Dun dun dah! Heh... this should keep the plot going, or get it started
maybe. Quistis isn't really going to be used much from here on out just
because I don't really like her very much =รพ Also, one of my main
characters is going to die!! I haven't really decided whom yet, though.
Nida, Fujin, and Raijin will have small parts, but don't expect them to be
back again. Please review; I greatly appreciate it, all of my reviews are
gone because I wasn't able to change the story to R before the NC-17 was
taken away... that really sucks, my writing is being limited. Right, now
back to my chars, Seifer will be introduced this chapter, and I will make
them deeper people, not just horny teens (everyone already knew that
already). I'm babbling so I'm gonna stop and write the damn chapter now!
^_^" Sorry!
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CHAPTER 4 Self-Absorbed
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Seifer. The named stirred fear amongst the junior classmen, but most of the older kids didn't think twice about him. They thought he was pathetic. Rinoa didn't think too highly of him either, he was a jerk to her friends and more importantly Squall, whom she loved greatly. When she passed Seifer in the halls, she would look the other way, or down at her feet and walk by as fast as possible to avoid contact.
They had only talked a few times since they were together a few years ago, and the last one hadn't been too pleasant.
Seifer had been at his usual antics by calling Zell names.
"Stupid Chicken Wuss, can't you do anything right?"
Zell had been trying to fix some problems with the garden's controls. It wasn't responding to anything the pilot, Nida, would do and Zell ended up stuck with repair duty, due to the fact that Squall had asked him to.
Up on the bridge, Zell couldn't fix it and only seemed to make it worse.
"Geez Chicken Wuss, you really fucked this one up."
Nida started to tell Seifer to Shutup, but Seifer sent him a glare. Zell steamed and took the elevator down to the headmaster's room and then started to shed tears. Squall had asked Rinoa to go up to see how it was going, and she saw the boy's blue eyes running like a waterfall. She had asked him what was wrong in her loving, soothing voice and Zell told her about Seifer being an asshole.
Rinoa was pissed. Zell ran all the back to his dorm room. She had gone up to Seifer and set him straight.
"You jerk. You fucking jerk. I don't know what I ever saw in you, I hope you realize what you are doing to Zell. Do you have any idea? Do you?"
Seifer shrugged and Rinoa abruptly slapped him.
"You... bitch"
She slapped him again as hard as she could and then kicked him in the balls. Seifer doubled over in pain. He looked as if he were about to call her another name, but he decided that wasn't a good idea. She called him one instead.
"Asshole."
She went back down and Nida followed now openly laughing at Seifer.
"...sucker"
Maybe if Zell had seen Rinoa sticking up for him he wouldn't have ended up the way he did...
It had been a few months since then, and Seifer still hadn't spoken to Rinoa since. This time he decided to confront her.
Rinoa saw him and immediately started to turn away and walk faster. Seifer stepped in the way of her path. She stopped and looked up at him.
"Move bitch" she snapped at him.
"Hey baby, how've you been?"
"Fuck off."
She started to walk around him but he grabbed her by the arm.
"Let go of me Seifer..."
"I just want to talk"
"I don't care what you want"
"C'mon please Rinoa, I want to apologize."
"Right..." She pulled her arm away and ran down the hall and didn't stop until she was in Squall's dorm and she locked the door behind her.
~
"Squall! Squall? Where are you?"
She peeked into the bathroom and then walked into the bedroom to find the bed just the way she left it when she went out for breakfast this morning, perfectly made.
*He wouldn't have made it... so then he still hasn't come back...*
She carefully unlocked the door and peered into the hallway to make sure it was Seifer-less, and off she went to Zell's room to look for him.
~
Squall had been up, showered, and dressed for a while, but Zell still slept. He had walked over to the side of the bed and kissed Zell softly again before leaving the room in search of food.
The dorm door barely missed hitting Rinoa as Squall stepped out, and she jumped into Squall's arms before he was able to apologize or anything. Squall just kind of shut the door using his foot, not bothering to lock it.
"Squall, Seifer is buggin me again... won't you protect me, my sexy knight in shining armor?"
"...okay"
"You never came to bed last night."
"Quistis asked me to stay with Zell, you were there, and I wasn't about to leave him there knowing he might try something again."
"And did he?" She inquired.
*Should I bring it up now? Should I tell her the truth, about his second death attempt, the kiss, and the night of long, hard...*
"Squall! Hello? Don't go all spacey on me!"
"...sorry"
"So did he?..."
~
"Woo-Hoo!" Selphie screamed as Irvine showed her the tickets.
"Train, train..." she began to sing as she stared at the first class tickets.
"It'll just be me and you, Sefie, we'll take the train as far as it goes and then back again."
*Just you and me, just you and me* He had everything planned out perfectly, she just had to say when.
"So just tell the headmaster when you want to go, and we'll both take a bunch of vacation days, okay?"
She stopped singing and hugged him. Irvine was in heaven.
*Oh Selphie...*
She then promptly stood on her tiptoes and pulled his head down so it was tilted and kissed him passionately.
Selphie pulled herself away and then blushed.
"Well, I have to get to class, I have early lessons today."
And she skipped off singing...
*Wow... she's a good kisser.*
~
Seifer had gone to sit outside to clear his thoughts and control his anger.
*So anger-management is starting to pay off...*
He was having trouble getting his mind off of his problems. His problems. Selfish. Just like most of his friends, particularly Fujin and Raijin, only thinking about themselves. The rest of his friends, if you could call them friends, were like that a lot too, Rinoa often had her moments, as did Squall, Irvine and Selphie too. And who wouldn't call what Zell had done selfishness; maybe it's just human nature to act that way. Seifer hoped not, he knew he was self-centered, and it bothered him, but he was worried he wouldn't be treated the same if he changed the way he carried herself in front of the others.
*Especially Zell, wouldn't want to scare him off...*
Seifer had more than just a little crush on Zell, he was obsessed with the guy. The bullying had just been a habit that had formed in childhood... child romance only consisted of bullying each other, but Zell never really caught on, and if he had, then he must've forgotten.
The teen sighed and looked up at the sky, that fretful clouded sky that reflected his emotions looked about to rain. He stood up and walked towards the dorm area, having decided to finally visit Zell.
~
Zell's eyes fluttered open expecting to see Squall. When he didn't see him, he sat up. He had completely forgotten his suicide attempt and stood up. He didn't feel any different than he would have any morning before a week ago.
He then remembered why Squall had confessed to him. It only took a second to recall that pain after that.
Zell decided since he was better, he should go out and face everyone again, especially Seifer.
Squall had something to Zell the night before about what a jerk Seifer was, and Zell was ready to stick up for himself and turn the harassment around.
He jumped in the shower, after all he didn't want to smell like Squall and have to explain to everyone, especially Rinoa. He might have to deal with Seifer a little sooner than planned though, but he didn't know yet.
Seifer had knocked on the door, but Zell was in the bathroom with the shower on, so he didn't hear it. Seifer started to get worried so he tried the knob and it was unlocked, so he went in.
"Hello? Hey Chicken Wuss, it's Seifer, where you at?"
He walked into Zell's bedroom to find he wasn't there, then back into the main living room, and straight to the bathroom. He heard something so he put his ear against the door and heard the water running.
*Ohhh... showering... I'll just wait out here then.*
And chapter 4 is up, though it did take a while, sorry about that. Please review!!
TROUBLED
CHAPTER 4 Self-Absorbed
~
Seifer. The named stirred fear amongst the junior classmen, but most of the older kids didn't think twice about him. They thought he was pathetic. Rinoa didn't think too highly of him either, he was a jerk to her friends and more importantly Squall, whom she loved greatly. When she passed Seifer in the halls, she would look the other way, or down at her feet and walk by as fast as possible to avoid contact.
They had only talked a few times since they were together a few years ago, and the last one hadn't been too pleasant.
Seifer had been at his usual antics by calling Zell names.
"Stupid Chicken Wuss, can't you do anything right?"
Zell had been trying to fix some problems with the garden's controls. It wasn't responding to anything the pilot, Nida, would do and Zell ended up stuck with repair duty, due to the fact that Squall had asked him to.
Up on the bridge, Zell couldn't fix it and only seemed to make it worse.
"Geez Chicken Wuss, you really fucked this one up."
Nida started to tell Seifer to Shutup, but Seifer sent him a glare. Zell steamed and took the elevator down to the headmaster's room and then started to shed tears. Squall had asked Rinoa to go up to see how it was going, and she saw the boy's blue eyes running like a waterfall. She had asked him what was wrong in her loving, soothing voice and Zell told her about Seifer being an asshole.
Rinoa was pissed. Zell ran all the back to his dorm room. She had gone up to Seifer and set him straight.
"You jerk. You fucking jerk. I don't know what I ever saw in you, I hope you realize what you are doing to Zell. Do you have any idea? Do you?"
Seifer shrugged and Rinoa abruptly slapped him.
"You... bitch"
She slapped him again as hard as she could and then kicked him in the balls. Seifer doubled over in pain. He looked as if he were about to call her another name, but he decided that wasn't a good idea. She called him one instead.
"Asshole."
She went back down and Nida followed now openly laughing at Seifer.
"...sucker"
Maybe if Zell had seen Rinoa sticking up for him he wouldn't have ended up the way he did...
It had been a few months since then, and Seifer still hadn't spoken to Rinoa since. This time he decided to confront her.
Rinoa saw him and immediately started to turn away and walk faster. Seifer stepped in the way of her path. She stopped and looked up at him.
"Move bitch" she snapped at him.
"Hey baby, how've you been?"
"Fuck off."
She started to walk around him but he grabbed her by the arm.
"Let go of me Seifer..."
"I just want to talk"
"I don't care what you want"
"C'mon please Rinoa, I want to apologize."
"Right..." She pulled her arm away and ran down the hall and didn't stop until she was in Squall's dorm and she locked the door behind her.
~
"Squall! Squall? Where are you?"
She peeked into the bathroom and then walked into the bedroom to find the bed just the way she left it when she went out for breakfast this morning, perfectly made.
*He wouldn't have made it... so then he still hasn't come back...*
She carefully unlocked the door and peered into the hallway to make sure it was Seifer-less, and off she went to Zell's room to look for him.
~
Squall had been up, showered, and dressed for a while, but Zell still slept. He had walked over to the side of the bed and kissed Zell softly again before leaving the room in search of food.
The dorm door barely missed hitting Rinoa as Squall stepped out, and she jumped into Squall's arms before he was able to apologize or anything. Squall just kind of shut the door using his foot, not bothering to lock it.
"Squall, Seifer is buggin me again... won't you protect me, my sexy knight in shining armor?"
"...okay"
"You never came to bed last night."
"Quistis asked me to stay with Zell, you were there, and I wasn't about to leave him there knowing he might try something again."
"And did he?" She inquired.
*Should I bring it up now? Should I tell her the truth, about his second death attempt, the kiss, and the night of long, hard...*
"Squall! Hello? Don't go all spacey on me!"
"...sorry"
"So did he?..."
~
"Woo-Hoo!" Selphie screamed as Irvine showed her the tickets.
"Train, train..." she began to sing as she stared at the first class tickets.
"It'll just be me and you, Sefie, we'll take the train as far as it goes and then back again."
*Just you and me, just you and me* He had everything planned out perfectly, she just had to say when.
"So just tell the headmaster when you want to go, and we'll both take a bunch of vacation days, okay?"
She stopped singing and hugged him. Irvine was in heaven.
*Oh Selphie...*
She then promptly stood on her tiptoes and pulled his head down so it was tilted and kissed him passionately.
Selphie pulled herself away and then blushed.
"Well, I have to get to class, I have early lessons today."
And she skipped off singing...
*Wow... she's a good kisser.*
~
Seifer had gone to sit outside to clear his thoughts and control his anger.
*So anger-management is starting to pay off...*
He was having trouble getting his mind off of his problems. His problems. Selfish. Just like most of his friends, particularly Fujin and Raijin, only thinking about themselves. The rest of his friends, if you could call them friends, were like that a lot too, Rinoa often had her moments, as did Squall, Irvine and Selphie too. And who wouldn't call what Zell had done selfishness; maybe it's just human nature to act that way. Seifer hoped not, he knew he was self-centered, and it bothered him, but he was worried he wouldn't be treated the same if he changed the way he carried herself in front of the others.
*Especially Zell, wouldn't want to scare him off...*
Seifer had more than just a little crush on Zell, he was obsessed with the guy. The bullying had just been a habit that had formed in childhood... child romance only consisted of bullying each other, but Zell never really caught on, and if he had, then he must've forgotten.
The teen sighed and looked up at the sky, that fretful clouded sky that reflected his emotions looked about to rain. He stood up and walked towards the dorm area, having decided to finally visit Zell.
~
Zell's eyes fluttered open expecting to see Squall. When he didn't see him, he sat up. He had completely forgotten his suicide attempt and stood up. He didn't feel any different than he would have any morning before a week ago.
He then remembered why Squall had confessed to him. It only took a second to recall that pain after that.
Zell decided since he was better, he should go out and face everyone again, especially Seifer.
Squall had something to Zell the night before about what a jerk Seifer was, and Zell was ready to stick up for himself and turn the harassment around.
He jumped in the shower, after all he didn't want to smell like Squall and have to explain to everyone, especially Rinoa. He might have to deal with Seifer a little sooner than planned though, but he didn't know yet.
Seifer had knocked on the door, but Zell was in the bathroom with the shower on, so he didn't hear it. Seifer started to get worried so he tried the knob and it was unlocked, so he went in.
"Hello? Hey Chicken Wuss, it's Seifer, where you at?"
He walked into Zell's bedroom to find he wasn't there, then back into the main living room, and straight to the bathroom. He heard something so he put his ear against the door and heard the water running.
*Ohhh... showering... I'll just wait out here then.*
And chapter 4 is up, though it did take a while, sorry about that. Please review!!