"Unrequited Love" Chapter One
***Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to FF8, sadly. I wrote this fic a
while ago and decided to resurrect it. I like the idea of Quistis and Zell
being a couple, I don't understand why there aren't more Zell/Quistis fics
out there. Please read and review, no flames. And I don't know the name of
the pig-tailed library girl, so I named her Maria.
Quistis stared at Zell and the pigtailed library girl, also known as Maria. She felt the tears welling up in her eyes. It was two years after all that had happened. Two years she had spent longing for Zell. But as soon as he came back, he asked her out. They'd been together ever since. Quistis was bitter from her memory of the day she had found out. It was at a dance, celebrating the return of Balamb Garden's most famous SeeD's. It was that night she realized she loved Zell. She saw him, wearing his SeeD uniform, hair slicked down, looking quite handsome. She was wearing a beautiful black dress, it shimmered as if it were the night sky itself, and it hugged all the right curves. Selphie and Rinoa had told her that it was the perfect dress for her. She was getting ready to make her move, was about to ask Zell to come to the balcony with her, when it happened. Zell got on stage, picked up the microphone and said, "Everyone, I am about to do something that may change my life forever." Quistis felt her heart stop. Did he share the feelings she had denied for so long? Rinoa and Selphie smiled at her. Zell began to continue. "There is a very special lady sitting in the crowd. I've loved her for a long time, but from a distance. She is the most beautiful, most amazing girl I have ever met." He paused and smiled at Quistis. She remembered that day she found Zell sitting in his room in the dark. "Quistis, can I ask you something?" "You know you can ask me anything."
"I just wanted to check. You see, there is this amazing girl that I know, but I don't know how to tell how I feel about her." Quistis smiled to herself. "Tell her how you feel. I'm sure she must feel the same way. Be yourself." Zell smiled at her. "Thanks Quistis, you're the best." Back to the present. "Maria, I love you. I never knew how to tell you until today." Quistis felt her heart shatter into a million pieces. Maria squealed and ran up to Zell. He pulled her close and kissed her passionately. He smiled at Quistis and mouthed the words "Thank-you."
Quistis looked and felt as if she were going to be sick. Quistis ran away from the table, from everyone's shouts of "Quistis wait!" She couldn't bear their pity. Not now. There would be time for that later, in the girl's dormitory. She needed to be alone to shed her tears. She went out to the balcony, sat down, and hugged her knees to her chest. "Why did I have to wait so damn long?" she asked herself. "Now its too late and he'll never know. How could I have been so stupid?" The tears came tumbling down, and Quistis knew she had to leave before things got worse. "Zell," she whispered, "Did you ever know I had my eyes on you?"
She took all the back hallways and was about to step out when she ran into a familiar muscular form. "Quistis, what's wrong?" asked Zell, voice full of concern. "Nothing, I just felt I needed to leave. I need to be alone."
"Oh. okay." Zell had a disappointed look on his face. "I'm sorry. I really must go. Oh. And before I leave. Congratulations."
Zell looked surprised. "Thanks," he muttered. "Your advice helped me make up my mind. I really owe you." "No you don't," Quistis said harshly, and walked away before Zell could say more. Zell stood there, cursing his stupidity. "How could I not know?" He yelled. Maria put her arms around him. "Not know what, sweetie?" "Nothing. Nothing at all."
"Oh. Umm.. Okay." Maria had a confused look on her face. "C'mon, lets go back inside, its chilly out here."
Zell was watching Quistis' retreating form. "You go in, I'll catch up."
"Okay," she said, and she left. "I'm an idiot. I thought she didn't care. That's why I asked out Maria, because its so obvious she loves me. But I don't even know her! Yet I love her all the same. I'll see how things turn out. Even though I'll always love Quistis more." He took one last glance at Quistis. "Did you ever know I had my eyes on you?" he said quietly to himself.
Quistis stared at Zell and the pigtailed library girl, also known as Maria. She felt the tears welling up in her eyes. It was two years after all that had happened. Two years she had spent longing for Zell. But as soon as he came back, he asked her out. They'd been together ever since. Quistis was bitter from her memory of the day she had found out. It was at a dance, celebrating the return of Balamb Garden's most famous SeeD's. It was that night she realized she loved Zell. She saw him, wearing his SeeD uniform, hair slicked down, looking quite handsome. She was wearing a beautiful black dress, it shimmered as if it were the night sky itself, and it hugged all the right curves. Selphie and Rinoa had told her that it was the perfect dress for her. She was getting ready to make her move, was about to ask Zell to come to the balcony with her, when it happened. Zell got on stage, picked up the microphone and said, "Everyone, I am about to do something that may change my life forever." Quistis felt her heart stop. Did he share the feelings she had denied for so long? Rinoa and Selphie smiled at her. Zell began to continue. "There is a very special lady sitting in the crowd. I've loved her for a long time, but from a distance. She is the most beautiful, most amazing girl I have ever met." He paused and smiled at Quistis. She remembered that day she found Zell sitting in his room in the dark. "Quistis, can I ask you something?" "You know you can ask me anything."
"I just wanted to check. You see, there is this amazing girl that I know, but I don't know how to tell how I feel about her." Quistis smiled to herself. "Tell her how you feel. I'm sure she must feel the same way. Be yourself." Zell smiled at her. "Thanks Quistis, you're the best." Back to the present. "Maria, I love you. I never knew how to tell you until today." Quistis felt her heart shatter into a million pieces. Maria squealed and ran up to Zell. He pulled her close and kissed her passionately. He smiled at Quistis and mouthed the words "Thank-you."
Quistis looked and felt as if she were going to be sick. Quistis ran away from the table, from everyone's shouts of "Quistis wait!" She couldn't bear their pity. Not now. There would be time for that later, in the girl's dormitory. She needed to be alone to shed her tears. She went out to the balcony, sat down, and hugged her knees to her chest. "Why did I have to wait so damn long?" she asked herself. "Now its too late and he'll never know. How could I have been so stupid?" The tears came tumbling down, and Quistis knew she had to leave before things got worse. "Zell," she whispered, "Did you ever know I had my eyes on you?"
She took all the back hallways and was about to step out when she ran into a familiar muscular form. "Quistis, what's wrong?" asked Zell, voice full of concern. "Nothing, I just felt I needed to leave. I need to be alone."
"Oh. okay." Zell had a disappointed look on his face. "I'm sorry. I really must go. Oh. And before I leave. Congratulations."
Zell looked surprised. "Thanks," he muttered. "Your advice helped me make up my mind. I really owe you." "No you don't," Quistis said harshly, and walked away before Zell could say more. Zell stood there, cursing his stupidity. "How could I not know?" He yelled. Maria put her arms around him. "Not know what, sweetie?" "Nothing. Nothing at all."
"Oh. Umm.. Okay." Maria had a confused look on her face. "C'mon, lets go back inside, its chilly out here."
Zell was watching Quistis' retreating form. "You go in, I'll catch up."
"Okay," she said, and she left. "I'm an idiot. I thought she didn't care. That's why I asked out Maria, because its so obvious she loves me. But I don't even know her! Yet I love her all the same. I'll see how things turn out. Even though I'll always love Quistis more." He took one last glance at Quistis. "Did you ever know I had my eyes on you?" he said quietly to himself.