'Amends'
Author: The Notorious Naurwen
Disclaimer: I don't on them, already! Stop chastising me!
Chapter 4: It Shouldn't Matter.
"Bye everyone! See you soon!" Zell shouted, waving to his friends, as they were about to take off in the Ragnarok. Selphie waved especially hard, both at Zell and Seifer. The exuberant brunette winked at Seifer before climbing onto the ship, which her companions had already done. Seifer couldn't help but laugh at that. Talking to Selphie had been a great help and he was glad she didn't judge him.
Seifer walked back into Garden and not too long after, he could hear the footsteps of someone following him.
"Hey! Wait up!" Seifer turned around to see Zell, catching his breath after running.
"Oh. Sorry." Seifer replied. "I didn't think you'd follow."
"I wanted to ask you something." Zell said after he could breath again.
"Ok. I'm all ears." Seifer said, shoving his hands in his trench coat pockets.
"What was that phone call about last night?"
Seifer was afraid he'd ask that question. He sighed and thought of all the ways he could answer, but the words that came out were: "I was nervous." He immediately cursed himself inwardly for being honest. Why couldn't he lie around him?
"Nervous? Why?" Zell asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Because I thought you were ignoring me." Well, it was partly true. Not lying, exactly.
"No, I wasn't ignoring you." Zell said. "I just don't know how the rest of the gang would take it. They can be a little . . . selective, ya know?"
"Oh. Alright." Seifer turned and began walking again, when a hand grabbed his shoulder.
"What's your problem?" Zell asked, a puzzled expression on his face.
"My problem is this: it shouldn't matter what your friends think. Be friends with who want to. They shouldn't dominate your life." Seifer said a little harshly. Zell looked the taller blonde in the eyes and took his hand off Seifer's shoulder.
"You're right." He said finally, looking at the floor. "You always seem right." Zell sighed deeply and looked back up into Seifer's turquoise irises. "I'm sorry."
Seifer waved it off, saying. "It's okay. I forgive you." Zell smiled.
"It's just us two now. Wanna go do something later? Fujin and Raijin can come to if they want to. I always get bored when I'm not sent out on missions."
Seifer nodded and replied. "Sure. What do you want to do?"
"I don't know. Take a movie, go bowling, something." Zell shrugged.
"Want time?" Seifer asked.
"21:00?"
"Alright. Sounds good to me. See you then. Bye." Seifer said, walking towards the cafeteria. He noticed Zell was still following him and turned around again.
"I'm headed that way, too." Zell said sheepishly. Seifer thought he could almost detect a slight blush on his tan cheeks.
"Well, come on, then!" Seifer laughed. "You can have lunch with Fujin, Raijin and me!"
Author's Notes: Tee hee! I hope you liked it! Don't worry! There WILL be romance! Just . . . no lemon. Lol! Sorry, but I don't write naughty stories. This is pure fluff! Pure, citrus-y fluff, as Cynthia would say. Hi Cynthia! Hi Kammy! Hi Imhotep Ardeth Bey! Hi Chelsea! Hi all the rest of my readers! ^_^ I hope you enjoy!
Author: The Notorious Naurwen
Disclaimer: I don't on them, already! Stop chastising me!
Chapter 4: It Shouldn't Matter.
"Bye everyone! See you soon!" Zell shouted, waving to his friends, as they were about to take off in the Ragnarok. Selphie waved especially hard, both at Zell and Seifer. The exuberant brunette winked at Seifer before climbing onto the ship, which her companions had already done. Seifer couldn't help but laugh at that. Talking to Selphie had been a great help and he was glad she didn't judge him.
Seifer walked back into Garden and not too long after, he could hear the footsteps of someone following him.
"Hey! Wait up!" Seifer turned around to see Zell, catching his breath after running.
"Oh. Sorry." Seifer replied. "I didn't think you'd follow."
"I wanted to ask you something." Zell said after he could breath again.
"Ok. I'm all ears." Seifer said, shoving his hands in his trench coat pockets.
"What was that phone call about last night?"
Seifer was afraid he'd ask that question. He sighed and thought of all the ways he could answer, but the words that came out were: "I was nervous." He immediately cursed himself inwardly for being honest. Why couldn't he lie around him?
"Nervous? Why?" Zell asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Because I thought you were ignoring me." Well, it was partly true. Not lying, exactly.
"No, I wasn't ignoring you." Zell said. "I just don't know how the rest of the gang would take it. They can be a little . . . selective, ya know?"
"Oh. Alright." Seifer turned and began walking again, when a hand grabbed his shoulder.
"What's your problem?" Zell asked, a puzzled expression on his face.
"My problem is this: it shouldn't matter what your friends think. Be friends with who want to. They shouldn't dominate your life." Seifer said a little harshly. Zell looked the taller blonde in the eyes and took his hand off Seifer's shoulder.
"You're right." He said finally, looking at the floor. "You always seem right." Zell sighed deeply and looked back up into Seifer's turquoise irises. "I'm sorry."
Seifer waved it off, saying. "It's okay. I forgive you." Zell smiled.
"It's just us two now. Wanna go do something later? Fujin and Raijin can come to if they want to. I always get bored when I'm not sent out on missions."
Seifer nodded and replied. "Sure. What do you want to do?"
"I don't know. Take a movie, go bowling, something." Zell shrugged.
"Want time?" Seifer asked.
"21:00?"
"Alright. Sounds good to me. See you then. Bye." Seifer said, walking towards the cafeteria. He noticed Zell was still following him and turned around again.
"I'm headed that way, too." Zell said sheepishly. Seifer thought he could almost detect a slight blush on his tan cheeks.
"Well, come on, then!" Seifer laughed. "You can have lunch with Fujin, Raijin and me!"
Author's Notes: Tee hee! I hope you liked it! Don't worry! There WILL be romance! Just . . . no lemon. Lol! Sorry, but I don't write naughty stories. This is pure fluff! Pure, citrus-y fluff, as Cynthia would say. Hi Cynthia! Hi Kammy! Hi Imhotep Ardeth Bey! Hi Chelsea! Hi all the rest of my readers! ^_^ I hope you enjoy!