Her only chance
That time I saw him from across that busy cafeteria, that was when I realized I loved him.
He sat down, Fujin and Raijin with him, talking loudly, some of their conversation drifted over to where I was sitting. Raijin must have muttered something funny, as they all burst out laughing.
I sat there, watching him silently, slowly sipping my drink, waiting. I wanted to go up to him, but there was no possible way I could. He just sees me as Quistis, the boring instructor, just there to teach him and make him learn, make him listen to what I have to say. It's not like he felt for me the sudden and strange love I felt towards him, drowning in my own emotion, it taking over me completely…
He left his seat, Fujin and Raijin got up with him, and he walked out the door, ignoring me completely. I had lost my chance.
"Hi, Quistis." Xu said to me. I was still in a daze from what had happened earlier on in the day.
"You're acting strange, Quistis. What's the matter?"
"Oh…nothing!" I replied, as cheerful and nonchalant as I could make my voice sound.
"Something's wrong, I can tell." she said, half concerned, half curious.
I walked off in a huff, I didn't want to talk to her a moment longer. It's none of her business; I hate it when people try to find out about my private feelings.
"Quistis!" She yelled after me, I did my best to ignore her. I wasn't paying much attention to anything else, just getting Xu to leave me alone, when I bumped straight into Seifer.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" I said, blushing, I couldn't help it. He pushed me roughly out the way; I fell onto the hard floor. I didn't get up, just sat there, dumbstruck, gobsmacked, any other way you could think of to describe it. I knew Xu had seen the whole incident, I just had to hope she didn't tell anyone. I didn't want the whole garden to know of my love for him. I know that he will never love me.
I got up, and I ran after him, I didn't know what I was going to say, but I had to.
"Seifer!" I yelled, "Seifer!"
He stopped, and looked at me, his 6 foot 2 physique towering over me, I felt like I was being belittled just by standing next to him. "Seifer, come to the training centre at 8pm tonight, I have something to tell you."
Seifer just nodded, and walked off in the opposite direction. I don't know whether to tell him of my love, would he simply laugh at me, or could he possibly feel the same way? Should I…
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