Last Revenge



Chapter 2: I'm fine!



*~*~*~Squall's POV~*~*~*



Last thing she said was my name... I couldn't get that out of my head, how I wished she was alright. Along with Zell I had managed to get Rinoa to Doctor Kadowaki without drawing any attention from anyone. And now she was in there with the Garden's only doctor and here I sat, Zell anxiously walking circles beside me. I felt so frantic within myself, if something would happen to her I.....I don't know what then. After a few minuts I became frustrated, why was this happening to her, what was it with, nothing worse, just a simply flew. She would not pass out with simply a flew now would she?

I heard Zell pace beside me, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, each time the same way, each time the same sound. Eventually the sounds were getting at me and I reached out my hand, got a firm hold of Zell's jacket and threw him upon the chair beside me. "Please Stop Doing That" I had lost my selfcontrole, the ease I normally had, but I did not care, all that mattered was Rinoa....



*~*~*~Normal POV~*~*~*



The chair almost fell over when Zell was thrown against it and he raised his eyebrow at Squall, who kept on looking downwards. Then tried to keep quiet beside the young SeeD commander. He understood Squall a bit after all this time and knew better then to agitate Squall at such times. The clock ticked on and it was about midnight, the fireworks were about to start. A small tear formed quietly in Squall's eye when he noticed that. A little more then a year ago.... their dance, the shooting star and the fireworks which ended the amazing chemistry Squall then had with a girl he had never known. Quickly and unnoticeable the SeeD commander had wiped it away, not wanting to look weak in anyone's eyes.

It was only a minuts after the fireworks had started when Dr. Kadowaki came out of the small room in which she had treated the young girl. Squall immediatly stood and anxiously waited for the doctors conclusion. She smiled reasurring and walked up to Squall, putting a comforting hand upon his shoulder, "She is just fine Squall, she only managed to draw to much strenght from herself,"she removed her hands from his shoulders and located her eyes upon the two boys. "She must take rest, A Lot of rest, so keep her bedridden for the upcoming two or three days, she should be just fine after that. I trust you will look after her?" she asked them. Both nodded and Squall opened his mouth to speak a well meant 'thank you', but the doctor stopped him. "No need commander" she whispered as she moved aside to let Squall to his loved one.



*~*~*~~Rinoa's POV~*~*~*



I opened my eyes slowly and realised it was already night, what had happend? Have I missed the party? The last waltz...the fireworks? I blinked a couple of times and moved my hand towards the switch of my light. I turned on the light and yawned widely, I felt terribly tired once more. This has been going on for so long now and for some reason Doctor Kadowaki could not find the reason for it. I stretched myself and tried to keep my eyes open, sleep was ever so welcome, yet I needed to know what had happend first. With eyes closed I sat myself straight up and tried to remember what had happend. The dizzyness in my head was not helping at all, it was only confusing me more. I had to find Squall, he could tell me what had happend. Last I remembered I was with him and Zell and I got so terribly dizzy and tired all of a sudden. I opened my eyes and looked around me, squinting them a bit 'cause they still needed to adjust to the light. I looked over to my left side and was a bit startled by what I saw, Squall, on a chair beside my bed. He was asleep though, bend over on the edge of my bed, fallen asleep on his own arms. I smiled at the sight, he must've watched over me...

I adverted my eyes to the clock and found out it was about 3 am, yeah, I had missed the party. I sighed of frustration, I hated what happened to me, I hated my tiredness, my tight feeling in my chest, the coughing, the dizzyness, all of it. Ofcourse I had not told the doctor all of this, no point in fussing over little old me was there? I will be fine! I told myself this over and over again, which made the lies easier to make. I sighed again and moved my left hand over to Squall's head as I gently stroked through his hairs. "Squall", "Squall, wake up", I kept on whispering to him until finally he woke up.

"Hey" I smiled at him. His eyes also needed to adjust for a moment, but it did not take him long before he realised what was going on. I saw in his eyes he wanted to jump around my neck in excitement, to cry of happiness, but ofcourse he restrained himself and his eyes stopped showing his emotions... that was Squall once more. I had often tried to change him and I was succeeding a bit, at times he really did show his emotions, but I knew he always cared. He even tries to fake himself at times, but I know him far too well, I know when he feels certain things and when he does not, like now...

"You are awake" he only spoke, his voice giving away his concern. I nodded at him, "what happend?". And he explained it to me, what had happend and what was to happen the upcoming days. Ofcourse I disagreed, being bedridden was more awfull than anything! Besides, I would have to leave Angelo to someone else! In the end I had convinced Squall and made him promise he would not keep me bedridden for over two days. I had to promise him I would get some sleep those two days and to do nothing to exhaust myself. Actually I needed the rest I could get in the upcoming two days, I really was over the edge, so exhausted I could not lift my own two hands easily.

"I have to go..." Squall spoke after a long silence. Was I actually doing the same thing Squall always did? Were we both actually thinking for over a minute in silence? I shook my head and hoped I would not make this a habit, like it was Squalls and nodded at him. "I know" I spoke softly and dissapointed. "Well...ehhm...please take it easy then, I will bring you breakfast in the morning". I raised my eyebrows, was he actually serious? Was he leaving me like this? I saw him walking towards my door, preparing to leave. He was, wasn't he?

"Sit" I ordered him as I pointed my finger towards the seat he was sitting on before. He looked confused, but obeyed silently. "Please do not be like this, you can show me you love me you know....it ain't no crime and I promise I won't tell anyone else" I smiled at him.

He lowered his head and closed his eyes, in thought once more... then he nodded! "I am sorry Rinoa, you know I care about you more than anything...I...I just do not always know how to express myself, I am still not used to it" he spoke honestly. I nodded, "I know, but I am glad you can sometimes to me, I need to hear it sometimes too...need to know I am special" I felt sad inside, was I special? I did not feel special at all, I felt guilty for lying and I still was not one of them, I wasn't special at all....

"You are always special to me my angel, I.....I.....I love you" I finally heard. Tears flooded to my eyes as I lifted my head and enclosed myself in the warm embrace waiting for me. "I know you are not one of the orphanage gang Rinoa, but that is what makes you special. You are still one of us, even without that connection, you have opened our hearts on your own...."

For minuts I lay there in his embrace until weariness caught up with me once more. Squall had noticed and lay me back to bed, kissing me softly on my forehead. "I will be back by morning" he whispered as he turned out my light and left. I almost instantly fell asleep with a most wonderfull feeling.



*~*~*~Normal POV~*~*~*



All of the gang, but Seifer and Squall sat at a cafetaria table, grave faces turned to another. It had been only moments ago when Zell had told the others what had happend the other night. Ofcourse it was not a disaster or anything, yet they all felt sad at it. Irvine and Selphie holding hands tightly, Quistis silently staring at the ceiling, Zell playing absently with his food. "C'mon guys, she's going to be just fine! After a few days of rest she will be her old self, it's no use for us to worry about it" Irvine finally spoke, his optimistic words always there when needed. Selphie nodded and chimed in, "We just have to make it as pleasurable as we can for her! Angelo needs walking and she probably hates this bedridden-thing!". Irvine smiled at the cheerfullness of his new girlfriend and felt an inner happiness running through his veins just by looking at her. "Indeed" Quistis agreed smiling. All now looked at Zell, who had his doubts because of worry, but they had him convinced soon. "ALRIGHT! Let's do it!".

"I'll go get Angelo and take him for a walk" Quistis offered. "I'll find Squall, see how he's holding up. Believe he was training in the training center" Zell said. "He was," Quistis confirmed, "working off his own concern and frustration probably". Zell nodded and headed off with Quistis.

Smiling Irvine turned to Selphie, "C'mon sunshine, let's surprise Rinoa with our visit" he spoke. "Tee-hee!" Selphie agreed as she hugged her boyfriend, "You are the greatest Irvy, you cheered everybody up! I luv u!". She kissed him on the lips fully, then headed off. Irvine, caught off guard by the sudden kiss and the wonderfull feeling it gave him, realised a ten seconds to late she was already gone and ran after her....







Rinoa had felt a lot better thanks to her friends support and cheerfullness. But still she kept certain things to herself, the oppressed breathing, the dizziness and the blood she had coughed up a couple of times. And how these things did not leave her, she kept them hidden and kept lying when people asked her how she was doing. Often she had the need to tell Squall and the others how things really were, but she would not want to be the cause of their worry and stress. It was nothing, she had convinced herself. The two days she had to remain bedridden were not as long as she had imagined them to be, her friends had helped her go through them. She seemed to get well with the passing of days, sometimes a cold would hit her badly again, but she would outrun it in a day or two. Her secret illnesses even seemed to come less often....



All could not have been better for her, until one day..................................