Trickle - 28 - Possess

"I know something will soon destroy us again...something always finds us."

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When the sun arose...I was so happy to see Seifer silently laying there sleeping. I could've watched something like that for hours. I could not only feel how clean he is...I could see it.

The sun left golden paths all over his body. It was the Seifer I used to see. It reminded me of the time we had our mission in Dollet. He was standing there in the sunlight...looking so assured...bronze...sexy. It's so hard to believe that the person I've been waiting for, is the person I actually get to wake up with each morning.

Smiling, I buried my face on his shoulder and went back to sleep.

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There was a quick knock at the door.

Raising my head slowly, I looked over at the door. My eyes were still kind of closed, and it was so hard to open them. Staying silent, I waited to hear someone yell into the door "Come on Quistis, open up."

"So, she found the cure last night, and now Seifer is healed? That's GREAT!"

"Yeah, that's what Squall said. He doesn't really know how she got the cure...but get this; Dr. Kadowaki transferred to a different school this morning. She left. So, if she didn't get the cure from Kadowaki, where'd it come from?"

Listening in on the conversation, I could hear Selphie and Irvine trying to quietly talk, before I actually opened the door.

"Wow, that's awesome. Who cares where she got it? Seifer's cured!"

Selphie laughed, and knocked on the door once more.

Slowly getting up, I walked over to the door. Instead of me answering though, Seifer sat up quickly, and walked over to it.

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It seemed he has been awake for hours, and he was just lying in bed. His hair wasn't messed up...he was dressed...and he looked very alert.

Maybe he cleaned up when I was asleep.

He opened the door widely, and fitting into the square frame, I could see Irvine and Selphie standing there.

Selphie's eyes widened when she saw Seifer standing there, looking so purified, and brand new. Irvine had his arm around her, and I could tell that he was trying to restrain her from jumping up and down, and hugging Seifer hysterically.

We all stood there silently. Everyone looked so fully awake, except for me. I was still in the sweats and sleeveless shirt. My hair was falling around my face.

"So...how's it going?"

Seifer broke the silence, and backed away welcoming Irvine and Selphie into the room.

They still stood in the hallway.

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I wanted to walk up and greet them, but I felt so groggy, instead I stumbled to the bathroom, forcing myself to wake up. From inside of it, I could hear them talking.

"It's so great to have you back Seifer!"

"Have me back?"

"Yeah, to be honest, I thought you'd never get cured."

Silence.

"What do you mean, "cured"? I'm cured?! The poison is gone?"

Turning the knob on the sink faucet, I splashed cold water onto my face to help me gain consciousness, so I'd be able to fully understand myself what was going on around me.

"Yeah! You're cured! Where's Quistis, why isn't she celebrating with us?"

Walking out of the bathroom, drying my face, Seifer turned and gave me a very wide smile. I lowered the towel, and smiled back at him.

"So...we're thinking of having a little welcome back party for you Seifer...you know, almost half of the school knows that you were affected by that poison, and we want to congratulate you on your recovery. The Garden Festival Committee already "Okayed" it, and although it may seem a little soon...it's tonight!" Selphie jumped happily finishing her sentence. "So will you come?"

"A party? For me?"

Seifer turned his back to me, and faced Selphie.

She nodded, with her hands clasped together, and a bright look in her eyes. Irvine gave me an annoyed look, shook his head and smiled at me.

She does have A LOT of parties, but this one is exclusively for Seifer.

I smiled at the thought of the whole school, which usually held thousands of students who feared and hated Seifer, now contained thousands of people who want to see him walk into a room.

Seifer stood there silently, confused by the same thing I was thinking of.

He finally shrugged, and agreed to go. He then said goodbye to a very happy Selphie, and a bored Irvine, and walked over to me.

"So, that's why everyone in here was crowded around me last night, welcoming me back?"

I nodded.

By the look on his face, I could tell that he was as happy as everyone else was.

"Wait...where'd you find the cure?"

"Desperate times call for desperate measures...I just...I dunno, it's a long story."

"I have time."

He went to sit on my bed, and patted an empty spot beside him.

Smiling, I quickly sat next to him.

"Well...I couldn't sleep...so I decided to go for a walk..."

He nodded his head. He had an intent look on his face. It reminded me of the way he looked when I used to have to explain missions to him.

Still explaining.... I placed my hand on his and held it tightly. He squeezed it back, and smiled.

I'm not going to say it was an easy mission to cure Seifer. I know something will soon destroy us again...something always finds us.

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"I want to hold you like nothing's going to stop us." -Bush

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