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Note: Hey hey! I'm beginning to write my FIRST Quistis fic. It's gonna be called 'www.blondegirl'. Read the summary for it on my bio page!
~* Where Life Begins *~
~* Chapter 15: Far From It *~
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~* Day 23: Kick, Kick!! Punch, Punch!! Now You're The Master! *~
Squall's eyes slowly flickered open to the sight of the infirmary room. The light from the morning sun raced through the window and onto the infirmary sheets placed on his feet. He yawned heavily and attempted to push off of the bed until a crashing pain split through the back of his head. He moaned deeply in pain and slowly placed himself back down. He sighed in relief as the pain subsided and escaped him.
A few moments later the doctor came in to the room with the push of the door. She looked to him and he gave a small smile, a smile that told her he was doing fine.
"Ms. Heartily!" The doctor in annoyance as she placed her hands on her hips. Squall gave her a questionable look. He found her staring at the ground just to the left of his bed. "I told you to be gone by morning!" The doctor scolded.
"I'm sorry." A sleepy voice answered. Moments after the voice Rinoa stood up from the floor she was sleeping on. "I fell asleep by accident." She said with a weak little laugh.
"You really are a lot of trouble." The doctor said with a laugh as she shook her head. Rinoa turned to Squall who was staring back which startled her considerably.
"Good morning, Squall." was all she said. She coupled the the short greeting with a pathetic wave and then she left, not another word. Squall watched her leave with a sadness in his eyes.
"Bye." He weakly called out to no one.
Rinoa stormed through the halls of Garden in a mad hunt. She passed a few people along her way and the second she saw them she stopped and blurted in their faces "Where's Irvine!?". They usually either cowered away or shrugged. Rinoa had been to every single section of Garden except one, the Library. But why would that dumb ass be there anyways? She didn't bother to try to figure it out she just decided to barge in on Irvine, slap him and play it by ear.
She stormed into the library and screamed "IRVINE!!!!".
Irvine popped his head around one of the book shelves and he gave a smirk and a wave. He returned his head and a few moments later his whole body came back instead of just his head. He walked for her with open arms and a smile on his face.
"My dear Rinoa." He cooed lovingly. "What can I do for you my sweet?" He asked coming just close for arms length. Rinoa didn't say anything and instead brought her palm up swiftly and slammed into Irvine's cheek. Irvine's head twisted to the side from the force and a red mark was placed where she had hit him, hard. "I missed you, too." He said, his head still turned.
"Shut up you ass hole." Rinoa demanded with snarl. After the comment Irvine roughly grabbed her arm and yanked her behind one of the bookshelves. He pinned her against the wall just behind the bookshelf and looked around cautiously.
"Good we're alone now." He cooed lovingly in her ear and even though Rinoa didn't want to, she moaned lightly in pleasure at the hot touch of Irvine's breath. He grabbed her wrists with his hands and pinned them both above her head and he placed both of his feat on hers. "And you can't leave me now." He said into her ear as he licked lightly. The touch of his tongue almost made Rinoa throw up. The breath might have felt good, but the tongue took it a bit to far.
"That's so disgusting." Rinoa mumbled, not intending for Irvine to hear but he heard it.
"You used to love this. OH! And don't play dumb anymore, I know why you're flirting with Squall." He hissed into her ear. He bent his head down to her neck and began to kiss gently and then hard. Rinoa's eyes widened in shock and her mouth dropped open.
"It's not like that anymore." She told him, now noticing Irvine's kisses and where they were headed. She jerked her body in every direction but she couldn't escape the power he was pressing on her.
"'Course it's not." He said sarcastically as he released a grip on one wrist but he only ended up smashing his elbow into the other one while keeping his hand pinning the other wrist from which he had just let go. With his free hand he began to softly caress her breasts.
"You sick goddamn pervert." She said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Leave her alone!" a voice called from above. Irvine ripped from Rinoa and to where the sound had come from, on the very top of the bookshelf. Rinoa looked up herself and found that it was Seifer. She smiled through all her tears. Even if he wasn't going to stop him, it still gave her time to run away, so she did. She ran straight past Irvine. Irvine didn't seem to care, he just kept staring at Seifer who was high atop the shelf.
"Squall sent you didn't he?" Irvine asked with a sly smirk. "Well, fortunate for me, I brought a reinforcement as well!" He said with a laugh as he reached inside of his coat and pulled a small Official Garden pistol from it.
"You cheater." Seifer snarled as he jumped down off the shelf and onto the ground in front of Irvine.
"Shud up!" Irvine commanded as he shot the pistol but missed and hit a book which caused a portion of it to explode into tiny paper fragments.
"I think it's a hazard to your health if you even use that thing." Seifer said with a laugh as he kicked Irvine in the stomach. Seifer kept laughing like nothing ever happened.
"Yah' little bitch!" Irvine yelled in annoyance. Irvine steadied his pistol through the pain in his chest.
"C'mon fire already you dumb ass!" Seifer coaxed. Irvine snarled, fired and missed. "I'm impressed you almost scratched my clothing!" He said as he kicked the gun out of his hands. A couple people who were brave enough to peer around the corner of the shelf saw the sight before them and gasped. Irvine looked toward them and scowled. He didn't want anyone to see him like this.
"I suggest that you leave." Seifer told him coolly as he smirked at him. Irvine glared and made a quick jump for the gun just in front of him but Seifer stepped on the gun and pulled it to him. "Don't." Seifer commanded. Irvine glared harder and ran away from him.
Seifer sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "You owe me one Squally boy." Seifer whispered to himself.
~* Day 24: Take On Me *~
"Squall." A soothing voice cooed in his ear. Squall awoke with a few quick blinks and rose his head up.
"Who's there?" He questioned in a tired voice.
"It's me, Rinoa." She said with a giggle as she softly placed a warm hand on his chest. Squall inwardly smiled from the touch.
"Don't touch me." He commanded as he swatted her hand off his chest. True, he did want her hand to be touching him, but it just didn't feel right.
"Sorry." She apologized as her eyes fell to the infirmary floor. There was silence between the two for awhile until Squall finally said something.
"What time is it?" Squall asked looking to her.
She hesitated before answering. "I don't know." She admitted.
"Oh." He plainly answered. Again, there was silence until Rinoa burst into conversation.
"Want to know why I kissed you?" Squall looked to her in confusion.
"What?" He asked, perplexed of the question.
"Do you?" Rinoa asked leaning closer to him.
"Okay." Squall said, he wasn't quite sure what to say so he said whatever he thought of.
"Because I like you." Rinoa told him as she hid her face from him in embarrassment. And for the first time in a long time, Squall Leonhart smiled....
~* Day 25: Why oh Why? *~
Squall was happy to be out of the infirmary, he missed the sent of Garden, if there was one. He continued the walk to his dorm. As he neared his door random people lingering in the hall ways gave him strange looks. Some of the looks were winks, some of them were death glares and some of them were of pure astonishment. Squall tried to ignore them as best possible.
He got to his door and he pulled out his keycard but just as he was about to swipe it through he noticed a note on the door that read:
'Squall,
Meet me in the secret area as soon as possible. We need to 'talk' about something.
Love,
Quistis.'
He looked confused by the note but decided to take the notes command and head for the secret area. He ripped the note off the door, crumpled it up and tossed it in the middle of the hall.
Squall stepped into the secret area looking around for Quistis. He stepped farther in and a voice called to him. "Squall, we need to talk, badly." A feminine voice told him, it was Quistis.
"About what?" Turning to Quistis who was in the shadows. She stepped out of them and walked for Squall.
"About Rinoa." she said. Squall was interested. "She hasn't been telling you things that you need to know."
"Yeah? Like what?" He asked crossing his arms over his chest.
"She's been using you." Quistis told him biting her lip.
"What?" Squall asked in shock, not quite believing what he had heard.
"She's using you to get back at Irvine." Quistis told him with a sad look on her face as she grabbed his shoulders roughly. Squall yanked away from her.
"I don't believe you." Squall asked as glared at her deeply.
"You've got to!" She cried. "I don't want to see you get hurt!"
"You're insane." Squall told her through clenched teeth.
"She's just using you!" She yelled.
"Why the hell did I even come here?" Squall asked himself in disbelief. He turned away to leave but Quistis's hand grabbed his shoulder and spun him to her.
"If you leave now you'll experience the hardest fall in all of existence." Quistis told him.
"I think if I leave, it'll be the greatest high I've ever had in my life. I have nothing to lose, falling will do nothing." Squall told her as he stormed away.
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A/n: Another chapter is done. It's time to dance! Shcoob be Deedy Boo Bop!
