CHAPTER 08:
Rinoa woke up and found herself lying beside Seifer under a big oak tree.
"What happened?" she wondered quizzically as she got up.
"Hey, Rinoa, glad you're already awake. Are you okay?"
"I feel alright, thanks." Rinoa said. "But what happened?"
Seifer had depicted everything that had occurred after she passed out. "I can't run into town," Seifer explained. "So I just drag the two of us here,"
"So that means we're still in danger," Rinoa speculated. "They could still be around looking for us." She eyed her surroundings and clasped her weapon tight with her other hand. She had to sharpen her senses and get herself ready for anything. Seifer quickly noticed her anxiousness and he immediately put an assuring hand over her shoulder. "It's okay. Balamb will surely find us tomorrow."
"But will they find us here?"
"Sure, they will. First thing tomorrow morning, we'll leave this place and go back to the eastern shore." Seifer prompted. "They'll be waiting for us, you'll see."
Rinoa pacified herself through Seifer's words but she sighed as another thought began to cross her insides.
"Um, Seifer, I'm just wondering where Raijin and Bruce had been after we failed to escape."
"I don't know. But I'm sure Raijin and that guy Bruce can manage," Seifer told her.
"I just hope you're right. Do you think.he made it to the shore in time?" Rinoa asked again. "With the other SeeD candidates, I mean."
"Maybe." Seifer replied plainly. "I guess we are the only ones that had been left."
Rinoa suddenly felt uneasy as she thought of the field exam. Everything that had occurred today had happened so fast. She felt frustrated, knowing that she didn't make it. "I didn't pass the test." she hugged her knees tight like a small child. She hated to admit it but she really felt like crying. Rinoa wanted to be a SeeD just like Squall, Quistis, Selphie and Zell. That is why she and Irvine had decided to take the test. So that they could all be together in missions.
Seifer was also beginning to feel tensed about the situation. "Rinoa mentioned about the field exam. Maybe she feels bad about not passing the test. But she doesn't need to. My situation is so much worse. But this is funny. Knowing that I will never be a SeeD doesn't feel that heart- breaking. It's just like losing in a game of cards."
" Now I'm convinced that I wasn't fit to be a SeeD soldier. What am I saying that this is not heart-breaking? This is bad. Whatever feel-good words I tell myself, it won't make any difference. I won't be a SeeD. Rinoa still had the chance. She should not feel terrible." "Maybe I'm the real problem. Maybe it was just me that I did not pass every field exam. And she, too had to suffer.Yes, it was all my fault."
Both of them were silent, waiting for each other to say something. Seifer racked his brain for something to say in order to push the awkwardness around them.
"Rinoa," he called. "What?" "I'm sorry." his mouth suddenly felt dry, "I blew up your chance of becoming a SeeD." Rinoa looked at him, slightly amazed by his words. She smiled. "It wasn't your fault," she whispered.
"You're wrong, Rin." He frowned as he said it. "I was the captain. I should have focused my attention on the exam and not on other things."
"It wasn't anybody's mistake. What you did back there in the tower was right." Rinoa convinced him. "At least we're both alive. We'll get back to the garden, just take another test, and eventually we'll pass."
Seifer laughed. "Yeah, you can take another test but I will not."
Rinoa frowned. "Huh? Don't tell me you're quitting."
"Rinoa, Don't you know that a SeeD candidate can only take up to 5 exams? If he fails the 5th test, he'll forever be disqualified as a SeeD. In my case, this happens to be my last chance but I screwed everything, big time." Seifer looked away. "I'll never be a SeeD, Rinoa. Maybe I wasn't really destined to be one," he said in a very solemn voice.
"No!" Rinoa protested. "You really are a great leader and a great warrior. You'll be a SeeD. Both of us will!"
Seifer turned around to face her. "Your determination will make you a SeeD, Rinoa, so please don't mind me. I already accepted the fact."
Rinoa was stunned by what Seifer had said. She felt so sorry for him. But just then, her gaze switched from his eyes to his left arm with a more shocked expression.
"Seifer!" she exclaimed. "Your head is wounded and your left arm is bleeding!"
Seifer looked at his left arm and there, he saw a streak of red in the sleeve of his jacket. "It's just a cut I have gotten from fighting. And this one," he touched the bleeding side of his forehead, "I don't remember when and now I got it."
"Let me see that," she said, asking Seifer to remove his trench coat. "The bleeding must be stopped. Quick, give me your last bottle of potion,"
Seifer snatched his arm away from Rinoa's hand. "I'm okay. It wasn't that bad anyway."
"Seifer, just give me the potion," she demanded, her impulsiveness getting the better of her.
"There's no potion left." Seifer muttered. "You were knoced out so I tried to revive you with a phoenix down. But it wasn't enough so I just used the potion on you, too."
"What?" Rinoa's forehead wrinkled. "No wonder I still feel vigorous after I had completely passed out." She said in her mind, realizing that this was all making sense. She tore a piece of her already torn cloth and used it to bandage Seifer's wounds. "You shouldn't have done that," Rinoa could not believe him. "You're injured."
"Look, Rin," Seifer said in a loud voice, cutting Rinoa from all that she has to say. "If you were in my place, you'd do the same thing right? And besides," he pointed out, "If I brought you back to the garden with your HP low, I'll be dead meat. Your friends will never let me live long."
Rinoa laughed.
"She's so pretty." Seifer thought. "And her laughter sounded like wind chimes."
"Okay, okay, I get your point." She said as she knotted the last ends of the bandage she had improvised.
"I bet Squall shall kill me first when that happens." He continued. "Well, I don't blame him. I always thought he's so lucky to have you as a girlfriend." He's saying this in a weird yet sweet manner. "You're both nice inside and out. Not to mention, very beautiful."
Rinoa stared back at him, stoked her hair and laughed again, pretending to be highly insulted. "Yeah, right. I look my best with tangled hair and torn clothes. Pretty, huh?"
"No, kidding aside, Rin, you really are beautiful," he said while marveling at her lovely face. In the moonlight.
"Then you have to prove it to me," Rinoa dared.
Seifer didn't know but he was ecstatic at that moment. "Do you really want me to?"
Rinoa looked straight in his ocean blue eyes and nodded her head.
Without thinking, Seifer cupped her face with his hands and he lowered his lips down to hers, kissing her gently.
Author's note: to be continued.please make a review because this is my first fic on the site. Thanks a lot!!!
Rinoa woke up and found herself lying beside Seifer under a big oak tree.
"What happened?" she wondered quizzically as she got up.
"Hey, Rinoa, glad you're already awake. Are you okay?"
"I feel alright, thanks." Rinoa said. "But what happened?"
Seifer had depicted everything that had occurred after she passed out. "I can't run into town," Seifer explained. "So I just drag the two of us here,"
"So that means we're still in danger," Rinoa speculated. "They could still be around looking for us." She eyed her surroundings and clasped her weapon tight with her other hand. She had to sharpen her senses and get herself ready for anything. Seifer quickly noticed her anxiousness and he immediately put an assuring hand over her shoulder. "It's okay. Balamb will surely find us tomorrow."
"But will they find us here?"
"Sure, they will. First thing tomorrow morning, we'll leave this place and go back to the eastern shore." Seifer prompted. "They'll be waiting for us, you'll see."
Rinoa pacified herself through Seifer's words but she sighed as another thought began to cross her insides.
"Um, Seifer, I'm just wondering where Raijin and Bruce had been after we failed to escape."
"I don't know. But I'm sure Raijin and that guy Bruce can manage," Seifer told her.
"I just hope you're right. Do you think.he made it to the shore in time?" Rinoa asked again. "With the other SeeD candidates, I mean."
"Maybe." Seifer replied plainly. "I guess we are the only ones that had been left."
Rinoa suddenly felt uneasy as she thought of the field exam. Everything that had occurred today had happened so fast. She felt frustrated, knowing that she didn't make it. "I didn't pass the test." she hugged her knees tight like a small child. She hated to admit it but she really felt like crying. Rinoa wanted to be a SeeD just like Squall, Quistis, Selphie and Zell. That is why she and Irvine had decided to take the test. So that they could all be together in missions.
Seifer was also beginning to feel tensed about the situation. "Rinoa mentioned about the field exam. Maybe she feels bad about not passing the test. But she doesn't need to. My situation is so much worse. But this is funny. Knowing that I will never be a SeeD doesn't feel that heart- breaking. It's just like losing in a game of cards."
" Now I'm convinced that I wasn't fit to be a SeeD soldier. What am I saying that this is not heart-breaking? This is bad. Whatever feel-good words I tell myself, it won't make any difference. I won't be a SeeD. Rinoa still had the chance. She should not feel terrible." "Maybe I'm the real problem. Maybe it was just me that I did not pass every field exam. And she, too had to suffer.Yes, it was all my fault."
Both of them were silent, waiting for each other to say something. Seifer racked his brain for something to say in order to push the awkwardness around them.
"Rinoa," he called. "What?" "I'm sorry." his mouth suddenly felt dry, "I blew up your chance of becoming a SeeD." Rinoa looked at him, slightly amazed by his words. She smiled. "It wasn't your fault," she whispered.
"You're wrong, Rin." He frowned as he said it. "I was the captain. I should have focused my attention on the exam and not on other things."
"It wasn't anybody's mistake. What you did back there in the tower was right." Rinoa convinced him. "At least we're both alive. We'll get back to the garden, just take another test, and eventually we'll pass."
Seifer laughed. "Yeah, you can take another test but I will not."
Rinoa frowned. "Huh? Don't tell me you're quitting."
"Rinoa, Don't you know that a SeeD candidate can only take up to 5 exams? If he fails the 5th test, he'll forever be disqualified as a SeeD. In my case, this happens to be my last chance but I screwed everything, big time." Seifer looked away. "I'll never be a SeeD, Rinoa. Maybe I wasn't really destined to be one," he said in a very solemn voice.
"No!" Rinoa protested. "You really are a great leader and a great warrior. You'll be a SeeD. Both of us will!"
Seifer turned around to face her. "Your determination will make you a SeeD, Rinoa, so please don't mind me. I already accepted the fact."
Rinoa was stunned by what Seifer had said. She felt so sorry for him. But just then, her gaze switched from his eyes to his left arm with a more shocked expression.
"Seifer!" she exclaimed. "Your head is wounded and your left arm is bleeding!"
Seifer looked at his left arm and there, he saw a streak of red in the sleeve of his jacket. "It's just a cut I have gotten from fighting. And this one," he touched the bleeding side of his forehead, "I don't remember when and now I got it."
"Let me see that," she said, asking Seifer to remove his trench coat. "The bleeding must be stopped. Quick, give me your last bottle of potion,"
Seifer snatched his arm away from Rinoa's hand. "I'm okay. It wasn't that bad anyway."
"Seifer, just give me the potion," she demanded, her impulsiveness getting the better of her.
"There's no potion left." Seifer muttered. "You were knoced out so I tried to revive you with a phoenix down. But it wasn't enough so I just used the potion on you, too."
"What?" Rinoa's forehead wrinkled. "No wonder I still feel vigorous after I had completely passed out." She said in her mind, realizing that this was all making sense. She tore a piece of her already torn cloth and used it to bandage Seifer's wounds. "You shouldn't have done that," Rinoa could not believe him. "You're injured."
"Look, Rin," Seifer said in a loud voice, cutting Rinoa from all that she has to say. "If you were in my place, you'd do the same thing right? And besides," he pointed out, "If I brought you back to the garden with your HP low, I'll be dead meat. Your friends will never let me live long."
Rinoa laughed.
"She's so pretty." Seifer thought. "And her laughter sounded like wind chimes."
"Okay, okay, I get your point." She said as she knotted the last ends of the bandage she had improvised.
"I bet Squall shall kill me first when that happens." He continued. "Well, I don't blame him. I always thought he's so lucky to have you as a girlfriend." He's saying this in a weird yet sweet manner. "You're both nice inside and out. Not to mention, very beautiful."
Rinoa stared back at him, stoked her hair and laughed again, pretending to be highly insulted. "Yeah, right. I look my best with tangled hair and torn clothes. Pretty, huh?"
"No, kidding aside, Rin, you really are beautiful," he said while marveling at her lovely face. In the moonlight.
"Then you have to prove it to me," Rinoa dared.
Seifer didn't know but he was ecstatic at that moment. "Do you really want me to?"
Rinoa looked straight in his ocean blue eyes and nodded her head.
Without thinking, Seifer cupped her face with his hands and he lowered his lips down to hers, kissing her gently.
Author's note: to be continued.please make a review because this is my first fic on the site. Thanks a lot!!!