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Rating: M forlanguage

Summery: Seifer Almasy thought he had his life completely situated at Balamb Garden. Until a blast from the past reminds him what....Well, who he was missing. Seiner.

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Chapter 2

Not long after Squall Leonheart had walked out of the large classroom full of awfully silent students, he walked back in with the blonde ,that had previously exited the room, clinging to his muscular arm.

"Are you alright now, Mr. Rhodes?" Miss Trepe asked kindly.

Hayner gazed up and nodded at her with a grin. (Hayner had never smiled, just grinned)

"Then you may have a seat with Squall...If you'd like?" She said.

Squall and Hayner gazed at each other for a moment and the dark-haired male nodded.

"Okay, I will." Hayner said as he followed the swords-man to his two-man desk and sat on the end.

Class went on as it usually did.

Rai sat with his forehead down in his hands, trying to sleep.

Fuu wrote notes for Study Hall later.

Zell doodled in his notebook.

The only one who didn't do as he usually did was Seifer.

Seifer Almasy was one of the only males in the class, besides his rival Squall, who actually payed attention during class. This certain class though Seifer was not paying attention during. He was lost in his thoughts the entire time. "Hayner's back..." He kept thinking. "...and apparently he isn't doing too good in life, judging by what Zell said earlier." His azure orbs fell, once again, apon that spunky, hard-headed skater boy he had loved so long ago. he sucked in the air in the stuffy classroom and let it seep slowly from his lips again.

Did Hayner even recognize him? "I don't look that different...Do I?" He gazed at his reflection in the mirror. Sure, his beany hat was gone, his eyes narrower, he was taller, his coat was different, and he just looked more didn't mean he was unrecognizable, right?

The end-of-class bell rang and all the students packed their backs and, talking loudly, ran out the doors. Hayner stayed and waited for Squall to finish talking to Quistis. Seifer was pushing chairs back where they went and grumbling to himself and when that blonde ,whom had held his attention all during class, pushed himself to his large feet and walked to his side.

"What'cha doing?" He leaned forward and clasped his hands together behind his back.

Seifer looked over at him and then whipped back around when he realized who he was looking at.

"Cleaning." He replied in a harsh, biting tone that caused the blonde behind him to step back and bite down onto his bottom lip.

"Sorry I asked." Hayner pivited and stomped over to the brunette. "Ready?" He smiled.

Leon merely nodded. "One moment." He walked around Hayner, who nodded, and leaned against the desk Seifer was near. "Well train later on. I'm going to walk Hayner home right after lunch."

"Why do you even care if that lamer makes it home safely?" Seifer retorted.

Squall crossed his arms over his chest. "That's none of you're business, Seifer."

Hayner's chestnut eyes widened and his hands began to lightly shake against each other. A light gasp escaped his lips before he could hold it in. Squall turned to see him and ran to his side. "Hayner? What's the matter with you? Hayner, answer me!" he shook him by his shoulders violently and tried to force out a reply.

"What did you say his name was?" The blonde gazed over at the crude man he spoken to earlier.

"His names Seifer. Seifer Almasy." Squall sounded very confused. "Why?"

The Disciplinary Committee leader leaned on one hip and placed his strong arms on his hips with a smirk. "Hey lamer." Hayner gazed at him long and with horror in his eyes and then walked slowly towards Seifer. "What?" Seifer backed away.

"S-seifer...It really is you, isn't it?" Hayner was now standing directly in front of the tall male.

With a sudden burst of energy, the blonde, hazel-eyed boy lept into Seifer's arms and wrapped both his arms and his legs around that frightfully familiar torso. "Seifer, it really is you! I missed you so bad, you son of a bitch!" Hayner dropped his forehead onto Seifer's shoulder.

"How ya been, Princess?" The bully replied with a long-held-back smile. Hayner leaned back to gaze at those cyan eyes and smiled.

"You know I hate that nickname, asshole."

"I know, that's why I call you it."

After Squall had cut in and asked how Seifer and Hayner had known each other, they both just laughed and would only tell him that they used to live in the same town when they were younger. Twilight Town. Hayner had crawled onto Seifer's shoulders and they had all headed off to lunch.

Hayner had one of those really serene feeling you get when something extraordinary is done. Like his world was headed in a new, better direction. He felt as though him and Seifer were goning to leave behind all the hard times they had faced and that the blonde, cyan-eyed male he loved so dearly was going to be by his side again.

Seifer felt different. He knew neither of them could ever forget all the harsh words they had thrown, all the arguments, all the horrors they faces, and he knew Hayner would never forgive him for leaving and coming here the Balamb Garden. No, Seifer knew things couldn't be repaired just by a few simple apologies and talking it out. Him and Hayner were far from 'talk-it-out' people. For Hayner's sake though, he just smiled and went along with any kind that was said about him.

They went through lunch without a fight.

Hayner seemed happy enough, though he would never speak of his life after Seifer had left Twilight Town. Seifer said nothing of his life here, only spoke of the work they did and the people he'd met.

Squall felt like Hayner was a trust-worthy person and couldn't understand why Seifer would have left a town with a kid as nice as Hayner seemed to be. He merely sat back, ate, and listened though.

Afer lunch all the children headed back to classes. At the beginning of the last class Hayner's phoen rang and he went outside the door until around fifteen minutes into class, when he entered again.

Him and Squall planned to go to Zell's house after to drop Hayner off safely and they, they meaning Hayner, asked Seifer to come along.

The muscular male knew something bad was going to stir up, but said yes anyways.

He knew he'd have to take a chance if he wanted him and the skater boy to be fine again. Plus, he wanted to ask Hayner about a lot of things too. He thought a walk back to Zell's house might be the best place to do so. So, they agreed to meet outside the school on the steps and head there together. They would stop by the coffee shop and then go home. The plans were set.

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