AN: Sorry about the missed update. Crap happened and I kinda forgot. but never fear I have an update for you all. As always enjoy.
Some time had passed since the news had been given to him, and Squall now stood on the bridge staring down at Deling City. *Almost a month and no sign of Gilgamesh…* he folded his arms and sighed. *He is either stupid for waiting so long, or he's got something planned...either way its unsettling.* Taking the lift back down to the third floor he thought, *And to top it all off all three of the females in our group are pregnant. We can't just go off willy nilly now, someones got to stay back and protect the garden with this threat still out there. Work is piling up and...ghaaaa* He facepalmed as he stepped into his office. *Damnit, this commander shit is starting to get to me…* He glared at the stack of odd jobs that sat on his desk, *None the less I have a job to do and that's exactly what I plan to get done.* He slammed his back into his chair and began to thumb through the jobs.
Meanwhile Quistis was walking through the dormitory hall. Since the news leaked out that she was expecting, there was millions of odd things arriving at her dorm. Flowers, cards, chocolate...oh dear god chocolate…and some other odd things as presents. She sighed as she walked up to Gilbert's door, suddenly she remembered, today was the day that she planned to move in with him. Would make things a lot simpler with what was about to occur. After all Squall and Rinoa roomed together. Selphie and Irvine got the same room about a week ago, so it seemed that hers and Gilbert's time had come. She went to knock but her thoughts made her hesitate. Another sigh fell from her lips as she found the courage to knock.
Gilbert opened the door sheepishly, he had just gotten out of the last of his classes for the day. 'Damn Squall. . .running me to the bone. . .Between class and the jobs. . . and the training'. He blinked seeing Quistis on the other side of the door, a smile broke across his face
"hey, Just got out of class for the day." He'd started going to classes about a month prior because Squall had not only given him the green light, but had also in no uncertain terms told him to start taking the classes. He stepped back and gestured for Quistis to come in. "I was about to change and get Irvine to help move things. Today's the day right?" Quistis smiled at him.
"Keeping busy aren't you?" She laughed and gave him a hug, "Thanks for the help today, I'm not sure how I would have gotten my things over here without the extra arms, and you sure do have the room here." She peeked inside, "Where's Grisil? He can help!" Breaking loose from the hug, she took a step back, "Look Gil, about the kid…." She trailed off and sighed, "...no...never mind its nothing important." She gave him a peck on the cheek and then started back towards her room. "You know where to find me when you guys can start packing."
Gilbert tilted his head, when she mentioned their child, but when she stopped he felt confused. He watched her go, and chuckled at her comment of Grisil helping. The mentioned Wolf woofed and padded over, nudging Gilbert's arm.
"Fine, I'll go as I am" He started to walk down the hall with Grisil following. He paused in front of Irvine's room, he knocked on the door. From outside the room one could hear an excited Selphie going on and on about baby names and a very irritated Irvine responding very shallowly. When the knock came to the door Irvine got up out of his chair and sluggishly moved over to the door. Yanking it open he poked his head out and screamed.
"WHAT?!" Upon realizing it was Gilbert he smiled and instantly got all giddy. "Oh Gilbert it's you! Is it that time already? Awesome I'll be right out!" He slammed the door in Gilbert's face and ran to grab his jacket. Moments later the door opened up and Selphie was still talking. Irvine drowned her out and said so fast that it all sounded like one word.
"Sorry love got to go, got business to take care of bye!" Once the door closed he let out a heavy sigh, "Thank god you came when you did Gil! I swear she was going to go on forever! So then were heading to Quistis' room to get her stuff over to your room I assume?" He stood there and looked up to Gilbert waiting for a nodded.
"Really, Is she that excited?" He smiled "Quistis won't say it but she's pretty excited too. I am also, but I'm also nervous" He chuckled and started towards Quistis' room "Do you know if it's a boy or girl yet?" Irvine threw his jacket over his shoulder.
"Damn right she's excited, she don't even know what gender the thing is...and shes STILL making a list of names that's 6 miles long..so I guess I've got you to thank for saving me from that. I mean its nice to hear about but not constantly." He smiled, "What about you and Quistis you guys know anything about ya kid yet?" he asked as the two made their way towards Quistis' room. Gilbert shook his head 'no'. " I think she was going to tell me earlier, or something" He smiled "What do you hope your child is? I honestly don't care, I will love it the same either way." He stopped in front of Quistis' door "I've been helping her as much as can as I can between classes"
"I sure hope to hell it ain't twins, I can hardly handle Selphie the way she is...but two more little ones that may act like her...oh dear god I won't survive to see their graduation from this place." He threw his head back and laughed, "Damn I never expected to actually settle down with a girl, I mean before I met Selphie, all the gals used to just blow me off like yesterdays trash. Now...I have her, and I guess I could say I'm blessed by the divines or something, but…" He shrugged his shoulders. "...Its all cool, alright then…" He threw his jacket on and adjusted his hat, "Lets haul shit." Gilbert chuckled and knocked on the door.
Meanwhile Quistis was still packing some things in her room and preparing to move. As she cleaned out her dresser, she found her old instructors outfit, the one she wore back when she first became an instructor. The memories of the days when Squall was her student, and how he would always fight with Seifer. It brought a smile to her face thinking about the simpler times, before everything went crazy, but then again times were just as simple now-a-days and now she had Gilbert. She stood up and smiled as she thought of Gil, and how he had blessed her with something wonderful. Quistis heard the knock on the door and she smiled knowing who it was. She threw the Seed Uniform into a suitcase and piled the few things she had into a pile. She opened the door and smiled at Gilbert, "Ah perfect timing I just finished packing." Gilbert smiled back at her. Grisil pushed past the group into the room and woofed at them.
"Geez, you'd think he had a hot date or something" Gilbert laughed as he stepped into the room pecking a soft kiss to Quistis' forehead "Okay what do you want us to move first?" Quistis laughed as Grisil entered the room and she hugged the massive wolf.
"I trust you're not giving Gilbert any trouble now are you?" She tapped his nose and leaned back away from him. She looked at Gilbert and smiled as he pecked her forehead, "Ah you can just move that pile right there in the middle of the room and that should be all." Irvine walked into the room and smiled at Quistis.
"Why hello there." He glanced over towards the pile of things and smirked, "This is child's play, should only take two trips, you go ahead and hang out with the wolf back in Gilbert's room, me and him got this." he proceeded to pick up a massive bag and sling it over his shoulder. Quistis smiled back.
"glad you could make it Irvine!" She nodded at his proposal and jumped on Grisil's back, to see what he would do. She turned her attention to Gilbert, "Alright then you know where to find me when you're done! Lets go Grisil!" Grisil wiggled and turned his head to lick at her face, but got her arm instead. The wolf then left the room, prancing like a show horse. Gilbert lifted his hands up. Quistis laughed as Grisil licked her on the arm, "Come on Grisil!" she said in excitement as she started to rub off the saliva.
"Okay, What's up with him?" He chuckled a bit "Never mind, let's just get this moved, then we can eat lunch" He lifted up one of the boxes and smiled. As she rode off down the hall she looked back to her room and called.
"Be careful with that!" just to mess with them. When they had reached the room she slide off Grisil's back. As she opened the door, a sigh fell off of her lips. This is where she would be staying now, but who could complain it was quite bigger than most rooms. Not to mention it had its own entrance to the quad which was nice for them to be able to go on walks. She walked over to the bed and fell backwards onto it staring up at the ceiling, thinking about what was to come. Without noticing it she had fallen asleep where she was.
Irvine was the first to get there with the fist load of Quistis' crap, he laid it down gently and smiled over at Quistis who was fast asleep and quickly headed back to get more stuff.
Gilbert came in soon after Irvine on their second trip. He sat down the box next to the other stuff. "Hey, I was going fix a quick bite to eat if you'd like to join us, Irvine" The albino man smiled at him.
"It's just going to be sandwiches . . ." He walked over to the bed, where Grisil had laid his head next to Quistis as she slept on the bed. Gilbert smiled as he leaned down to kiss her on the lips. He pulled back still smiling "Love, I'm making lunch if you want something" Irvine dropped the suitcase he was carrying beside the rest of the stack and rubbed the back of his head.
"Nah man I'd love to stay but I'd better get back to Selphie, besides you two need to enjoy your alone time." He pats Gilbert on the shoulder, "You've deserved it." With that Irvine took his leave. After Irvine had left and Gilbert had gave her a kiss, Quistis opened her eyes with a smile.
"You know I'd eat anything that you prepare, so yea I want a sandwich." Gilbert nodded to her.
"Okay, I've got the rest of the day off, so is there anything you'd like to do after we eat?" He took her hand gently and lead her to the kitchen. Grisil followed, wagging his tail back and forth in joy. She smiled.
"Well we could hit the Quad and watch the sunset, or maybe head over to the Training Center hideout." She rubbed up against him, "You know the place as well as I do now, what do YOU want to do." She smiled as they entered the kitchen and she leaned against the counter laughing at how joyful Grisil looked. Gilbert tilted his head thinking. "I think the Quad would be a good Idea." 'Safer too' he added in his head. He smiled and pulled out a few things from the fridge. "Is turkey fine?" He laid the items on the counter. Pushing herself up onto the counter she smiled.
"Alright then, why don't we pack the sandwiches into a basket and make it a picnic?" She looked over to Grisil and stroked his head, "And don't forget about Grisil here to, he would like something to eat, wouldn't you boy?" She smiled at Grisil then turned to Gil and rested her head on his shoulder. "Ya know, its nice that I don't have to take a long walk to come see you now." She smiled and pushed him a bit just to mess with him, and lighten the mood. Gilbert nodded a bit as slight smile lifted his lips.
"sounds like a great idea." he walked over to Grisil and scratched the wolf's head. "He'll get his dinner too" Grisil licked at Gilbert's hands. The wolf then rubbed up against Quistis. "I don't know why he's acting that way. Do you have a clue?" Gilbert asked as he washed his hands. Quistis whistled while looking everywhere except at Gil.
"Nope, no idea at all why he's acting this way." She smirked and scratched Grisil's head, then looked at Gilbert with a wide grin. She jumped down off the counter and walked up behind Gilbert wrapping her arms around his waist. She laid her head between his shoulder blades and tugged at his stomach a bit to mess with him some more. Gilbert made a funny noise in the back of his throat. He sighed softly and put his hands on hers.
"Okay, okay" He laughed "I got it ready, so let's go then?" Grisil wagged his tail and rubbed up against the couple. She smirked and kissed him on the cheek before letting go of him and jumping up onto Grisil for a ride. She laid down on Grisil's back and stared at the ceiling.
"Aye lets go!" She shot a glance at Gilbert and winked.
Squall leaned back in his chair after a long day of separating the work out by what SeeD rank would be needed to complete each task. Apparently the lower ranks would receive the most work according to his separation methods. He sighed and got up from his desk, moving over to his filing cabinet he pulled out all of the Rank 1 SeeD files to see who could be sent on assignments. Files in hand he started to make a handful of groups that would be sent out. *God this is so annoying, the fact is that I have to do this all the damn time...what I wouldn't do to sink my blade into a creature's flesh again…* A sigh fell from his lips as realized that it was going to be another long night again...
Gilbert smiled and watched as Grisil walked out of the kitchen. He followed with the basket, and an old blanket. Gilbert walked outside after Grisil who was laying in the middle of quad, Quistis still on his back. Quistis enjoyed not having to walk and having her own escort, it was nice to be able to stare up at the sky while still moving forward. When they all got out there Quistis rose up and looked back to Gilbert. She sighed.
"You know, I could get used to this." She slid off Grisil's back and walked slowly over towards a tree ultimately leaning against it to watch the sunset. Gilbert smiled at her actions.
"Yeah, But what about work?" He walked over to Quistis and laid the blanket down open, and sat the basket in the middle. He walked up to Quistis and wrapped his arms around her waist and planted a sweet kiss on her lips. He pulled away and smiled at her.
"There are a few roughhouses but for the most part all my classes seem to be going good, even the high level studies. So work is fine, I can get over all the bad things if I can come home at night to see you." She smiled as he walked over to her and planted the kiss on her lips. Pushing it back to him she smirked and wrapped her arms loosely around his neck.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" She said now looking at the sunset again. Gilbert smiled and looked toward the sunset as well.
"Yeah, it always is." He chuckled softly looking back at Quistis. "But I find other things more beautiful" He looked her in the eyes, and gave her a smile that only she got to see from him, a smile that showed caring and love. Quistis smiled and looked a little flushed from being complimented like that. She smirked at him, and pushed him back a few steps.
"Well then mister, prove it." She planted a kiss on his lips and pushed him to the ground right on top of the blanket. She pulled back and straddled him. She smirked at him as she glanced around looking for any passerby. She was pleased to find no one around as she didn't want to wait to get back to the room for this. She looked back down at Gilbert and smirked. "What'cha waiting for Gil, c'mon and let me know that you mean it." She leaned down and planted a passionate kiss on his lips. Gilbert squeaked when he hit the ground. His eyes got wide when she straddled his waist. He blinked and pulled back from the kiss, his face flushed red.
"Here?" He asked confused, he didn't feel comfortable doing things he felt was private in an area that could be viewed by the whole Garden. Quistis smirked at Gilbert and said.
"Why not?" She then threw her top to the side and pushed herself down onto him again, "Oh I just adore a man in uniform…" She said as she pressed herself against him and started to unzip his jacket. Gilbert's face turned a brighter shade or red.
"Um. . ." His eyes never left her as she tossed her top to the side. When she pressed herself against him he felt his back arch "Ah, Quistis. . .Please" He closed his eyes his face an impossible shade of red. Meanwhile, Grisil gently grabbed the basket between his teeth, and walked a little while away. It didn't take Quistis long to get to that hard chiseled torso of Gil's and she removed her coverage to let her pride hang free in the night air. The rising moon started to light their way as she laid another kiss on Gilbert's lips, giving him the chance to start something on his own this time. By this point Gilbert found himself not caring completely they were out on the quad . He opened his eyes as Quistis' hand ran across his chest. He looked at her his red eyes darkening with desire. 'Okay, I'm worried, but at the same time I want this. . .I'll deal with the worry later . . .'
Quistis smirked and flipped him up on top of her smiling at him, *Alright Gil, you've shown me before that you can take the helm….so do it.* She left herself open for the assault that was Gilbert. Gilbert smiled when Quistis reversed their positions. He looked down at her, her skin bleached as pale as his own by the moonlight that was streaming down on them. He smiled leaning down to kiss her on the lips for a moment then he trailed kisses hungrily down her throat. She started to moan pleasurably as he started to do that. Her body started to warm up from the pleasure and it was evident now that she had crossed that no return barrier...she wanted it and she wanted it now. She started to grip Gil's back and now she was just going with the flow, letting him steer the way. Gilbert smirked against her skin. His eyes looking up into face, her expression spurred him on.
"like that, huh?" He nuzzled the skin beneath his nose. Gilbert slipped a hand under the waist of her skirt, and underwear, he slid them off. Once she was bare beneath him, he trailed a line of kisses from where he stopped to her stomach, placing a meaningful kiss there before looking up at her, smirking deviously. Quistis smirked at him. She didn't care that she was now open to the elements, but what she did care about was the fact that her partner was not. She had to fix that and quickly to even the odds. She raised up for a moment and flipped Gil onto his back where she proceeded to remove his pants and throw them to where they landed on top of Grisil's head. She smirked at him then laid back on her back, stroking her body slowly. "Come on Gil are you going to leave me hanging over here?" She said in a seductive manner, motioning for him to come back. Gilbert blinked as she switched their positions and removed the rest of his clothing. He smirked at her.
"Oh my, eager aren't we?" He deviated from his original plan and hovered above her. He gently united them into one. He planted a kiss to her throat as he slowly began to move. She eagerly accepted the kiss and silently moaned as the uniting began and continued on. She loved this feeling and she didn't want it to end. She wrapped her arms and legs around Gilbert, in a mindless manner where she couldn't think straight. It was just too good.
Rinoa was preparing herself to retire to her bed, wondering where in hell Squall was. As she looked into her mirror she noticed a small amount of movement on the Quad not far from her window. Curious, she peeked outside and saw three figures. Two of which were going at it quite vigorously and the third was a large wolf. She didn't even need to guess. Shaking her head Rinoa watched for a moment before moving over to her own bed and falling asleep waiting on the commander to return to his room.
Gilbert began moving faster against her. He trailed a line of kisses down her throat. He pressed against her, being more bold than most would give him credit for. He paused the kisses at the hollow of her throat.
"Is this what you wanted?" He purred. Quistis' mind was going blank quickly, she couldn't think at all with what was going on. Although she didn't verbally respond to Gil, she did show that she was enjoying herself through a plethora of moans. Unable to find the response she was looking for she planted her lips on his and pulled him close not wanting to let go. Gilbert deepened the kiss and roughly thrusted against her. He could feel the tightening sensation in his gut and he knew what was coming, but he didn't want it to end.
Grisil looked up from the basket, licking his chops. A wolf grin across his face. He turned his head and watched what was happening with Gilbert and Quistis.
This sensation was almost too much to handle. It had been border line hurt the other times she was with Gilbert but now, now it just felt good. She released her grip and pulled away from the kiss, laying there trying to catch her breath. At this point she was just letting Gilbert do what he wanted with her, and truthfully she had forgotten their setting for this time or the fact that Grisil was still there. When his vision flashed white, he knew the sensations of pleasure derived from the friction between them would end, but there would still be pleasure to be had. He collapsed next to her on the blanket. The motion didn't separate them and after a moment Gilbert shifted.
There was a loss of contact as he peered at Quistis, he smiled happily at her and laid down so that she could cuddle against him. She had finally got that sensation she was aiming for, that feeling that just made her entire body go numb and just as she was starting to enjoy it again, it was over...just like every other time. It felt so good, but it never lasted. She broke away from Gil and stared up at the sky with a smile on her face. After a moment she looked over to Gil and smiled, as she cuddled up next to him. There was no need for words, as she was positive that he knew just what she would say. She snuggled up close to him, and slowly started to fall asleep in his arms, having been exhausted. Gilbert held her close, and smiled. He snuggled down and soon fell asleep after. Grisil howled as the two settled down, and after a little bit grabbed a corner of the blanket to cover them.
A few hours passed before a group of eleven students came out into the quad, disregarding Garden's policy on curfew. They were a mixture of two major fan groups that had sprouted on premises. One group that marveled Quistis and everything she did. The other followed the new guy on the block, wolf tamer Gilbert. They conversed about the ongoing relationship between their two group idols. Moments later one flipped their shit as they saw Grisil laying on the quad. Upon further inspection there was two figures laying under a blanket with articles of clothing scattered around them. A Quistis groupie glared at one of Gilbert's followers and held out their hand intently.
"I KNEW IT! Pay up!"
One of the guys, obviously was a follower of Gilbert's, threw his hands up."But he's so shy about it!" The cadet reluctantly handed over the pay to the girl. He looked over to the side and sighed.
The girl that asked for the money just laughed, "Shy or not Quistis can break the best of 'em! She's just that good. Now hand over my dough!" She snagged the bag and tossed it to a girl beside her, "Nice doing business with ya…" She turned to the girl that had the bag now and smiled, "Count it up, don't' want them guys fooling us out of our winnings." She glared at the guy until the girl finished counting. "Well?" "Looks like they cut us short 50 gil." Cracking her knuckles the lead woman glared back at the guys, "So you thought you could slip by with only half the gil? Alright now hand the rest over!" She glared at them and held her hand out waiting for more.
Grisil got up from where he was laying near the venerable couple and let out a ferocious howl, before charging at the Cadets. Gilbert awoke with a slight start. He frowned upon hearing voices. A nearby commotion had startled Quistis, she woke suddenly and her eyes immediately shot towards Gil, in a low whispering tone she asked.
"Is everything alright?" Gilbert shook his head 'no'. He gently put a hand on her back and tucked her closer to him before whispering.
"Seems like some of our followers had a bet. . .He watched the commotion as Grisil charged through the group, which scattered pretty quickly. He chuckled "that was interesting. . .now shall we make our way back to our room?" Quistis peeked around to make sure everyone had scattered and she smiled when the coast seemed clear.
"Yea that sure was.." She got up and started clothing herself as she responded back to Gilbert, "That would be lovely, after all its getting quite chilly out here. A nice warm bed would make my day…" She smiled at him and gathered the rest of her items before starting to gather the blanket. Gilbert quickly got dressed and gave an uneasy smile.
"Let's try not to fall asleep outside like that . . .often" He gently put an arm around her waist, resting his hand lightly on her stomach. "Earlier you said something about our child. . .Is everything alright?" he looked at her concerned but not demanding. Grisil pounced back over to Quistis and Gil looking rather pleased with himself. She laughed and shook her head.
"That was interesting wouldn't you say? Gave a different spin to the normal way of doing things. Gotta say that I liked it." She pressed up against him and rested her head on the side of his shoulder. "Don't worry about it Gil, all I was going to say was that I've been thinking. Maybe I should quit being an instructor here so the child has at least half of a normal life." She sighed and looked up to the stars, "I don't know though…." Gilbert smiled at her.
"Ah, I understand." He closed his eyes "Okay, If that's what you want, we'll try it." He smiled happily "But I want to be able to support us first, so that we don't have to worry about money." He looked off to the side "I will do what I can. You should just worry about staying healthy, for me, and the Baby, Okay?" He placed a gentle kiss to her lips. Quistis smiled and pulled him close, he was right. The baby was everything and they had to make sure that they had the money for it to survive over everything else. She sighed.
"I'll stay as an instructor for now but if we're well off after the baby is born then I'll retire to Balamb or Dollet, or maybe Winhill." They had finally started to near the door that lead to their room and Quistis released Gilbert, "I guess all we can do is our best…" She rubbed her stomach and smiled. Gilbert nodded confirming her statement.
"When that happens I'll be there with you." He smirked and put an arm across her shoulders and bent down to put his other arm at her knees to lift her into his arms. Grisil bounded through the door and into the bedroom. She looked him in his burning red eyes.
"I'm glad to hear that, I don't know what I would do alone…" She paused for a moment then looked away, "...without you." As soon as she looked back the next thing she knew she was being cradled bridal style into the room. She rested her head on his chest with a smile on her face. Gilbert smiled broadly at her, carrying her into the room and laying her on the bed. He kissed her cheek as he did so.
"I'd never leave your side, unless you told me to, and even then I wouldn't be far" He reached into his pack, and pulled out a small black box. "I have something for you" He opened the box revealing a simple gold ring. Her smile held as she was laid down on the bed. She sat up and listened to Gilbert's little speech, and frankly she knew what was coming. She stood up and closed the box.
"I'm flattered by the request, Gilbert, but…" She pushed it back into his gut slowly, "I just can't accept this right now." She gave him a kiss to make sure that he wouldn't completely lose his confidence, but personally Quistis didn't want this relationship to move really fast, even though the had a kid on the way. There was just no reason to be rushing into something without planning first. Gilbert nodded, looking a little somber, but not completely discouraged.
"At least you didn't say no." He smiled. He put the box into her hand "Keep it, and when you're ready tell me. After all it is your decision. I've already made mine" Quistis shook her head and placed her hands on her hips.
"Now why in hell would I say no? After all that's happened between us...hell, I'm living in your room now for petes sake!" She took the box from him and fell into him sighing, "I'll keep the ring and trust me you will know when I feel otherwise about this situation…" She smirked in a position where Gilbert could not see her face.