Sleeping lion... Squall ended up taking a shower and going right back to his bed. He had no intentions on leaving his room that day. So clothing wasn't a must, but he managed to pull a pair of his gray boxers out and put them on before actually crawling into bed and falling asleep once more. He didn't plan on getting up for a long while.
~*~
Soft knocking... A couple of knocks could be heard on Squall Leonhart's dormitory room door, but only by those who were willing to hear them. Mr. Leonhart, of course, was asleep, so he could not hear them. A moment later, a few more knocks were heard, only they were a tad bit more forceful than the one's before. Again, the knocks were not heard by the sleeping man. After no response from the room, the person on the other side of the door began banging as hard as physically possible on the door. This caused neighbors to peek heads out of their own doors in the direction of this firmly demanding escapade someone was having.
Almost jumping out of his skin, Squall aroused and stood in the middle of his room. He didn't know what to think since he was half-dazed and half-confused from just waking up. Finally realizing what was going on, Squall listened as the banging stopped and a few shouts were exchanged outside his room. He couldn't quite make out what had been said, but who could when they only had a few second to conceal their body?
Soon enough, Squall sensed the door would open. Wondering why it was so cold, he looked at himself and realized that he had on nothing but a pair of boxers. Acting fast and with no time to waste, Squall grabbed the loose comforter off his bed and spun around in one place, wrapping himself up in the thick blanket, and fell to the floor.
The exact moment he sat down on the cold tile floor, his door opened and revealed a hyperactive Selphie and a somewhat irritated Rinoa.
"Squall! You look SO MUCH like a turtle like that!" Selphie was quick to point out the green colour of the blanket and how Squall covered himself with it from the nose and down. Skipping into the room, Selphie was as cheerful as ever. Once Rinoa stepped inside, the room could have froze over. It's a good thing Selphie was in there to give off her radiant energy. Walking over to Squall, Rinoa kept a stern expression on her face, as if Quistis had taken her over. Upon reaching him, she kneeled down and stared at him. He stared back at her, not really knowing what to do.
Rinoa started giggling for no reason at all and Selphie quickly joined her. Soon enough, the room was filled with laughter from the two girls. Squall looked away from Rinoa, suddenly taking interest in his floor, since he was a little annoyed now that three girls had come into his room and laughed at him for something he considered absolutely ridiculous.
"What?" Squall's voice could have been rude and harsh, but his mouth was covered by his blanket, which muffled his voice. "Why is it that you girls insist on pestering me when I have a day off?"
Rinoa and Selphie cleared their throats, stopping their laughter. Squall looked back and forth between the two. Looking at Selphie, he narrowed his eyes at her. She only blinked and tilted her head.
"Yes?" Selphie spoke.
"Out." Squall retorted, his voice still muffled.
"Out?" Selphie wondered what he was talking about. "Out where? Out there?" She pointed to the large window. "Yes? It's snowing and it's getting pretty late, you should ge-"
"Out of the room! You! Go away, Selphie." Squall yelled the words, yet they were *still* muffled. Selphie stared at him for a moment, but turned away, toward the door, an instant later. She didn't let mean things get under her skin, so she exited the way she entered. No sooner has she skipped out of the room, silence fell upon the ones inside it and Rinoa seemed to want Selphie back inside the room to make it go away.
"It was only a joke, Squall." Rinoa sat down on the floor, accidentally bumping into the gunblade case and tipping it over. She tensed up when she listened to the loud bang as it hit the tile floor behind her, but didn't look away from Squall. He merely looked over at the case that now lay on the floor. It's a good thing that cases are meant to protect the contents. He gave Rinoa a short glance before turning away and letting out a sigh. Squall leaned to his right, tipping himself over to lay down on the floor, still covered by his protective blanket. Rinoa giggled at this sight, knowing he was kidding around and since it was a rare sight. She crawled over to him and lay down on the floor, facing him. Lifting a hand, she started to play with his hair.
Squall was smiling, but Rinoa couldn't see, since his mouth was still covered by the blanket. Before she knew it, Squall had opened up his blanket and pulled her inside his protective little world, only to tickle her like there was no tomorrow. The two had grown closer, sharing a lot of emotions and memories, but Squall still had said nothing along the lines of 'I love you,' and neither had Rinoa. Everyone figured they were dating, even if Squall never really asked her to be his girlfriend. Every chance she got, Rinoa was at his side. Every chance Squall got, he was at hers. They were simply meant for each other. But why wouldn't they say it?
Rinoa couldn't help but laugh hysterically, but she was being too loud, and if anyone knew she was in his dorm room alone with him, he could get into a lot of trouble. Squall stopped the tickling and covered Rinoa's mouth.
"Shhh..." With his free hand, Squall held the extended index finger up to his lips a moment, before smiling and pulling both hands back to himself and leaning forward. He kissed her lips softly, feeling the warmth of her cheeks touch his, before pulling away and laying down on his back as Rinoa did the same. For the next few minutes, the two lay there, motionless, staring toward the ceiling they could not see, since the blanket was over their faces. Rinoa blinked and took action by grabbing hold of the blanket and snatching it away from Squall as she stood. Squall sat up and looked at her like she was crazy.
"Give that back this instant, Ms. Heartilly. It's freezing cold." Squall just... sat there. Freezing, because his protective blanket of warmth was stolen from him so suddenly. Rinoa, by now, had rolled the blanket into a ball and was looking down at him.
"I know it is. It's snowing outside... or it was earlier. .....If you'd just put some clothes on, you wouldn't be so cold!" Rinoa laughed as Squall stood. She had only just realized he was wearing only boxers when she spoke. Squall walked to her and snatched the blanket away from her.
"Hey! Why are you being so mean?" Rinoa continued with her laughing. Squall merely shrugged and looked at the blanket. Upon unraveling the blanket, he planned to wrap himself in it again, but Rinoa had halted his actions as her laughter stopped. He looked over at her, only to catch a smiling glance before she had wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tightly. Squall smiled and wrapped her up in the blanket with him. The moment lasted only a second before Rinoa spoke.
"Squall?" Her voice was muffled, as she spoke, but loud enough to hear a mile away. "When was the last time you took a shower?" She pulled back from him and looked him in eyes. Apparently, someone was listening to them, for on the other side of his door, three females broke into laughter.
~*~*~
Selphie, Quistis and Naomi stood in one of the dormitory hallways. They had been whispering to each other about the conversation being held on the other side of the door they were standing in front of. Quistis was the first to comment on the 'when was the last time you took a shower?' statement.
"Hyne! I thought she was going to tell him she loved him. I suppose I shouldn't give my hopes up though." The three young women giggled all at once, but stopped when they realized the room behind the door had fallen silent. They looked at each other and inched their ears toward the door.
Nothing. They couldn't hear a thing. Quistis, ready to leave, stood up straight since she realized their fun was over and turned around to see Irvine, standing as close as physically possible to her. Naturally, when one is caught off guard or startled, it makes them shriek or scream. That is exactly what she did. This reaction caused another, making the other two girls jump forward and hit their foreheads on the door in which they had their faces so close to.
Selphie and Naomi sat down on the door mat and rubbed their pounding foreheads. Quistis, having gathered her composure, narrowed her eyes at the gunman and hit his arms playfully. Irvine laughed, not paying attention to the light taps Quistis was giving him. Smiling, he looked at all three of the ladies before him. How could he manage all of them at the same time? Shaking his head, Irvine held out his hands to Selphie and Naomi, helping them to their feet. He gave a glance to the numbers on the dormitory door.
"Oh!" Irvine realized who it was they had been 'spying' on and jumped to the door, putting his face right up against it. "Did I miss anything?" He tried his hardest to look through the peek hole and into the room, but he had no luck. Quistis, Selphie and Naomi stood off to the side, giggling as they watched Irvine and *his* escapade.
Squall, a rather angry Squall at that, stood at his side of the door, looking through the peek hole himself. Although he couldn't see who it was, he knew it was Irvine Kinneas by the loud voice... and the fact that a very large blue-green eye was blocking his usual view of the hallway. He rolled his eyes and hit the little panel next to his door. The door opened and the six of them stood, staring at one another. Selphie couldn't do anything but help herself to her comment.
"Turtle! See?" Selphie started laughing and Irvine joined his best friend with the same cheerful tone.
"He does look like a turtle wrapped in that blanket." Irvine spoke the words between his laughs. Quistis, Naomi, and even Rinoa, began giggling at Selphie and Irvine's comments.
"Ugh!" Squall released the irritated noise and walked behind Rinoa. "Out." He spoke and pushed her out of the room. This caused Rinoa to laugh even more before turning around and hugging Squall.
"Please come down and see us before the day is over." Rinoa had halted her giggles while speaking to him, but as soon as she was finished, they came back. Squall rolled his eyes as she kissed him on his cheek before walking to the other girls.
"Oh... a light kiss on the cheek to top off what fun the two of you had. What fun indeed." Of course, Irvine had to put his perverted two cents in, but Squall ignored it and the girls were already walking down the hall. As soon as Squall's door had shut, Irvine departed and pursued the girls down the hallway.
~*~*~*~
Zell was passing by Squall's dorm room, his T-board in his arms, as he was humming the catchy tune that they played throughout Garden during the day. He made up lyrics for it in his head as he made his way down the corridor. He had only stepped a few feet down the hall when one of the dorm room doors had opened behind him. Being that he had just passed Squall's door, he turned around, expecting to see him, but there was no one there and all the doors were shut. Kinda creepy...
"...Okay." Zell spoke to himself as he turned around to go on about his way. Fully turned back in the direction he was headed in the first place, Squall stood in front of him, which had startled Zell. This, in reaction, caused Zell to drop his T-board and freak out. "Man! You just like to sca- sneak around a lot, don't you? Raising a brow at the silent guy in front of him, Zell picked up his T-board. *Is he crazy or what?*
"Have you seen the others today?" Squall spoke, without answering Zell's question, feeling it wasn't necessary to do so. He motioned for Zell to walk with him, toward the main dormitory hallway, as he started off.
"Nope. I just woke up... It's almost eight o'clock, I know, but I just HAD to get that new Gameboy Advanced game yesterday. You know, the one that looks like a lap top or somethin'? Anyway, I got this awesome game to go with it and I ended up staying up all night playing it and--" Zell stopped talking when he heard Squall chuckle. "Why... are you just now coming out of your room?" Squall stopped mid-step as Zell asked the question. Zell stopped as well and turned to face him.
"Today is my day off."
"Don't you usually hide in your room all the time when you have a day off?" Squall started walking again and Zell followed, eventually walking at his side.
"I guess." Squall replied.
"Something happen?" Zell asked, looking around the corridor as they turned down the main dormitory hallway that would take them to the circulatory hallway.
"No."
"Okay..."
"Are you hungry?" Squall turned his head to look at Zell as he walked.
"Always." Zell flashed a huge grin as soon as the word was out of his mouth.
"Good. I'm going to Balamb to eat there. Want to come along?"
"Aren't you supposed to ask Rinoa out on a date?" Zell raised a brow, suddenly feeling confused as to why his 'antisocial' friend wants to take him somewhere.
"It's not a date, Zell. ...And Rinoa and I are not dating, so there would be no reason to take her out on one." Squall stopped talking to think about what he had just said. *Rinoa means a lot to me... but it's just so very hard to say something like that... It's so much that it gives me a pain in my stomach just to think about it. I do love her, but no--* Zell was waving his hand in front of Squall's face to get his attention, for he had totally zoned out. Blinking, Squall pushed away Zell's hand and continued with what he was going to say before he mentioned Rinoa. "Just eating something other than hot-dogs and burgers."
"Better be." Zell straightened up as they reached the circular hallway. Squall glanced over at Zell as they passed the Cafeteria hallway. He was still walking with him. So he was going to tag along. This is a good thing. *Hyne... why am I getting into this matchmaking game with the girls? They can be so silly at times.*
"I happened to come across a... some time of magazine in Doctor Kadowaki's office the other day. There are supposed to be a new model of T-boards coming out in Ma-" He was interrupted, but it was alright, since he was lying and all.
"Heeey!" Selphie popped up, from the middle of no where it seemed, in front of the two male SeeDs. Squall had been expecting it, and only blinked at the spunky blob before him and continued with his walk. Zell, on the other hand, grabbed his chest and gasped for much needed air. "Apparently... Someone must be scared of something." Selphie watched Squall leave, but turned her attention back to Zell, since she was talking about him.
"Wha? ...I'm not scared! ..You just... caught me off guard." Zell's voice seemed as if it squeaked when he spoke. He removed his hand from his chest and rubbed the back of his head.
"Paranoid then?" Selphie retorted, smiling to hold back all that laughter inside.
"Oh come on!" Zell looked around to see that Squall has left him behind. "Sel... I... ahh... Have to catch up with Squall. No way I can pass up free food." Pressing a button on his T-board, Zell dropped it to let it hover over the ground. Jumping up on it, he gave Selphie a pat on the head. "Gotta go. See ya!" With that, Zell took off, trying to catch up with Squall, who had gone quite a long way down the hallway.
"Hmmm... He bought it." Selphie watched Zell leave before taking off in her own direction, toward the library. "What a dork." She spoke to herself and began to let out a thick laugh.
~*~
Soft knocking... A couple of knocks could be heard on Squall Leonhart's dormitory room door, but only by those who were willing to hear them. Mr. Leonhart, of course, was asleep, so he could not hear them. A moment later, a few more knocks were heard, only they were a tad bit more forceful than the one's before. Again, the knocks were not heard by the sleeping man. After no response from the room, the person on the other side of the door began banging as hard as physically possible on the door. This caused neighbors to peek heads out of their own doors in the direction of this firmly demanding escapade someone was having.
Almost jumping out of his skin, Squall aroused and stood in the middle of his room. He didn't know what to think since he was half-dazed and half-confused from just waking up. Finally realizing what was going on, Squall listened as the banging stopped and a few shouts were exchanged outside his room. He couldn't quite make out what had been said, but who could when they only had a few second to conceal their body?
Soon enough, Squall sensed the door would open. Wondering why it was so cold, he looked at himself and realized that he had on nothing but a pair of boxers. Acting fast and with no time to waste, Squall grabbed the loose comforter off his bed and spun around in one place, wrapping himself up in the thick blanket, and fell to the floor.
The exact moment he sat down on the cold tile floor, his door opened and revealed a hyperactive Selphie and a somewhat irritated Rinoa.
"Squall! You look SO MUCH like a turtle like that!" Selphie was quick to point out the green colour of the blanket and how Squall covered himself with it from the nose and down. Skipping into the room, Selphie was as cheerful as ever. Once Rinoa stepped inside, the room could have froze over. It's a good thing Selphie was in there to give off her radiant energy. Walking over to Squall, Rinoa kept a stern expression on her face, as if Quistis had taken her over. Upon reaching him, she kneeled down and stared at him. He stared back at her, not really knowing what to do.
Rinoa started giggling for no reason at all and Selphie quickly joined her. Soon enough, the room was filled with laughter from the two girls. Squall looked away from Rinoa, suddenly taking interest in his floor, since he was a little annoyed now that three girls had come into his room and laughed at him for something he considered absolutely ridiculous.
"What?" Squall's voice could have been rude and harsh, but his mouth was covered by his blanket, which muffled his voice. "Why is it that you girls insist on pestering me when I have a day off?"
Rinoa and Selphie cleared their throats, stopping their laughter. Squall looked back and forth between the two. Looking at Selphie, he narrowed his eyes at her. She only blinked and tilted her head.
"Yes?" Selphie spoke.
"Out." Squall retorted, his voice still muffled.
"Out?" Selphie wondered what he was talking about. "Out where? Out there?" She pointed to the large window. "Yes? It's snowing and it's getting pretty late, you should ge-"
"Out of the room! You! Go away, Selphie." Squall yelled the words, yet they were *still* muffled. Selphie stared at him for a moment, but turned away, toward the door, an instant later. She didn't let mean things get under her skin, so she exited the way she entered. No sooner has she skipped out of the room, silence fell upon the ones inside it and Rinoa seemed to want Selphie back inside the room to make it go away.
"It was only a joke, Squall." Rinoa sat down on the floor, accidentally bumping into the gunblade case and tipping it over. She tensed up when she listened to the loud bang as it hit the tile floor behind her, but didn't look away from Squall. He merely looked over at the case that now lay on the floor. It's a good thing that cases are meant to protect the contents. He gave Rinoa a short glance before turning away and letting out a sigh. Squall leaned to his right, tipping himself over to lay down on the floor, still covered by his protective blanket. Rinoa giggled at this sight, knowing he was kidding around and since it was a rare sight. She crawled over to him and lay down on the floor, facing him. Lifting a hand, she started to play with his hair.
Squall was smiling, but Rinoa couldn't see, since his mouth was still covered by the blanket. Before she knew it, Squall had opened up his blanket and pulled her inside his protective little world, only to tickle her like there was no tomorrow. The two had grown closer, sharing a lot of emotions and memories, but Squall still had said nothing along the lines of 'I love you,' and neither had Rinoa. Everyone figured they were dating, even if Squall never really asked her to be his girlfriend. Every chance she got, Rinoa was at his side. Every chance Squall got, he was at hers. They were simply meant for each other. But why wouldn't they say it?
Rinoa couldn't help but laugh hysterically, but she was being too loud, and if anyone knew she was in his dorm room alone with him, he could get into a lot of trouble. Squall stopped the tickling and covered Rinoa's mouth.
"Shhh..." With his free hand, Squall held the extended index finger up to his lips a moment, before smiling and pulling both hands back to himself and leaning forward. He kissed her lips softly, feeling the warmth of her cheeks touch his, before pulling away and laying down on his back as Rinoa did the same. For the next few minutes, the two lay there, motionless, staring toward the ceiling they could not see, since the blanket was over their faces. Rinoa blinked and took action by grabbing hold of the blanket and snatching it away from Squall as she stood. Squall sat up and looked at her like she was crazy.
"Give that back this instant, Ms. Heartilly. It's freezing cold." Squall just... sat there. Freezing, because his protective blanket of warmth was stolen from him so suddenly. Rinoa, by now, had rolled the blanket into a ball and was looking down at him.
"I know it is. It's snowing outside... or it was earlier. .....If you'd just put some clothes on, you wouldn't be so cold!" Rinoa laughed as Squall stood. She had only just realized he was wearing only boxers when she spoke. Squall walked to her and snatched the blanket away from her.
"Hey! Why are you being so mean?" Rinoa continued with her laughing. Squall merely shrugged and looked at the blanket. Upon unraveling the blanket, he planned to wrap himself in it again, but Rinoa had halted his actions as her laughter stopped. He looked over at her, only to catch a smiling glance before she had wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tightly. Squall smiled and wrapped her up in the blanket with him. The moment lasted only a second before Rinoa spoke.
"Squall?" Her voice was muffled, as she spoke, but loud enough to hear a mile away. "When was the last time you took a shower?" She pulled back from him and looked him in eyes. Apparently, someone was listening to them, for on the other side of his door, three females broke into laughter.
~*~*~
Selphie, Quistis and Naomi stood in one of the dormitory hallways. They had been whispering to each other about the conversation being held on the other side of the door they were standing in front of. Quistis was the first to comment on the 'when was the last time you took a shower?' statement.
"Hyne! I thought she was going to tell him she loved him. I suppose I shouldn't give my hopes up though." The three young women giggled all at once, but stopped when they realized the room behind the door had fallen silent. They looked at each other and inched their ears toward the door.
Nothing. They couldn't hear a thing. Quistis, ready to leave, stood up straight since she realized their fun was over and turned around to see Irvine, standing as close as physically possible to her. Naturally, when one is caught off guard or startled, it makes them shriek or scream. That is exactly what she did. This reaction caused another, making the other two girls jump forward and hit their foreheads on the door in which they had their faces so close to.
Selphie and Naomi sat down on the door mat and rubbed their pounding foreheads. Quistis, having gathered her composure, narrowed her eyes at the gunman and hit his arms playfully. Irvine laughed, not paying attention to the light taps Quistis was giving him. Smiling, he looked at all three of the ladies before him. How could he manage all of them at the same time? Shaking his head, Irvine held out his hands to Selphie and Naomi, helping them to their feet. He gave a glance to the numbers on the dormitory door.
"Oh!" Irvine realized who it was they had been 'spying' on and jumped to the door, putting his face right up against it. "Did I miss anything?" He tried his hardest to look through the peek hole and into the room, but he had no luck. Quistis, Selphie and Naomi stood off to the side, giggling as they watched Irvine and *his* escapade.
Squall, a rather angry Squall at that, stood at his side of the door, looking through the peek hole himself. Although he couldn't see who it was, he knew it was Irvine Kinneas by the loud voice... and the fact that a very large blue-green eye was blocking his usual view of the hallway. He rolled his eyes and hit the little panel next to his door. The door opened and the six of them stood, staring at one another. Selphie couldn't do anything but help herself to her comment.
"Turtle! See?" Selphie started laughing and Irvine joined his best friend with the same cheerful tone.
"He does look like a turtle wrapped in that blanket." Irvine spoke the words between his laughs. Quistis, Naomi, and even Rinoa, began giggling at Selphie and Irvine's comments.
"Ugh!" Squall released the irritated noise and walked behind Rinoa. "Out." He spoke and pushed her out of the room. This caused Rinoa to laugh even more before turning around and hugging Squall.
"Please come down and see us before the day is over." Rinoa had halted her giggles while speaking to him, but as soon as she was finished, they came back. Squall rolled his eyes as she kissed him on his cheek before walking to the other girls.
"Oh... a light kiss on the cheek to top off what fun the two of you had. What fun indeed." Of course, Irvine had to put his perverted two cents in, but Squall ignored it and the girls were already walking down the hall. As soon as Squall's door had shut, Irvine departed and pursued the girls down the hallway.
~*~*~*~
Zell was passing by Squall's dorm room, his T-board in his arms, as he was humming the catchy tune that they played throughout Garden during the day. He made up lyrics for it in his head as he made his way down the corridor. He had only stepped a few feet down the hall when one of the dorm room doors had opened behind him. Being that he had just passed Squall's door, he turned around, expecting to see him, but there was no one there and all the doors were shut. Kinda creepy...
"...Okay." Zell spoke to himself as he turned around to go on about his way. Fully turned back in the direction he was headed in the first place, Squall stood in front of him, which had startled Zell. This, in reaction, caused Zell to drop his T-board and freak out. "Man! You just like to sca- sneak around a lot, don't you? Raising a brow at the silent guy in front of him, Zell picked up his T-board. *Is he crazy or what?*
"Have you seen the others today?" Squall spoke, without answering Zell's question, feeling it wasn't necessary to do so. He motioned for Zell to walk with him, toward the main dormitory hallway, as he started off.
"Nope. I just woke up... It's almost eight o'clock, I know, but I just HAD to get that new Gameboy Advanced game yesterday. You know, the one that looks like a lap top or somethin'? Anyway, I got this awesome game to go with it and I ended up staying up all night playing it and--" Zell stopped talking when he heard Squall chuckle. "Why... are you just now coming out of your room?" Squall stopped mid-step as Zell asked the question. Zell stopped as well and turned to face him.
"Today is my day off."
"Don't you usually hide in your room all the time when you have a day off?" Squall started walking again and Zell followed, eventually walking at his side.
"I guess." Squall replied.
"Something happen?" Zell asked, looking around the corridor as they turned down the main dormitory hallway that would take them to the circulatory hallway.
"No."
"Okay..."
"Are you hungry?" Squall turned his head to look at Zell as he walked.
"Always." Zell flashed a huge grin as soon as the word was out of his mouth.
"Good. I'm going to Balamb to eat there. Want to come along?"
"Aren't you supposed to ask Rinoa out on a date?" Zell raised a brow, suddenly feeling confused as to why his 'antisocial' friend wants to take him somewhere.
"It's not a date, Zell. ...And Rinoa and I are not dating, so there would be no reason to take her out on one." Squall stopped talking to think about what he had just said. *Rinoa means a lot to me... but it's just so very hard to say something like that... It's so much that it gives me a pain in my stomach just to think about it. I do love her, but no--* Zell was waving his hand in front of Squall's face to get his attention, for he had totally zoned out. Blinking, Squall pushed away Zell's hand and continued with what he was going to say before he mentioned Rinoa. "Just eating something other than hot-dogs and burgers."
"Better be." Zell straightened up as they reached the circular hallway. Squall glanced over at Zell as they passed the Cafeteria hallway. He was still walking with him. So he was going to tag along. This is a good thing. *Hyne... why am I getting into this matchmaking game with the girls? They can be so silly at times.*
"I happened to come across a... some time of magazine in Doctor Kadowaki's office the other day. There are supposed to be a new model of T-boards coming out in Ma-" He was interrupted, but it was alright, since he was lying and all.
"Heeey!" Selphie popped up, from the middle of no where it seemed, in front of the two male SeeDs. Squall had been expecting it, and only blinked at the spunky blob before him and continued with his walk. Zell, on the other hand, grabbed his chest and gasped for much needed air. "Apparently... Someone must be scared of something." Selphie watched Squall leave, but turned her attention back to Zell, since she was talking about him.
"Wha? ...I'm not scared! ..You just... caught me off guard." Zell's voice seemed as if it squeaked when he spoke. He removed his hand from his chest and rubbed the back of his head.
"Paranoid then?" Selphie retorted, smiling to hold back all that laughter inside.
"Oh come on!" Zell looked around to see that Squall has left him behind. "Sel... I... ahh... Have to catch up with Squall. No way I can pass up free food." Pressing a button on his T-board, Zell dropped it to let it hover over the ground. Jumping up on it, he gave Selphie a pat on the head. "Gotta go. See ya!" With that, Zell took off, trying to catch up with Squall, who had gone quite a long way down the hallway.
"Hmmm... He bought it." Selphie watched Zell leave before taking off in her own direction, toward the library. "What a dork." She spoke to herself and began to let out a thick laugh.
