Chapter 7 : Nostalgia
Rinoa was particularly happy that day and she flew about smiling to herself. Selphie, Ellone and Raine were puzzled but they like her spirit.
"What's with you today?" Selphie asked, frowning with her hand crossed.
She wouldn't bother to ask her if she wasn't bugging her like a fly.
"Oh, nothing. Ummm… I know I can't keep secrets. Selphie," the happy teen signaled her to come closer to her face.
"I….. Got…. A…. Date!" she whispered to her friend.
"Really?! Wow! Who's the unlucky person?" the brunette smiled mischievously.
"Not telling ya, hehehe," the girl in blue answered.
"Hidoi, Rinoa chan! Tell me, tell me!" Selphie chases her around and tried to tickle her until she tells.
"Ahahaha! Ok, ok! Stop it! I'll tell, hahaha…." Rinoa admit being defeated.
The brunette's eyes gazed at her steadily with her palms underneath her chin.
"Remember the guy whom I danced with last week? He's…." she was cut in before she could finish her sentence.
"Uso! Uso, uso, uso!!! I knew he sets his eyes on you, I knew it! And you Rinoa chan, I know you have a huge crush on him too. I can see it in your eyes when you kept talking about him when we get home. Your eyes did sparkle! When did he ask you? I can't remember I see him asking you," Selphie asked with eagerness.
"A saw a friend of his when I was coming back from the market today, you know, the one with blond hair and tattoo on his face? He told me Squall wants me to meet up with him tomorrow, isn't that great?! Oh even his name sounds so good!" Rinoa answered with deep passion.
"Are we suppose to keep this a secret?" the brunette asked again.
"I think so. After all, Quistis wanted us to hurry our mission. She was quite mad after the incident last week. Oh Raine…. Poor Raine," Rinoa was near to tears.
*Screen fades back to the ballroom.
Raine didn't bother to answer Quistis's question and walked to the piano's direction where many people surround the table next to it, her movements was unsteady. Each step she take, her heart beats faster and when she finally get to the place, she was afraid she'll stop breathing or faint but she clench her hands onto her ring for confidence and courage. She need to find out the truth, she have to somehow see the truth. Her shaky hand tapped on the man with shoulder length hair and he turned around.
"Laguna?" she whispered.
The tall and handsome looking man nodded.
"Have I met you anywhere before? You look familiar to me," the taller person asked.
Raine's heart was like being stabbed several times. She knew she would fail too this time. She had tried to make him remember her many, many times and for many, many years. Still, he couldn't even remember her face.
"Don't you remember me? I'm Raine, your wife!" she blurted out.
"Fair lady, I think you have too much wine. I'm sorry but I'm quite busy with my game here. Ah! I lost the 50 thousand gil?! Dammit!" Laguna excused himself and quickly get back to his game.
Raine just stared at him playing triple triad with a pack of GFs and other tycoons, she's just a nobody standing there watching a game. After loosing a sum of money, he got up and began to leave the table. He was surprised to see Raine still standing there.
"Lady, if you wanna spend the night with me, wait for me after the party at the entrance," he whispered huskily to her ears and brushed a light kiss on her lips. Then, he went away to the restroom.
*Uso!!! This is not the Laguna I knew! God, help me!!!
Raine was yelling furiously in her heart and ran back to her friends. On the way, she fell and hurt her leg. Quistis and the others went for her rescue. She got up and hugged the blond, trying hard not to shed even a tear for this person…..
*Screen fades back to Raine's house.
"Sou ne… that was a very sad episode, I'm not sure why Raine reacted like that but it must be for that man. She must have loved him," Rinoa analyzed.
"Un. I was like crying the whole night with her, partial because of that but he gets on my nerves when he….."
*Screen fades back to the scene after the party.
Raine waited patiently at front gate. Though she hated the idea but somehow her heart told her to do so. Quistis was very furious while her comrades looked worried. Finally Laguna came out…. With a dozen of other women. Those women seem invisible to her, she only focused on Laguna and called him. He was too drunk to hear her but he flung back to see her there. He wobbled to her direction and leaned onto her.
"Lady, sorry…(burp) but I'm outta time. I can't leggo of these chics for only you, I'll catcha later, ok?" he told her in a drunk condition with disgusting breath.
No, Raine can't hold on any longer. She dropped on her knees and looked blankly onto the ground. Pain, ache, suffer was what she felt…..After all they have gone through, is this what she gets in return? She hoped she hadn't regain her memories, why couldn't Laguna have his memories back if she can? Quistis frowned sadly and shouldered her up, bringing her back home.
Squall ran out after playing host for the whole night to see if any luck, he could catch the pretty girl again. Ah, there she is! Squall wanted to call her but he didn't ask for her name just now. Standing there, just tracing her back was all he wanted then. Rinoa too felt the urge to take a glimpse to see if any luck, she could see him before she goes. She looked back and saw him looking at their direction. Happily, she smiled ever so cheerfully and waved at him. Squall again, stood there like piece of wood until a person grabbed his hands and waved it high in the air. He found out that Zell was pulling his hands with his left and eating hotdogs with his right, smiling (and puffing out chunks) to the girl Squall was looking at. Squall stared and quickly swung off his hand from his friend's grip before looking back to Rinoa. Then, she was gone, disappeared from his eyes.
*Screen fades back to Raine's house.
"Never seen such human before!" Selphie said in disbelieve.
"But this is our first time we really exposed to humans," Ellone corrected, flying from the kitchen.
"I hope Raine is alright by now, she haven't come out from the room for days," Rinoa said in a worried voice.
They sighed.
*Continue from the party
"Squall~" Zell said in a teasing voice.
"What?!" the taller guy looked back at him with slightly redden cheeks.
"Irvine," the blond plucked his fingers.
"Ahem, let me analyze what our Squall has gone through today. First, he dance with the girl in white. Then, he just sat by the corner of the room looking at her, most of the time. And finally, he traces her after the party, not to mention waving back at her," Irvine talked like a professional detective.
"So?" Squall asked irritatingly, feeling uneasy because they were aiming to him, trying to ask him if he's in love.
"So, we come to a conclusion that….." Zell replied.
"You are not concentrating in your work!" they said in unison, laughing because they knew he would mistaken their meanings.
Squall wanted to laugh but his pride blocked him to do so. Both his partners were already collapsed onto the floor from laughing and seeing his ridiculous face.
"Alright, alright. So what? Have you done any work?" he asked back, his lips nearly curve into a smile. He picked up a glass of champagne to cover it before his friends continue.
"Actually Squall, what we were trying to say just now is, are you in love with that girl?" they asked bluntly.
Squall threw out whatever he swallow just now. Wiping the corner of his mouth, he looked at them with his face all red.
"I…I…"
"Ok, we understand! What's her name huh?" Irvine asked.
"I….I…. don't know…"
"What?! What the hell has she done to you until you didn't ask her name, Squall?" Zell spokes in disbelieve.
"That's none of your business," he snapped and ran back to his room.
"He's shy, ya know," the long hair boy stated.
"Hell he is, but that's also the first time I saw anyone so in love….." his friend told him sheepishly.
"How would you know?" the other one asked back with a smirk.
"Cut the crap, are we gonna help him?"
Both of them nodded.
Rinoa was particularly happy that day and she flew about smiling to herself. Selphie, Ellone and Raine were puzzled but they like her spirit.
"What's with you today?" Selphie asked, frowning with her hand crossed.
She wouldn't bother to ask her if she wasn't bugging her like a fly.
"Oh, nothing. Ummm… I know I can't keep secrets. Selphie," the happy teen signaled her to come closer to her face.
"I….. Got…. A…. Date!" she whispered to her friend.
"Really?! Wow! Who's the unlucky person?" the brunette smiled mischievously.
"Not telling ya, hehehe," the girl in blue answered.
"Hidoi, Rinoa chan! Tell me, tell me!" Selphie chases her around and tried to tickle her until she tells.
"Ahahaha! Ok, ok! Stop it! I'll tell, hahaha…." Rinoa admit being defeated.
The brunette's eyes gazed at her steadily with her palms underneath her chin.
"Remember the guy whom I danced with last week? He's…." she was cut in before she could finish her sentence.
"Uso! Uso, uso, uso!!! I knew he sets his eyes on you, I knew it! And you Rinoa chan, I know you have a huge crush on him too. I can see it in your eyes when you kept talking about him when we get home. Your eyes did sparkle! When did he ask you? I can't remember I see him asking you," Selphie asked with eagerness.
"A saw a friend of his when I was coming back from the market today, you know, the one with blond hair and tattoo on his face? He told me Squall wants me to meet up with him tomorrow, isn't that great?! Oh even his name sounds so good!" Rinoa answered with deep passion.
"Are we suppose to keep this a secret?" the brunette asked again.
"I think so. After all, Quistis wanted us to hurry our mission. She was quite mad after the incident last week. Oh Raine…. Poor Raine," Rinoa was near to tears.
*Screen fades back to the ballroom.
Raine didn't bother to answer Quistis's question and walked to the piano's direction where many people surround the table next to it, her movements was unsteady. Each step she take, her heart beats faster and when she finally get to the place, she was afraid she'll stop breathing or faint but she clench her hands onto her ring for confidence and courage. She need to find out the truth, she have to somehow see the truth. Her shaky hand tapped on the man with shoulder length hair and he turned around.
"Laguna?" she whispered.
The tall and handsome looking man nodded.
"Have I met you anywhere before? You look familiar to me," the taller person asked.
Raine's heart was like being stabbed several times. She knew she would fail too this time. She had tried to make him remember her many, many times and for many, many years. Still, he couldn't even remember her face.
"Don't you remember me? I'm Raine, your wife!" she blurted out.
"Fair lady, I think you have too much wine. I'm sorry but I'm quite busy with my game here. Ah! I lost the 50 thousand gil?! Dammit!" Laguna excused himself and quickly get back to his game.
Raine just stared at him playing triple triad with a pack of GFs and other tycoons, she's just a nobody standing there watching a game. After loosing a sum of money, he got up and began to leave the table. He was surprised to see Raine still standing there.
"Lady, if you wanna spend the night with me, wait for me after the party at the entrance," he whispered huskily to her ears and brushed a light kiss on her lips. Then, he went away to the restroom.
*Uso!!! This is not the Laguna I knew! God, help me!!!
Raine was yelling furiously in her heart and ran back to her friends. On the way, she fell and hurt her leg. Quistis and the others went for her rescue. She got up and hugged the blond, trying hard not to shed even a tear for this person…..
*Screen fades back to Raine's house.
"Sou ne… that was a very sad episode, I'm not sure why Raine reacted like that but it must be for that man. She must have loved him," Rinoa analyzed.
"Un. I was like crying the whole night with her, partial because of that but he gets on my nerves when he….."
*Screen fades back to the scene after the party.
Raine waited patiently at front gate. Though she hated the idea but somehow her heart told her to do so. Quistis was very furious while her comrades looked worried. Finally Laguna came out…. With a dozen of other women. Those women seem invisible to her, she only focused on Laguna and called him. He was too drunk to hear her but he flung back to see her there. He wobbled to her direction and leaned onto her.
"Lady, sorry…(burp) but I'm outta time. I can't leggo of these chics for only you, I'll catcha later, ok?" he told her in a drunk condition with disgusting breath.
No, Raine can't hold on any longer. She dropped on her knees and looked blankly onto the ground. Pain, ache, suffer was what she felt…..After all they have gone through, is this what she gets in return? She hoped she hadn't regain her memories, why couldn't Laguna have his memories back if she can? Quistis frowned sadly and shouldered her up, bringing her back home.
Squall ran out after playing host for the whole night to see if any luck, he could catch the pretty girl again. Ah, there she is! Squall wanted to call her but he didn't ask for her name just now. Standing there, just tracing her back was all he wanted then. Rinoa too felt the urge to take a glimpse to see if any luck, she could see him before she goes. She looked back and saw him looking at their direction. Happily, she smiled ever so cheerfully and waved at him. Squall again, stood there like piece of wood until a person grabbed his hands and waved it high in the air. He found out that Zell was pulling his hands with his left and eating hotdogs with his right, smiling (and puffing out chunks) to the girl Squall was looking at. Squall stared and quickly swung off his hand from his friend's grip before looking back to Rinoa. Then, she was gone, disappeared from his eyes.
*Screen fades back to Raine's house.
"Never seen such human before!" Selphie said in disbelieve.
"But this is our first time we really exposed to humans," Ellone corrected, flying from the kitchen.
"I hope Raine is alright by now, she haven't come out from the room for days," Rinoa said in a worried voice.
They sighed.
*Continue from the party
"Squall~" Zell said in a teasing voice.
"What?!" the taller guy looked back at him with slightly redden cheeks.
"Irvine," the blond plucked his fingers.
"Ahem, let me analyze what our Squall has gone through today. First, he dance with the girl in white. Then, he just sat by the corner of the room looking at her, most of the time. And finally, he traces her after the party, not to mention waving back at her," Irvine talked like a professional detective.
"So?" Squall asked irritatingly, feeling uneasy because they were aiming to him, trying to ask him if he's in love.
"So, we come to a conclusion that….." Zell replied.
"You are not concentrating in your work!" they said in unison, laughing because they knew he would mistaken their meanings.
Squall wanted to laugh but his pride blocked him to do so. Both his partners were already collapsed onto the floor from laughing and seeing his ridiculous face.
"Alright, alright. So what? Have you done any work?" he asked back, his lips nearly curve into a smile. He picked up a glass of champagne to cover it before his friends continue.
"Actually Squall, what we were trying to say just now is, are you in love with that girl?" they asked bluntly.
Squall threw out whatever he swallow just now. Wiping the corner of his mouth, he looked at them with his face all red.
"I…I…"
"Ok, we understand! What's her name huh?" Irvine asked.
"I….I…. don't know…"
"What?! What the hell has she done to you until you didn't ask her name, Squall?" Zell spokes in disbelieve.
"That's none of your business," he snapped and ran back to his room.
"He's shy, ya know," the long hair boy stated.
"Hell he is, but that's also the first time I saw anyone so in love….." his friend told him sheepishly.
"How would you know?" the other one asked back with a smirk.
"Cut the crap, are we gonna help him?"
Both of them nodded.