"Squall, are we nearly there?"
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"Are we nearly there yet?"
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"Arrrrrrrrre we nearly there YET?"
"Selphie, shut up for Hynes sake before I turn this thing right around and head back to the garden."
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After what seemed like forever, the Ragnarok finally landed. It was already dark, Selphie was the first out and ran up the steps. She burst into the old orphanage. Memories flooded back as she mindlessly wondered through the rooms. Selphie walked outside and into the small room outside the orphanage, it was where she used to go and just sit for hours on end, usually with Zell or Irvy. She looked around and sat in the middle of the floor. She heard everyone outside laughing and joking about the past. "I don't want to grow old. I want to stay young.I want to stay here."
"Selph! Come on! You hungry?!" Selphie got up and wondered outside, it was dark and she could make out the fire fluttering in the wind out on the beach. She smiled and ran down the steps. "Come on Selph, eat up." Selphie looked at Rinoa, who was sitting next to Squall.
Selphie sat down and looked at her food, "I'm not hungry." She laid on her back and stared at the sky.
About an hour later, Selphie sat up; everybody was busy talking to everyone else. Seifer was even talking to Quistis. ".I'm going to go.and looked around." Selphie stood up and slowly walked away back up the stairs.
"What's wrong with her?" Seifer looked at Selphie's retreating back.
"She must be a little bummed about being back here." Zell sighed, "should someone go talk to her?"
Squall shook his head, "no. We all know Selph, when she calm like that, she needs to be on her own." Squall sighed.
Seifer shook his head, "I'm going for a walk." She got up and followed Selphie.
Irvine watched him, "He's been quiet too.He hasn't offended any of us since we've been here.and he's even had proper conversations with us."
Rinoa giggled, "hey! Make the most of it, I have a feeling it's the whole being back 'home' hitting him."
The others nodded and watched Seifer walk up the steps, Selphie just ahead of him. Zell sighed and looked around, "hey, remember the fireworks?"
The little group carried on telling stories in the moonlight. Selphie went back to the little room she was sitting in before. She sat in the middle of the room and looked around, she jumped when he door opened. She looked at the door and Seifer walked in gently shutting the door behind him. "Hey, you ok?" Seifer sat next to Selphie and looked at her.
"What do you care?"
Seifer shrugged, "I guess, it's this room. Every time you were upset.usually because Zell or Irvine had stolen you teddy, I'd come find you.and ask 'you ok?'"
Selphie looked at Seifer, "you remember all that?" Selphie seemed shocked that Seifer would remember things back then when he didn't care about the group anymore.
"Yeah. I remember most things that happened in this orphanage." Seifer looked at the ground and bit his lip a little, something only Selphie had ever seen before.
"What's the matter?" Selphie looked at Seifer and caught his gaze, she noticed his confused expression and she giggled a little. "You always used to bite your lip when either you were truly nervous or upset."
Seifer chuckled. "You know more about me than Fujin and Raijin!"
Selphie giggled and nodded, "yeah I think I do!" She smiled and looked around, "I use to love this room."
".No-one ever bothered with you when you came here.you always went all quiet and shy.and they weren't sure what happened."
".Yeah.but there was always one person who actually came to see if I was ok.even if I tried to kick him."
"You know, that use to hurt!"
Selphie looked at Seifer and giggled, "Sorry." She smiled innocently. "Hey! Do you remember the day before you left? You didn't want to leave and spend the whole day and night in this room." Selphie stood up and spun around.
"Yeah. I didn't want to go without taking you guys with me.even Zell. So I thought that if I locked myself in this room, I'd be ok."
"Cept you couldn't reach the lock!" Selphie giggled. "I spent that whole day and night in here with you!"
"Yeah, yeah you did. Every so often you'd slip in a little kiss on my cheek. Blushing worse than anyone." Seifer looked at Selphie who was blushing. He smirked.
"Oh, that's because I thought I'd never see you again!"
"You never did it to anyone else when they left!"
"Oh!" Selphie sat back down next to Seifer and giggled, "that's because I-"
"-Had a huge crush on me." Selphie looked at Seifer shocked. "Quisty told me the day I ran into this room."
Selphie pouted, "I'm sooooo going to kill her!"
"Why? It was ages ago right?"
Selphie nodded, "yeah! But still.she promised she wouldn't tell anyone!" She pouted and crossed her arms across her chest.
Seifer shook his head and chuckled quietly. "I guess.when we were young we didn't realize what we were doing.or how we really felt."
Selphie nodded and sighed, "I don't want to grow up.I want to stay here.forever." she looked at the ground and a small tear dropped down her cheek.
"Hey." Seifer put his hand to her cheek and gently made him face her, "this is not the Selphie I grew up with. Where did that smile go? All that buzzing hyperness that drove us all crazy?" He grinned and Selphie looked at him.
"It flew out the window. Like my teddy bear did when a certain boy threw it away. In a mood." She smiled a little and Seifer's grin grew wider.
"Yeah, sorry about that, you really did drive me up the wall back then."
"And what about now?" Selphie knew she was pushing her luck by asking that but she had to know.
"Well.you still drive me mad sometimes. But I think I like it." He leaned towards her, and pressed his lips against hers. Selphie pulled away and looked at Seifer. "Selph."
"Damn you Seifer." Selphie whispered and got up and quickly got out the room. Selphie shut the door and leant against it, she looked up at the sky. 'Why? Why now?'
Seifer watched her go and stood up, he kicked a box, sending it flying across the room.
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"Are we nearly there yet?"
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"Arrrrrrrrre we nearly there YET?"
"Selphie, shut up for Hynes sake before I turn this thing right around and head back to the garden."
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After what seemed like forever, the Ragnarok finally landed. It was already dark, Selphie was the first out and ran up the steps. She burst into the old orphanage. Memories flooded back as she mindlessly wondered through the rooms. Selphie walked outside and into the small room outside the orphanage, it was where she used to go and just sit for hours on end, usually with Zell or Irvy. She looked around and sat in the middle of the floor. She heard everyone outside laughing and joking about the past. "I don't want to grow old. I want to stay young.I want to stay here."
"Selph! Come on! You hungry?!" Selphie got up and wondered outside, it was dark and she could make out the fire fluttering in the wind out on the beach. She smiled and ran down the steps. "Come on Selph, eat up." Selphie looked at Rinoa, who was sitting next to Squall.
Selphie sat down and looked at her food, "I'm not hungry." She laid on her back and stared at the sky.
About an hour later, Selphie sat up; everybody was busy talking to everyone else. Seifer was even talking to Quistis. ".I'm going to go.and looked around." Selphie stood up and slowly walked away back up the stairs.
"What's wrong with her?" Seifer looked at Selphie's retreating back.
"She must be a little bummed about being back here." Zell sighed, "should someone go talk to her?"
Squall shook his head, "no. We all know Selph, when she calm like that, she needs to be on her own." Squall sighed.
Seifer shook his head, "I'm going for a walk." She got up and followed Selphie.
Irvine watched him, "He's been quiet too.He hasn't offended any of us since we've been here.and he's even had proper conversations with us."
Rinoa giggled, "hey! Make the most of it, I have a feeling it's the whole being back 'home' hitting him."
The others nodded and watched Seifer walk up the steps, Selphie just ahead of him. Zell sighed and looked around, "hey, remember the fireworks?"
The little group carried on telling stories in the moonlight. Selphie went back to the little room she was sitting in before. She sat in the middle of the room and looked around, she jumped when he door opened. She looked at the door and Seifer walked in gently shutting the door behind him. "Hey, you ok?" Seifer sat next to Selphie and looked at her.
"What do you care?"
Seifer shrugged, "I guess, it's this room. Every time you were upset.usually because Zell or Irvine had stolen you teddy, I'd come find you.and ask 'you ok?'"
Selphie looked at Seifer, "you remember all that?" Selphie seemed shocked that Seifer would remember things back then when he didn't care about the group anymore.
"Yeah. I remember most things that happened in this orphanage." Seifer looked at the ground and bit his lip a little, something only Selphie had ever seen before.
"What's the matter?" Selphie looked at Seifer and caught his gaze, she noticed his confused expression and she giggled a little. "You always used to bite your lip when either you were truly nervous or upset."
Seifer chuckled. "You know more about me than Fujin and Raijin!"
Selphie giggled and nodded, "yeah I think I do!" She smiled and looked around, "I use to love this room."
".No-one ever bothered with you when you came here.you always went all quiet and shy.and they weren't sure what happened."
".Yeah.but there was always one person who actually came to see if I was ok.even if I tried to kick him."
"You know, that use to hurt!"
Selphie looked at Seifer and giggled, "Sorry." She smiled innocently. "Hey! Do you remember the day before you left? You didn't want to leave and spend the whole day and night in this room." Selphie stood up and spun around.
"Yeah. I didn't want to go without taking you guys with me.even Zell. So I thought that if I locked myself in this room, I'd be ok."
"Cept you couldn't reach the lock!" Selphie giggled. "I spent that whole day and night in here with you!"
"Yeah, yeah you did. Every so often you'd slip in a little kiss on my cheek. Blushing worse than anyone." Seifer looked at Selphie who was blushing. He smirked.
"Oh, that's because I thought I'd never see you again!"
"You never did it to anyone else when they left!"
"Oh!" Selphie sat back down next to Seifer and giggled, "that's because I-"
"-Had a huge crush on me." Selphie looked at Seifer shocked. "Quisty told me the day I ran into this room."
Selphie pouted, "I'm sooooo going to kill her!"
"Why? It was ages ago right?"
Selphie nodded, "yeah! But still.she promised she wouldn't tell anyone!" She pouted and crossed her arms across her chest.
Seifer shook his head and chuckled quietly. "I guess.when we were young we didn't realize what we were doing.or how we really felt."
Selphie nodded and sighed, "I don't want to grow up.I want to stay here.forever." she looked at the ground and a small tear dropped down her cheek.
"Hey." Seifer put his hand to her cheek and gently made him face her, "this is not the Selphie I grew up with. Where did that smile go? All that buzzing hyperness that drove us all crazy?" He grinned and Selphie looked at him.
"It flew out the window. Like my teddy bear did when a certain boy threw it away. In a mood." She smiled a little and Seifer's grin grew wider.
"Yeah, sorry about that, you really did drive me up the wall back then."
"And what about now?" Selphie knew she was pushing her luck by asking that but she had to know.
"Well.you still drive me mad sometimes. But I think I like it." He leaned towards her, and pressed his lips against hers. Selphie pulled away and looked at Seifer. "Selph."
"Damn you Seifer." Selphie whispered and got up and quickly got out the room. Selphie shut the door and leant against it, she looked up at the sky. 'Why? Why now?'
Seifer watched her go and stood up, he kicked a box, sending it flying across the room.
