Someone Like Me
Chapter 4: Zell
Hi hi! Oh yeah! Chapter 4! Teehee! Wow… I have to say that I am damned proud of this fan fic. Thankies to Thegia51 for being the first to post a review! R&R everyone! And don't be rude! …I just got another message from a horrible person who went to my website and didn't like my fan site. That person was just plain rude and obnoxious, saying how bad I was and that I was a stupid whore… so now I am filtering my guestbook. -_- My lil sis goes to the site… I don't want her exposed to such ass-holeness. Heh . Anyways, hope ya enjoy! Thankies! ^_^
"Yeah! I was like… 'Heh, hyah, huy!' *shows off* and I defeated the Ironosaur! I rescued the two lower classmen and the damsel too!" I brag to everyone. It wasn't completely true… but hey, no one here knew the truth. There was a light chortle from behind me.
"LIE." the person behind me says mockingly. Oh great, stupid. Now the truth will come out and you'll look dumb! Serves you right for lying. I turn around and see Fuujin standing in front of me with a slight smile on her face. A smile? Coming from Fuujin? I must admit that she had a pretty smile or what small smile she gave. It shocked me to see her smile but she was amused with me.
"What do you mean, Fuujin?" Selphie asks.
"Yeah, where YOU there?" Rinoa asks defensively in her voice. Fuujin takes her normal seat at the table and I feel a sink in my stomach.
"NO DAMSEL." I hear Fuujin tell everyone as I slump over.
"ME." Fuujin continues. I sink lower as Irvine cracks up laughing.
"YOU were the damsel?" Squall asks, even he was laughing.
"Tch!" is all I could say to defend myself. What is she doing? Is this her way of teasing me?
"NO. PANDEMONIUM." Fuujin answers, not making much sense to the others. But I definitely understood.
"Wow. You had to use Pandemonium to defeat it? I told Headmaster Cid that those Ironosaur were way too advanced for the Training Area," Instructor tells everyone. Leave it to Instructor to figure out what that weird woman is saying. I go back to my seat preparing for torment. Please don't tell Seifer.
"So Fuujin what were you doing near the entrance of the 'Secret Area', anyway?" Irvine winked. That was a good question.
"QUIET." Everyone snickers.
"Do you have boyfriend that no one knows about?" Rinoa asked teasingly. I could see Fuujin's face turn grim.
"RAGE." Fuujin growls as she gets to her feet. She collects her things and begins to leave.
"Nice going. Tch! It's not like she feels outcasted enough already…" I say. Everyone turns their eyes to me. Where did that come from?
"Are you okay, Zell?" Squall asks. I shake my head in disgust.
"Err… Hey, Sephi, how is the Spring Bash coming along?" Irvine asks trying to change the subject. The one of the nicer things Irvine's done for me.
"Teehee! It's great! The band has been booked, as well as the caterer. Only thing left now is to put up decorations and lights!" Selphie replies excitedly. She has always loved putting together Garden functions and she is damned good at it too. She is working on the Spring Bash, a Garden wide dance in honor of springtime. I usually go only for the food… I mean, really, who would go with me? *shrug*
"I'm really excited about it! It means that Spring Break is here!" Rinoa exclaims happily. I sit quietly as the others ramble excitedly about Spring Break plans. We were all thinking about going on a vacation to a beach house for a few days.
"You're going, right Zell?" Instructor asks. I stay lost in thought for a moment before looking up at her.
"Hellooo? Zell, are you okay?" Selphie calls, waving her hand in front of my face. Oi, I hear ya!
"Hm?" I reply.
"You're going to go with us to the beach house that my old man owns right, Zell?" Squall repeats for Instructor. I did want to go… but everyone was in pairs and I would only feel like a third wheel… not that it ever stopped me from maintaining my excited and energetic personality before …
"I bet Fuujin's goin', heh," Irvine adds with that horrible grin he always has on his face. The girls all giggle while Irvine and Squall laugh. I don't know what he's thinkin' but it sure as hell isn't true!
"Tch! What do you mean by that?" I cry as I jump to my feet and glare.
"Hey now, partner, I was only kiddin'," Irvine defends, still amused with what he said.
"Tch! I'm outta here! Gotta go… do something," I say angrily as I turn to leave.
"Or maybe to go do a certain Albino someONE," I hear Irvine snicker to the others. What a perv. I hear someone lightly slap his arm while I begin on my way.
"Irvy-kun, that was not very nice! You hurt poor Zell's feelings!" Selphie cries. By the time they have started an argument among the two of them I was nearly out of hearing range.
I wander around for a while not really sure what I was doing. I stop suddenly when I see Fuujin and Seifer off to the side of the walkway. Please don't be telling Seifer about my bragging! I'll NEVER hear the end of that one! I move out of sight to watch more closely wanting to make sure she wasn't telling him about my humiliation.
"RAGE" I hear Fuujin boom. She did NOT look happy… Not that she ever looked very happy anyway, but now she had a hurt look on her face. I see Seifer grab Fuujin by her shoulders and move his face closer to hers. If I hadn't known better, I would have thought Seifer was about to kiss Fuujin. This angered me. Fuujin looks away from Seifer and nods gently. Her lips move as though she is saying something but I can't hear what it was. With that, Seifer pulls her to him and hugs her. My face and ears began to burn with anger. I don't know why it made me so angry to see them hug… maybe because I've never seen him hug her… he seems to treat her like a man so seeing him hug her like a girl makes me… jealous? NO! …uncomfortable…
At that he leaves and hurries off in the opposite direction from where I'm standing… hiding… all right, spying. I see her fall into a bench and lower her head. Go and see what's up! What, what?
I don't think that's a good idea. I feel my legs glide over to her. Ahhh! Stop! Stop! Nooooo! Stay where you are, stupid legs! Stop going there! What are you thinking? My legs do not obey. I stand in front of her not knowing what to say. A moment passes before she realizes I am standing before her.
"LEAVE." she says to me. She glares at me with her one eye; her beautiful crystal blue, almost white, eye. I gaze at her for a moment loosing all train of thought. Her face turns grim and I know I have to speak.
"A… are you alright? You don't look too well," I stammer as I rub the back of my head. She turns her face to the side avoiding me.
"S… SEIFER." She replies. I sit down next to her turning my body toward her. She quickly looks at me with a flash of defensiveness in her eye.
"D… do you wanna talk about it?" I ask fearing 'the word' again since she looked a little angry at this.
"R… *she stops and softens her look* NO."
"I know it'll make ya feel better if you tell me," I urge with a wry smile. I see her bottom lip tremble and her eye become glossy.
"No, Fuujin… Please don't cry… I promise you, whatever Seifer said or… did… I am here for you…" I say. She swiftly glares at me confusing me with her look… Oh great, you just made her madder…
Sheesh! Already done! I wrote this one and the last one in one day! Can you believe it! Oh yeah, for those who are wondering why this is PG-13 besides for language, well the next chapter is the reason. ^_^ there is sexual content… no details or anything… but you'll find out. Heh ^_^