Author's Notes: Well, first of all, I would like to say to Ifalna that I did not name Glycine after and amino acid (what is that, anyway??? o.O???). I named her after Glycine Bleumer of Sakura Taisen 3 and you can find some info about her at http://www.sakuraarchives.com/feena. And if any of you want to ask questions about the fabricated characters then go ahead! Anyways, this chapter is...blech...but it was the best I could think of! I have no inspiration... -_-

PART 12 Big Sister

Quistis forced herself to get up and walk over to open the door. She rubbed her eyes to keep herself awake. "Yes, what is it?" Her eyes flew wide open when she saw who was at her door. "S-Seifer!"

Seifer looked away and she could have sworn he was blushing. "She told me you were her sister," he said as he pushed a little blonde girl in Quistis' direction.

"Coquelicot!" Quistis exclaimed as she bent down to the small girl's eye level. "What happened?!"

"..." Coquelicot squeezed the teddy bear in her arms tighter.

Quistis paused and then stood up straight. "Anyways, um...thanks for bringing her over."

"Yeah..."

Quistis stared at him and wondered why he wouldn't look her in the eye. She then realized that she was dressed in only a short, black nightgown. She felt herself blush but tried hard not to make her embarrassment seem so obvious. She would have worn less revealing nightwear but with her busy schedule, she came back exhausted and didn't care what she wore just as long as she was able to sleep. That night, however, she cursed herself for not being more careful. She didn't even bother to put on a robe!

"Would you like to come in?" she asked. She suddenly realized what she had just said and reprimanded herself for that. 'Great, Quistis!!! Why don't you just ask him if he would like a hot, passionate night of sex???!!!'

"No thanks," he replied. "I just came to return the girl and..." He sighed. "I wanna say I'm sorry."

"Huh? Sorry for what?"

"Sorry for what I did earlier today. I was drinking and...well, you know what alcohol can do, right? I'm sure you know what."

"Well...I've been too drunk to remember. Tell me what it does."

"You know what it does! It makes people do things they...don't want. Things they don't really mean."

"I see..."

There was a long, awkward pause between the two.

"Well, Coquelicot," Quistis said. "Say 'thank you' to Mr. Almasy here."

"Thank you, Mr. Almasy," Coquelicot said softly.

Seifer nodded in response. Coquelicot yawned.

"Coquelicot, go to bed. I'll tuck you in," Quistis told the sleepy girl. Coquelicot obeyed.

"Who is she, anyway?" Seifer asked as the little girl left.

"My little sister," Quistis replied.

"Oh."

"Um...so you sure you don't wanna come in? I mean, you must be really tired from staying up so late and having to bring my little sister back..." She bit down on her tongue to make herself stop talking and scolded herself again. 'What in the world is the matter with you???!!! Now you're FLIRTING with SEIFER??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

"Er...no, thanks..." Seifer said. "I gotta go. I got business to attend to."

Quistis nodded, afraid her tongue would make her say something stupid again.

"Er...bye..." With that, Seifer turned around and left.

Quistis sighed and went to tuck in Coquelicot.

"Big sister?" Coquelicot said.

"What is it?" Quistis asked as she got under the covers next to Coquelicot.

"Who was that man?"

"Just Seifer."

"Do you like him?"

"No. Why do you ask?"

"Mother said that if you liked someone, you'll start to look really happy around them."

"So what makes you think I like Seifer?"

"I don't know. He's really nice, though. Can he be my big brother?"

"How can that be?"

"If you marry him, we can all be together and be happy. He'll be my brother-in-law! And he'll help me become a big, strong SeeD! Just like you, Big Sister!"

"A SeeD? That's what you want to be?"

"Yes! I want to be a SeeD now!"

"How will you do that? Who'll take care of you?"

"I can take care of myself! Besides, I can ask Mr. Almasy to help me."

"What? You mean Seifer?!"

"Yes. He said, while we were walking, that if I ever needed help, I could go to him."

"..."

Coquelicot yawned. "I'm sleepy... Good night, Big Sister..." She embraced her teddy bear and fell asleep.

Quistis watched as the little girl slept. 'I wonder what kind of nonsense that Seifer put into her head... Marriage, joining SeeD... She shouldn't be thinking of these things yet. Besides, I'm already getting married. I can't let Coquelicot get too attached to Seifer. I have to talk to him.' She got up and changed into something decent. Then, she headed out to Seifer's room.

~*~*~*~

'Seifer better be awake. Tomorrow's the day for fitting the bridesmaid's dresses. Selphie would be so irritated that I came late just because I didn't get enough sleep. I hope he didn't put anything else in the head of hers.'

Quistis knocked on Seifer's door. No response. She waited for about a minute and knocked again.

No response.

'Oh, whatever.' She turned the doorknob and the door opened. She peeked inside. His trenchcoat and Hyperion were there which meant that he was definitely there.

"Seifer?" she called out softly. She then heard some muffled voices. She searched for the light switch and turned it on. The two figures on the bed were caught by surprise and looked up.

"GLYCINE???!!!" Quistis exclaimed when she saw the person under Seifer's muscular form.

"Dear Sister, how lovely of you to join us~!" Glycine said.

Quistis covered her mouth and shook her head as she stumbled backwards.

"Quistis, I--" Seifer began.

"I-I'm sorry to interrupt you!" With that, Quistis rushed out the door.