Here comes the truth.

I might be wrong.

Quistis awoke late that same morning, relieved to see that she was in her normal surroundings, safe and warm in her bed and within easy reach of her old teddy bear, Shamus. She sighed and rolled over towards the wall, recalling the events of a few hours ago. She remembered all of the shameful occasion, much to her dismay. Thinking back, she was more of a bitch to Seifer than she usually was, and she thought that it must have been pretty damn hard for him to keep his cool after all the things she had said and done to him. The tables had turned. Usually it was Seifer who hurled abuse at her when she tried to help, but now it was her was being unnecessarily mean, and he actually saved her life. 'I wonder what he's doing now' she thought, 'I wonder if he cares.' She dismissed these thoughts, and pulled her weary not to mention hung over self into a sitting position. "Oh Seifer." She sighed.

"You rang?" She gasped in shock at the sound of his rich voice, and scanned the room for him. Her heart raced when she saw his grey coat slung over her desk, but soon continued searching for him. Her eyes focused on the wicker chair next to her chest of drawers. He was there, slumped, with his arms crossed and his gaze upon her. "Hyne Quistis you are so slow this morning, I wonder why." He laughed at his own comment. "Yeah I guess you're wondering why I'm here. I'll get straight to the point. You fell asleep on me and I carried you here, through much protest I may add. You're really heavy you know."

"Oh, I see." She said quietly, hiding the amusement in her voice. Seeing him carrying her through Garden must have been a sight to see. "There was no reason to stay though. I was asleep. What would I of done?" He took hold of the sides of the chair, and heaved his heavy aching form from it. Sighing, he walked over to her. "As a matter of a fact, I did. Just think for a minute will you? You were there you know what happened. You know as well as I do that you would undoubtedly do it again if my back was turned." Quistis let out of bed, despite the thumping headache and the sickly feeling of nausea washing over her. She raised a finger and pointed it in his chest. "Now look. I do not need some kind of babysitter, especially you. "

"What the hell does that mean? So you don't think that I did it because maybe I was worried about you? I do have a once of compassion you know. Not many people would just walk away without trying to be the hero, and that includes me too."

"So you wanted to have the glory? Have people praise you for once perhaps…that seems more likely than you caring."

"Hyne Quistis what is this all about? I saved your life, why does which make me bad? But I'll tell you something; this would be a different story if Squall were standing here right now."

"Don't you dare bring him into this!" She cried, in a state of enrage.

"Oh you know it's true. You are so disappointed that you found a traitor like me saved your life instead of your precious puberty boy."

"That's shit Almasy!" She spat.

"No… It is very true. You have always had some kind of hatred towards me haven't you? Even before Ultimecia." His voice was raised now, and the two youths were almost nose to nose, both uncaring of how many people could here this tender argument.

"You tried to destroy everything important to me, how can I forgive you so easily?"

"Don't twist this. That has nothing to do with it. You know I wasn't in control of my mind when Ultimecia was alive. I'm still paying for that as you know, and I have learnt some valuable lessons from that too. I have changed"

"NO!" She screamed. "You will never change! You will always be the selfish bastard who taunted me and always made out I was nothing. I tried to help you, but I see now that it was a waste of time because you will never be a SeeD. This is not some kind of game."

"If I thought it was, I wouldn't be here again would I? SeeD is an important aspect in my life, and I really want to succeed. And before all this happened, I still had the same dreams. I wanted to prove you wrong, but I never could because there was always Squall. He got everything I wanted, and I always wondered why I was always inferior to him. What the hell did he have that I couldn't give you? I had the strength, I had the intellect, and I had feelings too, and if you weren't so bitter and harsh to me, I would have shown you. But you never gave me the time of day. You just gave up on me, and labelled me a failure as soon as I entered your classroom. I wish you could be proud of me, at least once, but you are so right. I will never change, and I will always be a failure in your eyes and mine"

Seifer's voice was trembling, and both of them were shocked at the sudden outburst of honest truth. For him, he had never dreamed of letting out on how he felt, and he was angry with her for making him do it. "Thank you for your gratitude Trepe. I'll never forget it." He said mockingly as he looked at her for one last time. And as she opened her mouth to share her feelings also, she found him already gone. She had lost her chance.

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Well that's finally done…and probably a bit over dramatic, but I'm not exactly brilliant at this. Anyway, please R+R. J Thanks!

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