I no own final fantasy 8.
I can't believe I'm doing this again.
Squall's eyes flashed open as he was aware of another presence beside him, he felt his hangover crushing into his brain and his mouth was so dry it felt like Velcro.
He felt a hand lightly touch his bare chest and begin doing tiny circles over it. He smiled, still loving the feeling of a woman beside him even if he did have a pounding hangover. He turned and faced her and smiled again, her eyes staring deeply into his own.
"Morning sleepy head." Her voice purred out.
Squall's smile faltered, she wasn't who she was supposed to be… this wasn't whom he had expected.
"You should leave." Squall stated as he got out of bed and pulled a pair of boxers on.
He walked out of his bedroom and slammed the door, not feeling any better about the rude exchange then she did but he was disappointed.
He only glanced at her as he ate his cereal as she muttered asshole and ran out to her car. She was a beautiful woman, long brown hair, dark brown eyes, pouting lips and a skirt so short that it looked like a belt but she wasn't her.
He should've known though, he fucked everything else up in his life why wouldn't he fuck up his relationship with the only female who had ever made him happy?
He ran a frustrated hand through his brown tresses of hair and stared back down at his cereal, shovelling another mouthful of it inside his open chops.
"Another charming goodbye." Ellone chuckled as she entered the room.
Squall rolled his eyes, he couldn't even remember meeting that chick but it was more than obvious what went on. What was always going on since they'd broke up. A small part of him was doing it to hurt her, he knew that she see them leave every time and every time would be like a dagger through her heart.
Rinoa roughly closed her curtains and glared down at her feet, hating seeing that every Saturday morning, the odd Sunday as well. Things had certainly gone downhill between her and Squall. She barely saw him and when she did they barely talked. School was tough because they had the same friends but he wasn't there that often anyway. He was avoiding her at all costs, they'd been broken up for about a month and she knew that Squall wasn't taking it well.
Not only could she see it in him but Ellone filled her in on most of the details when she saw her as well as all her friends.
It was hard for Rinoa to believe that she could go through so much with someone and it could all turn bad so fast. She'd thought that Squall was the one but she was obviously terribly mistaken. She'd already asked her father Caraway if they could move somewhere else, she didn't want to leave her friends but she couldn't stand being near him anymore.
She heard her neighbour's door open and close and she looked down to see Ellone leaving the house and heading towards her car.
Rinoa dived on her bed and stroked her dog Angelo, suddenly wishing that she hadn't reacted so badly, but she couldn't trust him again no matter what he said.
FLASHBACK
"What the fuck is your problem!" Rinoa screamed after Squall as he jumped in his car and sped off.
She turned to her friends, bewildered and angry. He was being so different lately and she couldn't explain why. One look at their faces told her that they knew what was going on. There was no point asking them though, she knew that they didn't want to lie to her but they would protect Squall at all costs.
"I just don't understand…" Rinoa sighed.
"C'mon girl," Selphie said softly as she placed an arm around Rinoa's shoulder. "I'll give you a ride home."
Rinoa nodded and walked towards Selphie's car. She wanted to know what was going on. He was acting like he didn't even care anymore. Rinoa didn't want to admit it but she was pretty sure he was having an affair.
Once they were on the open road and Rinoa's curiosity got the better of her she felt comfortable enough to ask Selphie some questions.
"Please tell me what's going on, Selphie."
"Rinoa, I love you, you're like one of the best friends I've ever had and I honestly don't know." Selphie stated.
"Please Selphie! You do so!" Rinoa cried angrily.
When Selphie didn't say anything she knew that Selphie knew more than she was saying. She just didn't want to believe that Squall could be just another guy.
Rinoa heard Selphie mumble something under her breath, she opened her mouth but before she could say a word Selphie had already shot in.
"He didn't mean to! He was really really drunk. You saw him that night."
Rinoa's mouth hung open and she immediately understood what Selphie had just told her. Squall had cheated… loyal, trustworthy Squall had cheated on her.
"Who?" Rinoa gasped.
"Tracey, you might not remember her. She was on the beach that day you were in the car accident."
Selphie pulled up Rinoa's driveway and gave her an apologetic smile; she didn't want to have been the one to tell her.
"Do you want me to come in?" Selphie enquired.
Rinoa shook her head.
"No, I think I need to talk to Squall."
"I didn't tell you."
The words came out of Selphie's mouth as she watched Rinoa walk quickly towards the Loire residence.
Rinoa didn't bother to knock, she knew Squall was home; his car was up the drive. She marched determinedly up the stairs and opened the door to Squall's bedroom.
He was lying on his bed, idly flicking through a car magazine. He glanced up at her and then back down to his mag, waiting patiently for her to sit on his bed and give him the "why are you being such a dick" talk but it never came.
He looked back to where she had been standing to see that she was now over beside his closet pulling out all the clothes she had left at his house.
"Spring cleaning?" Squall asked with a small smirk.
Rinoa didn't answer and Squall rolled his eyes.
"Listen if it's about today just forget it. I was in a bad mood is all."
"You seriously think this is about today?" Rinoa asked, tears welling up in her eyes.
She wasn't facing him but knew that he'd soon realise that she was crying.
"Well what's it about then?" Squall enquired, fear rising up in his stomach.
"Does the name Tracey ring a bell?" Rinoa yelled.
She turned and glared hard at Squall, a fresh tear ran down the side of her face. She couldn't believe he'd done it to her. They'd had a fight that night and she'd gone home but she never in her life even suspected that he would do that.
Squall looked down at his bed, not wanting to make eye contact with her. He couldn't lie to her but he didn't exactly want to tell her.
"That's what I fucking thought."
END FLASHBACKHe'd tried to talk to her since then but she hadn't listened, she didn't care. She'd had guys cheat on her before and saw it as a lack of self-respect to let them back. People still know what they're doing when they're drunk, they just don't care and the fact that Squall stoped caring about her even for a second was enough reason for her to dump him.
Squall grabbed his phone, thinking his daily thought about whether he should ring Rinoa but like every other day he decided against it.
Instead he dialled Seifer's oh so familiar number; Seifer usually cheered him up if even for a second.
"What?" Seifer's voice rang through the phone.
"Wanna do something?"
"I'm busy, just ring her. I'm sick of listening to you bitch."
Seifer hung up the phone and Squall glared at his. Obviously Seifer wasn't going to be much support today. He guessed that his patience with Squall was wearing thin he could understand that. Squall wasn't terribly supportive of Seifer when he and Quistis broke up for the hundredth time.
Rinoa rolled over on her bed as she heard the phone ringing; she picked it up and answered in a friendly upbeat voice.
"It's me." The voice at the other end said.
Rinoa's tone went from happy to annoyed as soon as she recognised that voice.
"Squall I'm sick of talking about this, it's over." Rinoa stated.
"I just want to talk to you, we used to be friends y'know."
Rinoa sighed, the best of friends. They'd always been more though and he knew that.
"Fine, I saw that slut leave your house this morning, wow you're not wasting any time."
Squall groaned, why did she have to bring her up, that girl meant nothing. He couldn't explain that to her though, she wasn't going to believe him.
"Like you haven't fucked anybody since we broke up." Squall snarled maliciously.
"As a matter of fact Squall I haven't. You see unlike you I can contain myself but then again you couldn't when we were together so why should I expect you to now?"
"How many times do I have to explain that to you? I was D-R-U-N-K."
"Well you should've known." Rinoa stated as she hung up the phone.
Rinoa felt tears in her eyes again; she hated it when he did this. It happened every time she saw him, every time they talked. She wanted things to go back to the way they were more than anything in the world but she just couldn't forgive him.
Ok, some people might be upset with the prospect of Squall and Rinoa being broken up but this is a wee experiment. Hopefully this one goes as long as the last but if it doesn't remember that it's just an experiment.
Sorry that this chapter wasn't very long, the rest should be longer I was just giving everyone a fair idea what had happened.
It struck me that everyone didn't think that it was over when I pumped out the last chapter of the Delinquent so I thought I'd try my luck at a sequel.
Well was it all right?