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A.N.: This is my first fanfic, be nice. It's a series and this chapter it's the first episode. Enjoy, and let me know if you liked it.
Seifer's Return
It's been a year since Ultimecia. Seifer had returned to Garden and had just graduated. He's at his dorm; it's the morning after the graduation ball. He's laying on his bed thinking of the past year events. It sure had been a long year, a lot had happened since Ultimecia. He had to swallow his pride deep down inside and make a big effort to get readmitted at Garden and it was even harder then before, for him, to become a Seed, but he made it this time. He was really proud of himself, he was just sorry that no one else was (except for Raijin and Fujin, of course). He was just never able to return to the Disciplinary Committee like his friends did, but that didn't bother him.
He was still surprise they had "forgiven" him, he was only able to see Squall as the "Commander", a formal, impersonal meeting. Squall was obliged on his position to leave personal matters and anything he had against Seifer behind and give him another chance, still he wanted to make it look as if he was doing this on his free will; "For Edea" he said, "As long as I don't have to see your face very often... Whatever... You can stay", Seifer had to avoid a smile so that he wouldn't make Squall angry; in another time and circumstance he would gladly give a huge smirk jus to piss off Squall.
He didn't go out a lot to avoid unpleasant encounters, only leaving his dorm for classes and only after curfew for the training centre.
Raijin and Fujin were still his posse. They were always telling him he couldn't stay isolated like that. Trying to make him go outside.
He had been at his dorm all morning, it was almost lunchtime and his stomach interrupted his thoughts with a loud noise. Raijin must be here any minute now. He thought. He never gets late. He must be stuck in the cafeteria line. Raijin and Fujin always brought him lunch to his dorm so he wouldn't have any unexpected encounters with Zell. If he would presence a scene of Zell whining every time they run out of hotdogs he wouldn't be able to hold back that "healthy" laugh of his, that would obviously hurt Zell's sensitive feelings and bring up a fight and more tension between the two boys that would only prejudice Seifer and his status on Garden. Seifer chuckled at the thought of Zell whining about his precious hotdogs.
Seifer got more hungry and impatient by the minute. Where could those two be? Where's my lunch? Seifer couldn't wait more. Don't they know a 6'2" guy must eat? He left his dorm heading towards the cafeteria, he could feel people's eyes on his back, they weren't used to see him walk freely around the Garden. They must think Squall keeps me on a cage or something. He just wished Zell wasn't there.
As soon as Seifer entered the cafeteria he saw the large figure of Raijin holding bags. Well, that must be lunch. As he got closer he could see Fujin by his side and notice they were talking with someone. While coming forward he advanced slightly to the right so he was able to make out the short 5'5 feet frame of Zell Dincht. Dammit! He cursed.
"SEIFER!" Fujin smiled at him while waving for him to come forward. Okay, Fuu! I guess I'll have to trust you... and ring your neck if you get me into trouble. He came closer to the small group with a wary look on his face. Zell had a smile on his face. Crap he's smiling this can't be good.
"Hi Seif! Wha's up?" Zell greeted the taller boy. Creepy! That was all Seifer could think as he gave his two friends a confused look. They just smiled at him.
Without an answer Zell kept his babbling. "Would you guys like to come to my mother's cafeteria opening party?"
"YES!" Fujin. "Of course, ya know." was Raijin's reply. Seifer glanced at his posse with a scared/surprised look on his face.
"That invitation includes who exactly?" Seifer suspiciously asked.
"The entire posse, of course. You, Raijin and Fujin."
"Me included? And your friends are gonna be also there?" Zell nodded "You're saying you want me and 'Commander Puberty' in the same room? Now that's what I call a party." Raijin snickered at the new way of Seifer referring to Squall, "Commander Puberty". Fujin gave a smile at the sound of it but kicked Raijin, as usual, at the sight of him snickering.
Seifer turned back to Zell "Really, what's the catch? Did you even talked to the others before making this decision of inviting me, or maybe you all thought it would be fun to see how low you were all able to humiliate me and, who knows, see what more you can do to get me worst. Now that can be entertaining." He finished his sentence with his natural sarcasm that Zell had to admit he kind of missed it.
"If you are finished I can tell you why the invitation, 'K?" Seifer crossed his arms and waited for a rational explanation. "You see, I invited Matron to the party but she told us that it would make her happier if you would go, she's worried about you, and Rinoa also, plus it's been a year already and we all agreed it was stupid to stay angry at you since you hadn't caused any trouble for such a long time, which, in your case, is something to worry about. Are you planning any 'world conquer' plan for a near future?" said Zell in a teasing tone of voice. Seifer was eyed widened; he had never heard Zell make such a long speech. Maybe that library girl was feeding him books in between hotdogs. As Seifer was about to open his mouth to protest Zell stopped him " Besides these two great friends of yours have been telling Squall they're worried about your isolation." Raijin and Fujin proudly smiled at that comment, Seifer gave them a glare, and they quickly lost their smiles.
Zell put a hand on the taller boys shoulder "Besides, if you don't show up Squall will lower your Seed rank. Have a nice day." Zell was leaving when he turned back to face the three figures watching him "Oh, and be there by 1700 hours, it's not hard to find it's right in front of the beach. C'ya!"
A moment of silence between the three friends, "Well, I guess we could go together from here, ya know." Raijin loudly broke the silence, "FRONT GATE. 1645?" "Fine with me, ya know. What about you Seifer?" looking back for Seifer they noticed he had already left. "Don't worry, he'll be there, ya know. He loves his Seed Rank." "TRUE!"
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At 1645 hours...
Seifer his already at the Front Gate.
At 1655 hours...
Seifer is still at the Front Gate and Fujin and Raijin haven't showed up still.
At 1700 hours...
Raijin and Fujin rush to the Front Gate noticing how late they were. They see Seifer waiting impatiently for them. "I knew you would come, ya know."
"What took you so long? I can already see Squall lowering my Rank."
"NERVOUS?"
"Yeah. We know you aren't exactly thrilled to go there, ya know, so are you getting anxious or somethin'?"
"Well... I don't know what to say to them when I get there... What am I supposed to say?"
"HI?"
"They ain't gonna bite ya, ya know."
A moment of silence between the trio.
"INCOMING INSTRUCTOR." Fujin informed as she saw Quistis running to the front gate.
"Now there's someone I haven't seen in a long time." Seifer stated as he saw the familiar form of his former instructor running towards them. "She must also be late."
As the instructor passed the gate she saw the posse.
"Hello." The girl greeted.
"Hi there, instructor. I never thought I would see the day you would be late for something." Seifer mocked. Quistis replied with a smile, she wasn't affected by his words. Seifer smiled back as he could see that in the last year her friends had done a good job working in his former instructor's self esteem, for she now didn't care about other people's cruel jokes or comments, not even his.
"There's always a first time for everything, Seifer. Haven't seen you for what? ..."
"Eleven months and twenty days." Seifer smiled at the surprised look on her face
"I guess I can still surprise you. You weren't expecting me to count the days? I was going to count the hours also but I lost the count thinking of you." Seifer said in a mocking tone that made Quistis raise an eyebrow and rest her hands in her waist in an authoritarian way that made Seifer smirk as in reply.
As Quistis opened her mouth to protest Raijin cut her "Why don't we all go together, ya know?"
Fujin nodded and the posse started t o walk to Balamb.
" :sigh: Why not?" Quistis said to herself while following.
Seifer and Raijin were leading the way through the small road while Quistis was beside a very quiet Fujin a few metres behind the tall male figures.
Quistis looked at Fujin thinking of how to start a conversation with her. She could see how she smiled at the guys in front, a sweet caring smile that she had never noticed before in that cold pale face of Fujin.
"How long have you known them?"
"AGES"
"You must be the only person who actually understands Seifer Almasy."
"I DO NOT"
"I guess not many people get to be Seifer's friends but I'm sure he can be the loyalist friend someone can have, you're lucky."
"I KNOW. ............... YOU WANT TO?"
"What?"
"BE?"
"Seifer's friend? Yes, of course."
"TRY."
"I am trying!"
"NOT ENOUGH."
That answer sure made Quistis ponders for the rest of the way. She wasn't really making a great effort to get close to Seifer, she always looked at it as a favour she was doing whenever she was the least bit nice to him.
Soon they arrived at Balamb and Quistis led the way to the cafeteria. She opened the door for them and waited for them to get in. While Raijin and Fujin got inside Seifer looked at inside through the large window. He could see Irvine sitting with Selphie on his lap jumping up and down of excitement while he tried to calm her down. He saw Rinoa sitting next to Squall with her arms around his neck. He saw Zell coming from the kitchen with a platter full of hotdogs sitting next to the group and filling his mouth with them. He was afraid of getting inside and see that their attitude might change just because of his presence. He looked at the door, Quistis was still holding it, she was gazing at him, smiling at him, a warm smile. He stopped there gazing at her, studying her expression, she didn't lost his eyes for a single minute.
Zell came up to the door. "Hey, are you guys staying there all day? Come in." They realized they had been gazing at each other and blushed. "See, you guys are getting a sunburn, come in." Zell replied innocently.
"Zell, has anybody told that you're so SLOW?!"
"No? ..." he answered confused and not sure of what to answer.
"Don't worry Zell, that was a rhetorical question." Quistis said. Seifer laughed and followed Quistis inside.
They took a seat with the others.
"Oh, Zell, I invited someone. Do you mind?" Quistis asked.
"Not at all. You can invite whoever you want, you helped my mother on your weekends and free time to get the cafeteria ready."
"That's because I don't have a life now that I'm not an instructor. I think I'll even help with the Garden Festival."
"You must be really bored." Irvine stated. "Hey!" Selphie protested and hit Irvine's shoulder. Quistis giggled.
The library pigtailed girl entered the cafeteria. "There's my guest. Come sit here next to me and...Zell."
Zell blushed. Seifer smirked. Selphie and Rinoa giggled, Squall and Irvine smiled.
Quistis, for a while, looked deep in thought and then spoke: "Do you think your mother could put up a "No Trepies allowed" sign at the door?" This time everybody laughed.
Everybody kept talking and Seifer looked around to study the place, it was nice, it had a Jukebox on a corner, in the other corner there was a small stage with a microphone, on the wall there was neon letters spelling Karaoke Corner. Seifer turned his attention back to the group.
Selphie jumped from Irvine's lap "OK everybody! IT'S KARAOKE TIME!" she took Irvine's hat and jumped on stage, Rinoa turned the music on and Selphie started singing "Cowboys and Kisses" (Anastasia), with some giggles in between, while making eyes at Irvine. The others laughed at Irvine's goofy smile.
The fun went on till they ran out of hotdogs and it started to get late. The first ones to leave were Squall and Rinoa, because he had paperwork to do and so, next was the library girl, Anna, who had to attend to her shift at the library, Quistis insisted on Zell to see her to Garden safely for it would soon get dark, Fujin and Raijin left next. Surprisingly Seifer stayed after they left. Ma Dintch left to shop, because Zell had finished her stock of hotdogs, leaving Quistis in charge. She was supposed to clean the place and wait for her to return to close the place. Quistis didn't mind she had volunteered, she didn't felt like returning so soon to the Garden.
"You know I would love to help, Quistis. Are you sure you'll be Okay, if we leave before cleaning?" Selphie asked. She and Irvine wanted to take a walk on the beach.
"I'll be fine, there isn't much to clean, Ma Dintch already did most of the work. Go ahead." Said the older girl giving the green signal for the short brunette leave the place giggling and dragging her cowboy out of the cafeteria towards the beach to watch the sunset.
Quistis turned back to Seifer who was the only one left with her. "Well... Goodbye." She said expecting him to leave. "I'm staying to help you." He replied. She frowned he just shrugged and said "Got nothing better to do."
"Well we better start by taking those platters to the kitchen." Quistis said while walking to a table and picking up a pile of platters that Seifer took from her with a smile on his face.
They both cleaned up the place in no time. Then they both sat at a table to wait for Ma Dintch.
"You can go back to Garden now, Ma Dintch won't take much longer."
"Got nothing better to do." He said like earlier, shrugging.
A moment of silence.
"So, you think you're Cupid, don't ya. Everybody knows Anna's got the hots for Zell, she can't even speak right when he's around."
"Everyone but Zell, he actually thinks that if he asks her out she'd say no. He's too afraid of rejection."
"He likes her? I didn't know Chick... I mean Zell, liked anything besides hotdogs." Seifer said mockingly keeping his usual smirk.
Quistis gazed at Seifer for a while and noticed he was gazing at her, which made her feel uncomfortable.
"That smirk of yours always gave me the chills." She said still with her blue eyes locked on green his.
He leaned closer to her and, before she knew it, they were cheek to cheek.
"The good ones or the bad ones?" he whispered in her ear.
"Gosh! I'll just pretend you didn't said that." She said pushing away from him, almost laughing.
He couldn't tell what was so funny. Was it that weird that he was actually hitting on her? Why couldn't she take him seriously? She thought he was only joking. That's Ok with him, for now. Her reaction, even so, made him laugh hysterically; she looked so cute when she blushed. She punched his shoulder playfully pretending to be annoyed by his amusement towards her.
They kept talking, it didn't took much longer till Ma Dintch came back to close the place.
Quistis and Seifer left the cafeteria, on their way to Garden they met Irvine and Selphie, Selphie seemed amused at the sight of the Instructor escorted by the knight.
"Oooooh! I didn't knew you stayed there, Seifer." She said with a bemused look on her face.
Ignoring her comment the knight kept walking next to the instructor, and the four teenagers walked together back to Garden.
It was already past curfew and Irvine and Selphie said goodbye and left, whispering to each other what they thought about the odd pair they left behind.
Seifer walked Quistis to her dorm.
"Thank you, Seifer. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Quisty." Seifer said and kissed her forehead, gave her a smirk and turned to leave.
"Seifer, wait!" he turned to the furiously blushed Quistis, whose looking down looking embarrassed. "I don't think I've said this before but... Welcome back Seifer!"
A.N.: Did you liked it? Please review. OK?
A.N.: This is my first fanfic, be nice. It's a series and this chapter it's the first episode. Enjoy, and let me know if you liked it.
Seifer's Return
It's been a year since Ultimecia. Seifer had returned to Garden and had just graduated. He's at his dorm; it's the morning after the graduation ball. He's laying on his bed thinking of the past year events. It sure had been a long year, a lot had happened since Ultimecia. He had to swallow his pride deep down inside and make a big effort to get readmitted at Garden and it was even harder then before, for him, to become a Seed, but he made it this time. He was really proud of himself, he was just sorry that no one else was (except for Raijin and Fujin, of course). He was just never able to return to the Disciplinary Committee like his friends did, but that didn't bother him.
He was still surprise they had "forgiven" him, he was only able to see Squall as the "Commander", a formal, impersonal meeting. Squall was obliged on his position to leave personal matters and anything he had against Seifer behind and give him another chance, still he wanted to make it look as if he was doing this on his free will; "For Edea" he said, "As long as I don't have to see your face very often... Whatever... You can stay", Seifer had to avoid a smile so that he wouldn't make Squall angry; in another time and circumstance he would gladly give a huge smirk jus to piss off Squall.
He didn't go out a lot to avoid unpleasant encounters, only leaving his dorm for classes and only after curfew for the training centre.
Raijin and Fujin were still his posse. They were always telling him he couldn't stay isolated like that. Trying to make him go outside.
He had been at his dorm all morning, it was almost lunchtime and his stomach interrupted his thoughts with a loud noise. Raijin must be here any minute now. He thought. He never gets late. He must be stuck in the cafeteria line. Raijin and Fujin always brought him lunch to his dorm so he wouldn't have any unexpected encounters with Zell. If he would presence a scene of Zell whining every time they run out of hotdogs he wouldn't be able to hold back that "healthy" laugh of his, that would obviously hurt Zell's sensitive feelings and bring up a fight and more tension between the two boys that would only prejudice Seifer and his status on Garden. Seifer chuckled at the thought of Zell whining about his precious hotdogs.
Seifer got more hungry and impatient by the minute. Where could those two be? Where's my lunch? Seifer couldn't wait more. Don't they know a 6'2" guy must eat? He left his dorm heading towards the cafeteria, he could feel people's eyes on his back, they weren't used to see him walk freely around the Garden. They must think Squall keeps me on a cage or something. He just wished Zell wasn't there.
As soon as Seifer entered the cafeteria he saw the large figure of Raijin holding bags. Well, that must be lunch. As he got closer he could see Fujin by his side and notice they were talking with someone. While coming forward he advanced slightly to the right so he was able to make out the short 5'5 feet frame of Zell Dincht. Dammit! He cursed.
"SEIFER!" Fujin smiled at him while waving for him to come forward. Okay, Fuu! I guess I'll have to trust you... and ring your neck if you get me into trouble. He came closer to the small group with a wary look on his face. Zell had a smile on his face. Crap he's smiling this can't be good.
"Hi Seif! Wha's up?" Zell greeted the taller boy. Creepy! That was all Seifer could think as he gave his two friends a confused look. They just smiled at him.
Without an answer Zell kept his babbling. "Would you guys like to come to my mother's cafeteria opening party?"
"YES!" Fujin. "Of course, ya know." was Raijin's reply. Seifer glanced at his posse with a scared/surprised look on his face.
"That invitation includes who exactly?" Seifer suspiciously asked.
"The entire posse, of course. You, Raijin and Fujin."
"Me included? And your friends are gonna be also there?" Zell nodded "You're saying you want me and 'Commander Puberty' in the same room? Now that's what I call a party." Raijin snickered at the new way of Seifer referring to Squall, "Commander Puberty". Fujin gave a smile at the sound of it but kicked Raijin, as usual, at the sight of him snickering.
Seifer turned back to Zell "Really, what's the catch? Did you even talked to the others before making this decision of inviting me, or maybe you all thought it would be fun to see how low you were all able to humiliate me and, who knows, see what more you can do to get me worst. Now that can be entertaining." He finished his sentence with his natural sarcasm that Zell had to admit he kind of missed it.
"If you are finished I can tell you why the invitation, 'K?" Seifer crossed his arms and waited for a rational explanation. "You see, I invited Matron to the party but she told us that it would make her happier if you would go, she's worried about you, and Rinoa also, plus it's been a year already and we all agreed it was stupid to stay angry at you since you hadn't caused any trouble for such a long time, which, in your case, is something to worry about. Are you planning any 'world conquer' plan for a near future?" said Zell in a teasing tone of voice. Seifer was eyed widened; he had never heard Zell make such a long speech. Maybe that library girl was feeding him books in between hotdogs. As Seifer was about to open his mouth to protest Zell stopped him " Besides these two great friends of yours have been telling Squall they're worried about your isolation." Raijin and Fujin proudly smiled at that comment, Seifer gave them a glare, and they quickly lost their smiles.
Zell put a hand on the taller boys shoulder "Besides, if you don't show up Squall will lower your Seed rank. Have a nice day." Zell was leaving when he turned back to face the three figures watching him "Oh, and be there by 1700 hours, it's not hard to find it's right in front of the beach. C'ya!"
A moment of silence between the three friends, "Well, I guess we could go together from here, ya know." Raijin loudly broke the silence, "FRONT GATE. 1645?" "Fine with me, ya know. What about you Seifer?" looking back for Seifer they noticed he had already left. "Don't worry, he'll be there, ya know. He loves his Seed Rank." "TRUE!"
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At 1645 hours...
Seifer his already at the Front Gate.
At 1655 hours...
Seifer is still at the Front Gate and Fujin and Raijin haven't showed up still.
At 1700 hours...
Raijin and Fujin rush to the Front Gate noticing how late they were. They see Seifer waiting impatiently for them. "I knew you would come, ya know."
"What took you so long? I can already see Squall lowering my Rank."
"NERVOUS?"
"Yeah. We know you aren't exactly thrilled to go there, ya know, so are you getting anxious or somethin'?"
"Well... I don't know what to say to them when I get there... What am I supposed to say?"
"HI?"
"They ain't gonna bite ya, ya know."
A moment of silence between the trio.
"INCOMING INSTRUCTOR." Fujin informed as she saw Quistis running to the front gate.
"Now there's someone I haven't seen in a long time." Seifer stated as he saw the familiar form of his former instructor running towards them. "She must also be late."
As the instructor passed the gate she saw the posse.
"Hello." The girl greeted.
"Hi there, instructor. I never thought I would see the day you would be late for something." Seifer mocked. Quistis replied with a smile, she wasn't affected by his words. Seifer smiled back as he could see that in the last year her friends had done a good job working in his former instructor's self esteem, for she now didn't care about other people's cruel jokes or comments, not even his.
"There's always a first time for everything, Seifer. Haven't seen you for what? ..."
"Eleven months and twenty days." Seifer smiled at the surprised look on her face
"I guess I can still surprise you. You weren't expecting me to count the days? I was going to count the hours also but I lost the count thinking of you." Seifer said in a mocking tone that made Quistis raise an eyebrow and rest her hands in her waist in an authoritarian way that made Seifer smirk as in reply.
As Quistis opened her mouth to protest Raijin cut her "Why don't we all go together, ya know?"
Fujin nodded and the posse started t o walk to Balamb.
" :sigh: Why not?" Quistis said to herself while following.
Seifer and Raijin were leading the way through the small road while Quistis was beside a very quiet Fujin a few metres behind the tall male figures.
Quistis looked at Fujin thinking of how to start a conversation with her. She could see how she smiled at the guys in front, a sweet caring smile that she had never noticed before in that cold pale face of Fujin.
"How long have you known them?"
"AGES"
"You must be the only person who actually understands Seifer Almasy."
"I DO NOT"
"I guess not many people get to be Seifer's friends but I'm sure he can be the loyalist friend someone can have, you're lucky."
"I KNOW. ............... YOU WANT TO?"
"What?"
"BE?"
"Seifer's friend? Yes, of course."
"TRY."
"I am trying!"
"NOT ENOUGH."
That answer sure made Quistis ponders for the rest of the way. She wasn't really making a great effort to get close to Seifer, she always looked at it as a favour she was doing whenever she was the least bit nice to him.
Soon they arrived at Balamb and Quistis led the way to the cafeteria. She opened the door for them and waited for them to get in. While Raijin and Fujin got inside Seifer looked at inside through the large window. He could see Irvine sitting with Selphie on his lap jumping up and down of excitement while he tried to calm her down. He saw Rinoa sitting next to Squall with her arms around his neck. He saw Zell coming from the kitchen with a platter full of hotdogs sitting next to the group and filling his mouth with them. He was afraid of getting inside and see that their attitude might change just because of his presence. He looked at the door, Quistis was still holding it, she was gazing at him, smiling at him, a warm smile. He stopped there gazing at her, studying her expression, she didn't lost his eyes for a single minute.
Zell came up to the door. "Hey, are you guys staying there all day? Come in." They realized they had been gazing at each other and blushed. "See, you guys are getting a sunburn, come in." Zell replied innocently.
"Zell, has anybody told that you're so SLOW?!"
"No? ..." he answered confused and not sure of what to answer.
"Don't worry Zell, that was a rhetorical question." Quistis said. Seifer laughed and followed Quistis inside.
They took a seat with the others.
"Oh, Zell, I invited someone. Do you mind?" Quistis asked.
"Not at all. You can invite whoever you want, you helped my mother on your weekends and free time to get the cafeteria ready."
"That's because I don't have a life now that I'm not an instructor. I think I'll even help with the Garden Festival."
"You must be really bored." Irvine stated. "Hey!" Selphie protested and hit Irvine's shoulder. Quistis giggled.
The library pigtailed girl entered the cafeteria. "There's my guest. Come sit here next to me and...Zell."
Zell blushed. Seifer smirked. Selphie and Rinoa giggled, Squall and Irvine smiled.
Quistis, for a while, looked deep in thought and then spoke: "Do you think your mother could put up a "No Trepies allowed" sign at the door?" This time everybody laughed.
Everybody kept talking and Seifer looked around to study the place, it was nice, it had a Jukebox on a corner, in the other corner there was a small stage with a microphone, on the wall there was neon letters spelling Karaoke Corner. Seifer turned his attention back to the group.
Selphie jumped from Irvine's lap "OK everybody! IT'S KARAOKE TIME!" she took Irvine's hat and jumped on stage, Rinoa turned the music on and Selphie started singing "Cowboys and Kisses" (Anastasia), with some giggles in between, while making eyes at Irvine. The others laughed at Irvine's goofy smile.
The fun went on till they ran out of hotdogs and it started to get late. The first ones to leave were Squall and Rinoa, because he had paperwork to do and so, next was the library girl, Anna, who had to attend to her shift at the library, Quistis insisted on Zell to see her to Garden safely for it would soon get dark, Fujin and Raijin left next. Surprisingly Seifer stayed after they left. Ma Dintch left to shop, because Zell had finished her stock of hotdogs, leaving Quistis in charge. She was supposed to clean the place and wait for her to return to close the place. Quistis didn't mind she had volunteered, she didn't felt like returning so soon to the Garden.
"You know I would love to help, Quistis. Are you sure you'll be Okay, if we leave before cleaning?" Selphie asked. She and Irvine wanted to take a walk on the beach.
"I'll be fine, there isn't much to clean, Ma Dintch already did most of the work. Go ahead." Said the older girl giving the green signal for the short brunette leave the place giggling and dragging her cowboy out of the cafeteria towards the beach to watch the sunset.
Quistis turned back to Seifer who was the only one left with her. "Well... Goodbye." She said expecting him to leave. "I'm staying to help you." He replied. She frowned he just shrugged and said "Got nothing better to do."
"Well we better start by taking those platters to the kitchen." Quistis said while walking to a table and picking up a pile of platters that Seifer took from her with a smile on his face.
They both cleaned up the place in no time. Then they both sat at a table to wait for Ma Dintch.
"You can go back to Garden now, Ma Dintch won't take much longer."
"Got nothing better to do." He said like earlier, shrugging.
A moment of silence.
"So, you think you're Cupid, don't ya. Everybody knows Anna's got the hots for Zell, she can't even speak right when he's around."
"Everyone but Zell, he actually thinks that if he asks her out she'd say no. He's too afraid of rejection."
"He likes her? I didn't know Chick... I mean Zell, liked anything besides hotdogs." Seifer said mockingly keeping his usual smirk.
Quistis gazed at Seifer for a while and noticed he was gazing at her, which made her feel uncomfortable.
"That smirk of yours always gave me the chills." She said still with her blue eyes locked on green his.
He leaned closer to her and, before she knew it, they were cheek to cheek.
"The good ones or the bad ones?" he whispered in her ear.
"Gosh! I'll just pretend you didn't said that." She said pushing away from him, almost laughing.
He couldn't tell what was so funny. Was it that weird that he was actually hitting on her? Why couldn't she take him seriously? She thought he was only joking. That's Ok with him, for now. Her reaction, even so, made him laugh hysterically; she looked so cute when she blushed. She punched his shoulder playfully pretending to be annoyed by his amusement towards her.
They kept talking, it didn't took much longer till Ma Dintch came back to close the place.
Quistis and Seifer left the cafeteria, on their way to Garden they met Irvine and Selphie, Selphie seemed amused at the sight of the Instructor escorted by the knight.
"Oooooh! I didn't knew you stayed there, Seifer." She said with a bemused look on her face.
Ignoring her comment the knight kept walking next to the instructor, and the four teenagers walked together back to Garden.
It was already past curfew and Irvine and Selphie said goodbye and left, whispering to each other what they thought about the odd pair they left behind.
Seifer walked Quistis to her dorm.
"Thank you, Seifer. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Quisty." Seifer said and kissed her forehead, gave her a smirk and turned to leave.
"Seifer, wait!" he turned to the furiously blushed Quistis, whose looking down looking embarrassed. "I don't think I've said this before but... Welcome back Seifer!"
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