Warnings: Yaoi
Pairings: Squall/Zell
Author's Note: Ok, so this story isn't really an AU more like a 10 years into the future kind of thing. Please tell me what you think!


Prologue

Squall's POV

Every day he is sitting in the corner of the small cafe. Bend over his cup of coffee, absently drawing circles with the silver spoon in the dark liquid while he reads the newspaper, his sky blue eyes shifting over it with mild interrest. Listening to the young man sitting across from him, nodding every once in a while, looking up with a sudden flash of unknown emotion in his pale eyes.

And I wonder if he even knows I am here, that I am sitting in this darkened corner, just watching him. And I wonder what he would say if I would walk up to him and say 'hi'. I wonder if he remembers me after ten years. When he waves I know his friend has entered the café. The unknown friend who could easily be his lover. But I wish he's not the lover, that would break my heart.

The man walks over to the blonde man and gives him a quick kiss on the cheek, closing his eyes for a mere second. Then he sits down and brushes his hand over the blonde's hand. It makes me feel a strange kind of jealousy.

I get up, deciding it would be best to leave. It wouldn't be good to watch them when they thought they had some precious time to spend alone. A sigh leaves my slightly parted lips. Zell would never know I was there, it would bring to much of the past back into both our lives. It wouldn't be good to either of us. But I can't help myself, I have to hope that one day I will have the courage to walk up to him and just say 'hi'.

III

Zell's POV

I watch him walk out of the door, watch him leave once again. And all though I wish I would stop being a chicken for once and walk up to him I can't. Quinn is watching me, and I know I didn't reply once again.

He grins at me, showing the perfect white line of teeth. "Were are you Zell?" He asks me and I don't know what to anwser.

"Sorry..." I hear myself mutter and Quinn continues, knowing that this time I will listen.

Squall passes us outside and I give him a quick glance but he doesn't even notice me. I hear and feel a sigh pass my lips and I know Quinn will ask me what is wrong once agian. But this time because he is worried about me.

"Zell, what's wrong baby?" Quinn asks.

I look up at him and smile a little. "Just thinking..." I tell him and hope he is satisfied with my anwser to his simple question. He doesn't know about my past with SeeD. Doesn't know that I had to leave because of the mission were I broke my back, not able to work as SeeD again.

"Let's go to the park." Quinn tells me and gives me a charming smile. He stands up and then he helps me up. I'm glad he is with me, I can rest on him all though I am able to stand on my own, walk on my own, it took me five years though.

Quinn tickles me a little just to get my attention, a little habit he had picked up over the years but never seemed to annoy me. "Sorry...I'm just thinking a lot lately."

"I've noticed." Quinn tells me and then smiled, golden flecks in his brown eyes smiling. "You have those funny wrinkles just above your nose." He giggles, sounding almost child-lile. He reminds me of Selphie sometimes.

"Wrinkels?" I try to sound shocked by the laughter in my voice betrays me. "Am I that old?"

Quinn opens the door and helps me outside, holding me around my waist. "Well you are ten years older then me."

I sigh. I wasn't that old, just 27. "Nine, not ten."

Quinn rolls his eyes, making me smile once again. All though my life is nice and Quinn is helpfull I can't help but wish that Squall would come over one day and just say 'hi'.

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