Disclaimer: Just because I live in a desert with a bunch of moogles, doesn't mean I own Final Fantasy!!

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"What a beautiful day it is, isn't it Squall?" asked Rinoa as she laid on the picnic blanket

"It is..." Squall said as he looked at his girl friend, "What shall we start off with? The sandwiches or dessert, possibly the snacks?"

"What about a little snack first?" Rinoa got on her knees saying. She crawled a few steps to Squall and touched his chin softly and kissed his lips gently.

Rinoa and Squall where having a day off from running the Balamb Garden. The found a cozy spot near Obel Lake, under a tree for just enough shade, so they could be comfortable. It was a nice sunny day with a cool breeze in the spring.

"Hmmmm... My favorite! Strawberries with whip cream!" Rinoa moaned in pleasure as Squall fed her some fruit.

"I hope your having a good time honey." asked Squall, hoping to make this as romantic as possible.

"I'm having a great time Squall, you don't need to ask, where ever I'm at with you, I'm always going to have a great time, just as long as I'm with you, I'll feel complete." reassured Rinoa.

"I love you Rinoa.," declared Squall in a passionate tone right before he sat next to her and put her in his arms. "There is something I want to tell you..."

"Yes baby?" Rinoa asked, moving her head so she could star into her lover's eyes.

"Well, it's more that I want to ask you something, and I don't know how to do it, I'm nervous." Squall stated.

"You know that you can ask me anything or tell me anything."

Meanwhile in the background there was a struggle in the bushes nearby. An odd overcastted figure looked beyond at the couple that was sharing their love for each other.

"What was that?" Pulling away from Squall, Rinoa looked over to the right where a movement in the bushes startled her.

Suddenly, a huge movement throughout the bushes moved further into the forest. Squall ran after it with his gun blade but stopped as he past the bushes. He couldn't see a thing, so he decided to walk back to Rinoa and continue their romantic picnic.

"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to ruin the moment, it just scared me" sighed Rinoa.

"Don't be sorry honey! I love you, I don't want you to ever feel guilty okay."

Looking above from a tree, the smell of the sandwich's ham attracted the shadowed figure. As the figure leaned forward into the air, it fell off of the tree, landing next to the picnic basket.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" yelled Squall.

"Sorry man, AHHH you saw me!" cried Zell.

"How did you know we where here Zell!" asked Rinoa

"I was soooo hungry, so I followed you cause there where no more hot dogs left, so I thought I'd steal a sandwich from you." Zell pouted as he stared at the ground, where a sandwich laid.

"Steal... That's a great quality to have Zell! Do you steal a lot? What a way to be trustworthy to your friends!" Squall scolded giving Zell the evil eye.

"I swear, I've only done it once, honest! It was two months ago, when I found out there was a new shipment of hot dogs, that night I sneaked over into the cafeteria before it was closed off for the night and well I stuffed my face with frozen hot dogs...." mumbled Zell

"So your the person that did it!!! No wonder you where sick that week too, serves you right!" Rinoa screamed.

"Well we can't do anything about that now..." sighed Squall rolling his eyes

"Don't even think about taking that sandwich mister!" screamed Rinoa as she slapped Zell in the arm.

"Please!!!! I'm hungry!" I'll leave you alone, promise!" Zell replied.

"Fine, then, take one..." said Squall, "you better leave now."

"Alright, I'm going, thanks!" Zell mumbled as he stuffed his face with the food. He walked over by the lake and sat there. He was still in Rinoa and Squall's sights.

"SOMEWHERE ELSE!" Rinoa screamed again.

"You gotta give me something else, PLEASE!!!!! I'm beggin' you!" Zell blurt out

"Zell, we're trying to have a romantic evening, maybe you've heard of it?" Squall remarked

Zell turned his face back to the lake to look at it and then back at the couple with sad puppy eyes. He got up on his feet, back arched and slowly walked off out of sight.

"Finally, heh heh." Squall sighed

"Lets forget that happened." said Rinoa as she put her hand on Squall's thigh.

"Did I tell you how beautiful you are today?" asked Squall eyeing Rinoa.

"Once or twice but who's counting?" joked Rinoa.

"So... where were we?"

"We where about to have a romantic lunch... I kinda feel sorry for Zell, maybe we should of gave him something else..." Rinoa said, feeling a little bad about forcing him to leave.

"But if we didn't make him leave," Squall paused, "Then I wouldn't have been able to tell you what I was going to tell you honey."

"I totally forgot about that Squall, so what do you want to tell me?" questioned Rinoa

"I... I... I wanted to... Let's finish lunch first and then I might be able to tell you, it's just something that is hard to ask, because I don't know how you'd feel about it." stated Squall.

"O-okay, lets eat, there's no rush in telling me what you want to tell me, and I can wait."

"I love you so much Rinoa." Squall affirmed.

"I love you more!" Rinoa playfully said.

"No I love you..."

"NOOOO... I love you..."

"NOOOOOOOOO I LOVE..."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE YOU" cried both Squall and Rinoa.

"Is that what you wanted to tell me?" wondered Rinoa

"No, I've told you I love you before, many times, this is something completely different." Squall said in a quivering voice as he lay on the ground.

Taking a bite out of his sandwich, Rinoa laid in his arms nibbling at her sandwich as well. Looking up at the bright sky, there where few clouds in the sky, it was a peaceful day for the couple. As they ate the sandwiches, they dozed off for a noon nap. Squall holding Rinoa in his arms; it was romantic scene like in a movie.

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