Epilogue: The Party
Wearing his SeeD's uniform and leaning against a pillar of the ballroom, Squall was looking at his feet. He didn't want to come at all but his friends insisted, almost taking him by force. He promised himself not to have fun, not to enjoy the party.
Rinoa was gone only for a few ours he was already missing her. He was disappointed her father was thinking bad of him and took Rinoa with him. He wanted so much to be with her at that party!
Quistis tried asking him to dance with her but he politely refused. Selphie wasn't luckier. He was really stubborn. In his mind, he would only have danced with Rinoa, nobody else!
He sighed, only thinking about her. When he was offered a cup of wine, he refused. No wine, no dance, no fun… The others were thinking he was stupid of not enjoying this party, especially it was for him but they understand that as it is a party for Squall, he wants to enjoy it with his beloved so they stopped bothering him.
Squall was disturbed from his thought when a familiar music started. It was the song he danced on with Rinoa the day he became a SeeD!
'Who decided this song should play? Everybody know what that music means to me! Is the whole world against me? Are they doing that on purpose?'
He kept staring at his feet. Somebody approached and stood in front of him. He didn't pay attention at first.
"What is a handsome guy like you doing alone? Isn't there any girl who wants to dance with you?"
Squall's heart beaten faster as he recognized the sweet voice. He slowly looked up and his face lightened up as he saw the white shoes, then the beautiful and pale legs without pay attention to the red pale spots on them, the he saw the characteristic white dress.
"Rinoa! You came!"
She smiled, wearing the very white dress she was wearing when they first met.
"Not even my father can stop me from attending a party in your honor! I'd never miss it!"
She offered her hand.
"Dance with me?"
He took her hand and both went on the dance floor. They danced the whole melody. Not far from them, Selphie was dancing with Irvine, Selphie wearing a short black dress with her hair down on her back, and Irvine was wearing the SeeD's uniform that was really suiting him. His hair still tied up in a ponytail, but no hat. The couples got closer to each other. Selphie and Irvine waved to the others.
"Glad you came!" Selphie said to Rinoa.
"You're beautiful, Selphie," Squall complimented. "The SeeD's uniform looks like it was made for you, Irvine."
"Well, thanks! You didn't saw me when I graduated 'cause you were in a mission. Today's the second time I wear it."
He turned to Rinoa.
"It makes a real difference that you're here. We would never have expected compliments from Squall before. You see, we didn't know what else to do to make him dance! I was thinking of having Seifer threatening him!" Irvine joked.
They went away, leaving Squall and Rinoa dancing alone. When the music changed, they went to sit down and talk.
"Why were you looking so bored?" Rinoa asked sitting down.
"You were not there."
"Nobody wanted to dance with you?"
"Quistis and Selphie asked me both. I refused."
"Why?"
He took her hands in the middle of the table, getting closer to her.
"I wanted to dance with you and only you."
She smiled, flattered.
For a few minutes, they just stared at each other's eyes, saying nothing.
Savage Garden's 'Truly Madly Deeply' started playing. Rinoa put her hands together in front of her face, her eyes shining.
"I love that song! It's so romantic!"
Squall got up and offered his hand. Rinoa took it and got up along, smiling with shining eyes. She followed Squall to the middle of the dance floor. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leant her head against his shoulder. Squall put his hands on her back and leant his had against hers. Both closed their eyes and danced slowly.
"'I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy; I'll be your hope, I'll be your love, be everything that you need…'" Squall softly sang in Rinoa's ears along with the song.
She hugged him with emotion and sighed from happiness.
"I love you…" she whispered.
"'I wanna stand with you on a mountain, I wanna bathe with you in a sea,'" Squall softly sang again only for Rinoa to hear.
"'I wanna lay like this forever. Until the sky falls down over me,'" they softly sang together.
They danced until the end of the song. When it ended, they looked at each other, Rinoa having her hands on Squall's shoulders and Squall having his on Rinoa's hips. She stared at those deep blue eyes of his while I was staring at her brown ones. The two pair of eyes closed when their owner kissed each other. Fireworks exploded above their heads. They stopped kissing, but didn't pay any attention to the beautiful red, blue yellow and green light above. Squall rested his forehead on Rinoa's, his gaze locked on hers.
"I love you…" he whispered.
"I love you too…"
They kissed again like they were about to leave each other for a long time. With passion like they would never have enough.
They both recalled the first time they danced together. They have stopped to look at the fireworks. Now they were not even caring about it. They have stopped dancing to tell how they love each other.
"I'll be your knight," Squall promised softly.
"I'll always be with you," Rinoa answered recalling the first time he promised her that.
She granted him the smile she had on the balcony the first time they kissed. She pointed the sky. This time, there was no shooting star, only fireworks. Squall didn't mind. Smiling too, he gently grabbed the back of her neck to take her close to him and kissed her again for a long time. They wanted nothing else but be together.
While everybody was looking at the fireworks and some people at Squall and Rinoa with envying faces, the two of them were alone in their own little world, with nobody else except them for each other…
The End
Author's note: At last! It's over! I was done with this one march 28th 2000. I don't know why, but it's always harder to finish something than start it. I feel there's something wrong with the epilogue, but…anyway I think it's not bad. I would like to thank Miaka Yuuki again who was the first FF8 fanfic writer I read from. The first of many others… You were my inspiration! Thanks, Mia chan!
Like Miaka was my inspiration, maybe I'll be somebody else's. Like I say 'A writer always inspire another one.' It's because of so much reading I decided to start writing and it's because of fanfic writers I decided to do so too. If you like that one, look forward my next one! I don't know when I'll finish it, but I promise I will! Thanks for reading!
Wearing his SeeD's uniform and leaning against a pillar of the ballroom, Squall was looking at his feet. He didn't want to come at all but his friends insisted, almost taking him by force. He promised himself not to have fun, not to enjoy the party.
Rinoa was gone only for a few ours he was already missing her. He was disappointed her father was thinking bad of him and took Rinoa with him. He wanted so much to be with her at that party!
Quistis tried asking him to dance with her but he politely refused. Selphie wasn't luckier. He was really stubborn. In his mind, he would only have danced with Rinoa, nobody else!
He sighed, only thinking about her. When he was offered a cup of wine, he refused. No wine, no dance, no fun… The others were thinking he was stupid of not enjoying this party, especially it was for him but they understand that as it is a party for Squall, he wants to enjoy it with his beloved so they stopped bothering him.
Squall was disturbed from his thought when a familiar music started. It was the song he danced on with Rinoa the day he became a SeeD!
'Who decided this song should play? Everybody know what that music means to me! Is the whole world against me? Are they doing that on purpose?'
He kept staring at his feet. Somebody approached and stood in front of him. He didn't pay attention at first.
"What is a handsome guy like you doing alone? Isn't there any girl who wants to dance with you?"
Squall's heart beaten faster as he recognized the sweet voice. He slowly looked up and his face lightened up as he saw the white shoes, then the beautiful and pale legs without pay attention to the red pale spots on them, the he saw the characteristic white dress.
"Rinoa! You came!"
She smiled, wearing the very white dress she was wearing when they first met.
"Not even my father can stop me from attending a party in your honor! I'd never miss it!"
She offered her hand.
"Dance with me?"
He took her hand and both went on the dance floor. They danced the whole melody. Not far from them, Selphie was dancing with Irvine, Selphie wearing a short black dress with her hair down on her back, and Irvine was wearing the SeeD's uniform that was really suiting him. His hair still tied up in a ponytail, but no hat. The couples got closer to each other. Selphie and Irvine waved to the others.
"Glad you came!" Selphie said to Rinoa.
"You're beautiful, Selphie," Squall complimented. "The SeeD's uniform looks like it was made for you, Irvine."
"Well, thanks! You didn't saw me when I graduated 'cause you were in a mission. Today's the second time I wear it."
He turned to Rinoa.
"It makes a real difference that you're here. We would never have expected compliments from Squall before. You see, we didn't know what else to do to make him dance! I was thinking of having Seifer threatening him!" Irvine joked.
They went away, leaving Squall and Rinoa dancing alone. When the music changed, they went to sit down and talk.
"Why were you looking so bored?" Rinoa asked sitting down.
"You were not there."
"Nobody wanted to dance with you?"
"Quistis and Selphie asked me both. I refused."
"Why?"
He took her hands in the middle of the table, getting closer to her.
"I wanted to dance with you and only you."
She smiled, flattered.
For a few minutes, they just stared at each other's eyes, saying nothing.
Savage Garden's 'Truly Madly Deeply' started playing. Rinoa put her hands together in front of her face, her eyes shining.
"I love that song! It's so romantic!"
Squall got up and offered his hand. Rinoa took it and got up along, smiling with shining eyes. She followed Squall to the middle of the dance floor. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leant her head against his shoulder. Squall put his hands on her back and leant his had against hers. Both closed their eyes and danced slowly.
"'I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy; I'll be your hope, I'll be your love, be everything that you need…'" Squall softly sang in Rinoa's ears along with the song.
She hugged him with emotion and sighed from happiness.
"I love you…" she whispered.
"'I wanna stand with you on a mountain, I wanna bathe with you in a sea,'" Squall softly sang again only for Rinoa to hear.
"'I wanna lay like this forever. Until the sky falls down over me,'" they softly sang together.
They danced until the end of the song. When it ended, they looked at each other, Rinoa having her hands on Squall's shoulders and Squall having his on Rinoa's hips. She stared at those deep blue eyes of his while I was staring at her brown ones. The two pair of eyes closed when their owner kissed each other. Fireworks exploded above their heads. They stopped kissing, but didn't pay any attention to the beautiful red, blue yellow and green light above. Squall rested his forehead on Rinoa's, his gaze locked on hers.
"I love you…" he whispered.
"I love you too…"
They kissed again like they were about to leave each other for a long time. With passion like they would never have enough.
They both recalled the first time they danced together. They have stopped to look at the fireworks. Now they were not even caring about it. They have stopped dancing to tell how they love each other.
"I'll be your knight," Squall promised softly.
"I'll always be with you," Rinoa answered recalling the first time he promised her that.
She granted him the smile she had on the balcony the first time they kissed. She pointed the sky. This time, there was no shooting star, only fireworks. Squall didn't mind. Smiling too, he gently grabbed the back of her neck to take her close to him and kissed her again for a long time. They wanted nothing else but be together.
While everybody was looking at the fireworks and some people at Squall and Rinoa with envying faces, the two of them were alone in their own little world, with nobody else except them for each other…
The End
Author's note: At last! It's over! I was done with this one march 28th 2000. I don't know why, but it's always harder to finish something than start it. I feel there's something wrong with the epilogue, but…anyway I think it's not bad. I would like to thank Miaka Yuuki again who was the first FF8 fanfic writer I read from. The first of many others… You were my inspiration! Thanks, Mia chan!
Like Miaka was my inspiration, maybe I'll be somebody else's. Like I say 'A writer always inspire another one.' It's because of so much reading I decided to start writing and it's because of fanfic writers I decided to do so too. If you like that one, look forward my next one! I don't know when I'll finish it, but I promise I will! Thanks for reading!