WARNINGS: (Only apply to certain chapter) YAOI, LANGUAGE
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Zell cried out as his butt hit the floor of the Infirmary. He slowly picked himself off the floor, ignoring the snickers coming from Irvine and Quistis. Seifer didn't even look down; all his attention was focused on the small child on the table. He stepped over Zell and made his way to the counter.
Zell started muttering about being treated horribly, but no one listened. He finally walked over the table, still nursing his hurting bum. Dr. Kadowaki was poking and prodding the baby, who was obviously under a sleep spell.
"So, have you guys figured out what it is yet?"
The whole gang turned towards Zell.
"Zell, it's a child! Not an 'It'! Really!" Quistis shook her finger in Zell's face.
"Yea, sure. So…why does he have my tattoo?" Zell asked, rocking back and forth on his heels.
"No one knows…da da da daaa!!" Seifer did a little alien pose. Zell looked at Seifer like he was on drugs before giving up on understanding The Blonde God's mind. One minute he was nice, the next he was an insensitive prick. Oh well. Dr. Kadowaki interrupted Seifer's antics, resisting the urge to role her eyes at the duo.
"Zell, I'm going to need a blood sample." She took a needle out of a plastic container to emphasis her words. Seifer smirked like a maniac.
The smaller blondes eyes went wide, and he ducked behind Squall. "No!" He wrapped his arms around the leather-clad brunette, squeezing Squall till he gasped for breath. Squall tried to remove the other boy, but to no avail. Irvine shifted, uncomfortable with the way Zell was pressed to Squall. He made his way over to Zell at the same time Seifer did. Seifer smirked grandly, while Irvine frowned in concentration.
"NO! Don't let them take me Squall!" Irvine roughly grabbed Zell's arm, and slowly pried Zell's fingers off of the other man. Seifer ran his finger's over Zell's lithe frame, and suddenly started tickling the smaller boy. Zell immediately let go of Squall and collapsed on the ground, panting and trying to remove Seifer's hands from his stomach, where they were torturing the smaller boy.
"S-Seifer! Ekk!" he rolled on the ground, trying to throw the gunblader off of him. "Oh! Shit, Seif, stop!" Seifer pinned both of Zell's arms together with one hand and started the tickling torture all over again. Neither man seemed to be aware of their growing audience. Dr. Kadowaki ignored both of them, stepping over the two and drawing the baby's blood and putting it into a vial. She then turned toward the two men on the ground and cleared her throat.
"What, chicken-wuss, had enough alread-" Seifer stopped as his shoulder was grasped. He quickly turned around, not forgetting his Garden training, and in turn grabbed the other person's hand. His jade-green eyes met a frosty blue, and he sneered at Squall, who was towering over Seifer at the moment. The blonde man got up, forgetting Zell for the moment, and stood over Squall, silently accepting his challenge. Zell tiptoed away, trying to make it out of the Infirmary without being noticed.
Seifer heard Zell trying to crawl underneath Dr. Kadowaki's desk, and smirked as he went over to her desk at a leisurely pace, letting his boots 'thud' against the ground with every step. He bent over and looked at Zell, who was cowering in fear of the needle Dr. Kadowaki held. Zell squeaked when Seifer picked him up for the second time that day.
"Seifer! Lemme down!" Zell tried to duck out of Seifer's hold, but to no good. "Seifer, you're hurting me!" The larger blonde shifted his grip so Hyperion would stop pressing into the smaller boy's back, then cast a sleep spell on Zell. Blue flames licked around the other blonde's head, stars revolved around his body, and like that, he was asleep just like the child on the table. Seifer slowly carried Zell over to the bed that Dr. Kadowaki motioned to, and set down his prize. Zell unconsciously grabbed Seifer's arm before he could leave, and snuggled up to the larger blonde. Seifer smirked down at the smaller boy, but let him hold onto his arm.
Dr. Kadowaki made her way across from the baby to Zell, and said, "Okay, I'm going to need someone to hold his arm straight so I can draw blood from the vein." Quistis nodded, and made her way to Zell's left side, straightening the boy's arm out, fully exposing the tan, unmarked skin.
The Dr slowly leaned forward and pricked the boy, drawing only a small amount of blood from the boy on the bed before removing the crimson needle and fetching a band-aid. Zell had not reacted through all of it, and laid there, lips slightly parted, breathing slowly, in and out.
Seifer heard Dr. Kadowaki tell Squall that she didn't have the resources at Balamb to compare the blood samples, and that they would need to be sent to Galbadia Garden for evaluation, but after that, all talking was slowly zoned out by Zell's breathing. Inadvertently, Seifer found himself breathing at the same pace as the other boy, slowly taking in breath at the same time Zell was, inhaling and exhaling at exactly the same speed, his lungs filling with the same air that Zell's were.
The thought was slightly…erotic. They breathed the same air. Seifer noticed the light coming in from the window above Zell's head created a halo about the boy, wreathing him in light, creating patterns on the normally bland cot the lithe blonde rested on.
Seifer was shook out of his reverie when Zell started moaning in his sleep; grasping Seifer's arms with the arm that Dr. Kadowaki had drawn blood from. Seifer snickered at the martial artist's antics, and tried to shake him awake. The blonde's grip on Seifer's arm just tightened, cutting off the blood flow to Seifer's hand.
Shit, it hurt.
"Chicken-wuss! Wake up, cry-baby!" Seifer shook Zell's body with his free hand, and tried to loosen the boy's hold on his arm; it was becoming quite painful. "Shit! Wake up!" Seifer slapped Zell's cheek, leaving an imprint of his hand on Zell's cheek.
The blonde boy bolted up, immediately letting go of Seifer's arm, gasping for breath and holding his arms around his body protectively. His eye's fluttered shut, and he started rocking back and forth, squeezing his eye's shut as hard as he could.
Zell's eye's shot open when he realized that Seifer was still there. A very small tear escaped from the corner of his eye, trailing down the same cheek that Seifer had slapped to get him awake.
"Shit, cry-baby, what's wron-"
"Don't' fucking call me that!" Zell screamed out at Seifer. He jumped out of bed, but collapsed on the ground. With no junctions, the sleep spell still lingered on his body, making him weaker. Seifer slowly walked to the other side of the bed, making his was past the tray of needles that Zell had knocked over in his haste. The gunblader reached out a hand and slowly shuffled Zell's hair.
"What's wrong, chicken? You-"
"I said don't fucking call me that! Get the fuck away!" Zell screamed again, his face going red with the strain he was putting on his voice. He jumped up over his bed, putting in between him and Seifer. He backed out of the room, his one tear still visible on his cheek.
Seifer got up and walked over to a chair in the corner of Dr. Kadowaki's office. His shoulders immediately slumped down, and his face took a note of despair, the frown curling his features into something barely recognizable as Seifer.
Quistis ran into the Infirmary, panting with exertion. A small bead of sweat ran down her face, trailing down to her eyes.
"I heard yelling." Quisty said, explaining her reason for being there. She looked around, noting Zell's disappearance. "Where's Zell?"
Seifer waved his hand at the doorway, not even looking up.
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A/N: Well, Zell seems rather upset about something. That's an understatement, I suppose. Zell isn't calling Seifer The Blonde God. That's me. ^__________^ It's written in 3 person. (if you haven't noticed that, I pity you) So sorry this chapter is so short, I'm working on another fiction, and I have to tweak up a lot of things. Expect the first chapter of that to be up later this week, or the beginning of next. I've also almost finished Unlikely Love, a one-shot and prequel to this fic. It details how Nida/Quistis got together, and if you look closely will also hint at things to come in this story. I wrote this while I was listening to My December.ßsong
Again, you can see the picture that inspired Seifer carrying Zell, (or at least the hyperlink to it) listed in the reviews.
JessiBluEyes: Thank you. That's the first time I've been complimented on my cliffhangers!
Ethrial: Aww…. you're so nice. You'd better keep writing your story!
AVITW: Hey, babe! I can't wait to post the first chapter of it! Thanks for beta-ing it! (Have you thought of a name yet?!)
