Note: What ever happened when Zell left after that embarrassing moment earlier? This, my friends is another installment of the Zelphie romance! Don't worry, Queifer fans, their coming up soon. I want more reviews tho, please? Oh well, I tried.
Chapter 6 - Ribbons?! What's with the ribbons?!
"That was really embarrassing, Irvine! Why do you have to be such a jackass?!" Zell clenched his fists and punched the wall so hard that it left a hole in the middle. No blood dripped on his fingers. If only Irvine heard that, but he wasn't there.
Cursing to himself, he leaned back on his bed and closed his eyes. Of course, he couldn't say those things to Irvine. Irvine was his best friend after all. "But... did he really have the right to do that?" he asked himself. If Irvine was his best friend, why would his best friend do something like that?
He heard a knock on the door. He really didn't feel like talking to anyone right now, especially Irvine.
Slamming a pillow on his face, he groaned and yelled, "Go away!" through the door.
"It's me, Zell," a feminine voice spoke.
'Selphie' he thought. Removing his pillow away from his face, he sat up quickly and ran towards the door, only to trip on something hard. Scowling, he stood up and once again, felt something hard trip him, this time, bruising his shins. He closed his mouth tight to prevent himself from screaming and clutched at his leg.
On the other side of the door, Selphie could hear a loud 'thump!' another loud 'thump' and someone groaning and mumbling. She knocked gently on the door again.
"Are you all right in there, Zell?" she asked.
She heard another loud 'thump!' before the door finally opened. Selphie's eyes widened at Zell's condition. His hair was disheveled and his shirt was ready to be untucked. She wanted to laugh at his state, when she noticed his bruised shins.
"Oh my goodness, Zell! Are you all right?" She kneeled down to touch his shin, only to recieve a wince from him. Selphie looked over his shoulder towards a bedroom full of Irvine's stuff and his stuff all mixed in one. There was Irvine's bullet box laying right in front of Zell's bed, Zell's shoes right after it and then a.... rock? Was laying right by Zell's shoes. She couldn't help but giggle.
Zell looked at her. "What's so funny?"
"No wonder I could hear a stampede in there, because a herd of elephants were frightened by your messy room!" She smiled, then suddenly her face fell into a serious expression. "Did.... Irvine talk to you?"
Zell shook his head.
Selphie rolled her eyes. "I'm sorry about that, Zell. Irvine can be a jerk sometimes."
The blond shook his head and waved a hand. "Nah, I'm used to it already." The truth was, he wasn't. Irvine can be very idiotic sometimes and what happened earlier was something that Irvine has never done. That was something different. Everyday, Irvine would just find a way to get attention. But what hurt him the most was... did he have to embarrass him in front of Selphie?" On his way here, he probably found some girls and went after them."
Zell glanced over his shoulder and shrugged, turning his attention towards Selphie. She had a wonderful smile and he couldn't help but laugh back. Running a hand through his blond hair, Zell leaned his back on the doorway and folded his arms across his chest. "What is it, Selphie?"
Selphie smiled. She produced two ribbons, one gold and one green from behind her back and showed it to him. "When you left, people started talking about you and the colours you picked." She dangled the ribbons in front of him in the air, until Zell finally took it from her hand.
"You mean these colours?" Unfolding his arms, he looked at the ribbons carefully. They do look good, but not in reasons he wanted to tell anyone about. He gazed down at Selphie, who pouted and folded her arms across her chest. Zell snorted. "You want this back, or something?"
"As a matter of fact... I do!" Selphie reached up to grab it back from the blond, but Zell just lifted his arm higher, out of Selphie's reach, teasing her. It took a couple more tries, until Selphie finally gave up. She glared at him. "I want it back Zell Dincht!"
Zell laughed, finally putting down his arm to give it to him. He knew when she glared at him, it was just an act. Selphie could never get angry like that. She was too sweet for her taste. "So... they like the colours I picked, huh?"
Selphie nodded, putting the ribbons back inside her back pocket of her yellow dress. "Yeah. And we have another meeting tomorrow at nine o'clock."
The blond was taken aback. "Why so early?" he asked.
The brunette shuffled her feet uncomfortably. "Well.... we already have our ribbons picked so.... we're starting the decorating bright and early tomorrow! Isn't that exciting?"
"What?" He couldn't believe it! Why did he have to open his big mouth to what colour? The colours were something he liked because they both reminded him of her! He slapped a hand on his forehead. 'I am such a doofus!' he thought.
Selphie noticed his distress. She placed a hand on his shoulder and looked up at him. "Are you all right, Zell?"
Zell didn't hear her. 'What are they going to say when they found out that I picked the colours because of her?! They'll laugh at me and look at me like an obsessed geek! I am such an idiot!'
"Zell?" The blond man blinked. He had forgotten Selphie was still standing there and staring at him with a worried look. "What's the matter?"
"Oh uh.............. nothing." He didn't like lying to Selphie.
Selphie smiled, her worries disappearing. She looked down on the ground, unsure how to ask him. "Zell? Um......"
Zell looked at her. "Selph.... did you say you picked my colours?"
"Yeah," Selphie answered. "Um... Zell, I have a question and I think-"
"Are you sure? I mean it's something that I..... like.... personally...."
"Oh really? Well, that's all right. What I'm trying to say is-"
"Um.... I uh... I better go!" Without giving her a chance to say anything, Zell closed the door, leaving her dumbfounded and confused. Did he just slam the door in front of her?
Selphie slouched her shoulders and frowned. 'That was a stupid idea in the first place! I mean, he doesn't like me as a girl friend!! Just a friend! Best friend! Nothing else would come out of it! Not even romantic feelings!' She rubbed the back of her neck angrily and removed the ribbons from her pocket, throwing it in the trash can.
Zell closed his eyes. Did he just do that? How can he slam the door in front of her?
Realization suddenly kicking in, he opened the door again, hoping she was still there, but as he looked out, she was already gone. Zell closed the door behind him and closed his eyes in frustration.
'I have to do something! What is wrong with me? She's my best friend! I shouldn't have these feelings for her!' Slamming the door, he walked over to his bed and slammed the same pillow as before down at his face. "She's my best friend and........ she, okay THEY picked my colours! Uggh! They're going to think I'm a total loser when they find out!"
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"Are you sure you don't like these two?" her friend asked.
She nodded. "Yeah. I mean, they don't even go together." To her they do. Green reminded her of Zell's eyes and gold reminded her of Zell's hair the way it is when it's golden under the sun. But if she kept the colours, it'll keep reminding her of Zell and it'll keep reminding her of the way she was rejected. Well, he didn't actually reject her, but she felt that way when he slammed the door at her face!
"Selphie?"
The brunette looked up. "Huh?"
"I asked you if there were anymore backup colours to work on tomorrow?"
She shook her head. "No, there's nothing else, except for the blue and purple."
Her friend grimaced. "Blue and............. purple? It reminds me of Barnie, if you ask me."
Selphie laughed. "Well, if you don't like that colour, then we might as well pick something else."
Her friend looked at the choices of ribbons inside the box. She reached in and took out one that she finally picked. "What about this colour?"
"Red?"
"Yeah, I mean red and blue always go together."
"Yeah, but they are too common," Selphie replied.
Her friend frowned, tossing the ribbon back inside the box. "You're right," she agreed.
Selphie leaned back on her chair and sighed. "Well...." She peeked inside the box, took out any two colours and stared at it blankly. "I guess we have to start all over again."
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"Hey Zell!" He heard a knock on the door. He tossed and turned, not bothering to answer the door, when it opened by itself. Zell removed the pillow slightly away from his face, only to be looking at a pair of boots.
"Go away, Irvine!" Zell moaned, turning away from him.
Irvine sat down on the bed and shook him violently. "Hey man! I think it's time you ask her out!"
The blond smacked Irvine with a pillow, but Irvine just grabbed it away from him, tossing it behind him. He slapped Zell's back with his gloved hand. "There's no point in crying in misery for what I did to you. I'm really sorry for that, I am, but you have to grow up. Selphie really likes you."
That got Zell's attention. He turned around, his face brightening in curiousity. "She does?" He sat up from bed and looked at Irvine. "She likes me? Really?"
"Yeah man! She was the one who won your colour for you! I mean, there were the choices of red and purple, but when everyone else voted for yours, including her vote, your colour won!"
"She said everyone liked the colour."
Irvine rolled his eyes. "Duh! Everyone did, bro, but it was her who got you the winning vote!" He grabbed Zell's hand and pulled him up on his feet. He placed a hand on his shoulder and led him out the door. "What you need to do now is thank her and ask her out on a date!"
Zell pulled away from him, turning around back towards the direction of his bed. Shaking his head, he paced back and forth in front of the bunk bed that they rarely used. "No way! Uh-uh! I can't ask her out! What if you're wrong? What if it was just a sign of friendship! After all, we are friends! I mean.... what if she rejects me, then I'll be a total loser! And-"
"Zell!" Irvine yelled, getting annoyed with Zell's ranting.
Zell stopped pacing and looked at him. "What?"
"Shut up!" He wrapped an arm around Zell's shoulders and led him out the door, this time, with him tagging along. "I'll just walk with you until the ball room, where she will be. Once we get there, I want you to take a deep breath and go in there and ask her, all right?"
Zell nodded, letting Irvine push him along the hallway. They stopped by the door of the ballroom when they got there. Zell glanced over his shoulder and looked at Irvine.
"What am I suppose to do?"
Irvine rolled his eyes and ran a hand across his face. 'This is going to be one long afternoon!' he thought.
GoodGurl: Heh! Heh! Irvine... playing a matchmaker eh? That's something new! Of course, that's what Irvine's been trying to do to Zell, match him with someone! Now that he knows Zell likes Selphie, is there stopping Irvine's scheme to bring them together? I think not! I hoped you enjoyed it! As you can see, I made Zelphie funny, Queifer... so so and Squinoa............ dramatic! Stay tuned 'cause Queifer's next!
Chapter 6 - Ribbons?! What's with the ribbons?!
"That was really embarrassing, Irvine! Why do you have to be such a jackass?!" Zell clenched his fists and punched the wall so hard that it left a hole in the middle. No blood dripped on his fingers. If only Irvine heard that, but he wasn't there.
Cursing to himself, he leaned back on his bed and closed his eyes. Of course, he couldn't say those things to Irvine. Irvine was his best friend after all. "But... did he really have the right to do that?" he asked himself. If Irvine was his best friend, why would his best friend do something like that?
He heard a knock on the door. He really didn't feel like talking to anyone right now, especially Irvine.
Slamming a pillow on his face, he groaned and yelled, "Go away!" through the door.
"It's me, Zell," a feminine voice spoke.
'Selphie' he thought. Removing his pillow away from his face, he sat up quickly and ran towards the door, only to trip on something hard. Scowling, he stood up and once again, felt something hard trip him, this time, bruising his shins. He closed his mouth tight to prevent himself from screaming and clutched at his leg.
On the other side of the door, Selphie could hear a loud 'thump!' another loud 'thump' and someone groaning and mumbling. She knocked gently on the door again.
"Are you all right in there, Zell?" she asked.
She heard another loud 'thump!' before the door finally opened. Selphie's eyes widened at Zell's condition. His hair was disheveled and his shirt was ready to be untucked. She wanted to laugh at his state, when she noticed his bruised shins.
"Oh my goodness, Zell! Are you all right?" She kneeled down to touch his shin, only to recieve a wince from him. Selphie looked over his shoulder towards a bedroom full of Irvine's stuff and his stuff all mixed in one. There was Irvine's bullet box laying right in front of Zell's bed, Zell's shoes right after it and then a.... rock? Was laying right by Zell's shoes. She couldn't help but giggle.
Zell looked at her. "What's so funny?"
"No wonder I could hear a stampede in there, because a herd of elephants were frightened by your messy room!" She smiled, then suddenly her face fell into a serious expression. "Did.... Irvine talk to you?"
Zell shook his head.
Selphie rolled her eyes. "I'm sorry about that, Zell. Irvine can be a jerk sometimes."
The blond shook his head and waved a hand. "Nah, I'm used to it already." The truth was, he wasn't. Irvine can be very idiotic sometimes and what happened earlier was something that Irvine has never done. That was something different. Everyday, Irvine would just find a way to get attention. But what hurt him the most was... did he have to embarrass him in front of Selphie?" On his way here, he probably found some girls and went after them."
Zell glanced over his shoulder and shrugged, turning his attention towards Selphie. She had a wonderful smile and he couldn't help but laugh back. Running a hand through his blond hair, Zell leaned his back on the doorway and folded his arms across his chest. "What is it, Selphie?"
Selphie smiled. She produced two ribbons, one gold and one green from behind her back and showed it to him. "When you left, people started talking about you and the colours you picked." She dangled the ribbons in front of him in the air, until Zell finally took it from her hand.
"You mean these colours?" Unfolding his arms, he looked at the ribbons carefully. They do look good, but not in reasons he wanted to tell anyone about. He gazed down at Selphie, who pouted and folded her arms across her chest. Zell snorted. "You want this back, or something?"
"As a matter of fact... I do!" Selphie reached up to grab it back from the blond, but Zell just lifted his arm higher, out of Selphie's reach, teasing her. It took a couple more tries, until Selphie finally gave up. She glared at him. "I want it back Zell Dincht!"
Zell laughed, finally putting down his arm to give it to him. He knew when she glared at him, it was just an act. Selphie could never get angry like that. She was too sweet for her taste. "So... they like the colours I picked, huh?"
Selphie nodded, putting the ribbons back inside her back pocket of her yellow dress. "Yeah. And we have another meeting tomorrow at nine o'clock."
The blond was taken aback. "Why so early?" he asked.
The brunette shuffled her feet uncomfortably. "Well.... we already have our ribbons picked so.... we're starting the decorating bright and early tomorrow! Isn't that exciting?"
"What?" He couldn't believe it! Why did he have to open his big mouth to what colour? The colours were something he liked because they both reminded him of her! He slapped a hand on his forehead. 'I am such a doofus!' he thought.
Selphie noticed his distress. She placed a hand on his shoulder and looked up at him. "Are you all right, Zell?"
Zell didn't hear her. 'What are they going to say when they found out that I picked the colours because of her?! They'll laugh at me and look at me like an obsessed geek! I am such an idiot!'
"Zell?" The blond man blinked. He had forgotten Selphie was still standing there and staring at him with a worried look. "What's the matter?"
"Oh uh.............. nothing." He didn't like lying to Selphie.
Selphie smiled, her worries disappearing. She looked down on the ground, unsure how to ask him. "Zell? Um......"
Zell looked at her. "Selph.... did you say you picked my colours?"
"Yeah," Selphie answered. "Um... Zell, I have a question and I think-"
"Are you sure? I mean it's something that I..... like.... personally...."
"Oh really? Well, that's all right. What I'm trying to say is-"
"Um.... I uh... I better go!" Without giving her a chance to say anything, Zell closed the door, leaving her dumbfounded and confused. Did he just slam the door in front of her?
Selphie slouched her shoulders and frowned. 'That was a stupid idea in the first place! I mean, he doesn't like me as a girl friend!! Just a friend! Best friend! Nothing else would come out of it! Not even romantic feelings!' She rubbed the back of her neck angrily and removed the ribbons from her pocket, throwing it in the trash can.
Zell closed his eyes. Did he just do that? How can he slam the door in front of her?
Realization suddenly kicking in, he opened the door again, hoping she was still there, but as he looked out, she was already gone. Zell closed the door behind him and closed his eyes in frustration.
'I have to do something! What is wrong with me? She's my best friend! I shouldn't have these feelings for her!' Slamming the door, he walked over to his bed and slammed the same pillow as before down at his face. "She's my best friend and........ she, okay THEY picked my colours! Uggh! They're going to think I'm a total loser when they find out!"
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"Are you sure you don't like these two?" her friend asked.
She nodded. "Yeah. I mean, they don't even go together." To her they do. Green reminded her of Zell's eyes and gold reminded her of Zell's hair the way it is when it's golden under the sun. But if she kept the colours, it'll keep reminding her of Zell and it'll keep reminding her of the way she was rejected. Well, he didn't actually reject her, but she felt that way when he slammed the door at her face!
"Selphie?"
The brunette looked up. "Huh?"
"I asked you if there were anymore backup colours to work on tomorrow?"
She shook her head. "No, there's nothing else, except for the blue and purple."
Her friend grimaced. "Blue and............. purple? It reminds me of Barnie, if you ask me."
Selphie laughed. "Well, if you don't like that colour, then we might as well pick something else."
Her friend looked at the choices of ribbons inside the box. She reached in and took out one that she finally picked. "What about this colour?"
"Red?"
"Yeah, I mean red and blue always go together."
"Yeah, but they are too common," Selphie replied.
Her friend frowned, tossing the ribbon back inside the box. "You're right," she agreed.
Selphie leaned back on her chair and sighed. "Well...." She peeked inside the box, took out any two colours and stared at it blankly. "I guess we have to start all over again."
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"Hey Zell!" He heard a knock on the door. He tossed and turned, not bothering to answer the door, when it opened by itself. Zell removed the pillow slightly away from his face, only to be looking at a pair of boots.
"Go away, Irvine!" Zell moaned, turning away from him.
Irvine sat down on the bed and shook him violently. "Hey man! I think it's time you ask her out!"
The blond smacked Irvine with a pillow, but Irvine just grabbed it away from him, tossing it behind him. He slapped Zell's back with his gloved hand. "There's no point in crying in misery for what I did to you. I'm really sorry for that, I am, but you have to grow up. Selphie really likes you."
That got Zell's attention. He turned around, his face brightening in curiousity. "She does?" He sat up from bed and looked at Irvine. "She likes me? Really?"
"Yeah man! She was the one who won your colour for you! I mean, there were the choices of red and purple, but when everyone else voted for yours, including her vote, your colour won!"
"She said everyone liked the colour."
Irvine rolled his eyes. "Duh! Everyone did, bro, but it was her who got you the winning vote!" He grabbed Zell's hand and pulled him up on his feet. He placed a hand on his shoulder and led him out the door. "What you need to do now is thank her and ask her out on a date!"
Zell pulled away from him, turning around back towards the direction of his bed. Shaking his head, he paced back and forth in front of the bunk bed that they rarely used. "No way! Uh-uh! I can't ask her out! What if you're wrong? What if it was just a sign of friendship! After all, we are friends! I mean.... what if she rejects me, then I'll be a total loser! And-"
"Zell!" Irvine yelled, getting annoyed with Zell's ranting.
Zell stopped pacing and looked at him. "What?"
"Shut up!" He wrapped an arm around Zell's shoulders and led him out the door, this time, with him tagging along. "I'll just walk with you until the ball room, where she will be. Once we get there, I want you to take a deep breath and go in there and ask her, all right?"
Zell nodded, letting Irvine push him along the hallway. They stopped by the door of the ballroom when they got there. Zell glanced over his shoulder and looked at Irvine.
"What am I suppose to do?"
Irvine rolled his eyes and ran a hand across his face. 'This is going to be one long afternoon!' he thought.
GoodGurl: Heh! Heh! Irvine... playing a matchmaker eh? That's something new! Of course, that's what Irvine's been trying to do to Zell, match him with someone! Now that he knows Zell likes Selphie, is there stopping Irvine's scheme to bring them together? I think not! I hoped you enjoyed it! As you can see, I made Zelphie funny, Queifer... so so and Squinoa............ dramatic! Stay tuned 'cause Queifer's next!