He had a towel wrapped around his waist and was using another to dry his hair.
"Quisty?" He froze mid-motion, almost comically, with the towel draped over his right eye.
"What are you doing here?" Quistis whispered, dropping Save the Queen.
"The pipes in my place broke. Whole back half of the apartment's flooded." Seifer shrugged and went back to toweling his hair. "Your apartment's the only other one with running water."
"That's not what I meant." She took a step forward, reaching a hand out toward him. Then she pulled back a little, as if she were afraid touching him would prove it all no more than a dream.
He tossed the towel he was using to the floor and stepped forward to take her hand.
"I'm really here, Quisty," he said, pulling her into a hug. "Laguna pardoned me, and they let me out."
"Oh, God, Seifer." Softly, she began crying.
"Shh…Its all right. I'm not going anywhere."
"Promise me," she whispered.
"I promise." Tipping her head up, he sealed the promise with a kiss.
and there it is kiddos. the end. tho there is a sequel. sort of. all questions will be answered there. somehow, as i was writing this tho, it just sort of started blending into Taken, and the two became companions in the same universe. i guess this means that i'll be doing lots more work on that one soon. let me know what you thought!
eerian