Disclaimer: I do not own any of the final fantasy characters, obviously Square do!
Author's Note: This story is only going to be about 2-3 chapters long but I hope you manage to enjoy it anyway. And also the library girl didn't have a proper name did she? Well, I've called her Suu anyway =P
Zell's daily jog around Garden was almost coming to an end. He headed off towards the library so that he could say hello to his girlfriend. Afterwards he'd go to the cafeteria to get some breakfast, or at least to just see if they had any hot dogs in stock. Hardly anyone seemed to be around this morning, most of the students were probably still asleep. As he turned the corner he almost bumped into a couple of girls who were walking out of the library with a couple of books each.. He smiled at them and they both giggled and quickly walked away.
"Zell! I've been waiting for you."
"Hey, Suu. Sorry I took so long today but I decided to add a bit more onto my run."
"That's OK," the librarian replied. "Means that I'll be going out with the fittest guy in the whole of Garden, and the cutest too."
Zell blushed as she said that and gave her a quick peck on the lips to show his appreciation.
"Oh, before I forget, Squall asked me to give this to you." Suu walked up to the desk and picked up a rectangular black box. She handed it straight to him. "He said that he wanted you to give it to Rinoa for him. He was too busy to do it himself or something."
Zell nodded. He'd give it to Rinoa first and then he'd get something to eat at the cafeteria. Just one problem, where the heck would she be? Her room? No, Squall shares with her so she wouldn't be there. Maybe she'd be in the cafeteria. Yeah, that would be a bonus, he'd get to do too things at once. Hold on, didn't she mention where she was going yesterday? She had something which she had to do.........what was it?
"Zell?" Suu couldn't help but laugh at her boyfriend's confused face as he was trying to think of where Rinoa would be. "Squall also told me to tell you that Rinoa would be in the infirmary having a check up. He knew you'd forget."
"Cheers Suu!" he gave her another kiss but this time it was on the cheek. "I'll see you later."
Suu waved as Zell ran off, full of energy as he always was. But who was to know that such a simple task could turn into utter chaos.....
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"I'm off to go get my breakfast, breakfast, breakfast! I'm off to go get my breakfast wherever it may be!"
Selphie skipped merrily down the hall as her mind was full of all the delights which breakfast held. Toast, jam, cereal, bacon, eggs, orange juice, yoghurt, you name it and the cafeteria probably had it. Well, apart from hot dogs. They were always out of stock much to Zell's horror.
"Hiya Zelly welly!"
"Yeah whatever."
That name, what was with Selphie and that god forsaken name? Zelly welly sounded like some misfit character in a children's book who was always being tricked by the others because he was so dumb.
"Zelly welly wait up! Where are you going? Is it somewhere so important that you can't even say a proper hello to me?" Selphie looked half sad and half excited. It was as though she was really upset that Zell had just walked past her but she was now thinking of all the great and important things which he could be up to. Like a top secret mission which no one was allowed to know about but him.
"Sorry Selphie, it's just that I've got to give something to Rinoa," he apologised.
"Ohhhhhhhh what is it? Tell me Zell! Tell me! Is it something which you don't want anyone to know about? Are you having an affair with Rinoa?! Zell! You've got to stop! What if Squall finds out?!"
Here we go again Zell thought. It was great that Selphie had such a vast imagination and all but sometimes it would just run wild. This was a perfect example of that happening. She would probably go on about it for weeks and then she would just forget about it when something else came up.
"No Selphie, I'm not. Squall wants me to give it to her, he's too busy apparently."
"OK Zell," she winked. "Squall wants you to give it to her. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me. Oh look at the time!"
And with that she skipped off singing some song about what she was going to order for breakfast and how great it was going to taste. Zell breathed a sigh of relief, for a moment there he thought that she was going to follow him all the way to the infirmary which he was in fact now standing in front of. How handy!
Rinoa was sitting next to Dr Kadowaki who was telling her that everything was fine and there was nothing to worry about. As she got up she noticed Zell standing at the door and waved at him.
"Hi Zell, what brings you here?" Rinoa asked.
"This." Zell handed her the box which Suu had given to him. "Squall wanted me to give it to you."
She opened the lid and squealed with delight. It was her necklace! Selphie had broken it when Rinoa let her try it on and Squall promised that he would get it fixed because he knew how much she loved it.
"Thank you Zell!"
"Don't thank me, thank Squall. He's the one that it's from."
He turned to leave but Rinoa grabbed his shoulder. She kissed him lightly on the cheek and smiled.
"That's for Squall."
