~Chapter five. Told by Raijin.

In the middle of the night, Seifer woke me up.

"Whatdaya want, man?" I ask.

"...I need to ask you a question..."

"At two in the mornin'?"

"Err, yeah..."

"Okay, man, shoot, ya know!?"

"...How do you... tell someone you care for them?"

"...Wha? -You're asking me?!" Seifer... why do ya wanna know that?

"I just figured you might know..."

"Oh, well, I don't. Why? Who do you care for?"

"...Some girl at a bar... Name's Gina." ...Oh...!! He's got a girl! Whoa...

"Oh, well... g'night." Seifer left, and when I woke up the next morning he was gone. I went out to that bar Fujin works at.

"RAIJIN. WHAT DOING HERE?"

"...You'll never guess what Seifer told me last night, ya know?!"

"WHAT?" She asked dully.

"Seifer's in love!" Did he say he was in love, or that he just cared? I dunno... Oh well, doesn't matter. I could see I got her attention.

"WHAT?! WHO!?"

"Gina... she works at a bar somewheres, ya know?!"

"...NO!" What? What's wrong, Fujin?

"'Smatter?"

"NOTHING. LEAVE. WILL GET IN TROUBLE."

"Bye!" I said. I got some bread and steak, then headed home. Gina... hmm, I wonder who she is. Fujin came home at noon time.

"You're home early, ya know?"

"DON'T FEEL WELL." She walked into the bedroom, and plopped stomach first onto the bed.

"What's wrong, your stomach?"

"NO! GO. LEAVE ALONE..."

"Go easy on me, ya know?!"

~~~

A few days later, Fujin is still "feeling sick," though I think something is bothering her...

"What's eatin' her?" Seifer asks me.

"I dunno, I think its that time of the month..."

"Really?" He cocks an eyebrow and peers in on her. She's lying on the bed.

"No!" She says sitting up. "I'm not PMSy, Seifer, and RAIJIN! All you men do is "It must be PMS" me, just because you're too fucking lazy to deal with my problems! Dammit! Ever consider that I might be HURTING!" She slammed the door to the bedroom.

"Whoa, ya know?! Now, I'm really starting to wonder what's eatin' her..." Seifer remained silent, then went outside to smoke.

"Seifer, I told ya not to smoke, ya know?!"

"Fuck off, Raijin." ...Okay... I continued to cook, and then left the food on the table. They could come and eat it if they wanted to, because, I'm too scared to go near them when they are mad... I sat on the sofa, and turned on the TV to watch a triple triad game of champions.

"Hey, shut the fuck up! Ever consider that *I* have problems too! Its no shit that no one wants your hear yours!" Seifer yelled from the balcony. I hadn't even noticed Fujin came out side.

"...SEIFER. WAS JUST SAYING. YOU NEVER NOTICE ME. LEAVE ALONE. I DON'T WANT YOU. NOTICE ME. ANYMORE..."

"Well, that'll be a load off of my friggin' back for a long time!" Stop fighting, ya know?! We're supposed to be a posse, not a fighting group of... of... people.

"WHY?! NEVER NOTICED. IN FIRST PLACE. You just thought that I had no problems! No, that girl can take care of herself. What if she can't, Seifer?! What if she needs some... help...?!"

"Then she'll have to find the fucking help elsewhere, because..." We're a posse, Seifer, we're supposed to help eachother.. What's happening to us?

"SEIFER! Stop it... I just can't take it anymore... You're always yelling at me. Always scolding me... Just to make yourself feel better. I won't HAVE IT!" She stormed past Seifer and me, then out the door. Probably down to the bar. This is the worst arguement I think Seifer and Fujin had ever had.

"Seifa, ya gotta be nicer to her, ya know?! She may be Fujin... But she's still human... And has emotions. You're playin' with her heart... It ain't right, man. Just ain't right."