Author's Note: Sorry it took me a long time to finish the second chapter. I had visitors over so... anyway, everyone must be wondering how it happened exactly between Seifer and Quistis. Well, I'm happy to say that this is the chapter that explains it all! Enjoy!
Chapter 2 - Mighty Aphrodite
Quistis could barely remember what happened between her and Seifer. It was true that she was drunk during that time they made love, but Quistis also felt lonely and she knew she couldn't blame Seifer for it all. She urged him to continue and it was her job to stop it. But somehow, she couldn't help but wonder why Seifer didn't stop. Instead, he kept on going, even if he knew she was consumed with alcohol. It seemed like yesterday....
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She was known to be one of the most beautiful women in the Garden. Everyone admired her. For her beauty and intelligence. The Trepies admired her and even described her as the 'Mighty Aphrodite,' because she was beautiful and strict in a good way. Now, she was admired as one of the heroes who saved the world from Ultimaecia's grasp. After her defeat, the SeeD ball suddenly arrived. Selphie and her Garden Committee were psyched when they were picked to do the decorations for the ball. Even though Selphie was one of those who graduated, she was still up on doing it. Irvine transfered to Balamb, because of Selphie's influence on him. They have grown close in the past couple weeks, but Zell was Selphie's true love. The two also grew close and have been inseparable since. Irvine had many girls he could find in Balamb. That's probably one of the reasons as well. Rinoa quit the Forest Owls and joined the SeeD, helping them with missions and helping Squall to open up more. Quistis wished it was her helping him, but she knew she couldn't compete. The Garden Committee had made an idea to make the ball more interesting. They all asked for Cid to have Nida land the now flying Garden to Fisherman's Horizon. At the same time, without anyone knowing, Seifer had been readmitted back to Garden. It was of Matron's request, because she still cares for Seifer no matter what he has done. With one exception though. He was not to come to the SeeD ball to join the others. Seifer took it rather well, considering him wanting to add forgiveness from the people he had done the crime to. Even with his return and his promise to become loyal to Garden, everyone there still did not trust him. Everyone had different reactions on his return. Zell, with his ill-tempered manner, gritted his teeth and mumbled something about 'Chicken-Wuss' and clenched his fists in anger. Selphie, although known to have a hyper active attitude, smiled slightly at that idea, wrapping her slender arms around Zell's flustered shoulders and calming him down. Irvine didn't react much. He barely knew Seifer, with the exception of being thrown together in the orphanage, but him and Seifer were never that close then. He couldn't really react to his return. Rinoa hung her head and Quistis couldn't tell from behind her hair her expression. She was either mad, happy, annoyed or... moslty anything that could be described. And lastly, was Squall. He didn't say anything, but she could read her former student like a book. He was upset at this whole idea, but the thought of upsetting Matron was enough to keep him from saying anything.
She closed her laptop and glanced at her watch. It was only an hour left until the ball, but Quistis didn't feel like dressing herself up too much, after all, the ball was just something most young people enjoyed dancing in. It wasn't anything big on her list.
"Quistis? Hey, Quistis!" The blond woman heard a muffled voice say. She could recognize Selphie's hyper-active tone.
Quistis stood up and reluctantly opened the door. Selphie stood there already dressed in her evening gown and all the makeup that fit her and with her hands clasped behind her back. The shorter girl wore a yellow squin dress that looked like Rinoa's when Squall and her first met, except it was longer and had a shaul behind her shoulders that wrapped around her. She paired it with a strapless white shoes. She gave a smile before turning to her right and waving a hand at someone. The taller girl didn't have a chance to see who she was calling for, when a head popped in with a hello.
"Hey, Quisty!" the other girl greeted. She stepped inside without Quistis' consent, followed by Selphie, who closed the door behind her once they both got in. Rinoa was wearing a baby blue dress upto her knees and black, strapless high heeled shoes. The same as Selphie's, except for the colours. She was holding a plastic bag.
"Why are you guys dressed already? We have an hour left until the ball," Quistis said, looking at Rinoa puzzingly.
Rinoa showed her the plastic bag, saying nothing about them dressed so early and took her hand. "Come on, Quisty!"
"What's going on?" Quistis asked. She felt Selphie's hands push her towards the bathroom, while Rinoa pulled her in. Quistis wasn't fighting, but she was VERY curious.
"We're going to make you the true Aphrodite!" Selphie exclaimed.
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The ball finally arrived. Everyone were already there, gathered around to make a nice evening. Quistis felt really lonely, after watching her friends with someone. Zell and Selphie were dancing, enjoying each other's company, even though they weren't at the right beat of the music. Rinoa and Squall were too caught up with each other to even care what beat they're on and Irvine... he was busy chatting with all the girls there. Upon Quistis' arrival, dressed in a sheen red dress that reached her ankle, paired with a black strapless shoes, everyone stared at her in awe and amazement. Quistis had her hair down. Her blond hair flowing freely to her waist. She looked different and everyone liked it. After a few minutes, everyone had forgotten about her as she moved by the refreshment stand to get something to drink. Sitting back down, she sipped a little bit of her drink and grimaced when her tongue tastes something bitter about it. It was spiked. She wanted to say something to Cid, but decided against it. She watched at her friends having the time of their lives while she pondered about why she's not having fun. It was the fact that she was lonely. She was different than her friends. She was an adult, they were the kids. She was the teacher, they were the students. She was the past, they were the future. All she wanted was to go back to her room and cry, but she knew she had to change her ways. Quistis chugged her spiked drink in one gulp. She didn't realize that someone was watching her. Ignoring the idea of someone checking her out, Quistis took another scoop of the drink and downed it quickly before turning to the exit door that lead to the outside of the building, towards the beautiful view of Fisherman's Horizon. No one even noticed her as she left. She was like an invisible woman to them. But she didn't care. All she wanted was fresh air so she could hide her feelings from everyone. Feelings of despair, sadness and loneliness. She decided to go to the harbour of Fisherman's Horizon where the moon would be the fullest. It would be nice to see the moon shining in the distant ocean. Quistis held the front of her dress while she walked towards her destination.
Once she arrived, she felt someone behind her. She turned around and gasped, noticing a tall figure approaching her. She was about to run, when she noticed a glint of gray coming from the figure. She paused and said nothing. She knew it was Seifer Almasy himself.
"What are you doing following me, Seifer?" Quistis folded her arms across her chest and continued towards the end of the harbour where the moon was now shining brightly in front of her.
Seifer's face could now be visible as he moved closer to her. "What are you doing here, Instructor?"
Quistis turned around, stopping just an inch from the edge of the deck. The alcohol was now kicking in. Her left feet suddenly lost balance as she started to stumbled backwards towards the deep waters. Seifer quickly ran for her help. He thrust his hand forwards, wrapping it strongly, yet gently arounf Quistis' slender waist and pulled her to him. He looked down on the startled woman and rolled his eyes.
"Geez, Trepe! Don't you know how to walk?" he said,removing his arm around her. He looked into her ocean blue eyes. He never realized how beautiful she really is. He looked at her up and down and noticed the dress she wore showed a little of her cleavage, yet it showed her full bodied figure. For the first time in his life, she looked beautiful to him. Like the Goddess of Love.
"Of course I know how to walk!" Quistis replied in a harsh tone, pushing herself away from him. She almost fell down again on the water, but she managed to balance herself, grabbing Seifer's strong hands.
Seifer could smell alcohol from her breath when she talked. "Have you been drinking, Trepe? Well..." He folded his arms across his chest and smirked. "This is the side I have never seen in Instructor Trepe."
"Shut up, Seifer!" Quistis quietly screamed. She turned away from him, facing her self on the beautiful moon that peeked itself from behind the ocean."You don't know what it's like to be me! I sit there in class all day, wondering what mark I should give the students in their tests! I'm a teenager for crying out loud! I'm a teenager! But I act like a mother, babysitting kids who listen to what I say. My friends have their own lives and they don't even see me. I'm like a wall to them! A wall that could never be broken! YOU HAVE NO IDEA SEIFER! YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!" Her breath was getting shallow as she stared into Seifer's surprised emerald green eyes. Tears fell all at once from her eyes, wiping them quickly with the back of her hand.
Seifer stood there, aghast with her behaviour. He didn't say anything, instead, without thinking, wrapped his arms around Quistis.
Quistis was surprised at Seifer's action, but she pushed it away, wrapping her arms around his waist and cried into his chest. His chest that felt so broad and strong that all she wanted was to touch it, feel it. She quickly shook her thoughts away. What was she thinking? This was Seifer! The enemy! The traitor! Yet, she couldn't help but wonder why he was doing this.
Seifer didn't know what he was doing, but he felt right somehow. Her beauty mesmerized him and he couldn't help but feel her, touch her in any way no one has ever done before. He never realized, but he has fallen in love with Quistis Trepe, even though they barely made any personal contacts since they were kids. Matron helped him remember, just before he got here. Quistis seemed different and enticingly beautiful. He wasn't sure if this was lust or love he was thinking of, but he wanted to kiss her and make the pain she endured away from her heart.
The taller blond abruptly removed his arms from her, keeping his eyes into her own. Both neither said any word, until Quistis broke the silence.
Wiping more tears from her eyes, she placed her eyes on the moon. "Seifer... I...." She had no idea what to say after the moment had just passed. She was speechless.
Dark clouds hovered over them. Quistis and Seifer looked up. Rain suddenly covered them, so quickly, that Quistis and Seifer had no time to duck from the wet, cold drops that fell one by one from the clouds. Quistis removed her shaul from her shoulders and covered her head with it, looking around for a place to hide from the rain until it would subside. She felt someone put a jacket around her and she looked up to see Seifer nodding towards something. She followed his gaze and noticed a small cottage to the right of the deck.
"We can go in there until the rain stops pouring," Seifer suggested, taking her hand and pulling her towards the small place where, Quistis guessed, the fishermen kept their things.
The place was empty, once they got inside. It looked like a run-down abandoned cottage with nothing, but a small table was present. Quistis frowned. What is she suppose to do while waiting for the rain to stop?
"You can sit, you know," Seifer replied, back to his arrogant ways. He sat near the walls, his back leaning on the wooden barrier.
Quistis rolled her eyes, sitting across Seifer. Her hair was wet and her dress showed so much more than just her bra underneath. She quickly wrapped her shaul around the exposed area and sat uncomfortably. She could hear the rain pouring madly outside, tapping on the roof like carpenters banging nails with their hammer.
Seifer had to remove his eyes away from her. He noticed how she covered her exposed chest that was wet from the rain and he couldn't help but wonder what it would feel like to touch them.
Stop is Seifer! he thought. What was he thinking? Is he feeling lust for his former teacher?
"Garden kick you out of the ball or something?" Seifer questioned, looking his eyes around instead of Quistis' face.
Quistis jerked her head up. "No they didn't kick me!"
"Oh really? 'Cause I thought the reason you're here is that they kicked you out."
Quistis stood up, dropping the shaul away from her exposed area. "They would never kick me out! I'm the most valuable teachers there are!"
Seifer shook his head in disgust. "Sure you are! If you're so valuable, what are you doing walking all alone and drunk?"
The blond woman picked up her shaul and wrapped it around her chest, then tied it expertly. "I'll have you know that I left in my own will! They DID NOT kick me out!"
Seifer laughed hautilly, making Quistis even more angry. She walked in front of him and looked down, staring at his green eyes, waiting for his usual replies.
"In your own free will? Since when does Quistis Trepe have her own free will? I thought you follow orders?" Seifer talked back, standing up and staring right back at her.
"Since I WAS FIRED!" Quistis yelled, staring defiantly at him.
Seifer's eyes widened. He didn't expect this answer, but he went on anyway. It was still fun to make her mad. She was kind of cute when she was. "Fired, eh? What did you do? Make another student fail?"
That was that. Quistis had nothing to say. She closed her eyes in defeat and sat back down to her spot. Bringing her knees in, she put her arms around her legs and hung her head. "No, Seifer. I lost the only student that was valuable to the team."
Seifer didn't say anything.
"That valuable student was top of the class, until his arrogance got to him. That student disappointed me in any way, but I never lost hope of wanting to change him."
Seifer snorted. "Changing him? Did you even try to? No, you didn't Miss Trepe. You know why? Because you were too busy swooning over the Great Boy Wonder, Squall Leonheart. The apple of everyone's eye!" He glared down at her, with so much hate and sorrow.
Quistis stood up. "What are you talking about? I never swooned over him! He has Rinoa!"
"I'm not talking about now, Quistis. I'm talking about then. About how you favoured him over me."
"That's bullshit, Almasy! I treated you both equally! You know that!"
"No, I didn't know that! If I have known that, then I would never have gone to Edea and betrayed you all. Look, the rain stopped. I'm leaving. See you later, Quistis." Seifer walked passed the surprised young woman, but Quistis wasn't about to give up now.
"Seifer... Please don't go. I- I'm sorry... Why do you think I never paid attention to you?" She moved closer to him.
"I... I don't know... I have to go." Seifer started to leave again, but Quistis placed a hand on his arm, making him turn around and looked at her once again.
"Seifer please don't go," she repeated. The alcohol was kicking in now. She didn't know what she was saying. She moved her hand around his chest, feeling every bit of his broad muscles. Could this be lust?
Seifer placed a hand on her hand, stopping her from moving it further down his pants. "What are you doing, Quistis?"
"Quistis..." she purred. When he said her name, she felt her heart jump. She missed kissing someone. She missed kissing him. Where did that come from? She's never kissed him before. Has she? Moving her fingers to his lips, she stared at it for a while, then met his eyes with hers. "Seifer... I don't want to be alone." It's true she didn't want to be alone. She didn't want to be all alone... forever. This was her moment. The grand finaly and her only chance to be with someone. This was the risk she is willing to take. Gently, Quistis removed his jacket, sliding it down on the floor and seeing his hard chest through his wet black shirt.
"Alone?" Seifer felt her lips against his. So soft and gentle, that he couldn't remove them from her. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her, unzipping the back of her dress with one hand, while the other explored around her waist.
Quistis kissed him, massaging her tongue with his. She moaned, feeling Seifer's hand remove her bra and the shaul that was tied around her chest. It fell freely on the floor. She stepped over it, removing Seifer's pants.
Seifer pushed her against the wall and started kissing her neck with so much excitement curled between them that they couldn't find themselves to stop. Lust revolved around them. They weren't sure if this was true, but they didn't have time to think what it was, until their bodies finally touched naked against each other. They made love through the night.
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Morning came. Quistis woke up with a stiff neck. She couldn't remember what happened, but she knew who she did it with. She was wrapped in someone's large trench coat, but he wasn't there. Quistis removed the coat from on top of her and looked around. The sun was peeking through the window. She quickly dressed herslef when she realized what time it was. Without thinking, she took the coat and ran out, towards the direction of Garden. Hopefully everyone is still asleep.
Author's Note: Well... that's what happened everyone! You have to figure out whether Quistis was drunk, in love or just plain lonely, but that's what truly happened! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! See ya!
Chapter 2 - Mighty Aphrodite
Quistis could barely remember what happened between her and Seifer. It was true that she was drunk during that time they made love, but Quistis also felt lonely and she knew she couldn't blame Seifer for it all. She urged him to continue and it was her job to stop it. But somehow, she couldn't help but wonder why Seifer didn't stop. Instead, he kept on going, even if he knew she was consumed with alcohol. It seemed like yesterday....
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She was known to be one of the most beautiful women in the Garden. Everyone admired her. For her beauty and intelligence. The Trepies admired her and even described her as the 'Mighty Aphrodite,' because she was beautiful and strict in a good way. Now, she was admired as one of the heroes who saved the world from Ultimaecia's grasp. After her defeat, the SeeD ball suddenly arrived. Selphie and her Garden Committee were psyched when they were picked to do the decorations for the ball. Even though Selphie was one of those who graduated, she was still up on doing it. Irvine transfered to Balamb, because of Selphie's influence on him. They have grown close in the past couple weeks, but Zell was Selphie's true love. The two also grew close and have been inseparable since. Irvine had many girls he could find in Balamb. That's probably one of the reasons as well. Rinoa quit the Forest Owls and joined the SeeD, helping them with missions and helping Squall to open up more. Quistis wished it was her helping him, but she knew she couldn't compete. The Garden Committee had made an idea to make the ball more interesting. They all asked for Cid to have Nida land the now flying Garden to Fisherman's Horizon. At the same time, without anyone knowing, Seifer had been readmitted back to Garden. It was of Matron's request, because she still cares for Seifer no matter what he has done. With one exception though. He was not to come to the SeeD ball to join the others. Seifer took it rather well, considering him wanting to add forgiveness from the people he had done the crime to. Even with his return and his promise to become loyal to Garden, everyone there still did not trust him. Everyone had different reactions on his return. Zell, with his ill-tempered manner, gritted his teeth and mumbled something about 'Chicken-Wuss' and clenched his fists in anger. Selphie, although known to have a hyper active attitude, smiled slightly at that idea, wrapping her slender arms around Zell's flustered shoulders and calming him down. Irvine didn't react much. He barely knew Seifer, with the exception of being thrown together in the orphanage, but him and Seifer were never that close then. He couldn't really react to his return. Rinoa hung her head and Quistis couldn't tell from behind her hair her expression. She was either mad, happy, annoyed or... moslty anything that could be described. And lastly, was Squall. He didn't say anything, but she could read her former student like a book. He was upset at this whole idea, but the thought of upsetting Matron was enough to keep him from saying anything.
She closed her laptop and glanced at her watch. It was only an hour left until the ball, but Quistis didn't feel like dressing herself up too much, after all, the ball was just something most young people enjoyed dancing in. It wasn't anything big on her list.
"Quistis? Hey, Quistis!" The blond woman heard a muffled voice say. She could recognize Selphie's hyper-active tone.
Quistis stood up and reluctantly opened the door. Selphie stood there already dressed in her evening gown and all the makeup that fit her and with her hands clasped behind her back. The shorter girl wore a yellow squin dress that looked like Rinoa's when Squall and her first met, except it was longer and had a shaul behind her shoulders that wrapped around her. She paired it with a strapless white shoes. She gave a smile before turning to her right and waving a hand at someone. The taller girl didn't have a chance to see who she was calling for, when a head popped in with a hello.
"Hey, Quisty!" the other girl greeted. She stepped inside without Quistis' consent, followed by Selphie, who closed the door behind her once they both got in. Rinoa was wearing a baby blue dress upto her knees and black, strapless high heeled shoes. The same as Selphie's, except for the colours. She was holding a plastic bag.
"Why are you guys dressed already? We have an hour left until the ball," Quistis said, looking at Rinoa puzzingly.
Rinoa showed her the plastic bag, saying nothing about them dressed so early and took her hand. "Come on, Quisty!"
"What's going on?" Quistis asked. She felt Selphie's hands push her towards the bathroom, while Rinoa pulled her in. Quistis wasn't fighting, but she was VERY curious.
"We're going to make you the true Aphrodite!" Selphie exclaimed.
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The ball finally arrived. Everyone were already there, gathered around to make a nice evening. Quistis felt really lonely, after watching her friends with someone. Zell and Selphie were dancing, enjoying each other's company, even though they weren't at the right beat of the music. Rinoa and Squall were too caught up with each other to even care what beat they're on and Irvine... he was busy chatting with all the girls there. Upon Quistis' arrival, dressed in a sheen red dress that reached her ankle, paired with a black strapless shoes, everyone stared at her in awe and amazement. Quistis had her hair down. Her blond hair flowing freely to her waist. She looked different and everyone liked it. After a few minutes, everyone had forgotten about her as she moved by the refreshment stand to get something to drink. Sitting back down, she sipped a little bit of her drink and grimaced when her tongue tastes something bitter about it. It was spiked. She wanted to say something to Cid, but decided against it. She watched at her friends having the time of their lives while she pondered about why she's not having fun. It was the fact that she was lonely. She was different than her friends. She was an adult, they were the kids. She was the teacher, they were the students. She was the past, they were the future. All she wanted was to go back to her room and cry, but she knew she had to change her ways. Quistis chugged her spiked drink in one gulp. She didn't realize that someone was watching her. Ignoring the idea of someone checking her out, Quistis took another scoop of the drink and downed it quickly before turning to the exit door that lead to the outside of the building, towards the beautiful view of Fisherman's Horizon. No one even noticed her as she left. She was like an invisible woman to them. But she didn't care. All she wanted was fresh air so she could hide her feelings from everyone. Feelings of despair, sadness and loneliness. She decided to go to the harbour of Fisherman's Horizon where the moon would be the fullest. It would be nice to see the moon shining in the distant ocean. Quistis held the front of her dress while she walked towards her destination.
Once she arrived, she felt someone behind her. She turned around and gasped, noticing a tall figure approaching her. She was about to run, when she noticed a glint of gray coming from the figure. She paused and said nothing. She knew it was Seifer Almasy himself.
"What are you doing following me, Seifer?" Quistis folded her arms across her chest and continued towards the end of the harbour where the moon was now shining brightly in front of her.
Seifer's face could now be visible as he moved closer to her. "What are you doing here, Instructor?"
Quistis turned around, stopping just an inch from the edge of the deck. The alcohol was now kicking in. Her left feet suddenly lost balance as she started to stumbled backwards towards the deep waters. Seifer quickly ran for her help. He thrust his hand forwards, wrapping it strongly, yet gently arounf Quistis' slender waist and pulled her to him. He looked down on the startled woman and rolled his eyes.
"Geez, Trepe! Don't you know how to walk?" he said,removing his arm around her. He looked into her ocean blue eyes. He never realized how beautiful she really is. He looked at her up and down and noticed the dress she wore showed a little of her cleavage, yet it showed her full bodied figure. For the first time in his life, she looked beautiful to him. Like the Goddess of Love.
"Of course I know how to walk!" Quistis replied in a harsh tone, pushing herself away from him. She almost fell down again on the water, but she managed to balance herself, grabbing Seifer's strong hands.
Seifer could smell alcohol from her breath when she talked. "Have you been drinking, Trepe? Well..." He folded his arms across his chest and smirked. "This is the side I have never seen in Instructor Trepe."
"Shut up, Seifer!" Quistis quietly screamed. She turned away from him, facing her self on the beautiful moon that peeked itself from behind the ocean."You don't know what it's like to be me! I sit there in class all day, wondering what mark I should give the students in their tests! I'm a teenager for crying out loud! I'm a teenager! But I act like a mother, babysitting kids who listen to what I say. My friends have their own lives and they don't even see me. I'm like a wall to them! A wall that could never be broken! YOU HAVE NO IDEA SEIFER! YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!" Her breath was getting shallow as she stared into Seifer's surprised emerald green eyes. Tears fell all at once from her eyes, wiping them quickly with the back of her hand.
Seifer stood there, aghast with her behaviour. He didn't say anything, instead, without thinking, wrapped his arms around Quistis.
Quistis was surprised at Seifer's action, but she pushed it away, wrapping her arms around his waist and cried into his chest. His chest that felt so broad and strong that all she wanted was to touch it, feel it. She quickly shook her thoughts away. What was she thinking? This was Seifer! The enemy! The traitor! Yet, she couldn't help but wonder why he was doing this.
Seifer didn't know what he was doing, but he felt right somehow. Her beauty mesmerized him and he couldn't help but feel her, touch her in any way no one has ever done before. He never realized, but he has fallen in love with Quistis Trepe, even though they barely made any personal contacts since they were kids. Matron helped him remember, just before he got here. Quistis seemed different and enticingly beautiful. He wasn't sure if this was lust or love he was thinking of, but he wanted to kiss her and make the pain she endured away from her heart.
The taller blond abruptly removed his arms from her, keeping his eyes into her own. Both neither said any word, until Quistis broke the silence.
Wiping more tears from her eyes, she placed her eyes on the moon. "Seifer... I...." She had no idea what to say after the moment had just passed. She was speechless.
Dark clouds hovered over them. Quistis and Seifer looked up. Rain suddenly covered them, so quickly, that Quistis and Seifer had no time to duck from the wet, cold drops that fell one by one from the clouds. Quistis removed her shaul from her shoulders and covered her head with it, looking around for a place to hide from the rain until it would subside. She felt someone put a jacket around her and she looked up to see Seifer nodding towards something. She followed his gaze and noticed a small cottage to the right of the deck.
"We can go in there until the rain stops pouring," Seifer suggested, taking her hand and pulling her towards the small place where, Quistis guessed, the fishermen kept their things.
The place was empty, once they got inside. It looked like a run-down abandoned cottage with nothing, but a small table was present. Quistis frowned. What is she suppose to do while waiting for the rain to stop?
"You can sit, you know," Seifer replied, back to his arrogant ways. He sat near the walls, his back leaning on the wooden barrier.
Quistis rolled her eyes, sitting across Seifer. Her hair was wet and her dress showed so much more than just her bra underneath. She quickly wrapped her shaul around the exposed area and sat uncomfortably. She could hear the rain pouring madly outside, tapping on the roof like carpenters banging nails with their hammer.
Seifer had to remove his eyes away from her. He noticed how she covered her exposed chest that was wet from the rain and he couldn't help but wonder what it would feel like to touch them.
Stop is Seifer! he thought. What was he thinking? Is he feeling lust for his former teacher?
"Garden kick you out of the ball or something?" Seifer questioned, looking his eyes around instead of Quistis' face.
Quistis jerked her head up. "No they didn't kick me!"
"Oh really? 'Cause I thought the reason you're here is that they kicked you out."
Quistis stood up, dropping the shaul away from her exposed area. "They would never kick me out! I'm the most valuable teachers there are!"
Seifer shook his head in disgust. "Sure you are! If you're so valuable, what are you doing walking all alone and drunk?"
The blond woman picked up her shaul and wrapped it around her chest, then tied it expertly. "I'll have you know that I left in my own will! They DID NOT kick me out!"
Seifer laughed hautilly, making Quistis even more angry. She walked in front of him and looked down, staring at his green eyes, waiting for his usual replies.
"In your own free will? Since when does Quistis Trepe have her own free will? I thought you follow orders?" Seifer talked back, standing up and staring right back at her.
"Since I WAS FIRED!" Quistis yelled, staring defiantly at him.
Seifer's eyes widened. He didn't expect this answer, but he went on anyway. It was still fun to make her mad. She was kind of cute when she was. "Fired, eh? What did you do? Make another student fail?"
That was that. Quistis had nothing to say. She closed her eyes in defeat and sat back down to her spot. Bringing her knees in, she put her arms around her legs and hung her head. "No, Seifer. I lost the only student that was valuable to the team."
Seifer didn't say anything.
"That valuable student was top of the class, until his arrogance got to him. That student disappointed me in any way, but I never lost hope of wanting to change him."
Seifer snorted. "Changing him? Did you even try to? No, you didn't Miss Trepe. You know why? Because you were too busy swooning over the Great Boy Wonder, Squall Leonheart. The apple of everyone's eye!" He glared down at her, with so much hate and sorrow.
Quistis stood up. "What are you talking about? I never swooned over him! He has Rinoa!"
"I'm not talking about now, Quistis. I'm talking about then. About how you favoured him over me."
"That's bullshit, Almasy! I treated you both equally! You know that!"
"No, I didn't know that! If I have known that, then I would never have gone to Edea and betrayed you all. Look, the rain stopped. I'm leaving. See you later, Quistis." Seifer walked passed the surprised young woman, but Quistis wasn't about to give up now.
"Seifer... Please don't go. I- I'm sorry... Why do you think I never paid attention to you?" She moved closer to him.
"I... I don't know... I have to go." Seifer started to leave again, but Quistis placed a hand on his arm, making him turn around and looked at her once again.
"Seifer please don't go," she repeated. The alcohol was kicking in now. She didn't know what she was saying. She moved her hand around his chest, feeling every bit of his broad muscles. Could this be lust?
Seifer placed a hand on her hand, stopping her from moving it further down his pants. "What are you doing, Quistis?"
"Quistis..." she purred. When he said her name, she felt her heart jump. She missed kissing someone. She missed kissing him. Where did that come from? She's never kissed him before. Has she? Moving her fingers to his lips, she stared at it for a while, then met his eyes with hers. "Seifer... I don't want to be alone." It's true she didn't want to be alone. She didn't want to be all alone... forever. This was her moment. The grand finaly and her only chance to be with someone. This was the risk she is willing to take. Gently, Quistis removed his jacket, sliding it down on the floor and seeing his hard chest through his wet black shirt.
"Alone?" Seifer felt her lips against his. So soft and gentle, that he couldn't remove them from her. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her, unzipping the back of her dress with one hand, while the other explored around her waist.
Quistis kissed him, massaging her tongue with his. She moaned, feeling Seifer's hand remove her bra and the shaul that was tied around her chest. It fell freely on the floor. She stepped over it, removing Seifer's pants.
Seifer pushed her against the wall and started kissing her neck with so much excitement curled between them that they couldn't find themselves to stop. Lust revolved around them. They weren't sure if this was true, but they didn't have time to think what it was, until their bodies finally touched naked against each other. They made love through the night.
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Morning came. Quistis woke up with a stiff neck. She couldn't remember what happened, but she knew who she did it with. She was wrapped in someone's large trench coat, but he wasn't there. Quistis removed the coat from on top of her and looked around. The sun was peeking through the window. She quickly dressed herslef when she realized what time it was. Without thinking, she took the coat and ran out, towards the direction of Garden. Hopefully everyone is still asleep.
Author's Note: Well... that's what happened everyone! You have to figure out whether Quistis was drunk, in love or just plain lonely, but that's what truly happened! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! See ya!