Disclaimer: The torture poor Seifer goes through under my hand. Maybe it's a good idea that these characters don't belong to me.
Author's Note: Reading and Reviewing is all part of a healthy lifestyle. And to those people who reviewed, thank you soo much! It means a lot to me! And to answer some of your questions, yes, it will remain a Quifer. Trust me.
Chapter 4: Cooper's Heart to Heart
When Seifer woke up the next day, it was two days before the wedding. He got up with Cooper sitting on his desk, waiting for him to wake up. But Seifer took no notice of Cooper. He was unbelievably angry.
The bitch! Who did she think she was? She was damned lucky today, for he didn't have his gunblade with him. If he did, who knows what he would do. He would kill…well, he wouldn't go that far now, but that didn't matter. How dare she?! Calling him a coward hiding behind the matron's apron.
Cooper giggled.
"You bitch! Stay out of my fucking head!" Seifer yelled to Cooper suddenly. The bitch, the bitch, the bitch. How he hated Quistis. If he had his gunblade…he would take it and shred her wedding gown to pieces. He would make her cry.
But he didn't have his gunblade. He was weaponless. He felt weak, he felt useless. He felt…
"Impotent?" suggested Cooper helpfully.
"You fucking stay out of my head alright? I don't need your fucking help." He snapped. Seifer looked around his room for his coat and pulled out the remote.
"Uh, Seifer?" Cooper called out.
Seifer ignored her as he pulled out the remote from his pocket.
"Seifer?"
"Oh, please! Shut the fuck up!"
Cooper pouted. "Seifer, that kind of attitude isn't going to get you anywhere with Quistis. I was so not surprised when you failed. I mean, who is actually going to go for that kind of seduction ? If I were to rate your seduction technique out of ten, I would give it a four…or you know what, if I were really strict, I would give you a three."
Seifer headed towards Cooper, his eyes narrowed and his face obviously showed that he was displeased. Cooper smiled flirtatiously and winked at Seifer. Seifer sighed and pushed Cooper off the table.
"Hey!" protested Cooper as she fell to the floor with a heavy thud. "Watch it!"
"Your seduction techniques, I would rate a three out of ten, or maybe a two." Seifer mimicked Cooper cruelly.
"Now, please. Get the fuck out of my way. I would really like to work on how I could make my dear Instructor Quistis' life a living hell."
Cooper got up from the floor and brushed her fairy frock, out of habit more than reason.
"Seifer, that wasn't very nice!"
"Ooh…I'm so sorry. I'm Seifer Almasy, the King of Nice." Seifer laughed. "I'm sorry, you mistook me for someone who actually cared."
Instead of getting angry, Cooper's face actually brightened up. "Oh, Seifer! You're so silly! You can't win Quistis that way. Quistis is a really good sort of girl; you can't just storm in and expect to win her! What you must do is, you must win her trust! That is the only way you can win her is to win her trust. If you don't have her trust, you can't be her friend, much less her lover!"
"Oh." Seifer murmured thoughtfully sitting down on the chair facing the window. "Right, you are so right, Cooper. I forgot absolutely about that. All I have to do to get her to sleep with me is to trust the sorceress' ex-knight once more! That makes complete sense! The world is saved, my life can move on!"
Either Cooper was a completely dense fairy and missed Seifer's sarcasm or she was the type who held no regard towards he own life. For Cooper continued meaningfully.
"And you're like so angry…and in so much pain. But instead of letting it all out, you do like the exact opposite. You keep it inside yourself. Now you should talk to someone. You should talk to your friends, that Raijin and Fujin. Now, of all things you do when you're out with them is that you go on a drinking binge! Try to talk to them, maybe Fujin, …but the only problem with talking to Fujin is her replies, you know how she would go about RAGE and all that. Not that I've a problem with that, I really think it's cute…if she gets a boyfriend, she should get someone who talks. She should go out with Zell!"
But then Cooper caught herself before she continued to ramble.
"I still think, you should let it all out, be all sensitive. Talk to Matron! She's the one who let you in. I know there's a reason she let you in. And I know that she would love for you to talk to her again! But even if that is hard, you should talk to Quistis! She seems like a great listener, and that way, she would know you less of a jerk and a real person, Seifer!"
Cooper looked at Seifer, her eyes wide and almost brimming with tears. "Seifer, you shouldn't keep whatever pain that you have inside you. Let it go. Let those demons out of you. It's too painful and it's not good for you to keep them within you."
Seifer sighed as he turned to face Cooper. His face looked troubled and sad. "You know what, Cooper? You're right." His face slowly brightened up, as though he had finally found hope. As though he had changed. Seifer got up from his chair and walked around the room for a second as though in deep thought. He stopped and looked at Cooper in a meaningful manner.
"Cooper, it's time I let the demon out."
With that, Seifer threw Cooper out of his dorm room.
***
"Seifer Almasy! You pompous arrogant bastard! Did you actually think you could get away with this? I'll get you for this!!" Cooper yelled from outside Seifer's dorm room.
Several Balamb students stopped to stare at Cooper. "What are you all looking at?! Haven't you seen a fairy before? Mind your own business!" she snapped. Those students hastily moved away.
"Seifer, you deserve every bit of the punishment you're going to get! And don't say I didn't warn you!" Cooper shouted.
Cooper's eyes lighted up as though they were on fire. She muttered an incantation in an ancient language. At the end of her spell, a maniacal laughter echoed down the corridor for a very long time.
***
Seifer chuckled over his brilliant acting skills. Cooper flew the coop. Seifer laughed. How he amused himself. But there wasn't any time to revel in his genius. He had a job to do and that was to wreck Quistis' life.
As he was about to press the double arrow button on the remote, the scenery around him changed. He was no longer in his dorm but in a very posh office. The office had a very expensive air to it. The person who owned the office must have a lot of money and good taste. An adult taste though for the draping, the carpets or the paintings spoke of a man with years of experience.
"We shouldn't be doing this right now you know! Quistis' wedding will be on in an hour!" giggled a female voice.
"Quistis will get her turn, my little pumpkin. Right now, it's just the two of us," replied a deep masculine voice.
Seifer started to feel queasy. He recognized this office; he had been here many times over the past few years and usually for getting into trouble. Seifer walked towards the desk but there was no one there. But the chair strangely was shaking, and rocking as though someone was under the table doing something.
Seifer cautiously stepped up to the desk, his curiousity getting the better of him.
"Oooh, Cid! You've never done that before!" the female voice giggled again, a female voice Seifer recognized as Edea's.
Seifer's eyes widened.
"AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!"
Seifer's screams could be heard all over Balamb for a long time.
Cooper, one. Seifer, zero.
A/N: That was mighty suggestive! I wonder if I should up the rating just a wee bit.