^She glanced at Squall again. I needed... to help her... Get over him.^
-Forgiven-
~Seifer
"God, I hate suits." I said, adjusting the collar of the white shirt I wore under the jacket.
"Oh, stop it."
"Well, at least you don't have to wear one! Damn, these things are uncomfortable..."
"Yes, I have to wear a dress..."
"Yeah, that's right too. You should get dressed."
"I will, I will. But I have to tell you something first..." Hmm?
"...Yes?"
"...You know Rinoa?"
"Yeah..." Rinoa...
"Well, um, she's... she's..."
"She is what?"
"Toni's cousin... so, um, chances are she'll be at the wedding... and you know, I was thinking, she might bring Squall along with her..." Oh... shit.
"...They can't do anything to us at a wedding."
"...Mhm." She left, and I stared at myself in the mirror. Seifer, you've really done it this time. I shook my head and sighed, waiting for Fujin. Just in case, I brought my gunblade with me. Five minutes later, I heard the door to her room shut.
"Seifer, you ready to go...? We're going to be late..."
"Yeah..." I walked out of the bedroom just as she put on a black sweater over her dress. It was dark blue, and short, from what I could see (she was facing the other way, toward the front door). I'd never seen Fujin in a dress before, and so far, I like what I see.
~~~
She wasn't wearing her eyepatch, instead, she had covered up the scar with make-up of some sorts. Interesting, the things make-up can do. I sat and looked around, with Fujin next to me. Raijin was up at the front, waiting for the whole thing to start. He looked nervous. I scanned the room for Squall. No Squall. But I seen Rinoa. She had changed, since I last saw her. I guess she was a bridesmaid, because she wore a long, purple dress. She looked nice... I guess Fujin seen me staring at Rinoa, because she began to glare at the ground.
"Hey." I said, tapping her on the shoulder.
"Yeah?" She looked up.
"I was just looking at Rinoa and..."
"Hmm?"
"...Seeing how much better you look. And you look a whole lot better to me." She smiled.
"Thank you..."
"It's only the truth."
~~~
After the wedding, everyone moved to the reception hall. Fujin and I sat at a table, and that's when Squall showed up. Fujin and I watched as he waved to Rinoa, who walked over and kissed him. He looked like he was apologizing for being late, and then they sat at a table together.
"Interesting..." She commented.
"Yeah..."
"Hey, you guys, ya know?!" Raijin walked over to our table and sat next to us.
"Hey, Raijin."
"GREETINGS."
"Yo, Fujin, Seifa!"
"CONGRATULATIONS."
"...Thanks, ya know?!"
"Yeah..." I say dully.
"You guys see Squall?! He's alive, ya know?!"
"Yeah, how unfortunate. But he won't bother us."
"Yeah, you've got a point, ya know?!"
"Hey, Raijin. Come on. Let's dance." Toni said, walking up to him.
"Sure, ya know? Hold on, though, I have to go see someone."
"Okay. Hewo, Seifour." She greeted me.
"H-hi..." I mutter, looking at her.
"...How are ya?!"
"I'm fine, yourself?"
"I'm okay, ya know?! Hahahah. I'm married! Do ya believe it?"
"Mm..."
"Ooh, well, nice seein' ya! Buh-bye!" She left, and I looked over at Fujin, who seemed to be lost in thought.
"You okay, Fujin?"
"Yes, I'm okay."
"I'm gonna go get a drink... You want anything?"
"Yeah, get me whatever..."
"O-okay." I left, and came back with our drinks. I glanced over at Rinoa, who was talking to Squall.
"Thanks." She muttered, drinking the whole thing down with two gulps.
"You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah." We were basically silent for the next fifteen minutes, and every once and a while, I'd catch her glancing at Squall. I felt bad for her. She had tried to get close to someone, yet, he just betrayed her, and that is why I vowed never to betray Fujin, ever.
"Seifer, I'm... I'm gonna go get another drink. I'll be right back." She stood up and walked over to the drink counter. I watched her every move. From how she took the money out of her purse to how she walked back towards me. She glanced at Squall again. I needed... to help her... Get over him. She came back over, and prepared to sit down, taking a sip of her drink, but I stood up.
"I need to talk to you." I said.
"Here? Can't it wait?" She drank the rest of her drink. God, she can drink alot.
"Well, um, is there anywhere... private we could go?"
"There's the handicap restroom..." She muttered, setting the glass down on the table.
"Okay..." As we walked toward the door, I still had no clue as to exactly what I wanted to say. We walked in, and I locked the door behind us, looking at Fujin, who looked at me in question.
"...I..." Oh, shit. What the hell did I want to say to her? I glanced around the room. It was a rather large bathroom, being a reception hall, and being handicap...
"You what? Are you feeling alright?"
"No... I mean, yeah, I'm feeling fine. I just wanted to tell you that... that..." She raised an eyebrow.
"That...?"
"I was watching you look at Squall." She looked at the ground.
"N-no, I'm not saying I'm upset or anything..." She looked back up at me. "I just wanted to let you know... that... you should just forget about what happened between you two... It wasn't your fault, and I know you are hurt because of it... But I want to fix that..."
"Seifer..."
"I also wanted you to forgive me..."
"For what?"
"Not telling you how I felt earlier, because then..." I ran my fingers down her neck, where there was a scar. "This would've been avoided..."
"...Its not your fault..."
"...Oh, but it is..." I leaned in toward her and kissed her. I had wanted to do that all night. Ever since I seen her in that dress, I wanted to put my mouth against hers. Continuing to kiss her, I held her in my arms, feeling the bareness of her back, since she had long since taken off her sweater.
"Hey, is someone in there, ya know?!" Raijin... Shit... I broke away from Fujin.
"Its Raijin..." I whispered.
"We can't very well walk out together."
"Yes!" I said in a meek little voice. Fujin stifled a laugh, and I wiped away lipstick from my mouth.
"Oh, sorry, ya know?! I'll wait for the other bathroom." I heard him walk away, and I looked at Fujin, who returned the gaze. In a few minutes, we were both at our table, and in higher spirits... The only problem being, I think we both got a little drunk.
-Forgiven-
~Seifer
"God, I hate suits." I said, adjusting the collar of the white shirt I wore under the jacket.
"Oh, stop it."
"Well, at least you don't have to wear one! Damn, these things are uncomfortable..."
"Yes, I have to wear a dress..."
"Yeah, that's right too. You should get dressed."
"I will, I will. But I have to tell you something first..." Hmm?
"...Yes?"
"...You know Rinoa?"
"Yeah..." Rinoa...
"Well, um, she's... she's..."
"She is what?"
"Toni's cousin... so, um, chances are she'll be at the wedding... and you know, I was thinking, she might bring Squall along with her..." Oh... shit.
"...They can't do anything to us at a wedding."
"...Mhm." She left, and I stared at myself in the mirror. Seifer, you've really done it this time. I shook my head and sighed, waiting for Fujin. Just in case, I brought my gunblade with me. Five minutes later, I heard the door to her room shut.
"Seifer, you ready to go...? We're going to be late..."
"Yeah..." I walked out of the bedroom just as she put on a black sweater over her dress. It was dark blue, and short, from what I could see (she was facing the other way, toward the front door). I'd never seen Fujin in a dress before, and so far, I like what I see.
~~~
She wasn't wearing her eyepatch, instead, she had covered up the scar with make-up of some sorts. Interesting, the things make-up can do. I sat and looked around, with Fujin next to me. Raijin was up at the front, waiting for the whole thing to start. He looked nervous. I scanned the room for Squall. No Squall. But I seen Rinoa. She had changed, since I last saw her. I guess she was a bridesmaid, because she wore a long, purple dress. She looked nice... I guess Fujin seen me staring at Rinoa, because she began to glare at the ground.
"Hey." I said, tapping her on the shoulder.
"Yeah?" She looked up.
"I was just looking at Rinoa and..."
"Hmm?"
"...Seeing how much better you look. And you look a whole lot better to me." She smiled.
"Thank you..."
"It's only the truth."
~~~
After the wedding, everyone moved to the reception hall. Fujin and I sat at a table, and that's when Squall showed up. Fujin and I watched as he waved to Rinoa, who walked over and kissed him. He looked like he was apologizing for being late, and then they sat at a table together.
"Interesting..." She commented.
"Yeah..."
"Hey, you guys, ya know?!" Raijin walked over to our table and sat next to us.
"Hey, Raijin."
"GREETINGS."
"Yo, Fujin, Seifa!"
"CONGRATULATIONS."
"...Thanks, ya know?!"
"Yeah..." I say dully.
"You guys see Squall?! He's alive, ya know?!"
"Yeah, how unfortunate. But he won't bother us."
"Yeah, you've got a point, ya know?!"
"Hey, Raijin. Come on. Let's dance." Toni said, walking up to him.
"Sure, ya know? Hold on, though, I have to go see someone."
"Okay. Hewo, Seifour." She greeted me.
"H-hi..." I mutter, looking at her.
"...How are ya?!"
"I'm fine, yourself?"
"I'm okay, ya know?! Hahahah. I'm married! Do ya believe it?"
"Mm..."
"Ooh, well, nice seein' ya! Buh-bye!" She left, and I looked over at Fujin, who seemed to be lost in thought.
"You okay, Fujin?"
"Yes, I'm okay."
"I'm gonna go get a drink... You want anything?"
"Yeah, get me whatever..."
"O-okay." I left, and came back with our drinks. I glanced over at Rinoa, who was talking to Squall.
"Thanks." She muttered, drinking the whole thing down with two gulps.
"You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah." We were basically silent for the next fifteen minutes, and every once and a while, I'd catch her glancing at Squall. I felt bad for her. She had tried to get close to someone, yet, he just betrayed her, and that is why I vowed never to betray Fujin, ever.
"Seifer, I'm... I'm gonna go get another drink. I'll be right back." She stood up and walked over to the drink counter. I watched her every move. From how she took the money out of her purse to how she walked back towards me. She glanced at Squall again. I needed... to help her... Get over him. She came back over, and prepared to sit down, taking a sip of her drink, but I stood up.
"I need to talk to you." I said.
"Here? Can't it wait?" She drank the rest of her drink. God, she can drink alot.
"Well, um, is there anywhere... private we could go?"
"There's the handicap restroom..." She muttered, setting the glass down on the table.
"Okay..." As we walked toward the door, I still had no clue as to exactly what I wanted to say. We walked in, and I locked the door behind us, looking at Fujin, who looked at me in question.
"...I..." Oh, shit. What the hell did I want to say to her? I glanced around the room. It was a rather large bathroom, being a reception hall, and being handicap...
"You what? Are you feeling alright?"
"No... I mean, yeah, I'm feeling fine. I just wanted to tell you that... that..." She raised an eyebrow.
"That...?"
"I was watching you look at Squall." She looked at the ground.
"N-no, I'm not saying I'm upset or anything..." She looked back up at me. "I just wanted to let you know... that... you should just forget about what happened between you two... It wasn't your fault, and I know you are hurt because of it... But I want to fix that..."
"Seifer..."
"I also wanted you to forgive me..."
"For what?"
"Not telling you how I felt earlier, because then..." I ran my fingers down her neck, where there was a scar. "This would've been avoided..."
"...Its not your fault..."
"...Oh, but it is..." I leaned in toward her and kissed her. I had wanted to do that all night. Ever since I seen her in that dress, I wanted to put my mouth against hers. Continuing to kiss her, I held her in my arms, feeling the bareness of her back, since she had long since taken off her sweater.
"Hey, is someone in there, ya know?!" Raijin... Shit... I broke away from Fujin.
"Its Raijin..." I whispered.
"We can't very well walk out together."
"Yes!" I said in a meek little voice. Fujin stifled a laugh, and I wiped away lipstick from my mouth.
"Oh, sorry, ya know?! I'll wait for the other bathroom." I heard him walk away, and I looked at Fujin, who returned the gaze. In a few minutes, we were both at our table, and in higher spirits... The only problem being, I think we both got a little drunk.