Tangled Up

Chapter 3- Blame It On The Dark…

Disclaimer- I do not own Final Fantasy it belongs to Square not me.

"Mark, please leave Mr. Squall alone, I'm sure he doesn't like when you ride on his neck like that," scolded Sarah, the girl who was aiding Squall and Rinoa look after five bratty little children.

Mark, the kid who had whispered in Squall's ear before, unlatched himself from around Squall's neck, "Sorry," he said sweetly.

Squall sighed and, knowing Rinoa was watching him, replied, "That's…alright Mark, maybe later I'll give you a piggy bag ride willingly…."

The boy smiled and then proceeded to kick Squall in the shin. The tall man let out a small noise of pain and anger.

No little twerp is gonna get under my skin…stupid power outage trapping me with these little brats…, he thought to himself trying to calm down. Rinoa walked over to him and began to massage him on the shoulders.

"Are you okay?"

"Of course," he replied, "I've just never wanted to strangle a child before." The raven-haired girl slapped him lightly on the back of his head.

"We do not joke about throttling children," she stated, "I'm sure you can deal with these kids a little longer. And it's not like all of them are horrid little beasts, I mean Vanessa has really taken a shine to you."

Squall looked over at Rinoa's cousin, there was an obvious resemblance between the two, the both had that dark raven hair, and she made him think of a picture he saw of Rinoa taken when she was younger. Vanessa looked over at Squall and giggled then turned back to her friends, and they all looked over and giggled in unison.

"I think she likes you," came Sarah's perky voice from behind the couple, "She's been telling all her friends about how you two are getting married."

Squall didn't know what was more irritating, the children around him or the perky girl behind him. It wasn't like she was a bad person; Sarah was just incredibly happy and cheerful all the time. Sort of like Selphie except he didn't grow up with Sarah, so she just annoyed him.

"Aww, how cute," said Rinoa, not the slightest bit annoyed that her cousin was after her boyfriend.

"Yeah," replied Squall, "so cute."

Mark, the demon from before, came up to Squall once more.

"I'm really sorry I kicked you before," he apologized cutely.

"That's okay Mark," said Squall. Mark smiled and hugged Squall's legs, then proceeded to kick him again harder in the shin.

Kid's they truly are our future…


Selphie sat against the bathroom door, where she had just seen Zell's naked bottom in a total accident.

It wasn't my fault that I got scared and walked in on him changing… she thought to herself, I mean, it's not like I went out looking for his butt… The brunette was in the middle of imagining the blondes butt once more when the door upon which she was leaning opened suddenly and she fell backwards against the floor.

Looking up at the ceiling she saw Zell's face, red with anger and embarrassment, Selphie smiled innocently.

"Hi Zelly," she said from the floor. He didn't respond he just stared at her on the floor.

"Zell you can't be mad at me!" she exclaimed finally getting up from the floor and moving to lean against the wall adjacent to the bathroom.

"I can't?" he asked.

"No, I mean it's not like I went out looking for you, well technically I did but I had no intention of seeing you naked, I just heard something and got scared, but that's besides the point…" she stated, "and in my defense it's very dark so it's not like I saw a lot."

"I'm sorry," said Zell sarcastically, "I should have magically created enough power so that you could turn on the lights and see me completely! Or better yet, I should just take nude pictures of myself and give them to you!" Selphie rolled her eyes.

"No need for sarcasm Zell, Hyne sometimes you can be such a girl…" Zell continued to look at Selphie unhappily, "Fine Zell I'll make it up to you," she said, "What do want?"

Zell pondered the girls question for about a nanosecond before answering, "I wanna see you naked."

Selphie scoffed at him, assuming he was joking but his serious face contradicted her idea. "You can't be serious," she exclaimed from her place on the floor.

"Yup," he nodded, "I am. It's only fair, tit for tat… Er…I didn't mean for it to sound so dirty…"

Selphie's mouth dropped, The nerve! Zell is such a typical guy… She rolled her eyes and got up from the floor.

"Maybe later," she responded, "But I'm bored now, so unless you're gonna put on a nother peep show I think you should start to entertain me."

Zell glared at her but followed her down the stairs nonetheless.

I'll get you back Selphie… he thought to himself.

I'm sure he will…

A&N- yeah I know kinda short but I wanted to put out at least something so I don't start forgetting to update… so here you guys go! Thnx reviewers you keep me happy! xoxo!