~ Broken Hearts ~
Lightning flashed outside,but it was nothing compared to the look in Seifer's eyes as he watched Squall dance with Rinoa. Those two bright brown orbs twinkling and those bewitching lips curved upwards..the smile she used to only share with him.
"Bitch",thought Seifer as he stared at her,though even now,he knew he didn't truly mean it. She looked like an angel there,gliding silently in her white clingy silk dress, wrapped up in those arms clothed in the smart uniform of a Seed. But they should be my arms, thought Seifer unhappily..and she should be dancing with me. Cursing to himself, he watched them dance, feeling guilt. Guilt because he had been the one to push her away with his lofty ambitions. She and him had both had their ambitions,it was what had driven them apart in the end. Rinoa had always wanted to be the heroine, the princess.
He could still remember how he had used to find her asleep with a book of fairy tales on her chest. But to be a princess,there had to be a knight, Rinoa had to have her protector...and Seifer could never be that. Oh, he admitted, he thought it was kind of cute at first, the way she pushed him to take the Seed test and talked of how he how he would surely pass.
It was like he was seeing all his own thoughts spoken out loud. The first time he took the test,he failed, and just kept on failing.Rinoa was there, saying he would pass next time,ever cheerful,while her castles in the air slowly crumbled.Finally, after taking the Seed exam for the third time, and still failing to pass, Rinoa had given up on any words of encouragment.
She had dealt with the pain of it by simply crying long and hard. He had dealt with the pain by going out and getting stoned off his ass. Even now,the memory was hazy, he just remembered yelling, lots and lots of yelling and more crying,finally resolving with a door being slammed in his face.
Sighing,Seifer stared back at the couple just in time to see Squall step on some poor guy's foot, Rinoa in response, wrinkled her nose in that cute way of hers and simply smiled back up at him.Seifer had no reason to be envious, she had not been his,not since that last summer..but neverless,he felt envious as he continued to watch, the sight painful to his eyes, a reminder of his failure to become a Seed.
For once, Seifer's ever cocky and self assuring grin was nowhere to be seen.
Meanwhile,against the gall of the upcoming storm,the music continued to play gaily. It was a race between the two, the musicians playing louder and louder as the storm rose and mother nature anwsered with her best. Quistis concentrated on her champaigne, watching as the couple reflected in the glass danced round and round.
They were so damn perfect,a knight in shining armor and his princess. Him with his brown hair and blue eyes,and her with the silky black strands and chocolate brown eyes. He held her tight while she tilted her face up towards his ,looking as if they could drown in each other's gaze.
However,they weren't alone, other couples danced in similiar fashion all around them, the happiness radiating from them was sickening.......
The wine glass in in Quistis's hand broke, the image shattering into a million jagged little pieces,just like her heart. And the couples danced on, oblivious to it all, oblivious to anything but each other.
Why?Why her?Why not me?Quistis wanted to scream at him,she wanted to scream at Rinoa,hell,she wanted to scream at herself.
She couldn't take it anymore,her two dreams broken,one right after the other.First,she lost her license..and now this.
Quistis ran,not caring who she pushed away in her race to get out the door before her emotions took their toll.
Only one man was not absorbed in someone else's gaze and he stopped wallowing in his uncharacteristic self pity to watch her with bright green eyes as she streaked past. For one moment,he could make out her figure, her blue dress fanning out behind her as she ran. The next,she was lost in the throng of partygoers.
Seifer frowned..the cool,ever composed instructor making a fool of herself like this...
He shouldn't have cared-she was nothing to him except a prissy little teacher he could get a rise out of now and then-but for some reason,he did. Besides, he needed to get away from those two whirling figures..6,7,8,9,10 times he had watched them spin around, having the time of their lives while he stood wanting to punch in the wall.
Putting down his drink on the table, Seifer began to weave through the crowd of people, trying to find where Quistis had gone and taking care to hide himself from The perky brunette standing by the punch bowl's view. He was definitely not in the mood for having his ear talked off by a hyper Selphie...especially not after she had drunk four glasses of punch.
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Author's note:Alright,this is my first ever fanfic,so go easy on me.Anyway,I really hope you enjoyed reading it..if you can't tell already,this fic is obviously going to be continued,look for chapter2 to be up soon.
Lots of reviews would be appreciated!^ - ^
Lightning flashed outside,but it was nothing compared to the look in Seifer's eyes as he watched Squall dance with Rinoa. Those two bright brown orbs twinkling and those bewitching lips curved upwards..the smile she used to only share with him.
"Bitch",thought Seifer as he stared at her,though even now,he knew he didn't truly mean it. She looked like an angel there,gliding silently in her white clingy silk dress, wrapped up in those arms clothed in the smart uniform of a Seed. But they should be my arms, thought Seifer unhappily..and she should be dancing with me. Cursing to himself, he watched them dance, feeling guilt. Guilt because he had been the one to push her away with his lofty ambitions. She and him had both had their ambitions,it was what had driven them apart in the end. Rinoa had always wanted to be the heroine, the princess.
He could still remember how he had used to find her asleep with a book of fairy tales on her chest. But to be a princess,there had to be a knight, Rinoa had to have her protector...and Seifer could never be that. Oh, he admitted, he thought it was kind of cute at first, the way she pushed him to take the Seed test and talked of how he how he would surely pass.
It was like he was seeing all his own thoughts spoken out loud. The first time he took the test,he failed, and just kept on failing.Rinoa was there, saying he would pass next time,ever cheerful,while her castles in the air slowly crumbled.Finally, after taking the Seed exam for the third time, and still failing to pass, Rinoa had given up on any words of encouragment.
She had dealt with the pain of it by simply crying long and hard. He had dealt with the pain by going out and getting stoned off his ass. Even now,the memory was hazy, he just remembered yelling, lots and lots of yelling and more crying,finally resolving with a door being slammed in his face.
Sighing,Seifer stared back at the couple just in time to see Squall step on some poor guy's foot, Rinoa in response, wrinkled her nose in that cute way of hers and simply smiled back up at him.Seifer had no reason to be envious, she had not been his,not since that last summer..but neverless,he felt envious as he continued to watch, the sight painful to his eyes, a reminder of his failure to become a Seed.
For once, Seifer's ever cocky and self assuring grin was nowhere to be seen.
Meanwhile,against the gall of the upcoming storm,the music continued to play gaily. It was a race between the two, the musicians playing louder and louder as the storm rose and mother nature anwsered with her best. Quistis concentrated on her champaigne, watching as the couple reflected in the glass danced round and round.
They were so damn perfect,a knight in shining armor and his princess. Him with his brown hair and blue eyes,and her with the silky black strands and chocolate brown eyes. He held her tight while she tilted her face up towards his ,looking as if they could drown in each other's gaze.
However,they weren't alone, other couples danced in similiar fashion all around them, the happiness radiating from them was sickening.......
The wine glass in in Quistis's hand broke, the image shattering into a million jagged little pieces,just like her heart. And the couples danced on, oblivious to it all, oblivious to anything but each other.
Why?Why her?Why not me?Quistis wanted to scream at him,she wanted to scream at Rinoa,hell,she wanted to scream at herself.
She couldn't take it anymore,her two dreams broken,one right after the other.First,she lost her license..and now this.
Quistis ran,not caring who she pushed away in her race to get out the door before her emotions took their toll.
Only one man was not absorbed in someone else's gaze and he stopped wallowing in his uncharacteristic self pity to watch her with bright green eyes as she streaked past. For one moment,he could make out her figure, her blue dress fanning out behind her as she ran. The next,she was lost in the throng of partygoers.
Seifer frowned..the cool,ever composed instructor making a fool of herself like this...
He shouldn't have cared-she was nothing to him except a prissy little teacher he could get a rise out of now and then-but for some reason,he did. Besides, he needed to get away from those two whirling figures..6,7,8,9,10 times he had watched them spin around, having the time of their lives while he stood wanting to punch in the wall.
Putting down his drink on the table, Seifer began to weave through the crowd of people, trying to find where Quistis had gone and taking care to hide himself from The perky brunette standing by the punch bowl's view. He was definitely not in the mood for having his ear talked off by a hyper Selphie...especially not after she had drunk four glasses of punch.
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Author's note:Alright,this is my first ever fanfic,so go easy on me.Anyway,I really hope you enjoyed reading it..if you can't tell already,this fic is obviously going to be continued,look for chapter2 to be up soon.
Lots of reviews would be appreciated!^ - ^