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~ Chapter 4: Theme of Love: Tidus and Yuna ~

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"ZELL!!" Rinoa screamed at the top of her lungs. "You can't do this to us!"

"Yes, yes I can!" Zell told her. "I bought the apartment, I get my own room! You two share!" Zell told them, a smug smile on his face.

"Shut up Zell... this is MY room!" Squall yelled, stepping forward.

"You want to live out on the streets? Remember I do pay for this apartment!" Zell reminded him.

"Dammit." Squall cursed under his breath.

"You make me sick, Zell. And even though I don't want to give you the satisfaction of winning, I don't want to be out on the streets." Rinoa told him as she left for her and Squall's room.

"You WILL die." Squall whispered under his breath as he turned and left for their room.

"Yeah right!" Zell called back, doing his happy dance in a cocky fashion.

"Zell's gonna die." Squall repeated to himself as he unpacked his things. In the small room the only thing in there were two beds on either wall and a closet. They both hurriedly unpacked their belongings and put them in the closet that was thankfully there.

"It feels like Zell did this in purpose." Rinoa commented, stopping her unpacking for the moment.

"Of course he purposely did it!" Squall yelled. "What do you think? He accidentally decided to give himself his own room?" Squall asked, a bit annoyed and mad.

"Sorry." Rinoa apologized, rolling her eyes. Squall stopped what he was doing, turned to her back and was about to say something until he caught his own tongue. He coughed lightly and turned back around to unpacking.

"Whatever." Squall replied, his movements becoming fast. Rinoa laughed out loud as she slightly tossed her head back.

"What!?" Squall asked in an infuriated manner He was becoming annoyed, and fast.

"It's just that that particular word makes me laugh." She told him, calming down her from her laughter.

"What are you talking about?" Squall asked, rolling his eyes.

"Everyone has that 'funny' word that they love so much!" Rinoa told him, slowly walking up to him. "You must have one." She told him with a smile as her hand grazed his shoulder as she sat herself down onto his bed.

"No." Was Squall's simple answer.

"You must be some kind of robot." Rinoa stated with a small giggle.

"Whatever." Was Squall's reply, he then cursed himself as she began to laugh. As she stopped laughing she stood up in front of him, right in his face, centimeters from it actually.

"You HAVE to have a favorite word... how about... goat!" Rinoa proclaimed and with the word came a deep rumble from Squall, he was trying to conceal his laugh! "It's goat!" Rinoa screamed triumphantly.

"Go away." Squall commanded, attempting to conceal his laughter.

"No way! Now that I found-" Rinoa was about to finish until their door busted open revealing Zell.

"We have Galbadian foot soldiers attempting to enter the front gate by 'peaceful' means. Authorities noted that they may become hostile. We have a job, lets go!" Zell commanded as he left their apartment, Squall and Rinoa close behind him.

They all arrived at the front gate to find Galbadian soldier talking in annoyed tone to the keeper at the gate.

"I'm sorry, but I cannot let you in!" The keeper told them.

"Look, we've tried to reason with you, but I'm afraid you leave us no choice." The Galbadian soldier said in an apologetic tone as he raised his gun to the mans heads. He pulled the trigger, blood sprayed everywhere as Rinoa screamed and turned away. The man fell dead to the ground. The Galbadian soldier stepped by him like he was trash.

"They couldn't have been there for more than ten minute!" Squall screamed. Anger burned deep inside him and he raced forward. The soldier took notice, but did not care and continued walking. Squall stopped abruptly in front of the soldier, brought his foot up in a round house fashion and smashed the tip of his boot into the soldier's temple. The other guards around him rushed forward to help their comrade in need.

"Three against one! That ain't fair!" Zell screamed as he dashed forward and socked one right in the jaw, sending him back a few feet.

"I didn't want to do this, but now..." Rinoa whispered to herself as she dashed forward and kneed the other soldier in the crotch. The soldier coughed and wheezed and then passed out. Zell picked up the man he was pummeling and pushed him hard against a nearby wall.

"Who told you to come here!" Zell screamed in the mans face. The soldier squirmed in Zell's tight grasp. "For if you do not tell I'll find who has sent you and send him a platter with your severed head on it!" He threatened fiercely, pushing him harder into the wall.

"C-Caraway!" The soldier sputtered out.

"Thanks." Zell thanked with a kindly smile as he let go of the man and swiftly kicked him in the stomach, rendering him unconscious.

As Squall finished off the soldier by a swift punch into the jaw he stood back and looked to his two comrades, Rinoa was standing close to him, a gloomy expression on her face. Zell was walking to him with a determined expression.

"Well, instead of pummeling the shit out of the soldier, I asked him who sent them." Zell said with a smile. "Some guy named Caraway."

"I've heard of him before." Rinoa told them. "Supposedly he resides right here in Deling, but why would he send his own men to come here?" Rinoa questioned.

"If they hadn't shot anyone then I'd suspect it was just a routine check or something, but that's not the case." Squall said.

"Think we might be able to talk with this Caraway guy?" Zell asked, knowing he wouldn't get an appropriate answer.

"Somehow, but I know we can't just walk up to him. He probably has security and all that crap." Squall pointed out.

"True, true." Zell admitted.

"I say we sleep on it." Rinoa suggested.

"Good idea, Rinoa!" Zell congratulated with a thumbs up and a wink. Rinoa smiled back.

"Sleep will do us good." Squall agreed in his own way.

"I'm glad we can agree on something." Rinoa said with a smile.

That night Rinoa and Squall shared the same room for the first time. There was silence through most of the night except for the uncomfortable rustling of the two.

"Hey Squall." Rinoa began quietly, afraid of waking him if he had drifted off.

"What?" Squall asked, rustling more.

"Did you ever have a girlfriend or someone very close to you?" Rinoa asked, staring at the blank ceiling.

"No." Squall simply replied.

"Really? You seem like the type of person to-" Rinoa was about to continue until Squall cut her off.

"Look, I've never had one so just drop it!" Squall demanded.

"Fine." Rinoa replied. There was silence. "Do you hate me?" Rinoa abruptly asked, it wasn't her intention to ask it but it had been on her mind for who knows how long.

"What?" Squall asked, a bit dumbfounded she had asked that question.

"Do you hate me?" She repeated for him, now following through with the question.

"I don't know." Squall simply answered, there was rustling from him once again.

"Figured that would be your answer." Rinoa whispered mostly to herself.

"Why'd you even bother then?" Squall asked her, curiosity getting the better of him.

"I don't know. I guess hope got the better of me." Rinoa said with a smile as she closed her eyes.

"Whatever." Was Squall's reply as he shut his eyes. The word didn't make Rinoa laugh as she was fast asleep.

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A/n: Tee hee... that's the end of this chapter! It wasn't that exciting, I know... but it did advance SOME things, didn't it?