'Amends'
Author: The Notorious Naurwen
Disclaimer: Just leave me alone!
Chapter 5: Magical.
Seifer thought about the events that had happened before he had come home. Fujin, Raijin, Zell and he had gone to the beach and swam. Fujin and Raijin continuously splashed each other and Zell and he laughed at them. Once in a while, Seifer was sure he caught Zell staring at him. Being Seifer, he had no problem addressing this, making Zell deny it and blush. Seifer just splashed him. All in all, it was pleasant evening and Seifer had fun, even if he and Zell didn't end up making out under the pier like he had fantasized about.
Seifer stripped down to his boxers and was about to crawl into bed, when the phone rang. Sighing deeply and cursing under his breath, Seifer picked up the telephone receiver. "Hello?"
"Seifer, my mom had a heart attack. She's been life-lighted to Dollet. Please, take me to her." Zell's cracked and panicky voice came from the other line. Seifer didn't know what to say. He was in complete shock. "Normally I would go by myself, but my car is in the shop. Please, Seifer!" Zell pleaded. Seifer could hear him crying on the other line.
"I'll be right there." Seifer managed to say. He hung up the phone, got redressed and grabbed his car keys on the way out. He walked briskly to Zell's dorm and knocked on the door. "I'm here, Zell."
When Zell opened the door his eyes were bloodshot and red from crying. Seifer frowned and asked: "Are you going to be okay, Zell?"
Zell wiped his eyes with his sleeve and nodded shakily. "I think so."
"C'mon." Seifer said, grabbing Zell's wrist as they walked down the corridor. Zell blushed furiously and Seifer pretended not to notice. Zell was in too much pain right then. Once they got to the car, which was a silver convertible, Seifer let go of Zell's wrist and hopped in the front seat as Zell slipped into the passenger's seat next to him. The whole ride Zell stared out into space and Seifer's worried expression stayed glued to his features.
"Don't worry, Zell." Seifer said finally, breaking the uncomfortable silence. "I'm sure your Ma is okay. I bet she's in great hands up there and getting the care she needs." For the first time during the car ride, Zell looked at Seifer dead in the irises. He looked back out the window and mumbled a soft:
"Thanks."
"It's not a problem." Seifer replied. The silence continued.
"Seifer. I want to tell you something." Zell said, swallowing. "Something I haven't told anyone else but Selphie and my Ma."
"Alright." Seifer said. "I'm listening."
" . . . I'm gay." Zell said, looking Seifer in the eyes again.
"So?" Seifer asked, smiling at Zell. "I don't mind. I'm-we're here." Seifer said, pulling into the hospital parking lot. Zell practically rushed out of the car to the entrance without replying, practically winding Seifer who was trying to keep up.
"Hey! Wait up!" Seifer hollered after Zell. Zell stopped, blushing slightly at his sudden outburst and mumbled:
"I'm sorry." Seifer just smiled and waved it off.
"It's okay. Let's go see how your Ma is doing, okay?" Zell nodded and grinned back slightly as he and Seifer entered the hospital and walked up to the receptionist's desk.
"Hi, I'm here to see Belladonna Dincht. She was life-lighted here because of a heart attach. We need to see her." Zell said hurriedly to the receptionist.
"Are you family?" She asked, looking up from her keyboard.
"I'm her son." Zell replied.
"And him?" She asked, referring to Seifer.
"He's my friend." Zell said, a pleading look to the receptionist.
"Family only. Sorry, but it's hospital regulations. He'll have to stay in the waiting room." The receptionist-she didn't look much older than 16-gave an apologetic look Seifer and Zell. "Her room number is 247 on the 2nd floor." Zell nodded and glanced to Seifer for a moment. Seifer smiled and nodded for him to go. Zell gave a grateful look back at sauntered over to the elevator.
Seifer sat down in one of the uncomfortable chairs of the waiting room and picked up an old, outdated magazine to flip through.
"You like him a lot, don't you?" The receptionist said, causing Seifer to look up. She had a mischievous grin etched on her features and a knowing look in her eyes.
"Yeah, I do." Seifer admitted, smiling back.
"I thought so." She said, going back to typing as she continued to smile. "It looks like he feels the same."
~*~ Later That Night ~*~
Zell exited the elevator and walked to the waiting room. Seifer had curled up on a couch and fallen asleep. Zell smiled softly as he walked up to the napping blonde and poked him on the small of his back. Seifer twitched and rolled over onto his back, a glare on his features. His eyes softened as he saw Zell standing above him with an impish grin on his face.
"Fujin told you I hated that, right?" Seifer said, looking up at Zell from his position on the couch. Zell nodded and laughed. "How's your mom?"
Zell sighed. "She's going to be okay. She'll have to stay here for another week to get a pacemaker put in, though. I'm not going to have a place to go for the weekend." Seifer situated himself in a sitting place and Zell sat beside him.
"Well, at least she'll be alright." Seifer offered, looking into Zell's gorgeous clear-ocean blue irises. Zell nodded and looked away, a blush rising in his cheeks. "Why is your face so red, Zell-" before Seifer could finish his statement, Zell's lips crashed against his. Reluctantly, Seifer pulled away without responding.
"Oh. Seifer I'm sorry. I didn't think that you might not be . . . " Zell trailed off. Seifer shook his head.
"Zell, it's not that. I'm gay, too. But if you're kissing me only because you want comfort, I'm not like that. When you kiss me, I want it to be because you love me. But if you'd kiss anyone who was in my shoes then . . . " Seifer paused, "then I can't do that." Zell looked deep into Seifer's pair of turquoise eyes.
"Seifer, I love you." He said. "I always have. I hope I always will." Zell stroked Seifer's cheek with the outside of his hand sincerely. A soft smile played on Seifer's lips as Zell came in for another kiss.
And it was magical.
Author: The Notorious Naurwen
Disclaimer: Just leave me alone!
Chapter 5: Magical.
Seifer thought about the events that had happened before he had come home. Fujin, Raijin, Zell and he had gone to the beach and swam. Fujin and Raijin continuously splashed each other and Zell and he laughed at them. Once in a while, Seifer was sure he caught Zell staring at him. Being Seifer, he had no problem addressing this, making Zell deny it and blush. Seifer just splashed him. All in all, it was pleasant evening and Seifer had fun, even if he and Zell didn't end up making out under the pier like he had fantasized about.
Seifer stripped down to his boxers and was about to crawl into bed, when the phone rang. Sighing deeply and cursing under his breath, Seifer picked up the telephone receiver. "Hello?"
"Seifer, my mom had a heart attack. She's been life-lighted to Dollet. Please, take me to her." Zell's cracked and panicky voice came from the other line. Seifer didn't know what to say. He was in complete shock. "Normally I would go by myself, but my car is in the shop. Please, Seifer!" Zell pleaded. Seifer could hear him crying on the other line.
"I'll be right there." Seifer managed to say. He hung up the phone, got redressed and grabbed his car keys on the way out. He walked briskly to Zell's dorm and knocked on the door. "I'm here, Zell."
When Zell opened the door his eyes were bloodshot and red from crying. Seifer frowned and asked: "Are you going to be okay, Zell?"
Zell wiped his eyes with his sleeve and nodded shakily. "I think so."
"C'mon." Seifer said, grabbing Zell's wrist as they walked down the corridor. Zell blushed furiously and Seifer pretended not to notice. Zell was in too much pain right then. Once they got to the car, which was a silver convertible, Seifer let go of Zell's wrist and hopped in the front seat as Zell slipped into the passenger's seat next to him. The whole ride Zell stared out into space and Seifer's worried expression stayed glued to his features.
"Don't worry, Zell." Seifer said finally, breaking the uncomfortable silence. "I'm sure your Ma is okay. I bet she's in great hands up there and getting the care she needs." For the first time during the car ride, Zell looked at Seifer dead in the irises. He looked back out the window and mumbled a soft:
"Thanks."
"It's not a problem." Seifer replied. The silence continued.
"Seifer. I want to tell you something." Zell said, swallowing. "Something I haven't told anyone else but Selphie and my Ma."
"Alright." Seifer said. "I'm listening."
" . . . I'm gay." Zell said, looking Seifer in the eyes again.
"So?" Seifer asked, smiling at Zell. "I don't mind. I'm-we're here." Seifer said, pulling into the hospital parking lot. Zell practically rushed out of the car to the entrance without replying, practically winding Seifer who was trying to keep up.
"Hey! Wait up!" Seifer hollered after Zell. Zell stopped, blushing slightly at his sudden outburst and mumbled:
"I'm sorry." Seifer just smiled and waved it off.
"It's okay. Let's go see how your Ma is doing, okay?" Zell nodded and grinned back slightly as he and Seifer entered the hospital and walked up to the receptionist's desk.
"Hi, I'm here to see Belladonna Dincht. She was life-lighted here because of a heart attach. We need to see her." Zell said hurriedly to the receptionist.
"Are you family?" She asked, looking up from her keyboard.
"I'm her son." Zell replied.
"And him?" She asked, referring to Seifer.
"He's my friend." Zell said, a pleading look to the receptionist.
"Family only. Sorry, but it's hospital regulations. He'll have to stay in the waiting room." The receptionist-she didn't look much older than 16-gave an apologetic look Seifer and Zell. "Her room number is 247 on the 2nd floor." Zell nodded and glanced to Seifer for a moment. Seifer smiled and nodded for him to go. Zell gave a grateful look back at sauntered over to the elevator.
Seifer sat down in one of the uncomfortable chairs of the waiting room and picked up an old, outdated magazine to flip through.
"You like him a lot, don't you?" The receptionist said, causing Seifer to look up. She had a mischievous grin etched on her features and a knowing look in her eyes.
"Yeah, I do." Seifer admitted, smiling back.
"I thought so." She said, going back to typing as she continued to smile. "It looks like he feels the same."
~*~ Later That Night ~*~
Zell exited the elevator and walked to the waiting room. Seifer had curled up on a couch and fallen asleep. Zell smiled softly as he walked up to the napping blonde and poked him on the small of his back. Seifer twitched and rolled over onto his back, a glare on his features. His eyes softened as he saw Zell standing above him with an impish grin on his face.
"Fujin told you I hated that, right?" Seifer said, looking up at Zell from his position on the couch. Zell nodded and laughed. "How's your mom?"
Zell sighed. "She's going to be okay. She'll have to stay here for another week to get a pacemaker put in, though. I'm not going to have a place to go for the weekend." Seifer situated himself in a sitting place and Zell sat beside him.
"Well, at least she'll be alright." Seifer offered, looking into Zell's gorgeous clear-ocean blue irises. Zell nodded and looked away, a blush rising in his cheeks. "Why is your face so red, Zell-" before Seifer could finish his statement, Zell's lips crashed against his. Reluctantly, Seifer pulled away without responding.
"Oh. Seifer I'm sorry. I didn't think that you might not be . . . " Zell trailed off. Seifer shook his head.
"Zell, it's not that. I'm gay, too. But if you're kissing me only because you want comfort, I'm not like that. When you kiss me, I want it to be because you love me. But if you'd kiss anyone who was in my shoes then . . . " Seifer paused, "then I can't do that." Zell looked deep into Seifer's pair of turquoise eyes.
"Seifer, I love you." He said. "I always have. I hope I always will." Zell stroked Seifer's cheek with the outside of his hand sincerely. A soft smile played on Seifer's lips as Zell came in for another kiss.
And it was magical.