A/N: hey guys i'm back once again this time with my 11th chapter. i've been hella busy (again) with school but this time i found the time to write. i'm currently writing another story, which would be an original story from me. ;) anyway this is the latest chapter and i hope you enjoy it xD

Disclaimer: sadly i do not own FF8 nor SquareEnix. i do own the story i am simultaneously working on ;)

-Chapter 11-

Good Morning Rinoa

The magical night was now over for the couple who are now fast asleep. The dawn was breaking in when sleep finally overcame Squall. He fell asleep on the couch where he decided to sleep last night, since the last night was tiring and extremely intriguing Squall was knocked out cold, pretty much like Rinoa.

Squall was very sure he had fallen asleep on the couch, so when he felt himself move to the left he was very sure that the landing wouldn't be good. But as he opened his eyes, he didn't even fall, nor even close to falling. He was on the bed with Rinoa and he didn't know how he ended up there!

What the hell?? What am I doing here?? I thought I fell asleep on the couch… or did I move from there to here by sleepwalk? Shoot!

Rinoa gave a small moan as she shifted her position squashing her face into his chest. Squall's body tensed with the contact but after a while it relaxed as he wrapped his arms on Rinoa. She cuddled even more in response to his gesture. Sleep was overcoming Squall again and he decided to leave her side before he completely falls asleep thinking that sleepwalking might not be the only talent he has when he is asleep. As he tried to get up Rinoa tugged on his shirt and whispered something inaudible.

"Rin, I gotta go, I'm going to transfer to the couch." He whispered into her ears as he tried to loosen her grip on his shirt.

"No, no, no..." she said as she crushed her whole weight into Squall's chest. "Stay here, with me; you won't do anything I am sure about it."

"You seem pretty confident with that presumption when in fact you're only half awake." Squall laughed, and tried, again, to leave. This time Rinoa didn't want to lose. She tried to shake herself to wake and tried to climb on top of him. "Now, I have you, you can't leave." She said as she half smiled, half yawned. "Really?" he challenged as he lifted her up with ease and carefully placed her right beside him. "Seems like I could get out after all."

"No!" Rinoa then lunged at him but missed and hit the pillow instead. She cursed on the pillow and decided to use her "femininity" to get the better out of this situation. She lied down and tried to "seduce" Squall into coming back to bed with her, but it still didn't work. Squall was trained in a military academy and he knew how to handle these things, so he just covered her up with a fleece blanket and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Goodnight, 'Noa."

"Aww…"

Hmph! It didn't even work even a bit! Oh well I guess it's better this way.

Squall settled himself on the couch again and let the "ZZZZs" take over.


The next morning Rinoa got up earlier than Squall and decided to settle herself at the foot of Squall's couch. She turned the TV-o on and waited for him to wake. Rinoa settled to watch Barney and decided she better get something to cushion her ass as she realized that the carpet was NOT as soft as she thought.

"This carpet may look nice but it's so not as hell as comfortable as my carpet in Deling!" she muttered as she looked for a pillow. As she searched for one she suddenly felt home sick and sad. Aww I miss my room, my shaggy carpet, my cavernous closet…. I miss DELING! She thought as she finally found a small enough pillow.

She settled herself back at the bottom of the couch and watched as the freaky purple dinosaur sing "…I love you, you love me, we're a happy family…"

"I love you, you love me…" she sang but before she was finished singing someone stole the last line from her. "Let's go out and kill Barney." Goosebumps went up her spine as she was shocked to hear someone else, but this was soon replaced by a giggle and an ecstatic attitude.

"Squall!!" She screamed, although not necessary which was pointed out by Squall's huge eyes and recoiled position.

"Jeez, I bet even the tiniest hair in my ears would be sure to die from a shrill like that!" He commented as he carefully tried to sit up and mess his hair, which was unnecessary given the condition it was in now.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean it. I mean I did but c'mon! You scared the hell outta me!" Rinoa said as she pushed Squall lightly on the shoulder. "Hey I just sang. Last I checked there was no rule in Esthar that prevents me from doing that." Squall said still trying to clear his head from the scream.

"Look, I'm sorry." Then she gave him the puppy dog stare, although Squall tried to resist the temptation of tickling her, a smile was still able to escape. "It's okay, Noa."

"Great!" she exclaimed as she stood up and tugged on his arm. "Let's eat! I'm hungry!" Squall was led to his feet by the strong pull that the raven haired girl was able to muster. "Hey, hey, hey! Slow down!" he said as he clambered off the couch. "There's always food here, we never run out you know."

Rinoa just rolled her eyes and decided to tug even harder as she led him out of the room. "Hey it's 8am!" Squall said as they passed by the digital clock on the wall opposite Squall's room. "Yeah, so?" she replied as she raised an eyebrow at Squall. "It's still early! And considering that we slept at about 3am… this is not right!" He said as he stopped on his tracks and went to pull the little woman leading the way. As he did Rinoa was unprepared for the pull and went straight into his chest. "Lukmmmuall…" she said against his chest. "What did you say again?" Squall asked.

"I said," she replied as she tried to fix herself up from the ordeal she just had. "Look, so what if it's early?"

"One of the rules here in the palace every after events…" he said as he pulled away from Rinoa. "Is never expect anyone, and I mean ANYONE to be awake." Rinoa just stared at him. "Even the maids." He added as he saw the speculation in Rinoa's stare.

"Oh…hey that's not a rule!" she exclaimed as she pulled at his arm and went back to his bedroom. "That's a FACT!" she finished as the door closed silently behind Squall.

"Rules ARE facts, in the place they govern at least." He sighed as he went straight for the bed. He let his whole weight fall on the bed, and it made the whole thing rattle for a while. Rinoa waited for the mattress to settle down before she climbed on the other side of the bed. "mooknoaihhyoooammmunggrgetfooomatfridge." Squall murmured against his pillow, which was followed by a yawn. Rinoa laughed and tickled him. "What did you say??" she said.

"I said," Squall said as he rolled on his back to find himself face to face with Rinoa. "if you're hungry there's food in the fridge, right there." He said as he pointed to the mini fridge he had right beside his stereo. Rinoa pecked him on the lips and said thank you, before climbing down the bed to get some food. "Since you're already up, why don't you get yourself fixed up so that when I wake up, again, I'll just need to get my keys and then head to your house?"

"Hmm, yeah sure." Rinoa said absentmindedly as she scavenged for some grub in the tiny fridge. "TADA!" she exclaimed as she showed Squall the bag of chips she found in the corner of the fridge. He just gave her a smile and then dozed off.

As Rinoa munched on the chips, a knock was heard in the room next door. And it seemed urgent. She stood up from the couch and went out to check it out. As she peeped through the small crack that she opened on the door, she saw two servants: one, a guy, was the one knocking on the door, and the other one, a little girl, was as white as a sheet of paper. I wonder what's wrong this time. She thought as she went out to the corridor to find out.

"What's the matter?" she asked the servant. "Is something wrong?"

"Trouble has spread in the kitchens, the chef, Messieurs Renaldo has fainted half an hour ago and is not responding to anything we do," he said haphazardly. "Madame, you would do well to clothe yourself, appropriately." He added as he tried to smile at Rinoa.

Rinoa then realized she was only wearing Squall's soccer uniform and his boxers. Shoot! I totally forgot I was in his clothes! Rinoa blushed but waved it off. "Don't mind my clothes, what is it that you need with Ellone?"

This time the little girl replied. "You see, Miss Ellone, she can cure people." She gulped and wasn't able to stop the tears from falling. "This is his daughter, Sophie. She was there when her father fainted; she panicked and won't leave his side. I only persuaded her so that the others may tend to his needs."

"I see, so Elle can do that." Rinoa replied thoughtfully but soon realized she'll wake Ellone for them. She banged on the door and yelled: "ELLONE! WAKE UP! I NEED YOU TO GET UP NOW!" Rinoa was pretty sure she'd woken up almost everyone in the hall but she didn't care. When the door finally creaked open she stopped the banging and let the servant boy talk.

He explained everything to Ellone and without further adieu she went straight to kitchen with Rinoa at their wake. Rinoa decided to take care of Sophie as Elle tried to revive Renaldo. "Is papa going to be okay?" Sophie asked Rinoa, as they both saw all the spells that Ellone casted upon the fallen chef.

Rinoa just nodded at Sophie and told her, "It'll be okay, don't worry, Ellone will be able to fix him up in no time." She hugged the now sobbing girl and tried to soothe her. Ellone was speaking gibberish while her eyes where closed and her hand was over Renaldo's forehead.

I wonder if Ellone studied magic extensively… I mean those are pretty complicated spells.

After ten grueling minutes the chef was now sitting up and was thanking Ellone profusely. "Thank you my dear, thank you."

"No problem, thank Luis here, if he didn't come get me any sooner well, we would still be reviving you right now." Ellone replied and gave him a warm smile. Sophie then broke loose from Rinoa's hold to rush to her father's arms. "Papa! Don't you ever scare me like that!" she sobbed into her father's sleeve. "I won't I promise."

"Look, next time, don't over do it Renaldo, take a break, be late, it's okay there is no rule here that says you're not allowed to rest." Ellone then patted him on the back. "You're off for the whole week, on me. Take a break, go home for a change." She smiled and went to help him stand up.

"Thank you so much, Miss Ellone." Sophie exclaimed as she gave Ellone a hug.

"No problem."

Wow, Ellone sure is good at what she did.

Rinoa stared at the event that was now happening in front of her as Ellone approached her and said, "Thanks for helping them out." Then she smiled. "C'mon let's go back, since I'm already up might as well start my day."

They both ascended up the side staircase of the palace, which led directly to the sleeping quarters. Rinoa kept on glancing at Ellone and was quite curious on how come she was that good with magic. "Look Noa, I know you are curious on why I am so good at magic." Ellone said as she went ahead of Rinoa. "It's because I studied it a long, long time ago. Squall did too, but he never got obsessed with it as I did."

"So you studied it? But you can't be that good, even if you practice everyday or know all the incantations, I mean you can only be THAT good, if you have magical lineage!" Rinoa exclaimed. Ellone just laughed and told her to just ask Squall about it when she gets the chance, and then went into her own room to get ready for the day.

Rinoa did the same thing, she went into Squall's room, to find him snoring, and went straight to the bathroom. She opened the shower and was looking for something to wear.

Hmm, I wonder if he'd mind me borrowing his clothes… 'Cause I sure don't have anything to wear.

As Rinoa searched his cabinet for some clothes, a knocking sound came from the door. Rinoa decided to check it out and left what she was doing. She opened the door to fine Ellone with some clothes in her arms. "Look I figured since you just crashed here without any warning, you won't have any clothes, so I brought you some." She said as she offered the bunch of clothes for Rinoa to take. "Thanks Elle, you're a life saver! I was thinking borrowing some of Squall's but all I found were some spandex shirts and a bunch of black and white polo shirts!"

Ellone laughed at her statement and said that she'd better get ready for lunch, since the time of breakfast has passed. "So make sure you're ready when I call you again okay? And make sure he's also prepped up." And then she shut the door and went back to her room.

Rinoa went back to the bathroom and proceeded with her bath. After she was done with her bath,she was wearing a mini skirt that had gold trimmings and some beading on the left side, she also wore a lavender tank top, and some flip flops. She decided to call her aunt to tell her she'd be coming home by 3pm that day. "Hey Auntie!"

The voice on the other end seemed to be panicking. "Don't worry auntie, he'll take me back there, it's just that Laguna wanted me to stay for lunch." Then the voice seemed to calm down and then just bade her goodbye and then the line went dead.

Hmm, I'd better wake this guy up…."HIYAAA!!" Rinoa yelled as she jumped on top of Squall and gave him a kiss on the nose. "'Wakey wakey sleeping beauty!"

Squall groaned and said, "Sleeping beauty is supposed to be a girl." He then sat up and placed Rinoa on the other side of the bed and went to stand up without a word and went to the bathroom.

Well, that's different. He must really hate the way I woke him up. Haha (-.-')

As Squall got ready for lunch, Rinoa just sat on his couch thinking if he was really angry or was he just playing. When the suspense was finally killing her, she asked him if he was.

"Are you angry at me?"

"No, it's just that I lost my keys last night and I think I left it at the beach."

Oh shoot, there?? But I thought he left it here in his room??

"Oh well, I better borrow Elle's car and I'll just get my keys later. C'mon I'd better take you home."

"But, but, what about lunch??"

"No need, we'll grab some on the way or just get some at your house."

"But Ellone wanted me to stay…."

Squall cocked an eyebrow at her and went to search for his "Griever". As he found it he told Rinoa, that even if her aunt agreed of the time she was coming home that was not an excuse for her to stay longer in the palace. "Look, I know you want to grab lunch here but c'mon Rin, at least give us some more surprises to keep from you.. okay?" he said as he held her chin up and gave her a smile.

"Now, let's get going."


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Aunt Cecile was as hospitable as she was when she was in a good mood, but today there is a slight tension between her and her hospitability. She welcomed them into her home and served them lunch but as soon as it was over she asked Squall to leave because chores had to be done.

"Look dear, I am not saying I do not want you here… I just need you to leave, because the grime here is thickening at the moment and it is very unsanitary." She said as she cleared up the table. Squall knew he wasn't wanted and that Rinoa was in it big time. So he stood up and thanked her for the meal and the understanding regarding the night before. "Thanks for the meal." He said to Aunt Cecile. "Bye Rin, I'll see you tomorrow, bright and early for school."

Rinoa went to take Squall to the door and she knew her aunt was staring at her like trying to pierce her skin. "Look Rin I can sense you'd be in great trouble, you better brace yourself." Squall then gave her a kiss on the forehead and whispered, "Call me after everything." And then went straight for his car.

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Squall was right. She did get fried! Her aunt scolded her until the night fell again! And she sent her to her room before she threatened to call her mom. "I would call your mom and tell her about how you've been behaving, now go to your room."

Rinoa went up to her room and checked her phone, there were no messages. Squall must think I need some time alone… oh well…I do need the time alone, I'll just call him tomorrow.

She was thinking of all the possibilities tomorrow… and fell asleep with that thought.


A/N: so people what did you think? i made Aunt Cecile stricter so that there would be a challenge in their story. R & R kudos! ;)