*Disclaimer* I don't own Final Fantasy 8.
I stand on the edge of the bridge, looking down to the inky blackness below me that is the water. Thoughts race through my mind as I think of Squall, and how he treats me.
I think of my father, of how he always looked at me with disgust. Like it was my fault mother was gone.
It's not my fault, father! I'm not the naive little girl you can blame everything on anymore! I'm all grown up! I'm a woman, now!
My mind screams even as I stay perfectly still and silent, looking up to the stormclouds above. A drop of water falls onto my cheek, mingling with my tears.
More memoriees. More pain.
Squall...you always are so silent. I say 'I love you', but you just look off into the distance and don't respond. Do you love me? Did you ever love me? Will you ever love me? Say something to me, Squall.
I wish I could have been like carefree Selphie, always going through life with a bounce and a giggle before dancing off with the man of my dreams and loving him.
I wish...
I wish I could remember the day it all went wrong...the day that I finally realized that pain was real. Maybe it was the day my father and I fought so loudly in the dining room over our dinner, and I finally left that horrible place and went to Timber. There, I found a reason.
But it's all gone now, Timber is freed from control, and the Owls are all dead.
I didn't mean it...I didn't want them to die...
I watched them die, as I slept in my bed, I saw the guards burst into the train and shoot everyone in sight. I heard Zone screaming as the bullets tore through his body, and finally ripped apart his face.
I feel sick now, looking down at the now drenched bridge. The surface under my feet is slippery now, I'm having touble keeping my balance.
A car pulls up, and you jump out.
"Rinoa?"
Yes, it's me. It's Rinoa.
"I'm sorry, Squall." I say quietly, and move closer to the edge.
You run over to me, and grab my hand. Why won't you let me die, Squall? Why won't you let me end the misery?
"Let me go, Squall!" I scream, and beat at you as you try to pull me off the edge and towards safety.
"Rinoa, listen to me! Before you do anything stupid, just listen to me! I don't want you to go, Rinoa. I wouldn't last a second before I jumped right after you. Anywhere you go, I'll follow."
I stop beating at you, and stare into your face. You're pale, but your face is serious. And I can't help but wonder...
"Why?"
Your face screws up like you're going to cry, but you hold onto the stare.
"Because...because I...I love you, Rinoa. I can't live without you."
I believe you, Squall. I know now, that I can't live without you.
"I love you too, Squall." I whisper, and I turn to step down.
I slip on the wet surface, and I fall over the edge.
But you still hold my hand, Squall. You hold my hand, and you beging pulling me back up to safety.
Now you hold me against you, weeping with me as the sun bursts from behind the clouds. It's healing rays fall down upon us, and I know now that I never could have left you.
"Squall...could you say that again?" I whisper, looking into those stormy eyes of yours.
You brush the damp hair away from my face, and for the first time ever I see you smile.
"I love you, Rinoa."
I stand on the edge of the bridge, looking down to the inky blackness below me that is the water. Thoughts race through my mind as I think of Squall, and how he treats me.
I think of my father, of how he always looked at me with disgust. Like it was my fault mother was gone.
It's not my fault, father! I'm not the naive little girl you can blame everything on anymore! I'm all grown up! I'm a woman, now!
My mind screams even as I stay perfectly still and silent, looking up to the stormclouds above. A drop of water falls onto my cheek, mingling with my tears.
More memoriees. More pain.
Squall...you always are so silent. I say 'I love you', but you just look off into the distance and don't respond. Do you love me? Did you ever love me? Will you ever love me? Say something to me, Squall.
I wish I could have been like carefree Selphie, always going through life with a bounce and a giggle before dancing off with the man of my dreams and loving him.
I wish...
I wish I could remember the day it all went wrong...the day that I finally realized that pain was real. Maybe it was the day my father and I fought so loudly in the dining room over our dinner, and I finally left that horrible place and went to Timber. There, I found a reason.
But it's all gone now, Timber is freed from control, and the Owls are all dead.
I didn't mean it...I didn't want them to die...
I watched them die, as I slept in my bed, I saw the guards burst into the train and shoot everyone in sight. I heard Zone screaming as the bullets tore through his body, and finally ripped apart his face.
I feel sick now, looking down at the now drenched bridge. The surface under my feet is slippery now, I'm having touble keeping my balance.
A car pulls up, and you jump out.
"Rinoa?"
Yes, it's me. It's Rinoa.
"I'm sorry, Squall." I say quietly, and move closer to the edge.
You run over to me, and grab my hand. Why won't you let me die, Squall? Why won't you let me end the misery?
"Let me go, Squall!" I scream, and beat at you as you try to pull me off the edge and towards safety.
"Rinoa, listen to me! Before you do anything stupid, just listen to me! I don't want you to go, Rinoa. I wouldn't last a second before I jumped right after you. Anywhere you go, I'll follow."
I stop beating at you, and stare into your face. You're pale, but your face is serious. And I can't help but wonder...
"Why?"
Your face screws up like you're going to cry, but you hold onto the stare.
"Because...because I...I love you, Rinoa. I can't live without you."
I believe you, Squall. I know now, that I can't live without you.
"I love you too, Squall." I whisper, and I turn to step down.
I slip on the wet surface, and I fall over the edge.
But you still hold my hand, Squall. You hold my hand, and you beging pulling me back up to safety.
Now you hold me against you, weeping with me as the sun bursts from behind the clouds. It's healing rays fall down upon us, and I know now that I never could have left you.
"Squall...could you say that again?" I whisper, looking into those stormy eyes of yours.
You brush the damp hair away from my face, and for the first time ever I see you smile.
"I love you, Rinoa."