Squall LeonHart was busy snapping a leaf off of one of the shrubs in the quad when he was rudely interrupted by the arrival of Rinoa.
"Squall! What are you doing? I've been looking all over for you!" she exclaimed.
"What do you think I'm doing." he replied, then sunk his teeth into the leaf.
"Selphie told me about your purple room and I heard about your trip to the library." Rinoa told him, she looked concerned. "Are you feeling well? Maybe you need to pay Dr. Kadowaki a visit." He shook his head frantically and snapped off another leaf. "Squall, obviously something is wrong if you're eating leaves. Give me that!" she pulled it out of his hand and tossed in onto the ground. He watched it drop, silently.
Rinoa tucked a loose strand of her highlighted, dark brown hair behind her ear and thought for a moment. "I have a piece of candy waiting for you if you come with me." she held out her hand. He raised his eyebrow as he considered the offer. Squall couldn't resist the thought of candy and grabbed his girlfriend's hand.
Once inside the infirmary waiting room, Rinoa sat Squall down in one of the chairs while she went to talk to the receptionist. He impatiently waited in his seat for his candy, swinging his feet to and fro. Dr. Kadowaki entered the room and announced that she would take Squall in right away.
Squall refused to get into his paper gown until he was given a piece of candy. Dr. Kadowaki luckily had a sucker in her lab coat pocket and handed it to the eager SeeD. After checking him over from head to toe, Kadowaki told Rinoa that she was 'baffled'. "I just don't know what to say." she scratched her head. "I'd like to get a blood sample and see if we can find anything."
"Ow!" Squall squealed and hot tears streamed down his cheeks when his arm was pricked by the needle.
"Just relax and slowly count to ten," Kadowaki calmly instructed him.
Squall squeezed Rinoa's hand tightly and slowly counted. "One, Two, Three, Four, Fi-"
"Ok, all done." Dr. Kadowaki smiled and handed him a second sucker. While Squall excitedly tried to open the wrapper, the doctor led Rinoa outside to discuss his condition without him overhearing.
"...We should get the results in a few days, until then you'll have to keep a close eye on that boy. Let me know right away if his conditions change." Kadowaki informed Rinoa. "I don't know if this is contagious either, so you'll have to be careful."
When the two woman re-entered the room, Squall was nowhere to be seen. His clothes were still neatly folded in a pile on the observation table. Rinoa immediately noticed that the window was open and ran up to it to look outside. She spotted the escapee not far off, running away in only his paper gown and Chocobo boxers. She moaned and rubbed her head, this was going to be a hard one to catch.