Memories
Fandom: FFVIII
Pairing: Ma Dincht/Cafeteria Lady
Rating: R
Prompt: NPC
Word Count: 300
Note: Yeah...this felt wrong. Just so you all know, I considered being ashamed of myself for writing this, but I got over it.
"Well doc, I guess my love affair with hot dogs began when I was a child..."
Quistis clenched her jaw and waited for Zell to continue. These...therapy sessions were proving to be very taxing.
For one thing, she wasn't a doctor.
For another, she had no idea how he got in her room. She suspected Xu let him in, though she had no proof.
Yet.
"I remember lonely nights in the cafeteria, cuddled up next to the steam table..."
"Oh God. Not this again."
"I could hear my ma whispering in the darkness..."
"Zell, if you have any love for me, please don't tell me this story again."
"She's talking to another woman..." Zell's lip began quivering as he recalled a long-ago conversation. "They...seem to be arguing, fighting even, but it's so dark..."
Quistis groaned.
"I hear these...muffled grunts, so I run to the back to help my ma, but she meets me at the door..."
The window was open, but Quistis' room was only on the third floor. Suicide wasn't an option.
"They were wrestling on a...a steel counter, the long industrial kind, you know, but instead of kneading dough, like she said they were gonna do..."
"Zell, that wasn't..."
"So I ask my Ma what's going on, just why she needed to beat up the cafeteria lady that always fed me extra hot dogs..."
Quistis raised her eyes to the ceiling in a plea for mercy. "Hyne? Please. Kill me now."
Zell stammered and tears gathered in his eyes. "Ma told me that they were busy. She said they were gonna butter each others' bread, so she patted me on the head and gave me another hot dog, told me to wait in the dining room like a good boy..."
"Maybe you should see a real shrink, Zell."