Chapter 6: Fishing and Talking
+Quistis+
There he was, clear as day, standing in front of me. If I had known that Seifer was staying in FH, I wouldn't have come here. As if Garden wasn't bad enough. He was just standing there, staring at me. That's when I remembered I had changed my appearance. I was convinced, right then and there that it had worked. He didn't know who I was, but why was he staring at me like that.
"Seifer, what are you staring at?" asked Raijin. In my shock, I hadn't noticed that Raijin and Fujin were with him. Seifer didn't say anything, he was just staring at me.
"WOMAN," said Fujin.
"Oh, I see, ya know?" Seifer started walking toward me. I felt my stomach drop to the floor. He had a smirk on his face, to come talk to me. When he finally reached me, his smirk faded quickly. His look of enrapturement quickly fading with the smirk. It had turned into a look of shock, of disbelief.
"Instructor Trepe... what an, interesting surprise..." He spoke slowly, choosing his words carefully.
I gave him a curt nod and then said, "Seifer." I grabbed my things and started to leave, leaving Seifer staring after me. As I walked past Fujin and Raijin, I stopped and turned around. "I'll be leaving FH tomorrow then. Seems like there is no point in me staying here, wouldn't want you to think anything." I then turned back around and started walking again.
]*|Seifer|*[
I watched her walk away. Quistis Trepe, what was she doing here? She should be at Garden. And what was she talking about? What would I think? That Garden wanted her to keep an eye on me? They'd probably use Squall for that. I then decided that I was going to talk to her. There was something different about her.
"SEIFER?" Fujin was watching me walk after Quistis.
"Seifer, where ya goin'?"
"After her. I need to find out why she's here."
"Why's it mean so much to you, ya know? Just let her go." He had a point, why did I care? But I just continued following her.
When I got far enough away from them, I called out to her. "Instructor!" She stopped and turned around. The way she was looking at me... she looked so hurt.
"What is it, Seifer? I already told you that I would leave tomorrow. I just got here today, and I'm tired."
"Where are you staying?"
"What? Why do you care?" Point taken... "I'm staying at the hotel."
"Why don't you stay with us?" What? Was this me talking?
"Seifer?? Are you crazy? Did Ultimecia screw with something in your head?"
"Don't mention that name again!"
"Alright..."
I walked over to her. "I've been doing a lot of thinking since... since then. I figure why be angry at everyone all the time? Just... no, you go to the hotel. It's been nice seeing you again." I turned away from her, walking back toward Raijin and Fujin.
"Wait!"
+Quistis+
I couldn't believe I was doing this. Seifer stopped in his tracks, but didn't turn around. "Come to the hotel later... at 7." I couldn't believe what I had just said, but I needed someone to talk to. Since Seifer was here, might as well be him.
"Fine."
"Alone."
"Fine." He continued walking away. I sighed and walked toward the hotel. I got the key to my room and walked up the stairs. I opened the door and went toward the bed. I collapsed on the bed and slept.
~"I will always be here for you..." He smiled at me, and grabbed my hand.
"Don't ever leave me." I could feel the tears well up in my eyes.
"I won't, I swear. You're stuck with me." I smiled at him, looking into his deep blue eyes. He took me into his arms, stroking my hair gently...~
I woke up, stretching. The dream still fuzzily playing tricks on my mind. At that time, I thought it was Squall that I had the dream about. I looked at the clock. 6:00. I had an hour before Seifer would be here. I rummaged around the bag with my clothes in it. I picked out a pair of dark blue jeans and a black spaghetti strap tank top. I was sweatting, and I didn't care if Seifer thought I was coming on to him.
I freshened up a bit in the bathroom, trying to style my hair, to no luck. I just let it loose, still not used to the short, red hair and green eyes staring back at me. I left the bathroom and looked at the clock again. 6:45, fifteen minutes left. I decided to go wait for him in the lobby, so I left my room and went downstairs. I wondered how that night would turn out.
]*|Seifer|*[
I was shocked that she had asked me to come by the hotel that night, but I didn't let it show on my face. I walked back to Fujin and Raijin. I walked past them, and picked up my fishing pole. "We goin' fishing or what?"
"Seifer, what happened?" asked Raijin.
"Nothing. She didn't say a damn thing to me. She's leaving tomorrow anyway, so what's it matter?" I started walking to the fishing spot, Fujin and Raijin following closely behind me. The rest of the day was normal, well, on the outside it was. Inside, I couldn't stop thinking about Quistis. Why, of all people, was it her that I couldn't get out of my head? We never got along, but why did she want to talk to me? A tug of the pole brought me back to the present.
"Seifer, ya got one!"
"Yea..." This fish was a fighter. "I'm not letting you go!" The pole threatened to snap in half, but I knew the limits of it. It takes a lot to make a pole snap in half, and this fish wasn't one of them. I started reeling it in, stop occassionally for some slack in the line. I finally got the fish up, holding it up for the other two to see.
"Whoa..."
"I told you this was a better spot," I said, grinning. Yes, me Seifer, grinning about a fish. The rest of the day was pretty much the same. We gathered our fish up and left. Raijin and Fujin headed off toward the market where we sell the fish, but I stopped. Raijin turned around to say something to me, but realized I wasn't there.
"Seifer, why'd you stop?"
"You guys go sell these, I have something I need to do." I walked up to them and them my fish.
"WHERE?"
"Just gonna take a walk. I'll be back later tonight." I looked at my watch. It was 6:30. A nice long day of fishing, to be ended off with talking to Quistis. I waved to the two of them, walking of toward the hotel. I stopped a few blocks away from it though. "I smell like fish. I can't talk to her like this..." I ran toward our house, and quickly washed up. By the time I was done, it was 6:58. Two minutes to get there. I ran out of the house, toward the hotel. I got there a few minutes late, but it was alright. I would explain to her what happened. I walked into the lobby and saw her sitting on a chair, dosing off. She looks good with red hair... what am I thinking? What's wrong with me?
A/N: Seifer and Quistis talked! Uh, I realize that this is a bit OOC, and I'm sorry for that. Well, anyways... You know what to do, review, and tell me what you think!
+Quistis+
There he was, clear as day, standing in front of me. If I had known that Seifer was staying in FH, I wouldn't have come here. As if Garden wasn't bad enough. He was just standing there, staring at me. That's when I remembered I had changed my appearance. I was convinced, right then and there that it had worked. He didn't know who I was, but why was he staring at me like that.
"Seifer, what are you staring at?" asked Raijin. In my shock, I hadn't noticed that Raijin and Fujin were with him. Seifer didn't say anything, he was just staring at me.
"WOMAN," said Fujin.
"Oh, I see, ya know?" Seifer started walking toward me. I felt my stomach drop to the floor. He had a smirk on his face, to come talk to me. When he finally reached me, his smirk faded quickly. His look of enrapturement quickly fading with the smirk. It had turned into a look of shock, of disbelief.
"Instructor Trepe... what an, interesting surprise..." He spoke slowly, choosing his words carefully.
I gave him a curt nod and then said, "Seifer." I grabbed my things and started to leave, leaving Seifer staring after me. As I walked past Fujin and Raijin, I stopped and turned around. "I'll be leaving FH tomorrow then. Seems like there is no point in me staying here, wouldn't want you to think anything." I then turned back around and started walking again.
]*|Seifer|*[
I watched her walk away. Quistis Trepe, what was she doing here? She should be at Garden. And what was she talking about? What would I think? That Garden wanted her to keep an eye on me? They'd probably use Squall for that. I then decided that I was going to talk to her. There was something different about her.
"SEIFER?" Fujin was watching me walk after Quistis.
"Seifer, where ya goin'?"
"After her. I need to find out why she's here."
"Why's it mean so much to you, ya know? Just let her go." He had a point, why did I care? But I just continued following her.
When I got far enough away from them, I called out to her. "Instructor!" She stopped and turned around. The way she was looking at me... she looked so hurt.
"What is it, Seifer? I already told you that I would leave tomorrow. I just got here today, and I'm tired."
"Where are you staying?"
"What? Why do you care?" Point taken... "I'm staying at the hotel."
"Why don't you stay with us?" What? Was this me talking?
"Seifer?? Are you crazy? Did Ultimecia screw with something in your head?"
"Don't mention that name again!"
"Alright..."
I walked over to her. "I've been doing a lot of thinking since... since then. I figure why be angry at everyone all the time? Just... no, you go to the hotel. It's been nice seeing you again." I turned away from her, walking back toward Raijin and Fujin.
"Wait!"
+Quistis+
I couldn't believe I was doing this. Seifer stopped in his tracks, but didn't turn around. "Come to the hotel later... at 7." I couldn't believe what I had just said, but I needed someone to talk to. Since Seifer was here, might as well be him.
"Fine."
"Alone."
"Fine." He continued walking away. I sighed and walked toward the hotel. I got the key to my room and walked up the stairs. I opened the door and went toward the bed. I collapsed on the bed and slept.
~"I will always be here for you..." He smiled at me, and grabbed my hand.
"Don't ever leave me." I could feel the tears well up in my eyes.
"I won't, I swear. You're stuck with me." I smiled at him, looking into his deep blue eyes. He took me into his arms, stroking my hair gently...~
I woke up, stretching. The dream still fuzzily playing tricks on my mind. At that time, I thought it was Squall that I had the dream about. I looked at the clock. 6:00. I had an hour before Seifer would be here. I rummaged around the bag with my clothes in it. I picked out a pair of dark blue jeans and a black spaghetti strap tank top. I was sweatting, and I didn't care if Seifer thought I was coming on to him.
I freshened up a bit in the bathroom, trying to style my hair, to no luck. I just let it loose, still not used to the short, red hair and green eyes staring back at me. I left the bathroom and looked at the clock again. 6:45, fifteen minutes left. I decided to go wait for him in the lobby, so I left my room and went downstairs. I wondered how that night would turn out.
]*|Seifer|*[
I was shocked that she had asked me to come by the hotel that night, but I didn't let it show on my face. I walked back to Fujin and Raijin. I walked past them, and picked up my fishing pole. "We goin' fishing or what?"
"Seifer, what happened?" asked Raijin.
"Nothing. She didn't say a damn thing to me. She's leaving tomorrow anyway, so what's it matter?" I started walking to the fishing spot, Fujin and Raijin following closely behind me. The rest of the day was normal, well, on the outside it was. Inside, I couldn't stop thinking about Quistis. Why, of all people, was it her that I couldn't get out of my head? We never got along, but why did she want to talk to me? A tug of the pole brought me back to the present.
"Seifer, ya got one!"
"Yea..." This fish was a fighter. "I'm not letting you go!" The pole threatened to snap in half, but I knew the limits of it. It takes a lot to make a pole snap in half, and this fish wasn't one of them. I started reeling it in, stop occassionally for some slack in the line. I finally got the fish up, holding it up for the other two to see.
"Whoa..."
"I told you this was a better spot," I said, grinning. Yes, me Seifer, grinning about a fish. The rest of the day was pretty much the same. We gathered our fish up and left. Raijin and Fujin headed off toward the market where we sell the fish, but I stopped. Raijin turned around to say something to me, but realized I wasn't there.
"Seifer, why'd you stop?"
"You guys go sell these, I have something I need to do." I walked up to them and them my fish.
"WHERE?"
"Just gonna take a walk. I'll be back later tonight." I looked at my watch. It was 6:30. A nice long day of fishing, to be ended off with talking to Quistis. I waved to the two of them, walking of toward the hotel. I stopped a few blocks away from it though. "I smell like fish. I can't talk to her like this..." I ran toward our house, and quickly washed up. By the time I was done, it was 6:58. Two minutes to get there. I ran out of the house, toward the hotel. I got there a few minutes late, but it was alright. I would explain to her what happened. I walked into the lobby and saw her sitting on a chair, dosing off. She looks good with red hair... what am I thinking? What's wrong with me?
A/N: Seifer and Quistis talked! Uh, I realize that this is a bit OOC, and I'm sorry for that. Well, anyways... You know what to do, review, and tell me what you think!
