********** SEIFER'S CAMPING TRIP **********
********** V - Going Home **********
The next morning, after a most pleasant night, the four couples were so sweet to their lovers that just writing about it is giving me a sugar rush.
There, surrounded by the majestic beauty of Esthar's wilderness, they realized the deep, strong ties that united them to their spouses, and to their friends.
I ask you, dear Reader, what wouldn't we do, what ordeals wouldn't we face, what discomforts wouldn't we endure, for our loved ones?
Ah, dear, dear Reader, as I said before, this day brought the promise of many wonderful things, and as we blissfully witness the affection that our friends have for each other, obvious in the gentle demeanor, expressed in the kind, soothing, loving words...
"WHAT THE F*CK DO YOU MEAN BY, 'IT'S ALL MY FAULT'?" Yelled, a monumentally pissed-off, Quistis to her boyfriend.
Zell just had the bad, truly no good, awfully poorly timed, offensively dire, dreadfully unfortunate, terribly inappropriate, appallingly dimwitted, horrendously not intelligent at all, regrettably deplorable, really, reeeally stupid idea of blaming the whole ordeal on his sapphire-eyed girlfriend, for forcing him to come on the trip, and thus pretty much breaking the romantic mood.
Following that outburst, Rinoa decided to challenge her Squally-Poo, convinced that he would never turn against her. So she asked him, in a quite flirtatious tone, if he felt the same way than the martial artist.
Instead of giving his usual 'Whatever' response, which would have disarmed a potentially explosive situation, Mr. Leonhart had the ghastly, beyond doubt no-good, horribly inadequate, direly offensive, unfortunately dreadful, inappropriately terrible, dimwittedly appalling, unintelligently horrendous, deplorably regrettable, and, if truth be told, reeeally brainless idea of answering, "I'm not the one saying it, but..."
Selphie, of course, jumped on the bandwagon, and also challenged Irvine, who had the horrifically imprudent, catastrophically dumb, calamitously offensive, ruinously improper, cataclysmically dense, abysmally not-clever, disastrously unsuitable, apocalyptically unwise, faultily inspired, reeeally foolish, ill-advised, and thoughtless idea of replying, "You said it, Baby, not me."
And so, the three women left in one canoe, rowing with the vigor born of pure rage, and quickly vanishing in a bend of the Nozama.
Seifer, quite wisely, didn't care to comment on the situation, and left with Fujin in the supplies' canoe, while the remaining guys embarked on the third boat.
They all rowed in silence, and made their way to 'Journeyman's End' shortly after noon. From there they boarded the first plane to Balamb, and went home.
********** Epilogue **********
Fortunately, the expedition had no lasting sequels on our friends' relationships, and they resumed their regular lives. They all felt a little closer to their spouses, though, for they never forgot the whole adventure.
Time passed, and one fine day, Seifer was watching the World Series last game. It was THE match not to miss, for it pitted the Timber's Anacondaurs VS the Balamb's Velociraptors, and our friend was quite enthralled in the action.
That was the moment Fujin happened to enter the living room, and sit beside her man.
"Seifer, we have to talk, Honey." She announced.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm all ears, Baby." [Automated response, bypassed Seifer's conscious brain functions]
"Vacation time is coming, and the girls told me about this great place..."
"That sounds great, Fuji-Wuji."
"So, I was thinking that - [Here Seifer heard something akin to static background noise from a cheap, poorly maintained, malfunctioning radio receiver] - Doesn't that sound cool?"
"YEAH! OH YEAH! BOOYAKA! RIGHT ON, BABY!" [The Velociraptors had just scored, seconds before the end of the game! YAHOO! - I also had money on that game]
Fujin beamed with happiness, "GREAT! YOU ARE THE BEST! I LOVE YOU!" [Kisses Seifer with warmth and passion, making him miss the replay] "We're going to have such a GREAT time!"
********** THE END? **********