- chapter 5
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As Seifer had done the night before, he had ended up in the only place where he thought he could go clear his mind anymore -the Training Center.

His mind was in a strange current, as if a river or something... It was telling him that he did want and liked getting Ze- Chickenwuss' attention, but he did not know why that had got him to say what he did last night. And he was enraged with the fact that he got a warm feeling in the pit of his stomach every time he went over all these newfound realizations.

When Seifer entered, he half expected -and wanted- to run into the tattooed blonde again. He found himself practically running to the Secret Area -hoping to find Ze- that Chickenwuss there and demand to know how he gotten Seifer to think about things so much lately.

Breathing quickly out of what he knew not to be fatigue, he raced into the Secret Area.

The sound of distant crickets met him, along with a beautiful view of Balamb Garden, with no one there looking at it but himself.

Dammit.

Seifer breathed a heavy sigh of ...relief? ...disapointment? ...fustration? Well, whatever it was, he was about to turn around when he heard... more like felt, someone else enter the room.

Oh, hey Seifer... didn't really expect to see ya here.

It was Zell.

Okay, I did. I saw Fujin and Raijin in the Cafeteria when you left them. And I heard you did the same thing last night, and I figured that... well, that you'd be here... the tattooed blonde paused, voice getting suddenly softer, ...cause you were here last night.

He was in the Cafeteria? And he's here to speak to him? Seifer realized that the shorter man had walked up and was now a few steps in front of him. The scared blonde felt all the building anger slowly subside in him, all of his previous thoughts suddenly seeming ridiculus.

'Guess you wanna know why I chased ya over here, huh? Well... Zell paused, and leaned on the railing, still facing Seifer -trying to look comfortable and failing. He continued to speak.

Well, I was thinkin'... about what you said, I mean, before -in the hallway. And I um... well, I want to say sorry. I don't know what it was like when the Sor... when your were... what it was like for you a year ago.

Silence. Seifer continued to stand where he was from when he first arrived. He was about to open his mouth and say something sarcastic in order to break the silence. But he couldn't -he just...

As if he had just made up his mind about something, he stepped foward towards where Zell leaned against the rail. It was when he didn't stop a few feet away from where the tattooed blonde stood that the atomosphere in the room had changed.

Seifer, an arm on the rail on either side of Zell, finally spoke.

You wanted to know why I never leave you alone, Chickenwuss? Seifer felt his heart pound in his chest as the words left his mouth.

You know, for a second, you had me fooled. I thought you knew my name by now. the tattooed blonde stated not in reply, in a voice that was murmured.

Seifer leaned in so that he looked right into Zell's eyes.

Well, what if I just didn't want to...

And before another moment passed, their lips met.

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I know this chapter's short, but if the outcome of this chapter is good, the sooner I'll post up the next one! -(Ur beloved) Lane