title: Stuck together
author: kori
fandom: final fantasy 8
pairing: zell/irvine
summary: Irvine and Zell in a hotel room.
disclaimer: not mine. not mine. argh.
thanks: kagi, for beta and everything else.
warnings: shonen-ai. (well, duh!)
archive: no. (unless you ask first).


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Stuck together
by kori



"So you love him, huh?" He flopped back onto the bed and
watched his teammate glare at his ruined jacket. Now it had
more holes in it than anyone would bother to count.

"What?! Why would you think that?" Hands tightened around
the fabric of the jacket.

"Well... the glares you shot at Rinoa after she kissed him
could've cut glass..." Inwardly Irvine grinned, but he
didn't want to show Zell. Not yet.

"..." Zell stared at him angrily.

"You can tell me, you know. I wouldn't think less of you if
you did..." He tried to look as innocent and
nothing-but-curious as possible.

"Ok... so maybe I've got a crush on him..." The blue glare
wandered away from Irvine's face to rest on the torn jacket.

"Just a crush?" Irvine pressed and couldn't suppress a
slight grin this time.

"Yes!" he hissed angrily. "Why are you being so nosy?" Zell
looked about ready to jump him (and claw his eyes out. not
the positive jumping.. yet...)

"Just checking if I stand a chance..." He murmured lowly and
waited for the other's reaction.

"What!?!" Zell jumped up from the couch opposite the bed and
stood there in front of him, hands on his hips, scowling
down.

"Well... since we're already stuck with each other in this
room for the night..." Irvine smirked and patted the bed
next to himself, "...we could just as well be *stuck*
together."


Ende.