I own this work, but the characters it was semi-based on belong to Squaresoft. If I owned them, we wouldn't need to write our own yaoi ^_^
I wrote this for Labyrinth, which is a literary magazine a group of students at my school put out at the end of the year. It got in, but I got groans from all concerned when I tried to explain it as a FF8 fanpoem… I wanted to explore the relationship between Seifer and Squall, in particular the love-hate dynamic their rivalry seems to have. It was also written with yaoi in mind, but you'll only see it if you look *really* hard. As always, C&C is like air for me, and I believe I'm starting to grow gills . Tell me what you think, even if you hate it.
Aite: Japanese.
My friend, partner, lover, rival, enemy.
The one whom I must face.
We were never
The best of friends.
In truth,
I didn't like him much.
We fought all the time,
For the sake of the hurt we could cause.
He was always a step ahead;
A year older, stronger, taller.
I could never defeat him.
I was the one, left,
When the fight was over-when he was done.
Bruised, bleeding, but determined.
He called me unworthy.
Weak.
Yet, when I healed,
He was there
Challenge ready on his lips.
I never understood…
Slowly I grew closer,
Gaining.
Almost as strong, as bright.
Always the glowing moon to his fiery sun.
Still in his shadow,
But almost…almost drawing even.
At last, I caught him.
We fought, and he won.
But I was no longer the only one to bleed.
We marked each other
It amused him.
I knew no more.