Squall's Diary - Chapter Two
"You know what, Zell?" Rinoa stood up, "I can't read this anymore. How about you do it?" She handed the diary to him. He took it from her pale hand and opened it. Rinoa sat down once again.
"Uhm..." Zell opened the book, skipping past the pages Rinoa had already read. "Here we go!" He then started to read. "I talked to this Zell guy today. He's pretty nice. Kinda hot too...I wish I could just get him in bed and fuck 'im like crazy!"
"Hey!" Rinoa snatched the book from Zell. "He didn't write that!" She read through the page. "Yeah...He didn't write that!".
"No more reading for you, Zell", Selphie said. She hopped off of Irvine's lap and took the book from Rinoa. "I'll read, okay?". She found the place where Zell had stopped. "He's pretty nice. Way too hyper though. Our class was combined with two other classes of new Garden students. Some of the people I've got to know are Quistis, Seifer and Zell. Quistis is really smart and Seifer hates me for some reason. Bette always flirts with Zell and he seems to enjoy it. I'm actually jealous now. Well, class is going to start soon".
Squall sat in the back of the large second floor classroom, waiting for class to start.
"Hey!", he heard someone call from behind him, "Move!". It was Seifer.
Squall turned around in his seat and there stood Seifer, arms crossed. "No", Squall said.
"What? Are you...disobeying me?"
"Yeah" Squall stood up.
"Don't fuck like that with me", Seifer said as he shoved Squall, almost pushing him down the aisle.
Squall composed himself. "I'm not afraid of you"
"You must be out of your mind!"
"I'm not out of mind. I'm just not a pushover. I'm not one of those weak little kids that that you think you can treat like garbage"
He shoved Squall again. This time, Squall retaliated, punching Seifer in him stomach. Seifer clenched his stomach and his eyes filled with tears. Squall stared down at him, smirking. Seifer finally gained enough strength to stand up straight, his eyes now full of anger. Squall dashed down the aisle and out of the classroom.
He sprinted down the hallway, past a Garden assisstant, who joined the chase also (due to Garden code 1:5, 'Do not run in the halls'). Squall darted into the empty elevator and pressed the L1 button rapidly. He paced back and forth for the five seconds it took the elevator to reach the first floor.
Squall ran through the lobby and into the library. He dived beneath a desk at the back of the room and waited: for Seifer to beat the crap out of him, for the Garden assistant to punish him.
Hours passed and nobody had found him; not even any of the library workers. Finally, he heard a familiar voice. "Hello. Where are the romance novels?", the young, female voice asked. He heard her footsteps move closer to him. Just as she passed the desk he resided beneath, he grabbed her leg.
"Ah! Squall!", Quistis yelled while trying to shake free of Squall's grasp.
"Shhhh" Squall let her leg go. "Don't let anybody know I'm here".
"Alright" She kneeled down "Aren't you hungry?"
"Well...yes, but I'll wait"
"Till when?"
"Later"
"You're gonna die of starvation!"
"It's better than being killed by Seifer"
"He's not gonna kill you!", She sat down and crossed her legs.
"No! Don't sit here!"
"Why?"
"Someone's gonna see you talking to somebody underneath a desk and they'll find me!"
"Fine", she sighed as she stood up. "But when I become an instructor, I'll be allowed to talk to people under desks as much as I want". She spun around quickly and walked off.
"I had to sit underneath a desk all day", Selphie read, "It was so boring! I talked with Quistis for a while though. She's a bit...odd. Acts a bit too old for her age, but she's nice. She prys a bit too much into my life though. She wants to be an instructor. She'll probably be one in 2 years! So, why was I under the desk? I punched Seifer in the gut. I was afraid and ran. I'm so stupid. I should have stayed and fought! Oh well...It's over. So, I've been trying to avoid Bette...even though we're in the same class. I just try not to talk to her anymore. I really wanna stay her friend, but I'm too embarassed now. Somebody's at my door..."
"Who is it?", Squall called as he closed his diary.
"It's Zell!", the voice on the other side of the door said.
Squall hopped off of his bed and opened the door. "Hey, Zell".
"Yo"
Squall waited for more words to pour from Zell's mouth, but he continued to stand in silence. "Uhm...What do you want?"
"I heard you're really good with a gunblade"
"Oh...And?"
"Could you train wit' me?"
"Right now?"
"Are ya too busy?" Zell's face grew disappointed.
"Oh...uh...no!" Squall grabbed his gunblade off of his desk. "Let's go".
The two young men walked to the training centre, without saying a word to each other. They entered the training centre and Squall started to get his gunblade ready as Zell stretched.
"Ready?", Zell called.
"Yeah"
Zell took his position. His arms up and his hands in fists, he bounced back and forth on both feet.
Squall stood in place and waited for Zell to make his move, but Zell remained where he was, still bouncing. "C'mon, Zell", He said.
Zell ran towards him and threw his fist in Squall face.
Squall flinced, expecting to be hit. "W-what?"
"I'm not really gonna hit you! Just like you're not really gonna cut me...right?"
"Oh...of course"
Zell went back to his place and almost instantly, attacked Squall again. This time, Squall swiped the blade upwards, almost cutting Zell.
"Whoa, man!" Zell jumped backwards, "Take it easy!"
"Sorry".
"You okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine"
"You sure? I saw what happened with Seifer ealier. You shouldn't let 'im get to you. I just ignore 'im. Well, I try to. He just makes me so mad!!"
Squall nodded and took a step backwards.
"I'm fine. I'm fine" Zell brushed off his shirt. "Yo, I think we trained enough today. I'll talk to you tomorrow, kay?" And he left.
"Alright", Squall said, as Zell walked off.
"It was Zell. I guess he's a good guy. I just can't stand how hyper he always is!" Selphie continued "He wanted me to train with him. I was still too pissed at Seifer to concentrate. I almost cut Zell's arm off! It was so embarrasing! I'm supposed to be a skilled gunblader! I have to start concentrating more on my work. I can't let anybody disrupt me!".
"I'm not hyper!" Zell stood up.
"Did I really act much too old for my age?" Quistis seemed to be in deep thought.
"Heeeeeeeey" Selphie closed the diary. "Don't get so worked up!"
"He wrote that when he was younger", Irvine added, "He probably didn't feel that way later".
"Yeah!" Selphie handed the diary to Quistis "Here. You choose the next part to read, okay?"
Quistis took the diary "A-alright". She flipped through her former friends' diary, past the Timber Maniac clippings and the nearly illegible entries she found uninteresting. "The SeeD exams are in two weeks and I only have a few training sessions left. Today, we have to learn to dance. Oh Hyne, this is gonna be hell...".
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Chapter 4's on its' way! Things are gonna get juicy! No yaoi, people. XP ...but then again...*evil grin* Hehe