"Quistis, what's wrong with you, today? You don't seem like yourself," Selphie uttered, glancing over to Rinoa, "But don't worry, all you need is some cheering up!" Rinoa quickly turned away, partially annoyed. Quistis laid on the bed, her head hanging over the edge, as her blonde bangs hanged over the side of her slim face.
She shook her head, gently. Then turned into another direction. Rinoa took a deep breath, as she sat on the floor, poking at the light blue carpet. The room had been redecorated ever since the past months passed by.
"Do you want to be alone?" Rinoa questioned, suddenly looking up into the blue-eyed girl.
"It doesn't matter," Quistis replied simply, as she rolled over on her stomach. Selphie smiled, as she stood up, joyfully.
"Let's go, Rinoa," she uttered, "We'll see you later tonight, kay, Quistis?" She nodded her head, her chin resting on her arms. The two young girls quickly made their way out of the room, pulling shut the door behind them. Quistis sat, a bit confused. The idea of yesterday continued to stay in her mind. She quickly sat up, her legs bent under her.
"I need to get out more," Quistis mumbled, as she started towards the door.
"What is your problem???" Zell shouted out, at the top of his lungs. He had gotten into one of his 'Almost Fist Fights' again. Which happened quite often. But for some odd reason, the scene seemed to shift a bit. Squall sat, his face expressionless, as he stared up at the blonde young man, who stared at him, angrily.
"......Whatever," he uttered, his arms across his chest. Rinoa walked over, pushing herself before Zell, her hands signaling him to sit down.
"ZELL! What are you doing???" she demanded, shrilly. Zell looked up at her, angered.
"Your stupid ass boyfriend here, is----," but before he could finish, Selphie quickly walked over to them, quickly moving across the open green field.
"WASABI!!!" she exclaimed, loudly, bouoncing up and down. Zell sighed, as he plopped down on the grass, sighing, deeply.
"Finally....could you both just stop arguing for once?" Rinoa demanded, sitting down beside Squall. Selphie smiled.
"Guess what!" she shouted out, her hands pulled together, happily.
"We know, we know," Zell uttered, his hands on his forehead.
"The Garden Festival is tomorrow," Squall finished, turning over to Rinoa. She smiled, as she playfully shoved him.
"Hey, how did you guys know???" Selphie questioned, dumb founded.
Rinoa sighed, "Come on now, Selphie. You've been informing us all week." Selphie smiled, excitedly as she kneeled down beside Zell.
"It's a good thing, you guys have a friend like me," she said, glancing at each one of them. Zell, startled by this, looked up at Selphie, who had her shoulder against his.
"Yeah, maybe too good for me," he muttered. She quickly punched him on the shoulder.
"OWWW!" Zell yelled out, as he grabbed at the sharp pain on his shoulder, "Why you play so hard?!?!"
Selphie smiled, "Who said I was playing?"
Quistis sighed, as she continued walking around the halls of the dorm rooms. She glanced over to her right, noticing Yuna, a tall young blonde who had a pair of gorgeous blue eyes. Or at least that's what the guys at Garden thought. As for Quistis, she hadn't planned on paying much attention.
"Hey, Quistis," Xu called out, as she walked down the hall towards her friend. Quistis smiled, greeting her.
"Where have you been? I haven't seen you for a while," she questioned, looking straight ahead, as she noticed Irvine coming down the corridor. Xu turned to where Quistis' eyes were adjusted.
She quickly turned back, "I was at Timber for at least two days, I don't know if you'd call that 'awhile'." Quistis smiled, not realizing a word that she had just said.
"Xu, I----I gotta go," she uttered, as she walked down the hall in the other direction.
"Quistis!" Irvine called out, as he jogged down the hall towards her. Xu stood in surprise as she turned down the hall. He quickly shifted his way in front of her. Quistis stopped, immediately.
"What is it?" she questioned, annoyed.
"Damn, what type of a greeting was that?" he uttered, with a pleased smile. Quistis shook her head.
"Not much," she replied.
"Are you still mad at me?" Irvine questioned, with a sly smile.
"Even if I were, It wouldn't bother you much, would it?" Quistis asked, trying to push passed him. As she was stopped again. A few girls at one end, stood staring, as they began to utter something to one another softly.
"What ever makes you happy," he replied, shrugging.
Quistis shook her head, "That wasn't the point, Irvine."
He smiled, as he playfully grabbed at her wrist, "Then what is?"
"Whoa, don't you think that's going a little too far," one of the girls uttered to the other, "Are they together?"
"I don't think so, but if you ask me, I'd make a way better couple with Irvine," a brunette replied.
Quistis quickly pulled away, staring hard at him. He was much taller than she, as he stared down at her. His dark blue eyes, studying Quistis' features.
"I'm sorry," he uttered, still with a smile, "Tempting." Quistis sighed, as she continued down the hallway.
"I keep tellin' you," Squall uttered, "Women need closure. You can't just act it, and expect them to figure it out that quickly."
Zell laughed out loudly, dribbling the basketball in the cafeteria, "Well, with Yuna, it's kinda obvious. That girl can't even tell the difference between a blonde and brunette. I seriously don't know what the hell you be seein' in those type of girls."
Irvine looked up, one of his eye brows lifting up slightly, "And this is comin' from a guy who has never been in any type of relationship." Zell held the ball under one arm.
"Yo! I could have mah rights to say what the fuck I feel," he replied, sharply, "And if you don't wanna hear it, then peace out." Squall took a deep breath, as he stared at Irvine and Zell, eyeing one another.
"All right, all right," he shouted out, shaking his head violently, "Lets just get to the point, tell her."
"Yeah, don't chicken out," Zell said, grinning.
"You want us to tell her?!?!" Rinoa shouted, surprised. Irvine placed his hand over his eyes, feeling a bit dizzy.
"Well, don't you get what I'm tryin' to say???" he questioned, staring back at Selphie and she. Selphie smiled.
"I'll do it," she insisted. Rinoa elbowed her hard.
"Selphie," she uttered, then turned back to Irvine, "Irvine, you need to start doing this yourself, no one's always going to help you everytime."
"Damn...you sound like my mom," Irvine muttered.
"You had a mom, Irvine?" Selphie questioned.
Irvine shook his head, annoyed, "Nah really...." she sat still confused.
"For a while, Selphe, awhile," he repeated, leaning back against the chair. Rinoa giggled, as she reached over to pat her friend gently on the back. Selphie grunted as she quickly walked away.
"I'm mad at you, Rinoa!" she yelled back, before she left. Rinoa sat confused.
"Well, aren't you mad at Irvine? He's the one who was trying to say you were stupid," she replied.
Selphie shook her head, "NOPE. I'm mad at you because you laughed!" And with that, she quickly stormed off.
Rinoa stood in embellishment as she stared at Yuna, her eyes not blinking. Quistis sighed, as she noticed how pathetic Rinoa had looked.
Yuna stared at her confused, "Huh??? I don't get it," she murmured, "What do you mean he doesn't want to see me anymore??--OH! I know, what you're trying to tell me is that Irvine wants to see me tonight? And---ummm, he wants some more?"
Quistis' mouth dropped open as she turned to face Rinoa. Who had an annoyed look on her face.
"No...." she uttered, without a slight chance of explaining, "What I mean is-." Quistis began to speak up.
"What Rinoa means is----," Quistis began.
"What's a rinoa?" Yuna questioned, with an innocent expression. Quistis turned to Rinoa, leaning over.
"Is she playing stupid or what?" she questioned. Rinoa shook her head, dazed. Quistis quickly turned back to face Yuna, with a false smile.
"What I'm trying to tell you is," Rinoa repeated, slowly, "Is that Irvine---."
"Has aids," Quistis interupted, quickly. Rinoa's eyes widened, as she turned to face her.
"Aids?" she repeated. Yuna stared in disbelief. Rinoa quickly elbowed Quistis gently.
"Aids?" she uttered.
"AIDS????" Zell and Squall said, at once, as they lunged over the table. Rinoa nodded her head.
"I don't know what's gotten into her, I mean, she never really bothers much with Irvine. But now, she sure acts like she hates him for some reason." Selphie sighed, as she began tugging at the strands of her hair, that hung loosely over her eyes.
"She's mad at him, duh," Selphie uttered, looking up at her friends, "Irvine was telling me the other day, that he said something that really offended her."
"Damn, that guy," Squall uttered. Rinoa smiled, looking down at her boyfriend.
"Ooh, so what now? You're playing big brother aren't you?" she questioned, playfully shoving him.
"I don't find anything wrong with that," Zell uttered, "Irvine doesn't get along with anybody."
"Yuna, I thought about it, and well, I think you and me need to see other people," Irvine uttered, staring at her.
"Umm, Irvy....I think that's exactly how I feel," she replied.
"What? You think??" Irvine questioned, confused, "What do you mean think?"
Yuna forced a nervous smile, "Well, don't you---don't you have---have...aids?" Irvine's expression suddenly turned into surprise.
"What?!?!" he said, more loudly then he had planned, "What?" he repeated much softer.
"Well......I heard from your friend. She told me that yesterday," she replied, innocently.
Irvine looked down then back up, "Which one? The blonde or the brunettes?"
Yuna's expression suddenly turned nerve wrecking, "Huh?? What's that? Is that some kind of drink?"
"Damn....Zell was right," Irvine uttered, staring in disbelief at her stupidity. Yuna smiled.
"I don't know," she replied. She slowly looked around the corridor, when she noticed Quistis standing by herself, flipping through a magazine, "She told me." Yuna said, pointing over into her direction, "Oh, yeah, Irvine, I think I need to go to the sink."
As Irvine stood watching Yuna leave, he glanced back over to Quistis. Who hadn't seemed to notice him. Irvine quickly looked around the hallway. And when he noticed there weren't anyone around, he immediately walked over to Quistis.
Without a word, Irvine quickly grabbed Quistis by the wrist, dragging her into a girls' restroom. Upon entering, there were a couple women students by the mirror. Startled, they quickly made their way out of the restroom, without saying a word.
"Damn! Irvine! LET GO!" Quistis demanded, prying his fingers on her wrist. But his grip was much stronger than she. But he finally let her go.
"What the hell did you tell Yuna?" he questioned, staring hard at Quistis.
Quistis smiled, pleased with herself, "I thought you wanted to break up with her, right? Well, you should thank me, I did you a favor," she remarked. Irvine smiled, quite annoyed.
"You remind me of Selphie," he replied.
Quistis stared up at him, quickly glancing over to the mirror behind him, "What does that have to do with this?"
"I never thought Quistis Trepe was like this," he uttered.
"Hey, did you forget? You're the one with aids," she replied, shrilly as she started towards the door. Irvine followed her, when the two exited, they had noticed a group of girls and guys at one end.
Irvine smiled, noticing this was a good time, "Ay, Quistis!" he called out, she quickly turned back to face him, "Don't forget, you said you wanted me to meet you in your room after curfew, right?" Quistis gave Irvine a disgusted look, as she fastened her pace. He smiled, as he glanced over to the group of people.
She shook her head, gently. Then turned into another direction. Rinoa took a deep breath, as she sat on the floor, poking at the light blue carpet. The room had been redecorated ever since the past months passed by.
"Do you want to be alone?" Rinoa questioned, suddenly looking up into the blue-eyed girl.
"It doesn't matter," Quistis replied simply, as she rolled over on her stomach. Selphie smiled, as she stood up, joyfully.
"Let's go, Rinoa," she uttered, "We'll see you later tonight, kay, Quistis?" She nodded her head, her chin resting on her arms. The two young girls quickly made their way out of the room, pulling shut the door behind them. Quistis sat, a bit confused. The idea of yesterday continued to stay in her mind. She quickly sat up, her legs bent under her.
"I need to get out more," Quistis mumbled, as she started towards the door.
"What is your problem???" Zell shouted out, at the top of his lungs. He had gotten into one of his 'Almost Fist Fights' again. Which happened quite often. But for some odd reason, the scene seemed to shift a bit. Squall sat, his face expressionless, as he stared up at the blonde young man, who stared at him, angrily.
"......Whatever," he uttered, his arms across his chest. Rinoa walked over, pushing herself before Zell, her hands signaling him to sit down.
"ZELL! What are you doing???" she demanded, shrilly. Zell looked up at her, angered.
"Your stupid ass boyfriend here, is----," but before he could finish, Selphie quickly walked over to them, quickly moving across the open green field.
"WASABI!!!" she exclaimed, loudly, bouoncing up and down. Zell sighed, as he plopped down on the grass, sighing, deeply.
"Finally....could you both just stop arguing for once?" Rinoa demanded, sitting down beside Squall. Selphie smiled.
"Guess what!" she shouted out, her hands pulled together, happily.
"We know, we know," Zell uttered, his hands on his forehead.
"The Garden Festival is tomorrow," Squall finished, turning over to Rinoa. She smiled, as she playfully shoved him.
"Hey, how did you guys know???" Selphie questioned, dumb founded.
Rinoa sighed, "Come on now, Selphie. You've been informing us all week." Selphie smiled, excitedly as she kneeled down beside Zell.
"It's a good thing, you guys have a friend like me," she said, glancing at each one of them. Zell, startled by this, looked up at Selphie, who had her shoulder against his.
"Yeah, maybe too good for me," he muttered. She quickly punched him on the shoulder.
"OWWW!" Zell yelled out, as he grabbed at the sharp pain on his shoulder, "Why you play so hard?!?!"
Selphie smiled, "Who said I was playing?"
Quistis sighed, as she continued walking around the halls of the dorm rooms. She glanced over to her right, noticing Yuna, a tall young blonde who had a pair of gorgeous blue eyes. Or at least that's what the guys at Garden thought. As for Quistis, she hadn't planned on paying much attention.
"Hey, Quistis," Xu called out, as she walked down the hall towards her friend. Quistis smiled, greeting her.
"Where have you been? I haven't seen you for a while," she questioned, looking straight ahead, as she noticed Irvine coming down the corridor. Xu turned to where Quistis' eyes were adjusted.
She quickly turned back, "I was at Timber for at least two days, I don't know if you'd call that 'awhile'." Quistis smiled, not realizing a word that she had just said.
"Xu, I----I gotta go," she uttered, as she walked down the hall in the other direction.
"Quistis!" Irvine called out, as he jogged down the hall towards her. Xu stood in surprise as she turned down the hall. He quickly shifted his way in front of her. Quistis stopped, immediately.
"What is it?" she questioned, annoyed.
"Damn, what type of a greeting was that?" he uttered, with a pleased smile. Quistis shook her head.
"Not much," she replied.
"Are you still mad at me?" Irvine questioned, with a sly smile.
"Even if I were, It wouldn't bother you much, would it?" Quistis asked, trying to push passed him. As she was stopped again. A few girls at one end, stood staring, as they began to utter something to one another softly.
"What ever makes you happy," he replied, shrugging.
Quistis shook her head, "That wasn't the point, Irvine."
He smiled, as he playfully grabbed at her wrist, "Then what is?"
"Whoa, don't you think that's going a little too far," one of the girls uttered to the other, "Are they together?"
"I don't think so, but if you ask me, I'd make a way better couple with Irvine," a brunette replied.
Quistis quickly pulled away, staring hard at him. He was much taller than she, as he stared down at her. His dark blue eyes, studying Quistis' features.
"I'm sorry," he uttered, still with a smile, "Tempting." Quistis sighed, as she continued down the hallway.
"I keep tellin' you," Squall uttered, "Women need closure. You can't just act it, and expect them to figure it out that quickly."
Zell laughed out loudly, dribbling the basketball in the cafeteria, "Well, with Yuna, it's kinda obvious. That girl can't even tell the difference between a blonde and brunette. I seriously don't know what the hell you be seein' in those type of girls."
Irvine looked up, one of his eye brows lifting up slightly, "And this is comin' from a guy who has never been in any type of relationship." Zell held the ball under one arm.
"Yo! I could have mah rights to say what the fuck I feel," he replied, sharply, "And if you don't wanna hear it, then peace out." Squall took a deep breath, as he stared at Irvine and Zell, eyeing one another.
"All right, all right," he shouted out, shaking his head violently, "Lets just get to the point, tell her."
"Yeah, don't chicken out," Zell said, grinning.
"You want us to tell her?!?!" Rinoa shouted, surprised. Irvine placed his hand over his eyes, feeling a bit dizzy.
"Well, don't you get what I'm tryin' to say???" he questioned, staring back at Selphie and she. Selphie smiled.
"I'll do it," she insisted. Rinoa elbowed her hard.
"Selphie," she uttered, then turned back to Irvine, "Irvine, you need to start doing this yourself, no one's always going to help you everytime."
"Damn...you sound like my mom," Irvine muttered.
"You had a mom, Irvine?" Selphie questioned.
Irvine shook his head, annoyed, "Nah really...." she sat still confused.
"For a while, Selphe, awhile," he repeated, leaning back against the chair. Rinoa giggled, as she reached over to pat her friend gently on the back. Selphie grunted as she quickly walked away.
"I'm mad at you, Rinoa!" she yelled back, before she left. Rinoa sat confused.
"Well, aren't you mad at Irvine? He's the one who was trying to say you were stupid," she replied.
Selphie shook her head, "NOPE. I'm mad at you because you laughed!" And with that, she quickly stormed off.
Rinoa stood in embellishment as she stared at Yuna, her eyes not blinking. Quistis sighed, as she noticed how pathetic Rinoa had looked.
Yuna stared at her confused, "Huh??? I don't get it," she murmured, "What do you mean he doesn't want to see me anymore??--OH! I know, what you're trying to tell me is that Irvine wants to see me tonight? And---ummm, he wants some more?"
Quistis' mouth dropped open as she turned to face Rinoa. Who had an annoyed look on her face.
"No...." she uttered, without a slight chance of explaining, "What I mean is-." Quistis began to speak up.
"What Rinoa means is----," Quistis began.
"What's a rinoa?" Yuna questioned, with an innocent expression. Quistis turned to Rinoa, leaning over.
"Is she playing stupid or what?" she questioned. Rinoa shook her head, dazed. Quistis quickly turned back to face Yuna, with a false smile.
"What I'm trying to tell you is," Rinoa repeated, slowly, "Is that Irvine---."
"Has aids," Quistis interupted, quickly. Rinoa's eyes widened, as she turned to face her.
"Aids?" she repeated. Yuna stared in disbelief. Rinoa quickly elbowed Quistis gently.
"Aids?" she uttered.
"AIDS????" Zell and Squall said, at once, as they lunged over the table. Rinoa nodded her head.
"I don't know what's gotten into her, I mean, she never really bothers much with Irvine. But now, she sure acts like she hates him for some reason." Selphie sighed, as she began tugging at the strands of her hair, that hung loosely over her eyes.
"She's mad at him, duh," Selphie uttered, looking up at her friends, "Irvine was telling me the other day, that he said something that really offended her."
"Damn, that guy," Squall uttered. Rinoa smiled, looking down at her boyfriend.
"Ooh, so what now? You're playing big brother aren't you?" she questioned, playfully shoving him.
"I don't find anything wrong with that," Zell uttered, "Irvine doesn't get along with anybody."
"Yuna, I thought about it, and well, I think you and me need to see other people," Irvine uttered, staring at her.
"Umm, Irvy....I think that's exactly how I feel," she replied.
"What? You think??" Irvine questioned, confused, "What do you mean think?"
Yuna forced a nervous smile, "Well, don't you---don't you have---have...aids?" Irvine's expression suddenly turned into surprise.
"What?!?!" he said, more loudly then he had planned, "What?" he repeated much softer.
"Well......I heard from your friend. She told me that yesterday," she replied, innocently.
Irvine looked down then back up, "Which one? The blonde or the brunettes?"
Yuna's expression suddenly turned nerve wrecking, "Huh?? What's that? Is that some kind of drink?"
"Damn....Zell was right," Irvine uttered, staring in disbelief at her stupidity. Yuna smiled.
"I don't know," she replied. She slowly looked around the corridor, when she noticed Quistis standing by herself, flipping through a magazine, "She told me." Yuna said, pointing over into her direction, "Oh, yeah, Irvine, I think I need to go to the sink."
As Irvine stood watching Yuna leave, he glanced back over to Quistis. Who hadn't seemed to notice him. Irvine quickly looked around the hallway. And when he noticed there weren't anyone around, he immediately walked over to Quistis.
Without a word, Irvine quickly grabbed Quistis by the wrist, dragging her into a girls' restroom. Upon entering, there were a couple women students by the mirror. Startled, they quickly made their way out of the restroom, without saying a word.
"Damn! Irvine! LET GO!" Quistis demanded, prying his fingers on her wrist. But his grip was much stronger than she. But he finally let her go.
"What the hell did you tell Yuna?" he questioned, staring hard at Quistis.
Quistis smiled, pleased with herself, "I thought you wanted to break up with her, right? Well, you should thank me, I did you a favor," she remarked. Irvine smiled, quite annoyed.
"You remind me of Selphie," he replied.
Quistis stared up at him, quickly glancing over to the mirror behind him, "What does that have to do with this?"
"I never thought Quistis Trepe was like this," he uttered.
"Hey, did you forget? You're the one with aids," she replied, shrilly as she started towards the door. Irvine followed her, when the two exited, they had noticed a group of girls and guys at one end.
Irvine smiled, noticing this was a good time, "Ay, Quistis!" he called out, she quickly turned back to face him, "Don't forget, you said you wanted me to meet you in your room after curfew, right?" Quistis gave Irvine a disgusted look, as she fastened her pace. He smiled, as he glanced over to the group of people.