Disclaimer: I don't own the characters! WEEE!!! I'm not making any money off of this. (except for the people that are trying to pay me to STOP writing it… right) There are yaoi themes in this!! That mean m/m relationships. There are m/f relationships too. There is incest. But, come on, it's such a beautiful coupling. Okay, that's it. I don't own theme, no money for the poor in-debt high school student. *Sprays "Lawyer-b-Gone"*

Love and Loss: Chapter 4

            "Good Afternoon, President Loire."

            "Good afternoon… Ms. Heartily…" Laguna ground out, as he motioned for Rinoa to have a seat.

            As she did, he sat behind his desk and said, "What can I do for you?"

            "Oh! Well ya see Laguna." She said, happily, Laguna flinching at the informal use of his name, "May I call you Laguna? Anyway! I wanted to get to know you, since your son and I are pretty serious. And you being his dad, I figured that you'd like to get to know me too!"

            By the end of her rambling, Laguna had gone pale, and his knuckles were white as he clutched the desk, "R…really? He hasn't said much to me…"

            "Well, you know Squall. He's very shy." She smiled, as she leaned over, whispering secretively, "I'm pretty sure he's actually planning to propose soon."

She giggled, and Laguna turned green, almost knocking over a glass of water, "But don't tell him I said anything. He'd kill me!"

            "No problem there…" Laguna murmured, as he took a sip of the water.

            Rinoa glanced at her watch, "Shoot! I'm late for my manicure. I'll call you and we can go have lunch or something… soon!"

            Laguna, not even able to stand, just stared at her as she flounced out of the office. The moment the door closed, he banged his head on the desk, "Well…I guess it's really… over…"

            He felt a fresh wave of tears fill his eyes, and he searched his desk for a box of Kleenex. Then, his hand hit cold metal and he slowly pulled out a revolver. He sat there staring at it and thought, "What's the point…? Without Squall… what's the point?"

            The secretary popped her head in the room and said, "Sir? Mr. Seagil wanted to let you know that he's leaving for the night."

            Laguna sighed and put the gun away, "Thank you, Marie…"

            She turned to leave and Laguna said, "Hey Marie… Are you busy tonight?"

            She smiled and said, "Not at all, sir."

            "Wanna come to dinner with me?"

            "That would be lovely, sir."

            Laguna smiled, and grabbed his coat, standing next to her, offering his arm, "Call me Laguna."

She took it and smiled up at him,  "Alright, Laguna…"

            He smiled back, hitting the lights, as they walked out of his office.

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