mostly Terra." He handed the sheath back, and has Celes put it back on her belt, I looked back up at Locke with an evil glare which made him jerk a bit. I got closer to him and flicked his forehead.
"I know that...just don't do it again." As Locke rubbed his forehead, Celes took in a deep breath and let it out again.
"Ok...I'm ready to tell you. Um...Setzer asked me to marry him, again." Celes looked at the table, a little embarrassed, as me and Locke gasped.
"I know he's persistent, but...again?" I scooted closer to Celes to comfort her, which I guess made her feel better because she smiled when I did.
"Yeah...kind of creepy if you think about it."
"You declined, of course." Locke looked at Celes, not asking but stating a statement like he already knew the answer. He put his elbow on the table and held his head up with his hand as he listened further.
"Of course. If I was older or he was younger, maybe I'll say yes. But, he's a little old for me...don't you think?" Both me and Locke agreed, shaking our heads yes.
"Was this what you wanted our opinions for?" Locke asked, his eyes searching Celes, worried.
"No, actually. Setzer asked me that last night. This morning...Edgar explained that a true king isn't a king without a queen. So...he asked me to marry him."
"Huh, what?" Locke got up from his seat and stood, confused. He then looked up at the ceiling and smiled. "That Edgar..." He sat back down and looked away in shame. "Sorry for that. I just didn't expect Edgar to actually be able to ask anyone that. Ha, ha...anyways...what did you say? Did you refuse him?" This time Locke asked, looking back at Celes for an answer. Celes tried to smile, but it was a dismal failure, as she almost looked like she was about to cry. I put my arm around her shoulder and she looked at me with hope.
"That's actually why I need your guys' opinion. I don't know what to say...I told him I'd think about it. I don't know...he's...he isn't that bad, but I'm not sure."
"Well, um. I know he's a great guy, and I know he has a thing for girls, but I didn't know that he had any special feelings for you Celes." I stuttered at first; I didn't want to say those words but they slipped out. But I felt better when Celes let out a small laugh.
"Me neither. I just wish I knew what to do." Locke scooted over to the other side of Celes and toke her hand. She looked at him with red-cheeks, which made me feel angry for some reason, though I don't know why.
"It's alright Celes. It was a sudden situation that Edgar put upon you. I don't know what to say, for it's now between you and Edgar and for that I am sorry. But I can say this...Edgar is a nice man, very loyal and trustworthy."
"Yeah, he is. You may just need time to think about what he asked you." I told her gently with a friendly smile. She smiled then pushed my arm off and moved Locke's hand away. She got up and gestured us up with her. Once we both got up, she hugged us tightly.
"Thank you. I will think about it indeed. You two will be the first to know once I made up my mind." She winked at us on her way out and Locke blushed a bit. Once again I felt anger boiling up inside, but I still didn't know why.
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